E302

American Architecture

Smithsonian Institution, Trinity Church, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Lyndhurst

Summer 2025 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 4 E302 — American Architecture — 10/9/80

The set of four very attractive stamps on this cover were purchased in New York City early in the morning on October 9th, 1980. The stamps picture the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., Trinity Church in Boston, Penn Academy in Philadelphia, and Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown, New York. Two pairs of two 15-cent Architecture stamps were placed on each envelope. Each cover received a nice, clear New York, New York slogan first day of issue cancel on the top two stamps. A friend and I divided the covers and took off in two directions for very appropriate unofficial cancels on the bottom pair. The covers that represent this lot (#E302) received a very distinctive, round, bold and clear Lyndhurst, New Jersey hand cancel with killer bars. This is an early Collins cover that has not been offered previously in a mail sale.