This ArtCraft cachet cover commemorates the historic 1992 joint U.S.-Soviet space cooperation stamp (Scott #2631, 29 cents). The cachet features a detailed black-and-white illustration of two suited astronauts performing an EVA with Earth and satellites visible in the background, with one suit marked NASA and the other with Soviet insignia. The cover bears a special dual-city pictorial postmark from Chicago, IL and Moscow, Russia, with a space shuttle silhouette incorporated into the cancellation design.
Claude
The ArtCraft cachet features a black-and-white illustration of two astronauts in spacesuits (one marked NASA, one marked with a Soviet/Russian emblem) performing an EVA with Earth and satellites in the background. Text reads 'Co-operation in SPACE / A Joint Issue Between The United States and Russia' with 'Official First Day Of Issue' printed at upper right. The 29-cent stamp (Scott #2631) depicts two spacecraft — an American Space Shuttle and a Russian Mir-type station — against a colorful cosmic background. The pictorial postmark is circular, featuring a globe with world continents, and reads 'CHICAGO, IL 60607 / MOSCOW, RUSSIA' with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' below; a small space shuttle silhouette appears in the cancellation design.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a black-and-white cachet illustration of two astronauts, one marked 'NASA' and the other with Soviet insignia, performing an EVA with Earth and satellites in the background. The stamp depicts a space shuttle docked with the Mir space station against a colorful sky. The postmark is a dual-city pictorial cancellation from Chicago and Moscow, featuring a space shuttle silhouette. The text 'Co-operation in SPACE' and 'A Joint Issue Between The United States and Russia' is printed on the cover.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
