This 1967 First Day Cover features the 5¢ National Grange stamp issued April 17 in Washington, DC, honoring the centennial of the nation’s oldest agricultural fraternity. The Art Craft cachet depicts founder Oliver Hudson Kelley alongside the organization’s 1867–1967 emblem and a rural farming scene.
Established in 1867 after the Civil War, the Grange (Patrons of Husbandry) provided farmers with education, cooperative purchasing power, and a political voice that helped shape rural policy and the early Populist movement. Its influence extended to the creation of rural free delivery and agricultural extension services still in use today.
The cachet’s portrait of Kelley and the bold orange-and-black stamp design together celebrate the Grange’s enduring legacy as “the American fraternity of rural people.”
Addressed personally to a construction firm in Topeka, Kansas, the cover offers a nice period touch for collectors of agricultural or Midwestern postal history.
A clean, well-centered example ideal for topical FDC or Grange collections.
