This Art Craft cacheted First Day Cover features the 5¢ George Washington stamp from the Prominent Americans Series, revised. It was postmarked November 17, 1967, at the National Postage Stamp Show Station in New York, NY, during the Twelfth AFDCS Convention.
George Washington’s inauguration on April 30, 1789, in New York City marked the formal beginning of the U.S. presidency under the new Constitution. The stamp’s design and cachet illustration recall that historic moment on the balcony of Federal Hall.
The cover is an official souvenir of the American First Day Cover Society’s 1967 convention, with the event cancel tying the stamp to the show. The cachet also reproduces the well-known 1789 inauguration scene alongside Washington’s portrait.
A fine addition for collectors of presidential issues, Prominent Americans Series stamps, or AFDCS convention covers, this example remains in clean, collectible condition with a crisp show cancel.
