United States First Day Covers - Handpainted Cachets
Sale No: 3012
Lot No:2095
Symbol:img s
Cat No:948
948, 1947 CIPEX S/S, Dorothy Knapp Handpainted Cachet, sheet cancelled May 19, 1947 with the official New York, NY CIPEX slogan cancel, cachet depicts Washington and Franklin's busts against a postage stamp, while the bottom of the envelope shows the progression of mail from horseback to stagecoach to train to airplane, signed in the lower right "D.W. Knapp Rhinebeck, NY," fresh with vivid color, a similar design is known unsigned by Knapp, Very Fine, a beautiful and seldom-offered FDC (Image)