Elvis Presley 29¢ Commemorative, Tupelo MS FDC
First Day Cover for the 1993 Elvis Presley 29-cent commemorative stamp (Scott 2721), featuring a young Elvis in a gold jacket on the stamp. The white envelope displays a black monochrome cachet by Technical Cachets depicting a vinyl LP record with 'Elvis Presley' text. Cancelled with a Tupelo, MS postmark dated January 8, 1993, coinciding with what would have been Elvis's 58th birthday.
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The cachet on this white envelope features a black illustration of a vinyl record (LP) with the text 'Elvis Presley' above it and 'TECHNICAL•FDOI' below, rendered in a simple monochrome style. The stamp is the 1993 29-cent USA Elvis Presley commemorative, depicting a young Elvis in a gold jacket holding a microphone against a pink/magenta background, with 'ELVIS' printed on the stamp. The postmark is a circular hand cancel from Tupelo, MS dated January 8, 1993, with four diagonal machine-style wavy lines as the cancellation bars. The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition.
This First Day Cover features a 29-cent commemorative stamp honoring Elvis Presley, issued in 1993. The stamp depicts a young Elvis in a gold jacket, smiling and holding a microphone, with a vibrant pink background. The cachet, designed by Technical Cachets, is a minimalist black-and-white design on the left side of the envelope, showing a vinyl LP record with the text 'Elvis Presley' above it. The postmark is a circular cancellation from Tupelo, MS, dated January 8, 1993, with no pictorial elements. The envelope is in good condition with no visible damage.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)