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Royal Mail Reveals Stamps for Christmas 2025

• Issue date: 4 November 2025
• Royal Mail celebrates Christmas 2025 with a series of five stamps, exclusively designed by illustrator Paula Doherty
• The stamps focus on key characters within the Nativity: Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, the Wise Men, an angel and Baby Jesus
• The stamps and a range of collectible products are available now at www.royalmail.com/christmas2025 and by telephone on 03457 641641

As people across the nation prepare to write their Christmas cards, Royal Mail today reveals its Christmas 2025 stamps, featuring scenes of the Nativity. The stamps have been exclusively designed by award-winning illustrator Paula Doherty.

The illustrations for this year’s Christmas stamps celebrate the beauty of surface and texture. The designs evoke the richness of inlaid marble, enamelling, marquetry, and collage—each suggesting a tactile, crafted quality. These techniques share a common thread: assemblage. Through various fragments brought together in harmony, Paula’s work offers a fresh and vibrant interpretation of the Nativity story.

The stamps depict:

• Angel – 2nd Class
• Mary and Joseph – 2nd Large Letter
• Mary and the Baby Jesus – 1st Class
• Shepherds – 1st Large Letter
• Three Wise Men – £3.40

Royal Mail also worked with Professor Ben Quash, Professor of Christianity and the Arts at King’s College London, and Professor Andrew Davison, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford, on the stamp issue.

David Gold, Director of External Affairs & Policy, Royal Mail, said: “For many people, once the Christmas stamps go on sale, the seasonal preparations can begin! There’s something truly magical about this time of year, and these stamps capture that spirit perfectly. We are very grateful to Paula Doherty for these beautiful illustrations, which set the perfect tone for the festive season.”

Illustrator Paula Doherty said: “I’m so delighted that my designs will finally be out in print and feel excited and slightly overwhelmed to think that they will be on envelopes flying all around the world this Christmas. The hardest part of the whole process was keeping my involvement under wraps as the unveiling of the Christmas stamps is part of the magic so I couldn’t tell anyone until their release. It was a long time to keep a secret!”