Macau: Year of the Ox

On 17th February I got three postcards: one from Macau, one from Austria and my first card from Gabon.

The card from Macau is a Year of the Ox card.

Like usual Macau Post also issued this year a set of "normal" stamps about the Chinese New Year and a label stamp. The label stamp about this Year of the Ox (issued 20-01-2021) was used on the card and got cancelled with the First Day Special Postmark. To note that this year the label stamp was issued on time, while last year it had been postponed multiple times due to Covid-19. A second stamp was used to cover the postage for a card to Germany.

Two cachets were applied to the card as well. One of them promotes the fight against Covid-19.

Thank You very much Jerry!

As I did not expect to find someone to swap with in Macau, I ordered the "normal" Year of the Ox stamps in early January. They finally arrived here on 11th March. Actually it was said last year that a new series was started with the Year of the Rat, but these stamps are completely different. I really wonder why they changed the plans.