Claude
The cachet features a detailed pen-and-ink illustration of Federal Hill (My Old Kentucky Home, 1816), a two-story Federal-style brick mansion with shuttered windows, surrounded by bare trees and evergreens. Below the illustration, script text reads 'My Old Kentucky Home 1816' followed by printed text stating 'Federal Hill inspires Stephen Foster to compose his famous song. Bardstown, Kentucky.' The stamp is a 29-cent USA issue depicting 'My Old Kentucky Home State Park' in color, commemorating Kentucky's 1792 statehood bicentennial. The postmark is a circular machine cancel from Danville, KY dated June 1, 1992, with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug cancellation.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a detailed pen-and-ink cachet illustration of Federal Hill, the historic Bardstown, Kentucky mansion that inspired Stephen Foster's song 'My Old Kentucky Home.' The stamp depicts the same mansion in color, with the text 'Kentucky 1792' and a denomination of 29 cents. The postmark is a circular cancellation from Danville, KY, dated June 1, 1992, with the text 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' printed alongside. The cover is in good condition, with clear and legible artwork, stamp, and postmark.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
