Lunch Wagon Transportation Series Coil Pair - ArtCraft FDC
An ArtCraft-designed First Day Cover featuring the 23-cent Lunch Wagon stamp from the Transportation Series, issued April 12, 1991. The cachet displays a detailed black-and-white engraving of a Cretors Model C lunch wagon from the 1890s with two vendors and period signage advertising sandwiches, ice cream cones, and popcorn. The cover bears a Columbus, Ohio machine cancellation with First Day of Issue slug bar and remains unaddressed in excellent condition.
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The ArtCraft cachet features a detailed black-and-white engraving of a Cretors Model 'C' lunch wagon from the 1890s, with two vendors standing beside the horse-drawn cart displaying signs for 'Sandwiches,' 'Ice Cream Cones,' and 'Popcorn.' Two 23-cent USA Lunch Wagon 1890s coil stamps are affixed, depicting the wagon in blue. The machine cancellation postmark reads Columbus, OH, April 12, 1991, ZIP 43216, with a 'First Day of Issue' slug cancel. The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition.
This First Day Cover features a detailed black-and-white engraving of a Cretors Model C lunch wagon from the 1890s, complete with two vendors and period signage advertising sandwiches, ice cream cones, and popcorn. The stamp depicts a similar lunch wagon in blue with the text 'Lunch Wagon 1890s' and a denomination of 23 cents. The cover bears a machine cancellation from Columbus, Ohio, dated April 12, 1991, with a 'First Day of Issue' slug bar. The cover is in excellent condition and unaddressed.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)