This festive First Day Cover features a pixel-art style Christmas tree cachet by Technical Cachets, decorated with colorful ornaments and surrounded by wrapped gifts. The 29-cent stamp depicts a horse-drawn chariot toy, part of the 1992 Christmas classic toys series. The cover bears dual cancellations from North Pole, Alaska, including a pictorial Santa Claus cancel, making it a charming holiday keepsake postmarked directly from Santa's hometown on December 12, 1992.
Claude
The cachet features a black ink pixel-art style Christmas tree adorned with ornaments and topped with a star, surrounded by wrapped gift boxes at its base, with 'Happy Holidays' printed in bold black text at the bottom right. The stamp is a 29-cent USA depicting a horse-drawn chariot/toy with a rider, part of the 1992 Christmas classic toys series. The cover bears two cancellations: a circular date stamp reading 'North Pole, AK 99705, Dec 12, 1992' and a pictorial cancel showing Santa Claus with wavy lines and the printed slug 'SEASONS GREETINGS / GREETINGS / NORTH POLE AK 99705'. The word 'TECHNICAL' appears in the upper left corner identifying the cachet maker.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a black and white pixel-art style Christmas tree cachet with ornaments and wrapped gifts at the base, designed by Technical Cachets. The 29-cent stamp depicts a red horse and rider toy, part of the 1992 Christmas classic toys series. The cover has two postmarks: a circular cancellation with 'North Pole AK' and the date 'DEC 12 1992,' and a pictorial cancellation featuring Santa Claus and the globe with 'Season's Greetings' text. Additional printed text reads 'Happy Holidays' below the cachet.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
