2022 Virgin and Child Forever Postage Stamps – First-Class Mail, Booklet

$29.00

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5 Booklets of (100 Pcs) 25 Booklets of (500 Pcs) 50 Booklets of (1000 Pcs)

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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.

This particular Virgin and Child painting was owned by a number of famous individuals including the Tempi family. They sold it to Italian painter and art dealer Emilio Costantini in 1906. Then it was sold a number of other times before being left to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in the will of Mrs. Robert Dawson Evans. It is a relic of history and example of the fine skill of many Italian Renaissance painters.