32c Year of the Tiger single

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Object Details

Description

The Postal Service issued a 32-cent Year of the Tiger commemorative stamp, on January 5, 1998, in Seattle, Washington. .

The stamp is the sixth design of the Lunar New Year commemorative stamp series, which began with the Rooster issued in 1992, followed by the Dog in 1994, the Boar in 1994, the Rat in 1996, and the Ox in 1997. The series demonstrates the designer's talent with special paper-cut designs.

Designed and illustrated by Clarence Lee of Honolulu, Hawaii, the stamp was printed by Stamp Venturers, Inc., in the gravure process and issued in gummed panes of twenty.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (December 18, 1997).

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Credit line

Date

January 5, 1998

Object number

1998.2008.363

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

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm802a6aa16-a7dc-452f-b1bc-fb2738d3b7e4

Record ID

npm_1998.2008.363