Claude
The cachet features a maroon/burgundy single-color illustration on white envelope depicting classic circus scenes including acrobats, elephants, horses, and a clown, with 'SHRINE CIRCUS' in bold text and smaller text listing 'Animals, Aerialists, Acrobats, Clowns' and '3-Ring Circus Million Dollar Production.' Two USA 29-cent Circus stamps are affixed as a pair with plate number selvage (P 2 2 2 2 2), showing a clown and a ringmaster/acrobat on a blue background with yellow spotlight. The postmark is a machine cancel from Washington, DC dated April 6, 1993, with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' bar cancel across the stamps.
Mistral
The cachet features classic circus imagery in maroon, including acrobats, elephants, horses, and a clown, with 'SHRINE CIRCUS' in bold white letters and a subtitle '3-Ring Circus Million Dollar Production.' The cover bears a pair of 29-cent Circus stamps (Scott 2750-2751) with a colorful design of clowns and performers, cancelled with a circular Washington, DC machine postmark dated April 6, 1993. The postmark is slightly smudged but legible, and the cover is in good condition with no visible damage.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
