Welcome to Christmas stamps 2021 from around the world. Each November, a rush of new stamps hits the market, just in time for the Christmas delivery schedule. Are you ready for cuteness overload? Hope so, because there are some stamps that are inexcusably adorable. 

Sprinkled amongst the usual cute animals ‘n elves are a handful of notable designs that tell stories through an unusual or unexpected design. There are a few outstanding issues that merit highlighting. I’ve posted them at the beginning of this article to draw your attention to them and invite comments on your opinions on my choices. As stamps are released and added, I may amend the introduction to add new finds worth a closer look. 

Please keep in mind, this is a work in progress. I opted not to wait until everything is released and hope you enjoy the edits, new editions and on going commentary. You are welcome to leave a comment below about your picks, dissecting my top choices, or to simply to say Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays. I really enjoy reading comments. Except for spammers. No one likes spammers. 

Cubist Christmas

A few stamps stand out this year. They include Royal Mail’s set from cubist artist Jorge Cocco.  At first glance I wasn’t fond of the stamps but they take time and thought to appreciate the rich, earthy tones and details. It’s turned into one of my top picks. 

     

Have you seen this elf, ma’am?

I’m also fond of Canada’s “mug shot trio” – Holiday Portraits from illustrator Geneviève Godbout. What can I say? I’m a push over for well done cartoons. 

      

Best over all stamp

Greenland’s November 9th stamp has to be the most stunning design of the year. I doubt anything released after the 9th will come close to the singular beauty displayed in this small stamp. Originally, I tagged Jorge Cocco’s Nativity as the best of the year, but one looks at this stamp and wow, I was immediately bowled over.

This singular design by artist Maria Bach Kreutzmann is a showcase of Greenlandic culture and history. I can’t say enough about the details nestled in this stamp. I often speak about the stories stamps tell, and this is a beautiful example of what I mean. I’ll let Kreutzmann explain the meaning behind the various symbols within the stamp:

 …I chose to combine it with a woman with Greenlandic tattoos, as I feel this conveys ’new-meets-old-meets-new-again’. Tattoos are a tradition that is
making a comeback. Along with the old tradition of the Christmas star, it just felt right to put them together, also to show tattoos in the context of being ordinary and commonplace. Just as I hope that the tradition of the Christmas star never disappears, I also believe that tattoos are an old tradition that has come back to stay.” Maria Bach Kreutzmann.

What do you think? Have your say. Pick a favourite and leave a comment about why you like it. And don’t forget to return to see if new stamps have been added. 

Christmas cheers

Catpaw

Christmas Stamps 2021

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Åland

 

2 stamps, cancel

Designer: Rebecca Elfast

Date of Issue: October. 20, 2021

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Alderney Christmas

 

 

 

 

Set of 7 Stamps, FDC, cancel, Presentation Pack, Sheets of 10

• 45p Stamp: Luke 2.14
• 50p Stamp: Luke 1.30
• 70p Stamp: Luke 1.31
• 73p Stamp: Luke 2.7
• £1 Stamp: Luke 2.10
• £1.15 Stamp: Matthew 2.9
• £1.20 Stamp: Matthew 2.14

Designer: Joe Smith

Release date: November. 3, 2021

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Andorra (Fr)

Christmas Angel

 

1 stamp, sheet of 15

Artwork taken from Mestre Çanou’s 1606 canopy.

Designer: Àlex Tena and Stéphanie Ghinéa

Release date: November 8, 2021

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Argentina

 

1 stamp, souvenir sheet

When the QR code directs the user to a page with 6 Christmas carols and traditional songs composed by Argentine musicians.

The six audiovisual pieces that make up the video were produced and provided by the governments of Tierra del Fuego, Salta, Santa Fe, San Juan, La Rioja and Catamarca, in a great joint effort. Each piece embodies the culture of each region, and invites us to contemplate its particularities; to immerse ourselves in their music, their landscapes, their customs, their stories and their traditions. Correo Argentino press release Friday, December 24, 2021

Release date: December 22, 2021

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Armenia

New Year and Christmas

1 stamp

Designer: Rem Saakyan

Release date: December 24, 2021

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Australia

   

   

 

 

    

 

   

    

     

  

5 stamps, souvenir sheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, numismatic cover, cancel, 3 gutter strips of 10, 2 booklets of 20, 4 mini sheets of 5, mini sheet pack, stamp pack, 5 maxi cards

Designer secular stamps: Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio
Designer religious stamps & product design: Jo Muré, Australia Post Design Studio

