World Columbian Stamp Expo '92 Chicago — Singapore Bird's Nest Fern

This First Day Cover celebrates the 1992 World Columbian Stamp Expo held in Chicago (May 22-31), with a handsome cachet featuring Christopher Columbus in profile, a globe grid, and Singapore's iconic Merlion symbol. The cover bears a 75-cent Singapore definitive stamp depicting the Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus) and is postmarked May 24, 1992, with a pictorial cancel commemorating Postal Administration Day, showing hands exchanging mail over a globe. An excellent example in clean condition.

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Claude

This First Day Cover features a cachet on the left with a rectangular illustrated design depicting Christopher Columbus in profile, a globe grid, and a Merlion head (Singapore's iconic symbol), with text reading 'World Columbian Stamp Expo '92' and 'Chicago • May 22-31 • Singapore.' The stamp at upper right is a Singapore 75-cent definitive depicting a Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus) on a teal background, with a separate Singapore Merlion lion-head design visible at far right. There are two cancellations: a pictorial cancel on the stamp reading 'Postal Administration Day / Singapore • 24 May 1992' showing hands exchanging mail over a globe, and the cachet cancel repeating the Expo imagery. The cover is in excellent, clean condition.

Mistral

This First Day Cover features a black-and-white cachet commemorating the World Columbian Stamp Expo '92 in Chicago, with a profile of Christopher Columbus, a globe, and Singapore's Merlion symbol. The stamp is a 75-cent Singapore definitive depicting the Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus) in green and blue tones, alongside a map of Singapore. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation for Postal Administration Day, showing hands exchanging mail over a globe, dated May 24, 1992. The cover is in clean condition with no visible damage.

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