First Day Cover for the MPOS National Convention Sep 1980

Object/Artifact

Steamboat Era Museum

Name/Title

First Day Cover for the MPOS National Convention Sep 1980

Entry/Object ID

2024.012.004

Description

First day cover issued for the 1980 MPOS National Convention in Baltimore. Artwork on envelope is a salute to Chesapeake Bay steamers with hand drawn steamers on of which is named Lancaster.

Made/Created

Date made

1980

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Postmark

Location

Center Front

Notes

Main postmark reads BALPEX Station, Sep 1, 1980, Baltimore, MD. Also shown are postmarks from various steamer routes dated 1905, 1909 and 1934.