Chinese Year Of The Monkey

Cobie, these set and SS from Sierra are very attractive and great designs, thanks!!! Here is a set issued by Singapore to mark the Chinese Year of the Monkey 2016.

To celebrate the 2016 Year of the Monkey, Indonesia issued a set of three stamps depicting mythical monkey figures from the great Hindu epic - The Ramayana.

- Angada and Anila cooperatively building a bridge to make a way to the demon city, Lanka.

Hanuman monkey-god burn down Lanka city with his burning tail.

The brothers Sibali and Sugriva from Wanara monkey Kingdom fighting for their throne.


Hanuman Monkey-god, servant of Lord Rama and one of the heroes of the Ramayana. SS

Chinese Year of the Monkey, 2016, Bhutan.

In a well-known Eastern Buddhist legend, often called "The Four Harmonious Friends," a bird, a rabbit, a monkey, and an elephant cooperate to enjoy the fruit of a tree. Each animal contributes according to its ability: the elephant provides strength, the monkey agility, the rabbit support, and the bird guidance. By working together rather than competing, they achieve what none could do alone. In Bhutanese culture, this story symbolizes harmony, mutual respect, cooperation, and social unity, values that are visually expressed in the stacked arrangement of the animals on this stamp.

The East and Southeast Asian entity whose stamps celebrating the 2016 Year of the Monkey I will present, before moving on to other parts of the world, is Hong Kong, which issued a set of stamps and souvenir sheets that are spectacular and highly attractive in both design and color. Let's start with the set of stamps.



A stylized Chinese opera monkey mask inspired by the Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, hero of the Chinese legend "Journey to the West", symbolizing intelligence, vitality, and good fortune for the Year of the Monkey.

In addition to the above Hong Kong set of stamps, two SS's were issued.


The second souvenir sheet is made of 100% genuine silk printed in Spain.

This souvenir sheet was issued at the beginning of the Year of the Monkey and includes two stamps: a silver-embossed stamp depicting a Ram representing the outgoing year, and a gold-embossed stamp showing a Monkey symbolizing the incoming new year.

In the end of the Year of the Monkey, a new souvenir sheet was issued with silver-embossed Monkey stamp, and gold-embossed Rooster stamp, representingg the New Year of the Rooster. I still don't have this SS

For the Year of the Monkey 2016, the USA issued a single stamp depicting a rose flower but the upper left corner depicting the same design of the monkey as on the 2004 Year of the Monkey stamp I posted earlier.



Commemorative postmark.

France issued a single stamp celebrating the 2016 Year of the Monkey.

A cover sent from France to Israel on April 14, 2016, the beginning of the Year of the Monkey in Laos, franked with a stamp depicting a deer representing the outgoing year and a stamp showing a monkey representing the incoming new year.

A cover sent from France to Israel on April 14, 2017, the end of the Year of the Monkey in Laos, franked with the monkey stamp representing the outgoing year and a stamp showing a rooster representing the incoming new year.

Stamps celebrating the Chinese Year of the Monkey, 2016 from Estonia, Slovenia, Hungary and a nice postmark and chacheted cover from Mongolia.

Chinese Year of the Monkey, 2016, Benin

Stylized Chinese auspicious monkey statues symbolizing wealth, good fortune, prosperity, and success for the Year of the Monkey.

Year of the Monkey ... still two years to wait, but that is probably good for my wallet ... There are always so many stamps, not just from Asian cultures but also from other countries, acknowledging Chinese New Year..And let's not mention the M o t Y coins, some of them gold and well above my purchasing power - but stamps are still possible, just keeping track of them can be tricky.

So let's delve in the records ....



Year of the Monkey
MS of 4 with 4 photographic labels attached
1.20 yuan each
Chinese "Congratulations" character
Labels show white-headed langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus) and infants of species




Another custom at New Year is to send gifts of money, and envelopes can be very decorative; below, the front has a "gold" 1980 stamp.

Very nice items, Cobie! Thanks for sharing.

Chinese Year of the Monkey 2016, a series of five sets issued by Oceanic countries and islands on September 25, 2015.

- Aitutaki - Cook Islands
- Cook Islands
- Niuafo'ou
- Penrhyn - Cook Islands
- Samoa

Chinese Year of the Monkey, 2016, Christmas Islands, Australia. A set of two stamps and a souvenir sheet.



Souvenir sheet contains the two stamps and the image of the Monkey King, hero of the Chinese novel "Journey to the West - the Adventures of Monkey King".

In addition to the above Christmas Islands set and SS, a rounded stamp was issued.


Postal stationary with printed stamp with different design and cachet. I enclose the two sides.

Beautiful LaoPhil

Thank you for sharing with us

Dianne

Thanks, Dianne.

Traditional Chinese ink painting (guohua), issued by Ghana to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Monkey, 2016.