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      This page is a complete Table of Contents of the twenty eight (28) Planty Catalog volumes published in two editions:

      1st edition (1976-1984) ten (I-X) Volumes of "Planty's Photo Encyclopedia of Cacheted F.D.C.s". These volumes cannot be Indexed because none of them have 1,2,3... sequential page numbers.

      2nd edition (1994-2006) eighteen (I-XVIII) Volumes of "Planty Photo Encyclopedia of Cacheted First Day Covers".
           I (1) -- II (2) -- III (3) -- IV (4) -- V (5) -- VI (6) -- VII (7) -- VIII (8) -- IX (9) -- X (10) -- XI (1) -- XII (12) -- XIII (13) -- XIV (14) -- XV (15) -- XVI (16) -- XVII (17) -- XVIII (18)

Earl Gerald Planty (1905-1994)
Michael Anthony Mellone (1945-2018)

      Planty Number Prefixes used in the Detailed Tables of Contents below:
GP = General Purpose Cachet
PC = picture Postcard
CC = Corner Card
WF = World's Fair - #854 only
     The following have no Wikipedia page, yet:
A = Add-ons (recent)
PAT = Civil War Patriotics (World War II Patriotics have no Wikipedia page either)

     Other related Wikipedia pages:
First day of issue - "first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC)"
Philatelic cover
Philatelic literature
List of philatelic magazines
List of philatelic libraries
Postal card / Postal stationery
Airmails of the United States
U.S. Scott catalogue / Minkus catalogue
List of United States airmail stamps
     [Unfortunately, the otherwise very useful "airmail" page above includes no helpful Catalog numbers. Neither Scott's nor Minkus' Catalog entries include the other's Catalog Numbers. Contrastingly, the "United States Postal Card Catalog", published by the United Postal Stationery Society includes UPSS, Scott and Minkus numbers for every Postal Card entry.]
Index of philatelic articles - renamed from "List of philatelic topics"

      Planty, 1st edition: Unlike the 2nd edition below, the page location of each Scott number cannot be noted as the entire edition has no 1,2,3... sequential page numbers.

For the subtype cachet codes GP, PC, CC, A and PAT, see the   Planty Number Prefixes   Key above.

