Monday, February 18, 2013

USA 1976, Christmas, Currier and Ives, Winter Pastime 13 C

USA stamp 1976
Christmas
Winter Pastime Lithograph by N. Currier 1855 13 C
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Currier and Ives was a successful American printmaking firm headed by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824–1895). Based in New York City from 1834–1907, the prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand colored.

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