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Cachet Display Catalog: FDC Cachetmakers Index

      This page displays photographs of 225 U.S. First Day Cover (FDC) Cachetmakers. Most of these photos appeared in issues of FIRST DAYS, the Journal of the American First Day Cover Society (AFDCS). Each entry includes the year the photo appeared, or the year the photo was taken. "(yy?)" indicates an old photo with no known information as to when it was taken. Only people who have produced at least one cachet for a specific new U.S. issue will be listed. Please write if you have a ".JPG" scan of an unlisted FDC Cachetmaker, or a better photo than the one displayed here. If known, include the exact source of the photo, periodical name, issue number, page number, and the year the photo was taken. That information is noted in the filename of each photo. All photos are from First Days unless noted otherwise.

      A secondary source of photos is "The Blue Book of Philately: Who`s Who in the Stamp World" (1935) by Harry L. Lindquist. I have been unable to find an affordable copy of the 1938 edition.

      A special thanks go to Clark Heins, whose long running column, "Cachet Mystery Corner", displayed many Collector, Servicer and Cachetmaker photos from his collection gathered from old philatelic magazines and newspapers and other unknown sources. His first photo, of David H. Davenport, appeared in his [#152, 26(3), 5-6/1981, p. 372-374] column.

      An unanticipated side-effect of searching through back issues is that many more articles about these Cachetmakers have been indexed on the Birthdays page.

      For the foundation story of our Society, you should read: "It Began With a Question: The Birth & Rapid Growth of the AFDCS Sixty Years Ago" by Gerald H. Strauss [#421, 60(2), 3-4/2015, p. 17-20]. Richard Bohn (#1Ch) (President of FIPEX), Leo August (#2Ch), Norman H. Lee (#4Ch, LM #1), Strauss (#10ch), and two other Board members of FIPEX (the 1956 international philatelic exhibition in New York), Prescott Holden Thorp and Jacob Glaser, are pictured in the article. Leo August, his brother Sam August, and Al Nelson, an Art Craft artist who designed the AFDCS logo (above), are the only Cachetmakers mentioned in the article.

      What's New on this page

A
1. Diane K. Achgill (2025) Source: ancestry.com / (2019)
   
2. Ralph K. Achgill (2023 / 2012)
   
3. Gerry Adlman (2005)
   
4. Andrew P. "Andy" Allinson (1981)
   
5. Charles Stephen Anderson (1981)
   
6. Hal G. Ansink (1980)
   
7. Donald W. Ashley and Thomas W. Ashley (2025) -- Source: Don Ashley
   
8. Leo August (1947 /1955? / 2014 / 2018)
   
9. Sam August (2018)
   

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B
10. Lorraine E. Bailey (2024 / 2018 / 2014)
    
11. Michelle A. Bakay (2023) -- COH #43 (2023)
    
12. John Miles Baker (ca. 1960s)
    
13. Frank M. Beer (2011)
    
14. Robert D. Barron (2018)
    
15. Frederick G. Bean (1982)
    
16. Waiten S. Beardsley (yy?)
    
17. Guy Bell (2019)
    
18. Dave Bennett (2020 / 2017) -- COH #25 (2005)
    
19. Rollin F. Berger, Jr. (2025) -- Source: Rollin Berger
    
20. Adam K. Bert (yy? / 1935 Blue Book)
    
21. Jay A. Bigalke (2022)
    
22. Margaret Reinbold "Peggy" Blair (or Margaret Blair Reinbold) (1982)
    
23. Don Bloom (2009)
    
24. Alfred G. "Tag" Boerger (yy?)
    
25. Dr. John E. Borges (1974 / 1974)
    
26. Leonard L. Borkowski (yy?)
    
27. Alex J. Borsody (1982)
    
28. John J. Brennan, Jr. (Joseph) (1982)
    
29. Richard Buchwald (yy?)
    
30. Charles J. Buckstein (1939)
    
31. Dorothea "Dotti" Bundy (2013 / 2013 / 2018) -- Source: Obituary from legacy.com
    
32. Charles A. Burroughs (yy?)
    
33. John F. Byrnes (2020)
    

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C
34. Steve Caddick (1981)
    
