Claude
The cachet features a pictorial cancel/cachet design depicting a sailing ship (Columbus's vessel) overlaid on a map of North America, printed in blue ink. The text commemorates the Quincentenary of the Discovery of the New World. The stamp is the 29-cent World Columbian Stamp Expo '92 issue (Scott #2616), showing a detail of the U.S. 1869 stamp depicting explorers. The cancellation is a pictorial hand stamp from the Springpex '92 Station in Springfield, VA, dated March 21, 1992.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a detailed cachet artwork depicting Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, sailing over a map of North America. The stamp, Scott #2616, commemorates the 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyage and shows a scene of Columbus and his crew. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation with text and a compass illustration, reading 'Springpex '92 Station' and 'Commemorating the Quincentenary of the Discovery of the New World.' The cover is in good condition with clear, legible text and artwork.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
