McDowell House Unofficial FDC – Kentucky Statehood Bicentennial
Unofficial First Day Cover featuring the 1992 Kentucky Statehood Bicentennial stamp (Scott 2636) depicting 'My Old Kentucky Home State Park' mansion. The cover uses a printed business envelope from McDowell House Apothecary and Gardens in Danville, Kentucky—itself a significant historic property—with no additional cachet artwork. Postmarked Danville, KY on June 1, 1992, this unaddressed cover represents a locally-sourced unofficial FDC combining two Kentucky heritage landmarks.
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This is an unofficial First Day Cover using a McDowell House Apothecary and Gardens business envelope from 125 S. Second St., Danville, KY 40422, with no cachet artwork beyond the printed letterhead. The stamp is the 29-cent Kentucky Bicentennial (1792–1992) issue depicting 'My Old Kentucky Home State Park,' showing a large Federal-style brick mansion with green lawn and trees. The postmark is a red circular bullseye cancel reading 'DANVILLE, KY 40422 / JUN 1 / 1992 / USPS.' The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition.
This unofficial First Day Cover features the 1992 Kentucky Statehood Bicentennial stamp (Scott 2636) depicting the 'My Old Kentucky Home State Park' mansion in vivid colors, with a red circular postmark from Danville, KY, dated June 1, 1992. The cover is a printed business envelope from McDowell House Apothecary and Gardens in Danville, with no additional cachet artwork. The envelope is in clean condition with clear printing and postmark.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)