The First Day Cover depicts a tiger adorned with a Chinese scroll design, inspired by Chinese ceramic patterns, and holding a gold ingot for good luck.

The Philatelic Bureau offers a first day cover service in respect of all stamp issues. A set of stamps is affixed to an unaddressed, specially designed envelope and it is cancelled with a special pictorial first day cancellation.

Cancelled to Order stamps (CTO) have been cancelled or affixed to something.