Calliope Hummingbird 29¢ Booklet Stamp FDC
This First Day Cover features a striking line-drawn hummingbird cachet by Technical Cachets, capturing the delicate motion of the bird in flight. The cover celebrates the Scott #2643 Calliope Hummingbird stamp from the 1992 Hummingbirds booklet series, designed by Chuck Ripper and showing the bird perched near vibrant red columbine flowers. Machine-cancelled in Washington, DC on June 15, 1992, this is numbered cover #1 of a limited 10-cover set with detailed technical production information.
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The cachet features a line-drawn hummingbird in flight with stylized wavy lines suggesting motion, printed in black on white envelope. The cachet text provides detailed technical information about the stamp including designer (Chuck Ripper), printing process (photogravure), colors, booklet pane size, image area size, and plate number details, noting this is cover #1 of 10. The stamp is a USA 29-cent Calliope Hummingbird booklet stamp showing the bird perched near red columbine flowers, printed in photogravure. The machine cancellation reads 'June 15, 1992, Washington, DC 20066' with wavy lines.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)