Claude
The cachet features a full-color photographic image of a Bengal tiger resting on grass, looking directly at the viewer, set against a natural woodland background. The stamp (25 paise) depicts a Swamp Deer (Barasingha) reclining against a dark green background, with the deer's prominent antlers clearly visible. The pictorial cancellation includes a tiger face illustration with the text 'INDIAN WILDLIFE' surrounding it, cancelled at New Delhi on 1-10-76. Text on the cover reads 'प्रथम दिवस आवरण FIRST DAY COVER' at top and 'भारतीय वन्य जीव INDIAN WILD LIFE' at bottom left.
Mistral
The cachet artwork features a detailed illustration of a Bengal tiger resting in a grassy woodland setting, rendered in shades of orange, black, and brown. The stamp depicts a Swamp Deer (Barasingha) with distinctive antlers in a green forest background, labeled 'Wildlife: Swamp Deer' and valued at 25 paise. The postmark is a circular pictorial cancellation with a tiger face design, including bilingual Hindi-English text and the date '1-10-76'. The envelope text includes 'INDIAN WILD LIFE' in both Hindi and English, and 'FIRST DAY COVER' is printed at the top.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
