Masters of Modern American Architecture, Walt Disney Concert Hall
Artcraft cachet featuring a dramatic black-and-white composite of iconic American architectural landmarks including the John Hancock Center, Chrysler Building, and TWA Flight Center. The 37-cent stamp showcases Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. First Day of Issue cancel: May 19, 2005, Las Vegas, NV.
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The black-and-white cachet artwork depicts a dramatic composite of iconic American architectural landmarks including the John Hancock Center, Chrysler Building, and what appears to be Eero Saarinen's TWA Flight Center, printed by Artcraft. The 37-cent stamp features the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, CA, shown in a close-up of its distinctive curved metallic surfaces. The machine cancel postmark reads 'First Day of Issue, May 19, 2005, Masters of Modern American Architecture, Las Vegas, NV 89119.' Red text on the cachet reads 'Official First Day of Issue' and 'Masterworks of Modern American Architecture.'
This First Day Cover features a black-and-white cachet showcasing iconic modern American architecture, including the John Hancock Center, Chrysler Building, and TWA Flight Center. The 37-cent stamp depicts Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The postmark is a pictorial First Day of Issue cancellation from Las Vegas, NV, dated May 19, 2005. The cover is in excellent condition with clear, legible text and imagery.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)