This cover celebrates the Second Annual Kalamazoo Stamp Club Exhibition and Bourse honoring the Statue of Liberty's 100th anniversary. It features the 22-cent F.A. Bartholdi commemorative stamp, depicting the sculptor against an orange sunset backdrop with Liberty in the distance. The black and white cachet displays the Statue's torch-bearing arm and crown with bold text and anniversary numerals (1886/1986), cancelled with a square pictorial handstamp dated May 18, 1986, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Claude
The black and white cachet features an illustration of the Statue of Liberty's torch-bearing arm and crown, with bold text reading 'KAZOOPEX '86' and below it 'Second Annual Kalamazoo Stamp Club Exhibition & Bourse / Celebrates the Statue of Liberty Centennial.' Large outline numerals '1886 / 1986' appear in the center of the envelope. The stamp is the USA 22-cent F.A. Bartholdi commemorative, depicting the sculptor in portrait against an orange sunset with the Statue of Liberty in the background. The pictorial cancel reads 'KAZOOPEX STATION / MAY 18 1986 / KALAMAZOO, MI 49001' in a square box format.
Mistral
The cachet features black and white artwork of the Statue of Liberty's torch-bearing arm and crown, with bold 'KAZOOPEX '86' text and large '1886 1986' numerals commemorating the centennial. The stamp is a 22-cent U.S. commemorative depicting F.A. Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, in front of an orange sunset with the statue in the background. The postmark is a square pictorial handstamp with 'K-ZOOPEX STATION' and the date 'MAY 18 1986' in Kalamazoo, MI. Additional text mentions the 'Second Annual Kalamazoo Stamp Club Exhibition & Bourse' and celebrates the Statue of Liberty Centennial.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
