The Year of the Rat forever stamp features gold foil accents as a crown, and a circular insignia on the rat’s forehead, which the Postal Service explains “represents the new moon on which the Lunar New Year begins.”
The Postal Service also chose to highlight the Year of the Rat stamp design on the cover of the Quarter 1 2020 issue of USA Philatelic, its retail product catalog that includes stamps and related items.
The illustration on the cover is similar to the illustration on the Year of the Rat stamp, but there are also differences.
Most noticeable is the position of the two yellow and brown tassels that dangle from each side of the rat’s head.
On the stamp, those tassels are suspended from green yarn or cord in fairly straight lines. On the USA Philatelic cover, those elements are positioned differently, with one suspended tassel crossing over its companion.
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