Year of the Ox Stamp Celebrates Lunar New Year Forever First Class Postage Stamps Celebration Boutonniere Stamps Two of the designs show

Two of the designs show views from the inside looking out: a single burning candle sits on a sill and a simple star ornament hangs from a hook attached to the window sash

This new series will continue through 2031 with stamps for the Year of the Rabbit

the other cream-colored with green wings — facing away from each other but overlapping as they share a moment of inspecting green-leafed branches adorned with small white hearts

The winning design was in the shape of an upside down pyramid surrounded by bronze elements

Year of the Ox Stamp Celebrates Lunar New Year Forever First Class Postage Stamps Celebration Boutonniere Stamps Two of the designs showThe 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 is celebrated. To commemorate the Year of