This United States postal stationery card features a 10-cent printed indicium depicting John Hancock, one of the most prominent patriots of the American Revolution and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Issued in 1978, the design shows Hancock’s portrait within a circular frame accompanied by the word “Patriot.” The orange indicium represents the prepaid postcard rate of the period. Postal cards like this were produced for convenient domestic correspondence and remain collectible examples of U.S. postal stationery from the late 20th century.