  1. Volume I, 1923-1928, #551-#645 (1976)
  2. Volume II, 1928-1929, #646-#680 (1976)
  3. Volume III, 1929-1932, #681-#715 (1977)
  4. Volume IV, 1932, #716-#723 (1977)
  5. Volume V, 1932-1933, #724-#734 (1977)
  6. Volume VI, 1934-1935, #735-#775 (1978)
  7. Volume VII, 1936-1937, #776-#794 (1980)
  8. Volume VIII, 1937, #795-#802 (1981)
  9. Volume IX, 1938-1939, #803-#855 (1983)
  10. Volume X, 1939, #856-#858 - 1926-1939, #C7-#C24, CE1-CE2 (1984)
    Not counting the introductory pages 1-4, there are 1,947 pages of cachets listed in these 18 Volumes.
  1.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume I, 1901-1928 (1994)
      5-01-1901 -- 294-1-2, p. I:5 -- Fast Lake Navigation
      4-30-1904 -- 324-1, p. I:5 -- Thomas Jefferson
      2-12-1909 -- 367-1-11, p. I:6-9 -- Abraham Lincoln
      6-01-1909 -- 370-1-4, p. I:10-11 -- Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition
      9-25-1909 -- 372-1-11, p. I:12-15 -- Hudson-Fulton Celebration
      1-01-1913 -- 397-1-2, p. I:16 -- Balboa
      3-03-1919 -- 537-1, p. I:16 -- Victory
      4-04-1925 -- 551-1-8, p. I:17-18 -- Nathan Hale
      1-15-1923 -- 554-1-2, p. I:18 -- George Washington
      2-12-1923 -- 555-1-2, p. I:18 -- Abraham Lincoln
      10-27-1922 -- 557-1, p. I:18 -- Roosevelt
      11-20-1922 -- 558-1-2, p. I:20 -- Garfield flat plate
      5-01-1923 -- 559-1-2, p. I:20 -- William McKinley
      5-01-1923 -- 560-1-2, p. I:21 -- Ulysses S. Grant
      1-15-1923 -- 562-1, p. I:21 -- Monroe
      3-20-1923 -- 564-1, p. I:22 -- Grover Cleveland
      8-01-1924 -- 584-1, p. I:22 -- Abraham Lincoln
      5-29-1926 -- 590-1, p. I:23 -- Thomas Jefferson
      5-10-1924 -- 600-1-2, p. I:23 -- Abraham Lincoln (coil)
      9-01-1923 -- 610-1-21, p. I:24-27 -- Warren G. Harding Memorial (perf 11, black)
      11-15-1923 -- 611-1, p. I:28 -- Warren G. Harding Memorial (imperf, black)
      9-12-1923 -- 612-1, p. I:28 -- Warren G. Harding Memorial (perf 10, black)
      5-01-1924 -- 614-616-1-16, p. I:29-32 -- Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary: Ship Nieu Nederland
      4-04-1925 -- 617-619-1-16, p. I:33-36 -- Lexington-Concord
      5-18-1925 -- 620-621-1-13, p. I:37-39 -- Norse-American Centennial
      1-11-1926 -- 622-1-6, p. I:40 -- Benjamin Harrison (green)
      12-28-1962 -- 623-1-5, p. I:41-42 -- Woodrow Wilson (black)
      5-10-1926 -- 627-1-46, p. I:43-50 -- Sesquicentennial Exposition: Liberty Bell
      5-29-1926 -- 628-1-15, p. I:51-53 -- John Ericsson Memorial
      10-18-1926 -- 629-1-50, p. I:54-62 -- Battle of White Plains
      10-18-1926 -- 630-0, p. I:63 -- Battle of White Plains (souvenir sheet)
      8-27-1926 -- 631-1, p. I:63 -- Warren G. Harding (imperf)
      6-10-1927 -- 632-1-3, p. I:64 -- Benjamin Franklin (green)
      5-17-1927 -- 633-1-3, p. I:65 -- Warren G. Harding (yellow brown)
      12-10-1926 -- 634-1, p. I:66 -- George Washington (carmine)
      3-28-1935 -- 634EE-1, p. I:66 -- George Washington (experimental electric eye)
      2-03-1927 -- 635-1-3, p. I:67 -- Abraham Lincoln (violet)
      2-07-1934 -- 635a-1-8, p. I:68-69 -- Abraham Lincoln (reissue)
      5-17-1927 -- 636-1-2, p. I:70 -- Martha Washington (yellow brown)
      3-24-1927 -- 637-1, p. I:71 -- Theodore Roosevelt (dark blue)
      7-27-1927 -- 638-1-2, p. I:72 -- James A. Garfield (red orange)
      3-24-1927 -- 639-1, p. I:73 -- William McKinley (black)
      6-10-1927 -- 640-1-2, p. I:73 -- Ulysses S. Grant (olive green)
      6-10-1927 -- 641-1-3, p. I:74 -- Ulysses S. Grant (olive green)
      5-17-1927 -- 642-1, p. I:75 -- Thomas Jefferson (orange red)
      8-03-1927 -- 643-1-29, p. I:76-81 -- Vermont Sesquicentennial
      8-03-1927 -- 644-1-37, p. I:82-88 -- General John Burgoyne Campaign
      5-26-1928 -- 645-1-80, p. I:89-103 -- Valley Forge: Washington at Prayer
      5-13-1918 -- #C3-1, p. I:105 -- Curtis Jenny (carmine rose, blue)

  2.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume II, 1928-1929 (1994)
      10-20-1928 -- 646-1-21, p. II:5-8 -- Washington: Battle of Monmouth: Molly Pitcher (overprint)
      8-12-1928 -- 647-648-1-25, p. II:9-16 -- Hawaii
      12-12-1928 -- 649-650-1-29, p. II:17-22 -- International Civil Aeronautics Conference (ICAO)
      2-25-1929 -- 651-1-58, p. II:23-34 -- George Rogers Clark
      5-25-1929 -- 653-1, p. II:35 -- Nathan Hale
      6-05-1929 -- 654-1-54, p. II:36-46 -- Electric Light's Golden Jubilee, Edison's First Lamp, perf 11
      6-11-1929 -- 655-1-7, p. II:47-48 -- Electric Light's Golden Jubilee, Edison's First Lamp, perf 11x10-1/2
      6-11-1929 -- 656-1-7, p. II:49-50 -- Electric Light's Golden Jubilee, Edison's First Lamp, coil, perf 10 Vertically
      6-17-1929 -- 657-1-68, p. II:51-64 -- Sullivan Expedition
      5-01-1929 -- 658-679-1-13, p. II:65-67 -- Kansas-Nebraska Overprints
      9-14-1929 -- 680-1-55, p. II:68-79 -- Battle of Fallen Timbers
      10-19-1929 -- 681-1-59, p. II:80-95 / 681-GP1-10, p. 95-97 -- Ohio River
      5-26-1928 -- C10A1-3, p. II:98 -- Lindbergh's Plane "Spirit of St. Louis" and Flight Route, booklet
      7-25-1928 -- C11-1-16, p. II:99-102 -- Beacon on Rocky Mountains
      6-25-1928 -- QE1-1, p. II:103 -- Special Handling
      6-25-1928 -- QE2-1, p. II:103 -- Special Handling
      6-25-1928 -- QE3-1, p. II:104 -- Special Handling
      7-27-1926 -- U522a-1-3, p. II:105 -- Liberty Bell
      1-12-1929 (size 13), 2-01-1929 (Size 5 / size 8) -- UC1-1, p. II:106 -- blue Monoplane -- #UC1 Cachet Display

