Bonnie Blair Speed Skating - St. Vincent 1992
A St. Vincent First Day Cover featuring speed skater Bonnie Blair in her racing suit on a $2 stamp, postmarked Kingstown on May 25, 1992. The SMR cachet features a blue envelope illustration with text referencing the American First Day Cover Society's October 15, 1955 founding. This cover celebrates one of the most decorated speed skaters in Olympic history.
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The cachet features a blue illustration of an envelope with text commemorating the founding of the American First Day Cover Society on October 15, 1955, surrounded by circular blue text reading 'AMERICAN FIRST DAY COVER SOCIETY.' The stamp is a $2 St. Vincent issue depicting speed skater Bonnie Blair in her orange and blue racing suit in action. The pictorial postmark shows a figure skater illustration and reads 'BONNIE BLAIR FIRST DAY OF ISSUE • KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT, W.I. • 25 MAY 1992.' The cover is in excellent condition with crisp printing and clean white envelope.
This First Day Cover features a $2 stamp from St. Vincent depicting American speed skater Bonnie Blair in a red and blue racing suit. The cachet artwork on the left side includes a blue envelope illustration with text commemorating the 35th anniversary of the American First Day Cover Society, founded on October 15, 1955. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation showing a speed skater, dated May 25, 1992, from Kingstown, St. Vincent. The cover is in excellent condition with clear, legible text and imagery.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)