This Official First Day Cover features the 13¢ Ohio state flag stamp issued during the U.S. Bicentennial Era. It bears a crisp Washington, DC postmark dated February 23, 1976, the official first day of issue.
The cachet honors both the Buckeye State—admitted to the Union as the seventeenth state in 1803—and native son James A. Garfield (1831–1881), who served as soldier, educator, and statesman before becoming the twentieth President of the United States. Garfield was assassinated only months into his term, an event that shocked the nation.
A striking element is the large illustration of the Garfield statue alongside the full-color Ohio flag, tying the stamp subject directly to the president’s Ohio roots and the 1976 bicentennial celebrations.
A handsome addition for collectors of presidential, Ohio, or Bicentennial topical FDCs, this cover displays excellent centering and a clear, legible cancel.
