Australia - 2024 Christmas Stamps

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE We offer a combined shipment when you purchase multiple different items, with an additional cost of only $0.50 per extra item ($1 for international shipping). We reimburse over-payments on shipping charges! Please contact us if you need more details. 2024 Christmas Stamps This year’s two religious stamps feature artworks from one of the treasures of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. The work known as the Aspremont–Kievraing Hours is a hand-written book, or manuscript, made in north-eastern France around 1300, more than 700 years ago. The manuscript is a religious prayer book, and the numerous illustrations or miniatures are painted with precious pigments and adorned with gold leaf. Several tell the Christmas story of the birth of Jesus Christ. Those who prefer non-religious stamps can celebrate a traditional Aussie Christmas with a choice of three stamps. This year, Santa has enlisted some familiar native Australian animals to assist with celebrating Christmas. A carolling Kookaburra announces the glad tidings, a big Red Kangaroo hauls a weighty Christmas sack, and an impatient Koala has already unwrapped his gift. The stamps included: 65c Annunciation to the Virgin - The Archangel Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary to foretell that she will bear Jesus, the Son of God.$3 Annunciation to the Sheperds - An angel announces the news of Christ’s birth to shepherds tending their flocks. The shepherds then journeyed to Bethlehem to witness the miraculous Child.65c Kookaburra - The illustration is by Anita Xhafer.65c Kangaroo - The illustration is by Anita Xhafer.$3 Koala - The illustration is by Anita Xhafer.Specifications: Issue date: 1 November 2024Issue withdrawal date: 31 December 2025Denomination: 1 x 65c, 1 x $3 (Rel), 2 x 65c (se-tenant), 1 x $3 (Sec)Illustration: Anita Xhafer (Secular)Paper: self-adhesive - Sheetlet – Raflatac Cast gloss SP34 KS90, Sheetlet of 5 – Tullis Russell Red Phos PSA (P55) 100gsm Release, S/A – Booklets (Rel): Tullis Russell Red Phos PSA (P55) 100gsm Release S/A, (Sec): S/A Securpost MC 90 P11P Non Phos (Phos Tagged)Printer: gummed - RA (Rel), EGO (Sec)Printer: self-adhesive - S/A Sheetlet of 10 – Rapid LabelsPrinting process: Offset lithographyStamp size (mm): 26mm x 37.5mm (Sec), 37.5mm x 26mm (Rel)Minisheet size (mm): 135mm x 80mmPerforations: 14.6 x 13.86 (Sec), 13.86 x 14.6 (Rel)Sheet layout: Module of 50 (2 x 25), S/A Sheetlet of 10 x 2 kindsFDI postmark: Merrylands NSW 2160FDI withdrawal date: 30 November 2024

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