Claude
The House of Farnam cachet features a detailed brown ink illustration of a nude woman riding a bald eagle in flight, holding a red letter or envelope aloft. The stamp is the 1981 'B' rate nondenominated eagle stamp in purple/violet, depicting a stylized eagle with 'B US Postage' text. The machine cancel reads 'San Francisco, CA / MAR 15 / 1981 / 94101' with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug. The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a detailed cachet artwork by the House of Farnam, depicting a nude woman riding a bald eagle while holding a red envelope. The stamp is a nondenominated B-rate eagle stamp (Scott #1820) in purple, with a machine cancellation from San Francisco, CA, dated March 15, 1981. The cover is in excellent condition, with crisp artwork and a clear postmark.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
