Claude
The cachet features a teal/blue engraved illustration of a sailboat with 'USA' on its sail racing through choppy waters, with smaller vessels in the background. The text reads 'International Olympic Games 1984' with 'First Day of Issue' notation, and the Olympic torch replaces the letter 'I' in Olympic. The stamp is a pre-printed postal card stamp depicting colorful racing sailboats with billowing spinnakers in red, green, orange, and yellow/blue stripes, denominated 13 cents with 'Olympics 84' and the Olympic rings. The circular postmark reads 'Long Beach, CA / Aug 5 / 1983 / 90809' in a standard hand cancel.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a cachet with a teal-colored sailboat racing through choppy waters, with the Olympic torch cleverly integrated into the text 'International Olympic Games 1984.' The stamp depicts colorful racing sailboats with billowing spinnakers in red, green, yellow, and blue. The postmark is a circular cancellation from Long Beach, CA, dated August 5, 1983. The text 'First Day of Issue' is printed on the cachet, and the stamp is inscribed with 'Olympics 84' and 'USA 13c.' The cover is in excellent condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
