This ArtCraft cacheted First Day Cover features the 15¢ John Steinbeck stamp from the Literary Arts Series, postmarked on the official first day of issue, February 27, 1979, in Salinas, California.
John Steinbeck remains one of America’s most celebrated novelists, capturing the struggles of the Great Depression and the lives of working-class Americans in classics such as The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, and Tortilla Flat—all illustrated on the cachet. His Nobel Prize-winning work continues to shape American literature and social consciousness.
The cachet prominently displays Steinbeck’s portrait alongside his three iconic novels and a vintage automobile, evoking the Dust Bowl migrations central to his storytelling. Salinas, his birthplace, was chosen as the first-day city, adding philatelic relevance.
A fine addition for collectors of Literary Arts Series issues, American authors, or 1970s U.S. commemoratives, this cover is in excellent condition with a crisp strike and attractive ArtCraft design.
