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What you have here is a philatelic souvenir cover (mailed envelope) from Mount Vernon, Virginia, created to mark a specific anniversary event. What it is • Event/Cachet (printed design): “1784 – August Seventeenth – 1934” and “One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to General George Washington at Mount Vernon,” credited to the Virginia Historical Research Association. • Portrait: The engraved-style portrait appears to be Marquis de Lafayette (consistent with the text). • Postmark (circular date stamp): MOUNT VERNON, VA — AUG 17, 1934 (time shown as 1 PM), which matches the printed anniversary date. • Stamp: A 3¢ George Washington U.S. stamp, properly canceled with wavy lines. • Addressed to: Mr. F. W. Thomas, 777 Onderdonk Avenue, Ridgewood, N.Y.