Lunar New Year 24kt Gold Stamp Collection All 12 Months

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This is a very rare and limited edition item. Included is the original COA/Documentation/Letter/Envelope(s). The original cost then, was well over $1200.00 with tax and shipping. 100% Authentic or Money Back Up for auction is 12 individual engraved .999 solid silver ingots, layered with 24-karat gold. They have NEVER been removed from original packaging and are untouched, thus preserving them forever in a magnificent collection that is destined to be handed down from one generation to the next as a treasured and visible symbol of an ancient culture and continuing tradition. The Lunar stamps comprise one of the most important and popular series ever issued by the USPS, and were inspired by the tremendous contribution made by Asian Americans to the development and life of the country over the past 200 years. More than that, they are a celebration of an ancient culture, and a tradition tracing back 2,000 years. As most people know, the Chinese Lunar cycle is not based on 12 linear months, as in the Western or Gregorian calendar, but on a 12 year repeating cycle. Each astrological animal symbol represents not a month, but a year. And again, unlike the Western calendar that is based upon the movements of the sun, the Chinese astrological calendar has its deep and ancient roots in the movement of the moon. There are many myths and read more

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