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PHLPost’s stamps to welcome the 2015 Year of the Goat

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THE Philippine Postal Corp. (PHLPost) has launched its “2015 Year of the Goat” special stamp to welcome the New Year.

Although the official start of the “Year of the Goat” coincides with the Chinese New Year, PHLPost release the stamps as early as Nov. 24, 2014.

The two-design stamp features the colorful image of the goat’s head sold at P10 per piece and the whole image of the goat worth P30 each.

PHLPost circulated 55,000 copies of each stamp which is being printed in scented ink, and are now available in post offices and shops across the country.

About 5,000 copies of the limited edition special souvenir sheet were printed featuring all the stamps usually favored by many stamps collectors.

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The New Year Stamps comes with a greeting “Manigong Bagong Taon” while the P30 stamp bears the English translation “Happy New Year.” At the bottom of the stamps are Chinese characters and the words “2015 Year of the Goat.”

The special stamps measures 40mm x 30 mm, and will be sold until supply runs out.  Jose Antonio Jayme is the layout artist and was printed in imported unwatermarked paper by security printer Amstar Co. Inc.

According to the Chinese zodiac, 2015 is the year of the green wooden goat. The goat or sheep is the eighth animal to heed Buddha’s call. It is believed that those born in a goat year are creative, intelligent, dependable and calm.

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