Kentucky Statehood Bicentennial 1992 - My Old Kentucky Home
Artmaster cachet featuring a detailed pen-and-ink illustration of Kentucky's frontier heritage: a Native American chief, frontiersman with rifle, horse-drawn wagon, and My Old Kentucky Home mansion. The 29-cent stamp depicts the stately Georgian mansion of My Old Kentucky Home State Park. Machine postmark dated June 1, 1992 from Danville, KY; envelope back includes historical text and a Stephen Collins Foster quote celebrating Kentucky's 200th Anniversary of statehood.
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The cachet features a blue-toned illustration depicting a Native American chief with a feathered headdress, a frontiersman with a rifle, a horse-drawn wagon, and a building labeled 'My Old Kentucky Home,' all rendered in a detailed pen-and-ink style by Artmaster. The 29-cent stamp shows My Old Kentucky Home State Park, a stately brick Georgian mansion. The postmark is a machine cancel from Danville, KY dated June 1, 1992, with ZIP code 40422. The envelope back contains historical text about Kentucky Statehood's 200th Anniversary and a Stephen Collins Foster quote, produced by Artmaster Inc. of Louisville, KY.
The cachet features a detailed blue-toned illustration of Kentucky's frontier heritage, including a Native American chief in headdress, a frontiersman with a rifle, a horse-drawn wagon, and a depiction of the 'My Old Kentucky Home' mansion. The stamp, Scott #2636, shows the same mansion in red-brown and green. The postmark is a circular machine cancellation dated June 1, 1992, from Danville, KY. The envelope includes historical text and a quote by Stephen Collins Foster celebrating Kentucky's 200th anniversary of statehood.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)