Release date: November 1, 2021

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Austria

Christmas at Holly Pond

6 postcards and 6 stamps

Release date: November 2, 2021

Merry Christmas

4 postcards and 4 stamps

Release date: November 2, 2021

Package of Christmas stamps & recipes

20 self adhesive stamps

A nostalgic rocking horse and an idyllic watercolour painted by former Bishop Stecher (1921–2013) spread Christmas spirit, as well as a portrait from St. Stephen’s Cathedral showing St. Joseph with the Child Jesus, and an expressive painting from the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Release date: November 2, 2021

Christmas Mittens

1 stamp

Designer: David Gruber

Release date: November 12, 2021

Christmas – Nativity Scene

1 stamp

Multilateral Christmas 2021

1 stamp

This is a joint issue with Liechtenstein, Austria, Switzerland and Germany

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Bahamas

 

4 stamps 

• Christmas presents
• Christmas ornaments
• Christmas lights
• Holly

Designer: Andrew Robinson

Release date: December 20, 2021

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Belarus

Happy New Year! Merry Christmas!
С Новым годом и Рождеством Христовым!

  

second stamp image shows security mark

   

   

 

 

2 stamps, 2 sheets of 3 + labels, FDC, cancel, 2 maxi cards

Designer: Marina Vitkovskaya

Release date: Oct. 28, 2021

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Belgium

Christmas Decorations

2 stamps, booklets of 10

Designer: Stephanie Dehenni 

Release date: October 25, 2021

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 Bermuda

4 stamps

• Christmas village
• gingerbread lighthouse
• gingerbread houses
• gingerbread village

Release date: September 30, 2021

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Brazil

 

1 stamp

Designer: Ariadne Decker and Meik

Release date: October 12, 2021

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Bulgaria

 

1 stamp

Designer: Nenko Atanasov

Release date: November 15, 2021

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Canada

Two sets issued – one religious, the second secular – by different designers.

Angels

 

  

 

 

1 stamp, booklet of 10, FDC, cancel

Designer: Stéphane Huot
Illustrator: Luc Melanson

Release date: November 1, 2021

Canada Holiday Portraits

   

   

  

 

3 stamps, 3 booklets of 12 (Santa) and 6, souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel

Stamp Designers: Larry Burke, Anna Stredulinsky | Burke & Burke
Illustrator: Geneviève Godbout

Release date: November 1, 2021

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Chile 

1 stamp

Release date: December 2021

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Christmas Island

  

 

 

  

  

2 stamps, souvenir sheet, 2 gutter sheets of 10, booklet of 10, 2 FDCs, cancel, numismatic cover, cancel

Snorkeling Santa & Greeting wildlife

Illustrator: Andrew McIntosh
Set designer: Simone Sakinofsky, Australia Post Design Studio

Release date: November 1, 2021 

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Colombia

 

1 stamp, mini sheet of 4

Release date: December 16, 2021

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Croatia

  

1 stamp, mini sheet of 10, sheet of 20, FDC, cancel

Designer: Ariana Noršić

Release date: November 22, 2021

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Curacao 

Christmas Around the World

 

6 stamps

• 70c – Paskong Pinoy – Philippines
• Cat. 1 – Krampus – Austria
• Cat. 2 – Yule Lads – Iceland
• 331c – Pohutukawa – New Zealand
• 335c – Gävle Goat – Sweden
• 474c – Hallacas – Venezuela

Designer: Andre van Hoop

Curacao Christmas

6 stamps

Sorry, this is the best image I can find. 

Designer: Martine den Boer

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Cyprus

 

 

  

  

 

3 stamps, 3 sheets of 8, 2 FDCs, cancel, postcard 

• Cypriot Folk Art of embroidery and basket weaving. 
• Nativity of Christ from the Leventis Gallery,  (1489-1571)

Release date: November 18, 2021

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Czech Republic

1 stamp

Designer: Pavel Sivko

Release date: November 10, 2021

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Estonia

 

   

  

 

2 stamps, 2 mini sheets of 10, FDC, cancel, info car

Designer: Indrek Ilves

Release date: October 15, 2021

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Faroe Islands

 

5 stamps on a sheet of 15, 3 Christmas cards

Portion of sales goes to Christmas Seal Foundation

Photographer/designer: Harriet Olafsdóttir av Gørðum

Release date: November 4, 2021

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Finland

 

     

