Elvis Presley Commemorative - Graceland Gate
This First Day Cover celebrates the 1993 Elvis Presley 29-cent stamp issue with a striking cachet depicting Graceland's iconic stone gate entrance adorned with musical notes and a vinyl record. The plate block of four stamps features young Elvis in his signature yellow jacket, cancelled with a pictorial postmark from Memphis, Tennessee on January 8, 1993. The elegant design by Technical Cachets perfectly captures the King of Rock and Roll's enduring legacy and connection to his legendary home.
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The cachet artwork features a black ink illustration of Graceland's iconic stone gate entrance with musical notes incorporated into the design, alongside a vinyl record graphic in the lower left. The text 'Elvis Presley' appears in elegant lettering above the cachet art, with 'TECHNICAL•FDOI' printed below the record. A plate block of four 29-cent Elvis stamps (showing young Elvis in a yellow jacket holding a blue microphone against a pink/magenta background) is affixed in the upper right, cancelled with a pictorial postmark. The postmark reads 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, January 8, 1993, Memphis, TN 38101' with a pictorial cancellation overlay.
This First Day Cover features a cachet with a black-and-white illustration of Graceland's stone gate entrance, a vinyl record, and musical notes in the background. The stamp is a plate block of four 29-cent Elvis Presley commemoratives, showing a young Elvis in a yellow jacket holding a microphone. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation with the text 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' and 'ELVIS' in bold letters, dated January 8, 1993, from Memphis, TN. The text 'Elvis Presley' is printed on the cachet, and the envelope is in excellent condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)