37c Year of the Ram single

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Object Details

Description

The Postal Service issued a 37-cent Lunar New Year, Year of the Ram, commemorative stamp in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of twenty on January 15, 2003, in Chicago, Illinois. The stamp, designed and illustrated by Clarence Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii, went on sale nationwide on January 16, 2003.

In the 2003 Chinese lunar calendar, the Year of the Ram began on February 1, and it ended on January 21, 2004. Charm, creativity, and a caring and gentle personality are hallmarks of the ram. The Ram commemorative stamp marked the eleventh in the award-winning Lunar New Year series.

The Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. printed 70 million stamps in the offset process with microprinting "USA."

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (December 12, 2002).

mint

serpentine die cut 11 1/2

Credit line

Date

January 15, 2003

Object number

2003.2011.19.4

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink / lithograph

Dimensions

Height x Width: 5 7/8 x 7 5/16 in. (15 x 18.5 cm)

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Holidays & Celebrations

Contemporary (1990-present)

Asian-Pacific American Heritage

Animals

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8b9d9e233-7a6c-4ca5-8e87-f6819eb652b5

Record ID

npm_2003.2011.19.4