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: 10c Chinese New Year
Date of Issue: 8 January 1974
      
 
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10c Chinese New Year

Set/Series
Falling on 23 January, the Chinese New Year (also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival) of 1974 has the tiger as its presiding zodiac

HK604 10c Chinese New Year
HK606 $1.30c Chinese New Year

HK604 Details
14½ x 14½ perfs; multiple St Edward’s crown and block CA watermark; designed by R Granger Barrett; printed litho by Harrison in sheets (5 x 10 x 2 panes); 4,021,192 copies sold

Colours & Plates/Cylinders
Plate numbers located in the bottom margin of panes by columns 4 and 5, row 10:

dull green–brown–purple–green–orange–yellow
1A–1A–1A–1A–1A–1A (A and B panes)

Varieties
HK604MCa Orange missing
HK604WEa Watermark inverted

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