National Postal Museum 1993 - Benjamin Franklin FDC

The LEB cachet features a sepia/brown and red two-tone design depicting Benjamin Franklin prominently in the center, surrounded by historical transportation vignettes including a biplane, sailing ship, steam locomotive, and a figure with a horse. Accompanying text describes Franklin's appointment as Postmaster General by the Continental Congress on July 26, 1775. The four 29-cent National Postal Museum stamps are affixed as a block, depicting an early aviator with railway post car, classic stamps/letters, Benjamin Franklin with Independence Hall, and a mail carrier with stagecoach. The circular Washington DC machine cancel dated July 30, 1993 bears ZIP 20066 with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug cancellation across the stamps.

This First Day Cover features a striking two-tone cachet in red and brown with a central portrait of Benjamin Franklin, surrounded by historical transportation vignettes including a biplane, sailing ship, and locomotive. The cachet also includes text highlighting Franklin's appointment as Postmaster General in 1775. The cover bears four 29-cent commemorative stamps issued by the National Postal Museum, depicting an early aviator, classic stamps, Benjamin Franklin with Independence Hall, and a mail carrier with a stagecoach. The stamps are canceled with a circular postmark from Washington, DC, dated July 30, 1993, with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug. The cover is in excellent condition.