First day cover cachets, Norman Rockwell

First day cover cachets: Norman Rockwell Museum

First day cover cachets: Norman Rockwell Museum

Name/Title

First day cover cachets, Norman Rockwell

Entry/Object ID

2013.113.05 -.12

Scope and Content

First day cover cachets to celebrate the issue of the Norman Rockwell stamp, showing Norman Rockwell seated at his easel painting a self-portrait. The face value of the stamp is 29 cents. Three standard size envelopes have a drawing of the Norman Rockwell Museum and are stamped with a number below the drawing: #1042, #1062; #4127. Five larger envelopes have a drawing of a painter's palette and brush; written below is: "Norman Rockwell / Great American Artist." In addition to the easel stamp, there are stamps of the Four Freedoms, a Boy Scouts of America stamp, a postal carrier stamp and one from Tom Sawyer. All envelopes are stamped with: "Stockbridge, MA, 01262 / Jul 1 1994".

Collection

Rockwell (Norman) Collection (1894-1978)

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Envelope

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Document

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

First day cachet, Norman Rockwell, Norman Rockwell Museum

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Norman Rockwell Museum

Web Links and URLs

www.nrm.org