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This is the world's FIRST Snake Zodiac stamps
issued by the Japan Post on January 1965.
A souvenir sheet with a block of four 5 yen
stamps depicting a straw snake to ward
off devil spirits.
"Year of the Snake" souvenir sheets and
stamps of current issue in 2025.
(More to come)
"Year of the Snake" 2013
"Year of the Snake" souvenir sheets/stamps
from various countries issued in 2001
1964 to 1988. During this period only a
handful of countries (not more than six)
participated in this special issue.
There are about 3,000 species of snakes
with few hundred are featured on postage
stamps from worldwide countries.