一周熱詞回顧（1.9-1.15）

6. 猴票

monkey stamp

請(qǐng)看例句：

The price of Chinese zodiac stamps commemorating the 1980 Year of the Monkey has rocketed to a historical high.

1980版猴年生肖紀(jì)念郵票價(jià)格創(chuàng)下歷史新高。

1980版猴年生肖紀(jì)念郵票(Chinese zodiac stamps commemorating the 1980 Year of the Monkey)——"庚申年"猴票(the "Gengshen Year" monkey stamps)——為我國(guó)發(fā)行的首套生肖郵票(Chinese zodiac stamps)。80版猴票面值(face value/nominal value)為8分，目前該版猴票價(jià)格已升至1.2萬元一枚，整版(the complete set)價(jià)格更是達(dá)到150萬元。

據(jù)悉，生肖郵票因其傳承了中國(guó)生肖文化(culture of Chinese zodiac)而受到世界矚目，目前已有127個(gè)國(guó)家發(fā)行過3580余種生肖郵票，生肖郵迷(philately lover)覆蓋全球。生肖集郵市場(chǎng)中，龍、馬、猴、牛、虎等比較受歡迎，但以"猴票"為首。

中國(guó)郵政近日發(fā)行的"丙申年"特種郵票(the "Bingshen Year" special stamps)是我國(guó)第四輪生肖郵票的開山之作(the first of the fourth series of Chinese zodiac stamps)。"丙申年"特種郵票一套兩枚(a set of two stamps)，圖案內(nèi)容分別為靈猴獻(xiàn)瑞和福壽雙至，全套郵票面值為2.40元。

[相關(guān)詞匯]

十二生肖 Chinese zodiac

集郵 stamp collecting/collection, philately(n.)

紀(jì)念郵票 commemorative stamp

紀(jì)念郵戳 commemorative postmark

紀(jì)念封 commemorative envelope/cover

首日封 first day cover

尾日封 last day cover