China News Agency, Paris, January 22 (Reporter Li Yang) French Post held a stamp issuance ceremony for the Year of the Tiger in Paris on the 22nd local time to welcome the Chinese New Year.
Lu Shaye, Chinese Ambassador to France, and Philippe Wahl, President of French Post, attended the ceremony.
A set of two zodiac stamps for the Year of the Tiger was issued on the same day, with a face value of 1.16 euros and 1.65 euros respectively. At the same time, two stamp miniatures were issued, each containing 5 stamps.
The stamps are printed with the Chinese "Year of the Tiger", and the miniature sheet is printed with the Chinese New Year.
The stamp set has a print run of 330,000 pieces.
Lu Shaye said that this is the third year in a row that he has attended the Spring Festival zodiac stamp issuance ceremony of the French Post, and it is also the 18th consecutive year that the French Post Group has celebrated the Chinese New Year with Chinese people around the world in this way.
He expressed his heartfelt thanks to the French Post Group for its positive contributions to promoting Sino-French cultural exchanges and enhancing the friendship between the two peoples.
Lu Shaye also talked about the Beijing Winter Olympics, which will be unveiled on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. , to make great achievements.
Philip Wahl congratulated on the successful issuance of the Year of the Tiger zodiac stamp and wished everyone a Happy New Year.
He also spoke positively of the postal cooperation between France and China.
Due to the epidemic, the ceremony on the day limited the number of participants, and all attendees were required to wear masks.
The zodiac stamp designer and French-Chinese painter Chen Jianghong showed the stamps to everyone and signed autographs for the public at the scene.
This is the fourth set of zodiac stamps designed by Chen Jianghong for France Post. His previous stamps designed for the Year of the Pig, the Year of the Rat and the Year of the Ox have been issued by France Post in 2019, 2020 and 2021 respectively.
Chen Jianghong told reporters about the design features of the stamps for the Year of the Tiger.
He revealed that he had drawn a lot of tiger-related works before and had a soft spot for tigers.
The design of the stamps of the Year of the Tiger incorporates the cultural symbols of China and France, while maintaining the overall design style of the previous three sets of stamps.
He also wished everyone an auspicious Year of the Tiger.
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