A3503

Thanksgiving

The Horn of Plenty

Cover Announcement 

When the new Thanksgivinq stamp was issued, I decided that I would produce a mini-set of five rather than just a single cover. I have always had a keen interest in United States history, and the story of the Pilgrims has fascinated me since the third grade. The philatelic press has reported that this will be the one and only stamp in the "Holiday Celebration" series that honors our annual day of Thanksgiving. Not wanting to miss this golden opportunity to record philatelically this special moment in America's past, I am pleased to present a First Day Cover chronicle of the Plymouth Colony.

My five hand painted cachets are stunningly beautiftl. A cornucopia (which comes from the Latin cormt copiae meaning "horn of plenty') is shown on the stamp, but the one on my cachet is, in fact, a superb watercolor still-life depicting many of the vegetables and fruits that sustained our earliest colonists. It is documented that, to bring fresh poultry to the table, wild turkeys were harvested from the surrounding forests.