Printer:

Bureau of Engraving and Printing  Search this

Medium:

paper; ink (carmine, green, black); adhesive / engraving

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

November 9, 1964

Description:

This Christmas Issue stamp features an image of mistletoe, a small, green-leafed parasitic shrub with waxy berries that grows on host trees. The mistletoe plant is often used in Christmas decorations. It is an old custom that people who stand under a hanging mistletoe plant are obligated to kiss.

United States; Christmas; holiday; botany; mistletoe; plant; flower; shrub; tree; berry; green; red; white

Topic:

Holidays & Celebrations  Search this

Plants  Search this

U.S. Stamps  Search this

Object number:

1980.2493.5496

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm81491f606-3062-413d-aa1c-74deaa11f4e2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1980.2493.5496