Claude
The cachet features a black-and-white photographic portrait of Dorothy Parker alongside her birth and death years (1893-1967) and titles of three of her works: 'Enough Rope,' 'Laments for the Living,' and 'Here Lies.' The 29-cent stamp depicts a colorful illustrated portrait of Parker with a green background, labeled 'Dorothy Parker / American Writer 1893-1967.' The circular postmark is a standard hand-cancel from West End, NJ dated August 22, 1992, with ZIP code 07740. The cover is in excellent, clean condition with no visible damage.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a 1992 Dorothy Parker commemorative 29-cent stamp (Scott #2698) with a black-and-white cachet displaying Parker's portrait and three of her published works: 'Enough Rope,' 'Laments for the Living,' and 'Here Lies.' The stamp shows a color portrait of Parker with the text 'Dorothy Parker American Writer 1893-1967.' The postmark is a circular, machine-applied cancellation from West End, NJ, dated August 22, 1992. The cover is in excellent condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
