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On February 12, 1968, the USPS issued a stamp commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Statehood of Illinois. Shown here is a genuine First Day Cover, an envelope with the full-color stamp depicting the farmlands of Illinois, cancelled from the city of issue (Shawneetown, IL) on the first day of issue captioned above. The addition of four Lincoln stamps which were cancelled along with the Illinois Sesquicentennial stamp on its 'birthday' make this first day cover a Combo. The Lincoln stamps depicting his bust, a young Lincoln, and the statue of Lincoln from the Lincoln Memorial were all issued in 1959; the brown and cream stamp commemorating the Lincoln-Douglas debates was issued in 1958.
The black & white cachet (artwork on the envelope produced by a private company, not the post office) features the Old State House in Vandalia, where Lincoln served as legislator, and the Bryant Cottage in Bement, Illinois, where Lincoln and Douglas arranged their famous series of seven debates.
Double matted in blue & white, it's sized to fit a standard 8x10 frame. ***Certificate of Authenticity Included***
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