Single $4.70 'Giving and Receiving' stamp.
In this stamp, horse and baby parade past lilies in bloom. Like many symbols associated with the Lunar New Year, these flowers represent good fortune and happiness. In her exhibition Tracing a Gilded Trail, artist Cindy Huang used lilies to honour the memory of the miners who first arrived in from China during the 19th-century gold rushes. Scant historical records remain, but it is understood that these men were subjected to great hardship and discrimination. Her installation consisted of hundreds of handmade porcelain lilies representing the real ones that flower annually near Round Hill, Murihiku Southland, once the southern-most Chinese settlement in the world.
This stamp issue celebrates the Chinese New Year in the Year of the Horse. Click here to find out more.
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| Date of issue: | 14 January 2026 |
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| Number of stamps: | Four gummed |
| Denominations: | $2.90, $4.20, $4.70 & $7.60. |
| Stamps and first day covers designed by: | YMC Design, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Printer and process: | Brebner Print, Napier by lithography |
| Number of colours: | Four process colours. |
| Stamp size and format: | Gummed: 30mm x 40mm (vertical) |
| Miniature sheet size and format: | 135mm x 90mm (horizontal) |
| First day cover size and format: | 205mm x 120mm (horizontal) |
| Paper type: | Tullis Russell Truwhite non-phosphor gummed 110gsm |
| Number of stamps per sheet: | 20 |
| Perforation gauge: | 13.33 |
| Special blocks: | Plate/imprint blocks may be obtained by purchasing at least six stamps from a sheet. Barcode blocks are available in A and B formats. |
| Period of sale: | Unless stocks are exhausted earlier, these stamps and first day covers will remain on sale until 13 January 2027. |
