USPS Gets Festive With a Lunar New Year Stamp – Stamp will be unveiled in San Francisco

U.S. Postal Service

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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

 

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    What:

 

    The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate the Lunar New Year in San

    Francisco with the unveiling of the Year of the Rabbit Forever stamp.

 

    The first-day-of-issue event for the stamp is free and open to the public.

    News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtags #LunarNewYear and

    #LunarNewYearRabbit.

 

    Who:

 

    Derek Kan, governor, U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors

 

    London N. Breed, mayor, San Francisco

 

    Fiona Ma, state treasurer, California

 

    Jay Xu, director, Asian Art Museum

 

    When:

 

    Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at 11 a.m. PST

 

    Where:

 

    Asian Art Museum [https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3734720-2&h=2727394676&u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3734720-1%26h%3D1861360821%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fasianart.org%252F%26a%3DAsian%2BArt%2BMuseum&a=Asian+Art+Museum]

    200 Larkin Street

    San Francisco, CA 94102

 

    RSVP:

 

    Dedication ceremony attendees are encouraged to RSVP at:

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    Background:

 

    The Postal Service will issue the latest Lunar New Year stamp celebrating

    the Year of the Rabbit. This stamp design calls to mind the elaborately

    decorated masks used in the dragon or lion dances often performed in Lunar

    New Year parades. This three-dimensional mask depicting a rabbit is a

    contemporary take on the long tradition of paper-cut folk art crafts

    created during this auspicious time of year. The rabbit mask design

    incorporates colors and patterns with symbolic meaning.

 

    Art director Antonio Alcala designed the stamp and the pane with original

    art by Camille Chew.

 

    The Year of the Rabbit stamp is being issued in panes of 20. It will always

    be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.

 

    Lunar New Year is one of the most important holidays of the year for many

    Asian communities around the world and is primarily celebrated by people of

    Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tibetan, Mongolian, Malaysian and Filipino

    heritage. Across these varied cultures, many traditions exist for ringing

    in a new year of good luck and prosperity.

 

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