Claude
The cachet features a black-and-white cartoon illustration of a disheveled letter carrier overwhelmed with mail, standing next to a mailbox with letters spilling out. The stamp (USA 25¢) depicts three smiling USPS letter carriers in uniform on a blue background, titled 'Letter Carriers: We Deliver!' The postmark is a standard circular machine cancel from Milwaukee, WI dated August 30, 1989, with zip code 53203, accompanied by a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug cancel. The cover is clean and unaddressed with printed text honoring the 320,000 USPS Letter Carriers.
Mistral
The cachet artwork features a humorous black-and-white cartoon of an overwhelmed letter carrier standing at a mailbox, with mail spilling out onto the ground. The stamp depicts three smiling postal workers in blue uniforms on a blue background, with the text 'Letter Carriers. We Deliver!' and a denomination of 25 cents. The postmark is a circular machine cancel with legible text. The text on the cover reads 'Letter Carriers Commemorative' and 'Honoring the 320,000 USPS Letter Carriers who deliver over 168 billion pieces of mail each year.' The cover is in excellent condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
