2020 Our Lady of Guápulo Forever Postage Stamps – First-Class Mail, Booklet

$29.00

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Pictures Our Lady of Guápulo, a painting by an unknown 18th century artist from Cuzco, Peru. The painting is now in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It pictured the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, both wearing crowns and adorned with jewels and regal robes.

In 1966, the Post Office issued its first Madonna and Child stamp, a 15th century painting by Flemish painter Hans Memling. The stamp was very popular and over 1.1 billion were printed. This led the Post Office to issue another traditional Christmas stamp in 1968, this time picturing the Angel Gabriel. In 1969, they went back to more contemporary holiday subjects before finally deciding in 1970 to issue one Traditional Christmas stamp and one Contemporary Christmas stamp. Their decision proved popular and they’ve continued to issue both Traditional and Contemporary Christmas stamps ever since.