INDYPEX 94 Union Station / Classic Locomotives (Buchanan's No. 999)

First Day Cover from the INDYPEX 94 philatelic exhibition held in Indianapolis, September 18, 1994. The cachet features a red illustration of First Union Station, a Victorian Gothic-style building with a prominent clock tower, created by the Indiana Stamp Club, Inc. The cover bears a 29¢ USA stamp depicting Buchanan's No. 999 locomotive (1893) from the Classic Locomotives series, with a pictorial machine cancellation showing Union Station.

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The cachet features a red illustration of First Union Station (Indianapolis), a Victorian Gothic-style building with a prominent clock tower, printed in red ink on the left side. Text reads 'First Union Station / INDYPEX 94 / Sept 16-18th' with copyright credit to Indiana Stamp Club, Inc. The stamp is USA 29¢ depicting Buchanan's No. 999 locomotive (1893), from the Classic Locomotives series. The cancellation is a pictorial machine cancel showing the Union Station building with 'INDYPEX STATION / INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 46225 / SEPT 18, 1994'.

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This First Day Cover features a red cachet illustration of the Victorian Gothic-style First Union Station with a prominent clock tower, designed by the Indiana Stamp Club, Inc. The cover bears a 29¢ USA stamp depicting Buchanan's No. 999 locomotive (1893) from the Classic Locomotives series. The postmark is a pictorial machine cancellation showing Union Station, dated September 18, 1994, from Indianapolis, Indiana. The cover is in clean, unaddressed condition.

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