Claude
The cachet features a bold black-and-white hand-drawn illustration of a smiling clown face wearing a small bowler hat with a feather, with classic clown makeup including a large round nose and exaggerated grin. The text 'First Day of Issue' appears in the upper left and 'THE CIRCUS...' is printed at the bottom. The stamp is a 5-cent United States 'Circus' issue depicting a colorful clown face in red, blue, and white. The machine cancellation reads 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' with a circular date stamp from Delavan, WI dated May 2, 1966, with ZIP code 53115. The cover is in excellent condition with a tab/selvage attached to the right of the stamp.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a 5-cent U.S. stamp depicting a colorful clown face with red hair and makeup, labeled 'CIRCUS.' The cachet artwork on the left side showcases a black-and-white hand-drawn illustration of a clown with exaggerated features, including a bowler hat, large eyes, and a wide smile. The postmark is a circular machine cancel from Delavan, Wisconsin, dated May 2, 1966. The text 'First Day of Issue' is printed in black above the cachet and on the stamp. The cover is in excellent condition with selvage attached.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
