Mills - First Day Cover, USA

The new, large-format express stamps from US Post are actually the most beautiful - because of the format, the artists naturally have much better opportunities to implement their designs. The high face value of this stamp of $ 5.75 on this first day cover with colored first day special cancellation corresponds exactly to the new so-called “flat rate postage” within the USA.
The picture shows an old grist mill from Virginia lying on a large stream. This was rebuilt in 1976, not using new building materials, but using old stones, old wooden beams and the like from three old, meanwhile dilapidated mills. Today it is operated as a museum mill and grinds “maize flour”, which visitors can purchase as an organic product.