First Day Cover honoring the Illinois Institute of Technology from the 1982 American Architecture series. The GAMM cachet, designed by Gerry Adlman, features the Lever Brothers Building in New York designed by Gordon Bunshaft, complementing the stamp's depiction of IIT's modernist campus designed by Mies van der Rohe. Hand-applied Chicago, IL postmark dated September 30, 1982.
Claude
The cachet features a detailed black ink illustration of the Lever Brothers Building in New York City, a modernist glass skyscraper, with the word 'Architecture' in red script at the top. Text identifies the building's architect as Gordon Bunshaft (1909) and includes a descriptive paragraph about 'The Age of Excellence' design movement. The stamp depicts the Illinois Institute of Technology building designed by Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), a low horizontal modernist structure, printed in black and gray at 20 cents face value. The circular hand-applied cancel reads 'Chicago, IL / SEP 30 / 1982 / 60607'.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a black and red cachet artwork of the Lever Brothers Building in New York City, designed by Gordon Bunshaft, with detailed line art and architectural elements. The stamp depicts the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, specifically the Mies van der Rohe-designed complex, with a 20-cent denomination and the text 'Architecture USA' and 'U.S.A. Series - 1982'. The circular postmark is hand-applied and clearly shows 'CHICAGO, IL' and the date 'SEP 30 1982'. Additional text on the cachet includes 'The Age of Excellence—(1937 to Present)' and a description of the Bauhaus influence on modern architecture.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
