Item #31764 Signed First Day Cover. John Carter BROWN.

Signed First Day Cover.

This American museum director oversaw the U.S. National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992 and made it the renowned institution it is today. Item #31764

Signed First Day Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Washington, DC on 17 September 1965 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Single 5-cent "John Copley American Artist" stamp at upper right. Fine. Left side bears fine printed Art Craft cachet "Honoring John Singleton Copley 1737-1815" cachet. At upper center, above the cancellation, Sloan signs his usual small stylized signature in black fountain pen. A superb example of this influential figure's signature on an appropriate cover.

Price: $55.00

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