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Title: The year of Tiger – Bhutan
Date of Issue: 14 February 2010
Country: Bhutan
Denominations: 60 Nu x 2, MS 50 Nu

Chinese New Year starts on the first day of the new moon at the beginning of the year. This year it begins on 14 February and ends on 2 February, 2011.

Title: Year of the Tiger – Indonesia
Date of Issue: 6 February 2010
Country: Indonesia
Denominations: 1500 x 3

Title: Lunar year of The Tiger – Mexico
Date of Issue: 11 January 2010
Country: Mexico
Denominations: $7.00 Pesos

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The lunar calendar is based on cycles of the moon phase. Most lunar calendars are in fact lunisolar calendars. That is, months are kept on a lunar cycle, but then intercalary months are added to bring the lunar cycles into synhronisation with the solar year. Chinese, Hebrew, and Hindu calendars are lunisolar, as well as most calendar systems used in antiquity. Lunar calendars differ as to which day is the first day of the month. For some lunar calendars, such as the Chinese calendar, the first day of a month is the day when an astronomical new moon appears in a particular time zone.

The Chinese horoscope falls into the oldest known horoscopes. It consists of 12 signs of which each one rules over a lunar year. These Zodiac signs have the names of animals (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Wild Boar). In the Chinese horoscope, besides basic signs, very important are also elements: Wood, Metal, Water, Fire and Earth. Every person born in the year of the assigned animal is said to have personalities and traits resembling that animal.

According to the Chinese Zodiac, the year of 2010. is the year of the Tiger. This fearless and fiery fighter is revered by the ancient Chinese as the sign that wards off the three main disasters of a household: fire, thieves and ghosts. Tiger is placed at position three in the Zodiac circle and recur after every twelve years. People born in this sign are self – assured, passionate, optimistic, independent and generally well liked because of their charming personalities.

The 2010. year of tiger forecast says that this is a very favorable year full of working activities.

Title: Year of The Tiger
Date of Issue: 27 January 2010
Country: Serbia
Denominations: 50, 22

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The tiger is the third sign in the cycle of the Chinese zodiac which consists of 12 animal signs. It is a sign of courage. The tiger is a natural born leader and symbolizes power, passion and daring. This fearless and fiery fighter is revered by the ancient Chinese as the sign that wards off the three main disasters of a household: fire, thieves and ghosts.

Title: Chinese Year of the Tiger 2010
Date of Issue: 11 February, 2010
Country: Ireland
Denominations: 82c

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Over the past half a century, the two countries have promoted their friendship, cooperating in various areas such as the economic, social, cultural and human exchange fields. In celebration and commemoration of this 50th anniversary, Korea Post and its Malaysian counterpart, Pos Malaysia Bhd are issuing, through joint works undertaken over one year, a joint stamp featuring tigers of the two countries.

Being endangered throughout the world, tigers vary slightly in their size, color of fur and shapes of stripes, depending on their subspecies. The Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), shown in the stamp as roaming the snow-covered forest of pine trees, is also known as the Korean tiger, Amur tiger or Manchuria tiger. Having adapted to the cold environment in frigid as well as temperate zones, it is bulky and biggest in size among the tiger subspecies, with its fur being long and pale colored. In contrast, the Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni), inhabiting the southern section of the Malaysian peninsula, is the smallest, along with the Sumatra tigers, in its size, as a result of adaptation to the jungle environment. Its fur is also shorter and more densely colored, in comparison to the Siberian Tiger.

Title: The 50th Anniversary of Korea – Malaysia Diplomatic Relations
Date of Issue: 23 February 2010
Country: Korea
Denominations: 250 won x 2

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Title: The 50th Anniversary of Malaysia-Korea Diplomatic Relations
Date of Issue: 23 February 2010
Country: Malaysia
Denominations: 50 sen (2 designs)
50 sen (left): Korean Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
50 sen (right): Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni)

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Bid farewell to the “Year of the Ox” and welcome the “Year of the Tiger”! Embossed and hot-foiled with genuine 24K and 22K gold as well as 99.9% silver, this special edition is so enchanting that you can hardly bear to put it down.

Title: Year of the Tiger
Date of Issue: 6 February 2010
Country: HongKong
Denominations: $1.40, $2.40, $3.00, $5.00

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There are total of 12 animals signs in the Chinese calendar based on five cycles of 12 years each, with each cycle tempered by one of the five Chinese elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth.

According to Chinese astrology and belief, the traits of these zodiac animals not only shape the personalities of people born under the respective sign but also their lives and the events of the year.

The affectionate, generous and attractive Tiger, third in the Zodiac cycle, starts off another New Year of the Chinese calendar. Those born in the year of the Tiger are often said to possess character traits such as affectionate, generous and attractive. Tigers are energetic individuals eho believe in enjoying a life full of challenges and unexpected events.

Title: Lunar year of the Tiger
Date of Issue: 8 January 2010
Country: Singapore
Denominations: 1st local, 65c, $1.10

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