Battle of Midway 50th Anniversary Postal Card with BT-14 Aircraft
USPS 19-cent postal card (UX155) commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway, featuring cachet artwork in dark blue ink depicting a BT-14 aircraft in flight above the Army Air Forces star insignia, flanked by palm trees and ocean waves. The cover bears a pictorial cancel dated June 13, 1992, from Atlanta, Georgia. The card is in excellent condition with sharp imagery and no visible wear.
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This is a USPS postal card (not a separate stamp affixed to envelope) commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway. The cachet artwork, printed in dark blue/navy ink, features a WWII-era aircraft (labeled 'BT-14') flying prominently with the text 'The 50th Anniversary / The Battle of / MIDWAY' above it. Below the aircraft is a circular U.S. Army Air Forces star insignia flanked by palm trees and ocean waves, with a circular postmark reading 'BUTTERFLYFORCES' and 'JUNE 13, 1992.' The indicia stamp in the upper right is a pre-printed USA 19-cent American flag stamp, part of the postal card design, printed in red, white, and blue. The cover is in excellent condition with no soiling or creasing visible.
This First Day Cover features a cachet in dark blue ink commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. The artwork depicts a BT-14 aircraft in flight over the Army Air Forces star insignia, with palm trees and ocean waves below. The stamp is a 19-cent denomination with a design of the American flag in red, white, and blue. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation dated June 13, 1992, from Atlanta, Georgia, with the text 'FDOLUS' and '© USPS 1991' visible. The cover is in excellent condition with clear imagery.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)