Claude
The cachet features a simple line drawing of a hummingbird in flight, rendered in black outline on white envelope stock, positioned center-left with flowing lines suggesting motion. The stamp is the 29-cent Broad-billed Hummingbird from the 1992 Hummingbird Booklet series, showing a colorful green and blue hummingbird feeding from red tubular flowers, printed by photogravure. The machine cancellation reads 'June 15, 1992 / Washington, DC 20066' with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' text. The cachet area contains extensive technical printing information including designer name (Chuck Ripper), colors, booklet pane dimensions, plate number details, and notes this is cover #4 of 10.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
