Claude
Hand-drawn cachet by RKA featuring a yellow and red biplane marked 'U.S. Mail' with a pilot visible in the cockpit, rendered in a folk art style. The cover bears three stamps: a US 10-cent '200 Years of Postal Service' biplane stamp, a USA 25-cent '20th Universal Postal Congress' biplane stamp, and a USA 25-cent 'World Stamp Expo 89' stamp featuring a classic portrait design. The primary postmark is a circular Washington DC dated November 19, 1989 with ZIP 20066, and the World Stamp Expo 89 stamp carries a separate Washington DC cancel. Text reads 'Classic Mail Transportation From The Past' and '20th Universal Postal Congress, Washington, DC, 1989'.
Mistral
The cachet artwork features a hand-drawn yellow and red U.S. Mail biplane in flight, with 'U.S. mail' printed on the side. The artwork is vibrant and depicts early aviation themes. The cover bears three stamps: a 1975 10-cent stamp with a biplane and the text '200 Years of Postal Service,' a 1989 25-cent stamp featuring a biplane and commemorating the 20th Universal Postal Congress, and a 1989 25-cent stamp for World Stamp Expo '89. The postmark is circular with the text 'WASHINGTON, DC NOV 19 1989' and a pictorial element resembling a star or snowflake. The text 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' is printed near the stamps, and '20TH UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONGRESS WASHINGTON, DC, 1989' is printed at the bottom.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
