2018 Sparkling Holidays Forever Stamps (1 Regular + 1 Souvenir Sheet)

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This listing is for the set of the new Sparkling Holidays Booklet of 20 foerever stamps and the Souvenir sheet issued by United States Postal Service in Oct 2018. The U.S. Postal Service celebrates Christmas with four stamps featuring classic images of Santa Claus painted by famed commercial artist Haddon Sundblom. Each stamp portrays a close-up of Santa’s face; the four images are details from larger paintings created by Sundblom and originally published in ads for The Coca-Cola Company from the 1940s through the early 1960s. The souvenir sheet includes a jumbo sized stamp as part of a wider scene of one of Sundblom's paintings chosen for the Sparkling Holidays stamp booklet A quatrefoil design element surrounded by a metallic gold background encloses the scene. The use of gold metallic ink, the flow of the type, and the organic shape of the border are intended to harken back to the graphic style of the first half of the 20th century. Art director Greg Breeding designed the souvenir sheet. Santa’s legend is based on customs brought to America by European immigrants. St. Nicholas, the Dutch Sinterklaas, was one of Santa’s forebearers; he delivered gifts on December 5, the eve of his feast day. The Sparkling Holidays stamps are being issued as Forever stamps. These Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.