Claude
The cachet features a green two-tone illustration of a large circus big-top tent with a flag on top, wagons, trees, and figures in the foreground, printed on the left side of a white envelope. Below the cachet image is the text 'COMMEMORATING THE AMERICAN CIRCUS BICENTENNIAL' in black serif type, with 'LBSC' noted in the lower left corner indicating the cachet maker. The stamp used is the USA 29-cent Giant Panda from the 1992 Wild Animals series, depicting a panda bear against a yellow background eating bamboo. The pictorial cancellation features an elephant illustration and reads 'CIRCUS ANIMALS / LOBEX 3'92 STATION / OCT. 15 1992 / LONG BEACH, CA 90802' in a hand-stamp style.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a 29-cent Giant Panda stamp from the 1992 Wild Animals series, with a vivid green two-tone cachet depicting a circus big-top tent, wagons, and figures, commemorating the American Circus Bicentennial. The stamp is canceled with a pictorial postmark showing an elephant and the text 'CIRCUS ANIMALS,' dated October 15, 1992, in Long Beach, California. The cover is in excellent condition, with clear and legible text, including 'COMMEMORATING THE AMERICAN CIRCUS BICENTENNIAL' and the cachet maker's identifier 'LBSC.'
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
