US states do not issue postage stamps. The US post office issued their first Christmas stamp in 1962. Canada issued the first stamp referred to as a Christmas Stamp. It was the map issue of 1898 and said XMAS 1898 on the stamp.
Canada with the Mercator stamp of 1898 issued on Christmas Day.
While it was printed for a new postage rate, Canada issued the first stamp referred to as a Christmas Stamp. It was the map issue of 1898 and said XMAS 1898 on the stamp and was issued on Christmas Day.
While it was printed for a new postage rate, Canada issued the first stamp referred to as a Christmas Stamp. It was the map issue of 1898 and said XMAS 1898 on the stamp and was issued on Christmas Day.
Canada issued the first stamp referred to as a Christmas Stamp. It was the map issue of 1898 and said XMAS 1898 on the stamp.
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1962
1962 was the year the US first sold special Christmas stamps.
{| |- | Scott Number 1205. The stamp was issued for the Christman season in 1962. It pictured a wreath and some candles. There have been Seasonal issues ever since, usually one the has a religious them and one that has a holiday theme. |}
Canada. They issued the map stamp showing the British Empire marked XMAS 1898.
I do not know how to show you a picture, but this stamp was a small size stamp, and pictured a wreath in green with a large red bow at the bottom. There are 3 green candles at the left of the wreath and the denomination of the stamp of 4 cents. There is a picture of it on the attached link.
The first official US Christmas stamp was issued in 1964. It was a definitive (small) sized stamp and pictured a wreath. It had a face value of 4 cents, the normal cost of mailing First Class items.