Claude
The cachet features a black-and-white portrait illustration of Marvin T. Runyon, styled to resemble a 29-cent USA stamp design, with the name 'MARVIN' on a banner and the USPS eagle logo below. The cover bears four stamps: a blue 8-cent United States Postal Service stamp depicting a stylized bird/eagle, and three 10-cent 'Official Mail USA' stamps showing the Great Seal eagle in blue. The cover includes extensive printed text discussing Runyon's tenure as Postmaster General and the USPS corporate rebranding ('new bird' logo). A machine cancellation reads 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' and the postmark is from Washington, DC, dated October 19, 1993.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a black-and-white portrait illustration of Postmaster General Marvin T. Runyon as the cachet, styled as a 29-cent stamp design. The cover includes four Official Mail USA stamps: one 8-cent USPS eagle design stamp and three 10-cent Official Mail stamps. The postmark is a circular cancellation from Washington, DC, dated October 19, 1993. The text describes Runyon's reorganization of the USPS and the introduction of a new corporate logo. The cover is in good condition with clear stamp and postmark visibility.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
