Claude
The cachet features a blue line drawing of a young Charles Lindbergh as a boy looking skyward at a small airplane, labeled 'ODDITY' beneath, rendered in a single blue ink. The stamp is the USA 13c '50th Anniversary Solo Transatlantic Flight' issue depicting the Spirit of St. Louis aircraft against a sunset sky. The pictorial postmark shows an airplane flying a dashed route from Roosevelt Field to Paris, with cancellation reading 'LINDBERGH STATION BROOKFIELD IL. 60513 MAY 20 1977.' A quote from Charles A. Lindbergh about his fascination with flying since 1912 appears in the lower right.
Mistral
This First Day Cover commemorates the 50th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight. The cachet artwork, created by Oddity, features a blue-ink drawing of young Charles Lindbergh gazing upward at an airplane, symbolizing his early fascination with aviation. The stamp, Scott #1710, depicts the Spirit of St. Louis flying over the Atlantic with a sunset in the background. The pictorial postmark shows the flight route from Roosevelt Field to Paris, with the cancellation dated May 20, 1977, from Lindbergh Station in Brookfield, Illinois. The cover includes a quote from Lindbergh about his lifelong love for flying.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
