MAUL H/D, Hand Painted : 1976 Happy Birthday, America with Jimmy Carter & Flag

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Herman Maul
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Happy Birthday Event Cover --- our Nations 200th Anniversary
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Dual with Jimmy Carter, Presidential Event
ABOUT THIS COVER
The feature stamp
on this hand drawn and hand painted Dual celebration cover by Hobby icon, Herman Maul, is the PO's 1976
Spirit of '76 : Fifer
stamp, Scott 1631
. . .
a stamp which has
T
he distinction of being a New Year's Day stamp, for it was officially released on January 1, 1776, at the very start of our nation's 200th Birthday.
About the inspiration for this special event cover
: it was in November of 1976
. . .
during our nation's 200th birthday celebration
. . .
when former Georgia governor, Jimmy Carter was elected president after having defeated Republican candidate, Gerald Ford. Interestingly enough, it is both President Carter's popular vote/electoral vote victory, as well as our nation's bicentennial, that is being celebrated on the very same cover
---
an utterly mind-boggling sense of special timing that could never possibly be duplicated ever again.
About the hand painted cachet
, on his beautifully colored cachet, Mr. Maul personally introduces us to our 39th president cast against the flag of our nation which he represented from 1977 to 1981. And so we don't forget the dual-celebration of this special cover, Mr. Maul includes his personally-printed
Happy Birthday, America
shout-out to us all.
About the special cancellation site
: and
. . .
Oh
-
My
-
God
. . .
check out that specially-obtained, theme-related cancel from, of all places, the Kentucky town of
Carter
.
All in all
: a very prominent and distinguished piece of work from one of our Hobby's true superstars.
INTERESTING TIDBIT # 1
: it was in 2002 when ex-President Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for his establishment of the
Carter House
, a foundation, which is still functional to this very day, and whose paramount aim is to help alleviate the problem of dire poverty throughout the world.
INTERESTING TIDBIT # 2
: Jimmy Carter, who was born on October 1, 1924, has
T
he distinction of being our nation's longest-lived president. He is currently 96 years and 9 months old
. . .
and only 3 months away from hitting the 97 mark.
Shipping Terms
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