First Day Cover for the 1992 USA 29-cent Ruby-throated Hummingbird stamp (Scott #2642), canceled in Washington, DC on June 15, 1992. The cachet features two hand-colored rubber-stamped hummingbirds rendered in contrasting styles—one in vivid blue, red, and white with detailed wing feathers, and another in blue and green with crosshatch shading. The pictorial postmark includes an additional hummingbird in flight, complementing the stamp's depiction of a ruby-throated hummingbird perched near red flowers. Created by Technical Cachets.
Claude
The cachet features two hand-colored rubber-stamped hummingbirds: one in the upper left rendered in blue, red, and white with detailed wing feathers, and one in the lower left in blue and green tones with crosshatch shading. The postmark includes a pictorial cancellation of a hummingbird in flight with wavy cancellation lines. The stamp is the 1992 USA 29-cent Ruby-throated Hummingbird issue, depicting the bird perched near red flowers, with green border and the species name printed vertically.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a 1992 USA 29-cent Ruby-throated Hummingbird stamp (Scott #2642) with a detailed depiction of the bird perched near red flowers. The cachet artwork includes two hand-colored rubber-stamped hummingbirds in contrasting styles: one in vivid blue, red, and white with detailed wing feathers, and another in blue and green with crosshatch shading. The pictorial postmark includes an additional hummingbird in flight, complementing the stamp's design. 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.)
