1993 Elvis Presley Commemorative - Indianapolis Air Mail FDC
First Day Cover featuring the 1993 29-cent Elvis Presley commemorative stamp (Scott 2721) with a gold jacket portrait. The cachet displays black-and-white line art of Elvis performing at a drive-in movie screen with vintage cars and crowd. Cancelled January 8, 1993 with a red Indianapolis Air Mail Field Station postmark, the date marking what would have been Elvis's 58th birthday.
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The cachet features black-and-white line art depicting Elvis Presley performing on stage at what appears to be a drive-in movie screen, with a crowd and a classic car visible in the foreground, and the word 'ELVIS' in the upper left with stars. The stamp is the 1993 USA 29-cent Elvis Presley commemorative showing a young Elvis in a gold jacket holding a microphone against a pink/magenta background, inscribed 'Rock & Roll Singer, 1935-1977.' The postmark is a red circular hand cancel dated January 8, 1993 from Indianapolis with text around the ring referencing an Air Mail Field Station. The bottom of the envelope includes the text 'Elvis and Elvis Presley are registered trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. ©1992.'
This First Day Cover features a 1993 29-cent Elvis Presley commemorative stamp with a gold jacket portrait, cancelled with a red circular postmark. The cachet artwork depicts Elvis performing on stage in front of a drive-in movie screen, with a crowd of fans and vintage cars in black-and-white line art. The word 'ELVIS' is prominently written in large letters with stars above the stage. The postmark is a red bullseye cancellation with the city, state, and date clearly legible.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)