  3.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume III, 1930-1932 (1995)
      4-08-1930 - 1-01-1932 -- 682 - 690 -- 702 - 715 -- C12 - C15, p. 5-126

  4.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume IV, 1932 (1995)
      1-25-1932 - 10-24-1932 -- 716 - 724 -- C17 -- U436 - U439 -- U523 - U531, p. 5-128
          (717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, U437, U438, U524, U525, U526, U527, U528, U529, U530)

  5.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume V, 1932-1933 (1995)
      8-25-1932 - 10-24-1932 -- 725 - 731 -- UC7, p. 5-100
          (726, 7277, 728, 729, 730)

  6.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume VI, 1933-1934 (1995)
      8-15-1933 - 5-02-1934 -- 732 - 738 -- C18, p. 5-99
          (733, 734, 735, 736, 737)

  7.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume VII, 1934-1935 (1997)
      7-07-1934 -- 739-1-46, p. VII:5-14 / 739-GP1-3, p. VII:14 -- Wisconsin Tercentenary -- #739 Cachets Displayed
                           740-749-1-77, p. VII:15-49 / 740-749-GP1-2, p. VII:49 / 742-PC1-2, p. VII:49 -- National Parks Set
      7-16-1934 -- 740 -- Yosemite
      7-24-1934 -- 741 -- Grand Canyon
      8-03-1934 -- 742 -- Mt. Rainier
      9-24-1934 -- 743 -- Mesa Verde
      7-30-1934 -- 744 -- Yellowstone
      9-05-1934 -- 745 -- Crater Lake
    10-02-1934 -- 746 -- Acadia
      9-18-1934 -- 747 -- Zion
      8-27-1934 -- 748 -- Glacier Park
    10-08-1934 -- 749 -- Smoky Mountains
      8-28-1934 -- 750-1-35, p. VII:50-58 / 750-GP1, p. VII:58 -- Mt. Rainier Souvenir Sheet -- #750 Cachets Displayed
    10-10-1934 -- 751-1-33, p. VII:59-67 / 751-GP1, p. VII:67 -- Trans Mississippi - Yosemite Souvenir Sheet -- #751 Cachets Displayed
      3-15-1935 -- 752-771-1-59, p. VII:68-91 / 752-771-GP1-7, p. VII:91-92 -- -- #752-771 Cachets Displayed
                           752 -- Peace Commemoration (Farley)
                           753 -- Byrd (Farley)
                           754 -- Mothers of America (Farley)
                           755 -- Wisconsin Tercentenary (Farley)
                           756 -- National Parks, Yosemite (Farley)
                           757 -- National Parks, Grand Canyon (Farley)
                           758 -- National Parks, Mt. Rainier (Farley)
                           759 -- National Parks, Mesa Verde (Farley)
                           760 -- National Parks, Yellowstone (Farley)
                           761 -- National Parks, Crater Lake (Farley)
                           762 -- National Parks, Acadia (Farley)
                           763 -- National Parks, Zion (Farley)
                           764 -- National Parks, Glacier Park (Farley)
                           765 -- National Parks, Smoky Mountains (Farley)
                           766a -- Century of Progress (Farley)
                           767a -- Century of Progress (Farley)
                           768a -- Byrd (Farley)
                           769a -- National Parks, Yosemite (Farley)
                           770a -- National Parks, Mt. Rainier (Farley)
                           771 -- Air Mail Special Delivery (Farley)
      6-30-1934 -- C19-1-33, p. VII:93-98 / C19-GP1-4, p. VII:99 -- Winged Globe -- #C19 Cachets Displayed
      8-30-1934 -- CE1-1-42, p. VII:100-106 / CE1-GP1-2, p. VII:106 -- Great Seal Air Mail Special Delivery, Blue -- #CE1 Cachets Displayed
      7-01-1934 -- UC3-1-2, p. VII:107 -- orange air envelope

