The photo taken on Jan. 12, 2012 shows a first day cover affixed with a silk stamp sheetlet based on the Year of Dragon during a media conference in Hong Kong, south China. It is the first time for Hong Kong Post to release a stamp sheetlet made in Italian real silk. Hong Kong Post will issue special stamps for the Year of Dragon on Jan. 14, 2012. It has issued special stamps to mark traditional Chinese Lunar New Year since 1967. [Xinhua/Song Zhenping]