World Columbian Stamp Expo '92 Olympic Games Day
This First Day Cover features a 29-cent World Columbian Stamp Expo '92 commemorative stamp (Scott 2616) reproducing a classic colonial-era U.S. postage design. Applied on May 23, 1992, from Chicago, the pictorial cancellation displays a bald eagle head with Olympic rings and text referencing both the Stamp Expo and Olympic Games Day. The cover is unaddressed with no cachet artwork, showing the stamp's design as the primary focus.
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This cover has no cachet artwork on the left portion, leaving it plain white. The stamp is a 29-cent 'World Columbian Stamp Expo '92' commemorative showing a reproduction of a classic U.S. postage stamp design with colonial-era figures. The pictorial cancellation features a bald eagle head with Olympic rings above it, text reading 'USA,' 'WORLD COLUMBIAN STAMP EXPO '92,' and 'OLYMPIC GAMES DAY / MAY 23, 1992,' applied in black ink. The cover is unaddressed and in good condition with minor toning.
This First Day Cover features a 29-cent commemorative stamp (Scott 2616) celebrating the World Columbian Stamp Expo '92, with a classic colonial-era design depicting early settlers. The stamp is cancelled with a pictorial postmark showing a bald eagle head with Olympic rings, referencing both the Stamp Expo and Olympic Games Day. The cover has no cachet artwork, and the postmark text reads 'WORLD COLUMBIAN STAMP EXPO '92 * USA * OLYMPIC GAMES DAY * MAY 23, 1992'. The envelope is unaddressed and in clean condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)