USPS on 17 July 1987 issued a commemorative FDC envelope and stamp celebrating 200 years of friendship between the United States and Morocco. The cachet on the envelope depicted a person riding a camel, with a Moroccan flag and a desert landscape in the background, whereas the stamp featured a 12-pointed star in an arabesque design. The postmark originated from Washington, D.C. The artwork was realised by John Swatsley.
The Treaty of Peace and Friendship, ratified on 18 July 1787, marked the beginning of the longest unbroken amity treaty in American diplomatic history. Morocco was the first country to give naval salute to the US on 20 December 1777, before it was an independent nation. The Treaty of Marrakech was signed on 23 June 1786, in Marrakech.
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