Eagle and Shield 29¢ - Mission Viejo CA 'Date Meets Zip' Cancel
USA 29-cent Eagle and Shield definitive stamp (Scott #2431) featuring a brown bald eagle with spread wings on a patriotic shield, holding an olive branch. This unaddressed plain envelope bears both a circular hand cancel and a machine cancel inscribed 'Date Meets Zip 92692' from Mission Viejo, CA, dated September 26, 1992—a known postal event cancel type. Excellent condition with no cachet artwork.
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This is a plain white envelope with no cachet artwork on the left side. The stamp in the upper right corner is a USA 29-cent Eagle and Shield stamp featuring a brown bald eagle with spread wings perched on a shield with red, white, and blue stripes, holding an olive branch. The postmark is a circular hand cancel from Mission Viejo, CA 92692 dated September 26, 1992, accompanied by a machine cancel with wavy lines and the text 'Date Meets Zip 92692' and 'SEPT 26, 1992'. The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition.
This First Day Cover features a 29-cent USA definitive stamp with a brown bald eagle perched on a patriotic shield, holding an olive branch. The envelope has no cachet artwork. It bears two postmarks: a circular hand cancel and a machine cancel with the inscription 'Date Meets Zip 92692' from Mission Viejo, CA, dated September 26, 1992. The cover is in excellent condition with no visible damage.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)