Claude
The cachet features a black-and-white oval portrait illustration of Marianne Moore with the caption 'Marianne Moore (1887-1972) Pulitzer Prize, 1952' printed below. The 25-cent USA stamp depicts Moore in a blue-toned portrait with her hands clasped near her face, inscribed 'Marianne Moore / American Poet 1887-1972.' The circular hand cancellation reads 'Brooklyn, NY / APR 18 / 1990 / 11201' with a machine-printed 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug. The cover is in clean, unaddressed condition.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a 25-cent commemorative stamp honoring Marianne Moore, issued on April 18, 1990. The stamp depicts a color portrait of Moore with the text 'Marianne Moore' and 'American Poet 1887-1972'. The cachet, designed by Shannon, includes a black-and-white oval portrait of Moore with her biographical dates (1887–1972) and a note about her Pulitzer Prize in 1952. The postmark is a circular machine cancellation from Brooklyn, NY, dated April 18, 1990, with a legible ZIP code of 11201. The cover is clean and well-preserved, with no visible damage.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
