Broadway Musicals (Scott 2767-2770), 1993
This First Day Cover features four se-tenant 29-cent stamps from the 1993 Broadway Musicals issue (Scott 2767-2770), depicting scenes from Show Boat, Porgy & Bess, Oklahoma!, and My Fair Lady. The cachet by Technical Cachets displays a striking black-and-white stippled illustration of a dancing couple in formal attire, evoking the elegance of Broadway theater. The cover bears a July 14, 1993 First Day of Issue postmark from New York, NY.
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The cachet by Technical Cachets features a black-and-white line drawing of a dancing couple — a man in a tuxedo and a woman in a gown — rendered in a dotted/stippled style, with 'Broadway Mus[icals]' printed above and 'TECHNICAL Cachets' below between horizontal rules. Four se-tenant 29-cent stamps depict scenes from Show Boat, Porgy & Bess, Oklahoma!, and My Fair Lady in vivid illustrative artwork. The circular hand cancel reads 'NEW YORK, NY / JUL 14 1993 / 10199' with a printed 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug to the right.
This First Day Cover features a black-and-white stippled cachet artwork of a dancing couple in formal attire, symbolizing the elegance of Broadway theater. The cover includes four 29-cent se-tenant stamps from the 1993 Broadway Musicals issue, depicting scenes from 'Show Boat,' 'Porgy & Bess,' 'Oklahoma!', and 'My Fair Lady.' The postmark is a black circular handstamp with the text 'NEW YORK, NY JUL 14 1993' and 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE,' along with a partial ZIP code. The cover is in good condition with clear stamp and cachet details.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)