Devoted to the advancement of First Day Cover collecting. Winston Churchill Memorial stamp issued May 13, 1965. Can be yours by bidding in. 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? We have some guidance.

The 11c Hayes Stamp of 1922. FDCs, Die Proofs, Plates and Markings, Color Varieties, Postal History. The FDCs of the 11c Hayes Stamp of 1922. 1 Press releases of upcoming first day of issue information for all new postage stamps; not only for commemorative stamps, but ordinary and special service stamps as well.

The 11c Hayes Stamp of 1922. FDCs, Die Proofs, Plates and Markings, Color Varieties, Postal History. Some postage rates require more work.

The 11c Hayes Stamp of 1922. FDCs, Die Proofs, Plates and Markings, Color Varieties, Postal History. The Die Proofs of the 11c Hayes Stamp of 1922. A considerable portion of the information being presented was gathered by author Gary Griffith, then a member of the Fourth Bureau Issue Committee of the United States Stamp Society. This committee, under the leadership of Jay Stotts, continues to solicit new information about the proofs of the Fourth Bureau Issue.

The 11c Hayes Stamp of 1922. FDCs, Die Proofs, Plates and Markings, Color Varieties, Postal History. Seven groups of Hayes plates, four plates to a group, went to press a total of 29 times during the ten years of production. One group would generally be used at the presses at a time.

The 11c Hayes Stamp of 1922. FDCs, Die Proofs, Plates and Markings, Color Varieties, Postal History. The Color Varieties of the Hayes Stamp of 1922. Three significant studies of the Hayes colors were published during the early 1930s. The first, by L. The second, by Ross Frampton, was published in the February, 1931 edition of. For the time being, this site presents four pages from an one-frame.

Pioneer FDC Servicer, Dealer, and Exhibitor. Award for excellence in First Day Cover literature. This biography is the result of some unanswered questions I had many years ago about FDCs serviced by Henry Hammelman. But it was not published and the manuscript has resided in the AFDCS archives since 1981. Their articles were an excellent starting point for my Hammelman bibliogra.

Henry Hammelman is best known as a servicer, dealer, and exhibitor of classic FDCs. Like many other cover servicers of his time, he was also deeply into FFCs. In fact, his eventual interest in FFCs would equal and at some point exceed his interest in FDCs. He used their cooperation when building up his inventory of covers for a cover business he would start-up in New York City after his retirement from the government. First Day Air Mail Rates.