2025 Lunar New Year - Year of the snake- Block of Four
2025 Lunar New Year - Year of the snake- Block of Four
£6.60
This Block of Four features the stamp from our '2025 Lunar New Year - Year of the Snake' stamp issue.
A block of four stamps is taken from the same sheet of ten; selvedges are also retained and will include the traffic lights. Traffic lights are a term used by collectors to denote the check dots or (colour dabs) printed in the sheet margins of stamps printed by modern offset litho or photogravure methods. They assist in checking that all the colours have printed correctly. Blocks of stamps from the corner of the sheet, including the ‘traffic lights’, are collected as a matched pair with the block showing the cylinder numbers.
Most of our selvedge sheets contain a plate number; a numeral, occasionally with a letter suffix, usually inscribed on the sheet margins to denote the plate from which stamps were printed - for example 1A.
All our mint/cto products are carefully prepared by our own team and supplied in glassine bags to ensure you receive them in pristine condition.
| Date of issue | 02-01-2025 |
| Withdrawal date | 02-01-2025 |
| Designer | Wang Huming |
| Printer | Cartor Security Printers |
| Size | 36mm x 36mm |
| Process | Four colour offset lithography plus gold metallic ink with varnish. |
| Denominations | £6.60 |
Additional Information
The artwork for the stamp, includes a golden snake representing good fortune and wisdom. Additionally, within the body of the snake, Wang Huming has illustrated four types of flowers have been depicted, including peach blossom, lotus, chrysanthemum and wintersweet, all of which signify spring, summer, autumn and winter.
In China, snakes do not have the negative connotations often seen within the western hemisphere. For example, a Chinese legend tells the story of a half-woman, half snake goddess who after a battle of the Gods repaired a heavenly pillar, which had been ruined, saving humanity and to this day is honoured for her act.
Additional Information
The artwork for the stamp, includes a golden snake representing good fortune and wisdom. Additionally, within the body of the snake, Wang Huming has illustrated four types of flowers have been depicted, including peach blossom, lotus, chrysanthemum and wintersweet, all of which signify spring, summer, autumn and winter.
In China, snakes do not have the negative connotations often seen within the western hemisphere. For example, a Chinese legend tells the story of a half-woman, half snake goddess who after a battle of the Gods repaired a heavenly pillar, which had been ruined, saving humanity and to this day is honoured for her act.
