First Day Cover from May 29, 1992, celebrating Union Station's transition to a federal courthouse in Tacoma, Washington. The cachet features a detailed oval line-drawing of the station's distinctive domed roof and arched entrance, with decorative border text. Franked with a 29-cent USA Flag stamp (Scott #2522). Cover in good condition with slight yellowing and a crease on the lower left.
Claude
The cachet is an oval black ink design featuring a detailed line-drawing illustration of Union Station in Tacoma, Washington, with its distinctive domed roof and arched entrance. The oval border text reads 'UNION STATION BECOMES FEDERAL COURTHOUSE' at the top and 'COURTHOUSE STATION TACOMA, WA 98402' at the bottom, with 'MAY 29 1992' below the building illustration. The stamp is a 29-cent USA Flag stamp showing two American flags waving. The cover is in good condition with slight yellowing and a crease visible on the lower left.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a detailed oval cachet with a line-drawing of Union Station in Tacoma, highlighting its domed roof and arched entrance. The cachet text commemorates the station's transition to a federal courthouse on May 29, 1992. The cover is franked with a 29-cent USA Flag stamp (Scott #2522) and bears a pictorial cancellation with the time '17:43' and the text 'COURTHOUSE STATION TACOMA, WA 98402.' The cover is in good condition with slight yellowing and a minor crease on the lower left.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
