Claude
The Artcraft cachet features black-and-white engravings of four historic American landmarks: Cable Car San Francisco 1873, Charles W. Morgan Whaling Ship 1841, San Xavier Del Bac Mission Tucson Arizona 1797, and Decatur House Washington D.C. 1819, with 'Historic Preservation Series - 1971' text. The cover bears a block of four 8-cent U.S. stamps in amber/ochre tones depicting the same subjects: Decatur House, Charles W. Morgan, San Francisco Cable Car, and San Xavier Del Bac Mission. The postmark is a machine cancellation from San Diego, CA dated October 29, 1971, with a 'HISTORIC PRESERVATION FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' commemorative cancel in blue. The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition.
Mistral
This First Day Cover (FDC) features a black-and-white cachet with detailed engravings of four historic landmarks and artifacts: a San Francisco Cable Car (1873), the Charles W. Morgan Whaling Ship (1841), the San Xavier del Bac Mission in Tucson (1797), and the Decatur House in Washington, D.C. (1819). The cachet is elegant and intricate, with a title 'Historic Preservation Series - 1971' at the bottom. The cover includes a se-tenant block of four 8-cent stamps, each depicting one of the landmarks in orange-brown tones. The postmark is a circular, pictorial cancellation with the text 'HISTORIC PRESERVATION FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' and the date October 29, 1971, from San Diego, CA. The cover is in excellent condition with no visible damage.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
