Hanukkah

With this festive stamp, the U.S. Postal Service commemorates Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. The stamp art was created by graphic designer Suzanne Kleinwaks of Falls Church, Virginia. Bright colors express the joyful spirit of the holiday, and the eight shapes behind the letters spelling out “Hanukkah” symbolize the eight days and nights of the celebration. The second “k” appears on the silhouette of a dreidel, a spinning top that children traditionally play with at Hanukkah. Each of the letters in this design is subtly tilted to mimic the movement of the dreidel as it twirls.

This stamp design is the fourth U.S. issuance to commemorate Hanukkah. The Postal Service issued its first Hanukkah stamp, a stylized illustration of a menorah, in 1996. A design featuring an ornate dreidel followed in 2004, and a photograph of a menorah with nine lit candles was released in 2009.

Hanukkah is being issued as a Forever® stamp. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce rate.