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#4705 O.Henry; C8; First Day Ceremony stamp unveiling
[F201208]

$5.00

FDOI; Greensboro, NC; The picture was taken by the Cachetmaker while at the First Day Ceremony at the Greensboro Historical Museum at the moment the stamp was unveiled.

Artwork and text arranged to fit a custom envelope template, laser printed on 8.5" x 11", Southworth White Business 32lb 100% 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 19 were made.

Text of Cachet Front:

William Sydney Porter
First Day Ceremony, September 11, 2012

Greensboro Historical Museum Greensboro, North Carolina

Text of Cachet, Back: O. Henry
Literary Arts Series

The U.S. Postal Service commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of O. Henry (the pen name of William S. Porter, 1862-1910) with a stamp in its Literary Arts series. The short stories of O. Henry are beloved for their irony and skillful unfolding of plot; often, they end with a surprise twist. This prolific author wrote nearly 300 tales, most in the final eight years of his life. By the time of his death, he was the most widely read storyteller in America and was internationally admired.

In the stamp art, the authorâ€™s portrait is set against a background image of the elevated rail in New York City, where many of O. Henryâ€™s stories were set. The portrait is based on a photograph of the author as a young man that dates to the late 1880s.

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