This Art Craft first day cover features the 8¢ Dwight D. Eisenhower stamp issued May 10, 1971, in Washington, DC. The cover displays a block of six stamps from the 1971 booklet pane along with the distinctive portrait cachet of the 34th President.
Eisenhower’s stamp commemorates the former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II and two-term president whose administration spanned the early Cold War years. The 1971 booklet-pane issue marked a new format for this popular definitive series.
A notable detail is the “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE” inscription printed directly on the stamps themselves, a design feature unique to this booklet-pane printing. The Art Craft cachet also explicitly notes the “BOOKLET PANE SERIES OF 1971.”
A fine addition for collectors of presidential topicals or modern U.S. definitives, this cover remains in excellent condition with a crisp Washington, DC postmark and attractive cachet.
