This Artmaster First Day Cover features the 10¢ Domestic Air Mail stamp, postmarked in San Francisco, California on January 5, 1968. The striking cachet depicts a bald eagle in flight over a map of the United States, with insets of Alaska and Hawaii.
Issued during the jet age, the stamp supported the domestic air mail postal rate that enabled faster coast-to-coast delivery across the expanded nation. The design emphasizes the role of air mail in connecting all fifty states.
A notable detail is the cachet's inclusion of Hawaii and Alaska, underscoring how recently those states had joined the Union and the nationwide scope of the air mail service. The cover is signed "Coil 1968" by the cachet artist.
A fine addition for collectors of aviation topicals, U.S. postal history, or Artmaster cachets, this cover displays excellent color and sharp postmark detail.
