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On May 26, 1999, the USPS issued a set of fifteen stamps to represent the decade of the 1950's in the 150 set of stamps called "Celebrate the Century." Shown here is a genuine First Day Cover, an envelope with the new stamp commemorating Degegregation of Public Schools with the unanimous decision in Brown v the Board pf Education of Topeka, Kansas on May 17, 1954. Cancelled from the city of issue (Springfield, MA) on the first day of issue captioned above, this envelope is the 'birthday of the stamp.'
The full-color cachet (artwork on the envelope created by a private company, not the USPS) shows a classroom with two children - one white, one black. The artwork is printed on silk, the luster lending an-almost three-dimensional quality to the picture. Included is a brief commentary of events leading to desegregation of public schools.
Double matted in blue & white, it's sized to fit a standard 8x10 frame. ***Certificate of Authenticity plus Commentary Included***
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