Name |
Value |
Date of Issue |
January 15, 2014 |
Year |
2014
|
Quantity |
17,600,400 |
Denomination |
First-Class Forever
|
Denomination Value |
$0.46
|
Perforation or Dimension |
1.56 x 0.98 in./39.62 x 24.89 mm |
Series |
Celebrating Lunar New Year
|
Series Time Span |
2010 - 2018 |
Issue Location |
San Francisco, CA 94188 |
Postal Administration |
United States |
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Souvenir Sheet of 12 (1design)
Quantity Produced -
1,466,700
Original Purchase Price: $5.52
SKU: 587100
Dimension: 7.25 x 5.85 in./184.15 x 148.59 mm
Printer: CCL Label, Inc.
Printed at: Clinton, SC 29325
Printing Process: Gravure
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphored Tagged, Block; Nonphosphored Type III
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Press Sheet W/die Cuts
Quantity Produced -
2,500
Original Purchase Price: $49.68
SKU: 587106
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Press Sheet W/o Die Cuts
Quantity Produced -
2,500
Original Purchase Price: $49.68
SKU: 587108
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First-day Cancelled Full Pane
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $8.02
SKU: 587119
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First-day Cover
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.90
SKU: 587116
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First-day Cover (full Pane)
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $8.02
SKU: 587118
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Digital Color Postmark
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.61
SKU: 587121
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Ceremony Program
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 587130
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Keepsake (2 Ss, 1 Dcp)
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $12.95
SKU: 587110
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Framed Art
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $39.95
SKU: 587124
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Stamp Deck Card
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.95
SKU: 587131
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Stamp Deck Card W/dcp
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.96
SKU: 587132
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On January 15, 2014, in San Francisco, California, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse First-Class Mail® stamp (Forever® stamp priced at 46 cents) in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 12 stamps. The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 15, 2014.
Around the world, a new year is welcomed with noise! Chinese drums, with drumsticks painted red for luck, highlight the U.S. Postal Service’s 2014 Year of the Horse stamp, seventh in the Celebrating Lunar New Year series. The Year of the Horse begins on January 31, 2014, and ends on February 18, 2015.
Across many cultures, in the United States as elsewhere, the Lunar New Year is celebrated in various ways, often with parades and parties. Firecrackers are traditionally used to scare off evil spirits and welcome this time of renewed hope for the future. Lucky foods are eaten — kumquats, for example (issued in 2011) — and given as gifts. Festive lanterns, colored red for luck (issued in 2008), are common decorations at Lunar New Year celebrations, where they are frequently hung in rows.
Combining original artwork by Kam Mak with two elements from the previous series of Lunar New Year stamps — Clarence Lee’s intricate paper-cut design of a horse and the Chinese character for “Horse,” drawn in grass-style calligraphy by Lau Bun — art director Ethel Kessler has created a culturally rich stamp design that celebrates the diversity of the American experience.
The Year of the Horse stamp is being issued as a Forever® stamp in self-adhesive souvenir sheets of 12. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce rate.
Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black, 132 (Brown), 2577 (Lavender), 872 (Gold)
Designer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Art Director: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Typographer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Artist: Kam Mak, Brooklyn, NY.
Engraver: Trident.
Modeler: CCL Label, Inc..
USPS Postal Bulletin 22379. Copyright: USPS.
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