B&O Railroad Sesquicentennial Anniversary Postal Card

This postal stationery card (Scott UX170) features a pre-printed 19-cent USA Flag stamp and a pictorial cancellation depicting a vintage steam locomotive in blue ink. The November 3, 1992 cancel from Western Maryland Station in Cumberland, Maryland commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Cumberland and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The card displays crisp postmarking with no additional cachet artwork.

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Claude

This is a postal card (not a separate envelope) featuring a pre-printed 19-cent USA Flag stamp in red, white, and blue in the upper right corner. The pictorial cancellation depicts a vintage steam locomotive and tender in blue ink, commemorating the Cumberland/B&O Railroad Sesquicentennial Anniversary. The cancel text reads: 'CUMBERLAND/B&O RAILROAD SESQUICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY / November 3, 1992 / WESTERN MARYLAND STATION / CUMBERLAND, MD 21502'. The card is in excellent condition with crisp cancellation and no cachet artwork beyond the cancel itself.

Mistral

This postal stationery card features a pre-printed 19-cent USA flag stamp with red, white, and blue colors. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation depicting a vintage steam locomotive in blue ink, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Cumberland and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The postmark includes the text 'Cumberland, MD 21502' and the date 'November 3, 1992.' The card is in excellent condition with crisp postmarking and no additional cachet artwork.

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