Out of the blue a package from the USA with the US Postal Service’s 2007 holiday season issue – Holiday Knits – dropped into the studio. Holiday Knits is cute illustration and design at its best, the four stamps feature classic Christmas imagery designed and machine knitted by American illustrator Nancy Stahl – There is a dignified stag; a snow-dappled evergreen tree; a perky snowman sporting a top hat; and a whimsical teddy bear.

One hopes if this issue have matching scarves, beanies and jumpers available for the public to continue the Christmas cheer? One wants all four, in all variations.