1992 29c Christmas Greetings: Booklet Stamps

US #2715-18
1992 29¢ Christmas Toys
Booklet Stamps
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Value: 29¢, First Class Mail rate
First Day of Issue: October 22, 1992
First Day City: Kansas City, Missouri
Quantity Issued: 408,550,000 stamps
Printed by: American Bank Note Company
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Booklets of 20
Perforations: 11 

• Contemporary Christmas stamps for 1992
• Issued as sheets, booklets, and ATM booklets
• Pictures antique Christmas Toys

Why the stamp was issued: This set of four stamps were the Contemporary Christmas issues in 1992.

About the stamp design: The stamp art was the work of Lou Nolan. He painted his designs of four antique toys on illustration board. The images include a race horse and jockey; a locomotive and coal car; a horse-drawn fire pumper; and a steamship.

Nolan’s work can be seen on several stamps in the Transportation series and other US stamps. 

Special design details: To prevent counterfeiting, Ashton-Potter printed the “29” and “USA” using a special green ink that contained metallic elements. If the stamps were photocopied, the colors would have separated. In addition, each stamp has a microscopic “© 1992” included in its design.

First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony for the Christmas Toys stamps took place at Hallmark Cards Corporate Headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.