150th Anniversary Of US Petroleum Industry

The 150th Anniversary of the U.S. Petroleum Industry occurred in 2009.
However, unlike the 100th anniversary, no U.S. stamp was approved
for it even though requests were made for it.

Due to this, a different plan of action was taken.

1) A request for a special commemorative cancel was made and approved.
2) A vanity stamp such as from photo stamps was put together instead.
3) A cover was put together with a commemorative cachet.

These three things were combined together into a cover shown
below marking the 150th anniversary of the U.S. petroleum industry.

Hi,
Thanks for the info! I retired in '06 after 40 years in the "earl bizzness", and relish any sign of respect given to the industry. Lots more I could say, but this is not the place.

Thanks again,
Mobilman44

Nice bit of information.