A Hanukkah stamp is a

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issued to commemorate

Hanukkah or English translation: 'Establishing' or 'Dedication' (of the Temple in Jerusalem) , nickname = , observedby = Jews , begins = 25 Kislev , ends = 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet , celebrations = Lighting candles each night. ...

. Since 1996, several

-themed

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s have been issued, often jointly.

Description

A Hanukkah stamp is a holiday postage stamp issued to commemorate the Jewish holiday

History

Israel

The

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(USPS) issued a 32-

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Hanukkah stamp in 1996 with a menorah design as a

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with

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. A menorah design was also used in 2008 for a

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issued jointly with USPS. In 2012, a stamp sheet commemorating Hanukkah was issued jointly with

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United States

The

has released several

-themed

1996

The

(USPS) issued a 32-

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in 1996 as a

with

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. This initial printing produced 103.5 million stamps and in 1997 there was a re-issue. It is regarded as the first Jewish stamp issued by the US Postal service and noted by most experts and dealers of these kind of stamps. Thus, that stamp and the year it was first issued, 1996, was historic, and was part of a turnaround, as explained: The stamp was reissued in 1999 with a 33-cent denomination, followed in 2001 at 34 cents and 2002 at 37 cents.

2004

In 2004 after 8 years of reissuing the menorah design, the USPS issued a

dreidel A dreidel, also dreidle or dreidl ( ; yi, דרײדל, dreydl, plural: ''dreydlech''; he, סביבון, sevivon) is a four-sided spinning top, played during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. The dreidel is a Jewish variant on the teetotum, a gamb ...

design for the Hanukkah stamp with a 37-cent denomination. The dreidel design was used through 2008, with changes in denomination to 39 cents in 2006, 41 cents in 2007 and 42 cents in 2008.

2008

A menorah design was used in 2008 for a

issued jointly with

2009

The 2009 Hanukkah design features a photograph of a menorah with nine lit candles and a 44-cent denomination. The menorah was designed by Lisa Regan of the Garden Deva Sculpture Company in Tulsa, OK, and photographed by Ira Wexler of Braddock Heights, MD. Garden Deva was commissioned by the U.S. Postal Service to design and fabricate the menorah. After the reveal ceremony in New York City on October 9, the stamp was made available nationwide at all post offices.

2011

In 2011, the Hanukkah stamp was redesigned with the word "Hanukkah" broken into eight boxes, one of which (the second K) is in the shape of a

. The denomination was 44 cents.

2013

In 2013, the USPS issued a revamped Hanukkah menorah design on a brown background as a

with an effective 46 cent denomination. The stamp was redesigned and issued in 2016 with a blue background and an effective 47-cent denomination.

References

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