Unofficial FDC with a striking black-and-white cachet featuring composer Stephen Foster holding a violin, accompanied by a steamboat, log cabin, sheet music, and quill pen—honoring Foster's creation of the famous song 'My Old Kentucky Home.' The 29-cent commemorative stamp depicts My Old Kentucky Home State Park. Cancelled June 1, 1992, in Bardstown, KY, the cover also includes 'We the People' constitutional text, commemorating Kentucky's bicentennial (1792–1992).
Claude
The cachet features a black-and-white illustration of Stephen Foster holding a violin, with a steamboat and log cabin visible in the background, along with sheet music and a quill pen. Text reads 'The Great Stephen Foster made this Kentucky Home into a famous song.' The stamp is the 29-cent Kentucky Statehood Bicentennial commemorative depicting My Old Kentucky Home State Park in full color. The red bullseye cancellation from Bardstown, KY is dated June 1, 1992, and the cover also includes a 'We the People' constitutional preamble text block and 'Kentucky Bicentennial Danville, Kentucky 1792-1992' printed on the right side.
Mistral
This First Day Cover celebrates Kentucky's bicentennial (1792–1992) and features a black-and-white cachet with composer Stephen Foster holding a violin and sheet music, accompanied by a steamboat, log cabin, and quill pen, symbolizing his song 'My Old Kentucky Home.' The 29-cent stamp depicts My Old Kentucky Home State Park. The cover is postmarked with a red circular cancellation from Bardstown, KY, dated June 1, 1992. Additional text includes 'We the People' from the U.S. Constitution and references to the Kentucky Bicentennial in Danville, KY.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
