This First Day Cover features the 1992 USA 29-cent Olympic Baseball stamp (Scott #2619) depicting a sliding player with Olympic rings. The cover displays striking black silhouette cachet artwork of a baseball batter and catcher in ready positions. Postmarked April 11, 1992, from Opening Day Station in Rockford, IL, it includes a special slogan cancel featuring crossed baseball bats and referencing the Clinton LumberKings vs. Rockford Expos Minor League Baseball game.
Claude
The cachet features black silhouette artwork of a baseball batter and catcher in ready positions. The stamp is the 1992 USA 29-cent Olympic Baseball stamp showing a sliding player, with the Olympic rings visible. The cancellation is a circular hand stamp reading 'Opening Day Sta., Rockford IL 61104' dated April 11, 1992, accompanied by a printed slogan cancel reading 'Clinton vs. Rockford' with crossed baseball bats graphic. The cover is in excellent condition with clean white envelope.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a vivid black silhouette cachet artwork of a baseball batter and catcher in action. The stamp is a 1992 USA 29-cent Olympic Baseball issue (Scott #2619) with a colorful design of a sliding player and Olympic rings. The cover is postmarked with a circular handstamp reading 'OPENING DAY STA. ROCKFORD IL 61104 APR 11 1992' and includes a special slogan cancellation with crossed baseball bats and the text 'CLINTON vs. ROCKFORD.' The cover is in excellent condition with clear, legible markings.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
