This 1980 First Day Cover features the 15-cent Finger Coral stamp from the Coral Reefs commemorative series. The ArtCraft cachet displays a detailed black-and-white illustration of four coral reef types found across U.S. territories: Elkhorn Coral (Florida), Chalice Coral (American Samoa), Finger Coral (Hawaii), and Brain Coral (Virgin Islands), with a shipwreck in the background. Machine canceled August 26, 1980 from Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands.
Claude
The ArtCraft cachet features a detailed black-and-white illustration depicting four types of coral reefs with accompanying fish: Elkhorn Coral (Florida), Chalice Coral (American Samoa), Finger Coral (Hawaii), and Brain Coral (Virgin Islands), along with a shipwreck in the background. The 15-cent stamp shows a colorful illustration of Finger Coral from Hawaii with an orange and white fish swimming among pale blue-green coral formations. The machine cancellation from Charlotte Amalie, VI dated August 26, 1980 includes a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug. The cover is unaddressed and in excellent condition.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a detailed black-and-white cachet illustration of four types of coral reefs: Elkhorn Coral (Florida), Chalice Coral (American Samoa), Finger Coral (Hawaii), and Brain Coral (Virgin Islands), with a shipwreck in the background. The 15-cent stamp depicts Finger Coral from Hawaii in green with a colorful fish. The cover is machine-canceled with a legible postmark from Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands. The text includes 'Coral Reefs USA Series of 1980' and 'Official First Day of Issue.'
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
