United States, Scott #5762, used(o), 2023, Commemorating Historic Railroad Stations, stamp shows the art deco Union Terminal opened in Cincinnati in 1933 at the height of the Great Depression; the city had become an industrial and commercial center by 1900, as well as the country’s 10th largest city and a major gateway and transfer point for rail passengers traveling between much of the Midwest and the South; the architectural team of Fellheimer and Wagner devised a design that mirrored the prosperity and optimism of the 1920s: a monumental half-dome rising from an enormous, raised plaza, with interior mosaics celebrating the city’s important industries; however, soon after construction began in August 1929, Wall Street crashed and the Great Depression began; the Union Terminal would be among the last great train stations built during the railroad era; designed for a peak operation of 216 trains per day, the station never achieved its potential and passenger service ended altogether in 1972; the city renovated and reopened the station in 1990 as the Cincinnati Museum Center, and the next year Amtrak restored passenger rail service bringing rail life back to the structure; issued as a 'forever' stamp at a counter price of 63 cents, lithography and typography printed, serpentine die cut simulated perforations: 10¾, issued with non-water soluble self-adhesive gum on multiple stamp panes, multicolored, Scott Supplemental Catalog Value: 40¢, nicely centered, light, black-inked, horizontal, wavy line cancel over the upper portion of the stamp, good perforations, stamp was removed from its mailing envelope using a Bestine solvent and placed on a piece of black card stock for a uniform and attractive album appearance; centering and mounting warrants a selling price premium. This is not a 'bait-and-switch;' the stamp you see will be the one you receive.
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