This ArtCraft First Day Cover features a block of four 13¢ U.S. stamps issued for the 1976 Olympic Games, postmarked on the official first day of issue, July 16, 1976, in Lake Placid, New York.
The 1976 Olympic year saw both the Summer Games in Montreal and the Winter Games in Innsbruck, with the United States issuing multiple stamp series to celebrate international athletic competition during the bicentennial era. Lake Placid’s postmark ties the cover to America’s own Olympic heritage, as the Adirondack village had hosted the Winter Games in 1932 and would again in 1980.
The colorful cachet depicts dynamic winter athletes in silhouette—speed skater, ski jumper, slalom skier, and figure skater—beneath an Olympic flag, perfectly complementing the stamp designs that show stylized athletes in motion against Olympic rings.
A strong addition for Olympic topical collectors, this well-preserved FDC displays clean strikes of the Lake Placid circular date stamp and vibrant ArtCraft artwork that remains popular with both general and sport-themed philatelists.
