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My favorite Christmas stamps are the 1964 set from Malta. I remember when they came out and how striking they looked. While I'm not about to pull the set or the page from my album (maybe I'll use a camera, later), here is a run of Christmas stamps from Malta for 1966, 1967, and 1968. Yes, Malta also had a thing for shapes but only as variations of the box.  |
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Already wishing for a warmer clime? Here's a FDC from the South Pacific. I like the palm tree with the lights.  |
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Here's the 1974 U.S. Christmas issue on one FDC, including the precancel that I believe was our first "sticker stamp." I don't believe they expected that stamp to be soaked off for re-use.  |
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Here is a plate strip of that infamous Christmas "sticker stamp" 34 years later. What a mess!  |
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| Edited by modern_who - 12/12/2008 01:03 am |
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I can remember trying to soak those things when they first came out. It took a few but I soon learned they wouldn't soak. The Christmas Stamp is pretty much a modern event. While Canada can claim this first in the late 1880's the US didn't start to issue Christmas stamps on a regular basis until the 1960's. |
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How about a cover...This just in todays mail |
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I will be able to trump that, soon. Not just yet, the cover is still on the way to me. Watch this space. Steve  |
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Two items:
Once I get my scanner working, I can show you two Canadian stamps from the 1930's with RED machine cancels, used at Christmastime.
Secondly, can someone explain who/what is Currier and Ives on the 1974 U.S. Christmas stamps?
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Currier and Ives were two guys who were printmakers in the U.S. in the mid-1800s, pre-photography. They were like the Norman Rockwell of their generation. Many of the prints they did were winter ones, and this is why they're still such a favorite for Christmas cards and American Christmas stamps.
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I'm doing this without looking, so it might be off by some, but Currier and Ives
produced prints with scenes from rural America during the 1800's. The sled scene
on one of the stamps, as well as the cachet, are typical.
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Well, nosed out by a few minutes but our information matches. |
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| Edited by modern_who - 12/23/2008 08:45 am |
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Posted 12/12/2008 12:48 am
