1992-2025 Lunar New Year Collection, 66 Stamps

Get a Jump Start on Your Lunar New Year Collection

If you’re ready to start a new mini-collection or enjoy stamps reflecting Asian culture, this collector’s set is just for you. It contains 66 stamps issued between 1992 and 2025.

On December 30, 1992, the USPS issued its first Chinese New Year stamp (#2720) honoring the start of the Year of the Rooster. First-time stamp designer, Clarence Lee created a unique modern and Chinese design, hence the paper-cut look. Many post offices sold out in just a few days, and the stamp was in high demand in Asia.

When the stamp was first created, the USPS didn’t have plans to begin a new series. But since the Rooster stamp was so popular, the Chinese New Year Series was born – all designed by Lee. The second stamp was issued February 5, 1994 (#2817), and the series continued through 2006. On each stamp of the 12 stamps, a professional calligrapher wrote Kanji characters to state the name of each stamp.

In 2008, the USPS inaugurated it’s second set of stamps honoring the Chinese Lunar New Year.  The stamps feature traditional objects often seen at Lunar New Year Celebrations – paper lanterns, kumquats, dragons, ceremonial drums, and more. They also include paper-cut style depictions of each year’s animal as well as Chinese calligraphy.

The third series began in 2020. According to the USPS, the designs for this Lunar New Year Series are meant to remind us of the “elaborately decorated masks used in the dragon or lion dances often performed in Lunar New Year parades.”  Artist Camille Chew created the Year of the Tiger mask by adapting techniques from traditional paper-cut folk-art crafts often used to create decorations during Lunar New Year.

Here are all the Lunar New Year stamps this offer includes:

US #2720 -  1992 29c Year of the Rooster
US #2817 - 1994 29c Year of the Dog
US #2876 - 1994 29c Year of the Boar
US #3060 - 1996 32c Year of the Rat
US #3120 - 1997 32c Year of the Ox
US #3179 - 1998 32c Year of the Tiger
US #3272 - 1999 33c Year of the Hare
US #3370 - 2000 33c Year of the Dragon
US #3500 - 2001 34c Year of the Snake
US #3559 - 2002 34c Year of the Horse
US #3747 -  2003 37c Year of the Ram
US #3832 - 2004 37c Year of the Monkey
US #3895 - 2005 37c Chinese Lunar New Year, Two-Sided Sheet
US #3997 - 2006 39c Chinese Lunar New Year
US #4221 - 2008 41c Year of the Rat
US #4375 - 2009 42c Year of the Ox
US #4435 - 2010 44c Year of Tiger
US #4492 - 2011 First-Class Forever Year of Rabbit
US #4623 - 2012 First-Class Forever Year of the Dragon
US #4726 - 2013 First-Class Forever Year of the Snake
US #4846 - 2014 First-Class Forever Year of the Horse
US #4957 - 2015 First-Class Forever Year of the Ram
US #5057 - 2016 First-Class Forever Year of the Monkey
US #5154 - 2017 First-Class Forever Year of the Rooster
US #5254 - 2018 First-Class Forever Year of the Dog
US #5340 - 2019 First-Class Forever Year of the Boar
US #5428 - 2020 First-Class Forever Year of the Rat
US #5556    2021 First-Class Forever Year of the Ox
US #5662    2022 First-Class Forever Year of the Tiger
US #5744    2023 First-Class Forever Year of the Rabbit
US #5829    2024 First-Class Forever Year of the Dragon
US #5952 - 2025 First-Class Forever Year of the Snake