Winston Churchill Memorial Issue First Day Covers
May 13, 1965
Mellone #45

 Velvatone Cachet

#45
Velvatone cachets were produced by August W. Dargis. The design is applied by a silk-screen printing process. Before the ink dries, a "flocking" material is added, which gives the design a "fuzzy" look and feel. Dargis produced his first Velvatone cachet in 1951, and continued to make them until shortly before his death in 2001 at age 87.


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