Kirkwood Junction 100th Anniversary - 1892-1992
This First Day Cover commemorates the 100th anniversary of Kirkwood Junction Station with a pictorial cancel featuring a Victorian-era railroad depot and steam locomotive with billowing smoke. The cover is franked with the USA 29-cent Flag stamp (Scott #2609) and postmarked May 2, 1992, in Kirkwood, Missouri. The pictorial cancellation serves as both the postal cancel and cachet, displaying the anniversary dates 1892-1992 in a circular medallion.
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This cover features a pictorial cancel/cachet stamp (rather than a separate cachet artwork) commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Kirkwood Junction Station, depicting a Victorian-era railroad depot building with a steam locomotive and billowing smoke clouds. The cancel includes dates '1892-1992' in a circular medallion. The stamp used is the USA 29-cent Flag stamp showing the American flag waving. The cover is in excellent condition with minimal soiling.
This First Day Cover features a black and white cachet with a Victorian-era railroad depot and steam locomotive billowing smoke, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Kirkwood Junction Station. The stamp is a 29-cent USA Flag definitive (Scott #2609), and the cover is postmarked with a pictorial cancellation depicting the same scene, including the dates 1892-1992. The postmark is from Kirkwood, Missouri, dated May 2, 1992. The envelope is in clean condition with minimal wear.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)