35. Chris Calle (2025) -- COH #29 (2009) Source: Chris Calle
    
36. Paul Calle (2011)
    
37. Amon G. Carter (Giles) (2017)
    
38. Theodore Charrney (1979)
    
39. Charles R. “Chick” Chickering (Ransom) (2016)
    
40. Gregory R. Ciesielski (2025) -- Source: Member of the Month
    
41. John V. Colasanti (2012)
    
42. Fred Collins (2014)
    
43. William H. Compton, Jr. (yy?)
    
44. Elena Cornejo (2019)
    
45. W.G. Crosby (Walter Garfield "Bones") (yy? / 1930 / 1944 / #925 FDC)
    
46. Dave Curtis (David E.) (2014 / 2012) -- COH #32 (2014)
    
47. Sabrina Curtis (2014)
    
48. Allison W. Cusick (2021)
    
49. Walter Czubay (yy?)
    

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D
50. David H. Davenport (yy?)
    
51. Lloyd A. de Vries (2025/2020)
    
Hiram E. Deats (Edmund) (1935 Blue Book)
      Not a Cachetmaker, just an unusual photo, the only one like it in the 1935 Blue Book

52. C.N.A. DeBajligethy (yy?)
    
53. Nathan H. Deutsch (1983)
    
54. Alan M. Diamant (3-19-2025* / 1983 / 1983) -- * Source: Alan M. Diamant
    
55. Henry A. Diamant (yy?)
    
56. Freda Hukek Diamant (Henry A. Diamant's widow) (1935 Blue Book)
    
57. Sam Dion (2020)
    
58. Andrew C. "Andy" Doback (2006)
    
59. Donald Dondero (1981)
    
60. Rita Drach (1963) Source: wedding photo from newspapers.com
    

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E
61. Louise B. Edwards (Baradiena) (yy?)
    
62. Richard A. Elms (2017)
    
63. Bob Emrick (Robert E., Jr.) (2016) -- COH #36 (2016)
    
64. Roland Essig (2000) Source: Across the Fence Post, Newsletter of the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs (WFSC)
    
65. George R.M. Ewing (yy?)
    

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F
66. Tris Fall (Tristram R. III) (2022)
    
67. Amy Faust (1980)
    
68. David Firestone (1982)
    
69. David Gary Fletcher (2011)
    
70. Alfred L. Fluegel (1989)
    
71. Judith Anne Fogt (2011) -- COH #27 (2007)
    
72. Theodore E. "Little Teddy" Forbes (1930s)
    
73. Joseph C. Formick (1937)
          Per Ralph Nafziger this photo was from: "Western Stamp Collector, vol. 11, no. 73, (whole no. 740), May 5, 1937".
    
74. Helen Fowler (nee Norris) (2014)
    
75. Theron E. Fox (Edgar) (1982)
    
76. Joseph J. "Joe" Frasketi, Jr. (1981)
    

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G
77. David Ellis Garrett (2020)
    
78. Wayne P. Gasper (2011)
    
79. Larry M. Gassen (Laurence) (2016) -- COH #35 (2015)
    
80. Charles A. George (1985)
    
81. Charles W. George (C.W.) (1985)
    
82. Clifford C. Gilmond (2017)
    
83. Jack A. Ginsburg (2014)
    
84. Alberta J. Goff (1985) -- COH #8 (1988)
    
85. Doris Gold (2022 / 1982 / 2104)
    
86. Bernard Goldberg (Bill) (1983 / 1985 / 2011)
    
87. Charles L. Goodman (2018)
    
88. Mark W. Goodson (2020 / 2018)
    
89. Carol Gordon (2020) -- COH #40 (2020)
    
90. Robert C. Graebner (1974)
    
91. Herbert H. Griffin (1930)
    
92. Gabriel C. Guertin (1981)
    
93. Torkel Gundel (ca. 1948)
    

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H
94. Edward G. Hacker (1981)
    
95. Sandra Sue Haimerl (nee Smith) (2014)
    
96. Lois Hamilton (2013) -- COH #12 (1992)
    
97. Henry Hammelman (1907) -- Source: Jerry A. Katz
    
98. Terri Hardin (2019/2022)
    
99. Marti Hardison (Martha R.) (NOT Monti) (1982)
    
100. H.E. Harris (Henry Ellis) (1935)
     
101. Lewis W. Haskell, Jr. (Washburn) (yy?)
     
102. Robert B. "Bob" Haynes (1980)
     
103. Leon Helguera (1950s)
     
104. Douglas H. Henkle (2013 / 1994 / 1959 / 1985)
           The older photos were taken in 1994 for the first Web page I ever created showing all the Computer Programming staff at UW Oshkosh, and 1959 for my Highland Park (IL) High School graduation.
     
