{"product_id":"1970-edgar-lee-masters-6-petersburg-il-first-day-cover","title":"1970 Edgar Lee Masters 6¢ Petersburg, IL First Day Cover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Art Craft First Day Cover features the 6¢ Edgar Lee Masters commemorative stamp issued by the United States on August 22, 1970. The cover bears a clear Petersburg, Illinois postmark—the poet’s birthplace—and includes the official “First Day of Issue” inscription alongside the stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdgar Lee Masters (1869–1950) is best remembered for his groundbreaking 1915 work Spoon River Anthology, a collection of free-verse epitaphs that revealed the hidden lives of a fictional Midwestern town. The stamp and cachet honor his contributions to American poetry and his influence on 20th-century literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe striking black-and-white cachet reproduces a formal portrait of Masters, lists several of his major titles including Spoon River Anthology, Songs and Satires, and Along the Illinois, and displays the Art Craft imprint at lower left. A small reproduction of the stamp appears in the upper right corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cover is addressed to Mr. Leonard G. Feinen in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, a suburban community just west of New York City that was home to many mid-century stamp collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clean, well-centered example ideal for collectors of literary figures, Illinois postal history, or Art Craft cachets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Springs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51392027885732,"sku":null,"price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/4713\/5908\/files\/20260629140431.jpg?v=1782775539","url":"https:\/\/maplespringsllc.com\/products\/1970-edgar-lee-masters-6-petersburg-il-first-day-cover","provider":"Maple Springs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}