World Columbian Stamp Expo Space Day
ArtCraft cachet featuring a blue illustration of Columbus's sailing ships (including the Santa Maria) with a globe and portrait vignette, commemorating the 1992 World Columbian Stamp Expo Space Day. The cover bears a 29-cent Space Shuttle Endeavour stamp and a Columbian Exposition stamp, with a pictorial space shuttle cancellation dated May 29, 1992 from Chicago, IL, merging two significant historical themes.
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The ArtCraft cachet features a blue illustration of Columbus's sailing ships (including the Santa Maria) on the left, with a globe and portrait vignette below, and 'Space Day' in elegant script alongside official cachet text for World Columbian Stamp Expo '92. Two stamps are affixed: a 29-cent US stamp (orange/yellow, likely the Space Shuttle Endeavour stamp) and what appears to be a Columbian-themed stamp showing Columbus's landing. The pictorial cancellation depicts a space shuttle within a stamp-shaped frame and reads 'WORLD COLUMBIAN STAMP EXPO '92 / SPACE DAY / MAY 29, 1992' with Chicago ZIP 60607.
This First Day Cover features a detailed blue cachet illustration of Christopher Columbus's sailing ships, including the Santa Maria, on the left side. The cachet also includes a globe and a portrait vignette of Columbus. The cover bears a 29-cent stamp depicting the Space Shuttle Endeavour and a smaller Columbian Exposition stamp. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation with a space shuttle design, dated May 29, 1992, from Chicago, IL. The text 'Space Day' and 'World Columbian Stamp Expo '92' are prominently displayed on the cachet and postmark, respectively. The cover is in good condition with clear, legible details.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)