Claude
The cachet features a boldly printed rooster in red/brown and green ink, rendered in a woodblock or linocut style. Chinese characters (岁次癸酉 首日封) appear in red below the rooster alongside the English text 'THE "YEAR OF ROOSTER" FIRST DAY COVER' and 'HONG KONG STAMP SOCIETY P.O.BOX 206, GLENSIDE, PA 19038, U.S.A.' The stamp is a 29-cent US commemorative featuring a stylized rooster in red and yellow on a red background with 'HAPPY NEW YEAR!' text. The postmark is a standard machine cancel from San Francisco, CA dated December 30, 1992, with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a bold woodblock-style illustration of a rooster in red/brown and green on the cachet. The stamp is a 1992 US 29-cent commemorative for the Year of the Rooster, with a red and yellow rooster design and the text 'Happy New Year' in English and Chinese. The cover is postmarked with a circular 'San Francisco, CA' cancel dated December 30, 1992, and includes a 'First Day of Issue' inscription. The cover is in excellent condition with clear printing and no visible damage.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
