This Artmaster First Day Cover features the 13¢ Alexander Graham Bell stamp issued March 10, 1976, in Boston, Massachusetts, to mark the centennial of the telephone. The cachet depicts Bell at work with early telephone apparatus including a wall-mounted magneto set, candlestick phone, and experimental equipment.
The stamp commemorates Bell’s 1876 patent for the telephone, which transformed long-distance communication and laid the foundation for the modern telecommunications industry. Boston was chosen as the first-day city because Bell conducted many of his experiments and made his first successful call there.
A notable detail is the Artmaster cachet’s detailed illustration of period telephone technology alongside Bell’s portrait, with the “Telephone Centennial” inscription on the stamp itself. No addressee appears on this unaddressed cover.
A clean, well-centered example that makes an excellent addition for collectors of inventors, communications, or 1970s U.S. First Day Covers.
