English: Commemorative cover carried on the RPO on the first streamlined westbound run of the "The Empire State Express" (New York Central System), December 7, 1941.
Cover franked with a block of four Scott 295 2c Carmine & Black Pan-American Exposition Issue (May 1, 1901) Vignette: 4-4-0 locomotive No. 938 & passenger cars "Empire State Express," New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. CDS cancel: N.Y. & CHICAGO R.P.O. (with RMS killer) TR 51 DEC 7, 1941.
This issue of six denominations (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10 cents) honored The Pan-American Exposition of 1901 (World's Fair) held at Buffalo, New York.
(The Cooper Collection of U.S. Postal History)
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