Containing all three stamps from our Maud Lewis issue, this souvenir sheet Official First Day Cover celebrates the work of one of Canada’s most beloved folk artists. This vibrant collectible features three of Lewis’ seasonal paintings: Winter Sleigh Ride on the Permanent^TM stamp Team of Oxen in Winter (U.S. rate stamp) and Family and Sled (international rate stamp), as well as a detail of her Three Black Cats (1955). The cancel location is Digby, Nova Scotia.

Born in South Ohio, Nova Scotia, Maud Lewis began her artistic career as a child, painting Christmas cards – with scenes like the ones on these stamps – and selling them door to door. Lewis skillfully captured the people, animals and activities of rural Maritime life in her works, depicting scenes in a bright and joyful palette of colours.

Although she worked in poverty, physical pain and obscurity for many years, she never stopped painting. Lewis started to receive national and international acclaim in the 1960s, and today her work is treasured by collectors.

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Maud Lewis: souvenir sheet Official First Day Cover