Theme : Zodiac signs 24 a

For the next set of posts, I had to wait 12 years...
Liechtenstein started emitting zodiac stamps in a specific sheet, in 2011, and the last sheetlet was sold to the public in 2022, 12 years later.
The beauty of this series, is that each individual stamp is 'carved out' of the paper.
This makes the individual stamp not only fragile, once used on a cover, it becomes nearly impossible to remove it without damaging the stamp. Also cancellations will be hard to read, as most of the paper just simply is not there.

The serie started in 2011  with the year of the Dragon.

Zodiac sheet 2011 'Dragon'

Each year, the zodiac stamp is issued in a sheetlet, continging 4 identical - perforated - stamps.

1 of the 4 identical stamps of 2011

On this first sheet, next to the 4 stamps, only a lunar calendar is included.

Lunar calendar on the 2011 sheet

The shape of the sheet is nicely rectangular, which makes only the stamps 'special'. The same goes for the 2012 edition.
In 2012, the year of the snake is celebrated.

2012 - Year of the Snake sheet

The sheet has the 4 identical perforated stamps and a picture of 2 snakes.

one of the 4 identical 'snake' stamps of 2012

In the image above, the background of the stamps is yellow, due to the paper behind it.
In reality it is a see-through stamp because of the cut out image.

The sheet ouline changes in 2013, with the 'Year of the Horse'.
Now, not only the stamp has a cut out design, now also the sheet itself has the shape of a horse.

2013 - Year of the Horse sheet

From 2013 on, not only the stamps require to be handled with care, also the sheetlet itself is fragile.

1 of the 4 'horse-zodiac' stamps

Not only zodiac-sign collectors will love this set of stamps/sheets, also collectors of 'odd stamps' must be thrilled over this emission...

... to be continued...