2020 First-Class Forever Stamp,Holiday Delights: Christmas Stocking
# 5528 - 2020 First-Class Forever Stamp - Holiday Delights: Christmas Stocking
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US #5528
2020 Stocking – Holiday Delights
Contemporary Christmas Series
• One of four stamps celebrating the holiday season with traditional symbols and colors
Stamp Category: Definitive
Set: Holiday Delights
Series: Contemporary Christmas
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: September 24, 2020
First Day City: Frankenmuth, Michigan
Quantity Issued: 450,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Double-sided booklet of 20
Tagging: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block Tagged
Why the stamp was issued: To give holiday mail an added festive touch.
About the stamp design: Illustration by Kirsten Ulve inspired by vintage ornaments and Scandinavian folk art.
First Day City: First Day of Issue Cancellation from Frankenmuth, Michigan, home to Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland, known as the “World’s Largest Christmas Store.”
About the Holiday Delights set: Four stamps to make sending holiday mail more fun. Designs picture traditional holiday symbols: ornament, tree, stocking, and reindeer.
About the Contemporary Christmas series: The US issued its first Christmas stamp (picturing a wreath and candles) on November 1, 1962, and it was wildly popular. The Post Office printed 350 million stamps, the largest print run for a special stamp up to that time, but still the stamps quickly sold out. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced more to satisfy demand and the total number issued was over 860 million by the end of the year.
In 1966, the Post Office started issuing traditional themed Christmas stamps picturing the Madonna and Child and other religious icons. In 1969, they switched back to non-religious Christmas designs with a stamp picturing the painting Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine.
Finally, in 1970, the Post Office decided to permanently split Christmas stamps into two categories to satisfy everyone: Traditional and Contemporary. They issued a block of four stamps picturing Christmas toys along with a stamp picturing a classic painting of the Nativity. The decision to do both proved popular, and the Post Office has continued to issue stamps in both categories ever since.
History the stamp represents: One popular way to get into the holiday spirit is by baking or crafting. And what better craft is there for the whole family than making unique, personalized Christmas stockings?!
Department stores and online retailers offer many options for Christmas stockings each year. However, sometimes it can be fun to create a stocking no one else in the world has. And, the best part is, making a stocking at home is as simple or as complex as you want it to be.
For those who know how to knit or crochet, making a custom stocking with special yarn might be the way to go. Or old blankets or scarves can be cut into a stocking shape and sewn together. Even simpler yet is using hot glue to stick the pieces of fabric together and then simply turning the finished product inside out.
Perhaps the easiest way to customize a stocking is to buy a plain-looking one from the store and jazz it up at home. This can be done by sewing or gluing on buttons, adding sequins or glitter, making a pretty bow out of ribbon, or even adding a jingle bell or two. Feathers can be a fun addition, too.
No matter what kind of stocking you decide to make, it will be full of fun memories you can keep with you forever.
US #5528
2020 Stocking – Holiday Delights
Contemporary Christmas Series
• One of four stamps celebrating the holiday season with traditional symbols and colors
Stamp Category: Definitive
Set: Holiday Delights
Series: Contemporary Christmas
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: September 24, 2020
First Day City: Frankenmuth, Michigan
Quantity Issued: 450,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Double-sided booklet of 20
Tagging: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block Tagged
Why the stamp was issued: To give holiday mail an added festive touch.
About the stamp design: Illustration by Kirsten Ulve inspired by vintage ornaments and Scandinavian folk art.
First Day City: First Day of Issue Cancellation from Frankenmuth, Michigan, home to Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland, known as the “World’s Largest Christmas Store.”
About the Holiday Delights set: Four stamps to make sending holiday mail more fun. Designs picture traditional holiday symbols: ornament, tree, stocking, and reindeer.
About the Contemporary Christmas series: The US issued its first Christmas stamp (picturing a wreath and candles) on November 1, 1962, and it was wildly popular. The Post Office printed 350 million stamps, the largest print run for a special stamp up to that time, but still the stamps quickly sold out. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced more to satisfy demand and the total number issued was over 860 million by the end of the year.
In 1966, the Post Office started issuing traditional themed Christmas stamps picturing the Madonna and Child and other religious icons. In 1969, they switched back to non-religious Christmas designs with a stamp picturing the painting Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine.
Finally, in 1970, the Post Office decided to permanently split Christmas stamps into two categories to satisfy everyone: Traditional and Contemporary. They issued a block of four stamps picturing Christmas toys along with a stamp picturing a classic painting of the Nativity. The decision to do both proved popular, and the Post Office has continued to issue stamps in both categories ever since.
History the stamp represents: One popular way to get into the holiday spirit is by baking or crafting. And what better craft is there for the whole family than making unique, personalized Christmas stockings?!
Department stores and online retailers offer many options for Christmas stockings each year. However, sometimes it can be fun to create a stocking no one else in the world has. And, the best part is, making a stocking at home is as simple or as complex as you want it to be.
For those who know how to knit or crochet, making a custom stocking with special yarn might be the way to go. Or old blankets or scarves can be cut into a stocking shape and sewn together. Even simpler yet is using hot glue to stick the pieces of fabric together and then simply turning the finished product inside out.
Perhaps the easiest way to customize a stocking is to buy a plain-looking one from the store and jazz it up at home. This can be done by sewing or gluing on buttons, adding sequins or glitter, making a pretty bow out of ribbon, or even adding a jingle bell or two. Feathers can be a fun addition, too.
No matter what kind of stocking you decide to make, it will be full of fun memories you can keep with you forever.