This First Day Cover features the 24¢ Paul Revere Midnight Ride stamp issued by the United States on November 14, 1975, in Boston, Massachusetts. The cover displays a block of four stamps with the distinctive light blue design showing the Old North Church steeple and the famous phrase “One if by land, two if by sea.”
The stamp commemorates Paul Revere’s historic ride on the night of April 18, 1775, when he warned colonial militia that British troops were advancing toward Lexington and Concord—an event that helped ignite the American Revolution. The design draws directly from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1860 poem “Paul Revere’s Ride.”
A notable detail is the repeated “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE” inscription across the stamps, a distinctive production feature of this issue. The clear Boston postmark ties the cover directly to the historic city central to the story.
This clean, well-centered FDC makes an excellent addition to any collection focused on the American Revolution, patriotic themes, or classic U.S. commemoratives.
