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Royal Mail unveils five Nativity-themed Christmas stamps

Culture · First reported 3 Nov, 00:01 · Updated 00:19

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The five-stamp collection, created by Gareth Howat and Rebecca Sutherland, depicts scenes from the Nativity and marks 60 years since the first Christmas special stamps. The stamps’ unveiling comes ahead of the festive season.

  • The collection has five stamps depicting Mary and Joseph travelling, the infant Jesus, an angel, shepherds and the Three Wise Men.
  • Designer Gareth Howat and illustrator Rebecca Sutherland created the stamps together; Sutherland said she had collected stamps as a child.
  • The collection marks the 60th anniversary of the first Christmas special stamps, issued in December 1966 after a children’s art competition was announced.
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Gareth Howat and Rebecca Sutherland
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60 years since the first Christmas special stamps
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1 December 1966

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