2  - Stamps Adhesive - Brazil Christmas 2018 – 200 years of "Silent Night" song (photo)

The self-adhesive stamps are cut in the shape of an eight-pointed star, number considered a symbol of cosmic balance, the connection between the physical and the spiritual. One of Christmas icon, the star is a guiding object, for Christ is the "Guiding Star to Humanity". On the first stamp are the representations of the creators of the song: Father Mohr, who also appears writing the lyrics, and the musician Franz Gruber, in profile and playing guitar. On the background, in sepia, the score of the anthem. On the lower right corner, the title "Silent Night, 200 Years", in Portuguese and German. On the second stamp, the Silent Night Chapel, located in Oberndorf-Austria, stands out in the landscape of a winter night, surrounded by Christmas symbols, lights and decorated pine trees, under a starry sky, where one of them stands out, , reference to the night of December 24. On the left side, the lyrics of "Stille Nacht", in German. Above, on the center, the title "Silent Night, 200 Years", in German and Portuguese. On both stamps, special gold ink was used, on the titles, on the word "Brazil", and on the postage stamps, located on the lower right corner