V1501

Constitution Bicentennial

Executive Branch

Collins Cover Announcement 

BICENTENNIAL 

OF THE 

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

This hand-painted COLLINS FDC is a companion cover for the previous ones done for Davy Crockett (House of Representatives) and John Marshall (Supreme Court). I chose to pay homage to our first president and depict him during the terrible winter he endured at Valley Forge.

This cachet looks cold. It portrays the images that the mind sees. A freezing winter night over two centuries ago. Continental soldiers huddle around a meager cooking fire. Snow swirls and winds whip as the general confers with one of his officers. A lone sentry stands by a canon in the distance -- alone with his thoughts. A pale moon is visible through the evening clouds and it casts a faint light creating night blues and fleeting shadows on the new fallen snow.

As with the other covers, I've added a hand-painted oval portrait of George Washington in the lower right corner.

Along with the new stamp, I've added the 1977 Washington at Valley Forge stamp creating a nice "combo" FDC. Both stamps are canceled at Mount Vernon, Virginia -- home of President Washington.

This is an excellent FDC and I recommend it for your collection. Item #V1501 - $8.75.

Winter 2020 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 16 V1501 — Bicentennial — Executive Branch (Valley Forge Cachet) — (4-16-89)

For this George Washington issue celebrating the bicentennial of our Executive Branch of government, I added the 1977 Washington at Valley Forge stamp. which shows him in prayer. My hand painted cachet depicts a freezing winter night over two hundred forty years ago as Washington commanded the Continental troops. Snow swirls and winds whip while soldiers huddle around a meager cooking fire as the general confers nearby with one of his officers. A lone sentry stands guard by a cannon in the distance as a pale moon casts a faint light over the encampment. An oval of our first president is at lower right. The Mount Vernon first day of issue slogan cancel ties both stamps to the envelope. A fine Collins combo cover