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Sunday, 22 November 2009

Nativity Christmas stamps released

  • Published: Wednesday, 4 November 2009

The Post Office has launched this year's set of Christmas stamps.

2009 Christmas stamps

Among the stamps produced for Christmas 2009 are ones depicting scenes from the Christian nativity story.

These have been taken from stained glass windows selected from churches around the UK. 

The stained glass is Victorian and was created by Pre-Raphaelite artists like Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Arts and Crafts designer William Morris.

The stamps are on sale now.

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