{"product_id":"1968-jacques-marquette-explorer-6-sault-sainte-marie-mi-first-day-cover","title":"1968 Jacques Marquette Explorer 6¢ Sault Sainte Marie, MI First Day Cover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 1968 Art Craft First Day Cover features the 6¢ Marquette Explorer stamp issued on September 20, 1968, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The cachet commemorates the 300th anniversary of Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette’s explorations of the Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Illinois rivers between 1668 and 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarquette’s journeys opened vast interior waterways of North America to European knowledge and helped establish early French presence in the Great Lakes region. The cover’s artwork includes a period map tracing these routes alongside a portrait of the robed missionary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA notable detail is the matching stamp design showing Marquette and companions in a canoe, reinforcing the exploration theme. The Art Craft cachet is a classic mid-century production valued by collectors for its clean typography and historical illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine addition for collectors of U.S. historical figures, religious history, or Great Lakes postal history, this well-preserved FDC displays sharp postmarking and attractive cachet artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Springs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51392024019108,"sku":null,"price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/4713\/5908\/files\/20260623095315.jpg?v=1782775305","url":"https:\/\/maplespringsllc.com\/products\/1968-jacques-marquette-explorer-6-sault-sainte-marie-mi-first-day-cover","provider":"Maple Springs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}