Early in the morning of Jan 5, 2015, people queue up in front of post offices in Shanghai to buy the special stamps for the Year of Goat or the lunar Yi Wei Year (one of the 60 years in the traditional Chinese "Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches" way of numbering years). The set of stamp, containing one stamp with face value of 1.20 Yuan, is the last set of the third round of zodiac stamps issued by China Post. (Photo: IC)

2015年1月5日，中国邮政发行《乙未年》特种邮票一套一枚，全套邮票面值1.20元，是中国邮政发行的第三轮生肖邮票的收官之作。4日后半夜，上海多家邮局门口已经排起长队，人们自带小板凳和保温杯，三两个聚集在一起聊天，熬夜排队，等候买票。

Editor: Wang Jiaye

Source: english.eastday.com