CHINESE NEW YEAR STAMPS SERIES

New Year Stamps

2000-1 Geng-Chen Dragon Year--Special Stamps

The Chinese State Postal Bureau issued a set of two special stamps on January 5, 2000, with a combined face value of 3.60 yuan.

		Serial number: 2000-1 Date of issue: January 5, 2000 Values in set: 2 Denomination: 3.60 yuan Perforation: 12 Size: 26*31mm Printing process: engraving and photogravure Designers of stamp: Huang Li and Guo Chenghui Engravers: Li Qingfa and Jiang Weijie
Geng-Chen Year

2000-2 Spring Festival--Special Stamps

The Chinese State Postal Bureau issued a set of three speical stamps on January 29, 2000, with a combined face value of 4.4 yuan. The stamps are respectively titled "Welcoming the Spring Festival", "Bidding Farewell to the Outgoing Year" and "Offering Sacrifices to the God of Land". A souvenir sheet was issued at the same time. Its face value is eight yuan and it is called "A Happy Family Reunion".

The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival of the Chinese people. People will travel great distances to return home to celebrate it; in some ways it is also a family reunion. At the eve of the lunar new year, all family members gather together, greet each other and enjoy a splendid meal, the last one of the old year. Eating dumplings in the first day of the new lunar year is a custom in the most parts of the country and the tradition is still popular today.

				Serial number: 2000-2 Date of issue: 29 January, 2000 Values in set: 3 Denomination: 4.4 yuan Perforation: 11 Size: 30*40mm Printing process: gravure Designer of stamp: Hao Xudong
Welcoming the Spring Festival	Bidding Farewell to the Outgoing Year	Offering Sacrifices to the God of Land
				Serial number: 2000-2 Date of issue: 29 January,2000 Souvenir sheet: 1 Denomination of S/S: 8 yuan Perforation: 11 Size of the S/S stamp: 90*60mm Size of the S/S: 124*84mm Printing process: gravure Designer of stamp: Hao Xudong
A Happy Family Reunion