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| 1993: Christmas - Carvings from Alter Triptych (Design - Antonia Graschberger) |
The Birth of Christ with lots of teeny tiny angels, I think you can never have enough angels and the wood carvers thought so too. The stamp is more restrained.
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| 2010: Christmas (Design - Bruce Goold) |
The shepherds (and sheep) not only got the 'Angel of the Lord' but they heard a multitude of the heavenly host.
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| 1988: Christmas - Flight into Egypt - 15th Century Book of Hours |
when an angel warns Joseph in a dream to take his family and flee to Egypt. The other figure is Salome the midwife or nurse who accompanied them, according to the apocrypha. She is often depicted in art with a satchel and a pole.
Happy Christmas
Sunday Stamps theme this week - Religious Christmas - See It On A Postcard
4 comments:
Lovely collection today, I like the design of the German stamps.
Merry Christmas!
All very nice, but the Australian one is special (being so different)
Merry Christmas
I did not know about Salome. Interesting that she is on the Irish stamp. Have a great Holiday!
All them are very nice. Interesting that you included "the day after" :)
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