21.1¢ Envelopes Coil Stamp with ZIP+4 Mr. Zip GAMM Cachet

The cachet features a black-and-white illustration of 'Mr. Zip,' the USPS mascot cartoon character, shown running while carrying a mail bag labeled 'U.S. Mail' and holding an envelope. The cachet promotes 'ZIP+4 Tomorrow's Address' and notes 'Regular Postage 21.1¢ Coil.' The stamp is a colorful 21.…
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A Washington, D.C., first-day cover for the 21.1-cent Letters coil stamp (Scott 2150), issued October 22, 1985. Richard Sheaff designed its descending row of five colored envelopes; it was the first U.S. multicolor gravure coil. The denomination paid the minimum First-Class Mail rate for qualifying mailers who used ZIP+4, which had begun in 1983. Gerry Adlman's one-color GAMM cachet revives Mr. ZIP—the mascot created for the original five-digit ZIP campaign—with “ZIP+4 Tomorrow's Address” and “Regular Postage 21.1¢ Coil” text.

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Oct. 22, 1985 Washington, DC, US (20066)

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The cachet features a black-and-white illustration of 'Mr. Zip,' the USPS mascot cartoon character, shown running while carrying a mail bag labeled 'U.S. Mail' and holding an envelope. The cachet promotes 'ZIP+4 Tomorrow's Address' and notes 'Regular Postage 21.1¢ Coil.' The stamp is a colorful 21.1-cent coil stamp depicting stylized envelopes in yellow, green, blue, pink, and red on a black background. The postmark is a circular hand-cancel from Washington, DC dated October 22, 1985, with ZIP code 20066.

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This First Day Cover features a black-and-white cachet with Mr. Zip, the USPS mascot, running while holding a mailbag and an envelope labeled 'Regular Postage 21.1¢ Coil.' The stamp depicts colorful envelopes in yellow, green, blue, pink, and red on a black background, promoting the ZIP+4 postal code system. The cover is hand-cancelled with a circular postmark from Washington, DC, dated October 22, 1985. The text 'ZIP+4 Tomorrow's Address' and 'First Day of Issue' are prominently displayed.

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