Bird's Nest Fern – World Columbian Stamp Expo '92
This Singapore cover features a 75-cent Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus) stamp issued for the World Columbian Stamp Expo '92 in Chicago. It bears two striking cancellations: a pictorial Postal Administration Day cancel from Singapore dated May 24, 1992, showing a globe with mail items, and a commemorative expo handstamp featuring a portrait bust, globe, and lion's head. The cover has a plain white left panel with no cachet artwork.
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This First Day Cover features no cachet artwork on the left panel, leaving it plain white. The stamp depicts a Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus), a green tropical plant on a blue background, issued by Singapore at 75 cents. Two cancellations appear: a pictorial cancel showing a globe with mail items and reading 'Postal Administration Day, Singapore, 24 May 1992,' and a commemorative rubber stamp cachet for the 'World Columbian Stamp Expo '92' featuring a portrait bust, a globe, and a lion's head motif, with text 'Chicago • May 22-31 • Singapore.'
This First Day Cover features a 75-cent stamp depicting a Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus) in green and yellow tones, with a map of Singapore in the background. The envelope lacks cachet artwork on the left side but includes two distinct postmarks: a circular pictorial cancellation for Postal Administration Day, Singapore, dated May 24, 1992, featuring a globe with mail items, and a rectangular black handstamp commemorating the 'World Columbian Stamp Expo '92' in Chicago, May 22-31, with a portrait bust, globe, and lion's head. The cover is in clean, pristine condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)