Year of the Rat (1996) Stamps

 

By Asian Zodiac, year 2020 is the Year of Rat. This set of souvenir stamps is to celebrate Year of Rat in 1996 before I was born! This set consists of 2 stamps, first one at the bottom you can see the year 1996 on the bottom left. On the bottom right, (2-1) T is a 20 cents stamp with a cute mouse design. The second stamp (2-2) T is a face value 50 cents stamp and in the middle there is a huge Chinese character Rat. It is a very cute design. 

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  1. Chinatsu KawaharaAugust 16, 2020 at 9:55 PM

    Thank you for searing nice post about Year of the Rat (1996) Stamps, it is so artistic. My home country Japan has similar stamps as your country. We use this stamp on nenngajyou which is letter that people sent in new year to greet.

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