Official first day cover with a strip of three 10¢ Eagle and Shield Bulk Rate coil stamps, issued December 13, 1991. The cachet features an engraving-style illustration of a bald eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch, paired with a patriotic shield bearing red and white stripes and a blue canton. Machine postmarked Kansas City, MO on the first day of issue.
Claude
The cachet artwork features a large brown engraving-style illustration of a bald eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch, with a patriotic shield bearing red and white stripes and a blue canton. The artwork is rendered in reddish-brown ink on cream stock. A strip of three undenominated (10¢) Bulk Rate coil stamps depicts a golden eagle perched atop a shield with stars and stripes, inscribed 'Bulk Rate USA' in red and blue. The circular machine postmark reads 'Kansas City, MO / DEC 13 1991 / 64108' with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slugline.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a strip of three 10¢ Eagle and Shield Bulk Rate coil stamps with a brown and multicolor design. The cachet artwork depicts an engraving-style bald eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch, accompanied by a patriotic shield with red and white stripes and a blue canton. The postmark is a machine cancellation from Kansas City, MO, dated December 13, 1991. The text on the cover includes 'Undenominated (10¢) Bulk Rate Coil' and 'First Day of Issue.'
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
