FIRST DAYS [#189, 31(2), 3-01-1986, p. 186] M. Douglas Parks
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U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
MacArthur, WV and Nimitz, WV Post Office Dedications
on 4-15-1942 and 9-10-1945
World War II Patriotics

Part of the U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog
by Douglas H. Henkle, AFDCS LM #137, henkle@pobox.com

(last updated .09-21-2023)

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      When is a "First Day Cover" not a "First Day of Issue Cover"?

      This page displays "First Day Cover" and "First Day" cancellations which were NOT applied to covers canceled on the First day of issue of any United States postage stamp. These cancels and the covers displayed here document the renaming and naming of two West Virginia towns during and just after World War II and the new Post Office dedication events that occurred there. The wording within the cancel bars of these covers was never used either before or after these dates for any other purpose by the USPOD or the USPS. I am displaying these covers here because they are often mistaken for "First day of issue" First Day Covers (FDC) due to the misleading wording in the cancels.

      This page is indebted to the late M. Douglas Parks, the only collector I know of who published a detailed list of these cachets. His 1986 article with his table list: "April 15, 1942, MacArthur (VA) First Day Covers" provided the initial format of this page and his assigned numbers are used here.

      Hollywood, WV was renamed MacArthur, WV on 4-15-1942 in honor of General Douglas MacArthur, (1880-1964), a general of the United States Army.
New Post Office Dedication 4-15-1942 Machine Cancel New Post Office Dedication 4-15-1942 Hand Cancel
           "135,506 covers were canceled" (Harvey, 7-8/1973)
4-15-1942 MacArthur, WV Cachet Displays -- What's New on this page

      An unincorporated community in Summers County, WV was named Nimitz, WV on 9-10-1945 in honor of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, (1885–1966), a fleet admiral of the United States Navy.
New Post Office Dedication 4-15-1942 Machine Cancel New Post Office Dedication 4-15-1942 Hand Cancel
           "25,620 Nimitz covers" (Sherman, 2006, page 18)
9-10-1945 Nimitz, WV Cachet Displays -- What's New on this page

MacArthur / Nimitz Index of known Cachetmakers on this page

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      References

"April 15, 1942, MacArthur (VA) First Day Covers" [Sic (WV), Post Office Dedication] by M. Douglas Parks
from FIRST DAYS [#189, 31(2), 3-01-1986, p. 186]
This table appears exactly as it was published. Additional information by this Webmaster appears in italics.
Note: These are all event covers. They are NOT "First Day of Issue" Covers (not FDC).

      name link @ = links to that Cachetmaker's Cachet Display page. All other name links go to their entry on the Philatelic Birth Dates, Index and Links page.

      S1# = "Lawrence Sherman (1999) - 9660 designs described, with some designs pictured in black and white
           Due to the addition of 1400 new cachets merged into the 2nd edition in alphabetical order, all of the Catalog numbers in the 1st edition became obsolete.
      S2# = Lawrence Sherman (2006) - 11060 designs described, with some designs pictured in color
      nn1/nn2 = (nn1) page where this cachet is listed, (nn2) page where it is pictured (page number is in bold). If the nn2 does not appear, that cachet is not pictured.
      Note: Descriptions in italics are quoted from one of these books by Lawrence Sherman.

For more World War Two era cachets, see: Lawrence Sherman's World War II Patriotics

      "[Sherman:a:bbb/ccc #dddd]" - this is a work-in-progress index to every MacArthur and Nimitz cachet that Lawrence Sherman pictured in either of the two editions of his book. All the cachet photos in the 1st ed. are in black & white, and all the photos in the 2nd ed. are in color. See the In Print References below.
      "a" = notes either the 1st or 2nd edition (Sherman:1 or Sherman:2).
      "bbb" = is the page where this cachet is listed.
      "ccc" = is the page where this cachet is pictured. If "NA" appears, this cachet is listed but not pictured in that edition.
      "dddd" = is the cachet number Dr. Sherman assigned to this cachet. In most cases the cachet number is different in each edition.

      Scan sources, if other than off the Web: {A} = from my own collection, (DHA) = from David H. Ahl, (DAL) = from D.A. Lux, (PS) = from Pete Sarmientol, (EOW) = from Eric O. Wile.

