Plains Prickly Pear - Wildflowers of America Series
This First Day Cover features a 29-cent Plains Prickly Pear stamp from the 1992 Wildflowers of America series, with a striking digitized wildflower cachet by Technical on a dark background. The cover was canceled on July 24, 1992, at the Wildflowers Stamp Show in Columbus, Ohio, with an elegant oval pictorial cancellation depicting various wildflower illustrations. The combination of the botanical stamp and thematic cachet makes this a desirable cover for wildflower and botanical philately enthusiasts.
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The cachet features a pixelated/digitized black-and-white graphic of a wildflower plant on a dark background, with 'Wildflowers of America' printed below in italic script and 'TECHNICAL•FDOI•9206' beneath that. The stamp is a 29-cent USA 'Plains Prickly Pear' from the Wildflowers of America series, depicting an orange-yellow flower on a black background. The pictorial cancellation is oval-shaped with wildflower illustrations and reads 'Wildflowers Stamp Show' with the date July 24, 1992 and Columbus, Ohio 43206.
This First Day Cover features a vibrant 29-cent Plains Prickly Pear stamp from the 1992 Wildflowers of America series, showcasing a yellow prickly pear cactus flower with red accents. The cachet artwork by Technical includes a black and white digitized wildflower design on a dark background. The cover is canceled with an elegant oval pictorial postmark depicting various wildflowers, dated July 24, 1992, from Columbus, Ohio. The condition appears to be very fine, with clear and intact designs.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)