Front:
HOLIDAY
ОСТ
23
1987
USA 22 GREETINGS
92802
CA
Back:
CHRISTMAS 1987
First Day of Issue: October 23, 1987
First Issue Location: Holiday, California
The season comes once a year, spreading peace through-
out the land. A kind word here, a smile there, it's Christ-
mas everywhere. Ornaments reflect the joy in reds and
blues and gold. And what greater pleasure there to be
found, than the image of a child's face at Christmas: the
twinkle in the eyes, pink cheeks fresh in from a winter's
walk, and the mischievous smile? No wonder, then, that
a magical childhood land should be chosen to host the
first-day-of-issue ceremony for the U.S. Postal Service's
Contemporary Christmas stamp. Disneyland, of course.
Mickey and Minnie joined other Disney characters, with
Santa Claus among them, to celebrate the 1987 issue,
honoring the beauty of Christmas ornaments of glass.
The ceremony was on October 23 to help introduce the
annual “Mail Early" campaign. The Contemporary Stamp
was postmarked at the celebrated “Holiday, California"
post office in Anaheim.
No. 87-99
©1987 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Dennis Lyall.
