This First Day Cover features a charming child's crayon-drawn Christmas interior scene created by Technical Cachets as a custom cachet, depicting a decorated tree with yellow star, fireplace, grandfather clock, window, and wrapped gifts. The cover is franked with the complete set of four 1992 Greetings stamps (Scott #2718-2721), each depicting classic antique toys: train, rocking horse, fire engine, and steamboat. The October 22, 1992 postmark from Kansas City, Missouri commemorates the first day of issue for this popular holiday-themed toy series.
Claude
The cachet features a child's crayon-drawn Christmas scene depicting a living room interior with a decorated green Christmas tree topped with a yellow star, wrapped gifts beneath it, a brick fireplace, a grandfather clock, and a window with a star visible outside. Four 29-cent USA 'Greetings' stamps are affixed, depicting antique toy trains, a horse on wheels, a fire engine, and a steamboat. The circular postmark reads 'Kansas City, MO / OCT 22 1992 / 64108' with a 'First Day of Issue' machine cancel across the stamps.
Mistral
The cachet artwork features a childlike crayon drawing of a cozy interior Christmas scene with a green tree decorated with a yellow star, a brick fireplace with stockings, a grandfather clock, a window with a star outside, and wrapped gifts. The set of four 29-cent stamps depicts classic antique toys: a rocking horse, train, fire engine, and steamboat, each in vibrant colors. The circular postmark reads 'KANSAS CITY, MO OCT 22 1992' and includes the ZIP code 64108. The text 'GREETINGS' and 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' is printed on the stamps, and 'FDOL.US' appears as a watermark in the bottom right corner.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
