Year of the Horse Commemorative Forever Stamp – First Day of Issue Dedication Ceremony, Feb. 3

The U.S. Postal Service celebrates the Lunar New Year with the release of the Year of the Horse stamp. The Year of the Horse begins Feb. 17, 2026, and ends Feb. 5, 2027.The first-day-of-issue event for the Forever stamp will be in Houston and is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtags #LunarNewYearHorse and #LunarNewYearStamp.Customers can preorder Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse stamps on usps.com and they will be shipped on Feb. 3, 2026.