1992 Greetings Stamp with Fire Engine and Holiday Cachet

This First Day Cover features Technical Cachets' distinctive pixel-art style cachet depicting a festive Christmas tree with ornaments and gifts beneath it, complementing the 29-cent Greetings stamp showing a vintage 1860s steam fire engine. The cover was postmarked on October 22, 1992, in Kansas City, Missouri, marking the first day of issue for Scott #2694 in the Greetings series.

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The cachet features a detailed black-and-white pixel/cross-stitch style illustration of a decorated Christmas tree with ornament balls, a star topper, and wrapped gifts beneath it, printed in a computer-graphic aesthetic consistent with Technical Cachets' style. The text 'Happy Holidays' appears in bold black type at the bottom right of the cachet, with 'TECHNICAL' printed in the upper left corner. The stamp is a 29-cent USA 'Greetings' issue depicting a vintage red fire pumper wagon in red and gold tones. The postmark is a standard circular machine cancel from Kansas City, MO dated October 22, 1992, ZIP 64108, accompanied by a machine slogan reading 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE.'

(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)