Hanukkah is a family-centered celebration that lasts eight nights. Families gather, play games, sing songs, share gifts and eat traditional holiday foods like latkes (fried potato pancakes). On each of the eight nights, families light a menorah (or hanukkiah) to represent the miracle of the Hanukkah story of the Maccabees. When the Maccabees entered a Temple in Jerusalem it was discovered that only enough consecrated oil remained to light the menorah for one day. Miraculously, when the Temple menorah was lit, it burned for eight days.
The USPS® Hanukkah stamp was designed by Jeanette Kuvin Oren with Ethel Kessler as the art director. The stamp art features the design from an original wall-hanging. The fiber art was hand-dyed, appliquéd and quilted to form an abstract image of a hanukkiah. The stamp's art has been adapted into a printed design with multiple significant colors wrapping around the Tornado's stainless-steel barrel that is varnished with a gloss clear coat.
Each pen is then complete with polished brass accents, a finial topped with additional flames and its serial number engraved of the 718 Limited-Edition. May this pen bring joy to all who use it this holiday season.
Retro 1951 Tornado "USPS Hanukkah" Rollerball Pen Specifications
- Limited Edition of 718 Pieces
- Standard Tornado Rollerball Pen Size, Pen Length: 5.11 in. / 129.5mm
- Pen Material: Stainless steel base, with printed USPS Hanukkah stamp design
- Pen Trim: polished brass accents
- Top disc illustration - candle lights
- Matching commemorative packaging tube
- Smooth writing retractable rollerball pen uses the capless rollerball type refill REF5P
- May be converted to use an easy flow 9000 ballpoint type refill cartridge (sold separately)
- USPS - Retro 51 Packaging Tube