32c Year of the Ox single

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Object Details

Description

The Postal Service celebrated the Year of the Ox with the issuance of a 32-cent stamp on January 5, 1997, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The stamp went on sale nationwide January 6.

Designed by Clarence Lee of Honolulu, Hawaii, the stamp features a paper-cut design of an ox and Chinese calligraphy on the upper left corner of the stamp. The ox represents a successful harvest and is the second symbol of twelve in the Chinese zodiac. 1997 was the fifth year the US Postal Service commemorated the Lunar New Year with a design from the Chinese zodiac.

The stamp, in a pane of twenty, was printed by Stamp Venturers, Inc., in the gravure process.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (December 5, 1996).

mint

perf. 11.2

Credit line

Date

January 5, 1997

Object number

1998.2008.300

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / photogravure

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Holidays & Celebrations

Asian-Pacific American Heritage

Contemporary (1990-present)

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8d01d9125-38f8-46b4-9758-557ddca5869a

Record ID

npm_1998.2008.300