Claude
The Artmaster cachet features a detailed sepia/brown illustration of a bald eagle with wings spread wide, perched atop an American shield bearing stars and stripes, with a ribbon banner reading 'E Pluribus Unum' above. The text 'Eagle & Shield Adhesive Stamp 1992' is printed below the artwork. The stamp in the upper right is a 29-cent USA Eagle and Shield definitive, depicting a colorful eagle clutching an olive branch, printed in full color. The machine cancellation reads 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' with a circular date stamp from Dayton, OH dated September 25, 1992, ZIP 45401.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a detailed sepia-toned cachet illustration of a bald eagle perched atop a striped shield with an 'E Pluribus Unum' banner, designed by Artmaster. The stamp depicts a colorful eagle clutching an olive branch in front of a shield, with 'USA 29' in the lower right. The postmark is a machine cancellation from Dayton, OH, dated September 25, 1992. The text 'Eagle & Shield Adhesive Stamp 1992' is printed below the cachet artwork, and 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' appears above the stamp and in the postmark.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
