First-Day Issue Covers

Accession Number: SC U:35 

Location: RB-M 

Dates: 1948-1973 

Size: 1 small flip-top; 0.15 cubic feet 

Creator/Collector: Compiled by SLPL staff 

Acquisition info: SLPL staff 

Accruals: No accruals expected 

Custodial history: SLPL staff 

Language: English 

Processed by: Melissa Miller, October 2017 

Conservation notes: Placed in envelope sleeves  

Scope and Content: The collection contains envelopes postmarked with first-day issue  stamps. 

Arrangement: Chronologically  

Restrictions: No restrictions  

Remarks: No remarks 

October 2017 Rare Books and Special Collections Series: RB-M Acc. # SC U:35 

First-Day Issue Covers 1948-1973 1 small flip-top; 0.15 cubic feet 

Box/Folder Description 

1 Finding Aid 

Harlan F. Stone; August 25, 1948 

United Nations Emergency Force; November 3, 1952 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights; December 10, 1952 

Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower; January 20, 1953 

National Guard; February 23, 1953 

Ohio Sesquicentennial; March 2, 1953 

Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial; April 30, 1953 

50th Anniversary of Powered Flight; May 29, 1953 

Elizabeth II; June 4, 1953 

Centennial of Opening of Japan; July 14, 1953 

American Bar Association; August 24, 1953 

Sagamore hill, Oyster Bay, New York; September 14, 1953 

Future Farmers of America; October 13, 1953 

300th Anniversary of New York City; November 20, 1953 

Human Rights Day; December 10, 1953 

Bicentennial of Columbia University; January 4, 1954 (2) 

United Nations; February 11, 1954 

Canada; April 1, 1954 

Nebraska Territorial Centennial; May 7, 1954 

Statue of Liberty; June 24, 1954 

George Eastman; July 12, 1954 

150th Anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; July 28,  

1954 

George Washington; October 8, 1954 

Thomas Jefferson; September 15, 1954 

Abraham Lincoln; November 19, 1954 

Human Rights Day; December 10, 1954 

150th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts;  

January 15, 1955 

First of the Land-Grant Colleges; February 12, 1955 

Employ the Handicapped; August 28, 1960 (2) 

Winston Churchill; May 13, 1965 

Harry S. Truman; May 8, 1973

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