Object Details
Description
Two 1984 special Christmas stamps were issued October 30, 1984, in separate locations. Both stamps were printed in the standard commemorative size.
The traditional Christmas stamp was issued in Washington, DC, and featured a Madonna and Child painted by Fra Filippo Lippi, a fifteenth-century Italian artist. The original painting hangs in the National Gallery of Art, where the First Day Ceremony took place.
The contemporary Christmas stamp was issued in Jamaica, New York, home of Danny LaBoccetta, one of the winners in the first nationwide student stamp design project sponsored by the US Postal Service in 1982. LaBoccetta was eight years old and a third-grade student when he executed his design featuring a cheerful Santa Claus with a sack of toys.
The designer, typographer, and art director for both stamps was Bradbury Thompson of Riverside, Connecticut. The modeler for the traditional stamp was Ronald C. Sharpe and the modeler for contemporary stamp was Frank J. Waslick. The stamps were issued in panes of fifty and printed using the gravure process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (September 10, 1984).
Postal Bulletin (September 20, 1984).
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Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
October 30, 1984
Object number
1999.2004.381
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / photogravure
Place
United States of America
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Holidays & Celebrations
The Cold War (1945-1990)
Family & Children
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_1999.2004.381