China – A Victim Of A Possible Stamps Hoax

An unknown source has designed a set of stamps to publicise the human rights problems in China, and so far nobody has accepted responsibility for the designs. The designs were sent to a public relations firm, with the intent that they were then sold on to a postal authority. The PR firm responsible issued promotional material to several postal authorities, under instruction from their client, but quickly withdrew their support once experts have given their professional opinions. The experts decided the issue was a complete hoax, and the stamps should never be published.

Details of the stamps read like an April fools day joke, although the dates do not match. How the PR firm managed not to notice this remains a mystery and they are currently undertaking legal action, which is why details of companies and countries are unknown. A spokesperson for a leading law firm stated that their client “Had been the victim of a hoax attempt and had withdrawn from the project as soon as the details were made aware to them.”

The set of stamps consisted of 14 designs, where as the Chinese year system only has 12 animals. The extra designs included a human, and a fly! The designs for the stamps included photographs of the animals, although they were anatomically incorrect. The year of the Monkey was represented by a Gorilla, the Rat by a Mouse, Snake by a worm and the Dragon by an unidentified type of Lizard.

How anybody thought the stamps would ever be issued remains a mystery, and it remains to be seen whether the victim of the hoax was primarily intended to be the PR firm. How China fits into the equation is unknown, although they did make a statement condemning the designs as “ludicrous”. This article will be updated if any further details are released, or if any of the facts contained here are proved to be true.

Mark Steele

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