Claude
The cachet features a blue ink illustration of a male singer holding a microphone, rendered in an expressive, sketchy style on white textured envelope stock. Handwritten text in blue reads 'Rock and Roll & Rhythm and Blues Musicians' below the image, with 'TECHNICAL Cachets' printed at the bottom left. The 29-cent USA stamp depicts Otis Redding singing into a microphone against a purple background, identified by name on the stamp. The pictorial cancellation reads 'ROCK & ROLL RHYTHM & BLUES' in a circular design dated JUN 16 1993, with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE CELEBRATIONS' slogan cancel showing two cities and a guitar illustration.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a 29-cent stamp commemorating Otis Redding, part of the 1993 Rock & Roll and Rhythm & Blues Musicians series. The cachet, designed by Technical Cachets, includes a blue-ink illustration of a male singer holding a microphone. The pictorial postmark from Cleveland, Ohio, dated June 16, 1993, includes a guitar motif and the slogan 'First Day of Issue Celebrations.' The envelope is in good condition with clear, legible text and artwork.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
