This First Day Cover features a Norwegian 3.30 denomination stamp from the 1992 Europa series, engraved by S. Morken, depicting a tall sailing ship on stormy seas. It bears a pictorial cancellation from the Norwegian Post Office at the World Columbian Stamp Expo in Chicago (May 22–31, 1992), featuring a portrait of Christopher Columbus alongside a globe design. The cover is in excellent condition on plain white stock.
Claude
This cover features a Norwegian stamp (3.30 denomination) depicting a tall sailing ship on stormy seas, issued for the 1992 Europa series, engraved by S. Morken. The cover bears a pictorial cancellation from the Norwegian Post Office at the World Columbian Stamp Expo in Chicago, showing a portrait of Christopher Columbus alongside a globe design. The cancel reads 'NORWEGIAN POST OFFICE · WORLD COLUMBIAN STAMP EXPO '92 · CHICAGO 22.-31.5.1992.' There is no printed cachet artwork beyond the cancellation imagery; the envelope is plain white and in excellent condition.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a Norwegian 3.30 krone stamp from the 1992 Europa series, engraved by S. Morken, depicting a tall sailing ship navigating stormy seas. The stamp is canceled with a pictorial postmark from the Norwegian Post Office at the World Columbian Stamp Expo in Chicago (May 22–31, 1992), featuring a portrait of Christopher Columbus and a globe. The cachet area is plain white with no artwork. The cover is in excellent condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
