Bonnie Blair Olympic Speed Skater, St. Vincent $3

This First Day Cover features a cachet by the American First Day Cover Society (AFDCS) in blue ink, commemorating the founding of the society on October 15, 1955, with an illustration of an envelope and postmark design. The stamp is a $3 St. Vincent issue depicting Bonnie Blair, an American Olympic…
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This AFDCS First Day Cover features an SMR cachet with blue ink artwork commemorating Bonnie Blair, the American Olympic speed skating champion. The $3 St. Vincent stamp depicts Blair in racing position wearing her iconic blue and orange suit. The pictorial cancellation from Kingstown, St. Vincent, W.I., dated May 3, 1993, shows a speed skater with raised arms in victory pose, perfectly complementing the athletic subject matter.

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This First Day Cover features a cachet by the American First Day Cover Society (AFDCS) in blue ink, commemorating the founding of the society on October 15, 1955, with an illustration of an envelope and postmark design. The stamp is a $3 St. Vincent issue depicting Bonnie Blair, an American Olympic speed skating champion, shown in a low racing crouch wearing a blue and orange suit against a dark background. The pictorial cancellation is circular and features a figure of a speed skater with arms raised in victory, reading 'BONNIE BLAIR FIRST DAY' and 'KINGSTON, ST. VINCENT, W.I.' with a date appearing to be May 1993. The cover is in excellent condition with no visible faults.

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This First Day Cover features a blue ink cachet commemorating the American First Day Cover Society, with artwork depicting an envelope and a circular 'American First Day Cover Society' text. The $3 St. Vincent stamp showcases Bonnie Blair, an Olympic speed skating champion, in a dynamic racing pose wearing a blue and orange suit. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation from Kingstown, St. Vincent, featuring a speed skater with raised arms in victory. The cover is in excellent condition with clear, legible text and artwork.

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