Claude
The cachet features a detailed blue ink illustration of a 1914 seaplane skimming over water with clouds in the background, labeled 'SEAPLANE' beneath, produced by GAMM Cachets in 1990. Text reads 'First Day of Issue / Transportation Series / Regular Postage $1.00 / 1990 COIL' in blue ink. Two $1 USA Seaplane 1914 coil stamps are affixed in the upper right. The postmark is a circular date stamp from Phoenix, AZ 85004, dated April 20, 1990, accompanied by a pictorial flag cancel reading 'APS MCS / ARIPEX STATION'.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a detailed blue cachet illustration of a vintage seaplane flying over water, with clouds and waves depicted in the background. The cover bears two $1 USA Seaplane 1914 coil stamps from the 1990 Transportation Series, affixed in the upper right corner. A circular postmark from Phoenix, Arizona, dated April 20, 1990, is visible, along with a pictorial flag cancellation commemorating the ARIPEX stamp show. The text 'Transportation Series' and '1990 COIL' are prominently displayed on the cachet.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
