James Fenimore Cooper was an American novelist of classic adventure fiction.
He became world-famous for his series of novels featuring the main hero – Natty Bumppo, a hunter also known as the Deerslayer, Pathfinder, Hawkeye, Leatherstocking, Long Rifle. James F. Cooper depicted the struggle of the European settlers against the American Indians: Pioneers (1823), The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1827), The Pathfinder, or the Inland Sea (1840), The Deerslayer (1841).
The envelope with a commemorative stamp depicts a composition of various arts symbols; James F. Cooper’s portrait against his books in the background.
Design: R. Komsa (stamp), A. Povarikhin (illustration).
Face value: letter “A”.
Circulation: 1 million.
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