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On January 4, 1981,the USPS issued a stamp to honor the Republican senator from Illinois, Everett Dirksen. Shown here is a genuine FIRST DAY COVER, an envelope with the new stamp cancelled from the CITY OF ISSUE (Pekin, Illinois) on the FIRST DAY OF ISSUE captioned above.
The full-color CACHET (artwork on the envelope) features a portrait of Dirksen surrounded by the Illinois and U.S. flags. It's printed on silk with a frame of gold embossing. This is a collectible, historic piece of US political memorabilia.
Double matted in blue & wine, it's sized to fit a standard 8 x 10 frame. ***CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED***
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