《集邮博览》2004年第5期刊登了南京单留先生的《谈黄道十二星座》一文,向读者介绍了有关黄道十二星座的有关知识及世界各国为此所发行的相关邮票。本人是生肖邮票专题收集者,同时也收集黄道十二宫邮票。根据目前手头收集的邮票及有关资料,对单先生文章提出一些不同的看法并加以补充,以共同商榷。单先生说“最早发行黄道十二座邮票的国家是以色列,1961年发行了一套12种……事实上,早在1937年12月12日,奥地利发行的“礼仪通讯”邮票(一套2枚)图案中就有了“黄道十二宫星座图”(图1、2)。图案都是玫瑰花瓶两边分布着星座图,只是颜色不同,一红一蓝。这套邮票虽然不是为 Philately Expo No. 5 of 2004 published the article entitled “About the Zodiac Constellation” by Mr. Shanli of Nanjing, introducing readers to the relevant knowledge of Zodiac Constellation and related stamps issued by countries in the world to this end. I am the Lunar New Year stamp collector, but also collect the zodiac stamps. According to the stamps and other related materials collected at hand, I put forward some different opinions and supplement the article on Mr. Shan to discuss them together. Mr. Shan said that “the earliest issue of the twelve Zodiac stamps was made in Israel and 12 in 1961 ... In fact, as early as December 12, 1937, Austria’s” etiquette “stamps (a set of 2 Pieces) have the pattern of ”zodiac constellation" (Figure 1, 2). Patterns are distributed on both sides of the rose vase constellation, but different colors, a red and blue. Although this set of stamps is not for