Maximum Postcard Supreme Court Building - Washington (1951)

Country: USA

Issue: Washington, D.C. Sesquicentennial

Date of Issue: Aug 2, 1950

Postmark: Circular cancel – Washington, D.C. – Feb 10, 1951

Postcard: Illustration of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington (Edition B. S. Reynolds)

Justification of Maximum Concordance:

The stamp commemorates the sesquicentennial of Washington, D.C. and features the U.S. Supreme Court Building. The postcard illustrates the same landmark reinforcing the subject visually. The cancellation from Washington, D.C. provides strong geographic concordance. Although the temporal alignment is not perfect since the postmark date is months after the stamp’s issue, the thematic and geographic match makes this a valid maximum card.

 Yvert et Tellier: US 543