A reader has sent this picture of the 2nd class 2012 Christmas stamp received today. It's the sort of view that Santa might have after a few too many sherries on the night of 24th/25th December.
We're used to minor mis-registration of the colours on modern stamps produced on high-speed presses, especially on the booklets produced by Walsall, but this is a spectacular shift!
It's difficult to be sure from this image but it doesn't look like the De La Rue sheet version.
Thanks to AAB.
UPDATE: H J R has sent this image from the 1st class booklet, so it's not just Rudolph!
2901. 🇬🇮 Gibraltar’s Belated Chinese New Year Issue.
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24 April 2026 - Chinese new year, Year of the Horse - 6 stamps (£7.95) and
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2 other colour shifts are currently for sale on ebay, 121046298839 a 2nd class 2012 Christmas stamp red shift to the left and 310549807341 a sheet of 2012 reprint of the traditional Madonna & child stamp
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