CHINA - KING OF STAMPS ' THE GOLDEN MONKEY '

T46 The Red Monkey issued in 1980   "Year of the Golden Monkey"

This Chinese Zodiac Golden Monkey was bid for 1.2 million yuan in January, 2011 at an auction in Suzhou, China. Further, a single monkey stamp also set a record, selling for 10,000 yuan, which was 125,000 times more than its original price of 8 fen.

In recent years, China Zodiac stamps have become increasingly popular among collectors , but the 1980 " Golden Monkey " garnered the most attention, followed by the 1981 Year of the Rooster with an estimated price in the auction HK$20,000 - HK$30,000 recently.
 

                T46                                                        T58
 YEAR OF THE MONKEY              YEAR OF THE ROOSTER