This Art Craft First Day Cover features the 1972 15¢ U.S. stamp honoring the XX Olympic Summer Games in Munich. The cover bears a block of four stamps with the distinctive colorful runner design and carries the official first-day postmark from Washington, DC dated August 17, 1972.
The Munich Games marked Germany’s return to hosting the Olympics since 1936 and represented a major international sporting event during the Cold War era. The stamp’s modern graphic design by Lance Wyman captures the energy of track and field competition with its overlapping multicolored figures.
A notable detail is the clear visibility of the plate numbers and the “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE” inscription on the stamps themselves, along with the Art Craft cachet depicting hurdlers in action. The cover also shows the full set of four stamps from the pane, making it an attractive display piece for Olympic or sports topical collectors.
This well-preserved example is a fine addition to any collection of 1970s U.S. commemoratives or worldwide Olympic philately.
