Mary McLeod Bethune

This cacheted cover and its commemorative stamps honor famed educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune who founded a school in Daytona Beach known today as Bethune-Cookman University. The US Post Office issued the stamp on March 5, 1985, as part of its Black Heritage stamp series.
Postmarked: Washington, D.C.
Postmark date: March 5, 1985
Acc. no. 2014M.014.001
