Cat. #1471 Christmas Commemorative Stamp Issue of 1972
Date 2005/8/13 19:35:22 | Topic: Club News
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Cat. #1471 Christmas Commemorative Stamp Issue of 1972
Cat. #1471 Christmas Commemorative Stamp Issue of 1972
Design # A885
Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Denomination: 8c
Tagged
Colors: multicolored
First Day of Issue: Nov. 9, 1972
Stamp Value:
Single:
MNH - .20
Used - .20
PB#12, 6# - 1.75
Margin zip block of 4 - .60
1471a Pink omitted 140.00
1471b Black omitted 4,000.
First Day Cities: Washington DC
Quantity Issued: Stamps 1,003,475,000 FDC's ( 713,821 = both 1471-72 )
Purpose: Religious Christmas Issue of 1972
FDC Prices: [ ] 2. single [ ] 2.50 pair [ ] 3. block of 4
[ ] 4. Zip Block [ ] 6. Plate Block of 4
Stamp Size: 0.84 inches x 1.44 inches vert
Designed by Bradbury Thompson, from details of a painting by the Master of St. Lucy Legend, in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Subject: Angels from "Mary, Queen of Heaven", a painting by the Master of St. Lucy Legend
Text: "Christmas - Master of St. Lucy Legend - National Gallery of Art - 8c U.S."
Photogravure, Andreotti Press Printing Plates of 200 subjects in four panes of 50
Plate numbers used =
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The basis for the 1972 religious Christmas stamp is a tiny detail from an 85 x 73 inch panel painted by an unknown Flemish master known only as the Master of the St. Lucy Legend, a painting he did in 1480 in a Bruges church. Done in the rich Flemish tradition, the painting shows angels playing musical instruments, one a vielle (ancestor to the violin) and the other an oboe-type instrument, a soprano shawm. The subject of this stamp hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The title of the entire painting is Mary, Queen of Heaven.
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