Offical Mail Make-Up Rate

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Official Mail USA Official Mail USA eeny or private use $30O CITY 25 APR 6. Penalty for private use $300 ★★ 1991 73125 lydron OK

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OFFICIAL MAIL MAKE-UP RATE First Day of Issue: April 6, 1991 First Issue Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Throughout his noteworthy career sculptor Thomas Crawford created many brilliant works of art. Thankfully, many of these important pieces can be enjoyed by enthu- siasts today, nearly a century and a half after his death. Crawford created several works for the seat of the nation's government including a sculpture titled “Progress of Civi- lization." The design of this Maximum Card is based upon that creation. The central theme is America with her Eagle at her side and the sun at her back. The figures of the sculpture were modeled in Crawford's adopted city of Rome and in 1863 it was erected on the east front of the Senate Pediment of the Capitol, ironically at a time when America was in the depths of the Civil War and it seemed as if civilization had made little progress. Yet the work has dazzled many through the decades and is no less impres- sive today. This make-up rate stamp is used for official mail only and is part of the U.S. Postal Service's 1991 rate change. It must be used in conjunction with an official mail No. 91-18 ©1991 The Maximum Card Collection A division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007 ® Original painting for the Maximum Card by Tom Lydon