China News Service, December 10th. According to the "Europe Times" report, the reporter learned from the French Post that the French Post will publicly issue and sell a set of Lunar New Year of the Ox stamps at post offices across France on February 8, 2021. On February 6th, the designer's signing ceremony will be held at the French Post Philatelic Company's Mexican Hall in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
French Post's upcoming stamps for the New Year of the Ox are designed by Chinese artist Chen Jianghong in France.
Since 2019, Chen Jianghong has designed two sets of zodiac stamps for the Year of the Pig and the Year of the Gengzi Rat on the lunar calendar.
The French Post Xin Chou Year of the Ox stamp is the third set of zodiac stamps designed by it.
Judging from the stamp samples of the Xin Chou Year of the Ox provided by France Post, the set of stamps contains two sheetlets.
Each souvenir sheet consists of a 33x40mm single ticket and a single 29x35mm quadruple, and the postage is 5.40 Euro and 7.50 Euro respectively.
The face value of a single stamp is 1.08 Euro for Green Surface Mail and 1.50 Euro for International Mail.
A single green surface mail shows a boy holding a plum blossom, riding on the back of a big bull wearing a big red flower, as if meditating.
On the international mail, there is a big bull with head high, full of energy.
According to the arrangement of the French Post, stamps for the Year of the Ox in the Year of the Ox will be issued on February 5th and February 6th from 10:00 to 17:00 in the Mexican Hall.
At that time, if the control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in France is stable, from 10:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 15:30 on February 6, France Post will invite designer Chen Jianghong to sign and sell for French stamp collectors.
At the same time, the Paris Mint's Xin Chou Year of the Ox gold and silver coins have been accepted for booking on November 30.
The set of gold and silver coins for the Year of the Ox are silver coins with a face value of 10 euros and 20 euros, and a 1/4 ounce gold coin with a face value of 50 euros.
A silver coin with a face value of 10 euros in the Year of the Ox is at a premium of 69 euros, a face value of 20 euros at a silver coin with a premium of 99 euros, and a 1/4 ounce gold coin with a face value of 50 euros at a premium of 650 euros.
(Owen)