Claude
The cachet features a hand-drawn black ink cartoon squirrel in a playful bent-over pose with an exaggerated bushy tail curling upward, rendered in a whimsical comic style with expressive eyes and whiskers. The stamp is the 29-cent USA Red Squirrel self-adhesive issue, depicting a realistic red squirrel on a yellow-green background with pine branches. The postmark is a machine cancel from Milwaukee, WI dated June 25, 1993 with ZIP code 53203, with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug cancel. The cover is clean and unaddressed in excellent condition.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a 29-cent USA Red Squirrel self-adhesive stamp (Scott #2489) with a whimsical hand-drawn cartoon squirrel cachet by Jean Nicklin. The stamp depicts a realistic red squirrel on a yellow-green background with pine branches. The cachet shows an expressive cartoon squirrel in a bent-over pose, drawn in black ink. The cover is postmarked with a circular machine cancellation from Milwaukee, WI, dated June 25, 1993. The text 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' is printed next to the stamp, indicating its philatelic significance. The cover appears to be in excellent condition, with no visible damage.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
