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On February 3, 1999, the USPS issued a set of fifteen stamps to commemorate people and events of the decade from 1910 to 1919. Shown here is one of these people, George Washington Carver on a genuine FIRST DAY COVER, an envelope with the new stamp cancelled from the CITY OF ISSUE (Washington DC) on the FIRST DAY OF ISSUE captioned above. A son of slaves, illiterate until the age of 20, Carver improved the economy of the South by demonstrating the possibilities of peanuts and sweet potatoes. He even declined a $100,00 a year job offered by Thomas Edison because serving humanity was more important to him.
The full-color CACHET (artwork on the envelope) features a portrait of Carver and Carver at work at the Tuskegee Institute. Collectible, historic, this piece is one of many Black Heritage items offered by Wall Art Collectibles.
Double matted in blue & white, it's sized to fit a standard 8 x 10 frame. ***CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED - A SHORT COMMENTARY ABOUT THIS EVENT IS ALSO INCLUDED***
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