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    1999 Year of the Rabbit
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    Mint stamp set of 2 : US $0.50

    Item location: China
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    Technical details:

    Scott No: 2932-33
    Serial number: 1999-1
    Values in set: 2
    Date of issue: January 5, 1999
    Designers: Wang Huming; Hu Zhenyuan;
    Yang Wenqing
    Size: 26*31mm
    Perforation: 11.5
    Sheet composition: 32
    Printing process: gravure-engraving combined
    Jimao Year (Year of Rabbit)
    Jimao Year (Year of Rabbit)
    SN: (2-1)
    Title: Jimao Year (Year of Rabbit)
    Values: 50 fen
    Size: 26*31mm
    Type: T(Mint)
    Good Luck
    Good Luck
    SN: (2-2)
    Title: Good Luck
    Values: 150 fen
    Size: 26*31mm
    Type: T(Mint)
    Background info

    The State Postal Bureau issued on January 5,1999 a set of two values of special stamps titled "Ji-Mao Year". The total face value of the set is 200 fen .The titles of the stamps are "Jade Rabbit - the Moon" and "Good Luck".

    The year 1999 is the Year of Jimao on lunar calendar. It is the Year of Rabbit according to a traditional 12-year circle associated with 12 symbolic animals. The rabbit makes the medicine in the palace of moon. Later, people have been worshipping a clay figurine with a head of rabbit. The figurine, regarded as a symbol of good luck and happiness, has been made in many forms and deeply loved among the people.
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