Holiday Elves Stamps 2022

Whimsical elves bring smiles to the holidays with four new se tenant stamps from the U.S. Postal Service.The stamp art features an original digital illustration of four elves preparing treats and toys for holiday gift giving.

The artist firstsketched his design and then created the final illustration digitally. Working with a simple color palette of red, white, and shades ofgreen and brown, he evokes the holiday spirit in the playful, happy scene.

Like many beloved yet relatively modern holiday traditions–including Santa Claus himself–elves did not become a well-established part of the holidays in the United States until the 19th century.

In the 20th century, Norman Rockwell, Haddon Sundblom, and other artists featured elves in some of their popular seasonalillustrations. Holiday Elves were pictured as tiny, pointy-eared, jolly creatures, usually dressed in stocking caps and festive outfitsand always busy with chores for Santa–just as we envision them today.

Don Clark was the stamp designer and artist. Antonio Alcalá was the art director.The Holiday Elves stamps are being issued as Forever@ stamps in booklets of 20.

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Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp with digital photography by Harold Davis. The words "Two Ounce" on this stamp indicate its usage value. Like a Forever stamp, this stamp will always be valid for the rateprinted on it. Shipping Information: Shipping Method: USPS First Class & USPS Priority Mail. Handling time: Usually around 2 business days. Delivery time: Usually around 4-8 business days. If you have any question or concerns, pls contact us via email first, we will reply in 24 hours and resolve your problem. Please put your order detail: order number, recipient name in the message, so that we can find out your order quickly. Thank you :) Email: [email protected] Address: 305 Lealand Dr Vicksburg MS 39180

The stamp features a detail from a photograph of the billowing Stars and Stripes. A traditional take on an old favorite, the new U.S. Flag stamp adds a touch of majesty and patriotic grace to First-Class Mail correspondence. The words “USA” and “FOREVER” are printed on the bottom of the design. Terrence W. McCaffrey was the art director of the project and Greg Breeding of Charlottesville, VA, designed the stamp with an existing photograph of the flag taken by Tom Grill of New York City.