Claude
Plain white envelope with no cachet artwork on the left side. The stamp is a Canadian 84-cent 'La Rencontre / Encounter' issue depicting a vintage map, an astrolabe, and navigational instruments against a teal/blue background, commemorating the 500th anniversary of Columbus's encounter with the Americas. The machine cancellation is a pictorial slogan cancel from Canada Post / Postes Canada featuring a miniature stamp image with a portrait (Columbus) and globe, along with the Canadian flag maple leaf design, reading 'World Columbian Stamp Expo '92' with date Chicago 1992 05 22.
Mistral
A First Day Cover bearing Canada's 'La Rencontre / Encounter' 84-cent commemorative stamp, issued to honor the 500th anniversary of Columbus's encounter with the Americas. The stamp depicts a vintage map, astrolabe, and navigational instruments in teal and blue tones. The cover features a World Columbian Stamp Expo '92 machine cancel from Chicago dated May 22, 1992. The envelope is plain and lacks a cachet, with the text 'Canada Post - Postes Canada' and 'CHICAGO 1992 05 22-21' visible.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
