This Artmaster First Day Cover features a pair of 13¢ Christmas stamps issued October 27, 1976, in Boston, Massachusetts. The stamps reproduce Nathaniel Currier’s 1855 lithograph “Winter Pastime,” showing figures ice-skating on a frozen pond.
Christmas stamps have been a U.S. tradition since 1962; the 1976 issue continued the popular Currier & Ives winter-theme series that appealed to both stamp collectors and lovers of 19th-century American prints.
The cachet depicts a young couple gathering evergreens beside a snowy wood, complementing the skating scene on the stamps. The Boston postmark and “First Day of Issue” handstamp confirm its official status.
A fine addition for collectors of Christmas topicals, Currier & Ives imagery, or Artmaster cachets, this cover remains in excellent, fresh condition with sharp strikes and vibrant color.
