Claude
The cachet features a bold red, white, and blue American flag waving dramatically with 'USA' in large blue text above it, printed on the left side of the cover. Three identical 'Heroes USA' First-Class stamps (Scott #B2) are affixed, each depicting three firefighters raising the American flag amid the rubble of the World Trade Center, reminiscent of the iconic photograph by Thomas E. Franklin. The cover bears three cancellations: two black circular hand cancels from New York, NY 10199 dated June 7, 2002, and one red circular cancel from Valhalla, NY 10595 also dated June 7, 2002.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a bold cachet of the American flag in red, white, and blue, with 'USA' printed in blue above the flag. The stamp depicts firefighters raising the American flag amid the rubble of the World Trade Center, with 'HEROES USA' inscribed at the top. There are three postmarks: two circular postmarks from New York, NY, and Valhalla, NY, dated June 7, 2002, and one pictorial cancellation featuring the same imagery as the stamp. The cover is in excellent condition with clear, legible markings.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
