Journey To The West - The Adventures Of Monkey King

To celebrate the Chinese Year of the Monkey, Canada issued in 2016 two stamps in addition to different SS's and many items, feature the Monkey King. I already posted part of them above in the previous page (June 9, 2023).

Here is the second stamp with an embossed image of the Monkey King.

Postal stationary postcard with a printed stamp, not embossed, posted to Israel.


The complete set of two stamps and strip of three stamps, on covers posted to Israel.

The second Canadian 2016 stamp, features the Monkey King mask of Chinese opera, issued also as self adhesive, not embossed like the regular stamps (see previous page). Here is the stamp.

The self adhesive stamp on a cover posted to Israel.

Postal stationary postcard with a printed, none embossed stamp, posted to Israel.

The above 2016 Canadian stamp appears on another SS's, together with stamps of different Chinese Year animals.

In 2016, the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Monkey, it appears with stamp of the former Chinese Year of the Ram.


In 2017, the end of the Chinese Year of the Monkey, it appears with stamp of the coming Chinese Year of the Rooster.

A set of 7 maxicards of the stamps and SS issued by Macau in year 2000 feature the legend of the Monkey King. I posted the high resolution set in page 1.

More items from Canada with the image of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, issued for Year of the Monkey 2004 and 2016.

Year of the Monkey 2004 - FDC and postal stationary.


Year of the Monkey 2004 - FDC

The logo of the CHINA'96 stamp exhibition is the image of the Monkey King. Here is the image on a printed stamp of postal stationary from Hungary, 1996.

Uproar in Heaven (1961–1964) is the first full-length Chinese animated feature, created by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio. It adapts early chapters of Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West, depicting the Monkey King's rebellious exploits with a style inspired by traditional Peking opera.

Uproar in Heaven, issued by St. Vincent in 1996 to publicize the CHINA'96 stamp exhibition.

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, Nevis, 2004 issued to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Monkey.

A very attractive set of stamps depicting scenes from the Chinese novel "Journey to the West - the Adventures of the Monkey King" was issued by Antigua and Barbuda on March 15, 2017. The stamp designs are based on illustrations by the Chinese artist Liu Jiyou (1918–1983), created for illustrated editions of the Chinese novel. These works were painted primarily during Liu Jiyou's mature artistic period in the late 1950s to early 1960s (c. 1958–1965), with some related versions and reworkings produced into the 1970s.

Like the above set, Liberia also issued a set depicting scenes from the Chinese novel "Journey to the West - the Adventures of the Monkey King" based on illustrations by the Chinese artist Liu Jiyou (1918–1983), created for illustrated editions of the Chinese novel. The set was issued on December 1, 2016.

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, in traditional Chinese opera (Jingju) costume and makeup, Issued by Tanzania in 2017.

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, designs inspired by the classic Chinese animated film Uproar in Heaven (1961–1964), depicting the Monkey in a style derived from traditional Chinese opera. Grenada, 2016.

Two souvenir sheets from Liberia depicting the Monkey King, 2016.

The first souvenir sheet depicts Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, in a modern, dynamic fantasy style and appears to be a contemporary digital illustration.

The second souvenir sheet portrays Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, in a simplified, cartoon-style design inspired by traditional Chinese opera and popular animated interpretations of Journey to the West.

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, in traditional Beijing opera costume and makeup, Issued by Tanzania in 2017.