This 1977 First Day Cover features the 13¢ Pueblo Art stamp issued April 13 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The cachet, signed Lawson, depicts an Acoma woman carrying a traditional pottery jar and is captioned “Theirs the memory of a Golden Age of Pueblo Art.”
The stamp honors the distinctive pottery traditions of the Pueblo peoples of the American Southwest, particularly the Acoma Pueblo whose finely painted ceramics have been prized for centuries. Issued during a period of renewed national interest in Native American arts and crafts, the design draws directly from historic Acoma motifs.
A notable detail is the cachet’s reference to the “Acoma: School of American Research,” linking the artwork to early 20th-century efforts to document and preserve Pueblo pottery techniques. The clean Santa Fe postmark and unaddressed cover make it especially attractive for display.
A fine addition for collectors of Native American themes, Southwestern art, or U.S. commemorative FDCs of the 1970s.
