Japan is the first country in the world to issue zodiac stamps, and the pattern of 1960 is that Kanazawa toys eat Mickey Mouse; 1972 has not issued a zodiac ticket, 1984 is a mouse toy with a mallet, and 1996 is a toy mouse and pepper in a toy house and a mouse eating rice.
The main picture (Figure 6) of the Jiazi Zodiac stamp issued in Korea 1984 is a stone sculpture of a mouse standing with a weapon in his hand. The prototype is taken from the stone statue of the zodiac in the cemetery of General Jin Yuxin, the founding hero of Silla Dynasty.
Mongolia 1972 issued the Zodiac stamp for the Year of Renzi (Figure 7), which consists of a dragon mouse and a spaceship. On the left of the design is a fat mouse running forward, and on the right is Apollo 15 driven by two American astronauts chasing after it. Vivid image, humorous and romantic composition. On June 1 99665438+1October1day, the stamps of the Zodiac Mouse (both of them) are based on the design concept of the mythical mouse, depicting flying squirrels with rich colors.
1996 The Zodiac Rat Stamp issued in Thailand is based on the Thai mythical Buddha wheel X "Jipeng Nana", depicting the grace of the gods riding mice (as shown in Figure 8). The mice controlled by immortals should be "heavenly mice" (divine mice).
The Kingdom of Bhutan is adjacent to China, influenced by Tibetan culture, and adopts Tibetan calendar. 1996 is the year of "Fire Rat", so the "Year of Bingzi" Zodiac stamp issued by Bhutan is designed with the legendary "Fire Rat" (Figure 9). There is also a record of "fire mouse" in the Chinese canon: there is a volcano in the south, which is forty miles long and has inexhaustible wood. It burns day and night, and there is a mouse in the fire, weighing 100 kg and its hair is more than two feet long. ...
1996, many countries and regions in the world issued stamps for the Year of the Rat. For example, North Korea stamps are all kinds of realistic mice, Vietnam stamps are illustrated by the story of mice getting married, Thailand stamps are mice riding around the zodiac, Kazakhstan stamps are also mice with zodiac rings, Mongolia stamps are mythical mice, American stamps are paper-cut mice and calligraphy "Year of the Rat", Singapore stamps are auspicious mice, and Cuba stamps are Year of the Rat. In order to cooperate with 1996 Beijing Asia Stamp Exhibition and Taipei Asia Stamp Exhibition, countries and regions such as Uruguay, Hungary, South Africa, Britain's Porter Cayman Islands also issued China Year of the Rat stamps. These stamps of the Year of the Rat include not only traditional China art designs such as Chinese painting, New Year pictures, paper cutting, seal cutting and calligraphy, but also realistic mice, photographic mice, cartoon mice, craft mice and Disney Mickey Mouse, as well as mouse tickets such as "winning the prize" and "holographic laser mice", which can be described as brilliant and lucky.