The Twelve Days of Christmas
I've always loved these 1977 Christmas stamps because they were one of the first sets I collected as a child, eagerly waiting for different images to arrive on letters and then steaming them off Christmas card envelopes to make up the full set of six.
The five 7 pence stamps represent different lines of the Christmas song The Twelve Days of Christmas:
"Twelves Lords a-leaping,
Eleven Ladies dancing,
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Ten Pipers piping,
Nine Drummers drumming,
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Eight Maids a-milking,
Seven Swans a-swimming,
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Six Geese a-laying,
Five Gold Rings,
Four Colly Birds,
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Three French Hens,
Two Turtle Doves..."
whilst the 9 pence stamp represents the repeated chorus:
"And a Partridge in a Pear Tree".
The 7 pence stamps were printed horizontally in a se-tenant strip.
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FIRST DAY COVER CHRISTMAS 1977 SG1044 1049 | |||
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0 Bid | US $1.48 | 9d 17h 38m | |
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