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Hanukkah

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Name Value
Date of Issue November 1, 2016
Year 2016
Quantity 15,000,000
Denomination
First-Class Mail Forever
Denomination Value $0.47
Perforation or Dimension 1.19 x 0.91 in.⁄30.22 x 23.11 mm
Issue Location Boca Raton, FL 33432
Postal Administration United States

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Pane of 20 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 750,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.40
SKU: 559904
Dimension: 5.64 x 5.43 in.⁄143.12 x 137.79 mm
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset, Microprint
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Overall
Layout Number: “B” followed by five (5) single digits
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Original Purchase Price: $75.20
SKU: 559906
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SKU: 559916
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SKU: 559921
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SKU: 559910
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SKU: 559924
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About Stamp

On November 1, 2016, in Boca Raton, FL, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Hanukkah stamp (Forever® priced at 47 cents), in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The stamp will go on sale nationwide November 1, 2016.

Hanukkah spans eight nights and days of remembrance and ritual. The U.S. Postal Service joins the celebration with a new Hanukkah stamp in 2016. The stamp art depicts a menorah in the window of a home, viewed as if from inside a room. The white window trim is visible through the branches of the menorah, which echo the tangle of snow-covered tree branches beyond the glass. In 2016, Hanukkah begins at sundown on December 24. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp with original art by William Low.

Hanukkah spans eight nights and days of remembrance and ritual. The U.S. Postal Service® joins the celebration with a new Hanukkah stamp in 2016.

The stamp art features a warm, elegant illustration of a holiday menorah in the window of a home. The candles – one for each of the eight nights and days of Hanukkah, and the ninth, the shamash or "servant," used to light the other candles – are a creamy white and have all been lit. The white window trim is visible through the branches of the menorah, which echo the tangle of snow-covered tree branches beyond the glass.

Hanukkah is the Hebrew word for "dedication." Tradition relates how a miracle took place during the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem, which had been desecrated by conquering armies. The sacramental oil, thought to be enough for only one day, burned for eight days.

The miracle of the oil is at the heart of the ritual of the lighting of the hanukiah, a menorah – candelabra – used only at Hanukkah. Traditionally, it was placed for all to see at the entrance of the home to proclaim the miracle. Many times in history it was not safe for Jewish families to make such a public declaration of faith, and the menorah was set instead in a prominent place inside the home. Today in the U.S., many families are renewing the tradition of displaying the menorah in windows during the holiday.

The eight nights and days of Hanukkah begin on the 25th of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, a date that falls in late November or December. In 2016, Hanukkah begins at sundown on December 24.

Colors

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, PMS 7443 Lavender

Creators

Designer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Art Director: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Typographer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Artist: William Low, Huntington, NY.
Modeler: Sandra Lane⁄Michelle Finn.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22451. Copyright: USPS.

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