National Postal Museum 29¢ FDC with Multiple Postal History Marks

This First Day Cover bears the 29-cent National Postal Museum commemorative stamp (Scott 2779-2782) featuring a postal worker at a sorting drum, stagecoach, and cameo portrait in tan and brown tones. The cover carries a Technical Cachets cachet (plain design with handwritten notation) and the primary Washington, DC First Day cancellation dated July 30, 1993. Notable for its philatelic interest, the cover also displays multiple additional postmarks including an Anchorage metered mail label, Railway Post Office cancels, and earlier postal markings from 1957-1964.

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Technical Cachets
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Claude

This First Day Cover features a cachet by Technical Cachets on the left side of the envelope, which appears plain/blank (no artwork cachet design visible). The stamp is the 29-cent National Postal Museum commemorative (USA) depicting a postal worker at a sorting drum, a stagecoach, and a cameo portrait of a woman, in muted tan and brown tones. The primary cancellation is a machine cancel reading 'WASHINGTON, DC / JUL 30 / 1993 / 20066' with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' killer bars. The cover also bears multiple additional postmarks including Washington DC SEP 14 1992, Meadville PA FEB 28 1957, Charlotte & Kingstree HPO JUN 1 1964, and a metered stamp label from Anchorage AK dated JAN 24 1993. The notation 'TECHNICAL CACHETS' is handwritten at the bottom left.

Mistral

This First Day Cover features the 29¢ National Postal Museum stamp (Scott #2780) with a design showcasing a postal worker at a sorting drum, a stagecoach, and a cameo portrait in tan and brown tones. The cachet is minimalist with a handwritten notation 'Technical Cachets' and lacks elaborate artwork. The cover includes multiple postmarks: a primary circular Washington, DC First Day of Issue cancellation dated July 30, 1993, a metered mail label from Anchorage, AK dated September 14, 1992, a Railway Post Office cancel from Meadville, PA dated February 28, 1957, and a Charlotte & Kingstree, PA cancel dated June 1, 1964. The condition of the cover is good, with clear postmarks and a clean appearance.

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