Issued by	Item code
Hong Kong	HK19980104 ST 1_30 1
Issue	No. of stamps in issue	Catstamps in issue
1998 Year of the Tiger	6 (4 designs)	6
Item type	Issue date	Face value
Stamp	4 Jan 1998	1.30
Sheet size	Colours	Perforation	Design/motive
50 - 2 panes of 25 MS with full set (4 stamps)	Multicolored	13.5	Tiger embroidery Designed by KAN Tai-keung
	Catalogue numbers
Item size	Scott	SG	Michel	YT
27.94 x 44.45 mm	807	915	834A
Print run	Paper		Printing
	Unwatermarked		Litho by Ashton-Potter (Canada) Ltd.
Other catstamps in issue	Related items		Categories
HK19980104 ST 1_30 2 HK19980104 ST 2_50 HK19980104 ST 3_10 1 HK19980104 ST 3_10 2 HK19980104 ST 5D	HK19980104 MS HK19980104 BK HK19980104 FDC Set HK19980104 FDC MS HK19980104 FDC BK HK19980104 PSE HK19980211 FRA		Wild Cats Tiger Year of the Tiger (Lunar Zodiac) Stylized and Cartoon Tigers
Comments
The booklet stamp (HK19980104 ST 1_30 2) is distinguishable from sheet/MS stamp by being perforated 14.5. There is to our knowledge no way of distinguishing stamps from sheets and the MS (except if you have pairs). A stamp of nearly identical design to the $1.30 value was also issued in a Lunar Zodiac set issued Feb 21 1999. It is distinguishable from this stamp by not having the year 1998 in the design.
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Update history
22 Oct 2006 Geir Arveng