  8.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume VIII, 1935-1936 (1997)
      4-26-1935 -- 772-1-102, p. VIII:5-23 / 772-GP1-8, p. VIII:23-24 -- Connecticut Tercentenary -- #772 Cachets Displayed
      5-29-1935 -- 773-1-96, p. VIII:25-43 / 773-GP1-9, p. VIII:43-44 / 773-CC1, p. VIII:44 -- California Exposition -- #773 Cachets Displayed
      9-30-1935 -- 774-1-104, p. VIII:45-62 / 774-GP1-25, p. VIII:62-65 -- Boulder Dam -- #774 Cachet List
    11-01-1935 -- 775-1-125, p. VIII:66-86 / 775-GP1-30, p. VIII:86-90 -- Michigan Centenary -- #775 Cachet List
    11-22-1935 -- C20-1-51, p. VIII:91-101 -- China Clipper -- #C20 Cachets Displayed
      2-10-1936 -- CE2-1-50, p. VIII:102-109 -- Great Seal Air Mail Special Delivery, Red and Blue
    9. -- #CE2 Cachets Displayed
  9.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume IX, 1936 (1998)
      3-02-1936 -- 776-1-225, p. IX:5-46 / 776-GP1-30, p. IX:47-51 / 776-PC1-7, p. IX:46-47 / 776-CC1-10, p. IX:51-52 -- Texas Centennial
      5-04-1936 -- 777-1-175, p. IX:53-82 / 777-GP1-8, p. IX:82-83 -- Rhode Island Tercentenary
      5-09-1936 -- 778-1-91, p. IX:84-101 / 778-GP1-15, p. IX:101-103 -- TIPEX Souvenir Sheet

  10.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume X, 1936 (1998)
      6-15-1936 -- 782-1-119, p. X:5-26 / 782-GP1-5, p. X:26-27 -- Arkansas Centennial
      7-14-1936 -- 783-1-155, p. X:28-71 / 783-GP1-11, p. X:71-73 / 783-PC1-9, p. X:73-75 -- Oregon Territory Centennial
      8-26-1936 -- 784-1-109, p. X:76-96 / 784-GP1-13, p. X:96-98 / 784-PC1-2, p. X:96 -- Susan B. Anthony

  11.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume XI, 1936-1937 (2000)
                           785-794-1-133, p. XI:5-82 / 785-794-GP1-12, p. XI:85-87, 785-794-GP-13, p. XI:82 / 785-794-PC1-5, p. XI:84-85 / 785-794-PAT1-14, p. XI:82-84 -- Army and Navy Series
    12-15-1936 -- 785 -- Army: George Washington, Nathanael Greene
      1-15-1937 -- 786 -- Army: Andrew Jackson, Winfield Scott
      2-18-1937 -- 787 -- Army: William Tecumseh Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, Philip H. Sheridan
      3-23-1937 -- 788 -- Army: Robert E. Lee, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
      5-26-1937 -- 789 -- Army: West Point
    12-15-1936 -- 790 -- Navy: John Paul Jones, John Barry
      1-15-1937 -- 791 -- Navy: Stephen Decatur, Thomas MacDonough
      2-18-1937 -- 792 -- Navy: David Farragut, David Dixon Porter
      3-23-1937 -- 793 -- Navy: William T. Sampson, George Dewey, Winfield S. Schley
      5-26-1937 -- 794 -- Navy: Annapolis
      2-15-1937 -- C21-22-1-53, p. 88-101 / C21-22-GP1-7, p. 101-102 -- China Clipper
    12. -- #C21-22 Cachets Displayed
  12.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume XII, 1937 (2000)
      7-13-1937 -- 795-1-105, p. XII:5-24 / 795-GP1-13, p. XII:24-26 -- Ordinance of 1787 -- #795 Cachets Displayed
      8-18-1937 -- 796-1-153, p. XII:27-55 / 796-GP1-27, p. XII:56-59 / 796-CC1-9, p. XII:59-60 -- Virginia Dare -- #796 Cachets Displayed
      8-26-1937 -- 797-1-72, p. XII:61-74 / 797-GP1-8, p. XII:74-75 -- Society of Philatelic Americans Souvenir Sheet -- #797 Cachets Displayed
      9-17-1937 -- 798-1-145, p. XII:76-105 / 798-GP1-19, p. XII:107-110 / 798-PC1-9, p. XII:105-107 -- Constitution Sesquicentennial -- #798 Cachets Displayed

