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The Christmas issue design for 1965 Is a composition by Casimira Dabrowska representing the Birth of Jesus Christ in a Peruvian setting with typical Indian costumes of Peru, the llama, the Andes, with the ruins of Macchu Picchu in the background. The Inscription NATIVITAS D.N.I. CHRISTI means Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the year in roman numerals MCMLXV - 1965 Comparing the photo of the original design by Miss Dabrowska, please note that halos have been added to the heads of the Christ Child, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph, so that there will be no mistaking that the central trio is the Christmas scene (missed by the writer who reported these stamps in Linn's). In the picture of the original design note the clarity of detail and the fineness of design which is true of all her paintings, but which is lost to a great extent in these stamps, as is true in most of her designs. The name of M. Colombsti, Engraver, has been added and Miss Dabrowska's name shortened to C. Dabrowska, and the I.P.S. inscription has been placed in the center. The stamps are engraved on paper watermarked crossed keys. Measuring the perforations we make its 20 L 13 1/2 x 13 1/2; 20 Log 13 1/2 x 14; L. 200 14 x 14. Technical Details: Scott Catalogue - 420 - 422 Date Issued - 25 November 1965 Face Value - 20 l, 40 l, 200 l Perforations - 13.5x14 Printer - The Italian State Printing Works |
| (From Vatican Notes, Volume XIV, Number 5, March-April 1966, Page 7) |
