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Red Ball Express...
On June 6, 1994, the USPS issued a set of ten stamps commemorating the 50th Anniversary of ten different events of 1944 during WWII. Shown here is a genuine First Day Cover, a prrof card with the stamp commemorating the Red Ball Express cancelled from the city of issue (USS Normandy - only the second time in USPS history that a ship has been selected as the city of issue) on the first day of issue captioned above. A Proof Card is a heavy stock paper with the cachet surrounded by an embossed border.
The full-color cachet (artwork on the envelope) features trucks, a Red Ball Highway sign, and a black soldier. Black privates from the U.S. Transport Corps were the principal drivers, driving mostly at night with blackout lights on one-way roads, delivering supplies each day to Patton's and Hodges' Armies. Transport eventually expanded to 5,400 trucks carrying over 8,200 tons each day over round trip routes of up to 686 miles. The company that produced this cover has also written a brief commentary (which we've included) about the Red Ball Express. Collectible, historic, this is a great piece of WWII - Atlantic Theater memorabilia.
Double matted in blue, this piece is sized to fit a standard 8 x 10 frame. ***Certificate of Authenticity plus Commentary Included***
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