Claude
The cachet artwork by RKA (Ralph Achgill) depicts a hand-painted scene in blue, brown, and white showing Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra aircraft flying over the Pacific Ocean, with a traditional Micronesian/Polynesian outrigger sailing canoe below with figures aboard. The bold red text 'WHERE IS AMELIA?' appears in the upper left. Three stamps are affixed: a pair of USA 25-cent stamps for the Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of the Marshall Islands (both showing national flags with traditional sailing vessels), and a vintage 8-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp depicting Amelia Earhart in red/carmine. The machine cancellation postmark reads Washington DC, September 28, 1990, ZIP 20066, with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' printed in black.
Mistral
The cachet features an evocative watercolor illustration of Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra airplane flying over the blue Pacific Ocean, with a traditional Micronesian outrigger canoe below. The bold red text asks, 'WHERE IS AMELIA?' The cover includes two 25¢ stamps from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, both depicting sailing vessels, and an 8¢ U.S. airmail stamp with a portrait of Amelia Earhart. The postmark is a circular machine cancellation from Washington, DC, dated September 28, 1990. The cover is in excellent condition with no visible damage.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
