Claude
The cachet features a detailed black line-art Christmas tree decorated with ornaments and topped with a star, with wrapped gifts beneath it, created in a cross-hatch/pixel art style. The text 'TECHNICAL' appears in the upper left and 'Happy Holidays' in bold black at the bottom. The stamp area consists of a plate block of four 29-cent USA 'Greetings' stamps depicting antique toy vehicles: a locomotive, a horse-drawn rider on wheels, a riverboat/steamship, and a horse-drawn fire engine, all in bright colors. The postmark is a circular hand-applied cancel from Kansas City, MO dated October 22, 1992, with ZIP 64108, and includes a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' machine cancel across the stamps. Plate number P44444 is visible on the selvage.
Mistral
The cachet artwork features a black-and-white cross-hatch design of a Christmas tree with decorative ornaments, a star at the top, and wrapped gifts at the base. Below the tree, the text 'Happy Holidays' is printed in a pixelated font. The stamp block includes four 29-cent stamps depicting antique toys: a colorful locomotive, a horse weathervane toy, a riverboat, and a fire engine. The postmark is a circular black hand-applied cancel from Kansas City, MO, dated October 22, 1992, with a 'First Day of Issue' machine cancel and plate number P44444 visible on the selvage. The cover is in excellent condition with clear, intact artwork and postmark.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
