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2008 Christmas Stamp: Raphael's Adoration of the Magi

Name: 2008 Christmas Stamp: Raphael's Adoration of the Magi
Brand: Germany

Germany · 2008 · 55+25 cent

The stamp features a detail from Raphael's famous painting 'Adoration of the Magi', depicting the biblical scene of the Three Wise Men visiting the infant Jesus.

Issued as a special Christmas stamp by Deutsche Post in 2008, this stamp includes a surcharge (25 cent) typically intended to benefit charitable organizations, a common practice for German special issues.

Printing Method

Offset

Themes

christmas religious-art nativity painting

Image: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Raphael" class="extiw" title="w:en:Raphael"><span title="Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)">Raphael</span></a></bdi> · License: Public domain

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