1971 8c Contemporary Christmas: Partridge in a Pear Tree

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U.S. #1445

8¢ Partridge in a Pear Tree
Contemporary Christmas

Issue Date: November 10, 1971

City: Washington, DC

Quantity: 979,540,000

Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Printing Method: Photogravure

Perforations: 10 ½ x 11

Color: Multicolored

Jamie Wyeth (the son of artist Andrew Wyeth) based his painting, "A Partridge in a Pear Tree," on the famous English Christmas carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Wyeth also gained fame by designing the 1981 and 1984 White House Christmas cards and for his moving portrait of John F. Kennedy.