Y1301

Saw-Whet Saw-What Owl

Collins Cover Announcement 

SAW-WHET OWL

The hand-painted cachet is placed in the center of the cover. It pictures this handsome bird with streaked forehead and crown as it perches on a branch high above the pine forest. It is found in the west from Canada to Mexico along all wooded mountain ranges and its main habitat is coniferous woodlands.

The companion stamp for this booklet issue was the Rosebreasted Grosbeak. The Saw-Whet stamp is placed to the left of the cachet and the Grosbeak to the right. Both are tied to the cover with Arlington, Virginia First Day postmark.

As an added touch, a pine bough with cones is the subject of a mini-cachet that is included outside of the main cachet area. A nice nature FDC showing one of America's owls. COLLINS #Y1301. $8.00.

Summer 2020 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 11 Y1301 and Z1301 — Saw-Whet Owl and Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 5-28-88

This is an unusual two-cover set that is crisp and attractive. Each cover has both of the stamps — each with its own first day postmark. The Y1301 cachet has the distinctive and diminutive saw-whet owl perched atop a pine tree, and the Z1301 has the beautiful and solitary rose-breasted grosbeak sitting in a vineyard amid clusters of grapes. On both covers, the hand painted framed cachet is in the center of the envelope with a stamp and cancel flanking it on each side. The owl has a cachet vignette of pine needles and cones while the grosbeak has a vignette of grapes.