Claude
The cachet features pen-and-ink portrait illustrations of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden flanked by American flags in red, white, and blue, with a presidential eagle seal bearing 'Obama Biden' ribbons. Text arcs read 'Inauguration Day' above and 'January 20, 2009' below the portraits. The stamp is a USA 42-cent Flag stamp depicting the American flag against a blue sky with a partial moon. The pictorial cancellation includes a Capitol dome illustration and reads 'Inauguration Day Station, Chicago, Illinois 60607' dated January 20, 2009.
Mistral
This First Day Cover commemorates the inauguration of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden on January 20, 2009. The cachet features pen-and-ink artwork with dual portraits of Obama and Biden, surrounded by American flags and a presidential eagle seal with the names 'Obama' and 'Biden' inscribed. The stamp is a 42-cent USA flag design (Scott #4186). The postmark is a pictorial cancellation with an illustration of the Capitol dome, dated January 20, 2009, from Chicago, Illinois. Text on the cover includes 'Inauguration Day,' 'Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States,' and 'Joseph Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States.'
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
