Oh yes, Local Snacks are back for a second year! I can’t resist food on stamps and Local Snacks was one of the best designs from Hong Kong for 2021. This year, designer Shirman Lai takes over with 6 more favourites to temp us, including siu mai and black sesame rolls. Lai created the March and May 2021 sets, Classical Novels of Chinese Literature – Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Hong Kong Museums Collection.
And now for the stamps we’ve all been waiting for. Okay, maybe not all of us, but certainly I’ve been waiting for months for the Year of the Tiger. Designer Kan Tai-Keung returns for the annual Lunar New Year stamps. This year’s theme offers all sorts of opportunities to create both fierce and adorable stamps. 2022 is going to be a great year for cat lovers. What more can we ask for? Well, Hong Kong has given us a tiger kitten in an embroidered hat. Beat that world.
January
Lunar New Year – Year of the Tiger
4 stamps, sheet, sheetlet, silk stamp sheetlet, presentation packs, prepaid Lunar New Year greeting cards (Air Mail), 1 cancel, “Heartwarming Stamps” Mini-pane (Local Mail Postage), “Heartwarming Stamps” Mini-pane (Air Mail Postage), Red Packet, FDC, FDC (prestige) with cancel, postage prepaid Lunar New Year Greeting Cards (Air Mail)
more images coming
Designer: Kan Tai-Keung
Release date: January 18, 2022
Lunar New Year Animals – Ox/Tiger
stamp sheetlet, Lunar New Year Animals souvenir cover, serviced Lunar New Year Animals souvenir cover, Presentation Pack, Lunar New Year Animals souvenir cover (Prestige), serviced Lunar New Year Animals souvenir cover (Prestige)
more images coming
Designer: Kan Tai-Keung
Release date: January 18, 2022
February
XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022
4 stamps, souvenir sheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, sheets, presentation pack
lithography
Designer: Eric Chan | 陳超宏
Release date: February 4, 2022
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development
11 stamps, souvenir sheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, sheets, presentation pack
lithography
Designer: Tong Wai-pang | 湯偉鵬
Release date: February 18, 2022
April
China’s Aerospace Development
2 stamps on a souvenir sheet, 1 FDC, cancel
Designer: Lin Bingpei | 林炳培
Release date: April 21, 2022
Year of the Tiger Prestige Album Joint Issue
Special joint issue prestige album with stamps from Hong Kong, China, Macau, Australia, Isle of Man, Japan, France, Liechtenstein and New Zealand available only to Advance Order Service subscribers. Also includes a 24K Gold Plated souvenir sheet.
Release date: April 21, 2022
May
Local Snacks in Hong Kong II
7 stamps on a souvenir sheet, mini sheets, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels, sheets, presentation pack
- Egg Tarts and Coconut Tarts
- Bowl Of Wings and Lettuce Fish Meat
- Sitoz & Checkered Cakes
- Dong Candy and Dragon’s Whisker Candy
- Flower Pancakes and Horses Flower cake
- Banana Cake and Sesame Rolls
Artists: Huang Weiwen|黄伟文
Designer: Li Shuwen | 黎淑雯
Release date: May 26, 2022
June
120th Anniversary of Ta Kung Pao
1 stamp on souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel
lithography
Founded in the 28th year of the Qing Dynasty (1902 AD), the Ta Kung Pao has a history of 120 years and is the oldest Chinese-language newspaper in the world. Since its inception, it has worked with the motherland and Hong Kong to spread Chinese voices, show Hong Kong stories, and carry forward Chinese culture to chinese people around the world. Special stamp of “120th Anniversary of the Founding of the Ta Kung Pao” (hongkongpost.hk)
Designer: CHAN Ching-tsui | 陈程翠
Release date: June 17, 2022
Hong Kong Palace Museum
6 stamps, 3 souvenir sheets, 2 FDC, cancel, 5 sheets of 25, presentation pack
- $2 Stamps – Qianlong. White Jade Tong Yin Lady Tu Shanzi
- $2.60 Stamps – $. Red daffodil pattern plate
- $3.40 Stamps – $. Zhu Bishan silver maple
- $3.40 Stamps – $. Zhu Bishan silver maple
- $4.90 Stamps – $. Zhao Mengqian’s “Man Riding Diagram”
- $5 Stamps – Northern Song Dynasty. Ding kiln white glazed baby pillow
souvenir sheets
- $10 souvenir sheet – enamel cup and plate from the Qing Dynasty
- $20 souvenir sheet -Ming Jiajing. Multicolored fish algae figure lid jar
Hong Kong Palace Museum | Home (hkpm.org.hk)
Designer: Guan Xingang | 关信刚
Release date: June 30, 2022
July
25th anniversary of the entry of the People’s Liberation Army into Hong Kong
1 stamp on souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel, presentation pack
Designer: Lee Young-chi 李英志
Release date: July1, 2022
25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
4 stamps on a souvenir sheet, mini sheets, 3 FDCs, cancel, sheets, presentation pack, collector’s presentation pack
Designer: Qin Boqiang 覃伯強
Release date: June 1, 2022
Fruit
6 stamps, souvenir sheet, full souvenir sheet, foldable booklet, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels in B&W and colour.
Designer: Wu Shanghao 伍尚豪
Release date: July 18, 2022
September
Intangible Cultural Heritage – Hong Kong Chinese Kaftan Making Techniques
4 stamps, 2 souvenir sheets, 3 FDCs, cancel, souvenir folder, 4 sheets of 20
With the emigration of wealthy Shanghai merchants and tailors to Hong Kong in the mid-20th century, Hong Kong’s women’s gowns gradually entered their heyday. In the 1930s and 1940s, most of the robes were still flat structures; In the later period, the tailor mainly used the “return” method to create a three-dimensional effect on the flat structure, making the robe more close-fitting; In the 1950s, the use of Western-style tailoring methods to better show the beauty of the body was the biggest difference between pre-war and post-war long shirts, and it was also a milestone in the development of long shirts in Hong Kong. Special stamps on “Intangible Cultural Heritage – Hong Kong’s Chinese Tunic Making Techniques” (hongkongpost.hk)
Designer: Yanko Ito 伊藤彥子
Release date: September 22, 2022
October
Dinosaurs
6 stamps, souvenir sheet, 4 FDCs, 2 cancels (one in colour), 6 postcards, 6 sheets of 25, stamp sleeve
lithography with stereolithography
Tyrannosaurus Rex| Spinosaurus | Triceratops | Diplodocus | Brachiosaurus | Allosaurus and Cilong
Designer: 鄭志明 Zheng Zhiming
Artist: 蔡德怡 Tsai Deyi
Release date: November 15, 2022
December
“Miss 13 Dots” comic
6 stamps, 3 souvenir sheets, 2 collector’s cards, 3 FDCs, cancel, 6 sheets of 25
This comic strip was created by Ms. Lee Wai Chun 李惠珍 who died in 2020. Her series was very popular, especially among female readers. Lee Wai-chun – Lambiek Comiclopedia
Release date: December 6, 2022
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