Scarce vintage black fountain pen signature on a 1973 first day cover (FDC) with a cachet honoring a fellow American artist. Quirky New Yorker cartoonist Charles Addams' macabre creations included the Addams Family-- Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandmama, Pugsley, Wednesday, Cousin Itt, and Thing-- which served as the basis for a long string of television shows and movies.

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