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First Day Cover Folder for the First Day of Issue of the opera singer series including silhouettes of Rosa Ponselle as Norma and Lawrence Tibbett, September 10, 1997. Folder silhouette moves to reveal the stamps of Rosa Ponselle, Richard Tucker,…

First day cover gold replica of Rosa Ponselle Stamp. Cancelation "The American Music Stamp Festival, Sept. 10, 1997, New York, NY, first day of issue". On maroon felt.

FDC RP Stamp Supplement for RP Birthday Cachet by Doris Gold, hand-painted with 2 Metropolitan Opera stamps, canceled in Meriden, Connecticut, Jan. 22, 1997. Addition of Rosa Ponselle stamp and New York Sept. 10, 1997 cancelation. Original notes by…

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle in headscarf and pearls by R.P. Mishkin.

Opera News issue for Rosa Ponselle's 80th birthday, with multiple articles and photos: "Rosa an Eightieth Birthday Homage" (Walter Legge), "From The Villa Pace" (Thomas Pasatieri), "The Ponselle Legacy" (George Jellinek), program for broadcast of La…

FDC Opera Singers (George Sottung) "The American Music Stamp Festival". 4 opera singers including Rosa Ponselle painted envelopes with descriptions and biographies on the reverse. Each include their own USPS Opera Singers series stamps. Canceled…

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle in Don Giovanni costume. Back stamped "Rosa Ponselle in DonGiovanni" with "From the Metropolitan Musical Bureau 38 W. 42nd St., New York City" scratched out, also stamped "Management Libbie Miller, 113, West 57th Street,…

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Elizabetta in "Don Carlo" in ornate gown with crown band and heavy make up. Back stamped with "Culver Pictures, Inc. and handwritten "Ponselle as Elizabetta in Don Carlo"

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle in "Ernani" on stairs. Back stamped "photo. By Bain News Service."