Snow Globes Stamps
(5 Books 100 Stamps)

$25.00

Four designs showcase Christmas themes: A jaunty snowman wearing a long red-and-white scarf; Santa with a bag of gifts stepping onto a chimney; a reindeer standing alert in a wintry forest; and a snow-covered tree decked out in colorful ornaments.

199 in stock

Categories: Big Discounts, First-Class Mail®, Forever® Stamps Tags: Books,Christmas,Forever® Stamps,Wholesale Postage

Description

About the stamp designs: Each stamp pictures an oil painting of a snow globe by Gregory Manchess. Includes four different designs: a snowman, Santa Claus, a deer, and Christmas tree. All four stamps have a different background color, as well.

First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Stephen C. West Ice Arena in Breckenridge, Colorado.

History the stamp represents: Snow globes have a magical quality. Each one contains a small world we can hold in our hands. In 2023, the USPS brought some of that magic to our mail with four whimsical holiday postage stamps.

The earliest snow globes were paper weights produced for the 1878 and 1889 Paris Universal Expositions. But it was Austrian inventor Erwin Perzy who filed the world’s first snow globe patent in 1900. He called it the schneekugel (snow globe) and opened the Original Wiener Schneekugelmanufacktur in Vienna. Perzy’s globes became famous around the world and others began to make their own. Over time, innovations made them easier to make, and the number of snow globes produced around the world skyrocketed. Before long, there were snow globes advertising businesses and tourist destinations. Some featured popular characters, buildings, intricate scenes, and more. Though snow globes have been made for all occasions and holidays, Christmas-themed globes remain some of the most popular.

And while most of us like to shake the globes to make the snow fall, experts will tell you that you should hold it upside down instead. Once all the snow collects in the top, turn it back over and watch the snow fall as the designer intended.

5 books of 100 First-Class Forever® USPS postage stamps. *The slash over “Forever” in the image is to protect it from being used to produce counterfeit postage. Actual stamps will not have this.

*The slash over “Forever” in the image is to protect it from being used to produce counterfeit postage. Actual stamps will not have this.

Additional information

Condition

New

Denomination

66¢ 1-ounce First-class rate (Forever)

Package Type

Quantity Of Stamps

100

Release Date

September 19, 2023