Claude
The Artcraft cachet features four black-and-white illustrations representing the Historic Preservation Series of 1971: a San Francisco cable car (1873), the Charles W. Morgan whaling ship (1841), San Xavier Del Bac Mission in Tucson, Arizona (1797), and Decatur House in Washington, D.C. (1819). The stamp is an 8-cent golden-orange Historic Preservation issue depicting San Xavier Del Bac Mission. The postmark is a standard machine cancel from Tucson, Arizona, dated October 29, 1971, with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' text visible in the cachet area. The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a cachet with black-and-white illustrations of four historic American sites and artifacts: the San Xavier Del Bac Mission (Tucson, Arizona, 1797), the Charles W. Morgan whaling ship (1841), a San Francisco cable car (1873), and the Decatur House (Washington, D.C., 1819). The stamp, located in the upper right corner, depicts the San Xavier Del Bac Mission with an 8-cent denomination and the text 'Historic Preservation.' The postmark is a machine cancel dated October 23, 1971, from Tucson, Arizona. The cover is in excellent condition and is unaddressed.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
