the john muir exhibit - stamps - lady liberty 2011 - john muir 1964 - ss john muir liberty ship cachet
combination first day coverr
Lady Liberty 2011 - John Muir 1964 - SS John Muir Liberty Ship Cachet
Combination First Day Cover
This First Day Cover features the First Day of Issue for the Lady Liberty stamp issued on April 8, 2011, and is postmarked on that date. The accompanying John Muir stamp is from the 1964 issue.
The cachet features a photo of Muir, with the silhouette of a typical Liberty Ship, and the text: "World War II Liberty Ships - SS JOHN MUIR - Delivered December 31, 1942 by Marinship Corp. Sausalito, Calif. The color printed cachet is #8198 designed by Alvin Eckert #9964, USCS.
There is another First Day Cover featuring the First Day of Issue for the U.S. Flag postage stamp issued on January 29, 2016 with the same cachet.
See our page on the SS JOHN MUIR Liberty Ship.
Muir has subsequently been honored with a 32 cent postage stamp in 1998.
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