Happy New Year -- 新年愉快 -- governments around the world mark the Year of the Ox with special stamps

The year of the ox begins Monday. We wish you and your family the best possible year.

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The mainstreaming of the lunar new year is quite remarkable - companies such as Time Warner Cable have worked the holiday into their marketing campaigns. The envelope below, addressed to "current resident," brought their latest pitch.

People in many nations mark the lunar new year and many governments have issued stamps to mark the occasion. Below we send you pictures of those stamps as a way of celebrating and wishing you well.

恭喜发财！Gongxi facai!

Best wishes,
USC U.S.-China Institute
china.usc.edu

China

United States

Hong Kong



Taiwan

South Korea



Japan



Vietnam



Singapore


Thailand



The Philippines



Indonesia



Australia



New Zealand



Canada



Brazil



France



Have you seen other companies working the lunar new year into their advertising? Have you come across new year stamps from other countries? Please share them with us. Send images and links to us at uschina@usc.edu.

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