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Legendary Monkey King on stamps
Updated: 2015-08-13 05:00:26
( People's Daily Online )

Stamp set Peking Opera released in 1980. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Monkey King has been China's favorite superhero for at least five centuries. It is one of the main characters in The Journey to the West, an epic comic fantasy from the sixteenth century.

With the recent box office hit Monkey King: Hero is Back, the ancient superhero has returned under the spotlight.

Here, we provide some of the most memorable stamps of the superhero from different periods and regions.

Stamp set The Journey to the West released in 1979. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Stamp set of the Monkey King's animated adaptation released in 2014. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Stamp set of the Monkey King's animated adaptation released in 2014. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Stamp set of the Monkey King's animated adaptation released in 2014. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Stamp set of the Monkey King's animated adaptation released in 2014. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Stamp set Journey to the West released in 2015. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Stamp set Journey to the West released in 2015. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Stamp set Peking Opera released in Macao. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Stamp set The Journey to the West 1 released in Macao in 2000. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Stamp set The Journey to the West 2 released in Macao in 2007. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Monkey King released in Canada in 2004. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

Monkey King released in Poland in 2014. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

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