I buy these in bulk and then use them all year long. No one says you can't use religious stamps all year.
Wise Kings Stamp
Me surprised that Canada Post is highlighting the Holy Family on the most recent stamp booklet. (Nov.4, 2024)
I have to laugh though...They inaugurated (cancelled?) this edition in the town of Trinity, Newfounland, because of its association with the Holy Trinity. So do they think that the Holy Family is also THE HOLY TRINITY!!!??? But I give them top marks for the bold effort to even mention the word CHRISTMAS, and showing a tender desire to spread the dogma around. Really?!
Stamps are not going anywhere fast: This is the third week of Canada Post workers
on S T R I K E ~https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-company/news-and-media/corporate-news/news-release/2024-11-04-new-stamps-celebrate-christmas-and-the-holiday-seasonNovember 04, 2024
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New stamps celebrate Christmas and the holiday season
Illustrations of the Holy Family and whimsical depictions of gingerbread houses offer sacred and secular designs for seasonal mailings.
OTTAWA – Today, Canada Post released two stamp issues marking the festive, winter season. The company has produced Christmas designs every year since 1964 and, for nearly 20 years, has offered stamps featuring secular holiday imagery.
The latest Christmas stamp depicts a vibrant coloured illustration of the Holy Family. It shows Mary and Joseph looking lovingly at the infant Jesus. A star is visible overhead, which was said to announce the birth and lead the Magi to Jesus.
The stamp was designed by Underline Studio and illustrated by Amanda Arlotta. Printed by Lowe-Martin, the issue includes a booklet of 12 Permanent™ domestic rate stamps and an Official First Day Cover (OFDC). The stamp of the OFDC was cancelled in Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, because of the picturesque town’s reference to the Holy Trinity.
This year’s secular holiday issue features elaborately decorated gingerbread houses with all their creature comforts – a birdhous...