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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, William S. Hart. 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 Hart superimposed over a movie poster in
color. Making his first film appearance at the age of 49, Hart acted
into his 60's, his last film, Tumbleweeds, in 1926. The artwork is
printed on silk and is
'framed' with an embossed gold border. See the other three matted First
Day Covers for Cowboys - Roy Rogers, Tom Mix 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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