Add nostalgic flair to your holiday letters with these vintage unused. Christmas Issue "Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine" postage stamps! This nostalgic holiday design is perfect for adding a touch of class to your holiday cards and letters or winter save-the-dates and wedding invitations. In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 6-cents. These USPS postage stamps are suitable for current mailing when used with the total required postage based on the weight of your correspondence. Embrace the charm of winter with this enchanting postage stamp!

Purchase includes a total of TWENTY (20) mint condition 6-cent "Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine" postage stamps shown in the product listing photos.

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STAMP INFORMATION:

• Name: Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine
• Series: Christmas Issue
• Year Issued: 1969
• Face Value: 6-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Christmas, Holidays, Winter, Snow, Village, Sleigh, New England
• Color(s): Green, White
• Printing Method: Engraved
• Scott Number: 1384
• Adhesion Type: Gummed (see adhesion instructions below)
• Condition: Genuine Unused USPS Postage Stamps, Ready to Use for USPS Mailings, Mint Condition

GENUINE USPS POSTAGE: These unused vintage postage stamps are perfectly valid for use as current postage for mailing with USPS as long as you use an adequate amount of additional postage to achieve standard postage rates according to the weight of your mailing. Check current postage rates on the USPS website.

STAMP HISTORY: The 1969 6-cent “Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine” postage stamp was issued on November 3, 1969, with the first-day ceremony held in Christmas, Florida — a fitting choice for a holiday-themed issue. It was the eighth U.S. Christmas stamp and remains one of the most beloved designs in the series. The image is based on an 1860s painting titled “Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine,” by an unknown American artist. The original painting is part of the collection of the New York State Historical Association in Cooperstown, New York. The artwork captures a serene winter landscape of a New England town blanketed in snow, with a white church steeple rising above the trees, horse-drawn sleighs gliding along a snow-covered road, and families walking together after Sunday service — a peaceful vision of community and faith in rural America.

Beyond its aesthetic appeal, the “Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine” stamp reflects an enduring cultural ideal — a sense of togetherness, reverence, and tranquility at the heart of the holiday season. The snow-covered village and church scene evoke both the quiet rhythm of small-town life and the spiritual stillness associated with a Sunday morning in winter, capturing a quintessential moment of American warmth and faith through art.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: The 1969 6-cent “Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine” stamp carries a deeply peaceful spiritual significance, expressing themes of stillness, reverence, and the sacred rhythm of community life. Though issued as part of a Christmas series, its meaning extends far beyond the holiday — it is a quiet meditation on the holiness of ordinary moments and the divine presence that can be felt in the harmony between humanity, nature, and faith.

The image — a snow-covered village with a church steeple rising amid bare trees, families walking along the road, and horse-drawn sleighs gliding through the stillness — evokes a sense of spiritual tranquility and balance. The Sunday setting underscores a time of rest and reflection, echoing the ancient idea of the Sabbath as both a physical and spiritual pause — a moment to reconnect with what is eternal. The freshly fallen snow, covering the earth in a soft white blanket, symbolizes purity, renewal, and divine grace. It quiets the landscape, creating a sacred silence that invites introspection and gratitude.

The church at the center of the composition stands as a beacon of faith and communal spirit, while the townspeople’s simple, purposeful movements suggest that spirituality is not found only within the church walls, but in the way people come together, care for one another, and move gently through their world. Spiritually, the scene reflects the unity between work and worship, earth and heaven, humanity and nature — a harmony that forms the heart of many faith traditions.

Ultimately, the “Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine” stamp reminds us that the sacred is woven into the everyday. It invites viewers to find holiness not only in grand cathedrals or formal rituals, but in the quiet moments of belonging — in the hush of snow, the warmth of fellowship, and the peaceful rhythm of a shared day of rest. It is a visual prayer for stillness and gratitude, a reminder that true spiritual beauty often resides in the simplest of scenes, where the divine and the human meet in silence and light.

GUMMED STAMPS: These postage stamps have a traditional moisture-activated gum on the back. These stamps require licking or wetting to adhere to envelopes or other surfaces. To ensure good adhesion, apply vintage gummed stamps to your mailings with a glue stick (we recommend using Elmer's "Re-Stick" glue sticks).

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Product Specifications

Length: 0.98 in.
Height: 0.01 in.
Width: 1.73 in.
Weight: 0.01 lbs.