33c Year of the Dragon single

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Object Details

Description

The 33-cent Year of the Dragon commemorative stamp was issued in San Francisco, California, on January 6, 2000. The stamp was designed and illustrated by Clarence Lee of Honolulu, Hawaii.

The dragon is the fifth of the twelve animals associated with the Chinese lunar calendar. People of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tibetan, and Mongolian heritage celebrate the Lunar New Year. Clarence Lee, an American of Chinese descent, combined calligraphy with a paper-cut dragon in an intricate arrangement in the design of this stamp.

Sterling Sommer printed 56 million stamps in panes of twenty in the offset process with microprinting "dragon."

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (December 16, 1999).

Credit line

Date

January 6, 2000

Object number

2000.2020.805

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (multicolored) / lithographed; adhesive

Dimensions

Height x Width: 1 × 1 9/16 in. (2.54 × 3.97 cm)

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Contemporary (1990-present)

Animals

Holidays & Celebrations

U.S. Stamps

Asian-Pacific American Heritage

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8bab12272-bc98-4201-9b0a-eb5d6a67c3ab

Record ID

npm_2000.2020.805