2025 Lunar New Year - Year of the snake- Miniature Sheet Presentation Pack

£5.30 / In Stock

This Presentation Pack displays the miniature sheet from our '2025 Lunar New Year - Year of the Snake' issue.

This Presentation Pack is an exclusively produced full colour folder; the stamps are carefully mounted within a custom board to ensure they stay in pristine mint condition. Information and technical details of the issue is printed on the inside of the folder.

Date of issue	02-01-2025
Withdrawal date	02-01-2027
Designer	Wang Huming
Printer	Cartor Security Printers
Size	95mm x 125mm
Process	four colour offset lithography plus gold metallic ink with varnish
Denominations	£5.30

Additional Information

Alongside the Chinese zodiac signs, certain elements are also associated with each 12 years cycle. In 2025, the element will be wood, which is why the artist has chosen to incorporate the colours blue and green into the miniature sheet’s artwork. To represent the continued cycle and life, the snake has been portrayed in the sign of the infinity symbol.

Chinese New Year has evidence of existing all the way back to the Shang Dynasty, though due to limited records, the exact date is still a mystery. It wasn’t until the Han Dynasty, that the festival’s date was officially fixed as the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar.