Designs celebrate Year of Monkey

A new set of commemorative stamps is a little piece of a big strategy in boosting the Island's trade links with China.

So says the Department of Economic Development, ahead of a new collection from the Isle of Man Post Office ahead of next month's Chinese New Year.

The stamps will celebrate the forthcoming 'Year of the Monkey', featuring designs from artists Yin Hui Li and Guo Zhenshan.

DED Head of Special Projects Steven Beevers hopes the move will put the Island on the map: