This complete mint set of 6 stamps plus a high value stamp sheet (1000 francs) was issued by Benin during 1996 and features the following Christmas Paintings (entire paintings or details): "Holy Family Under the Oak Tree" by Raphael; "The Holy Family" by Raphael; "St. John the Baptist" by Murillo; "The Virgin of Balances" by Leonardo da Vinci; "The Virgin and the Infant" by Gerard David; "Adoration of the Magi" by Juan Baptista Mayno; and, on the stamp sheet, Rest on the Flight into Egypt" by Murillo. This set has a $8.65 retail value (Scott 2007 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 1).

The actual size of each stamp is 46mm x 31mm; the stamp sheet measures 73mm x 100mm.