Roycroft Chapel - Flag over Supreme Court
East Aurora Philatelic Society cachet featuring a red-ink illustration of the Roycroft Chapel surrounded by trees, part of the Roycroft Craft Series celebrating the Arts and Crafts movement landmark in East Aurora, New York. Franked with a 20-cent Flag over Supreme Court stamp (Scott #1894) and cancelled with a circular hand cancel from EAPEX on March 13, 1982.
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The cachet is printed in red ink on a golden/tan envelope and features an illustration of the Roycroft Chapel building surrounded by trees, with text reading 'The Roycroft Craft Series' at the top and 'East Aurora Philatelic Society' below the image. A caption beneath the illustration reads 'The Roycroft Chapel in East Aurora.' The stamp is a USA 20-cent Flag over Supreme Court issue, affixed in the upper right. The postmark is a circular hand cancel from 'EAPEX Station, East Aurora, NY 14052' dated March 13, 1982, with a machine wavy-line flag cancel also visible.
This First Day Cover features a red-ink cachet illustrating the Roycroft Chapel, a historic Arts and Crafts movement landmark, surrounded by trees. The stamp is a 20-cent Flag over Supreme Court issue, Scott #1894, with a circular hand-applied postmark from EAPEX Station in East Aurora, NY, dated March 13, 1982. The cover is in good condition with clear postmark and stamp details. Text on the cachet reads 'The Roycroft-Craft Series' and 'East-Aurora Philatelic Society'.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)