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Who Else Wants to Use Halloween Postage Stamps?

In general the origin of Halloween lies in the traditions of the Celtic people. It was a special day the Celts celebrated near the end of our month of October. Irish, Scots, Calan Gaeaf in Welsh and other immigrants brought versions of the traditions to North America in the 19th century. This day was devoted to ‘Samhain’, a Celtic God of the Dead. By the way, a word “hallow” means “saint” in an Old English. That’s why Christians celebrate All Saints’ Day equally with Halloween and All Souls’ Day. Other names: Hallows Eve, Samhain, All Hallowtide, The Feast of the Dead, The Day of the Dead.

It goes without saying that folks make use of various Halloween’s symbols like pumpkins and fancy dresses disguising as witches, ghosts and other masquerades this day. People used to carve turnips into faces and set a lit candle inside to drive away evil spirits. The main consuming activity for children is ‘trick-or-treating’’ in which children disguise themselves in costumes and go door-to-door in their neighborhoods, ringing each doorbell and yelling “trick or treat!” to solicit a gift of candy or similar items.

We can’t but mention the thingamajigs that are around on Oct. 31. Postage stamps also compel our attention to Halloween as one of the attributes we opt for. Have you ever seen postage stamps commemorating Halloween? European countries issued Halloween stamps. I bet you’d like to have a look at rubber stamps with ghosts and pumpkins, invitations, stamps, etc.