Claude
The cachet features a black ink illustration of a giant panda eating bamboo, with 'Wild Animals' written in cursive script and 'TECHNICAL' printed below the panda artwork. The stamp is a USA 29-cent issue depicting a close-up photographic image of a giraffe's head and neck against a blue background, labeled 'Giraffe.' The pictorial cancellation shows outline drawings of a giraffe, panda, and flamingo with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / Oct. 1, 1992 / New Orleans, LA 70113' text.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a 29¢ stamp depicting a giraffe in shades of brown and orange against a blue background, part of the 1992 Wild Animals series. The cachet artwork, designed by Technical Cachets, shows a black-and-white illustration of a panda sitting and eating bamboo. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation with illustrations of a giraffe, panda, and flamingo, dated October 1, 1992, from New Orleans, Louisiana. The cover is in excellent condition with clear and vivid artwork and text.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
