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Theo's Philately Christmas: December 2014
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The celebration of Christmas on postage stamps. Tuesday, 2 December 2014. Children, Come to the Children's King. Children, Come to the Children's King. New Zealand usually supplies the first Christmas stamps to fall through the letter box each year. 2014 was no exception with these colourful stamps and cheerful faces postmarked on 1. 2014 is the 200. 080: Mary and Jesus. 200: The Wise Men. First Day Cover – sheet stamps. First Day Cover – Self-adhesive stamps. Come, come, come to the manger,. See, He wee...
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Theo's Philately Christmas: It's Carnival!
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The celebration of Christmas on postage stamps. Thursday, 6 December 2012. Stay in shape and how they stay on! The carol that springs to my mind is the one William Dix wrote whilst ill in bed on Epiphany day, January 6th 1860: http:/ www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/s/aswithgl.htm. As with gladness, men of old. Did the guiding star behold. As with joy they hailed its light. Leading onward, beaming bright. So, most glorious Lord, may we. Evermore be led to Thee. As with joyful steps they sped. This is a colourfu...
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Theo's Philately Christmas
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The celebration of Christmas on postage stamps. Thursday, 7 November 2013. Dahomey Celebrates a Long Christmas. These stamps were issued by the Republic of Dahomey, now called Benin, a country in Africa. 30f: The Nativity by Foujita – the stable scene at Bethlehem. 70f The Visitation by Foujita – The Angel appears to Mary. 100f The Virgin and Child by Foujita – the celebration of Mary, the Mother of God. 200f The Baptism of Christ by Foujita – where John baptises Jesus in the River Jordan. In December 20...
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Theo's Philately Christmas: A 12-12-12 Postmark for Santa
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The celebration of Christmas on postage stamps. Thursday, 13 December 2012. A 12-12-12 Postmark for Santa. 12-12-12 is one of those patterned dates that many postmark collectors crave for. Here is the "Numerical Symmetry" postmark from the Birmingham Special Handstamp Centre to mark the date. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Christ to the World - By Post. Snowman Postmark from Britain. More of a Great British Christmas. A 12-12-12 Postmark for Santa. Gibraltar has issued five...
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Theo's Philately Christmas: The History of Christmas Philately
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The celebration of Christmas on postage stamps. Friday, 3 February 2012. The History of Christmas Philately. The very first Christmas postage stamp was issued by Canada in 1898. This was a world map carrying the simple text “Xmas 1898”. Angels from the Isle of Man. 1969 Botswana African Madonna and Child. Malawi with the message for the whole world. Guyana communicates the Christmas message. The obvious subject for Christmas stamps is the Nativity story. The manger scene, shepherds, angels, wise men ...
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Theo's Philately Christmas: Children, Come to the Children's King
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The celebration of Christmas on postage stamps. Tuesday, 2 December 2014. Children, Come to the Children's King. Children, Come to the Children's King. New Zealand usually supplies the first Christmas stamps to fall through the letter box each year. 2014 was no exception with these colourful stamps and cheerful faces postmarked on 1. 2014 is the 200. 080: Mary and Jesus. 200: The Wise Men. First Day Cover – sheet stamps. First Day Cover – Self-adhesive stamps. Come, come, come to the manger,. See, He wee...
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Theo's Philately Christmas: More of a Great British Christmas
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The celebration of Christmas on postage stamps. Thursday, 29 November 2012. More of a Great British Christmas. Yes folks, the first day covers have arrived. The voting in the family was 3 - 0 (No, that's not Tottenham Hotspur's latest result! For the first day covers being very nice indeed. The stamps on each cover are complemented by a lovely cachet of a Christmas tree fitted with an array of burning candles, topped by a star. Cat and Rabbit sit either side with wrapped presents arrayed between them.
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Theo's Philately Christmas
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The celebration of Christmas on postage stamps. Sunday, 17 November 2013. Hark The Herald Angels Sing. These stamps from Ghana feature one of the most loved carols that have ever been written and sung. Written by the English Methodist Charles Wesley in 1739. It is now sung to a tune by Felix Mendelssohn. On the stamps the manuscript music as used as the background with three of the stamps showing Ghanaian churches and the fourth showing a group of members of the Guild of the Good Shepherds. Subscribe to:...