Activités Touristiques - World Columbian Stamp Expo 92

French Polynesia 2F stamp from May 22, 1992, depicting tropical beach tourism with horses and riders against lush green hills. The cover features two pictorial cancellations commemorating the World Columbian Stamp Expo '92, with no printed cachet on the left side. A notable example of expo mail from the Pacific islands.

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Claude

This cover from French Polynesia features no printed cachet artwork on the left side — the cachet area is blank white. The stamp (2F, RF, Polynésie Française, 1992) depicts a tropical beach scene with horses being ridden and led along the shoreline, with lush green hills and a building in the background, titled 'Activités Touristiques' in yellow text. Two circular pictorial cancellations appear on the cover: one on the blank cachet area and one tied to the stamp, both reading 'Polynésie Française / World Columbian Stamp Expo '92 / 22-31 MAI 1992' with a pictorial design showing a stamp-within-stamp portrait (Christopher Columbus) and a globe.

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This First Day Cover from French Polynesia features a colorful stamp depicting a tropical beach scene with horses and riders along the shoreline, with lush green hills in the background. The stamp is canceled with a pictorial postmark commemorating the World Columbian Stamp Expo '92, featuring a portrait of Christopher Columbus and a globe. The envelope lacks a traditional cachet on the left side but includes printed text 'Activités Touristiques' next to the stamp. The cover is in clean condition with two postmarks clearly visible.

(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)