Painter Pham Ha Hai, author of Lunar New Year stamp collection

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Friday, February 16, 2018 | 8:00:00

(VOVWORLD) - The Lunar New Year (Tet) stamp designs are influenced by figuration of traditional stone dog sculpture and the Phu Quoc dog breed.

Painter Pham Ha Hai, author of Lunar New Year stamp collection - ảnh 1

Tet stamps

There are 2 samples in a 37x37 mm size and graphic design. The collection won First Prize in a contest of traditional Tet stamps. Sample 1, priced at 15 cents, reflects a male dog on a green background, while the other sample, 45 cents, pictures a mother dog holding her puppy on a pink-red background.

The collection combines tradition and creativity basing on the author’s spirit of modernity. Hai was inspired by Vietnam’s traditional paintings, whose colors are bright and plain.

Painter Pham Ha Hai, author of Lunar New Year stamp collection - ảnh 2

Painter, MA in Graphic Arts Pham Ha Hai

Painter Pham Ha Hai, author of Lunar New Year stamp collection - ảnh 3

Painter, MA in Graphic Arts Pham Ha Hai

Collecting Tet stamps is indispensible to collectors as stamps bear happy new year wishes and luxurious dreams. Let’s follow stamp collector Pham Hao, on a visit to painter Pham Ha Hai’s studio to find out more about his Tet stamps.