Claude
The cachet features a black engraved illustration of a formal garden scene with figures tending plants near a fence and trees, rendered in a detailed crosshatch style. The text 'Garden Clubs of America' appears in bold typography below the artwork, accompanied by descriptive text honoring Liberty Hyde Bailey and the history of garden and horticultural clubs. The stamp is a 3-cent green U.S. Postage stamp depicting a classical female figure carrying a basket, inscribed 'Gardening Horticulture.' Two cancellations appear: a pictorial cancel featuring the Liberty Hyde Bailey Horticultural Cornell University seal, and a machine cancel reading 'Ithaca, MAR 15, 9-AM, 1958, N.Y.' with 'First Day of Issue' slug.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a detailed cachet with an engraved illustration of a formal garden scene, including figures tending to plants and trees, commemorating Liberty Hyde Bailey and garden clubs. The stamp, Scott #1100, is a 3-cent green stamp depicting a classical female figure holding a garden basket, symbolizing horticulture. The cover includes a pictorial cancellation featuring a Liberty Hyde Bailey/Cornell University seal and a machine cancellation with the date and location. The text on the cachet honors Liberty Hyde Bailey and the garden and horticultural clubs of America.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
