Holiday Evergreens Forever….

 

Date of Issue  - 21 October 2010

US Postal Service  issued  new  4 FOREVER stamps on 21 Oct 2010. These are issued in booklet pane of 20 stamps. The postal rate is 44c these days. This is the second issue of Forever stamps by USA the first forever stamp was a single stamp of Liberty Bell issued on 12 April 2007. These were also issued in booklet pane of 20 stamps. At that time the postal rate was 41c.

: Sundar S. Bansal, USA

Holiday Evergreens Forever

Decorating with evergreens during the winter holiday season is a popular and appealing tradition. These beautiful new stamps feature close-up views of the foliage and cones of four different conifers: ponderosa pine, eastern red cedar, blue spruce and balsam fir.

Angel with Lute

 

US Postal Service also issued a single stamp featuring a musical angel.

For the holiday season, angels represent peace on earth. This stamp features an angel playing a lute, an image from a fresco painted around the year 1480 by Italian Renaissance artist, Melozzo da Forli, for the apse of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Rome. It radiates serenity and dignity, along with compassion, while the lute points to harmony and song.

 

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My sincere thanks to the sender. But unfortunately the address of the sender is not given on the cover. I shall be happy to receive mail from the sender.