3 stamps

• Red stopper bird
• Northern lights
• Christmas Lights

Designer: Klaus Welp

Release date: November 3, 2021

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France

Notebook Together, let’s celebrate a Christmas that feels good

 

 

12 self-adhesive stamps in booklet format
Photogravure

Designer: Arobace

Release date: November 2, 2021

1521 – 2021 Christmas tree tradition – Sélestat

 

1 stamp, sheet of 12, info sheet, cancel, philatelic souvenir
Photogravure

1521 Christmas tree tradition – Sélestat 2021
The City of Sélestat, a humanist city in the heart of Alsace, carefully preserves in its municipal archives a register of accounts where it is reported that in 1521, it was necessary to pay the forest guards 4 schillings so that they watch over the corn* from St. Thomas, once celebrated on December 21, three days before Christmas. This is the oldest known handwritten mention to date referring to this part of the Christmas tree tradition.
1521 Christmas tree tradition – Sélestat 2021 | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)

The decorative balls in the image are explained by the city of Sélestat:

After several tracks considered, it is the visual of the chandelier in Meisenthal balls that was retained. “Like a chandelier” is a pendant lamp composed of 173 Christmas balls in Meisenthal glass, created and designed by the City of Sélestat in partnership with the International Center of Glass Art of Meisenthal. This chandelier is visible every year in December in the Romanesque church of Sainte-Foy (12th century) in Sélestat. Suspended in the crossing of the transept, the balls with multiple colors come in counterpoint to the stained glass windows, recreating the shape of a fir tree that the light comes to animate. Official launch of the national stamp – City of Sélestat (selestat.fr) 

Sélestat and its fir tree – City of Sélestat (selestat.fr)

Official Website of the City of Sélestat – City of Sélestat (selestat.fr)

Designer: Bruno Ghiringhelli 

Release date: November 20, 2021

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Germany 

Christmas – The Message of the Angel: Do not be afraid

     

  

1 stamp, sheet of 10, 3 cancels

Painting: Angel of the Annunciation” by Johann Michael Hertz (1725–1790) 
Designer: nexd, from Dusseldorf

Release date: November 2, 2021

Deutsche Post also issues a series of special self-promotion postmarks 

Himmelpfort 
Self-promotion postmark

Sponsor: 
Deutsche Post AG
Branch MAIL Berlin 1
Sonderstempelstelle
Letter: 11508 Berlin
Freight: Eresburgstr. 21, 12103 Berlin

Address to send letters to Santa:
To Santa Claus
Weihnachtspostfiliale
16798 Himmelpfort

Graphic shows Santa Claus

Designer: Stempel-Müller, Nürnberg

Release date: November 11, 2021

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Christmas Market Munich 2021
Self-promotion postmark

Sponsor:
City of Munich,
Department of Labour and Economy, Events
Janine Wagle
Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 15
80331 Munich

Graphic shows a star over the Frauenkirche

Designer: Stempel-Müller, Nürnberg

Release date: November 11, 2021

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Children’s Christmas post office “Himmelpforten”
Self-promotion postmark

Sponsor:
Deutsche Post AG
Organizer
Press Office Hamburg

Graphic shows a shooting stars over a church and mill in Himmelpforten

Designer: Stempel-Müller, Nürnberg

Release date: November 26, 2021

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ENGELSKIRCHEN
Self-promotion postmark

This is a special campaign by Deutsche Post AG “Children write to the Christ Child”

Sponsor:
Deutsche Post AG
Organizer
Press Office Düsseldorf

Graphic shows a house with mailbox, Christ Child

Designer: Stempel-Müller, Nuremberg

Release date: November 26, 2021

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Himmelstadt Christmas post office Bayern
Self-promotion postmark

Sponsor: 
Deutsche Post
Pressestelle Frankfurt am Main

Graphic shows angel and children with letters

Designer: Stempel-Müller, Nuremberg

Release date: November 28, 2021

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Children’s Christmas post office “Himmelsthür”
Self-promotion postmark

Sponsor: 
Deutsche Post AG
Pressestelle Hamburg

Graphic shows open door with Christmas angels and children

Designer: Stempel-Müller, Nuremberg

Release date: November 30, 2021

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56 years of action in Nikolausdorf
Self-promotion postmark

Sponsor:
Nikolausdorf Garrel

Graphic shows St. Nicholas on a horse, stars

Designer: Stempel-Müller, Nürnberg

Release date: December 6, 2021

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Gibraltar

   

 

      

 

6 stamps, 2 FDCs, cancel, stamp pack, souvenir sheet

Designer: Stephen Perera
Illustrations: ingimage.com

Release date: November 2, 2021

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Great Britain

  

