19th Century Christmas

The design of these Christmas stamps, the four showing Santa Claus and children is based on artwork made by unknown artists from the Nineteenth Century. They were taken from the John Grossman Collection of Antique Images.

The image of Santa working on a sled comes from a postcard from 1915. The image of Santa on a rooftop is from the cover of a writing tablet from the early 1900s. Originally, the image showed Santa smoking a pipe. The post office has a policy against portraying smoking, so the pipe was removed for the stamp design.

The ceremony where the stamp was first issued took place at Santa’s Workshop Rural Postal Substation in the town of North Pole, New York, near Lake Placid. Santa’s Workshop is the oldest continuously run theme park in the U.S.

Note

Although it was a bit of a bother locating each set of these Christmas holiday stamps, I’m moderately pleased to have found them. I’m glad this page is finished.

Contains 18 spots: own 18 – 18 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Mar 7, 2025

Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Christmas & Holidays

1.1	✓	3008	Santa with Sled	32c (sep 1995) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	3009	Girl & Jumping Jack	32c (sep 1995) comm., multicolor
1.3	✓	3010	Santa at Chimney	32c (sep 1995) comm., multicolor
1.4	✓	3011	Boy & Christmas Tree	32c (sep 1995) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	3003	Madonna & Child Giotto di Bondone	32c (oct 1995) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	3017a	Children & Santa	32c (oct 1995) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	3013	Children Sledding	32c (oct 1995) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	3004	Santa at Chimney	32c (sep 1995) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	3005	Girl & Jumping Jack	32c (sep 1995) comm., multicolor
3.3	✓	3006	Boy & Christmas Tree	32c (sep 1995) comm., multicolor
3.4	✓	3007	Santa with Sled	32c (sep 1995) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	3003A	Madonna & Child Giotto di Bondone	32c (oct 1995) comm., multicolor
5.1	✓	3014	Santa with Sled	32c (oct 1995) comm., multicolor
5.2	✓	3015	Girl & Jumping Jack	32c (oct 1995) comm., multicolor
5.3	✓	3016	Santa by Chimney	32c (oct 1995) comm., multicolor
5.4	✓	3017	Boy & Christmas Tree	32c (oct 1995) comm., multicolor
6.1	✓	3018	Midnight Angel	32c (oct 1995) comm., multicolor
6.2	✓	3012	Midnight Angel	32c (oct 1995) comm., multicolor

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.