Chinese New Year from Musical Mandarin

The first day of the Chinese lunisolar* calendar is always a new moon night between January 19th & February 21st. For the next two weeks, the New Year is celebrated in Chinese communities around the world. The next Chinese New Year celebrations begin on: Monday, Jan. 23, 2012; Feb. 10, 2013; Jan. 31, 2014; and Feb. 19, 2015. (*) - The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, not purely lunar like the Islamic calendar.

Monday, February 04, 2008

Year of the Rat stamps

Photos and pictures of the new Year of the Rat stamps are all over.

I really like China's Year of the Rat stamp this year. Xin hua net's pictures

Singapore calls their Year of the Rat stamp charming. I could not find a good picture of the Australian Year of the Rat stamp. Although Rat is first, the Rat Wraps up Canada Post's Lunar Stamp Series of 12 stamps.

The USA is starting a new series -- but it seems you really have to be in the know to recognize this is a Year of the Rat stamp. Sometime, maybe they will issue them & get them to post offices early enough for people to use them when they send out New Year's cards & any hong boa to relatives farther away. Official Press Release and USPS fact sheet.

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