Honoring Writer John Steinbeck, Nobel Prize Winner, First Issue USA

United States Postage Stamp Honoring Writer John Steinbeck,

Works include:
Tortilla Flat (1935; film, 1942)
In Dubious Battle (1936)
Of Mice And Men (1937; films, 1939, 1999)
The Red Pony (1937; film, 1949)
The Grapes Of Wrath (1939,
Pulitzer Prize; film, 1940)
The Moon Is Down (1942; film, 1943)
Cannery Row (1945; film, 1982)
The Pearl (1947; film, 1948)
The Wayward Bus (1947; film, 1957)
Burning Bright (1950)
East of Eden (1952; film, 1955)
The Winter of Our Discontent (1961)
Travels with Charley (1962)

Issued February 27, 1979 in Salinas, California,

First Day of Issue Cover, FDC, Fleetwood Cachet, Unaddressed,


Cover in Removable Transparent Poly Sleeve and Mailed With Protection,

Made in the USA


Genuine First Day of Stamp Issued Cover Cancelled on the First Day of Issue Date by the U.S. Postal Service,