U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Cachetmaker: William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose Cachets

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

(last updated .01-29-2023)

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      This page displays United States Postal Service (USPS) General Purpose (GP) cachets created by Dr. William R. Bush (Robert) (1921-1976) of Canton, OH starting on 7-01-1971, five years before he passed away. Collectors continued to use his hundreds of printed unserviced blank covers at least through 1990. I have seen three varieties of Bush's GP cachet.

      (GP Type 1) = Two text lines below the Logo, the last being, "First Day Cover", and no text above the Logo. Only noted where more than one Type is known for the same issue. Most cachets displayed, at least so far, are Type 1.
      (GP Type 2) = Two added lines at the top, e.g. "No_ 409 / LIMITED EDITION", and the last line is "First Day Covers", with an added "s".
      (GP Type 3) = "First Day of Issue" above the Logo, and no text below it.

      What's New on this page

      Wanted: a 300 bpi / 600 pixel wide (or greater) .jpg scan of any unlisted cachet, and ALSO any cachet marked ***
Email it to: henkle@pobox.com
Subject for this page: Doug Henkle unlisted W.R. Bush USPS General Purpose cachet
      (an email with any other subject or with any other graphical format will be ignored IF it has an attachment)

      Scan sources, if other than off the Web (in the order they were received):
{A} = from my own collection
(MWG) = from Mark W. Goodson
(CS) = from Chris Steenerson
(NGA) = from Noel G. Almeida
(Steenerson) = listed and pictured in Chris Steenerson's 1970's FDC Cachet Catalog.

      U.S. Scott #nnn = U.S. Scott Catalog number.
      mm-dd-yyyy = First Day of Issue

