Claude
This is a postal card (not an envelope) featuring a pre-printed USA 19-cent Flag stamp in the upper right corner, depicting an American flag in red, white, and blue. The cachet area consists of a ink-drawn cartoon cow chewing hay or grass, rendered in black, spanning the upper portion of the card alongside horizontal lines. The pictorial machine cancel reads 'Magic Valley Dairy Day / June 20 1992 / Wendell ID 83355 / Special Station' in a circular format. The card is in excellent, unaddressed condition with a copyright mark '© USPS 1991' in the lower left.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a 19-cent USA Flag stamp (Scott 2609) with red and blue stripes and white stars. The postmark is a pictorial machine cancel from Magic Valley Dairy Day, dated June 20, 1992, in Wendell, ID. The cancel includes a whimsical illustration of a cow chewing hay. The cover is in excellent condition, with no visible damage or wear. The text 'MAGIC VALLEY DAIRY DAY', 'JUNE 20 1992', 'WENDELL ID. 83355', and 'SPECIAL STATION' is clearly visible in the postmark. There is no additional cachet artwork beyond the postmark design.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
