This First Day Cover features the Samuel Adams 8-cent postal stationery card (Scott UX66) canceled on December 16, 1973, with a machine postmark from Concord, Massachusetts. The imprinted stamp depicts Samuel Adams in orange/red, identified as a patriot and founding father. This plain postal card has no cachet artwork and remains in good condition.
Claude
This is a plain postal stationery card (postal card) with no cachet artwork on the left side. The imprinted stamp in the upper right depicts Samuel Adams in orange/red, labeled 'Samuel Adams Patriot' with 'U.S. Postage 8¢'. The postmark is a machine cancellation from Concord, MA dated December 16, 1973 PM with wavy killer lines. The card is unaddressed and in good condition with no artwork or cachet maker present.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features the Samuel Adams 8-cent postal stationery card (Scott UX66) with a circular machine postmark from Concord, Massachusetts, dated December 16, 1973. The imprinted stamp depicts Samuel Adams in an orange/red portrait, identifying him as a patriot and founding father. The cover has no cachet artwork and is in good condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
