This Art Craft First Day Cover features the 5¢ George Washington coil stamp issued November 23, 1962, in New York, NY. The cover displays a pair of the stamps tied by the official first-day postmark, with the cachet highlighting the famous Houdon bust of Washington.
The stamp commemorates George Washington, Revolutionary War commander and first President of the United States. The design reproduces Jean-Antoine Houdon’s marble bust, sculpted from life at Mount Vernon in 1785 and widely regarded as the most accurate likeness of Washington.
A notable detail is the explicit labeling of this as the “5¢ Coil Stamp,” distinguishing it from the sheet version issued the same day. The cachet also includes a view of Mount Vernon, tying the design directly to the bust’s historic creation site.
This clean, well-centered cover makes an attractive addition for collectors of presidential issues, Art Craft cachets, or U.S. coil stamps.
