New Issues – Thematic Wrap-Up: Year of the Dog

Posted on 2018-02-16 by Mark Jochim

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, known popularly as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival (simplified Chinese: 春节; traditional Chinese: 春節; pinyin: Chūn Jié). For a number of years, my adopted home of Thailand issued Zodiac stamps usually on January 1 and then a Chinese New Year set (often depicting various deities) a few weeks later. Last year, there was no Chinese New Year stamp and that has been repeated this year as well. Many nations have released Year of the Dog stamps, most with a distinctive Chinese slant, and a few have released issues more focused on the Spring Festival itself. If you are a dog lover, there are some very attractive topical stamps issued so far in 2018. To read more about the background of Chinese New Year, please have a look at my article on A Stamp A Day.

BHUTAN: Year of the Dog, released January 20, 2018

CANADA: Chinese New Year, released January 15, 2018

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Year of the Dog, released January 5, 2018

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Spring Festival, released January 10, 2018

CHRISTMAS ISLAND: Year of the Dog, released January 8, 2018

FRANCE: Happy New Year, released February 2, 2018

FRENCH POLYNESIA: Year of the Dog, released February 16, 2018

GIBRALTAR: Year of the Dog, released January 30, 2018

GUERNSEY: Year of the Dog, released February 3, 2018

HONG KONG S.A.R., CHINA: Year of the Dog, released January 27, 2018

INDONESIA: Chinese New Year, released February 1, 2018

ISLE OF MAN: Year of the Dog, released February 8, 2018

JERSEY: Year of the Dog, released January 5, 2018

KAZAKHSTAN: Chinese New Year, released January 1, 2018

KYRGYZSTAN: Chinese New Year, released January 30, 2018

MACAU, CHINA: Year of the Dog, released January 5, 2018

MALAYSIA: Working Dogs, released January 13, 2018

MONGOLIA: Year of the Dog, released January 5, 2018

THE NETHERLANDS: Year of the Dog, released January 29, 2018

NEW CALEDONIA: Year of the Dog, released February 16, 2016

NEW ZEALAND: Year of the Dog, released January 10, 2018

SINGAPORE: Year of the Dog (personalized stamps), released January 5, 2018

SLOVENIA: Year of the Dog, released January 26, 2018

TAJIKISTAN: Year of the Dog, released January 26, 2018

THAILAND: Year of the Dog, released January 1, 2018

UNITED NATIONS: Chinese New Year personalized sheet, released February 2, 2018

UNITED STATES: Zodiac Year of the Dog, released January 11, 2018

WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS: Year of the Dog, released February 16, 2018