British Virgin Islands Epidendrum Orchid, World Columbian Stamp Exposition 1992
British Virgin Islands 50-cent definitive featuring a green orchid (Epidendrum ciliare) with the EIIR royal cypher. Cancelled with a pictorial hand stamp from the World Columbian Stamp Exposition held in Rosemont, Illinois, May 22-31, 1992, featuring a portrait of Columbus and a globe design.
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Plain white envelope with no cachet artwork. The stamp is a British Virgin Islands 50-cent definitive featuring a green orchid (Epidendrum ciliare) with delicate white flowers, bearing the EIIR royal cypher. The cancellation is a pictorial hand stamp for the World Columbian Stamp Exposition, featuring a portrait of Columbus and a globe, cancelled at Rosemont, Illinois, USA, May 22-31, 1992, with 'British Virgin Islands' text in the outer ring.
This First Day Cover features a 50-cent stamp from the British Virgin Islands depicting a green Epidendrum ciliare orchid with the EIIR royal cypher. The stamp is cancelled with a pictorial handstamp from the World Columbian Stamp Exposition held in Rosemont, Illinois, from May 22 to May 31, 1992. The postmark includes a portrait of Christopher Columbus and a globe design. The envelope itself has no visible cachet artwork, and the condition appears to be pristine with clear and legible markings.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)