Christmas Carols Stamps – Forever First Class Postage Stamps

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Christmas Carols StampsForever 82￠ | Booklet Stamp FormatCelebrate the season with four stamps inspired by some of America’s favorite holiday songs: “Jingle Bells,” “Deck the Halls,” “Silent Night,” and “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas.”The artist chose images that illustrated a major theme of each of the four carols. A lamb reflects the gentle mood of “Silent Night.” Dressed in its finery, a sleigh horse represents the carol “Jingle Bells.” Inspired by the lyrics of “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas,” the stamp art imagines a child’s hopeful monologue with Santa. For “Deck the Halls,” Christmas lights and holiday cookies set the mood. The stamp art is designed so the stamps are as graphically pleasing in a group as they are individually. Familiar lyrics from each song highlight the individual stamps. The artist first sketched the artwork in pencil and then rendered it as a digital illustration.Many carols have roots in the music of the 15th and 16th centuries. In the 19th century — sometimes referred to as the Second Golden Age of Christmas Carols — many cherished carols were collected, arranged, or published, while many new songs that are today’s classics were first written.Christmas Carols?stamps were issued as Forever? stamps in booklets of 20. These Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail? one-ounce price.Stamp Issuance:October 5, 2017New York, NY 10020Made in the USA