The set of stamps have been designed by local graphics artist Mr Stephen Perera and feature historic paintings of the birth of Jesus Christ from the following artists;

22p: ‘Adoration of the Magi’ 1520-1525, by Bernardino Luini - Bernardino Luini (c. 1480/82 – June 1532) was a North Italian painter from Leonardo’s circle. Both Luini and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio were said to have worked with Leonardo directly.

40p: ‘Nativity’ 1437-1445, by Fra Angelico - Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 - February 18, 1455) was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having “a rare and perfect talent”.

64p: ‘The Nativity’ from ‘Adoration of the Magi’ by Gentile da Fabriano - Gentile da Fabriano (c. 1370 – 1427) was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic painter style. He worked in various places in central Italy, mostly in Tuscany.

70p: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherd by Bernardino Luini - Bernardino Luini (c. 1480/82 – June 1532) was a North Italian painter from Leonardo’s circle. Both Luini and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio were said to have worked with Leonardo directly.

80p: The adoration of the Magi (c. 4 BC) by Gentile Da Fabriano - Gentile da Fabriano (c. 1370 – 1427) was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic painter style. He worked in various places in central Italy, mostly in Tuscany.

£2: ‘Adoration of the Magi’ by Giotto (1267-1337) Giotto di Bondone known mononymously as Giotto, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic/Proto-Renaissance period.

£3: Holy Family by Johann Martin, 1790. Johann Martin Metz was a kurkölnisch court painter in Bonn. Metz was employed at an early stage of his career at the court of the Prince Elector,

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