Sunday Stamps - Happy Christmas; USA

 With Christmas arrangements cancelled for many in the UK all I can do is say - stay safe everyone.

In the US National Gallery of Art Museum in Washington the Dutch painter Hans Memling's Madonna and Child is not on view so we shall just have to share it on a stamp from 1967.

USA - 6 November 1967

The actual painting is larger than this and includes angels on either side.

A similar Memling painting also hands in the London National Gallery.

For other stamps related to a religious Christmas please visit the links at Seeitonapostcard - Mary..

Meanwhile stay safe!

Christmas (religious) - Sunday Stamps II

I showed two secular stamps last week from Australia. Today I have a five year-old's view of a religious theme again from 1983.

Australia

Another stamp from Canada continues the link to last week.

Canada - Madonna and Child

Again I have trouble dating this stamp.

Among a large number of stamps from the USA I found another Madonna.

USA - 1966 - Madonna and Child (painting by Hans Memling)

I'm beginning to despair of ever succeeding in removing GB stamps from envelopes no matter what I try; I even resort to acetone or WD 40 - I get them off, but often only manage to discolour them.

This year I broke my 'golden rule' and went out a bought the complete set.

GB - 2015, 1st & 2nd class for large envelopes

Great Britain 2015 Meditations on the imagery of Christmas

Happy Christmas to all those who take part in Violet's Sunday-Stamps-II and to all our followers.