NZ Post - 2025 Year of the Snake

The Lunar New Year is an exciting time for new prospects. Each Zodiac animal brings its own characteristics, providing a fresh approach to prosperity. 2025 is the Year of the Snake.

The snake is an often under-appreciated creature seen by many as sneaky, calculating, and treacherous. However, snakes also have an undeniable beauty. Their elegant structure makes them a popular design in Chinese jewellery, each snake painstakingly carved into jade pendants and charms.  

Elegance is a huge theme in the Lunar New Year aesthetic. You can see it in the careful gold swirls of calligraphy, in the bold red lanterns, in the shiny silk cheongsam and even in the crimped edges of dumplings. The new year is a time of joy and celebration, and having beautiful objects all around promotes fortune for the months ahead.

Dropping in blind box Waitlist format.

$2.30 Hakeke Harvest Stamp
This stamp depicts the lucky discovery of the hakeke (wood ear mushroom), with a snake calmly observing. Chew Chong (Chau Tseung) discovered hakeke in New Plymouth in 1875 and started a lucrative business exporting the fungus to China.

Drop Date: 31 January 2025, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 2,088
Rarity: Uncommon
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #21
License: NZ Post
Brand: NZ Post Stamp Art
Series: 2025 Year of the Snake
Available: Globally

‍‍_{A total of 50 editions will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

$3.60 Lucky Dumplings Stamp
A chubby baby joyfully serves a huge dumpling, emblematic of the fortuitous new year to come. Dumplings are traditionally eaten during Chinese New Year to encourage prosperity and good luck, with their money-bag shape believed to symbolize wealth.

Drop Date: 31 January 2025, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 1,688
Rarity: Rare
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #21
License: NZ Post
Brand: NZ Post Stamp Art
Series: 2025 Year of the Snake
Available: Globally

‍‍_{A total of 50 editions will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

$4.90 Roots of Ginseng Stamp
Known as the king of herbs in Chinese medicine, ginseng is a favoured gift for the elderly during the Lunar New Year. This stamp shows a snake wrapped delicately around the prized ginseng root, while its friend cheers triumphantly.

Drop Date: 31 January 2025, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 1,688
Rarity: Rare
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #21
License: NZ Post
Brand: NZ Post Stamp Art
Series: 2025 Year of the Snake
Available: Globally

‍‍_{A total of 50 editions will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

$7.20 Singing in the New Year Stamp
‍This stamp represents the importance of music in Chinese culture. Here a girl serenades the snake with her guitar, celebrating the new year.

Drop Date: 31 January 2025, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 888
Rarity: Ultra Rare
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #21
License: NZ Post
Brand: NZ Post Stamp Art
Series: 2025 Year of the Snake
Available: Globally

‍‍_{A total of 50 editions will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

Year of the Snake Miniature Sheet
The miniature sheet features all four of the 2025 Year of the Snake stamps.

Drop Date: 31 January 2025, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 488
Rarity: Secret Rare
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #21
License: NZ Post
Brand: NZ Post Stamp Art
Series: 2025 Year of the Snake
Available: Globally

‍‍_{A total of 50 editions will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

_{40% of reservations will be allocated in the Waitlist for MCP Priority Bidding. There is a 5,000 minimum Points bid for this blind box.}

Year of the Snake Medallion (craft)
With a captivating gold finish, this medallion features a striking illustration of a snake.

Drop Date: 31 January 2025, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 888
Rarity: Ultra Rare
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #21
License: NZ Post
Brand: NZ Post Stamp Art
Series: 2025 Year of the Snake
Available: Globally

Crafting details

To be eligible to craft the Year of the Snake Medallion digital collectible, collectors will need to hold the $7.20 Singing in the New Year Stamp digital collectible from the NZ Post Stamp Art - 2025 Year of the Snake series. No digital collectibles will be burned during the crafting process and only store purchased digital collectibles are eligible. Crafting will close 30 March 2025 at 11:59PM PT. All remaining uncrafted editions will be burned after this date.

‍‍‍<sub>A total of 50 editions will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.

© 2025 NZ Post. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.</sub>

‍Waitlist Drop - Blind Box

Waitlist will open 12 hours before drop time for verified/KYC'd users. If you enter the Waitlist and are lucky enough to secure a reservation, you will have 7 minutes to complete the purchase process. If you do not complete the purchase, your collectible reservation will be returned to the public pool and be available for users to purchase directly from the VeVe Store. More info on Waitlist Drops HERE.

‍These digital collectibles will be available for purchase as a blind box, meaning you won’t know which rarity you have acquired until after your successful purchase. From there, you can continue to expand your collection with additional blind boxes, or interact with other users in the Market to complete your set.

MCP Priority Bidding

Upon entering the drop Waitlist, Collectors can opt to redeem Master Collector Program Points to bid on priority Waitlist selection for a collectible reservation. After a bid is placed, Collectors can increase their bid, and/or withdraw their bid up until the Waitlist closes.

At drop time, the highest bidders will be awarded a collectible reservation for the opportunity to complete their purchase using Gems at the Store price. At this point users' MCP Points are deducted from their MCP points balance. If users decide not to make a purchase, their MCP Points WILL NOT be refunded.

If a Collector is NOT successful in securing a collectible reservation using Priority Bidding, their MCP Points WILL NOT be deducted. These Collectors are considered in the Waitlist entry pool and still have a chance to win the drop via normal Waitlist selection logic.

Note: Collectors will only be able to secure a single purchase per successful reservation. Additional collectibles can be purchased after the reservation period ends, if inventory is available.

_{Secondary Market Fees
A 2% licensor fee will be applied to all NZ Post sales in the secondary market in addition to the existing VeVe 2.5% secondary market fee.}

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