Maia
The stamp at the bottom shows a pastel on canvas picture drawn in 1938 by Pablo Picasso of his daughter, María de la Concepción Picasso – also known as Maya or Maia. It’s entitled, First Snow because it’s from when she took her first steps in snow, which is why she’s looking down at her feet.
I don’t like most of Picasso’s art – especially some of his cubism paintings – but I like this one. I’m not sure why its on a U.N. stamp, though. It’s not part of the U.N. art collection. It’s in the Picasso Museum in Paris, a part of their permanent collection. It is, however, to commemorate the U.N. International School. So maybe it’s meant to show children going to school in the snow.
Note
The U.N. Post Office issued stamps in New York with these same designs (see U.N. Intl. School), including two of the Maya stamps – for two face amounts. On that page I write about the school.
Contains 7 spots: own 7 – 7 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Jun 7, 2025
Stamp Details
The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
16 |
Refugees |
0.50 (mar 1971) |
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✓ |
15 |
0.30 (jan 1971) |
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✓ |
19 |
0.30 (sep 1971) |
|||
✓ |
17 |
0.50 (apr 1971) |
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✓ |
20 |
0.50 (sep 1971) |
|||
✓ |
18 |
Universal Postal Union: New Headquarters |
0.75 (may 1971) |
U.N. Art
✓ |
21 |
Maia |
1.10 (nov 1971) |
Footnotes
Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
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