Name: Eid Greetings - Sheet of 20
SKU: 556204
Price: 13.60 USD
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Eid Greetings Stamps

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Issue Date: 6/10/2016

With a design that evokes centuries of tradition, this Eid Greetings stamp, featuring gold calligraphy and an olive branch, commemorates the two most important festivals—or eids—in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

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With a design that evokes centuries of tradition, this Eid Greetings stamp, featuring gold calligraphy and an olive branch, commemorates the two most important festivals—or eids—in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. On these days, Muslims wish each other Eidukum mubarak, the phrase shown in Islamic calligraphy on the stamp. Eidukum mubarak translates literally as “May your Eid be bountiful (or blessed),” a phrase that can be applied to both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
The calligraphy on previous Eid stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service® has read Eid mubarak, “may the religious holiday be blessed," with the “your” implied, but this new stamp includes the word “your” to give the text more body within a horizontal frame. The stylized olive branch carries connotations of abundance, family, hospitality, and peace. The background color is purple.
In 2022, Eid al-Fitr will be celebrated in North America beginning at sunset on May 2 and Eid al-Adha will be celebrated beginning at sunset on July 9. (These dates, which are based on geographical location and predicted sightings of the moon, are preliminary and may vary slightly as each festival approaches.)
The U.S. Postal Service issued its first Eid stamp, with gold calligraphy against a blue background, on September 1, 2001. A new Eid stamp with gold calligraphy against a reddish background debuted in 2011 and was reissued with a green background in 2013.
All Eid stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service to date feature the work of world-renowned calligrapher Mohamed Zakariya of Arlington, Virginia. The art director for this stamp was Ethel Kessler.
Like other stamps in the Holiday Celebrations series, Eid Greetings is being issued as a Forever® stamp. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.
Made in the USA

Issue:	EID Greetings
Item Number:	556200
Denomination & Type of Issue:	First-Class Mail Forever
Format:	Pane of 20 (1 design)
Series:	N⁄A
Issue Date & City:	June 10, 2016, Dearborn, MI 48120
Designer:	Mohamed Zakariya, Arlington, VA
Art Director:	Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
Typographer:	Mohamed Zakariya, Arlington, VA
Calligrapher:	Mohamed Zakariya, Arlington, VA
Modeler:	Sandra Lane⁄Michelle Finn
Manufacturing Process:	Offset, Microprint
Printer:	Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at:	Browns Summit, NC
Press Type:	Alprinta 74
Stamps per Pane:	20
Print Quantity:	15 million stamps
Paper Type:	Phosphor Tagged paper, Overall
Adhesive Type:	Pressure-sensitive
Processed at:	Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit SC
Colors:	PMS 7535 Gray, PMS 871 Gold, PMS 267 Purple
Stamp Orientation:	Horizontal
Image Area (w x h):	1.05 x 0.77 in.⁄26.67 x 19.56 mm
Overall Size (w x h):	1.19 x 0.91 in.⁄30.23 x 23.11 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h):	5.635 x 5.425 in.⁄143.13 x 137.80 mm
Press Sheets Size (w x h):	22.54 x 10.85 in.⁄ 572.52 x 275.59 mm
Plate Size:	320 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers:	“B” followed by three (3) single digits
Marginal Markings:
Front:	Plate numbers in four corners of pane
Back:	© 2015 USPS • USPS logo • Plate position diagram • Barcode (556200) in upper right and lower left corners of pane • Promotional text

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