Envelope (First Day Cover)

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Envelope (First Day Cover)

Entry/Object ID

SS.2021.24

Description

Folded rectangular white envelope; grayscale cachet image shows a man in colonial dress holding an open book; printed text reads " OFFICIAL / FIRST DAY / OF ISSUE / The Legend of / Sleepy Hollow / ICHABOD CRANE / The / Legend of /Sleepy Hollow / FOLKLORE SERIES OF 1974"; bottom left corner contains the small image of an artist's palette and brushes with the text "Art Craft"; stamp in upper right hand corner shows two riders and a dead tree in front of an orange moon and a blue sky, printed text reads "10c / US / THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW"; stamp bears black cancellation marks that read "NORTH TARRYTOWN, N.Y. / OCT. / 10 / 1974 / 10591" and "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE"; reverse of envelope has embossing marks of text from front side.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Leonard Everett Fisher

Attribution

Artist

Manufacturer

Art Craft

Date made

Oct 10, 1974

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

3-5/8 in

Width

6-7/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 3 5/8 x 6 7/16 in. (9.2 x 16.4 cm)

Material

Paper, ink

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

United States Postal Service

Notes

Retailer

General Notes

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial