Chinese Year of the Dog Stamps Make it Big

The commemoration of 2018 as the Year of the Dog is being cel­ebrated with stamp issues and First Day Covers.

The stamp venture was jointly promoted by the Chi­na Cultural Centre in Fiji and the Post Fiji Limited on Friday.

The official issuing of the stamp was done on Febru­ary 28, 2018 and, is another significant achievement of cultural exchange and co-operation between China and Fiji.

Director of China Cultural Centre in Fiji Xianfu Deng said the culture of zodiac animals had been an impor­tant part of Chinese culture.

“In China, 12 animals are used to name every Lunar New Year,” Mr Xianfu said. 2018 is the Year of Dog.

The Year of the Dog stamps and First Day Cover were designed by a well-known designer from the Henan Province, Aihe Guo.

“It had also reflected the great progress we had made in the past two years in the cultural exchange between China and Fiji,” Mr Xianfu said.

He said the centre focused on sharing Chinese culture with the Fijian people and introducing Fijian culture to China and to the world.

Chinese Ambassador to Fiji Qian Bo said that to his knowledge, this was the third time for the two organ­isations to issue the zodiac stamps in Fiji.

“I heard that Year of the Monkey and Year of the Rooster stamps sold quite well in the local market. I hope the Year of the Dog stamps would contribute more sales revenue to Post Fiji Limited,” he said.

“Those small stamps had helped the initiative to be successful in Fiji.”

Acting chief executive of­ficer of Post Fiji Limited, Isaac Mow, said Post Fiji was privileged to partner with the China Culture Cen­tre in creating awareness on Chinese New Year in Fiji.

“Post Fiji was proud to be associated with the Fiji Chinese Community in promoting our diversity to the world through those stamps,” Mr Mow said.

Edited by Naisa Koroi

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