Claude
The cachet features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper front page from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Extra edition with the headline 'JAPANESE AT MIDWAY SMASHED,' depicting the Battle of Midway victory on June 4, 1942. Descriptive text below explains the American victory and its significance as a turning point in the Pacific naval war. The 29-cent USA stamp depicts a naval battle scene with a ship under fire, captioned 'Yorktown lost, U.S. wins at Midway, 1942.' The postmark is a circular hand cancel from Indianapolis, IN dated August 17, 1992.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
