Claude
This is a USPS official ceremony program for the Wendell Willkie 75-cent stamp issue. The front cover (Image 1) features a black-and-white photographic portrait of Wendell Willkie with his name in large gold/amber serif type and 'February 16, 1992 Bloomington, Indiana' in white text below. The interior (Image 2) shows the 75-cent Willkie stamp affixed and cancelled with a circular machine postmark from Bloomington, IN 47401 dated Feb 16 1992, with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug cancellation. The interior left panel contains a Willkie quote in red italic text and the right panel contains biographical text about Willkie's public life, noting the stamp was designed by Chris Calle of Ridgefield, Connecticut. The back cover (Image 3) is plain cream with a USPS eagle logo and credits reading 'Cover photo © Bachrach. © 1992 U.S. Postal Service. All rights reserved.'
Mistral
The cachet features a black-and-white photographic portrait of Wendell Willkie on the front, with his name and the issue date 'February 16, 1992' and location 'Bloomington, Indiana' printed below. The reverse side includes a lengthy biographical text about Willkie, a quote from him in red text, and additional descriptive text about the stamp's design and issuance. The stamp is a 75-cent denomination from the Great Americans series, featuring a portrait of Willkie in purple-brown, with the text 'Wendell Willkie' and 'USA 75¢'. The postmark is a circular machine cancellation with the text 'Bloomington IN 47401' and the date 'FEB 16 1992', along with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' in bold letters.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
