The colorful world of Singapore is here with new treasures for the collectors (ˆ⌣ˆc)
Starhub is gorgeous and I absolutely love the colors, quality and the design this year. The peacocks, birds, butterflies and kois each with a different floral arrangement on both front and back complete with an elegant tall flap and a golden embossed fu is a picture perfect for me.
Starhub is gorgeous and I absolutely love the colors, quality and the design this year. The peacocks, birds, butterflies and kois each with a different floral arrangement on both front and back complete with an elegant tall flap and a golden embossed fu is a picture perfect for me.
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HP Singapore is finally in the house!! Yes it took me almost the entire year to put them up as they are once again one the highlights of my Singapore collection. Maintaining their flap design and the zodiac since 2016, they have moved away from the big centered floral Chinese characters to famous landmarks across the eight countries in Asia Pacific, can you identify them all? Each piece is a front-back match with different floral themes. They are more colors definitely but this is also outsourced and no longer printed in-house, therefore the paper quality is not the same as before, nevertheless still catchy and worth the spotlight!
Changi Airport in collaboration with Sanrio eight sweet characters is absolutely adorable. Meet Hello Kitty and her twin sister Mimmi (born 1974), Gudetama the lazy yolk in eggshell (2013), Pompompurin the golden retriver (1996), Cinnamoroll the white puppy (2001), My Melody pink hood rabbit (1975) and last but not least Little Twin Stars the angels, Kiki and Lala (1975). They create the sweetest childhood memories for most of us growing up. A special thanks to Mei Fern for delivering these sweethearts as well as West Mall delightful puppy duo (and many more) which I adore dearly.
One of the popular Singapore attraction especially for the kids is definitely the zoo and the Wild Reserves Singapore Group Bird Park Safari Zoo have a full fabric 4pcs set in red, orange, pink and yellow. Visitors can purchase directly from the zoo souvenir stores or like me just trade a set back ^ ^ For some collectors they love the quality so much that it's a must have in their collection.
Marina Square beautiful flower girls finally arrived at my doorsteps thanks to a collector who didn't mind sourcing them to trade the HP Singapore set. These lovely ladies are all dressed in flower petals, each carrying a different color shade thus giving the 6pcs set the ultimate spring look. While some may feel this is a little too "girly" I am loving the chic and dazzling style. Do you remember their 2017 purple set? Find the unique 6pcs Chinese fan flaps over at my FB album.
Quick Touch Nyonya ladies from 2018 continues their beauty journey for another year and it was just perfect timing for me as I was one of the lucky winners to receive their VIP edition all the way from Singapore. The VIP set comes in an all red fabric embossed casing (find it over at my home page together with the other maidens).
It's a colorful tail wagging doggy year indeed from these next few ones; taking the spot light is one of the most demanded sets Microsoft followed by West Mall and Cetaphil; the latter moved away from their floral pair but is just as colorful with green and blue doggies blending in with the others (find both 2016 & 2017 over at my main 2017 page here).
A late addition to my collection is these eight puppies from Forum that I traded in October but only received two months later, worth the wait cos they are too cute to resist. Forum also has another floral pair that is as sweet as you can imagine, scroll down to find them. The yellow piece from Allianz is bright and happy with lovely floral and a purple K9. Also in yellow shade is Schroders rendition of the Northern Lion dance which imitates the dog as compared to the Southern cat. Northern lions (北狮) resemble Pekingese or Fu Dogs are generally more playful with acrobatics stunts like balancing on a giant ball. Another rounded shaped pups set is from Courts and they just full of joy and colors.
Daikin bunch of little ones are everywhere on their 4pcs set, having a joyful time with their blue and pink dew droplet mascot Pichonkun. The next set is a beautiful die cut doggy trio from Crystal Jade that I am loving so much. Let us gaze upon the tiny golden paw pals playing among the beautiful floral bushes laid out by Parkroyal and it's Si Chuan Restaurant. Columbia Threadneedle rainbow colored tree is not only the highlight of their pair but the lovely felt beagle dog that gives us the final beautiful touch. The smaller breed Beagle is playful and curious vs the big old, kind and intelligent Lab next.
