Object Details
Description
The Postal Service issued a souvenir sheet of 37-cent Lunar New Year stamps in twelve designs on January 6, 2005, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Clarence Lee of Honolulu designed the stamps. Sennett Security Products printed 108 million stamps in the gravure process.
Stamp designer Clarence Lee, created intricate paper-cut designs for all of the twelve animals associated with the Chinese lunar calendar. Lau Bun, also of Honolulu, drew the calligraphic characters used for this souvenir sheet. The characters in the individual stamps identify the Year of the Dog, Rat, Tiger, and so on. The characters on the selvage to the left of the souvenir sheet may be translated as "Happy New Year!" The same greeting appears in English at the top of the sheet.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (December 9, 2004).
unused
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
January 6, 2005
Object number
2005.2012.139.3
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored) / photogravure
Place
National Postal Museum
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Contemporary (1990-present)
Holidays & Celebrations
Asian-Pacific American Heritage
Animals
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2005.2012.139.3