Folded rectangular white envelope; grayscale cachet image shows a man in colonial dress holding an open book; a smaller image shows the grainy picture of a man with a ghost behind him; printed text reads " OFFICIAL / FIRST DAY / OF ISSUE / The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / By Washington Irving / ICHABOD CRANE / The / Legend of /Sleepy Hollow / FOLKLORE SERIES OF 1974 / "What fearful shapes and shadows / beset his path amidst the / dim and ghastly glare / of a snowy night!". / Ichabod Crane / Imagining a phantom at his shoulder..."; 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)