This 1968 First Day Cover features the 12¢ Henry Ford commemorative stamp issued by the United States Post Office on July 30, 1968. The cover bears a crisp first-day cancel from Greenfield Village, Michigan, and carries a handsome cachet sponsored by the Masonic Stamp Club of N.Y. highlighting Ford’s Masonic career and his title as “Automotive and Industrial Giant.”
Henry Ford’s moving assembly line and Model T revolutionized personal transportation, making automobiles affordable for millions and reshaping American industry and society in the early twentieth century. The stamp’s design pairs Ford’s portrait with an early Ford automobile, underscoring his lasting legacy in automotive history.
A notable detail is the cachet’s extensive Masonic symbolism—an all-seeing eye, square and compasses, and a detailed record of Ford’s initiation, passing, and raising in Palestine Lodge #357 in Detroit—reflecting the stamp club’s fraternal sponsorship.
Collectors will appreciate the cover’s clean condition, strong strike of the distinctive Greenfield Village postmark, and its dual appeal to automotive and Masonic topical collectors.
