2026150 Years since the First Telephone Conversation - First Day Cover

Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, into a family involved in research into articulatory phonetics. His father, Alexander Melville Bell, was the creator of the Visible Speech system, which was used to help deaf people learn to speak. Bell’s mother, Eliza, was hard of hearing, which inspired the young Bell to take on great scientific challenges. The Bell family moved from Scotland to Canada, and then to America.