The Great American Streetcar

The Tudor House cachet features a green-toned pen-and-ink illustration of passengers boarding or alighting from a streetcar, with a conductor visible and a woman in period dress stepping down. The title 'The Great American Streetcar' is printed vertically in gold italic script between the cachet and stamps. The block of four 20-cent USA stamps depicts four historic American streetcars: the First American streetcar (New York City, 1832), Early electric streetcar (Montgomery, Alabama, 1886), 'Bobtail' horsecar (Sulphur Rock, Arkansas, 1926), and St. Charles streetcar (New Orleans, Louisiana, 1923). The machine cancel from Kennebunkport, ME dated October 8, 1983 partially reads 'DAY OF ISSUE.'

The cachet artwork shows a detailed green-toned illustration of early 20th-century passengers boarding a streetcar, with men in hats and a woman in a skirt and hat, and a conductor assisting. The stamps depict four historic streetcars: a horse-drawn car from New York City (1832), an early electric streetcar from Montgomery, Alabama (1886), a 'bobtail' horsecar from Sulphur Rock, Arkansas (1926), and a St. Charles streetcar from New Orleans (1923). The postmark is a circular machine cancellation from Kennebunkport, ME, dated October 8, 1983. The text 'The Great American Streetcar' is printed in gold italic script on the cachet. The cover is in pristine condition with no visible damage.