Claude
The cachet features pen-and-ink portrait drawings of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden flanked by American flags in red, white, and blue, with a presidential eagle seal bearing both names. Text reads 'Inauguration Day / January 20, 2009 / Barack Obama 44th President of the United States / Joseph Biden 47th Vice President of the United States' in gold and blue lettering. The stamp is a USA 42-cent American Flag definitive showing the flag against a blue sky with a moon. The pictorial machine cancellation depicts the U.S. Capitol dome and reads 'Inauguration Day Station / Scranton, Pennsylvania 18505 / January 20, 2009.'
Mistral
This First Day Cover commemorates the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States and Joseph Biden as the 47th Vice President on January 20, 2009. The cachet features hand-drawn portraits of Obama and Biden flanked by red, white, and blue American flags and an eagle seal with a ribbon reading 'Obama-Biden.' The stamp is a 42-cent American Flag definitive issue, cancelled with a pictorial machine postmark depicting the U.S. Capitol dome and the text 'Inauguration Day Station.' The condition of the cover is pristine, with clear and legible details.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
