USPS First Day Cover for the XVI Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, France, featuring Scott #2611, a 29-cent stamp depicting an ice hockey player in a red, yellow, and purple striped uniform against a teal rink background with Olympic rings. The cover bears a triangular pictorial cancellation from Albertville, France dated February 9, 1992, showing a silhouetted hockey player. This is a plain white envelope with no cachet artwork.
Claude
This FDC features a 29-cent USA stamp depicting an ice hockey player in colorful red, yellow, and purple striped uniform in action pose against a teal rink background, with the Olympic rings visible on the stamp. The selvage area to the left of the stamp contains printed text announcing the XVI Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, France, Feb. 8-25, 1992. The triangular pictorial cancellation shows a silhouetted hockey player and reads 'Olympic Winter Games / U.S. Postal Service / Feb 9 / 1992 / Albertville France.' The envelope is plain white with no cachet artwork, unaddressed, and in good condition with minor toning.
Mistral
This First Day Cover commemorates the XVI Olympic Winter Games held in Albertville, France, in 1992. The stamp features a dynamic illustration of an ice hockey player in a red, yellow, and purple striped uniform on a teal ice rink, with the Olympic rings visible. The postmark is a triangular pictorial cancellation with a silhouetted hockey player and the text 'Olympic Winter Games Albertville France 1992.' The envelope is plain white with no cachet artwork. The cover is in excellent condition with clear and legible text.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
