Marines Assault Tarawa - WWII Commemorative

The cachet features a black silhouette illustration of a large anti-aircraft or naval gun with crew members, printed in stark black ink on white envelope stock. The text 'World War Two 1939-1945' appears in bold at the bottom of the cachet. The stamp is a 29-cent USA commemorative depicting Marines…
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This First Day Cover celebrates the 29-cent stamp honoring the Marines' assault on Tarawa in November 1943, one of the pivotal Pacific battles of World War II. The cachet features a striking black silhouette of an anti-aircraft gun crew, reinforcing the military theme and the broader 1939-1945 WWII commemoration. Postmarked from Washington, DC on May 31, 1993, this cover was prepared by Technical Cachets and captures an important moment in American military history.

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May 31, 1993 Washington, DC, US (20066)

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The cachet features a black silhouette illustration of a large anti-aircraft or naval gun with crew members, printed in stark black ink on white envelope stock. The text 'World War Two 1939-1945' appears in bold at the bottom of the cachet. The stamp is a 29-cent USA commemorative depicting Marines assaulting Tarawa in November 1943, showing soldiers in combat with fire and smoke in the background. The postmark is a circular hand-applied cancellation from Washington, DC dated May 31, 1993.

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