Details
Contributor Pinkney, Jerry, artist.
ArtCraft Printing Co., printer.
Title Official first day of issue. Honoring Martin Luther King, 1929-1968. Distinguished civil rights leader. Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Black Heritage USA Series. [graphic]
Publisher [Ohio] : [The Washington Press] ; ArtCraft
Date [1979]
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 10 x 17 cm (3.75 x 6 in)
Description ArtCraft "First Day Cover" (i.e., designed envelope with a stamp affixed and cancelled on the day the stamp was issued) containing vignette illustrations depicting Martin Luther King, Jr. Shows a bust-length, left-profile portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a view from behind King during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., August 28, 1963. View includes a mass of people in the background.
Notes Title from item.
Date supplied from research and content.
Logo of printer printed in lower left corner: Text "ArtCraft" set on a paint palette with brushes inserted through the hole for the artist's thumb.
Image caption: "I Have A Dream."
Contains ink-stamp postmark: Atlanta, GA Jan 13 1979 3030A and cancelled "First Day of Issue" Black Heritage USA color-printed 15-cent stamp after the design of Jerry Pinkney and depicting a portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. and an inset of a view of King and several men and women walking at a protest march. The King stamp issued in 1979, was the second issued for the Black Heritage Series begun in 1978 by the U.S. Postal Service to recognize "the contribution of Black Americans to the growth and development of the United States."
Contains mailing label.
The Washington Press ArtCraft brand was introduced in 1939 for the printing of First Day Covers. The firm stopped producing ArtCraft First Day Covers in 2016.
Subject King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Portraits.
African American civic leaders.
African American clergy.
Civil rights leaders -- United States.
First day covers (Philately)
Nobel Prize winners.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- 1961-1969.
Genre Envelopes -- 1970-1980.
Ephemera -- 1860-1870.
Engravings -- 1970-1980.
Memorabilia -- 1970-1980.
Postage stamps -- 1970-1980.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| ephemera - envelopes - King [P.2019.80.5]
Accession number P.2019.80.5