This Art Craft First Day Cover features the 18¢ Elizabeth Blackwell definitive stamp, postmarked on its official first day of issue, January 23, 1974, in Geneva, New York.
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) made history as the first woman to earn a medical diploma in the United States, graduating from Geneva Medical College in 1849. Her achievement broke centuries of gender barriers in medicine and inspired generations of women physicians.
The cachet highlights a poignant quote from Blackwell about honoring her diploma and depicts the graduation scene, with the stamp design echoing her portrait and the inscription “First Woman Physician.”
A strong addition for collectors of women’s history, medicine, or definitive-issue FDCs, this cover remains in fresh, well-centered condition with a crisp Geneva, NY postmark.
