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Ed Dodd autographed Forest Conservation First Day Cover featuring an original hand-drawn portrait sketch in brown ink at lower center and a large stylized "ED DODD" signature above the cancellation. The cover bears a block of four 4-cent Forest Conservation stamps with Tucson, Arizona, October 27, 1958 First Day of Issue cancellation. The illustrated cachet honors forest conservation and Theodore Roosevelt, making it an especially appropriate association with Dodd's lifelong interest in conservation and the environmental themes of his comic strip Mark Trail.

Fine condition.

Ed Dodd (1902-1991) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the long-running newspaper comic strip Mark Trail, which debuted in 1946. Centered on an outdoorsman and photojournalist, the strip combined adventure with recurring themes of wildlife protection, conservation, and environmental stewardship. Dodd's passion for the outdoors became a defining element of Mark Trail and helped make the strip an enduring voice for conservation in American popular culture.

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Includes a full letter of authenticity from JG Autographs, Inc.

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