105. E.J. Henriques (Edward Joseph) (yy?)
     
106. William Wheeler Henthorne (1943 / 2015)
     
107. Frank A. Herget (Anthony) (1935 Blue Book / 1968)
     
108. Herman "Pat" Herst, Jr. (2016)
     
109. James W. Hogg (2007 / 1981) -- 2007 Date taken Source: James Hogg
     
110. Jesse G. Holland (Graham) (yy?) -- F.C. 784
     
111. Vaughn Hord (2013) -- COH #33 (2014)
     
112. Paul L. Hubartt (2012) -- COH #6 (1981 / 1986) -- F.C. unk
     

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113. Travilla Ioor (1952)
     

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J
114. John Jezek (1978 / 1985)
     
Col. Max G. Johl (Gustav) (1935 Blue Book) -- F.C. N/A
      Not a Cachetmaker, but his 1938 book listing 1933-1937 Commemoratives, Volume 4, p. 280-282, was the first resource I consulted for details about the stamp behind my #802 FDCs (ca. 1973), so it is an honor to list him here.

115. Paul Johnson (2014) -- COH #34 (2014)
     
116. Robert L. "Bob" Jones (1973)
     
117. Susan D. Jorritsma (2010) -- COH #30 (2010)
     

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K
118. William Galt Keyworth (1932)
     
119. Dorothy W. Knapp (Wallace) (1928 / 1976 / 1981)
     
120. Art Kober (2009)
     
121. Elmer F. Koch (1981)
     
122. Kenneth D. Kribbs, Sr. (Ken DeVore) (1983 / 1983) Kribbs, Kenneth D., Sr. (Ken DeVore)
     
123. Bernard H. Kroll (1983)
     
124. Robert "Bob" Kubicko (1982)
     
125. Nirlay Kundu (2018) -- COH #38 (2018)
     

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L
126. Clarence E. Laird (1912) Source: ancestry.com
     
127. Eugene C. Laird (1922) Source: ancestry.com
     
128. Frederick Langford (2011)
     
129. Blair H. Law (2005)
     
130. Chris L. Lazaroff (2025 / 2006)
     
131. Senator Carl Levin (2012)
     
Harry L. Lindquist (Lemuel) (1935 Blue Book) -- F.C. N/A
      Not a Cachetmaker, author of the 1935 and 1938 Blue Books

132. George Ward Linn (1930 / 1945)
     
133. William S. Linto (Stanley) (1958)
     
134. John Lundquist (1983)
     
135. Michael "MJ" Luzzi (2024)
     

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Mc
136. James C. MacAdam (yy? / 1968)
     
137. Myron F. McCamley (1978 / 1930)
     
138. Peter R. McClure (2024)
     
139. Bruce R. McIntyre, Sr. (1935 Blue Book)
     
140. Ham McNatt (Herman S.) (1989)
     

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M
141. Verna V. Mann (Valentine) (1924)
     
142. Leon Yussuf Manoukian (1983)
     
143. Carolyn Marks (2021)
     
144. Edna Maul (1982) Maul, Edna Maul--
     
145. Thelma Mayer (1982)
     
146. Henry O. Meisel (yy? / 1935)
     
147. Gustave E.R. Michelson (1940s)
     
148. Martin Kent Miller (2020)
     
149. Paul C. Mills (1982)
     
150. Thomas A. (Allen) “Tom” Minor (2025)
     
151. Barbara A. Montgomery 2011) -- COH #31 (2011)
     
152. Robert "Bob" Moore (1980)
     
153. Bill Morrissey (2023)
     
154. Tom Mueller (2021) -- COH #44 (2024)
     
155. Melba Madeline Myers (2016)
     

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N
156. Ralph H. Nafziger (2022)
     
157. Hideaki D. Nakano (2006)
     
158. Barry Newton (1981)
     
159. Ray Novak (Raymond) (1981 / 2011)
     
160. William J. Numeroff (1964)
     
161. Seymour Nussenbaum (2010 / 2022) -- COH #42 (2022)
     

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O
162. A.E. Owen (Arthur Edmund) (1935 Blue Book / early 1940s)
     

