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On September 15, 1992, the Royal Mail of Great Britain issued a stamp to call attention to protecting the environment, specifically The Ozone Layer. Shown here is a genuine First Day Cover, an envelope with the stamp, designed by six year-old Lewis Fowler of England, cancelled from the city of issue (Edinburgh) on the first day of issue captioned above. Note the special postmark, depicting the earth with a band-aid on it, created expressly to cancel this stamp on its 'birthday.'
The full-color cachet (artwork on the envelope) was designed by artist Barry Wilkinson and features a broken panel in the umbrella representing not only the holes in the ozone layer, but the invisible menace that threatens our planet. The producer of this cover has also written a brief commentary about the ozone layer, which we've included.
Matted in blue, it's sized to fit a standard 8x10 frame. ***Certificate of Authenticity plus Commentary Included***
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