Credit Suisse is back with a mother child Labrador set that is truly heartwarming, certainly a favorite of mine. Deutsche bank pups are just as pleasing, definitely nicer compared to their hot stamping rooster but a little less colorful then their felt monkey (find them both at my Class of 2016-2017 page). Next we have Starbucks showing off few beautiful breeds that includes the Dalmatian noted for its unique black or liver spotted coat follow by Samsung die cut effect pair of floral and the doggy ears sticking out. Below are the three golden pooches from Perennial this time round they decided to go horizontal as compared to their three vertical golden monkeys in 2016. Their 2017 designs were a pair of feathered roosters (visit both CS and Perennial roosters here at my Feathered Friends page) and they were very different altogether, the pair is just as beautiful only with lots more colors.
Another giveaway from a kind lady in Singapore who did not mind the time and effort to get in touch and arranged for delivery & pick up. Among the many treasures, these big vibrant LVS Landon Veterinary Specialists packets are the most unique ones. The two designs, one of a geometric doggy head and another with blind embossing of the Chinese character "wang" 旺 comes in a casing with the same Chinese word but in orange ~ a special thanks to Constance Wong ❤♫ Next up and another late comer thanks to Mei Fern again is United Square that is actually bookmark size, looking pretty amazing here but it's really a bit small (lol).
This year Berries comes in a rather simple (and thin paper) five pieces set with a darker pink and orange tone. I have put their passed year designs together for a quick view, follow the link here and you will find them.
While Great Eastern turned their paw pals into an origami patchwork floral art, Aberdeen Standard Investments delivered more plain but shining origami of different breeds with a particular one in gold. Both the Singapore pairs are of better paper quality with the latter pink-purple mix appealing to me more. Besides the beautiful HP from the IT world, we also have Dell paw prints above that is a pair for Singapore (on the left) while the Malaysia design on the right is a single piece; All three with their hologram prints have different colors which makes a pretty cool combination together. Scroll down to find another well known IT company, the lovely 5pcs set from Epson. Grab has seven different die cut lanterns, five with Chinese characters and another two with a terrier on a green insert while the other husky standing guard in pink.
The dog is ranked 11th in "the great race" that was held by the Jade Emperor hence next year ms. piggy will be ending the 12th zodiac cycle. Shih Min, Lianhe Wanbao & SPH Rewards 6pc zodiac set is beautiful with a thick yet soft texture, they showed the pavement of these animals sequence in the Chinese lunar calendar that can be traced back to the 14th century B.C. A short version of the great race where the sopping wet dog scrambled across the finish line after the monkey, although it was an adept swimmer, the playful doggie had over indulged in the river, frolicking without a care in the water. The sun that sat high in the sky had heated the water, making it pleasant to bathe in. And, thus, the dog claimed the eleventh place in the race.
Didn't manage to complete their CNY doggy pair instead (thanks to Mei Fern) got a pair of Metro Raya. Housing & Development Board Raya is absolutely beautiful with the batik prints and I am lucky to get a pair from a Singapore collector. As for their red packet, HDB took on a rather simpler plain design as compared to their previous year Cheongsam theme. We can see a similar shade of blue, the sapphire, a medium light violetish blue used by others like Shih Min above. They both certainly caught my attention with the choice of color.
Below is the lovely Marina Bay Sands Rewards that my cousin purposely hunt them down for me during CNY, beautiful quality and pleasant colors using circles illustration. Singapore Guardian 4pc set is absolutely unimaginable when compared to our local Guardian red packets. Just look at the design, details and the colors, just one glimpse you will know it's a quality product. Next we have quite a chic-modern illustration of the tall and long legged crane from Antalis. Unfortunately I do not have the complete box set that features a few other designs along with the purple swallow family. And more cranes from Holiday Inn and these four sweeties has a soft touch and feel quality.
The 4pc floral set from National Environmental Agency took a softer turn as compared to their bright red-orangey 2017 pair. While from the Swiss multinational investment bank is the incredibly gorgeous UBS, scroll down below for those stunning floral and those six lovely designed windows from Pizza Hut.
Pizza Hut has one of the nicest and quality set among the F&B category this year with their elegant window pane art theme in six charming colors. The attention to details can be seen through the floral art within the pane as well as the small but realistic birds and butterflies fluttering gracefully and gently, floating like a dream. Epson having a similar theme, color and feel, definitely also another favorite of mine.
I hesitated about trading BOC set in the beginning because I know it wouldn't be easy with the popular "vase" theme among collectors. After a year of pondering and waiting I finally had the chance and the bullet to hunt this beautiful set of four back. No regrets because they are truly worth the time and patience.
UBS mother-child pair in three stunning colors, the precious sapphire blue, the refreshing lime green and the delicious candy red all backing the dazzling peony. Just like NEA above their 2017 pair is also in orange and is just as majestic and mesmerizing (click here to find the pair under Feathered Friends).