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P
163. James Pearl (1982)
     
164. E. Milnor Peck (1952)
     
165. Geri Peltin (1981)
     
166. Tom Peluso (2020 / 2019)
     
167. Valerie L. Pence (1982 / 1983)
     
168. David M. Peterman (2019) -- COH #39 (2019)
     
169. Leonard W. Piszkiewicz (2011) Source: Luff (PDF) -- (2023) Source: Alan Warren
     
170. Dr. Earl G. Planty (Gerald) (1980 / 1981 / 1981)
     
171. Curtiss Poorman (2008) -- COH #28 (2008)
     
172. Steven F. Popick (1982)
     
173. Walter T. Poppenger (1935 Blue Book)
     
174. David Preston (1979)
     
175. David M. Pritchard, Jr. (1974)
     
176. Julian F. Pugh (Franklin) (1984 / 2015)
     

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Q
177. Robert Quintero (2020)
     

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R
178. Frank F. Raciti (1981 / 1983)
     
179. Clarence E. Reid (1979: L-R Mike Dubin, Fred Bean, Clarence Reid)
     
180. Camille Rendal (2018)
     
181. F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger) (1930s Wilma and Fred Rice / yy?)
     
182. Mary Ann Rice (1982)
     
183. Laura Lee Ritter (1982)
     
Roberta Roe (N/A)
      Not a Cachetmaker, the mythical daughter? of A.C. Roessler

184. Albert C. Roessler (Charles) (yy?)
     
185. Alfred Roman (1981)
     
186. Todd A. Ronnei (2022)
     
187. George Rost (2021)
     

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S
188. George V. Sadworth (1940)
     
189. Hobart E. Schacht, Sr. (1980)
     
190. Henry B. Scheuer (2023 / 1983)
     
191. Henry J. Schmidt (1981)
     
192. Cynthia L. Scott (2025) -- Source: Cynthia Scott
     
193. Jack Sidenius (1948 / 1975)
     
194. Captain Chester Warren Siegmund (1982)
     
195. Edith Siegmund (1982)
     
196. Richard A. Silliman (1974)
     
197. Ron Sobel (2020)
     
198. Fred Spielman (Fredrick Andrew) (1935 Blue Book)
     
199. Ludwig W. Staehle (yy?) -- COH #41 (2021)
     
200. Walter Martin Stawaszewski (aka Stawuszewski) (2013 / 2013)
     

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T
201. May Day Taylor (2018)
     
202. Ronald J. Traino, Sr. (2015)
     
203. Richard A. Traybsza (2020)
     

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U
204. Shirley Ulling (2019)
     
205. Frank J. Ulrich, Jr. (Francis Jerome) (1951)
     

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V
206. Al Van Dahl (Albert Martin Wilhelm) (1954)
     
207. Arlene May Van Dahl (1980)
     

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W
208. Norbert C. Waldau (yy? / 1955 / 1985)
     
209. Philip H. Ward, Jr. (Henry) (yy?)
     
210. T. Michael Weddle (Terrence) (1983)
     
211. Alton A. Weigel (1980)
     
212. J. Harold Wells (ca. 1920)
     
213. Gladys A. West-Jones (2019)
     
214. George R. Wildman (2017)
     
215. Nat Williams (ca. 1930s)
     
216. Frank W. Wright (1931)
     
217. William N. Wright (Nelson) (1940s?)
     

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Y
218. Jason Youngblood (2025)
     
219. Wayne L. Youngblood (2025) Source: Wayne Youngblood's website
     

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Z
220. Argineh Zadoorian (2018) -- COH #37 (2017 / 2012)
     
221. John Zaso (1983)
     
222. Eugene "Zim" Zimmerman (1904) -- Source: Wikipedia
     
223. Ralph Zimmerman (1981)
     
224. Hans Zoell (yy?)
     
225. Sanders Zuckerman (aka Sandy Dolin) (1982)
     
Wisconsin Philatelic Hall of Fame 2023 Reunion (2023)
      Pictured: Wayne Youngblood and Doug Henkle, Not pictured Jay Bigalke
      Deceased Cachetmakers HoF members: Henry J. Schmidt. No photo found yet: Jerome "Jerry" D. Husak / Elmer E. Koehler / Howard M. Sherpe / Ray Handel, Jr. / Ray Handel, Sr.