Germany’s Deutsche Post produced the 2025 Christmas period “Winter Landscape” stamp seen above and below a Nativity scene.
Correos (the Spanish postal service) has launched a new series of Christmas stamps called “Christmas Cities.” This theme aims to showcase the cities across Spain that embody the Christmas spirit during the holiday season. The Roman Bridge of Cangas de Onís, one of the most recognisable symbols of Asturias and all of Spain – seen on the B Tarifa stamp – is transformed every Christmas into a unique setting for an illuminated Nativity scene. Festive lights, including stars and the message “Christmas in Cangas de Onís,” are installed on its iconic arch. Torrejón de Ardoz, a municipality of Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid is featured on the A Tarifa stamp.
Above and below a collaborative Christmas issue from Guernsey and Alderney depicts scenes from the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. The titles on the stamps from Alderney are: 64p – The Twelve Days of Christmas; 69p – A Partridge in a Pear Tree; 92p – Two Turtle Doves; £1.37 – Three French Hens; £1.47 – Four Calling Birds; £1.81 – Five Gold Rings- and £1.90 – Six Geese a-Laying.
And from Guernsey the 64p Stamp is followed by: 69p – Seven Swans a-Swimming; 92p – Eight Maids a-Milking; £1.37 – Nine Ladies Dancing; £1.47 – Ten Lords a-Leaping; £1.81 – Eleven Pipers Piping; and £1.90 – Twelve Drummers Drumming.
Norway’s 2025 Christmas offering is entitled “Nostalgia in a Snow Globe”, the two stamps showing winter scenes within snow globes. The history of the snow globe dates back to the 19th century. At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1878, snow globes were described as paperweights with a white powder that mimicked falling snow. Austrian inventor Erwin Perzy popularised the snow globe towards the end of the 19th century while trying to develop a bright surgical lamp. The effect reminded him of snowfall, inspiring him to create his first snow globe. Due to high demand, he and his brother opened a shop in Vienna, where production continues today as a family-run business exporting snow globes worldwide.