   

   

  

    

  

   

 

8 stamps, 2 cancels, 2 FDCs, souvenir sheet, presentation pack, 1 collector’s sheet, 2 booklets of 12, 8 sheets of 25 and 50, 8 postcards

POSTMARK PLACE: Edinburgh|Bethlehem, Llandeilo

Artist:  Jorge Cocco Biography – Jorge Cocco Santángelo
Designer: Supple Studio

Release date: November 2, 2021 (available until November 230, 2021)

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Greece 

 

  

  

 

2 stamps, 2 FDCs, cancel, 2 booklets, numbered album

Designer: Anthoula Lyga

Release date: November 4, 2021

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Greenland

 

 

2 stamps, 3 FDCs, cancel, self-adhesive booklet, 2 sheets of 10

I chose to combine it with a woman with Greenlandic tattoos, as I feel this conveys ’new-meets-oldmeets-new-again’. Tattoos are a tradition that is
making a comeback. Along with the old tradition of the Christmas star, it just felt right to put them together, also to show tattoos in the context of being ordinary and commonplace. Just as I hope that the tradition of the Christmas star never disappears, I also believe that tattoos are an old tradition that has come back to stay.” Maria Bach Kreutzmann

Designer: Maria Bach Kreutzmann
Previous works include last years Myths and Beasts. Also editor of Bestiarium Groenlandica Bestiarium Groenlandica by Maria Bach Kreutzmann (goodreads.com)

Release date: November 9, 2021

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Guernsey

 

  

7 stamps, FDC, cancel presentation pack, sheets of 10  

• 45p Stamp: Nativity Scene
• 50p Stamp: Angel Gabriel speaks to Mary
• 70p Stamp: Joseph has a dream
• 73p Stamp: Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem
• £1 Stamp: Jesus is born in a stable
• £1.15 Stamp: An Angel appears to the Shepherds
• £1.20 Stamp: Three Wise Men follow the star to Bethlehem

Release date: November, 3, 2021

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Hungary

  

   

 

  

1 stamp, FDC, cancel, 4 special cancels, sheet of 50

Centre part of the stamp contains varnished sparkling snow flake that smells of pine when rubbed.

Designer: Krisztián Daniel

Release date: October 25, 2021

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Ireland

 

 

2 stamps, 2 booklets, FDC, cancel 

Designer: Thinkhouse

Release date: Nov 5, 2021

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Isle of Man

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends at Christmas 2021

  

    

 

 

  

 

6 stamps, 6 sheets of 20, 3 FDCs, cancel, presentation pack, sheetlet 

• 1st Class value (Local, UK/CI mail) – Thomas at Castletown Station
• EU value – Toby on Snaefell Mountain Railway
• Large Letter value (Local, UK/CI mail) – Duncan at Groudle Glen Railway Station
• Rest of the World value – James at Ballasalla Station
• USA value – Henry at Douglas Station
• EU Large Letter value – James and Gordon at Port Soderick Station

Designer: EJC Design

Release date: October 27, 2021

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Israel

1 ATM label

Thanks to Israel Stamp Reviews for alerting me to this label. 

Designer: Melissa Webb

Release date: November 30, 2021

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Italy

Holy Christmas 2021 – secular subject

 

   

  

  

 

1 stamp, postcard, cancel, philatelic card, info bulletin, folder

The info bulletin covers both the secular and religious Christmas issues. It includes articles signed by Cinzia Lacchia, Curator of the Burgundy Museum,  and Fabio Gregori, Head of Philately, Corporate Affairs.

Designer: Valerio Pradal

Release date: December 1, 2021

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Holy Christmas 2021 – religious subject

 

  

 

 

1 stamp, postcard, cancel, philatelic card, info bulletin, folder

The info bulletin covers both the secular and religious Christmas issues. It includes articles signed by Cinzia Lacchia, Curator of the Burgundy Museum,  and Fabio Gregori, Head of Philately, Corporate Affairs.

Painting: Bernardino Lanino’s “Madonna Enthroned with Child between St. Bernardino of Siena and St. Francis“, also called “Madonna of the Dog” from the the Francesco Borgogna Museum in Vercelli

Designer: Philatelic Center of the Operational Management of the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A..

