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Year of the Rooster

Celebrating Lunar New Year

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue January 5, 2017
Year 2017
Quantity 15,000,000
Denomination
Forever
Denomination Value $0.47
Color Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, PMS 872/Gold
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 Seattle, WA 98134
Postal Administration United States

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About Stamp

On January 5, 2017, in Seattle, WA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Year of the Rooster First-Class Mail® stamp (Forever® priced at 47 cents), in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 12 stamps. The Year of the Rooster $5.64 pane of 12 stamps may not be split, and the stamps may not be sold individually.

The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 5, 2017.

The Year of the Rooster stamp is the tenth of 12 stamps in the Celebrating Lunar New Year series. The Year of the Rooster begins on January 28, 2017, and ends on February 15, 2018. The stamp art depicts a rooster emblazoned on a red envelope (hongbao). Parents present red envelopes containing money to children and loved ones during Lunar New Year celebrations. The color red symbolizes luck in Chinese culture, while rooster imagery is often used to ward off evil spirits. The characters at the top of the envelope form a common Chinese greeting of celebration and wish for prosperity and good fortune, used most frequently during Lunar New Year. Artist Kam Mak created this original painting. Art director and stamp designer Ethel Kessler incorporated elements from the previous series of Lunar New Year stamps — Clarence Lee’s intricate cut-paper design of a rooster and the Chinese character for “rooster,” drawn in grass-style calligraphy by Lau Bun — to create continuity between the stamps in the series.

Creators

Designer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Art Director: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Typographer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Artist: Kam Mak, Brooklyn, NY.
Modeler: Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22456. Copyright: USPS.

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