USA - Celebrating Lunar New Year: The Year of the Ox Souvenir Sheet of 12 Stamps

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The Year of the Ox, a 2009 souvenir sheet of 12 commemorative stamps from the United States.

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In observance of the Chinese New Year, the U.S. Postal Service issues the second stamp in the Celebrating Lunar New Year series. The series will continue through 2019 with stamps for the Year of the Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Boar. To commemorate the Year of the Ox, the designers chose a lion head of a type often worn at parades and other festivities.

The Lunar New Year is celebrated primarily by people of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tibetan, and Mongolian heritage in many parts of the world. In the United States as elsewhere, the occasion is marked in various ways across many cultures. Parades, parties, and other special events are common.

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