Year of the Ox Celebrates Lunar New Year Self-Stick Express the Postal Service has issued

the Postal Service has issued stamps highlighting the Lunar New Year

such as square greeting cards

Calling to mind the elaborately decorated masks used in the dragon or lion dances often performed during Lunar New Year parades

These charming stamps will add a touch of whimsy to your holiday mailings

On January 18

Year of the Ox Celebrates Lunar New Year Self-Stick Express the Postal Service has issuedForever, First Class Rate Original authentic The Year of the Ox stamp is the second stamp issued in the latest Lunar New Year stamp series designed by artist Kam Mak, who was born in Hong Kong and grew up in New York City's Chinatown after his family moved to the U. S. in 1971. Art director Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, MD, worked on the new series with Mak, who now lives in Brooklyn, NY. They focused on some of the common ways the Lunar New Year Holiday