This Artmaster First Day Cover features the 10¢ D.W. Griffith commemorative stamp issued May 27, 1975, in Beverly Hills, California. The cachet depicts Griffith seated beside an early motion-picture camera, with the inscription “motion picture pioneer.”
David Wark Griffith revolutionized American filmmaking in the silent era through pioneering techniques such as close-ups, cross-cutting, and large-scale battle scenes. His work laid the foundation for modern narrative cinema and helped establish Hollywood as the center of the motion-picture industry.
The cachet artwork is signed “Artmaster” in the lower left, a hallmark of this respected cachet maker. The stamp itself carries the legend “MOVIEMAKER” above Griffith’s portrait and the denomination “US 10 C.”
Addressed to a collector in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, the cover remains in clean, collectible condition with a crisp first-day cancel.
A fine addition for collectors of cinema history, famous Americans, or Artmaster cachets.
