The USPS rings in the Lunar New Year with a delightful hissing stamp

The Illuminati. Skull & Bones. The Freemasons. As secret societies go, they’re fine. But I prefer a more productive one. I prefer one with prodigiously great design output. I prefer the United States Postal Service’s Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee, which artist and member Ivan Cash once dubbed a “quasi-secret society.” It is this barely known, humble group of 12 that guides the nation’s entire stamp output with a steady hand—and the collective we have to thank for getting the ball...