Claude
The cachet features hand-drawn portrait illustrations of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden framed by American flags in red, white, and blue, with 'Inauguration Day' arched above in gold text and 'January 20, 2009' below. A small Obama campaign logo badge appears between the two figures, with 'Obama' and 'Biden' labels. Below the artwork, blue and black text identifies 'Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States' and 'Joseph Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States.' The stamp is a 42-cent American flag stamp (USA 42). The pictorial cancellation depicts the Presidential Seal with an eagle and reads 'Presidential Inauguration / January 20, 2009 / Washington DC 20066 / 2009 Station.'
Mistral
This First Day Cover commemorates the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States and Joseph Biden as the 47th Vice President. The cachet features hand-drawn portraits of Obama and Biden in black and white, flanked by colorful American flags, with the words 'Inauguration Day' and the date 'January 20, 2009' in gold. The stamp is a 42-cent American flag design, and the postmark is a pictorial cancellation with the presidential seal, dated January 20, 2009, from Washington, DC. The cover is in excellent condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
