| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | January 17, 2020 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Quantity | 540,000 |
| Denomination |
$2.71
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| Series | Chinese New Year |
| Series Time Span | 1997 - 2021 |
| Postal Administration | Canada |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
|---|---|---|
|
M-NH-VF
|
Mint - Never Hinged - Very Fine | View price |
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U-VF
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Used - Very Fine | View price |
Send warm wishes to welcome the Year of the Rat with this booklet of six international rate stamps featuring gold foil.
These festive stamps celebrate the coming Year of the Rat with images depicting the Chinese folk tale of the wedding of the rat’s daughter. Showing the happily married couple after the ceremony, this stamp is depicted in the style of folk art known as Chinese farmer painting.
The Year of the Rat begins on January 25, 2020, and ends on February 11, 2021. Although Rat is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac, this is Canada Post’s final issue in the most recent 12-stamp Lunar New Year series.
Bid farewell to the Year of the Pig and welcome the arrival of the Year of the Rat with this transitional souvenir sheet featuring the international rate stamp from each issue.
Both stamps feature embossing and gold foil and traditional blessings in Chinese calligraphy. At the top is the Year of the Rat stamp, depicting a newly wedded rat couple, with imagery of their wedding procession to the right. Below is the Year of the Pig stamp featuring Pigsy, a colourful character from the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West.
The Year of the Rat begins on January 25, 2020, and ends on February 11, 2021. Although Rat is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac, this is Canada Post’s final issue in the most recent 12-stamp Lunar New Year series.
Honour the arrival of the Year of the Rat with this scroll-shaped souvenir sheet featuring the international rate stamp.
This souvenir sheet illustrates the traditional Chinese folk story of the wedding of the rat’s daughter. The stamp depicts the happily married couple as they share their first moments together after the elaborate ceremony. The background offers a glimpse of the merry procession that preceded the nuptials.
The Year of the Rat begins on January 25, 2020, and ends on February 11, 2021. Although Rat is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac, this is Canada Post’s final issue in the most recent 12-stamp Lunar New Year series.
Celebrate the Year of the Rat with this colourful uncut press sheet, which includes 12 international rate stamps, gold foil, embossing and five traditional blessings in Chinese calligraphy:
瑞雪迎春 : “A timely snow is an auspicious sign for a new year”
紅梅報喜 : “Red plum blossoms bring good tidings”
鞭炮齊鳴 : “The air is filled with the sound of bursting firecrackers”
好事連連 : “This year will be filled with one good thing after another”
鼠兆豐年 : “The rat foretells a fruitful year”
The stamps on this uncut press sheet depict the happy outcome of the well-known Chinese folk tale of the wedding of the rat’s daughter.
The Year of the Rat begins on January 25, 2020, and ends on February 11, 2021. Although Rat is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac, this is Canada Post’s final issue in the most recent 12-stamp Lunar New Year series.
Celebrate the Year of the Rat with this souvenir sheet Official First Day Cover.
This international rate souvenir sheet Official First Day Cover comes unsealed to facilitate the Lunar New Year tradition of giving money in a red pouch.
Featuring gold foil, the festive stamp celebrates the Year of the Rat with images inspired by the Chinese folk tale of the wedding of the rat’s daughter. Set in a snowy scene reminiscent of Canada and northern China, the souvenir sheet depicts a merry wedding procession carrying the happy bride. The stamp depicts the couple sharing their first moments as a married couple. The stamps are cancelled in Toronto, Ontario.
The cover also includes another traditional Chinese blessing 鼠兆豐年 (“The rat foretells a fruitful year”).
The Year of the Rat begins on January 25, 2020, and ends on February 11, 2021. Although Rat is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac, this is Canada Post’s final issue in the most recent 12-stamp Lunar New Year series.
Our latest series of Lunar New Year stamps wraps up with the Year of the Rat – the first of the 12 signs in the Chinese zodiac.
As legend has it, the rat earned the primary position thanks to its cunning nature. According to one story, the Jade Emperor based the 12-year cycle on the order in which the animals arrived at the heavenly temple. The rat persuaded the tireless ox, which was sure to win, to carry it to the finish line. Just as the ox approached the temple, the rat jumped down and scurried ahead to take first place.
Designed by Albert Ng, O. Ont., and Seung Jai Paek, the stamps present the traditional story of the wedding of the rat’s daughter in the style of folk art known as Chinese farmer painting. The PermanentTM domestic rate stamp depicts the bride on her way to her nuptials, while the international rate stamp shows the happily married couple.
“A merry wedding procession of rats is a common folk-art motif associated with the Chinese New Year,” explains Ng. “The snowy scene, reminiscent of Canada or northern China, joyfully captures the celebration of the wedding – and the coming new year.”
The Year of the Rat begins January 25, 2020, and ends February 11, 2021.
The official first day cover includes a traditional Chinese blessing: 鼠兆豐年 (“The rat foretells a fruitful year”).
Canada Post started issuing Chinese New Year stamps in 1997. Since then, Canada Post has been issuing a stamp for the Chinese New Year each year.
From 2009 to 2020, Canada Post issued an exquisite Chinese New Year stamp that was part of one of Canada Post’s most popular and longest-running series, which featured such elaborate techniques as gold and silver foiling and multi-level embossing.
In 2021, Canada Post issued a special tribute to the culmination of more than a decade of award-winning stamps. This retrospective brought together in a single issue all the stamps from their 2009-2020 Lunar New Year series.
The Lunar New Year cycle showcased all of the animals in the Chinese zodiac: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. Conceived well before the series was launched, this collection features 24 stamps based on the designs of all the previous domestic and international rate stamps in the last 12 years.
“Even before we began this series of Lunar New Year stamps, we envisioned bringing them all together for a grand finale,” explains Jim Phillips, Director of Stamp Services. “That required a plan from the very beginning. We developed standardized specifications that made the stamps consistent across issues in terms of dimension, format and palette, but still allowed sufficient creative freedom for each to be spectacular in its own right.”
Brought together by Paprika from Montréal, these eye-catching stamps feature the work of the many design firms and designers who contributed to the series over the years. The result is a unique collectible that is a fitting tribute to Lunar New Year celebrations everywhere.