Claude
The black and white cachet artwork depicts a large naval or anti-aircraft gun with crew members operating it, printed in stark black ink on white envelope stock. Bold text reads 'World War Two 1939-1945' beneath the illustration. The stamp is the 29¢ USA 'Bonds and Stamps Help War Effort, 1943' issue depicting war bonds and postage stamps. The postmark is a standard circular date stamp from Washington, DC dated May 31, 1993, with ZIP code 20066, accompanied by a 'First Day of Issue' machine cancel.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
