Blinded Veterans and Lions Club First Day Covers
Item Number: 352
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
This is a framed pair of First Day Covers.
The top cover has a stamp reading "Remember the Blinded Veteran" with a hand reaching out. The hand is white on white and designed to be very hard to see. Below that reads "USA 18¢". The cover is stamped "First Day of Issue" and cancelled in Arlington, Virginia, on August 13, 1981. The image on the cover is a large image of a soldier in a green helmet and uniform, and a smaller image of a man in civilian clothes being guided by a black Labrador retriever in harness. The text around the image reads, "Blinded Veterans, Colorano 'Silk' Cachet, First Day of Issue."
The bottom cover is a "Seeing For Me" stamp affixed to a "Lions Serve" cover. The cover is stamped "Lions Serve Sight & Hearing Conservation" and is cancelled in Wilshow Station, Lanham, Maryland, Oct. 5, 1979. The cover has a cartoon image of a doctor, a hand cupped behind an ear, and a man being led by a guide dog. The text reads, "Lions help community. Sight, hearing research and service programs."
Special Instructions
About The Blinded Veterans Association
In 1945 a group of World War II veterans who were blinded while in
service established the Blinded Veterans Association. The purpose of
the BVA, according to a Congressional Charter issued in 1957, is, among other things, “to promote the welfare of blinded veterans so that, notwithstanding their disabilities, they may take their rightful place in the community and work with their fellow citizens toward the creation of a peaceful world.