The wintry background is white, with blue water, light blue and violet shadows, and black crosshatching.” The Postal Service said: “The original illustrations were rendered in pen and ink, with watercolor in shades of brown for the otters, using black for facial features and crosshatching. The stamps picture four scenes of a North American river otter enjoying winter’s snow and ice.Īrt director Derry Noyes designed the stamps with artwork from illustrator John Burgoyne. The Otters in Snow stamps also will be issued in a booklet of 20. In the fourth illustration, Santa departs in his green sleigh “with four reindeer visible as they fly across the face of the full moon and into a starlit sky,” according to the Postal Service.Īrt director Greg Breeding designed the stamps using original art by Brad Woodard. Also known as Twas the Night Before Christmas, the poem is attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. The third stamp features a close-up of a winking Santa, no doubt referring to the line “A wink of his eye and a twist of his head” in the poem A Visit from St. Three green stockings hang from the fireplace’s mantle. All that can be seen of him are his legs dangling above the unlit hearth. Santa is more than halfway down the chimney in the illustration on the second stamp. With his sack of Christmas toys slung across his back, he already has one leg inside the red brick chimney. The first stamp in the se-tenant (side-by-side) block of four shows Santa on a snowy rooftop. The illustrations on these stamps tell the story of Santa’s visit on Christmas Eve. Green Valley, AZ 85614īrowse our wide-ranging collection of auction catalogues previewing the rare stamps and lots being offered at upcoming sales. Your 200 different foreign plus SAES for my 200 different. LARGE SCOTT SPECIALITY 3-RING BINDER - TOP SELLER!

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