Claude
The cachet features a detailed purple ink illustration of the 1911 Marmon Wasp Racing Car (number 32) with text identifying it as the 'First Indianapolis Winner.' Two coil stamps depicting the Racing Car 1911 at 17.5 cents face value are affixed in the upper right. The machine cancellation reads 'First Day of Issue' with a circular hand stamp from Indianapolis, IN dated September 25, 1987. The cover is in excellent condition with clean white envelope.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a detailed purple ink illustration of the 1911 Marmon Wasp racing car, identified as the 'First Indianapolis Winner,' on the cachet. The cover includes two 17.5-cent coil stamps depicting the same car with the text 'Racing Car 1911' and 'USA.' The circular postmark is clearly legible and reads 'Indianapolis, IN, Sep 25, 1987,' with a four-bar killercancel and the ZIP code '46206.' The envelope is in excellent condition with clean presentation.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
