2063-64 - 1983 20c Christmas
1983 20c Christmas

# 2063-64 - 1983 20c Christmas

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1983 20¢ Christmas First Day Cover
 
Issue Date:October 28, 1983
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored
  
Choose Classic or Fleetwood first day covers featuring the 1983 Christmas stamps.
 
1983 marked the sixth year in a row that the Madonna and Child were used on a Traditional Christmas stamp. #2063 is the second Christmas stamp to use a painting by Raphael in its design.
 
Designed by John Berkley, the Contemporary Christmas stamp shows a close-up view of that pudgy, jolly old elf with the twinkle in his eye – Santa Claus. However, this familiar concept of St. Nicholas is an American creation, first designed by cartoonist Thomas Nast. Previously, artists had depicted Santa Claus as a thin, serious-looking man who used one horse - instead of eight tiny reindeer - to travel on Christmas Eve. It was first issued in Santa Clause, Indiana.
 
 

 

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1983 20¢ Christmas First Day Cover
 
Issue Date:October 28, 1983
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored
  
Choose Classic or Fleetwood first day covers featuring the 1983 Christmas stamps.
 
1983 marked the sixth year in a row that the Madonna and Child were used on a Traditional Christmas stamp. #2063 is the second Christmas stamp to use a painting by Raphael in its design.
 
Designed by John Berkley, the Contemporary Christmas stamp shows a close-up view of that pudgy, jolly old elf with the twinkle in his eye – Santa Claus. However, this familiar concept of St. Nicholas is an American creation, first designed by cartoonist Thomas Nast. Previously, artists had depicted Santa Claus as a thin, serious-looking man who used one horse - instead of eight tiny reindeer - to travel on Christmas Eve. It was first issued in Santa Clause, Indiana.
 
 

 

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