Paper-cut horse mask by Camille Chew

Paper-cut horse mask by Camille Chew — 7th of 12 in the USPS Lunar New Year cycle

Year of the Horse 2026 is the seventh of 12 Lunar New Year stamps in the USPS series designed by Camille Chew under art director Antonio Alcalá. The physical Forever stamp was issued on 3 February 2026 in Houston; the Stamp Art digital collectible followed on VeVe on 18 February 2026 at 6.00 Gems. The artwork shows a three-dimensional horse mask built from hand-printed, cut and folded paper, embellished with acrylic paint, paper flowers and tassels, photographed by Sally Andersen-Bruce. Two tiers: 2,888 Common single stamps and 888 Secret Rare panes of 20, for a total of 3,776 collectibles.

Variants

Variant	Variant	Mintage	Rarity
	Secret Rare — Pane of 20	888	1
	Common	2,888	2

USPS Year of the Horse Stamp Art 2026 (February 2026)

Detail	Value
VeVe drop	2026-02-18
Physical issue	2026-02-03 (Houston)
Tech	VeVe / Immutable X
List price	6.00 Gems per NFT
Tiers	Common 2,888 · Secret Rare Pane of 20: 888
Total mintage	3,776

Seventh of 12 Lunar New Year stamps in the USPS cycle designed by Camille Chew under art director Antonio Alcalá. The horse mask is built from hand-printed paper — cut, scored and folded — then embellished with acrylic paint, paper flowers and tassels, backed with papier-mâché and photographed by Sally Andersen-Bruce. Vermillion, violet and blue dominate; paper flowers for spring carry gold leaves for luck.

The Stamp Art collectible follows the Forever stamp by two weeks and comes in two tiers only: single-stamp Commons and a Secret Rare digital pane of 20. There is no Rare tier as in the 2025 Snake drop.

Curator note: tier counts and drop date come from crypto-stamps.org; VeVe’s own drop page is not reachable as of September 2026, so the sale format (blind box or store) is unverified. No contract address is published.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the 2026 Horse drop differ from the 2025 Snake edition?

The 2025 Snake edition used a blind-box waitlist with Common, Rare and Secret Rare tiers. For the 2026 Horse, crypto-stamps.org lists only two tiers — 2,888 Common and 888 Secret Rare panes of 20 — and no VeVe drop page is publicly reachable, so the sale format is unverified.

Is the physical Forever stamp included with the VeVe collectible?

No. The Stamp Art collectible is digital only, minted on Immutable X via VeVe. The Forever stamp was issued separately by USPS on 3 February 2026 in panes of 20 at Post Offices and usps.com.