1973 8c Contemporary Christmas: Needlepoint Christmas Tree

Issue Date:  November 7, 1973

Quantity:  939,835,000

Printed By:  Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Printing Method:  Photogravure

Perforations:  10 1/2 x 11

Color:  Multicolored

Unlike the 1964 Homemakers stamp, which was designed to represent needlepoint (#1252), this issue was actually designed in needlepoint.  It took the designer just ten days to create this work of art.