U.S. #2710
1992 29¢ Madonna and Child
Traditional Christmas

Issue Date: October 22, 1992
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 300,000,000

Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Printing Method: Lithographed, engraved

Perforations: 11 ½ x 11

Color:...  more

U.S. #2710
1992 29¢ Madonna and Child
Traditional Christmas

Issue Date: October 22, 1992
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 300,000,000

Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Printing Method: Lithographed, engraved

Perforations: 11 ½ x 11

Color: Multicolored

This year's traditional Christmas stamp was based on the painting, "Madonna and Child With Saints," by Giovanni Bellini. A member of the Bellini family of painters during the Italian Renaissance, he helped develop a type of painting known as sacra conversazione (holy conversation), featuring the Madonna and Child in an interior setting with two or more saints.