Above: Stamps of a bridge and of the Brown Eared Pheasant, recently received on a postcard from China. According to Wikipedia: "Due to isolated population, deforestation and still hunted although legally protected by China, the Brown Eared Pheasant is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. "
The Lunar New Year stamp for the USA has firecrackers on it. I wonder if China or other countries issue a stamp for the New Year? I hope someone can enlighten me. (Remember I am not a stamp collector - just a stamp accumulator!)
Wasn't it amazing, yet scary that on the same day an asteroid narrowly missed Earth, and a meteor exploded above central Russia? Luckily no one was killed in Russia, though there were a number of people injured, mostly by flying glass. And I heard on one news report that if the asteroid came by 15 minutes earlier (or later, I can't remember) we wouldn't be so lucky. This event leads me to the announcement of next week's theme:
Theme next week: Space. Human exploration, planets, moons, or the aurora borealis and other phenomena.
Viridian
6 comments:
I know there are other countries issuing Chinese New Year stamps, but right now my head is spinning after trying to figure out the U.S. issue of 1992-2004.
Love that pheasant in a golden field. There is an ever expanding list of countries issuing lunar new year stamps so maybe there is a greater chance of receiving one in the post!
Hi Viridian, Australia issues a Chinese New Year stamp every year through its territory Christmas Island. I have chosen some lunar new year stamps from previous years to share. Cheers, Helen.
I think that every year, the Lunar NY stamps are getting more and more popular, with people hardly waiting for the new stamps to be issued!
I find the meteor thing fascinating...ive been watching a number of videos on the matter, shot from various Russian cars...it is just incredible of what nature can bring...and I wonder, how everyone was warning people about the asteroid, but they didn't see this one coming...
btw, can you please delete the first link i posted above...something has happened, and the wrong link appears...sorry =/
I haven't had many Chinese stamps recently so my offerings are from Japan and Taiwan respectively.
I will be visiting everyone later on in the week, assuming my computer problems get fixed.
I was too late for the Linky list for reason you will see on my blog at http://bobscotney.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-chinese-new-year-sunday-stamps-late.html
That Pheasant is a great stamp.
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