Season’s greetings from the Holyland !
The concept combines Christmas signs, like snow, trees and the atmosphere of a cool night in Bethlehem, and the occasion and the reason for that holiday, which is of course the birth of Jesus Christ.
The message in the design is about the light and the salvation that he brought with him at the time of his birth, hence, the great star, even in the stamp, which is indicative of light and happiness and the strong connection between a mother and her son.
The cancellation shows the birth of Christ with Mary and Joseph by the side and the star !
The stamp is an ATM label .
A variable value stamp, is a gummed or self-adhesive postage stamp of a common design, issued by a machine similar to an Automatic Teller Machine, with a value of the user's choice printed at the time the stamp is dispensed. The value may be variable or from a fixed selection of postal rates. The stamps and machines are typically for use in retail or post office environments. As only the postal value varies from stamp to stamp, these stamps have been described as key type stamps. They are also closely related to meter stamps from postage meters.
As the concept has developed, a variety of different names have been used, including Automatenmarken (Germany), ATM stamps (USA), Autopost stamps (USA), Frama labels (Europe) or machine labels(Stanley Gibbons catalogues)
Thanks Yuri for the beautiful cover and Merry Christmas to you too ! It’s quite a nice feeling to receive a Christmas wish from the Holyland itself !
Update :
Received another cover with Christmas Eve cancellation ( 24-12-2018 ) from Nazareth !
Christmas covers from Bethlehem and Nareth ! 😇
Update :
One more cover from Israel - this one from Jerusalem !
Jerusalem , Nazareth and Bethlehem !! 😇😇😇
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