This stamp is part of our annual tradition of providing a stamp on a sacred, nativity-related topic for the Christmas season. The 2024 stamp issue features a richly coloured illustration of the Holy Family.

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Booklet of 12 Permanent™ domestic rate stamps inspired by the Nativity.
Add a festive touch to cards and letters.
Permanent™ stamps are always worth the going postage rate. Buy today and use anytime in the future.
This issue also includes an Official First Day Cover.

About the issue

Canada Post has been issuing stamps for the Christmas and holiday season every year since 1964. These popular stamps are issued in advance of Christmas so that they can be used on Christmas and holiday mail.

The stamp depicts the Holy Family. According to the Gospel of Matthew, an angel announced to Joseph in a dream that his betrothed, Mary, carried a child by the Holy Spirit and that he should name the baby Jesus. Fleeing to Egypt to escape the wrath of King Herod, the Holy Family eventually settled in Nazareth, in the district of Galilee. Joseph is considered by some to be the patron saint of adoptive and foster parents – and is also the primary Catholic patron saint of Canada.

About the design

The 2024 stamp depicts an illustration of the Holy Family executed in rich, vibrant colours, and features Mary and Joseph looking lovingly at the infant Jesus. A star is visible overhead, which was said to announce the birth of Jesus.

Product # 114269

Christmas: Nativity: Booklet of 12 Permanent™ domestic rate stamps