Greetings from America – Montana / Rodeo (2002)

Country: USA

Issue: Greetings from America – Montana

Date of Issue: April 4, 2002

Postmark: Circular Date Stamp (CDS) – Helena, MT – April 4, 2002

Postcard: Photographic view of a rodeo scene featuring a rider on a bucking horse. (Edition Int. Cards & Souvenirs)

Justification of Maximum Concordance: The postcard depicts a rodeo event, an activity culturally associated with Montana. The stamp represents the state of Montana and includes imagery of a rodeo horse and rider, reinforcing the subject matter. The CDS from Helena, applied on the first day of issue, further strengthens the thematic and geographical concordance.