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On January 27, 2005, the USPS issued a stamp to honor the woman who stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on an Easter Sunday in 1939 and sang "America", having been banned from singing in Constitution Hall because of her race....Marian Anderson. Shown here is a genuine First Day Cover, an envelope with the stamp cancelled from the city of issue (Washington DC) on the first day of issue captioned above. Note the special postmark created to cancel this stamp on its 'birthday.'
The full-color cachet (artwork on the envelope produced by a private company, not the post office) depicts Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial, rendered in watercolors. Anderson went on to have an illustrious musical career, with the distinction of being the first Black to perform with the NY Metropolitan Opera.
Double matted in blue & white, it's sized to fit a standard 8x10 frame. ***Certificate of Authenticity***
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