COVER N.148 - USA

Postmark: Harrisonburg Post Office  JUL-22-2022 / Richmond VA 230 
Posted on the 22nd July; received on the 12th August 2022

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A simple yet nice cover with three carefully arranged stamps and two cancellations. I really wonder why post offices often run letters that were already cancelled manually through cancellation machines, what most of times results in "overcancelled" stamps.... not the case here though, luckily.

Thanks a lot Jewel, for your carefully laid out cover

Stamps:

Otters in Snow, This the theme chosen by the USPS for a set of 4 self-adhesive se-tenant "Forever" stamps issued on 12OCT2021, featuring illustrations of the cute and elusive mammal in its river dwelling iteration (Lontra canadensis) which can be told apart from its cousin, the sea otter (Enhydra lutris), by the fact that they have a much longer and broader tail in spite of being much smaller in size than the latter.  Two of these stamps are on the cover.

On !$APR1982 the USPS issued a set of 52 20 Cent stamps, dedicated to each of the US states' official bird and Flower. My cover features the stamp of the official bird - Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) - and flower - Violet (Viola sp.) - of the state of New Jersey.

I confess that my recently rekindled interest in stamps has only now made me aware of this lovely set, which I would be more that happy to have in my collection, because the images on the stamps are really very beautiful.