Release date: December 1, 2021

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Japan Winter Greetings

  

 

10 stamps, 2 sheets of 10, 2 cancels

Red Sheet:

（1） Red Bird
（2） lantern
（3） poinsettia
（4） Winter Letters
（5） Apple

Blue Sheet:

（1） Rotary candle stand
（2） sledge
（3） wolf
（4） gift
（5） reindeer

Designer: 星山 理佳 Rika Hoshiyama

Release date: November 19, 2021

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Jersey

 

8 stamps, souvenir sheet, 2 FDCs, cancel, presentation pack

A visit from St. Nicholas

Designer: Nanette Regan

Release date: November 11, 2021

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Latvia

 

3 stamps, FDC, cancel, 3 sheets of 15

Designer: G. Grīva

Release date: November 15, 2021

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Liechtenstein

 

 

  

  

4 stamps, 4 sheets of 20, FDC, cancel 
Offset 2-colour Pantone with hot foil gold embossing  

Designer: Sereina Hatt, Vaduz

Release date: November 15, 2021

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Lithuania

2 stamps, FDC, cancel

One of the festive stamps depicts an ancient Lithuanian mythological creature – a deer nine-year-old carrying celestial bodies in its horns.
Various mythological sources say that the white deer escapes into the forests during the solstice and returns at Christmas. On this trip, the deer takes nine days, so the deer is called a nine-year-old. It is believed that it bears the sun in its horns, so the deer nine symbolizes the light returned to Earth, and at the same time the most beautiful celebrations of the year – St. Peter’s Square – are brought to each house. Christmas.

The second postage stamp depicts a holiday symbol that is familiar to everyone – a  gift. It is decorated with a ribbon, which serves as an extension of the illustration of the nine celestial bodies carried by the deer depicted in the first postage stamp.
Lithuanian Post News Release Nov.26, 2021

Designer: R. Auškalnytė 

Release date: November 27, 2021

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Luxembourg

2 stamps

Artist: Jens W. Beyrich (FL) 
Designer: Ben Hemmen, POST Luxembourg (LU)

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Macedonia

 

 

1 stamp, sheet of 9 

Release date: December 6, 2021

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Malta

  

 

3 stamps, 3 sheets of 10, FDC, cancel, blocks of 4

Designer: Miguel Farrugia

Release date: November 15, 2021

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Mexico

 

2 stamps on a sheet

Designer: Sergio Barranca Rábago

Release date: December 12, 2021

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Monaco

 

  

 

1 stamp, sheet of 10, FDC, cancel
3 postcards were also issued, that included images from 2014, 2015 and 2016 Christmas stamps.

Artists/Designers: Marie-Christine Lemayeur and Bernard Alunni   

Release date: November 5, 2021

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Netherlands

10 stamps, sheet of 20

The 10 stories on the December stamps together tell 1 big story, in which the animals in the forest are busy with the December festival. “They are working on decorations,” says Geertje. “They are on the road with gifts and mail and they pay attention to each other. Just look at the kissing blue under the mistletoe. Everyone enjoys it. While making the papercuts for the December stamps in the spring, I often thought back to last winter. Then the pond in front of my house was frozen, children were busy skating, big people were having snowball fights and there was a lot of fun. I wanted to convey that feeling. DECEMBER STAMPS 2021 PostNL « Geertje Aalders Illustrations

Papercut Designs

Designer: Geertje Aalders

Release date: November 15, 2021

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New Zealand 

        

  

    

 4 stamps, 2 FDCs, cancel, a & b blocks, self adhesive books, 4 sheets of 20

Designer: Cam Price, New Zealand Post

Release date: November 3, 2021

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Norway

 

  

   

  

2 stamps, FDC, cancel, gold FDC, 2 maxi cards, collector’s pack, presentation pack
no images for presentation pack or the maxis, hopefully coming soon

Artist/Designer: Lisa Aisato

Release date: November 5, 2021

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Paraguay 

 

2 stamps

Artist: Martín Vallejos

Release date: December 17, 2021

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Philippines

4 stamps, FDC, cancel

Print reads:

• Here it is, the Christmas of Hope
• We are still together this Christmas
• Wholehearted faith in Christmas full of Love
• Trust, Believe, Christmas of Miracles

The 2021 Christmas stamp illustrated the Filipino way of celebrating Christmas here and abroad. It was anchored on hope, togetherness, love and faith. These virtues were depicted in the traditional Filipino Christmas parol (lantern), a star-shaped bamboo decoration lit and hung in houses and along streets to brighten the joy of the holiday season. Philippine Post Office features ‘Paskong Pilipino 2021’ in postage stamps | The Manila Times

