COVER N. 635 - U.S.A.

Postmark: First day of Issue 250 Years of Delivering Washington  DC 20066 23.07.2025 

Posted on the 23rd July; Received on the 10th September 2025

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A.W. agains sends me the perfect philatelic cover. Thank you so much for another beautiful FDC, A. W.!

Even before its independency, the United States of America, already had its own Postal Services, which were established in the  Second Continental Congress which took place in Philadelphia on July 26, 1775,    its first postmaster being none other than the prolific Benjamin Franklin.

250 years after, the United States Postal Services still fulfil its universal service obligations, having processed and delivered in 2024  approximately 112.5 billion postal pieces and 7.3 billion packages.

Honouring this rich history of public service, USPS issued on 23JUL2025 a great pane of 20 "Forever USA" interconnected stamps, which combined show an illustration of mail being delivered in a town throughout the four different seasons of the year.

Appropriately, since Autumn begins today, the 22nd September, the five stamps in the row of the pane that A.W. picked up to grace the envelope he so kindly  sent me, represent the season of the warm leaf colours and, of course, you can find my friend Mr/Ms. Postman/Postlady in each of the individual stamps.

The Postmark hails from Washington D.C.