TWA Flight Center Plan View — 2005 CL Cachets First Day Cover

The cachet features a blue aerial/bird's-eye view illustration of the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport in New York, showing the distinctive curved architecture of the Eero Saarinen-designed building surrounded by roads and parking areas. The stamp (Scott #3910D) shows a black-and-white close-up photogra…
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CL Cachets first day cover for the 37-cent TWA Terminal stamp (Scott 3910d), one of twelve Masterworks of Modern American Architecture designs issued May 19, 2005, in Las Vegas. The blue cachet presents a bird’s-eye plan of the terminal complex, while the stamp uses a close exterior photograph of Eero Saarinen’s vaulted TWA Flight Center at JFK.

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May 19, 2005 Las Vegas, NV, US (89119)

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The cachet features a blue aerial/bird's-eye view illustration of the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport in New York, showing the distinctive curved architecture of the Eero Saarinen-designed building surrounded by roads and parking areas. The stamp (Scott #3910D) shows a black-and-white close-up photograph of the terminal's sweeping interior concrete forms, denominated 37 cents, with 'TWA Terminal, New York, NY' and 'USA 37' in red and black text. The postmark is a machine cancel reading 'First Day of Issue, May 19, 2005, Masters of Modern American Architecture, Las Vegas, NV 89119.' The cachet maker 'CL Cachets' is printed in blue at the lower left.

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This First Day Cover features a blue aerial view cachet of the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport, showcasing its distinctive curved architecture. The 37-cent stamp depicts the terminal's iconic interior with its sweeping concrete design. The cover includes a machine postmark from Las Vegas, NV, dated May 19, 2005, and text indicating it is part of the 'Masters of Modern American Architecture' series. The condition appears to be pristine, with clear and vivid details.

(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)