Scott #1279 1959 United Nations Trusteeship Council First Day Cover FDC Artcraft

This United States First Day Cover (FDC) features the Scott #1279 stamp issued in 1959 honoring the United Nations Trusteeship Council. The stamp is an 8-cent denomination depicting a symbolic figure, issued to commemorate the plebiscite held in British Togoland, Africa, under U.N. trusteeship. The official First Day of Issue postmark is dated October 23, 1959, from United Nations, New York, with a clear "First Day of Issue" cancellation.