Ruby-throated Hummingbird 29¢ Stamp FDC

This First Day Cover features a elegant line-drawn hummingbird cachet with decorative wave flourishes, accompanied by Technical Cachets' detailed technical specifications of the stamp. The cover honors the 1992 Ruby-throated Hummingbird booklet stamp designed by Chuck Ripper, which depicts the vibrant bird amid red flowers. Machine cancelled on June 15, 1992 from Washington, DC, this is cover #5 from a 10-cover series.

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The cachet features a line-drawn hummingbird in flight rendered in simple black outline style on the left side, with flowing decorative wave lines extending to the right. Extensive printed text details the stamp's technical specifications including designer Chuck Ripper, photogravure printing process, colors, and booklet pane dimensions. The stamp depicts a Ruby-throated Hummingbird in full color with red flowers, denominated 29 cents USA. The postmark is a machine cancellation dated June 15, 1992 from Washington, DC 20066.

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