Name/Title
USS Texas (BB 35) “Independence Day” [Cover]Description
Black cachet with an American flag, two liberty bells, and written "INDEPENDENCE DAY / July 4th/ 1776 1934 / A DECLARATION OF / INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATED / ON THIS DAY THROUGHOUT THE / ENTIRE UNITED STATES." Red cachet of exploding fireworks around the edge of the cover. Recognized “INDEPENDENCE / DAY” inserted between the killer bars. Signed in green on the bottom by “E.O. Tauer, U.S.N.,” the cachet designer. Embossed with the official USS Texas seal.Context
Posted aboard USS Texas, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1934 to celebrate Independence Day.