Frances Elizabeth Willard: Educator and Temperance Advocate

 

Frances Elizabeth Willard 

1839-1898

Educator and Temperance Advocate

As part of our Distilling, Fermenting, and Brewing collection, we opted to collect revenue and postal stamps, as well as First Day Covers. In addition to the alcohol/liquor topicals and tax stamps, we expanded to cover Prohibition and Temperance themes.  

Frances Willard is an educator and temperance supporter. We recently added these two First Day Covers to our collection. 

Frances Elizabeth Willard First Day Cover. Scott's 872. Part of the 1940 Famous Americans - Educators series. 

We also purchased this cover which also commemorates Frances Willard. The stamps are interesting in that one works in conjunction with her connection to higher education but the focus is the envelope.

One of the stamps works in conjunction with her connection to higher education. The 4-cent "Higher Education" is Scott's 1206 issued on November 14, 1962. This stamp was printed using the Giori Press. The 20-cent stamp is Scott's 1894 and features the U.S. flag over the Supreme Court. 

As interesting as the stamps are (and I find the printing technique used in the 4-cent one intriguing), the focus is really the envelope.  

As our collection grows, I hope that our philatelic materials will be used in exhibits for our Distilling collection, but perhaps as compliments in others as well.