Claude
This is a postcard-style cachet (not a traditional FDC envelope) featuring artwork by Corita Kent titled 'Middletown Spirit,' originally designed for a Muncie, Indiana billboard. The colorful silkscreen-style artwork depicts an abstract landscape with bold stripes of orange, yellow, purple, pink, teal, and green under a light blue sky with white clouds, with the handwritten text 'Love is care and to let be' across the scene. The front bears the artist's signature 'Corita' in the lower right of the artwork and the location 'Muncie, Indiana' in cursive below. The reverse identifies the piece as 'Middletown Spirit,' design by Corita Kent for Muncie Billboard, with vertical text reading 'Landscape for caring,' published by Julie's Junction, P.O. Box 1123, Muncie, Indiana 47305, dated 1983; no stamp or postmark is present, indicating this is an unused or souvenir card.
Mistral
This unused souvenir postcard features Corita Kent's 'Middletown Spirit' artwork, originally designed for a Muncie, Indiana billboard. The front displays a vibrant, abstract landscape with bold stripes in orange, yellow, purple, pink, teal, and green under a light blue sky, accompanied by Kent's handwritten text 'Love is care and to let be.' The back of the card includes the title, design attribution, and a brief phrase 'Landscape for caring.' The card is in excellent condition with no postmark or stamp, as it is a commemorative item rather than a traditional First Day Cover.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
