Claude
The cachet features a pixelated/digitized black-and-white graphic of garden flowers rendered in a mosaic or bitmap style, created by Technical Cachets. Five 29-cent USA stamps form a se-tenant strip depicting Hyacinth, Daffodil, Tulip, Iris, and Lilac in full color botanical illustrations. The circular machine postmark reads 'SPOKANE WA / MAY 15 / 1993 / 99210' with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' machine cancel alongside. The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a se-tenant strip of five 29-cent stamps depicting vibrant garden flowers: Hyacinth, Daffodil, Tulip, Iris, and Lilac. The cachet artwork on the left side is a distinctive black-and-white pixelated/mosaic design of garden flowers, created by Technical Cachets. The postmark is a clear machine cancellation from Spokane, WA, dated May 15, 1993. The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition, with clear and legible text indicating 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' and the issue date.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
