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Royal Mail has issued an alert to customers hoping to snap up Christmas stamps, cautioning them to act ‘before it’s too late’. The postal service releases special festive stamps annually, and this year’s collection showcases the work of Paula Doherty, an award-winning illustrator. For 2025, there are five designs, featuring scenes of the Nativity.
Posting on social media, Royal Mail told customers to take action. In a Facebook alert, Royal Mail said: “You should order your Christmas stamps before it’s too late! Click the link in the comments and add some festive fun to your cards this #Christmas.”
For customers interested in the stamps, the 2025 collection is available to order online from Royal Mail’s website. The delivery service is selling stamp sets, books, and sheets, along with souvenirs, such as postcards, a presentation pack, and a collectors sheet.
The products vary in price, with a Christmas 2025 4 x 2nd Stamp Book costing £3.48 and a Christmas 2025 Full Sheet £3.40 x 50 costing £170. The stamps depict Mary and Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus, the three wise men, shepherds, and an angel, reports the Mirror.
Unveiling the festive designs last month, Royal Mail said: “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.
“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!”
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