Claude
Hand-drawn cachet by RKA (Ralph Achgill) featuring three illustrated vignettes: a blue rendering of the first US Post Office 5-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp labeled 'First Stamp,' a 'Peace on Earth' Christmas dove stamp labeled 'First Self-Sticking Stamp,' and a 25-cent USA flag ATM stamp labeled 'First Plastic ATM Stamp.' The cover bears two affixed stamps: a reproduction of the 5-cent Franklin stamp and a 25-cent USA flag stamp, alongside a precanceled 10-cent Christmas 'Peace on Earth' stamp. The postmark is a standard circular date stamp from Seattle, WA dated May 18, 1990, zip 98109.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a hand-drawn cachet by Ralph Achgill (RKA) celebrating three postal milestones: the first U.S. postage stamp (5-cent Benjamin Franklin), the first self-adhesive Christmas stamp (Peace on Earth dove), and the first plastic ATM stamp (25-cent USA flag). The cachet includes detailed illustrations of these stamps in vibrant multicolor, with text labels identifying each. The cover bears an actual 10-cent Christmas stamp with a 'Peace on Earth' theme, precanceled, and a circular postmark from Seattle, WA, dated May 18, 1990. The postmark is legible but faint. The envelope is in excellent condition with no visible damage.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