Prudential is my kind of floral design, big, bold and vibrant says it all. The VIP version on the left is fabric while the normal ones has unfolded and folded flaps versions, the latter comes in a beautiful box with the same floral design. Both Citibank Singapoe & Hong Kong used the same design with Singapore Private Bank taking on the luxury feel of the rubbery paper. SPC also went with the floral motif and took a more elegant approach by blind embossing them. Harbour Front Centre is just a pair but elegant with the silver and gold hot-stamping.
Tampines West plays the die-cut illusion trick with their 4pc floral set and they are looking so lovely in a mixture of bright cheerful colors. Our Tampines Hub Raya packets are small size but glittering in four vibrant colors.
Have been drooling over Cold Storage for a year now and finally got it from a Singapore collector during my year end trip there. These front and back matching of five large floral illustration are lovely with a hint of sweetness. I definitely like Mercatus 2017 6pc set that is more catchy and vibrant over this year three individual color set.
Have been drooling over Cold Storage for a year now and finally got it from a Singapore collector during my year end trip there. These front and back matching of five large floral illustration are lovely with a hint of sweetness. I definitely like Mercatus 2017 6pc set that is more catchy and vibrant over this year three individual color set.
Prime this year is looking softer with their floral illustration, giving us more spread in terms of the flowers as compared to 2017 that were more vibrant accompanied by butterflies, birdies, fish and jade but with a plainer background, this year change is quite lovely I must say. Check out what looks like the inverted version of 2017 Orchid Country Club (click here) as well.
The ones that bling and Lufthansa Cargo trio is definitely a catchy one too with it's big, bold and vibrant blossoms while Innovative Diagnostics, Smile Arts Dental and Kith all share the same design but each played with different color shades. We have purple, silver, red and pink which makes them a lovely set of four.
NHB Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall took a break from their zodiac theme and presented us a pair of emboss floral illustration with a fortune bat, one of the auspicious animal in feng shui. The indigo blue and rosey red is a catchy color and stands out instantly.
FLORAL DUO
Presenting the lovely floral queen from Peach Garden, butterflies from Forum and Philip Capital, little birdies from ABN AMRO, AIA and OCBC ESSO. Peach Garden exquisite embossing of the pink and yellow blossom are truly a stunning pair with fine fabric material and once in your hand you will never let go!
?tanding out in two shades of pink is the pair of peonies with colorful butterflies from Forum. Philip Capital is also going sweet, much softer with a lovely baby blue and pink backing. The butterfly illustration here is quite unique. The same soft beauty is from NEX with the lovely meihua, birdies and the big beautifully embossed semi circle flap. Did you also notice the butterflies from Harbour Front Centre before and Alcon below as well with a pair of simple pair of butterflies? ABN AMRO has a pair of embossed birdies also in good quality paper and fine printing. AIA is soft in color, design and touch as well; check out the similar birdies in MUFG pair below. OCBC Esso returns for the third year with another pair of vibrant floral theme accompanied by beautiful swallows.
CBRE is just a single design but with a lot of glitters from it's front-back and inside matching peonies, the long-lived perennials that offer big, fluffy, fragrant flowers. No flowers in both Singtel and Tanjong Pagar Centre instead just some abstract art with hot-stamping. You can tell the paper quality is different as Singtel used fabric finishing hence the livelier appearance. Also not entirely about flowers, Holiday Inn Atrium put up their own building with golden dust lining. The pink and red pair is soft and feels absolutely gorgeous. We have some charming circle designs with Andaz using their name repeatedly forming a golden chain while Regent is looking glamorous with a big golden circle of floral patterns. Suntec City hot-stamping floral patterns also going in circles while Bloomberg is sharp and beautiful with a soft exquisite insert and it's delicate die cut cream flower petals arranged neatly in a circle and so is Barclays in blue.
What you can do with a little blue; Kitchen tiles with a festive touch, I think it's a pretty cool design from So Drama, definitely one of a kind and loving the colors inside and out. Barclays is gleaming in what looks like a blue die cut floral piece, the touch is just like it's predecessor soft and smooth, always standing out in style. Simply a rainbow of floral arrangement from Manulife and they are looking fresh in hot pink and a lovey rare tiffany blue while Ascendas also uses a similar color scheme, their blossoms are lesser but bigger.
