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First day of issue. The slogan found in most first day cancellations since Sc. 795, released in 1937. [Back to top] ...
Also Known As: FDC
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FDC - acronym for First Day Cover.
Find - a new discovery, usually of something that was not thought to exist. It can be a single item or a hoard of stamps or covers.
FDC: First-day cover. A cover bearing a stamp tied by a cancellation showing the date of the official first day of issue of that stamp.
Field Post Office: A military postal service operating in the field, either on land or at sea.
FDC cachets
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FDC
All letters on which the stamp has been affixed and cancelled with the matching special first day of issue postmark and to which the additional first day of issue postmark has been affixed.
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The FDC of Scott E16, the 1931 Special Delivery stamp, is valued by Brookman and Scott at $125. This one is in good condition, so should be worth $100 at retail. The partial pane of Scott 630 is harder to value.
USED, FDC, 6th World Iceboating Championships (pair #2249-50 + label)
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FIRST DAY COVER (FDC) - An envelope bearing the cancellation date representing the first day of issue of the stamp. It is usually mailed from the station where the stamp was first put into circulation.
The first cacheted FDC (first day cover) was produced by prominent philatelist and cachetmaker George W. Linn in 1923, for the Harding Memorial stamp issue.
First-day Cover (FDC) - A cover bearing a stamp that includes a cancellation showing the date of its official first day of issue.
Førstedagsbrev: (Dan., Nor.) first day cover, FDC.
Förstadagsbrev: (Swed.) first day cover, FDC.
Førstedagsstempeletebrev: (Dan., Nor.) first day of issue cancellation cover.
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First day cover (FDC):
Pictorial envelope with related stamps (gummed or self-adhesive) or a mini-sheet postmarked on the first day of issue. It is valued for postage only on the day of issue, from the post office named on the postmark.
Modern Australian maximum cards collected by maximaphelists have a pictorial postmark similar to that used on an FDC. This definition is a lulu … A picture postcard, a cancel, and a stamp presenting maximum concordance.
Another example, , is a cover containing a stamp honouring "White Plains, New York", mailed in the town of White Plains. This does not say that it is a FDC, ...
A small sheet containing one of each stamp in a given issue sold alongside the set of individual stamps. They are also available in FDC and in Presentation Packs.
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Stamp collectors often wait for a postage stamp’s first day of issue. They often make it a point that the new postage stamps corresponds to the date on the cancellation when they send it. This is called a 1st day cover or an FDC.
 See also: Stamp, Cover, First day, Cachet, Philatelic
  
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