Claude
The cachet features a blue-toned black and white photograph of Elvis Presley performing on stage, holding a microphone, wearing a leather jacket. The right side of the cachet shows a line-drawn illustration of Graceland's famous music note gates and brick wall entrance. The 29-cent Elvis stamp (pink/magenta background) depicts young Elvis with a guitar and microphone. The printed text below reads 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / January 8, 1993 • Memphis, TN 38101' and 'ELVIS "the King"'.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a black-and-white photograph of Elvis Presley performing with a microphone in his iconic leather jacket as the cachet artwork. The stamp displays a colorful portrait of Elvis in a yellow jacket, holding a guitar, with 'ELVIS' and 'ROCK & ROLL SINGER, 1956-1977' inscribed. The postmark includes the text 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' and the date 'January 8, 1993,' along with a pictorial cancellation depicting musical notes. Additional text on the cover reads 'ELVIS "the King"' in bold letters.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
