California Poppy - AFDCS Convention 1992 Columbus Quincentenary
This First Day Cover features the 1992 29-cent California Poppy stamp from the Wildflowers of America series, with a striking black-and-white pixelated digital cachet by Technical FDOI. The cover was postmarked July 24, 1992, at the AFDCS Convention Station in Columbus, Ohio, using a pictorial cancellation depicting a Columbus-era sailing ship to commemorate the quincentenary of Columbus's voyage. A notable example of digital art cachet design from early 1990s stamp collecting conventions.
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The cachet features a black-and-white pixelated/digital art rendering of a wildflower plant against a dark background, with 'Wildflowers of America' printed in italic script below and 'TECHNICAL•FDOI•9206' beneath that. The stamp is a USA 29-cent California Poppy stamp showing a vibrant orange poppy with green foliage on a black background, part of the Wildflowers of America series. The postmark is a pictorial cancellation featuring a sailing ship (likely the Nina, Pinta, or Santa Maria referencing Columbus 1992 quincentenary), dated July 24, 1992, from Columbus, Ohio 43216, A.F.D.C.S. Convention Station.
This First Day Cover features a black-and-white pixelated digital artwork of a wildflower on the cachet, with a 29-cent California Poppy stamp from the Wildflowers of America series. The stamp is canceled with a July 24, 1992, pictorial postmark from Columbus, Ohio, depicting a sailing ship to commemorate the Columbus quincentenary. The envelope includes text identifying the cachet maker as 'Technical' and the event as the A.F.D.C.S. Convention Station.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)