Taiwan Tin Can Telephone Stamp – World Columbian Stamp Expo Chicago 1992

Republic of China (Taiwan) $5 stamp depicting children playing with tin can telephone/stilts and a goose, issued for the 1992 World Columbian Stamp Expo. First day cover with a distinctive triangular magenta pictorial cancellation featuring a Columbus portrait and commemorative Chinese text, postmarked May 22, 1992 in Chicago. The cover has a plain white left side with no printed cachet.

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Claude

This cover features no printed cachet artwork on the left side, leaving it plain white. The stamp in the upper right depicts two children playing with tin cans and string (a telephone toy), with a goose nearby, set within a circular vignette — a Republic of China (Taiwan) stamp valued at $5.00 with Chinese characters reading '罐鐵踩' (tin can stilts/telephone). The triangular magenta/pink pictorial cancellation reads 'World Columbian Stamp Expo, May 22-31, Chicago' with a profile portrait (likely Columbus) at center, and a line of Chinese text below commemorating ROC postal participation in the 1992 Chicago World Stamp Expo.

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This First Day Cover features a Republic of China (Taiwan) $5 stamp depicting two children playing with a tin can telephone and stilts, accompanied by a goose. The stamp is canceled with a distinctive magenta triangular pictorial postmark featuring a portrait of Christopher Columbus and commemorative text in both English and Chinese. The postmark is clearly legible and includes the date 'May 22–31, 1992' and the location 'Chicago.' The envelope itself is plain white with no additional cachet artwork or design.

(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)