A vibrant Cachetcraft/Ken Boll multicolor cachet featuring a modern diesel locomotive in purple and yellow with railroad tracks converging upward, flanked by two circular vignettes showing historic and modern locomotives. The 3-cent blue stamp depicts B&O locomotives commemorating 125 years of rail transportation. Machine cancel: Baltimore, MD, February 28, 1952, 9 AM, First Day of Issue.
Claude
The colorful multicolor cachet by Cachet Craft/Ken Boll features a modern Baltimore & Ohio diesel locomotive in purple and yellow at the bottom, with railroad tracks converging upward. Two circular vignettes at top show historic and modern locomotives, surrounding the B&O logo with text 'Linking 13 Great States With The Nation.' Bold text reads '125th Anniversary of Baltimore & Ohio R.R.' The 3-cent blue stamp depicts historic and modern B&O locomotives commemorating 125 years of rail transportation. The machine cancel reads 'Baltimore, MD, Feb 28, 9 AM, 1952' with a 'First Day of Issue' slug.
Mistral
The cachet features a vibrant illustration of a modern diesel locomotive in purple and yellow with railroad tracks converging upward, flanked by two circular vignettes showing historic and modern locomotives. The text '125th Anniversary of Baltimore & Ohio R.R.' is prominently displayed. The 3-cent blue stamp depicts B&O locomotives commemorating 125 years of rail transportation. The postmark is a circular machine cancel from Baltimore, MD, dated February 28, 1952, with the time '9 AM' visible. The cover is in excellent condition with clear artwork and postmark details.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
