Clinton Inauguration Day – Bush/Quayle Campaign Button Cachet
This postal card features a striking cachet depicting campaign buttons: a 'Bush Quayle' button being superseded by a 'Clinton President '92' button, symbolizing the 1993 transition of power. The cover bears a preprinted USA 19-cent flag stamp (UX148) and is cancelled with a pictorial machine postmark from Washington, DC (January 20, 1993) reading 'Inauguration Day' with the U.S. Capitol dome. An excellent example of political ephemera commemorating Clinton's presidential inauguration.
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This postal card features a cachet depicting two overlapping campaign buttons: a 'Bush Quayle' button being superseded by a 'America Needs Clinton President 92' button, rendered in black and white. The preprinted stamp in the upper right shows an American flag design in red, white, and blue, denominated USA 19 cents. The postmark is a circular hand cancel from Washington, DC dated January 20, 1993 with ZIP 20066, applied with a pictorial machine cancel reading 'Inauguration Day' featuring the U.S. Capitol dome flanked by stars. The copyright notice reads '© USPS 1991' and 'FDOI.US' appears in the lower right.
This First Day Cover commemorates the 1993 inauguration of Bill Clinton with a cachet featuring campaign buttons. The cachet depicts a 'Bush Quayle' button partially covered by a larger 'America Needs Clinton President '92' button, symbolizing the transition of power. The cover includes a preprinted USA 19-cent flag stamp (UX148) with a red and blue striped flag design. The postmark is a pictorial machine cancellation from Washington, DC, dated January 20, 1993, with the text 'Inauguration Day' and an illustration of the U.S. Capitol dome surrounded by stars. The cover is in excellent condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)