Claude
This is a postal card (pre-stamped) featuring a GAMM Cachets cachet on the left side depicting an engraved-style sailboat with 'USA' on its sail, rendered in teal/blue ink on cream stock, with the text 'International Olympic Games 1984' and 'First Day of Issue' above and beside it. The imprinted stamp in the upper right corner shows colorful racing sailboats with multicolored spinnaker sails (red, green, blue/yellow striped) on blue water, denominated 13 cents, inscribed 'Olympics 84 USA 13c' with the Olympic rings symbol. The machine cancel reads 'Long Beach, CA / AUG 5 / 1983 / 90809.' The card is in excellent condition with no visible damage or soiling.
Mistral
The cachet artwork on the left side features a teal-colored engraved-style illustration of a single sailboat on choppy waters with billowing clouds, labeled 'USA'. The stamp on the right depicts four colorful racing sailboats with spinnakers in red, green, yellow, and blue, with 'Olympics 84 USA 13c' and the Olympic rings. The postmark is a circular machine cancel with the text 'LONG BEACH, CA AUG 5 1983' clearly visible. The printed text includes 'INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC GAMES 1984' and 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' on both the cachet and the stamp area. The postal card is in good condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
