This Artmaster cachet First Day Cover features the 8¢ Dwight D. Eisenhower stamp issued to meet the new first-class postal rate. The cover bears a crisp Washington, DC postmark dated May 10, 1971, the official first day of issue.
The stamp commemorates the former five-star general and 34th President whose leadership spanned World War II and the early Cold War. Its release coincided exactly with the 1971 postage-rate increase, making the cover a neat intersection of postal history and presidential commemoration.
The blue Artmaster portrait shows Eisenhower in civilian attire with a subtle laurel-wreath panel noting the “First Class Postal Rate Increase—1971,” a detail that distinguishes this cachet from generic Eisenhower FDCs.
Addressed to a collector in Erie, Pennsylvania, the cover remains in fresh condition with sharp corners and an unblemished cachet—ideal for display or for a topical collection of U.S. presidents or rate-change issues.
