{"product_id":"1963-montgomery-blair-15-silver-spring-md-first-day-cover-3","title":"1963 Montgomery Blair 15¢ Silver Spring, MD First Day Cover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Artmaster cacheted First Day Cover features the 15¢ U.S. airmail stamp issued May 3, 1963, in Silver Spring, Maryland, honoring the centennial of the First International Postal Conference held in Paris in 1863. The stamp depicts Montgomery Blair, Abraham Lincoln’s Postmaster General, against a globe showing the Paris 1863 legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlair organized the 1863 conference that laid the groundwork for the Universal Postal Union, standardizing international mail exchange at a time when global correspondence was expanding rapidly. The cover’s bold red-and-black design and the circular Silver Spring postmark tie the issue directly to Blair’s Maryland roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA notable detail is the cachet’s dual portrait: a framed bust of Blair above a seated Lincoln reviewing documents, underscoring their historic partnership in modernizing the postal service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine addition for collectors of U.S. airmail, presidential, or postal-history topicals, this well-centered FDC displays fresh color and a crisp first-day cancel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Springs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51388310519972,"sku":null,"price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/4713\/5908\/files\/20260623082416.jpg?v=1782231780","url":"https:\/\/maplespringsllc.com\/products\/1963-montgomery-blair-15-silver-spring-md-first-day-cover-3","provider":"Maple Springs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}