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The design for Christmas 2011 is featured on two stamps and a booklet. The designs are from a 15th-century Cretan triptych of oil paintings on wood located in the Pinacoteca of the Vatican Museums. The €0,60 value features a manger scene with the Blessed Mother and the Infant Jesus. The €0,75 stamp contains a portion of the design and depicts the Infant Jesus in a manger. The use of warm, dense colors highlights what the UFN terms the post-Byzantine art style. The wood of the manger is cleverly portrayed to highlight Christ's destiny on the Cross. The stamp booklet contains four self-adhesive €0,75 stamps. Its cover portrays St. Benedict on the left of the manger scene, with St. Francis on the right to complete the triptych. Technical Details: Scott Catalogue - 1490 - 1492a Date Issued - 18 November 2011 Face Value - €0,60, €0,75, €0,75, 4 x €0,75 Perforations - 13.25x13 Printer - Cartor (France) |
| (From Vatican Notes, Volume 60, Number 351, pp. 6-7, 2012) |
