Folded rectangular white envelope; grayscale cachet image shows a man in colonial dress holding an open book; a smaller image shows a headless horseman; printed text reads " OFFICIAL / FIRST DAY / OF ISSUE / The Legend of / Sleepy Hollow / ICHABOD CRANE / The / Legend of /Sleepy Hollow / FOLKLORE SERIES OF 1974 / The story of a priggish Tarry Town schoolmaster Ichabod Crane / who is scared away from town by Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt / Because they were both in love with 18 year old Katrina Van Tassel. / The Headless Horseman is the ghost of a Hessian trooper who / lost his head by a cannonball during a battle in the American Revolutionary War. / It is set a the bridge of the Old Dutch Church Burying Ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York. / The story was written by American author Washington Irving."; 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)