
1990 Christmas
First Day Cover
Issue Date: October 18, 1990
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Lithographed and engraved
Perforations: 11 ½
Color: Multicolored
A detail from the 15th century tempera and oil painting "Madonna and Child," by Antonello da Messina, is on the 1990 Traditional Christmas issue. The painting is part of the national Gallery's Andrew W. Mellon Collection.
Artist Libby Thiel created the design for the Contemporary Christmas issue with a pair of scissors and white and colored paper.