This complete mint set of 6 stamps plus a high value stamp sheet (1000 francs) was issued by Benin during 1996 and features Christmas Paintings (please click on the image or "Details" for a listing of the paintings and artists). This set has a $8.65 retail value (Scott 2007 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 1).

Paintings of the Virgin and Child are featured on this complete set of six lightly cancelled stamps (including three airmail stamps). The set was issued by Togo on Dec. 20, 1975. The paintings are by the following artists: Mantegna, El Greco, Barend van Orley, Federico Barroci, Bellini, and Correggio.

Togo celebrated Christmas with the release of this complete set of four stamps (including two airmail stamps) on Dec. 22, 1973. The lightly cancelled stamps feature 15th century Italian art with "Virgin and Child" and "Adoration of the Kings" themes.

This complete set of six lightly cancelled stamps (including three airmail stamps) was issued for Christmas by Togo on Dec. 18, 1976. The stamps feature the following paintings: "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Jacopo da Pontormo, "Nativity" by Carlo Crivelli, "Virgin and Child" by Pontormo, "Holy Family" by Lorenzo Lotto, "Virgin and Child with Saints" by Pontormo, and "Virgin and Child with Saints" by Lotto.

This beautiful set of six lightly cancelled stamps (two are airmail stamps) were issued for Christmas by Togo during 2008. The stamps feature the following paintings: "Adoration of the Magi" by Pieter Brueghel on a regular and airmail stamp), "Adoration of the Magi" by Botticelli, "Adoration of the Magi" by Durer (on a regular and airmail stamp), and "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Giorgione.

This attractively-designed mint stamp was issued by Romania for Christmas, 2007. The stamp features Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus in a nativity scene.

Issued on October 12, 1964, this mint issue from New Zealand features the Rev. Samuel Marsden conducting the first christian service (Rangihoua Bay, Christmas, 1814).

Issued by Iceland on November 8, 2007, this pair of mint self-adhesive Christmas stamps feature Icelandic leaf bread. Considered an indispensable part of the Christmas celebration by many in Iceland, the thin leaf bread is traditionally cut with beautiful and diverse patterns. The stamps are rouletted (slit perforations).

Australia commemorated 50 years of Australian Christmas stamps with the release of this sheet of five mint self-adhesive stamps on November 1, 2007. Each stamp features, as its central design, a different christmas stamp issued over the past five decades (includes 1957, 1977, 1984, 1990, and 1996 Christmas stamps).

This beautiful mint Christmas stamp was issued by New Zealand on November 1, 1960. It features Rembrandt's painting "Adoration of the Shepherds."