Claude
The cachet features a pixelated/dot-matrix style black and white illustration of a wildflower plant on a dark background, with the text 'Wildflowers of America' in italic script below, and 'TECHNICAL•FDOI•9206' indicating the cachet maker and catalog number. The stamp is a USA 29-cent 'Red Maids' stamp from the Wildflowers of America series, depicting pink-red flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on a black background. The machine cancellation reads 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' with a circular date stamp from Columbus, OH dated July 24, 1992, ZIP 43216. Additional printed text on the cover advertises a 64-page Wildflowers Album featuring 50 mint stamps.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a black and white pixelated/dot-matrix style cachet of a wildflower, designed by Technical FDOI (catalog #9206). The stamp is a 29-cent issue depicting bright pink 'Red Maids' wildflowers with green foliage, part of the 1992 Wildflowers of America series. The postmark is a circular machine cancellation from Columbus, OH, dated July 24, 1992. Additional text promotes a 64-page Wildflowers Album with 50 mint stamps, and the envelope is in excellent condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
