What are First Day stamps?
First Day Covers are envelopes affixed with a stamp or stamps on the first day that they are made available for sale to the public. On the first day of issue, the envelope is stamped with a postmark and cancellation indicating the date and location that the envelope was received into the postal service.
What is the meaning of first day covers for stamp collectors?
A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority.
Can you mail First Day Covers?
After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark up to a quantity of 50. To send the cover to the address to which it must be sent for the FDOI cancel, your FDCs should be sent in an outer envelope.
When to buy a first day stamp cover?
Most legitimate producers will note when their covers contain an add-on cachet, though the collector of older first-day covers should do a bit of research to make sure they are adding the real thing to their collection when they purchase from first-day cover dealers.
What do you call first day of issue stamps?
This is common with first-day-of-issue stamps. They get them, put them on clean white blank envelopes, and send them away for a first-day-of-issue cancellation. These are called first-day covers (FDC) and, traditionally, have been all the rage in the stamp collecting business.
When was the first first day cover made?
Stamp dealer and publisher George Linn created the first first-day cover when he developed a simple text cachet for the Harding Memorial stamp issue of 1926. From those humble beginnings, the collecting of first-day covers grew into a market with sales in the millions of dollars.
Which is more valuable a first day cover or a postcard?
Usually First Day Covers are more valuable than ordinary used covers, postcards, or envelopes with cancelled stamps. Some rare examples of FDCs are worth thousands of dollars. FDC – First Day Cover. All Samples.
When do you apply the first day stamp postmark?
Depending on the policy of the nation issuing the stamp, official first day postmarks may sometimes be applied to mail weeks or months after the date indicated.
What’s the value of a first day cover?
Usually First Day Covers are more valuable than ordinary used covers, postcards, or envelopes with cancelled stamps. Some rare examples of FDCs are worth thousands of dollars.
Usually First Day Covers are more valuable than ordinary used covers, postcards, or envelopes with cancelled stamps. Some rare examples of FDCs are worth thousands of dollars. FDC – First Day Cover. All Samples.
What is the American first day cover Society?
Welcome to the website of the American First Day Cover Society, a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement and collecting of first day covers. What is a First Day Cover? First Day Covers worth?
