Christmas 2012 - The Christmas Bear, signed Axel Scheffler

Christmas 2012 cover with The Christmas Bear illustration and full set of 7 stamps, and a Christmas Common, Oxford postmark 06.11.2012. Signed by children's book illustrator and and stamp designer, Axel Scheffler.

Axel Scheffler is a German illustrator and animator based in London. He is best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, particularly The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, written by Julia Donaldson.