Claude
The cachet features portrait illustrations of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden flanked by American flags with red, white, and blue coloring, surrounding a presidential eagle emblem with 'Obama' and 'Biden' ribbons. Text reads 'Inauguration Day January 20, 2009' in gold arc above, and below identifies 'Barack Obama 44th President of the United States' and 'Joseph Biden 47th Vice President of the United States.' The stamp is a USA 42-cent American flag stamp showing the flag against a blue sky with a moon. The cancellation includes a circular Occidental College Los Angeles seal (dated 1887) paired with a rectangular slug reading 'Inauguration Day Station / January 20, 2009 / Los Angeles, CA 90041 / Alumnus Barack Obama.'
Mistral
This First Day Cover commemorates the inauguration of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden on January 20, 2009. The cachet features detailed portraits of Obama and Biden flanked by red, white, and blue American flags, with an eagle clutching an 'Obama Biden' shield at the center. The cover bears a 42-cent American flag stamp and a circular postmark from Occidental College in Los Angeles, honoring alumnus Barack Obama. The text on the cachet includes 'Inauguration Day,' the date 'January 20, 2009,' and the titles '44th President of the United States' and '47th Vice President of the United States.'
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
