First Vatican Christmas Stamps - 1959

Christmas 1959 - Nativity by Raphael 266-268 (1959) December 14, 1959 - First Christmas stamps were issued by Vatican City, based on nativity painting by Raphael. Article Links: • Greg Pirozzi, “Vatican Christmas Stamp: Early Unused Essay”: Vatican Notes, Vol. 58, No. 346 p. 27 (2010)