Costa's Hummingbird 29¢ Booklet Stamp, Series #8 of 10
This First Day Cover features a minimalist line drawing cachet of a hummingbird in flight, created by Technical Cachets. The 29-cent Costa's Hummingbird booklet stamp showcases the distinctive purple-and-white bird feeding at red flowers, commemorated with a machine cancellation dated June 15, 1992, from Washington, DC. This cover represents the eighth issue in a ten-part technical cachet series celebrating the 1992 Hummingbird stamp series.
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The cachet features a simple line drawing of a hummingbird in flight with stylized wavy lines suggesting motion, printed in black on white. The left portion of the cover contains detailed technical information about the stamp issue in typewritten text, identifying this as cover #8 of 10 in a series. The stamp is the 29-cent Costa's Hummingbird booklet stamp, showing a purple-and-white hummingbird feeding at red tubular flowers, printed in photogravure. The machine cancellation reads 'First Day of Issue, June 15, 1992, Washington, DC 20066.'
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)