Kentucky Statehood – Stockman House Dedication

First Day Cover featuring the 29-cent Kentucky Statehood commemorative stamp (Scott #2636) depicting My Old Kentucky Home State Park. The cover bears a rectangular machine postmark from Prairie Station, Mason City, Iowa, dated June 6, 1992, with a pictorial slug honoring the dedication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 1908 Dr. George C. Stockman House.

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Claude

This cover has no cachet artwork — the face is plain white. The stamp is the 29-cent Kentucky Statehood 1792 commemorative, depicting My Old Kentucky Home State Park (a red-brick Federal-style mansion with green lawn and trees). The postmark is a rectangular machine/station cancel from Prairie Station, Mason City, Iowa 50401, dated June 6, 1992, with a pictorial slug reading 'DEDICATION • FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S 1908 DR. GEORGE C. STOCKMAN HOUSE' accompanied by a simple line-drawing of a house with an arrow motif. The cover shows minor soiling/staining on the lower left area.

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This First Day Cover features a 29-cent Kentucky Statehood commemorative stamp (Scott #2636) depicting a historic house with the text 'Kentucky 1792' and 'My Old Kentucky Home State Park.' The cover has a rectangular machine postmark from Prairie Station, Mason City, Iowa, dated June 6, 1992, with a pictorial slug honoring the dedication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 1908 Dr. George C. Stockman House. The cachet area is minimal, with no artistic design other than the postmark. The cover is in good condition, with clear and legible text.

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