1981 American Architecture Block — Doris Gold First Day Cover

The cachet features hand-drawn portraits of four American architects — Stanford White, Richard Morris Hunt, Bernard Maybeck, and Louis Sullivan — flanking a central illustration of the Statue of Freedom from the U.S. Capitol Building, rendered in red and black ink on white paper. The title 'ARCHITECTURE' appears in red at the top. A block of four 18-cent Architecture USA stamps depicts the Biltmore in Asheville NC, the NYU Library in New York, the Bank of Owatonna in Minnesota, and the Palace of Arts in San Francisco. The postmark reads Washington DC, August 28, 1981, with a machine 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' cancel. The cover is in excellent condition with crisp imagery and clean envelope.

This First Day Cover features a detailed cachet by Doris Gold with portraits of four notable American architects: Stanford White, Richard Morris Hunt, Bernard Maybeck, and Louis Sullivan, all in red and black ink. The central image is the Statue of Freedom from the U.S. Capitol Building. The cover includes a block of four 18-cent Architecture stamps depicting the Biltmore, NYU Library, Bank of Owatonna, and Palace of Arts. The postmark is a circular pictorial cancellation with the text 'Washington DC, Aug 28, 1981' and an architectural motif. The text 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' is printed in red below the cachet and on the stamps.