This First Day Cover features the United States 13¢ Olympics 1976 stamp depicting a downhill skier, postmarked on the official first day of issue, July 16, 1976, in Lake Placid, New York.
The stamp commemorates the 1976 Olympic Games, with the cachet artwork highlighting the XXI Olympiad in Montreal. Although Montreal hosted the Summer Games, the skiing motif and Lake Placid cancel tie the cover to America’s strong winter sports tradition and the upcoming 1980 Winter Olympics that Lake Placid would host.
A notable detail is the colorful cachet’s stylized skier graphic framed by Olympic rings and rainbow stripes, produced to celebrate both the Montreal Games and U.S. participation in winter Olympic sports.
Collectors will appreciate the clean strike of the Lake Placid postmark and the attractive dual-theme design linking the 1976 Summer and Winter Olympic cycles.
