Claude
The cachet features a blue-ink illustration of a musician singing into a microphone, rendered in a graphic/linocut style. Four 29-cent stamps are affixed in a horizontal strip depicting Buddy Holly, Dinah Washington, Elvis Presley, and Bill Haley — all part of the 1993 Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues commemorative series. The postmark is a pictorial machine cancel reading 'RHYTHM & BLUES' with a guitar image, dated June 16, 1993. A printed address block shows 'CELEBRATIONS, Cleveland, OH 44101 / Santa Monica, CA 90401' alongside the 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' text.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a strip of four 29-cent stamps from the 1993 Rock & Roll and Rhythm & Blues commemorative series, honoring Buddy Holly, Dinah Washington, Elvis Presley, and Bill Haley. The cachet artwork on the left depicts a blue-ink silhouette of a musician singing into a microphone, with bold blue text reading 'Rock and Roll & Rhythm and Blues Musicians' below it. The postmark is a pictorial machine cancellation with guitar imagery and the text 'RHYTHM & BLUES,' dated June 16, 1993. The cover is in excellent condition with clear, vibrant colors.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
