This is an official first day cover for the 1976 13¢ Alexander Graham Bell stamp, postmarked in Boston, Massachusetts on March 10, 1976. The Art Craft cachet features a portrait of Bell alongside an illustration of his early telephone apparatus, marking the centennial of the telephone's invention.
Alexander Graham Bell's breakthrough in 1876 revolutionized global communication, enabling voice transmission over wires for the first time. Boston holds particular significance as the city where Bell conducted much of his pioneering work and filed his patent.
The cachet artwork includes the inscription "Centennial Birthday of the Telephone 1876-1976" and the Art Craft logo, providing a classic mid-1970s cachet style popular with collectors.
A fine addition to any collection focused on inventors, communications history, or U.S. commemorative issues of the 1970s, this cover displays fresh colors and a clear first-day cancel.
