HONG KONG/MACAO/SYDNEY, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Post offices have released new sets of stamps to welcome the Year of the Ox, which is great news for stamp lovers.

Lunar New Year is the most important Chinese festivity that follows a 12-year cycle with each year associated with one zodiac sign of an animal.

[caption id="attachment_55493" align="alignnone" width="900"] This latest issue by the Hong Kong Post comprises four stamps, a stamp sheetlet and a silk stamp sheetlet. (Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Post)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55494" align="alignnone" width="900"] A man shows his stamps bought at the Macao Post on Jan. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55495" align="alignnone" width="900"] The Macao Post issues its new series of stamps to mark the Year of the Ox, Jan. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55496" align="alignnone" width="900"] People purchase stamps at the Macao Post on Jan. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55497" align="alignnone" width="900"] People purchase stamps at the Macao Post on Jan. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55498" align="alignnone" width="900"] A man purchases the newly issued stamps at the Macao Post on Jan. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_55499" align="alignnone" width="900"] A woman shows her commemorative coins and stamps at a post office in Sydney, Australia, Feb. 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)■[/caption]