Claude
The cachet features a blue rectangular panel depicting a tall ship (Santa Maria) with a cross on its sail alongside a portrait of Christopher Columbus, commemorating the 500th Anniversary of Columbus's 1492 voyage. Text on the cachet reads 'NLPD '92', 'LPCS LP', '5 CENTS', and '500 TH ANNIVERSARY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 1492 -- 1992'. The cover is titled '4TH ANNUAL NATIONAL LOCAL POST DAY' in red text, with a blue 'LOCAL POST COLLECTORS SOCIETY FIRST DAY' auxiliary cachet stamp. The stamp is a USA 29-cent 'Love' stamp featuring a colorful globe on a dark background, cancelled with a machine cancel reading 'MAILED POSTMARK PERMIT #16' alongside a circular hand cancel from Fort Myers, Florida dated 16 Jan 1992.
Mistral
This First Day Cover celebrates the 4th Annual National Local Post Day and the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage. The cachet features black-and-white artwork of the Santa Maria sailing ship and a portrait of Christopher Columbus, with a blue ribbon label reading 'LOCAL POST COLLECTORS SOCIETY FIRST DAY'. The stamp is a 1991 29-cent 'Love' issue with a colorful globe design. The postmark is a hand-canceled circular marking from Fort Myers, Florida, dated January 16, 1992, with 'MAILLE POSTMARK PERMIT #16' text. The cover is in very good condition with clear, legible print and artwork.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
