Medium:

paper; ink(multicolored)

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

VATICAN CITY (independent city state)

Date:

November 22, 1963

Description:

On November 22, 1963, Vatican City issued the 1963 Christmas stamp portraying an African nativity scene from a terra cotta by Burundi artist Andre Bukuru. The set includes values of 10-lire, 40-lire, and 100-lire and shows a red-brown vignette with variously colored borders.

There were 1,500,000 sets printed in the rotary photogravure process. The stamps remained valid until December 22, 1963.

"Christmas." Vatican Notes 12, no. 5 (March-April 1964): 4.

"Saint Cyril and Methodius." Vatican Notes 12, no. 5 (March-April 1964): 4.

Topic:

International Stamps & Mail  Search this

Object number:

2008.2009.375

See more items in:

National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8dd94fef7-d5da-4bd0-b898-8eac64b0d602

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2008.2009.375