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Roy
Rogers, William S. Hart, Tom Mix,
Gene Autry....
On April 17, 2010, the USPS
issued a set of four stamps- designed to resemble movie posters current
during the actors' careers - titled 'Cowboys of the Silver Screen' to honor
four men who Jean Picker Firstenberg, president emerita of the American
Film Institute, said, "...helped to refine the art, the magic, and the
adventure to be found in the old West."
Shown here is a genuine First Day
Cover for one of these four Cowboys, Roy Rogers. This first day cover
is an envelope with the new stamp
cancelled from the city of issue (Oklahoma City, OK - home of the
National Cowboy and Western Heritage
Museum) on the first day of issue (captioned above.)
Note the special
postmark created expressly to cancel this set of four stamps on their
'birthday' featuring a cowboy on horseback twirling a lasso.
The full-color cachet features
a black and white portrait of Rogers with his guitar superimposed over a
movie poster in color. Known as 'The King of the Cowboys,' Rogers
would find greater fame in television, where he shared the small screen
with his wife Dale Evans, his horse Trigger, and his dog Bullet. The artwork is
printed on silk and is
'framed' with an embossed gold border. See the other three matted First
Day Covers for Cowboys - Tom Mix, William S. Hart and Gene Autry in
this category.
Double matted in black & white,
it's sized to fit a standard 8 x 10 frame. ***Certificate of
Authenticity Included***
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