New Zealand 2013 Chinese New Year. Year of the Snake
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 9th January 2013
- four values from sheets of 25, and a miniature sheet
- Designed by: Bananaworks, Auckland
- Printed by: Cartor, France
- stamp format height 40mm x width 30mm. Miniature sheet height 90mm x width 150mm
- Perforations: 13.3 x 12.9
70c ~ Chinese characters in black, created by Zhou Meng Fu, Yuan Dynasty (1254-1322),clouds
$1.40 ~ paper-cut snake, the body decorated with silver ferns and pomegranates
$1.90 ~ New Zealand made Koru-Snake lantern featuring a coiled snake decorated with peonies
$2.40 ~ red New Year lanterns hanging from the cable of the Skyline Gondola (funicular above Queenstown, New Zealand)
miniature sheet ~ contains the four designs
sheet stamps
sheets of 25 stamps with column of gutter labels after fourth stamp across