April 15, 1942, MacArthur, WV, Post Office Dedication Covers not listed by M/ Douglas Parks (see above)
Note: These are all event covers. They are NOT "First Day of Issue" Covers (not FDC).
September 10, 1945, Nimitz, WV Post Office Dedication
      As far as I know nobody has published a list of these covers before.
Note: These are all event covers. They are NOT "First Day of Issue" Covers (not FDC).
MacArthur / Nimitz Index of known Cachetmakers on this page:
  1. John Alden -- Mac#7-10
  2. Charles Stephen (C.S.) Anderson -- Nim#B1-2
  3. AMC-Bowers -- Mac#78
  4. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company (corner card) -- Mac#CC2mac
  5. Art Craft -- Mac#65 -- Nim#A
  6. firstname? Butler -- Mac#26-27
  7. Cachet Craft -- Nim#F
  8. Capitol Stamp Co. -- Mac#13
  9. Harry Citret -- Mac#67
  10. Gib Crockett -- Mac#11
  11. Walter G. Crosby -- Mac#30-61
  12. Charles E. Dewitz -- Mac#14
  13. Dunbar, WV High School Stamp Club -- Mac#28
  14. L.M. "Tex" Edmunds -- Mac#15
  15. Fleetwood / Dorothy W. Knapp -- Mac#2
  16. Fleetwood / Ludwig W. Staehle -- Mac#1 -- Mac#66
  17. Herman F. Fluegel -- Nim#C
  18. Matthew J. Huss (Artist: unknown) -- Mac#69
  19. Matthew J. Huss (Artist: Alberta J. Goff) -- Nim#O
  20. Dr. Stephen E. Hutnick -- Mac#20
  21. Intercity Stamp Co. -- Mac#19
  22. Dr. Harry C. Ioor -- Mac#18
  23. Dorothy W. Knapp (see also: Fleetwood / Dorothy W. Knapp) -- Mac#79 -- Nim#D1-3
  24. Kribbs' Kovers -- Mac#22
  25. Markwell Mfg. Company, Inc. (corner card) -- Mac#CC1mac
  26. Jacques Minkus -- Mac#80a-#80f -- Nim#E1-#E5
  27. Oklahoma City Stamp Club -- Mac#15
  28. Original Order of Zunks -- Mac#25
  29. Pilgrim -- Mac#10-Mac#10a
  30. Walter T. Poppenger -- Mac#3-Mac#5 -- Mac#63a-#63b
  31. Clarence E. Reid -- Mac#21
  32. Alfred M. Roberts -- Mac#68
  33. Walter Sandberg -- Mac#23
  34. Michael Sanders -- Mac#12
  35. Smartcraft -- Nim#N
  36. Ludwig W. Staehle (see: Fleetwood / Ludwig W. Staehle)
  37. Trail Blazers -- Nim#L
  38. Washington Stamp Exchange -- Mac#16 -- Mac#70
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Articles published in FIRST DAYS, Listed in Date of Publication Order:
What's New on this page -- changes since the original installation on 02-26-2021, in reverse chronological order:
      09-21-2023: Added Mac#24 -- Mac#80g -- Mac#CC3 -- Mac#CC4 -- Mac#CC5 .
      08-06-2023: Added cropped Hand Cancels for MacArthur and Nimitz at the top of the page.
      12-29-2022: Added Mac#87 .
      10-10-2022: Added: Mac#10a -- Mac#75 -- Mac#82 -- Mac#83 -- Mac#84 -- Mac#85 -- Mac#86 .
      06-26-2021: From now on, I will be adding underneath #MyAd below the placement of each ad in FIRST DAYS. I am planning on continuing to place this ad for the foreseeable future. If the only change to this page is a new ad placement, the "(last updated ...)" date will not be changed.
      06-07-2021: Added: Nimitz #M2 paste-on and Nimitz no cachet #2 (Kelly).
      05-18-2021: Added: MacArthur #25 by The Original Order of Zunks.
      04-23-2021: Published a three issue run Want Ad in FIRST DAYS about this page. 10-25-2021: Moved ad to the bottom of the page.
      04-08-2021: 1) Found 3 new Nimitz on Minkus cachets, so to keep them together like I did with the Dorothy Knapp's #D1-#D3, and to initially list the cachets in Monty number order, I renumbered #E to #E3 and #F to #E5, and added #E1, #E2 and #E4 . 2) Similarly, for MacArthur Poppenger, renumbered #63 to #63a, and #67 to #63b . 3) Similarly, for MacArthur Minkus, renumbered #80 to #80a, #81 to #80b, #82 to #80c, #83 to #80d, #84 to #80e, and #85 to #80f . 4) Added MacArthur #67 by Harry Citret. 5) Added MacArthur #81a and #81b by unknown. 6) Added Nimitz #F by Cachet Craft.
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