L2401

TRANSPORTATION

Cog Railway

Winter 2020 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 21 L2401 — Cog Railroad — (6-9-95)

This was the last stamp to be issued in the very popular and long running Transportation series. It is so noted on my cachet. The hand painted cachet depicts the cog engine making its way up Mount Washington in New Hampshire. I researched this cover while on a family outing, and we rode from the base to the summit in a 70-minute three-mile ride. The ascent was breathtaking, and the vistas were spectacular. Several of our grandchildren in years since have joined us for a cog railroad adventure. A silhouette of a famous New Hampshire rock formation "The Old Man of the Mountains," also appears on the cover. A pair of the new stamps is tied to the cover with a first day of issue bullseye postmark.