{"product_id":"1971-san-francisco-cable-car-8-san-diego-ca-first-day-cover","title":"1971 San Francisco Cable Car 8¢ San Diego, CA First Day Cover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 1971 First Day Cover features the 8¢ San Francisco Cable Car stamp from the Historic Preservation series, postmarked in San Diego, California on October 29, 1971. The cover bears a generic Artcraft-style cachet showing a globe constructed of envelopes beneath the words “FIRST DAY COVER.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stamp honors San Francisco’s beloved cable cars, an enduring symbol of the city’s heritage and one of the last manually operated cable car systems in the world. Issued during a period of growing national interest in historic preservation, the stamp helped spotlight efforts to protect and maintain these iconic vehicles that had been in continuous operation since 1873.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA notable detail is the San Diego postmark on a stamp celebrating a San Francisco landmark, illustrating how collectors often obtained first-day cancellations from cities other than the official first-day site. The stamp’s design includes the cable car number 506 and a waterfront scene with historic sailing ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clean, attractive cover for collectors of transportation topicals, U.S. commemoratives, or the Historic Preservation series, with strong eye appeal and solid philatelic interest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Springs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51392035291300,"sku":null,"price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/4713\/5908\/files\/20260629141106.jpg?v=1782775915","url":"https:\/\/maplespringsllc.com\/products\/1971-san-francisco-cable-car-8-san-diego-ca-first-day-cover","provider":"Maple Springs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}