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Vintage Mahogany Speedboats.... On August 4, 2007, the USPS
issued a set of four full-color stamps honoring four different Vintage Mahogany
Speedboats, all having two primary characteristics...their hulls
and decks are built primarily of mahogany, and all were designed and
built for speed.
Shown here is a genuine First Day
Cover, an envelope with the stamp depicting Thunderbird, a
1939 Hacker-Craft commuter boat custom-built by
Huskins Boat Co. of Bay City, Michigan, cancelled from the city of issue
(Clayton, NY) on the first day of
issue captioned above.
Clayton, NY is home to the Antique Boat Museum and from August 3-5,
2007, hosted the 43rd Annual Antique Boat Show and Auction. Today Thunderbird is
still one of the largest and most powerful boats on Lake Tahoe.
The full-color cachet (artwork on the envelope) features
a 1930's seaside scene, a vintage speedboat in the distance. Great
art, unaddressed, this cover is a collectible, historic
piece of boating memorabilia celebrating the bygone age of great wooden
speedboats.
Matted in blue and white, this
piece will fit a standard 8 x 10 picture frame.
***Certificate of Authenticity Included***
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