Claude
This First Day Cover features a brown/rust-colored cachet depicting Ellis Island and New York City Harbor, with the famous Emma Lazarus poem ('Give me your tired, your poor...') printed in the upper left alongside a small Statue of Liberty vignette. The stamp is a USA 22-cent Liberty stamp (blue, depicting the Statue of Liberty, inscribed 'Liberty 1886-1986'). The pictorial cancellation from 'Statue of Liberty Station, Liberty Island NY 10004' shows the Statue of Liberty holding her torch, with machine cancel text reading '100th Anniversary 1886-1986 Centennial Celebration Jul 4 1986'. The cover is labeled 'Official First Day Cover' and 'Ellis Island New York City Harbor' at the bottom.
Mistral
This First Day Cover celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty (1886-1986). The cachet features a detailed brown illustration of Ellis Island and New York Harbor, with the famous Emma Lazarus poem 'The New Colossus' printed beside an image of the Statue of Liberty's face. The stamp is a 22-cent blue denomination with an image of the Statue of Liberty, and the postmark is a pictorial machine cancellation from Liberty Island, dated July 4, 1986, depicting the statue holding her torch with centennial celebration text. The cover is in excellent condition, with clear and vibrant artwork and legible text.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
