1st GAMM cachet non-FDC, Carter-Mondale Inauguration Day Cover, January 20, 1977

This First Day Cover commemorates the inauguration of President James Earl Carter and Vice President Walter F. Mondale on January 20, 1977. It features a distinctive dual-portrait cachet by renowned designer Gerry Adlman (GAMM Cachets) with oval portraits of Carter and Mondale rendered in stippled style. Two Scott #1716 13-cent 'One Nation Indivisible' eagle stamps are affixed with a machine cancel reading 'INAUGURATION DAY' and a bullseye postmark from Plains, Georgia.

See also 1710 for the first GAMM Cachets FDC.

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Gerry Adlman GAMM Cachets
Format
Other

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Claude

This inauguration day cover features two oval portrait cachets in pink and blue: James Earl Carter (39th President) in the upper left and Walter F. Mondale (41st Vice President) in the lower center, both rendered in a stippled/dot-matrix style. The cachet text is printed in blue italic script with red lettering at the bottom reading 'INAUGURATION DAY JANUARY 20, 1977.' Two identical USA 13-cent 'One Nation Indivisible / E Pluribus Unum' eagle stamps (Scott #1716) are affixed, one with a machine cancel reading 'INAUGURATION DAY' and one with a bullseye postmark. The cover is unaddressed and appears to be in excellent condition.

Mistral

This First Day Cover celebrates the inauguration of President James Earl Carter and Vice President Walter F. Mondale on January 20, 1977. The cachet features oval portraits of Carter and Mondale in a stippled style, with blue and red ink, alongside printed text identifying their roles. Two 13-cent 'One Nation Indivisible' eagle stamps are affixed, canceled with a machine postmark reading 'INAUGURATION DAY' and a bullseye cancel from Plains, Georgia. The cover is in excellent condition with clear, legible details.

(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)