  13.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume XIII, 1937-1938 (2001)
                           799-802-1-203, p. XIII:5-77 / 799-GP1-13, p. XIII:77-79 -- Territorials -- #799-802 Cachets Displayed
    10-18-1937 -- 799 -- Hawaii Territorial -- #799 Cachets Displayed
    11-12-1937 -- 800 -- Alaska Territorial -- #800 Cachets Displayed
    11-25-1937 -- 801 -- Puerto Rico Territorial -- #801 Cachets Displayed
    12-15-1937 -- 802 -- U.S. Virgin Islands Territorial -- #802 Cachets Displayed
      5-14-1938 -- C23-1-176, p. XIII:80-114 / C23-GP1-21, p. XIII:119-122 / C23-PC1-2, p. XIII:118 / C23-A1-9, p. XIII:114-118 -- Eagle Holding Shield -- #C23 Cachets Displayed

  14.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume XIV, 1938 (2001)
     4-25-1938 - 1-28-1942 -- 803 - 834 -- 839 - 851 -- 835, p. 5-96

  15.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume XV, 1938-1939 (2004)
      6-27-1938 -- 836-1-135, p. XV:5-32 / 836-GP1-42, p. XV:35-42 / 836-PC1-5, p. XV:33-35 / 836-A1-4, p. XV:32-33 -- Delaware Tercentenary
      7-15-1938 -- 837-1-84, p. XV:43-59 / 837-GP1-17, p. XV:60-62 / 837-A1-7, p. XV:59-60 -- Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial
      8-24-1938 -- 838-1-116, p. XV:63-83 / 838-GP1-11, p. XV:87-88 / 838-PC1, p. XV:83 / 838-A1-7, p. XV:83-87 -- Iowa Centennial
      5-16-1939 -- C24-1-65, p. XV:89-100 / C24-GP1, p. XV:100 -- Winged Globe

  16.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume XVI, 1939 (2004)
      2-18-1939 -- 852-1-91, p. XVI:5-24 / 852-GP1-2, p. XVI:25-26 / 852-PC1-4, p. XVI:25 -- Golden Gate Exposition
      4-01-1939 -- 853-1-143, p. XVI:27-57 / 853-GP1-6, p. XVI:57-58 / 853-PC1-2, p. XVI:57 -- New York World's Fair
    WF = World's Fair cachets [4-30-1939 - 10-27-1940]
      4-30-1939 -- 854-1-141, p. XVI:59-90 / 854-GP1-13, p. XVI:95-97 / 854-PC1-3, p. XVI:94-95 / 854-A1-2, p. XVI:94 / 854-WF1-24, p. XVI:90-94 -- Washington's Inauguration

  17.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume XVII, 1939 (2006)
    First Day Official and Known Unofficial Cancels, p. XVII:5
      6-12-1939 -- 855-1-310, p. XVII:6-95 / 855-GP1-152, p. XVII:185-209 / 855-A1-106, p. XVII:112-184 / 855-CC1-94, p. XVII:96-111 -- Baseball

  18.       Planty, 2nd edition, Volume XVIII, 1939 (2006)
      8-15-1939 -- 856-1-65, p. XVIII:5-23 / 856-GP1-6, p. XVIII:24-25 / 856-A1-4, p. XVIII:23-24 -- Panama Canal
      9-25-1939 -- 857-1-132, p. XVIII:27-52 / 857-GP1-20, p. XVIII:55-57 / 857-A1-12, p. XVIII:53-54 / 857-CC1-10, p. XVIII:58-59 -- Printing Tercentenary
                           858-1-111, p. XVIII:61-100 / 858-GP1-13, p. XVIII:102-104 / 858-A1-4, p. XVIII:101 -- 50th Anniversary of Statehood
    11-02-1939 -- 858 -- North Dakota
    11-02-1939 -- 858 -- South Dakota
    11-08-1939 -- 858 -- Montana
    11-11-1939 -- 858 -- Washington

    19. Numbers missing from my 2020 U.S. stamp catalog -- Scott numbers never assigned to any 1901-1939 USPOD issue.
          (436, 451, 520, 521, 522, 574, 580, 592, 593, 607, 608, 609, 624, 625, 626, 652, 691, 779, 780, 781)
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