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Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse.... On September 11, 1968, the USPS issued a stamp to honor Walt Disney. Interestingly, he died in 1966, and got his stamp in 1968...an exception to the US ten-year rule. Shown here is a genuine First Day Cover, an envelope with the new stamp cancelled from the city of issue (Marcelline, Missouri - Disney's boyhood home) on the first day of issue captioned above.
The cachet (artwork on
the envelope) features a portrait of Disney surrounded by line drawings
of some of his characters, and, depicted below, his most famous
creation, Mickey Mouse. The
producer of the cachet is one of a very few to feature Mickey on their
cover. Unaddressed, historic, four stamps, and VERY COLLECTIBLE, this
tribute to Disney gets even better with the addition of a Disney print. A
take-off on the Norman Rockwell 'Triple Portrait,' this picture shows
artist Mickey looking at himself in the mirror, but winds up painting
Walt Disney on the canvas.
Double matted in blue & white, this piece is sized to fit a standard 8 x 10 frame. ***Certificate of Authenticity Included***
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