Eastpoint has a pair of blue and pink hot stamping floral that is quite catchy while Albion, Estetica & Orchard Gateway are combining the calm stability of blue and the fierce energy of red to give us the creative and magical color purple. Not a common color choice for CNY in the pass but may become a trendsetter for the future. If you are anything like me who adores cheongsam designs, take a detour to my new dresser (click here).
Adding on another two single floral design; Orchid Country with their flowery flap and the big and beautiful State Street flora which I hunted for a while before getting it one year later. All worth it! Nothing beats the admirable embroidery floral filled with colorful threads, EFG Bank is elegantly stunning with their pair of mother-child set while Mandarin by Meritus has only one color threaded blossom they are just as delicate and refined.
Marigold caught my attention this year with the bold floral theme for three of their four designs. This is the first time that I actually hunt and traded Marigold, their best so far. Another highlight this year is Bank of Singapore majestic feathertail betta fish with their peacock-like tails which is known as the caudal fin that spreads beyond 180°; the extra branching in the fin rays gives the fins a feather-like appearance that simply transform the red packet into a beautiful art piece. While there is lesser colors, Julius Bar invested in a classic fabric piece using also the fish theme. The butterfly koi, longfin koi, or dragon carp are the true koi as they boasts long, flowing fins that add grace and peace.
Continuing the fish theme we have the koi pair from Mitsubishi Electric is simple but quite catchy, white bodied with a "Red Sun" marking on head, a.k.a. Tancho a popular variation of Kohaku koi, highly regarded in the Japanese koi industry for their resemblance to the Red-Crowned Crane. Next we have two single piece design with lovely prominent red fishes, Vistra is looking elegant in the warm mysterious red while BNY Mellon is as striking and attractive. Catching some bright and cheerful orange ray is M1 with a pair of purplish Koi fishes and blue butterflies while Tung Lok also have an interesting pair with a pop up fish and dog when you open up the horizontal packets. Check out the single fishes below: UBS Asset Management has a delicate die cut umbrella rib casing with a pair of detail red and yellow koi inserts followed by the embossed gold fishes from Natixis and the blue trio from Three Legs.
Beautiful Horizontals...
Beautiful Horizontals...
More horizontal elegant beauties for now while I gather the others to join them... besides the bright Tung Lok, West Mall floral puppies, Columbia Threadneedle felt beagle and the gorgeous UBS above, we have quite a few more to showcase. AXA pink emboss floral is bold and shining bright while the blind embossing ocean waves with gold lining floral pair from Chubb, ah yes it's a pair, take a closer look at the Chinese word ji 吉 and chun 春; Bank of Montreal is a golden piece with little birdies, red blossoms up front and golden leaves behind; Aviva golden fu is surrounded with elegant felt floral; Union Pay has tiny bats also known as the fortune bat in front as well as part of the lock designed flap behind; Loyal T by DFS is quite an elegant piece with their different dog breeds in gold outline; Vinda Deluxe is also a classy piece with a vase within it's character fu; 313 Somerset is just a single lady this year but a very pink and catchy one nevertheless; L'zzie in cream with a french greeting "meilleurs voeux" which means best wishes accompanied by the romantic European buildings like the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Cologne Cathedra from Germany; also in a lighter shade are from the Hotels, Double Tree and Shangri-La; and from the banks we have Bangkok Bank very bright pinky piece with a colorful and sharp flap while below the elegant maroon floral pair from Deutsche Bank with beautiful refined designed buttons to secure the flaps;
HSBC & HSBC Premier are both bold in their red emboss floral while Legg Mason is refine and delicate with their die cut floral pair in a mysterious maroon and a sweet pink tone whereas Marina Bay Link Mall although just a single piece design extended it's delicate cut all the way to the flap, absolutely stunning with thicker and velvety finishing. Using big floral petal strokes, Eastspring Investment orange and garnet pair presented a view of inverted colors with a Chinese button knot as the flap design. MUFG has golden lining on their flowers and two little orange feathered tail birdies, basking in red and pink.
Continuing the horizontal pairs we have the luxury purple and passionate red blossoms from Cortina Watch and get ready to bedazzled by Bejeweled's bright and bold floral pair in a calm aegean blue and uplifting magenta. Also using the character Fu 福 we have SIA Singapore Airlines pair in red and beige showing off the floral batik prints.
