Description: This vintage twentieth-century philatelic item is an authentic 43-pence commemorative Christmas postage stamp issued by the United Kingdom's Royal Mail. The central artwork features a minimalist, folk-art style watercolor illustration depicting the Virgin Mary wrapped in a deep blue robe while cradling the infant Jesus. Flanking the figures are two slender, manicured topiary trees, with a rustic wooden park bench resting on the green grass to the right. Elegant cursive script flows along the lower border reading, "and shall be called the Son of the Highest," quoting the biblical Annunciation narrative from the Gospel of Luke. In the top-right corner, a light gold-metallic silhouette profile of Queen Elizabeth II anchors the stamp's sovereign identity directly above the numeric "43" value text, while the production year "1996" is oriented vertically on the lower left edge.
Circa: 1996
Condition: MNH
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