Texas Statehood (938)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=22 BGCOLOR="#BF0000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=145 BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="194145 Issues"><IMG SRC="0af1e140.png" border=0 width="30" height="20" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <A HREF="alfred_e_smith_937.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alfred E. Smith (937)"><IMG SRC="0b0280e0.png" border=0 width="40" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="40"></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="30"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=458 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>W. 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Crosby FDC Catalog</I></FONT> |    <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="https://wgcrosbyfdcs.com/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://wgcrosbyfdcs.com/index.htm"><B>home</B></A></FONT></div> <div> back to  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="194145 Issues"><B>1941-45 Issues</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0ae07040.png" border=0 width="263" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Texas Statehood (938)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Steven Zwillinger published an article in the December, 2012 issue of </B><I><B>First Days</B></I><B> describing Crosby's cachets for this issue.  Steven has provided me with the images of the cachets pictured in that article and many of them are shown below.  Many thanks to him for his contribution. </B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="15" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="863" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 467 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2eee20b90.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="441" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-1 (M#37) in blue.  Two lines of text at bottom.  First line of text at bottom in ALL CAPS.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 477 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="31d220c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-1.1 in blue.  LIke WGC-1 but first line of text at bottom in Initial Caps. +</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 472 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="31d820be0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="446" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-1A in purple.  Same as WGC-1 except for color.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 470 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2f4d20bc0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="444" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-1B in purple.  First line of text below photo moved to the right.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 480 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2f3420c60.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="454" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-1C in brown.  Like WGC-1B except for color.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 474 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2f3820c00.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="448" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-1D in brown and maroon.  Like WGC-1B except for color.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 479 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2f3d20c50.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="453" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-2 (M#41) in purple.  Like WGC-1 but with different photo.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 471 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="31d620bd0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="445" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-3 in purple.  Like WGC-1 but with one line of text at bottom.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 465 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2ef820b70.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="439" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-4 (M#38) in blue.  Top lines of text in relatively small font. Bottom line of text in ALL CAPS.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 473 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="31dc20bf0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="447" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-4A in purple.  Like WGC-4 except for color.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 477 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2f2f20c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-4B in brown.  Like WGC-4 except for color.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 477 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2f4520c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-5 in blue.  Like WGC-4 but top lines of text in larger font and bottom line of text in Initial Caps.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 476 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2f4320c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-5A in green. Like WGC-5 except for color.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 476 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="31de20c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-6 (M#42) in purple.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 471 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2f2520bd0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="445" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-6A in brown.  Same as WGC-6 except for color.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 470 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2f2720bc0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="444" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-6B in brown and purple.  Same as WGC-6 except for color.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 472 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="31da20be0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="446" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-7 in red.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 472 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2f4120be0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="446" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-8 in red and blue.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="alfred_e_smith_937.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alfred E. 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