D301

American Folk Art

Pacific Northwest Indian Masks

Bella Bella Mask, Chilkat Division Mask, Tlingit Mask & Bella Coola Mask

Ceremonial Dancer

Spring 2020 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 6 D301 — Indian Art (9-25-80)

The four stamps for this issue were carved wooden masks. A pair is canceled with a day of issue Native American pictorial, and the opposite pair has the first day of issue slogan postmark. The hand painted cachet shows a warrior doing a ceremonial dance with a totem pole nearby. For map collectors, there is a nice rendition of the Northwest coast from the Columbia River to Alaska