Horse Brand has a vibrant floral piece with thick paper while Perk by Kate is just as thick only softer and sweeter in colors. Their flowers can be seen blossoming on the inner packets which is a great concept in line to promote inner beauty of their undergarments. Also showcasing inner floral with butterflies is Global Risk Management, they are a rainbow of beauties and can cheer me up anytime any day. The next piece from PHS Hairscience also has inner prints and is standing out in bright orange based floral. How can we forget Club 21, definitely my choice of floral, so much to see is the key, not forgetting that they joined up all four ways, transforming into a bigger art piece, I can keep on admiring them from day to night (lol).
Pineapple is a sign of good fortune, in Hokkien dialect, the word for pineapple is ông-lâi (𦬬莱), which sounds like ōng (旺) - "luck" or "fortune", lâi (來) - "coming" and hence the auspicious pineapple from Royal Plaza on Scotts and they are quite big ones as well. Wouldn't it be great if there were a few more in different colors? Haha, just thinking out loud, grin... ID21 has done a die cut pineapple with peonies insert and there is also this other company serving pineapples as well and they are not just for CNY, find them at my Baby & Friends page.
Asia Malls has an interesting design using it's semi circle flap to join the front making a full circle with a family theme within, no colors are played here but the pair is lovely in just a simple red and yellow.
Another must have this year are the smooth silky glimmering lions from SGX, slightly bigger than the average size they are definitely one my favorite 2018 pairs. Besides the joyful lions here are more delightful packets from the banks; OCBC Mighty Saver has given us a four pieces set that joins from top to bottom while DBS continues to deliver us the story of their kids as they get older. POSB mascot pair is as joyful as ever dancing in their doggie head costume. And joining the big family is their latest Deepavali packets with hologram fireworks and kolam which gives each of their 8pcs set different color effects. They also come in a similar cover casing design but different colors, rose for DBS while POSB took the pink. Both also issued a big size packet that can be used as cover casing for the normal packets for Chinese New Year... and so happened just received the POSB biggies from my Singapore sidekick, great timing >< a little late but better than never is the Hari Raya sampul from both DBS & POSB.
Mediacorp is kawaii all the way, thanks to my childhood best friend who got me a few packets that I am able to share the cuteness with other collectors, in other words, great bullet for trading ヽ(^o^)ノ. Didn't even realize Osim is also using the same boy and girl pups until I've uploaded them, I am so lost in my piles of collection haha. Osim duo is printed on a half casing that holds a floral insert, definitely a win over Mediacorp in terms of design and quality. Elisa Litz cat and dog pair in a lovely flamingo tone is another adorable addition to my collection. Pursoft is back with their twelve zodiac theme this round with a change of color and an added puppy. Kind of make one look forward to see their piggy next year.
Aperia is not the usual thicker quality paper from Singapore but still looking sharp in pink with it's bright yellow doggies. Mr Bean one of my very first few love all the way back in 2015 with their adorable little lambs and their white snowy fleece. After so many years I still remember quite clearly the collector told me how good quality they were and so I started to go after them since. They had some cute monkeys in their 2016 pair and four tiny yellow chickens in 2017. This year they did a four pieces set with their happy beans in standalone designs, of course one of them with the doggy paw prints.
Merries bunnies are always adorable and the puppies are just the perfect companion. I am a fan, are you? Kleenex got me going after my cousin and another friend in Singapore for two consecutive CNY. Even though both told me that they do not use such a premium tissue paper I asked again this year showing them how cute the Tsum Tsum pair was (lol). In the end I traded both years (separately) and it was worth the time and effort as I am a true fan! Mind you I will still ask the same two people who are actually collectors themselves the same question next year (big grin).
Have you tried Irvins? The popular salted egg fish skin and chips is a hit in Singapore and their CNY penguin pair is just as hot. Bigger than the average size and good quality in paper, they are a favorite of mine.
The adorable single designs are up next and I can never resist the sweet pinky ones. Love the fortune kitties from Isetan and that big eye owl from Schoolbag too. Sharity the pink elephant from Community Chest is also spreading the joy with it's pals while Nine Fresh kids are just enjoying playtime with grandma.
