USS Texas (BB 35) [Cover]

Object/Artifact

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The Lew Anvil Collection

Cachet designed by Walter Crosby: Walter Crosby used a specialized heat printing process known as “thermography’ which was done by sprinkling resin or wax powder on the wet ink and then heating the cover melting the material, resulting in a raised effect in the printing. A small photograph of the USS Texas is pasted within the cachet design.
Cachet designed by Walter Crosby

Walter Crosby used a specialized heat printing process known as “thermography’ which was done by sprinkling resin or wax powder on the wet ink and then heating the cover melting the material, resulting in a raised effect in the printing. A small photograph of the USS Texas is pasted within the cachet design.

Name/Title

USS Texas (BB 35) [Cover]

Description

Posted aboard USS Texas on June 10, 1931 to display the ships in the US Navy. Brown cachet with eagle above “US FLEET” and Navy seal. Walter Crosby real photo of USS Texas. Signed on the back by “John C. Kane,” the ship's mail clerk.