Claude
The cachet features bold brown text reading 'OKLAHOMA!' with an illustration of a cowboy on a galloping horse rendered in brown ink, referencing the Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway musical. The 29-cent stamp depicts two figures from the musical — a woman in a blue dress and a man in a pink shirt dancing together against a rural Oklahoma backdrop, with 'OKLAHOMA!' printed on the stamp as part of the Broadway Musicals series. The postmark is a circular machine cancel from Oklahoma City, OK dated March 30, 1993 with ZIP 73125. The envelope is in excellent condition with text noting 'A Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical' and 'TECHNICAL Cachets' along the bottom.
Mistral
The cachet features a brown ink illustration of a cowboy on a galloping horse with a lasso, alongside bold text 'OKLAHOMA!' in a Western-style font. The 29-cent stamp depicts a man and woman in period clothing dancing in front of a rural farmhouse, representing the musical's setting. The circular postmark reads 'OKLAHOMA CITY, OK' with the date 'MAR 30 1993.' Additional text includes 'R Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical,' 'TECHNICAL Cachets,' and 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE,' indicating the cover's commemorative purpose.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
