covers from the USA

Last Wednesday I got two covers from the USA.

On the first cover there is a special postmark that I already got on another cover that arrived on 11th March. I really wonder why this one took until the 7th April to reach me. The postmark celebrates the inauguration of Biden and Harris and two related US flag stamps were used as postage.

The card inside shows a view of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness. The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is a wilderness area in New Mexico. Established in 1984, the Wilderness is a desolate area of steeply eroded badlands.

Three stamps were used on the second cover. The stamp on the left shows Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (issued 27-06-1980). Helen Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in Alabama, she lost her sight and hearing after a bout of illness at the age of nineteen months. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan, who taught her language, including reading and writing. The stamp in the middle shows the Purple Heart (issued 05-05-2011), a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5th April 1917, with the U.S. military. The last stamp shows a painting of Madonna and Child from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is a Christmas stamp and was issued on 3rd October 2018. The stamps were cancelled with a big green Saint Patrick's Day postmark.

The card inside shows some facts about the Wolf. 

Thank You very much Sam-Quito!