CVN-73 George Washington Commissioning on Flag/Mount Rushmore Stamp

This cover features a machine cancel/slogan cancel with an image of an aircraft carrier silhouette and the text 'Commissioning of the Aircraft Carrier George Washington CVN 73' serving as the cachet element. The stamp is the 29-cent USA Mount Rushmore/Flag stamp showing the American flag waving ove…
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A shipboard station cover commemorating the commissioning of the USS George Washington (CVN-73) on July 4, 1992. The cover features a 29-cent Flag over Mount Rushmore stamp (Scott #2523) with a machine slogan cancel depicting an aircraft carrier silhouette and commissioning text serving as the cachet element. Postmark: Shipboard Station, FPO AE 09550-2873, dated July 4, 1992.

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Claude

This cover features a machine cancel/slogan cancel with an image of an aircraft carrier silhouette and the text 'Commissioning of the Aircraft Carrier George Washington CVN 73' serving as the cachet element. The stamp is the 29-cent USA Mount Rushmore/Flag stamp showing the American flag waving over Mount Rushmore. The postmark is a circular hand stamp reading 'Shipboard Sta. July 4, 1992 FPO AE 09550-2873'. The cover is plain white with no separate cachet artwork, relying entirely on the machine slogan cancel for decoration.

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This First Day Cover commemorates the commissioning of the USS George Washington (CVN-73) aircraft carrier. The cachet features a black and white silhouette of the aircraft carrier with the text 'COMMISSIONING OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN 73.' The stamp is a 29-cent 'Flag over Mount Rushmore' issue (Scott #2523), featuring the American flag and a portrait of Mount Rushmore. The postmark is a circular Shipboard Station cancellation with the text 'SHIPBOARD STA JULY 4, 1992 FPO AE 09550-2873' and includes a machine slogan cancel with an aircraft carrier silhouette. The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition.

(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)