2009 44c Winter Holidays, convertible booklet, block of 4 stamps
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U.S. #4428a
2009 44¢ Winter Holidays
Convertible Booklet Block of 4
Issue Date: October 9, 2009
City: New York, NY
Printed By: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: 10 ¾ X 11 die-cut
Color: multicolored
This booklet block of 4 features four winter holiday designs including a reindeer, snowman, gingerbread man, and toy soldier.
With the tale of Santa Claus coming from the North Pole, it was easy to associate reindeer with Santa. Reindeer can pull up to twice their weight, so Lapplanders (northern Scandanavians) used reindeer to pull sleds. Clement Moore established the relationship in his poem, AVisit from St. Nicholas. The reindeer on the stamp is decorated for Christmas, with an ornament hanging from its antler.
Making a snowman is a time-honored winter tradition, as laughing children build and decorate the snowman. A snowman isn’t finished until he has a carrot nose, coal buttons, and sticks for arms. If Mom (or Dad) is alert, then mugs of steaming hot cocoa (with marshmallows, please!) are waiting when the rosy-cheeked builders trudge back inside and shed their winter clothes.
The Gingerbread man is a traditional cookie treat in winter, also used as a decoration on Christmas trees. He looks sharp in his ruffles of sugar icing and his buttons made of gumdrops or raisins. Candies define his facial features.
Toy Soldiers have long been a favorite way for children to pass the winter days. These popular toys figure prominently in E.T.A. Hoffman’s book, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, which later became the holiday classic The Nutcracker. Hoffman’s story features an imaginative girl named Marie (Clara in the ballet) and her brother Fritz. Marie is delighted with the gift of a nutcracker soldier. On Christmas Eve, the nutcracker comes to life and leads Fritz’s toy soldiers into battle to defend Marie from the evil Mouse King and his mouse army.
U.S. #4428a
2009 44¢ Winter Holidays
Convertible Booklet Block of 4
Issue Date: October 9, 2009
City: New York, NY
Printed By: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: 10 ¾ X 11 die-cut
Color: multicolored
This booklet block of 4 features four winter holiday designs including a reindeer, snowman, gingerbread man, and toy soldier.
With the tale of Santa Claus coming from the North Pole, it was easy to associate reindeer with Santa. Reindeer can pull up to twice their weight, so Lapplanders (northern Scandanavians) used reindeer to pull sleds. Clement Moore established the relationship in his poem, AVisit from St. Nicholas. The reindeer on the stamp is decorated for Christmas, with an ornament hanging from its antler.
Making a snowman is a time-honored winter tradition, as laughing children build and decorate the snowman. A snowman isn’t finished until he has a carrot nose, coal buttons, and sticks for arms. If Mom (or Dad) is alert, then mugs of steaming hot cocoa (with marshmallows, please!) are waiting when the rosy-cheeked builders trudge back inside and shed their winter clothes.
The Gingerbread man is a traditional cookie treat in winter, also used as a decoration on Christmas trees. He looks sharp in his ruffles of sugar icing and his buttons made of gumdrops or raisins. Candies define his facial features.
Toy Soldiers have long been a favorite way for children to pass the winter days. These popular toys figure prominently in E.T.A. Hoffman’s book, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, which later became the holiday classic The Nutcracker. Hoffman’s story features an imaginative girl named Marie (Clara in the ballet) and her brother Fritz. Marie is delighted with the gift of a nutcracker soldier. On Christmas Eve, the nutcracker comes to life and leads Fritz’s toy soldiers into battle to defend Marie from the evil Mouse King and his mouse army.