Claude
The cachet features a black-and-white pixelated/digital-style illustration of a decorated Christmas tree with ornaments, a star topper, and wrapped gifts beneath it, printed in a single color (black). The word 'TECHNICAL' appears in the upper left and 'Happy Holidays' is printed in bold at the bottom. The stamp is the 1992 29-cent Christmas issue depicting Bellini's c.1490 Madonna and Child from the National Gallery, printed in rich reds, blues, and dark tones. The circular machine postmark reads 'Washington, DC / Oct 22 / 1992 / 20066' with a standard 'First Day of Issue' slug cancellation.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
