A Christmas greetings cover from USA
The 7.9¢ Drum stamp (Scott 1615) is one of the stamp in the Americana series, according to denomination, but as mentioned earlier, this stamp actually preceded the 7.7¢ bulk rate stamp, and was intended to satisfy the third class bulk mailing rate for 250,000 pieces or more that was enacted on December 31, 1975. This rate was only in effect for just over 7 months.
The 7.9¢ Drum stamp was released on April 23, 1976
at a ceremony in Miami, Fla. The stamp was issued in conjunction with Stamporee ‘76 USA, an International Philatelic exhibition sponsored jointly by the Florida Fed- eration of Stamp Clubs and the Cuban Philatelic Club of Miami.
The stamp was designed by Bernard Glassman from the Philadelphia design firm responsible for the overall theme of the Americana series: Kramer, Miller, Lomden, and Glassman.
The design features a Revolutionary War era drum, and is only representational as the design is made up of a composite of several actual drum designs of the era. The legend on the stamp starts at the bottom left of the stamp, continues across the bottom and then curves around to stop at the upper right corner of the stamp. The legend reads “Beat the Drum for Liberty and the Spirit of ‘76”. The origin of the legend is unknown.
The stamp bears the service inscription “Bulk Rate” to the right of the denomination.
It should be remembered, when considering the Americana series, that the country was deeply involved in a year-long celebration of it’s 200th anniversary. The Americana series was a series of United States definitive postage stamps issued between 1975 and 1981. While the stamps were not part of the Bicentennial Series of stamps released from 1971-1983, their theme fit in well with the idea of looking back over two hundred years. For the series celebrated basic American concepts that have animated the nation's entire history, rather than individual heroes or heroines from any particular period. Unlike any previous definitive series, the Americana set did not contain a single image of a president (an omission that may perhaps reflect national disillusion in the wake of the recent Watergate scandal).
1990 - Christmas greetings stamp
The meter cancellation on the cover - says Happy Holidays and has an image of Santa riding on his reindeer cart over the cityscape! I have seen different cityscape images on the postmarks from different cities !!
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