Claude
The cachet features a hand-drawn reproduction of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin EXTRA newspaper front page with the headline 'JAPANESE AT MIDWAY SMASHED,' along with subheadings about enemy damage and U.S. injuries. Below the artwork is printed text describing the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942, and the title 'Midway: Turning point in Pacific naval war.' The stamp depicts B-25s taking off to raid Tokyo on April 18, 1942, denominated 29 cents USA. The postmark is a hand cancel from Indianapolis, IN dated August 17, 1992.
Mistral
This First Day Cover commemorates the Battle of Midway with a detailed cachet depicting a Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper extra headline 'Japanese at Midway Smashed.' The cachet includes a map of the Midway Islands area and a mock newspaper article detailing the victory. The 29-cent stamp features a B-25 Mitchell bomber in flight with the text 'B-25s take off to raid Tokyo April 18, 1942.' The cover is hand-canceled with a circular postmark from Indianapolis, IN, dated August 17, 1992. The cover is in excellent condition with clear, legible text and artwork.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
