Wildflowers of America: Stream Violet Convention Cover

This striking First Day Cover features a pixelated black-and-white wildflower cachet by Technical FDOI alongside the 29-cent Stream Violet stamp from the Fifty Wildflowers series. The cover was postmarked on July 24, 1992, in Columbus, Ohio during an A.F.D.C.S. convention, with a pictorial cancel depicting Columbus's Santa María sailing ship, cleverly tying the wildflower theme to the quincentenary celebration.

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Claude

The cachet features a black-and-white pixelated/stippled artwork depicting wildflowers, printed in a square frame on the left side of the envelope. Below the cachet is the text 'Wildflowers of America' in script and 'TECHNICAL•FDOI•9206' in block letters. The stamp in the upper right is a USA 29-cent 'Stream Violet' stamp from the Fifty Wildflowers series, showing a yellow five-petaled flower on a black background with green stem. The pictorial postmark features a sailing ship (likely Columbus's Santa María) and reads 'July 24, 1992 / Columbus / Ohio 43216 / A.F.D.C.S. Convention Station' with a large '92' incorporated into the cancel design.

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This First Day Cover features a black-and-white pixelated wildflower cachet on the left side, with the text 'Wildflowers of America' and 'TECHNICAL•FDOI•9206' below it. The stamp, positioned on the right, is the 29-cent 'Stream Violet' from the Fifty Wildflowers series, depicting a yellow violet flower with a green stem and leaves. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation with an image of the Santa María sailing ship, dated July 24, 1992, and includes the text 'Columbus, Ohio 43216' and 'A.F.D.C.S. Convention Station.' The envelope is in clean condition with no visible damage.

(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)