China Stamps - 1999-1 , Scott 2932-33 1999 Year of the Rabbit - Full sheet of 32 complete sets - MNH, F-VF - (9293F)

China Stamps - 1999-1 , Scott 2932-33 1999 Year of the Rabbit - Full sheet of 32 complete sets - MNH, F-VF : The State Postal Bureau issued on January 5,1999 a set of two values of special stamps titled "Ji-Mao Year". The total face value of the set is 200 fen .The titles of the stamps are "Jade Rabbit - the Moon" and "Good Luck". The year 1999 is the Year of Jimao on lunar calendar. It is the Year of Rabbit according to a traditional 12-year circle associated with 12 symbolic animals. The rabbit makes the medicine in the palace of moon. Later, people have been worshipping a clay figurine with a head of rabbit. The figurine, regarded as a symbol of good luck and happiness, has been made in many forms and deeply loved among the people.