Claude
The cachet artwork features a color map showing the Atlantic Ocean with North America on the left and Europe on the right, with a dashed flight path line connecting New York to Paris. The Spirit of St. Louis aircraft is illustrated mid-ocean over stylized waves. Text reads 'Charles Augustus Lindbergh' at top and 'Commemorating the 50th Anniversary 1927-1977' at the bottom. Two USA 13-cent stamps (Scott #1710) depicting the Spirit of St. Louis flying over water at sunset are affixed, one cancelled with an unofficial San Diego, CA circular datestamp and one with the official Roosevelt Field, NY 'First Day of Issue' machine cancel dated May 20, 1977.
Mistral
This First Day Cover commemorates the 50th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight. The cachet artwork features a color map of the Atlantic Ocean with the Spirit of St. Louis flying from New York to Paris. The cover includes two 13-cent stamps, each depicting the plane in flight over the ocean with the text '50th Anniversary Solo Transatlantic Flight.' One stamp is cancelled with a circular datestamp from San Diego, CA, and the other with a machine cancel from Roosevelt Field, NY, both dated May 20, 1977. The cover is in excellent condition with clear postmarks and vivid artwork.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
