Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater 1982 FDC

First Day Cover featuring the 20-cent Frank Lloyd Wright/Fallingwater stamp (Scott 1860) with a cachet by Tudor House artist depicting a pencil sketch portrait of Wright alongside a pink duotone illustration of the famous Mill Run, Pennsylvania residence. Machine postmarked September 30, 1982 from Washington, DC on the official first day of issue.

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Tudor House
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Claude

The cachet features a pencil sketch portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright in a contemplative pose (hand raised to chin) on the left, alongside a pink/magenta duotone illustration of Fallingwater (the famous house over a waterfall at Mill Run, PA). The stamp is a 20-cent Architecture USA issue depicting Fallingwater in black and white engraving, inscribed 'Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959 Fallingwater Mill Run PA.' The postmark is a machine cancel from Washington, DC dated September 30, 1982, with ZIP 20066, and a printed 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug. The cachet is signed by the artist with '82' and bears the 'Tudor House' maker's mark.

Mistral

This First Day Cover features a cachet with a pencil sketch portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright in black and white, alongside a pink duotone illustration of Fallingwater, the iconic residence in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. The stamp depicts the same house in a detailed engraving, with the text 'Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959 Fallingwater Mill Run PA' and 'Architecture USA 20'. The postmark is a circular machine cancellation from Washington, DC, dated September 30, 1982. The cover is in excellent condition with clear artwork, stamp, and postmark.

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