Claude
The cachet features a detailed green ink portrait of Thomas H. Gallaudet, the pioneering educator of the deaf, rendered in a sketch style by Tudor House (signed '83). The lower portion displays a row of American Sign Language hand signs in red ink, spelling out a message, with the dates '1787-1851' printed in green at the lower right. The stamp is a 20-cent USA issue depicting Thomas H. Gallaudet, tied by a machine cancel from West Hartford, CT dated June 10, 1983, with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug. The cover is in excellent condition with vivid two-color artwork.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a green portrait sketch of Thomas H. Gallaudet on the left, with red hand illustrations spelling his name in American Sign Language (ASL) below. The 20-cent stamp depicts a portrait of Gallaudet with the text 'Thomas H. Gallaudet' and 'USA 20c'. The circular postmark reads 'West Hartford CT, Jun 10, 1983', indicating the first day of issue. The text 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' is printed to the right of the stamp. The cover is in excellent condition with clear artwork and postmark.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
