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#4705 O.Henry; C1b; Dual FDOI & U/O Asheville, NC Downtown Station
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DUAL FDOI at Greensboro, NC and Unofficial cancellation at Asheville, NC - where O. Henry is buried. PREPARED BY THE CACHETMAKER ON THE FIRST DAY.

The artwork was arranged to fit a custom envelope template, laser printed on 8.5" x 11", Southworth Ivory Granite paper, 32lb 25% Cotton Paper. Each envelope was cut from that paper using an Ellison Prestige Pro Cutter with a custom 6-3/4 envelope die and hand-assembled. ONLY 37 MADE.

Text of Cachet Front:
O. Henry is one of the most famous American short story writers. O. Henryâ€™s real name was William Sydney Porter and he was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on September 11, 1862.

Text of Cachet, Back:

Copy of William's signature from a check he cashed.
At age of 20 (1882) he moved to Texas, where he had various jobs. He married Athol Estes in 1887; they had a son and a daughter. His wife died from tuberculosis in 1897. In 1894 while working for First National Bank in Austin, Porter was accused of stealing $4000. He went to prison in Columbus, Ohio for 3 years eventually. While in prison Porter first started to write short stories and itâ€™s believed that he has found his writerâ€™s pseudonym there. While in prison Porter first started to write short stories and itâ€™s believed that he has found his writerâ€™s pseudonym there.

After Porter was released from the prison in 1901, he changed his name to O. Henry and moved to New York in 1902. From December 1903 to January 1906 O. Henry wrote a story a week for the New York World magazine, and published several short stories in other magazines. In his last years O. Henry had financial and health problems. An alcoholic O. Henry died on June 5, 1910 in New York City, virtually broke.

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