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American Indian Dances.... On June 7,1996, the USPS issued a set of five stamps to commemorate five Native American Dances - Fancy Dance, Butterfly Dance, Traditional Dance, Raven Dance and Hoop Dance. Shown here is a genuine First Day Cover, an envelope with all five stamps cancelled from the city of issue (Oklahoma City, OK) on the first day of issue captioned above. In short, it's the 'birthday' of the stamp - a collectible, historic piece of postal and Indian memorabilia.
The full-color cachet (artwork
on the envelope) shows four Native American Dancers. The beautiful
artwork spanning the entire envelope is rendered in watercolors by
award-winning cachet artist Sue Allen.
Double matted in blue and white, it's sized to fit a standard 8 x 10 pictur
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