Here comes the doggies and puppies; the little ones from Yoogane, Paris Miki and PinyIn; Shopkins Cutie Cars are doggy cars and looking sweet in pink; Unfortunately Honestbee may never be starting any zodiac series as they have ceased to operate since end 2019; Capitol Piazza dog is a lucky charm hanging from the beautiful peonies; Snoopy and Charlie is hugging out in this lovely Innisfree piece, do check out it's Malaysia counterpart below which is actually printed on a soft velvety paper; The Superachievers and their paw students are all ready to score high in school; Xin Bei Yorkshire terrier is a happy doggy with plenty of papaya milkshake to share; Alexandra Central pekingese is waiting by the blossom tree to play; NTUC Club is glittering in gold with it's heart shaped doggy and so are the dachshunds from Container Specialist; more golden canines from Sheng Siong, Fortune and NAB whereas ANZ is using red with golden highlights for it's furry pekingese. New addition from SingtelTV with their purple piece with little hot air balloons at the backgaround and a golden hound upfront while Nail Palace decorated their cream piece with ruby embossed year as well as the dog.
The two years series of ZONE Telecom rooster and poodle is just beautiful and elegant with the fabric finishing while Singapore Philatelic Bureau is a series that continues to grow on you every year. There are more from the previous years but I am happy to start from their goat design.
It's a happy family theme from Mitsubishi Electric Gain City and Lays. Mitsubishi did a round table reunion dinner theme while the bigger family of eight from Lays has a "decorate your own" angpow stickers though I prefer their pair of yellow and red cheongsam casing more. In terms of creativity, Malaysia chips angpow set (find them at my main page here) has my vote but quality wise, Singapore is still ahead (grin).
Here comes the girl power from Scoot Airlines and these four gals are looking strong and beautiful. Their 2019 gals are even stronger so hop over to my Lion City (click here) to catch them. More kids theme from Mamee boy and girl pair, Pigeon big round shaped adorable couple that gives me a delightful wedding feel while Dodo mascot boy pair below is just festively joyful.
McDonald's is doing great too this doggy year with their four colorful, soft and yummy designs. Next are the fortune gods that I have managed to collect and the loveliest is definitely from Compass One pair using their signature purple and pink for another delightful pair while the other more traditional illustrated fortune gods are from Shing Heng & Putien below. Do you remember Compass One chickens? Follow the link to find them over at my Egg Surprise and find those cheeky hatchlings.
Putien previous sheep and monkey years were both four pieces top-bottom adjoining sets with zodiac. There were no more zodiac in 2017 but their fortune god mascot remained and finally 2018 sees Putien opting for a cleaner look with just the traditional red and gold hot stamping, although quality is better with embossing, they probably feel it's a more mature and elegant representation. I do hope they will consider using a little more colors in the future and maybe bring back the zodiac?
Here is another year on year comparison that is also showing changes in their choice of designs... We have Eu Yan Sang below with both Singapore and Malaysia version for 2018 & 2017. Both used the same fish theme and flap in 2017 but with different paper and color (the pink floral background belongs to Singapore while the red also with floral background but too light to be noticeable is Malaysia). This year Singapore continued with the same semicircle flap but with thicker paper quality in a bright yellow and pink pair while Malaysia used the same 2016 flaps with thinner paper and a very traditional red backing. Their 2016 is still far better with three beautiful bowls, each filled with different Chinese staple food. Missing the 2016 Singapore design? Same flap shape but totally a different size, taller, slimmer and always thicker, find them at my 2016 page (click here) or look for the Malaysia 2015 3pc floral set under my 2015 gems (click here).
M1 series are quite lovely too with a single front-back matching orange based floral piece in 2014 and moved to pairs in subsequent years. Their colorful journey continues from their Ji 吉 pair in 2015 to simple hot-stamping floral in 2016, lighter tone blossoms in 2017 and back to the bright orange based Koi and pink based butterflies this year. Pin Yin has a full 12 cycle zodiac series over the years, unfortunately I was not able get my hands on any of the older ones. I did approach Pin Yin with the hope that they will help. They read my text but they never replied...
One of my favorite year on year series is definitely from Calrton Hotel and every year since the Tiger they have managed to give collectors the thrill to chase and hunt down their zodiac series. Thanks to Mei Fern for rounding up those beautiful animals, without her help, this stunning piece of combined art would be just a dream (XOXO). Checkout their updated series for 2019 (click here for the link) and if you are reading this now there is no longer any zodiac in 2020, sad...
Continuing the yearly series we have F&N zodiac pairs from monkeys to last year charming roosters and this year plain pups; would definitely like to see more colorful piggies next ya? Singapore Turf Club on the other hand moved away from their single series to a pair filled with horses, having said that they also removed their zodiac as well as their signature horse character. I wonder what's coming up in 2019?
Here are some single portrait designs that I quite like, mostly for their quality printing and paper while some are more traditional in red, a few golden ones and others carrying pink and yellow shades are also as appealing.
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