Elvis Presley 29-cent Stamp - Memphis 1993 FDC
First Day Cover featuring the 1993 29-cent Elvis stamp (Scott 2721) with an artistic pen-and-ink cachet by Eleanor Long Howell depicting Elvis's portrait and Graceland's iconic music gate. Postmarked January 8, 1993, in Memphis, Tennessee, this cover celebrates the King of Rock and Roll with musical note and guitar motifs reflecting his legacy. The cover is in excellent condition on clean white envelope stock.
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The cachet features a detailed pen-and-ink portrait of Elvis Presley with his name in script above and birth/death years '1935-1977' below, accompanied by a trademark notice for Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. © 1992. The central pictorial cancellation depicts Graceland's famous music gate with guitar and musical note ironwork motifs on a brick wall. The 29-cent Elvis stamp (featuring young Elvis with microphone on a pink/magenta background) is affixed in the upper right corner. The cover is in excellent condition with clean white envelope stock.
This First Day Cover features a 29-cent Elvis Presley stamp (Scott 2721) with a detailed pen-and-ink cachet by Eleanor Long Howell. The cachet includes a portrait of Elvis, his lifespan (1935–1977), and Graceland's iconic music gate with guitar and musical note motifs. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation with a guitar and musical notes, dated January 8, 1993, in Memphis, TN. The cover is in excellent condition with clean white envelope stock.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)