Carl Sandburg - Our National Poet and Lincoln Biographer

The cachet features a light blue ghost portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the background with a detailed dark brown line-art portrait of Carl Sandburg in the foreground, rendered by Gerry Adlman (GAMM Cachets). Text includes 'Carl Sandburg - Our National Poet', 'Biographer of Lincoln', birth details, and an excerpt from Sandburg's poem 'Good Morning America.' The 13-cent stamp depicts a line-drawing portrait of Carl Sandburg with his signature and 'USA 13c.' The postmark is a circular hand-cancel from Galesburg, IL dated January 6, 1978, with a machine-printed 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug.

This First Day Cover commemorates the 1978 13-cent Carl Sandburg stamp with a cachet featuring contrasting portraits of Carl Sandburg and a ghosted portrait of Abraham Lincoln. The cachet artwork includes an excerpt from Sandburg's poem 'Good Morning America' and text highlighting Sandburg's role as a biographer of Lincoln. The stamp features a profile portrait of Sandburg with the text 'Carl Sandburg USA 13c.' The postmark is circular with the text 'GALESBURG, IL JAN 6 1978' and a partial ZIP code '61401.' The cover is in clean condition with bold, legible postmark and cachet details.