First-day Covers:
First-day covers-stamped envelopes postmarked with the date of issue of the stamp.
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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.
First-day Cover (FDC) - A cover bearing a stamp that includes a cancellation showing the date of its official first day of issue.
First-day cover - a newly issued stamp affixed to an envelope and postmarked on the first day of sale at a city designated by the Post Office Department or Postal Service ...
Cachets (usually on first-day covers) that have been completely drawn by hand. Such covers may either be black and white or painted.
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Other branches of collecting include first-day covers (ADCs), which carry a stamp on the first day it was sold with that day's postmark.
Cachet: A design found on an envelope describing an event. Cachets appear on modern first-day covers, first-flight covers and special-event covers.
A security paper of high quality, used to a limited extent in early stamp printing. Originally, bond was made from rags. The modern paper used for first-day covers is usually a bond quality paper.
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In cover collecting, a cachet refers to a printed or handstamped design on an envelope denoting some special feature of the cover. Cachets appear on modern first-day covers, first-flight covers and special event covers.
 See also: Stamp, Cover, Used, Catalog, Postmark
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