Wish Everybody a Happy New Year
The year 2014 is the year of Horse. Many postal
administrations are issuing stamps to commemorate
this year.Greeting the New Year 2014 the
Vietnamese Ministry of Information and
Communications issues the stamp set “Year of the
Horse” with 2 values of 2,000 dong and 10,500 dong.
Image of horses appeared early in the East-West
culture. Horses are one of the animals that have
been tamed for a long time to serve for human’s
daily life. Horses are one of the 12 animal
designations in the Oriental culture and the
Sagittarius of 12 zodiacs in the Western culture.
Horses are the symbol of wealth, success, loyalty,
pride and freedom (with the image of raising hooves
and shouting).
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