The stamp designs were created by illustrator Tom Duxbury, who specialises in the medium of woodblock printing to depict both vintage and modern scenes. Duxbury has worked on many book covers, including Philip Pullman’s Serpentine and The Collectors.
They contain words from some of our favourite carols – ‘O hear the angle voices’ from O Holy night, ‘The silent stars go by’ from O Little Town of Bethlehem, ‘All is calm, all is bright’ from Silent Night, ‘Asleep on the hay’ from Away in a Manger and ‘Star of wonder, star of night’ from We Three Kings.
This set of stamps is the first Christmas issue to feature the silhouette of His Majesty King Charles III.
The 2022 stamps were the final stamps to include an image of the Queen.
The six stamps were artistic drawings and they told important moments of the nativity story. They were all designed by artist Katie Ponder from Kent. Her work is inspired by ballet and mythology. Illustrating the story of the nativity, her designs have a contemporary feel with reference to the Art Deco movement.
Past Reflections have looked at past Christmas stamps – here, here, here and here – which is your favourite?
You can buy your Christmas stamps from Post & Pantry.
Remember to collect your used stamps for the Church of Scotland Stamp Appeal – there is a basket at the back of the church. The appeal is to support agroforestry in Malawi, Zambia & Zimbabwe.