Claude
The cachet features a blue line-art illustration of a female singer performing into a microphone, printed on textured white envelope stock. Handwritten text in blue ink reads 'Rock and Roll & Rhythm and Blues Musicians' with 'TECHNICAL Cachets' printed below in blue. The 29-cent USA stamp depicts Clyde McPhatter, a Rhythm & Blues singer (1932-1972), shown smiling in a warm orange-toned portrait with a vintage microphone. The pictorial cancellation reads 'ROCK & ROLL • RHYTHM & BLUES' in a circular design dated JUN 16 1993, with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE CELEBRATIONS' slogan cancel featuring a guitar illustration, addressed to Cleveland, OH and Santa Monica, CA.
Mistral
This First Day Cover honors Clyde McPhatter, featuring a 29-cent USA stamp with his portrait and a microphone. The cachet artwork on the left shows a blue line-art illustration of a female performer singing into a microphone. The pictorial postmark includes a guitar motif and is dated June 16, 1993, celebrating the 'Rock & Roll & Rhythm & Blues' series. The text 'ROCK AND ROLL & RHYTHM AND BLUES MUSICIANS' is printed in blue below the cachet, with 'TECHNICAL Cachets' as the maker.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
