Sunday, December 23, 2018

Christmas on Sunday Stamps

Royal Mail issued a very nice set of Christmas stamps this year featuring postboxes.


I have received one of them this year, although it was sadly disfigured by the dreaded biro.
There are a couple of countries that issued some stamps that I like (and will certainly never receive).

 From Norway, this wonderful 3D scene. [Eva, it made me think of you :) ]


And this really unusual and, to me, outstanding ones from Luxembourg. They are titled Mr Winter Joy and Mrs Ice Crystal. I can only imagine the outcry if these were issued in the US :)


For more Christmas postage, check out the links at Sunday Stamps. And have yourself a great Christmas!
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15 comments:

  1. Mail AdventuresDecember 23, 2018 at 6:42 AM

    I've got some of those from the UK some of those from the UK, with and without biro, and also in the form of postcards, so I can enjoy the bigger illustration. Actually, I keep receiving them, and updating the post :D
    Some Christmas mail arrive after Christmas every year...

    The stamps from Norway and Luxembourg mean certainly a change! I love the designs (I am almost sure I'm not receiving them neither, alas). I like that Spain issues a classic stamp for Christmas, but I wouldn't mind something different one of these years... Well, the classic is for the A-rate (within Spain). The B-rate, again, is rather dull (have you got my postcard with it?).

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    1. FinnBadgerDecember 23, 2018 at 6:52 AM

      Your Christmas postcard has not arrived yet - I would have liked to include the stamp today. I feel like the mail has been even slower than normal at this time of year with a lot of delays for letters and packages. Hopefully it will turn up next week.

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    2. Mail AdventuresDecember 23, 2018 at 7:46 AM

      Wow, I sent it on 7th December... I hope it is not lost in way! :(

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    3. FinnBadgerDecember 23, 2018 at 8:03 AM

      I hope so, too, since your letter posted a few days later arrived yesterday. I posted. my mother's card Dec 2nd, and it didn't arrive until Dec 20th. I was getting worried!

      Perhaps it will arrive on Christmas Eve :)

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    4. Mail AdventuresDecember 23, 2018 at 8:10 AM

      And now I realise that actually I sent you TWO postcards on 7th December! Well, let's be patient... :)

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  2. fafaDecember 23, 2018 at 9:22 AM

    J'aime beaucoup les timbres de Grande Bretagne et de Norvège ! J'espère qu'il n’y pas de "Christmas mail monsters" qui ont mangé ma "gingerbread house letter " postée en Novembre dernier ! Thank's a lot for your two last letters !

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  3. Mail AdventuresDecember 23, 2018 at 11:54 AM

    It seems that the stamps are made of adhesive tracing paper (https://timbredujura.blogspot.com/2018/12/christmas-and-new-year-greetings-cards.html). How cool!

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    1. FinnBadgerDecember 23, 2018 at 10:08 PM

      So some of the envelope shows through the design? Nice!

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  4. violet sDecember 23, 2018 at 1:41 PM

    Those Luxembourg stamps are a mystery to me - but oh so fun to look at!
    (her tumbler account shows these, and other very similar works, in clear detail)

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  5. JoyDecember 24, 2018 at 12:58 PM

    I love the Norwegian scene and the Luxembourg ones are striking and suitably frostlike, I like his gingerbread man earing.

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  6. Bob ScotneyDecember 26, 2018 at 7:58 AM

    The only stamp from overseas this year came to me from Norway, Unfortunately it depicted a lighthouse - I would have preferred your marvellous stamp.

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    1. FinnBadgerDecember 26, 2018 at 8:37 PM

      I wonder which Eva would prefer - the lighthouse or the Christmas scene.

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