Claude
The Artcraft cachet features four black-and-white pen-and-ink illustrations depicting historic American landmarks and vessels: a San Francisco Cable Car (1873), the Charles W. Morgan Whaling Ship (1841), San Xavier del Bac Mission in Tucson, Arizona (1797), and Decatur House in Washington, D.C. (1819). The text 'Historic Preservation Series - 1971' is prominently displayed in stylized lettering. The stamp is the U.S. 8-cent San Francisco Cable Car from the Historic Preservation series, printed in brown/orange tones. The postmark is a circular hand-cancel from San Francisco, California dated October 29, 1971 AM.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a pen-and-ink cachet with illustrations of four historic landmarks: a San Francisco Cable Car (1873), the Charles W. Morgan Whaling Ship (1841), the San Xavier del Bac Mission in Tucson, Arizona (1797), and the Decatur House in Washington, D.C. (1819). The stamp is an 8-cent brown issue depicting the San Francisco Cable Car, part of the 1971 Historic Preservation Series. The cover is cancelled with a circular postmark from San Francisco, dated October 29, 1971. The text 'Historic Preservation Series - 1971' is printed in bold letters at the bottom of the cachet.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
