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FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS, THE USPS ISSUED A SET OF FOUR STAMPS TO HONOR VARIOUS ARCHITECTS AND THE BUILDINGS THEY CREATED. SHOWN HERE IS THE COMPLETE SET OF FOUR FROM 1982.... A GENUINE FIRST DAY COVER....A PROOF CARD (COVER) WITH THE NEW STAMP CANCELLED FROM THE CITY OF ISSUE (WASHINGTON D.C.) ON September 30, 1982, THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE.
THIS SET OF 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE FEATURES THE DULLES AIRPORT IN WASHINGTON D.C. BY EERO SAARINEN; THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BY MIES VAN DER ROHE; THE GROPIUS HOUSE IN LINCOLN, MASS. BY WALTER GROPIUS; AND CULMINATES WITH THE SPELLBINDING FALLING WATER BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
FEATURING A BEAUTIFUL FULL-COLOR CACHET (ARTWORK) OF THE BEINECKE LIBRARY AT YALE,THIS PIECE IS COLLECTIBLE, HISTORIC AND UNADDRESSED. WALL ART COLLECTIBLES STRIVES TO FIND ONLY UNADDRESSED COVERS KNOWING THAT THEY ARE THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER AND THE MOST VALUABLE.
MATTED IN WINE,THIS PIECE IS SIZED TO FIT A STANDARD 8 X 10 FRAME. ***Certificate of Authenticity Included***
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