Claude
The cachet features a black ink illustration of the Chicago Northwestern Railway Depot building, showing a stone or brick structure with railroad tracks in the foreground. The stamp is a 29-cent USA issue depicting Mount Rushmore with an American flag, in brown and red tones. The postmark is a pictorial machine cancel reading 'VAIL, IOWA / 51465 / STATION / 1867 - 1992 / Quasquicentennial / JUL 10 1992'. The cover is unaddressed and in good condition.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a black ink cachet illustration of the Chicago Northwestern Railway Depot, commemorating Vail, Iowa's quasquicentennial (1867-1992). The cover includes a 29-cent Mount Rushmore and American flag stamp (Scott #2523), cancelled with a pictorial machine postmark on July 10, 1992. The postmark includes text celebrating the anniversary, and the envelope text reads 'Vail, Iowa 51465 Station 1867-1992 Quasquicentennial Jul 10 1992'. The cover is in good condition, with clear and legible details.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
