Serbia to issue special Chinese New Year stamp

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To celebrate the Chinese New Year of the dragon, the Serbian Postal Service is issuing a special stamp to commemorate the occasion.  #ChineseNewYear #Dragon #Yearofthedragon #China

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00:00 On February 9, the Serbian Postal Service issued a unique postal stamp dedicated to the Chinese New Year.

00:08 Featuring a Chinese dragon, the stamp was printed in a limited edition of only 25,000,

00:15 but it is not just for collectors, it has entered regular circulation.

00:20 Every year for the next 11 years before the Chinese Spring Festival,

00:24 Serbian Post will issue a new stamp dedicated to the incumbent Chinese New Year.

00:31 Through this kind of message to the citizens of the People's Republic of China,

00:37 we send a message of friendship, which exists even though we are geographically far apart,

00:42 but as friends we are very close and we are grateful for everything that the People's Republic of China does as a friend of our country.

00:53 The stamp was printed in one of the oldest printing houses in the country

00:58 and one of only two licensed to print the postal stamps.

01:02 There, the postal stamps have the same treatment as money

01:06 and are handled with the same level of care and protection.

01:10 The issue of this stamp is just one of the events organized in Serbia to mark the Chinese New Year.

01:17 In many cities across the country, various celebrations are happening including Chinese opera performances in several towns,

01:25 a festival of light in Novi Sad and a huge fireworks display in Belgrade.

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