Claude
The cachet features a blue ink illustration of a male singer performing at a microphone, rendered in a graphic art style on white textured envelope stock. Three 29-cent USA stamps are affixed as a plate number strip, depicting Clyde McPhatter, Ritchie Valens, and Otis Redding — all Rock & Roll and Rhythm & Blues musicians. The postmark is a circular pictorial cancellation reading 'Rock & Roll Rhythm & Blues' dated June 16, 1993, accompanied by a 'Celebrations' machine cancel with a guitar illustration and dual city addresses (Cleveland, OH and Santa Monica, CA). Handwritten text in blue ink reads 'Rock and Roll & Rhythm and Blues Musicians' with 'Technical Cachets' printed below.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a plate number strip of three 29-cent stamps honoring rock and roll and rhythm & blues musicians: Clyde McPhatter, Ritchie Valens, and Otis Redding. The cachet artwork, created by Technical Cachets, includes a blue ink illustration of a male vocalist singing into a microphone, with the text 'Rock and Roll & Rhythm and Blues Musicians' hand-lettered in blue. The cover bears a circular pictorial postmark dated June 16, 1993, with dual city cancellations from Cleveland, Ohio, and Santa Monica, California, featuring a guitar-themed machine slogan cancel. The condition of the cover appears to be very fine, with clear and undamaged artwork, stamps, and postmark.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
