Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued a 34-cent Eid commemorative stamp in Des Plaines, Illinois, on September 1, 2001. The stamp, designed/calligraphed by Mohamed Zakariya of Arlington, Virginia, went on sale nationwide September 1, 2001.
- The Eid stamp commemorates the two most important festivals in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The "Eid mubarak" phrase, featured in Islamic calligraphy on the stamp, can be paraphrased, "May your religious holiday be blessed." In 2001 Eid al-Adha was celebrated on March 6, and Eid al-Fitr was on December 16. The first of the Muslim lunar month of Shawwal, Eid al-Fitr signifies, "The Feast of Breaking the Fast" and marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. Eid al-Fitr is observed by offering special alms with prayers, feasting, exchanging gifts, and visiting family and friends. Eid al-Adha comes at the end of the annual period of pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. The Eid stamp joins the Holiday Celebrations Series.
- The stamps were produced in panes of twenty. Avery Dennison printed 75 million stamps in the gravure process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (July 26, 2001).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- September 1, 2001
- Object number
- 2002.2007.553
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); self-adhesive / photogravure
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 3532
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2002.2007.553
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8d11e1882-f30c-4438-ab5f-a21344cce776
