Claude
This cover features no cachet artwork, leaving the envelope face plain white. The stamp is a 29-cent USA issue depicting an ice hockey player in colorful red, yellow, and white uniform skating on ice, with a stylized arena background in teal and blue. The triangular pictorial cancellation in black reads 'Olympic Winter Games / U.S. Postal Service / FEB 9 / 1992 / Albertville France' with the Olympic rings and a silhouette of a hockey player at center, flanked by snowflake ornaments. The cover is unaddressed and in generally clean condition with minor toning.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a 29-cent USA stamp depicting an ice hockey player in a red, yellow, and white uniform skating on a stylized ice rink background. The triangular pictorial postmark includes the Olympic rings, a silhouette of a hockey player, and snowflakes, dated February 9, 1992. The cachet area is blank, with no artwork, and the envelope is unaddressed with a clean white face. The postmark text reads 'OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES * ALBERTVILLE FRANCE * FEB 9 1992 * U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.'
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