Parol: The Filipino Christmas Lantern – Christmas in the Philippines

Artist/designer: Ryman Dominic Albuladora

Release date: December 10, 2021

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Romania

 

  

  

1 stamp, 1 stamp on souvenir sheet, special folder, mini sheet of 8, full sheet of 28

Designer: Mihail Vămășescu

Release date: November 19, 2021

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Saint Pierre et Miquelon

Stamps designed by: 

• Lomig Briant
• Alexy Tillard
• Clara Robert

Release date: November 8, 2021

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San Marino

 

  

 

2 stamps, 2 sheets of 12, cancel

Paintings:  “Madonna and Child” by Orazio Gentileschi and “Madonna and Child with Saints Francis, John the Baptist, Jerome and Clare:
From Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Roma (MiC) – Bibliotheca Hertziana, Istituto Max Planck per la storia dell’arte/Enrico Fontolan

Release date: September 21, 2021

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Serbia

 

 

2 stamps, FDC, cancel, 2 sheets of 25

… the Orthodox celebrate it on January 7^th, and the Catholic on December 25^th, but its message remains the same – the message of peace and love.

We celebrate Christmas for three days. It is primarily family holiday, and there are numerous traditions and customs regarding Christmas. On the day before Christmas and Christmas Eve, the yule log is being brought into house, cresset lit and hay with hidden candies, prunes, walnuts, sugar and coins, spread all over the house. The hay is a symbol of the manger in which Christ was born. The yule log represents longevity and substance of Christianity, as well as of the warmth of the love Christ brought to us when he was born and arrived to the Earth. On the very day of the Christmas, early in the morning the church bells of all Orthodox temples are ringing, announcing the nativity of Christ. People go to church to attend Christmas liturgy and they all greet each other by “Christ has been born” and “Indeed he has”. Пригодна издања – 2021 – еФилателија (posta.rs)

Designer: Marija Vlahović

Release date: November 26, 2021

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Slovakia

   

2 stamps, 2 FDC,  2 cancels, 4 special cancels, 1 postcard

Designers: Kristina Gubien (stamp)
Adrian Ferda (cancels, second stamp set)

Release date: December 12, 2021

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Slovenia

 

2 stamps, 2 folders of 12 stamps

• B – Birth of Christ
• C – three kings

Designers: Zadruga Traparij & Villa Creativa

Release date: Nov. 12, 2021

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Spain

Monumental Bethlehem of the Army-Burgos & Christmas Lottery 
Series: regional nativity scenes

   

2 stamps

The Monumental Bethlehem of Burgos is one of the largest nativity scenes in Spain.  The second stamp was issued for the annual lottery. The first lottery was held December 18, 1812, during the dark days of the Napoleonic Wars.

Release date: November 5, 2021

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Sri Lanka

 

 

 

2 stamps, souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel

Artists:  H.Sinali Ruwanya Thushmini Peiris (15rs stamp)
K.Nimesh chamath perera (45rs stamp)

Release date:  December 1, 2021

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Sweden

The Garden Gnomes’ Christmas – Christmas mail 2021

  

    

10 stamps in booklet format, coil stamp, FDC, cancel, souvenir sheet

Designer: Maria Trolle www.mariatrolle.se
Trolle is a busy artist. She has illustrated numerous books, magazines, children’s books and adult colouring books including her seventh in 2021. She has created over 600 images for her various colouring books. 

Release date: November 11, 2021

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Switzerland

 

 

 

Christmas Traditions

Designer: Anita Dettwiler and Dani Pelagatti

Release date: November 4, 2021

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Ukraine

 

 

 

  

1 stamp, sheet of 8, FDC, cancel

Designer: Nikolai Kochubey

Release date: December 7, 2021

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Uruguay

  

1 stamp, sheet of 25, cancel

Designer: Alejandro Muntz

Release date: December 17, 2021

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Vatican

 

 

2 stamps, souvenir booklet

[The artist} of the two paintings is Adam Piekarski, a young homeless Polish painter who frequents the showers that Pope Francis has opened near the colonnade of St. Peter’s so that all pilgrims entering the Basilica can come across this new service. To portray the Magi, the author wanted to be inspired by his companions of misfortune. Two are more or less recognizable, the third is not, since it represents them all. With this small initiative, Vatican philately wanted to make the Nativity of the Lord more concrete by promoting the redemption of these disadvantaged brothers and sisters of ours. Christmas MMXXI (vaticanstate.va)

Artist: Adam Piekarski

Release date: November 9, 2021