  1. U.S. Scott #1396, 7-01-1971, 1st W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- (MWG) / (CS) / (CS)
          Also pictured in 7-1-71 Cachetmaker Identifier III by Roy E. Mooney [FIRST DAYS #329, 48(6), 9-01-2003, p. 39, Figure 42]
          1) Type 2 -- 2) Type 3 front -- 3) Type 3 back "W.R. Bush, M.D., 1023 Colonial Blvd. N.E., Canton, Ohio 44714"
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1396 William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1396 front William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1396 back
  2. }U.S. Scott #1396, 7-01-1971, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- (CS) / (CS) / (CS)
          1) Type 3, Canton, OH, machine cancel -- 2) Type 3, Canton, OH, hand cancel -- 3) Type 3, USPS "446" OH, hand cancel
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1396 William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1396 William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1396
  3. }U.S. Scott #1396, 7-01-1971, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- (CS) / (CS) / (CS)
          Other Cachetmakers who also used the new USPS Logo. I may create pages for Artmaster or CCC or #1396 someday, but that seems unlikely any time soon, so I will leave these here until those pages are created.
          1) Artmaster, 2) Artmaster copy by unknown, 3) Cover Craft Cachets
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1396 William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1396 William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1396
  4. U.S. Scott #1448-1451, 4-05-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP Type 1) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1448-1451
  5. U.S. Scott #1448-1451, 4-05-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP Type 2) -- (Steenerson, Vol. 1, p. 106)
  6. U.S. Scott #1452, 6-26-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP Type 1) -- (Steenerson, Vol. 1, p. 108)
  7. U.S. Scott #1452, 6-26-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP Type 2) -- (Steenerson, Vol. 1, p. 108(5))
  8. U.S. Scott #1456, 7-04-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- (Steenerson, Vol. 1, p. 115(2), 116)
  9. U.S. Scott #1458, 7-04-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- (Steenerson, Vol. 1, p. 117)
  10. U.S. Scott #1459, 7-04-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- (Steenerson, Vol. 1, p. 118)
  11. U.S. Scott #1456-1459, 7-04-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP Type 1) -- (Steenerson, Vol. 1, p. 116)
  12. U.S. Scott #1456-1459, 7-04-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP Type 2) -- (Steenerson, Vol. 1, p. 116)
  13. U.S. Scott #1468, 9-27-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP Type 2) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1468
  14. U.S. Scott #1470, 10-13-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP Type 2) -- (Steenerson, Vol. 1, p. 131)
  15. U.S. Scott #1473, 11-10-1972, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP Type 2) -- (Steenerson, Vol. 1, p. 138)
  16. U.S. Scott #1476, 2-16-1973, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- (Steenerson, Vol. 1, p. 156)
  17. U.S. Scott #1543-1546, 7-04-1974, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1543-1546
  18. U.S. Scott #1553, 2-10-1975, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1553
  19. U.S. Scott #1555, 5-27-1975, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1555
  20. U.S. Scott #1560, 3-25-1975, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1560
  21. U.S. Scott #1563, 4-19-1975, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1563
  22. U.S. Scott #1564, 6-17-1975, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1564
  23. U.S. Scott #1618, 11-25-1975, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #1618
  24. U.S. Scott #1690, 6-01-1976, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  25. U.S. Scott #1726, 9-30-1977, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  26. U.S. Scott #1781, 6-04-1979, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  27. U.S. Scott #1787, 6-15-1979, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  28. U.S. Scott #1788, 8-09-1979, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  29. U.S. Scott #1799, 10-18-1979, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  30. U.S. Scott #1800, 10-18-1979, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  31. U.S. Scott #1820, 3-15-1981, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  32. U.S. Scott #1822, 5-20-1980, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  33. U.S. Scott #1823, 5-31-1980, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  34. U.S. Scott #1824, 6-27-1980, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  35. U.S. Scott #1825, 7-21-1980, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  36. U.S. Scott #1826, 7-23-1980, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  37. U.S. Scott #1831, 9-01-1980, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  38. U.S. Scott #1832, 9-05-1980, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  39. U.S. Scott #1843, 10-31-1980, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  40. U.S. Scott #1894, 12-17-1981, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  41. U.S. Scott #1925, 6-29-1981, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  42. U.S. Scott #1937, 10-16-1981, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  43. U.S. Scott #1941, 11-05-1981, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  44. U.S. Scott #1949, 1-08-1982, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  45. U.S. Scott #2037, 4-05-1983, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  46. U.S. Scott #2040, 4-29-1983, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  47. U.S. Scott #2042, 5-18-1983, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  48. U.S. Scott #2043, 5-14-1983, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  49. U.S. Scott #2280a, 2-14-1989, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  50. U.S. Scott #2281, 9-02-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  51. U.S. Scott #2285, 5-28-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  52. U.S. Scott #2344, 6-21-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  53. U.S. Scott #2346, 7-26-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  54. U.S. Scott #2347, 8-22-1989, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  55. U.S. Scott #2370, 1-26-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- (NGA)
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #2370
  56. U.S. Scott #2378, 7-04-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  57. U.S. Scott #2386, 9-14-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  58. U.S. Scott #2387, 9-14-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  59. U.S. Scott #2388, 9-14-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  60. U.S. Scott #2389, 9-14-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  61. U.S. Scott #2396, 10-22-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  62. U.S. Scott #2397, 10-22-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  63. U.S. Scott #2398, 10-22-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  64. U.S. Scott #2411, 3-25-1989, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
  65. U.S. Scott #2412, 4-04-1989, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #2412
  66. U.S. Scott #2418, 7-17-1989, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #2418
  67. U.S. Scott #2420, 8-30-1989, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #2420
  68. U.S. Scott #2449, 4-18-1990, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #2449
    69. (C) Airmail Stamps

  69. U.S. Scott #C79, 11-16-1973, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- (eBay)
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #C79
  70. U.S. Scott #C117, 3-29-1988, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- ***(a)
  71. U.S. Scott #C120, 7-14-1989, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- ***(a)
    72. (O) Official Mail Stamps

  72. U.S. Scott #O143, 7-05-1989, W.R. Bush: USPS General Purpose (GP) -- {A}
    William R. Bush: USPS General Purpose on Scott #O143

    73. ***(a) = found on the Web but the scans were unusable
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