Stamps featuring the Year of the Monkey
The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue the 13th set in the “New Year’s Greetings” stamps series, to usher in 2004, the Year of the Monkey, according to the Chinese Zodiac.
| Kind of Issue: | Special |
| Denomination & Quantities: | P6.00 – – – – – 100,000 17.00 – – – – -100,000 |
| Souvenir Sheet (Perforated): | 23.00 15,000 |
| Souvenir Sheet (Imperforated): | 23.00 15,000 |
| Sheet Composition: | 20 (5 x 4) |
| Size of Stamps: | 40 mm x 30 mm |
| Size of Souvenir Sheet: | 98mm x 88mm |
| Date of Issue: | December 1, 2003 |
| Last Day of Issue: | June 1, 2004 (as stock allows) |
| Perforation: | 14 |
| Printing Process: | Litho-Offset (4 colors) |
| Paper: | Imported Unwatermarked |
| Printer: | Amstar Company, Inc. |
| Designer: | Victor Z. Serevo Rufe A. Goco |
| Layout Artist: | Alfonso V. Divina |
| Designs: | Capuchin monkey and male orangutan (reference provided by Petra and the management and staff of the Manila Botanical and Zoological Gardens.) |
Stamps, Souvenir Sheets and Official First Day Covers will be available starting 1 December, 2003 at the Philatelic Service, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, 1000 Manila and all Regional Offices of the Philippine Postal Corporation.
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