Envelope (First Day Cover)

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Envelope (First Day Cover)

Entry/Object ID

SS.2021.27

Description

Folded rectangular white envelope; blue printed cachet image shows a terrifed horseman being chased by a headless horseman raising a jack-o-lantern above his shoulders; green printed text reads ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" / Permission of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. / Appeared in Washington Irving's "Sketch / Book" (1819-1820) which contained "The / Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip / Van Winkle" / W.M.G."; 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"

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Leonard Everett Fisher

Attribution

Artist

Manufacturer

Winfred Milton Grandy

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