A First Day Cover featuring the complete 15-cent American Architecture block of four stamps (Scott #1838-1841), each depicting a significant 19th-century American building: the Smithsonian Institution, Trinity Church Boston, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Lyndhurst Tarrytown. The cachet displays an engraving-style illustration of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial tower in Washington DC. Postmarked October 3, 1980, from New York, NY, with a 'First Day of Issue' machine slug. Cachet by David Cachet.
Claude
The cachet features a black ink engraving-style illustration of The George Washington Masonic National Memorial tower set among trees, rendered in a classic architectural drawing style. Four 15-cent American Architecture stamps are affixed as a block, depicting the Smithsonian Institution (Renwick 1846-1855), Trinity Church Boston (Richardson 1838-1886), Penn Academy Philadelphia (Furness 1839-1912), and Lyndhurst Tarrytown NY (A.J. Davis 1803-1892). The postmark is a circular machine cancel from New York, NY 10001 dated October 3, 1980, with a separate 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' machine slug. The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features the complete 15-cent American Architecture block of four stamps (Scott #1838-1841), each depicting a significant 19th-century American building: the Smithsonian Institution, Trinity Church Boston, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Lyndhurst Tarrytown. The cachet displays an engraving-style illustration of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial tower in Washington DC. The postmark is a circular 'First Day of Issue' machine cancellation from New York, NY, dated October 3, 1980. The cover is in excellent condition, with clear and crisp details on both the cachet and stamps.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
