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U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Cachetmaker: John Coulthard

(last updated .10-07-2026)

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      This page displays First Day Cover (FDC) cachets created by John T. Coulthard (Thompson) (9-21-1903 - 9-24-1966) of Modesto, CA in Scott Number order. For a display of many cartoons and ads he drew from the 1930's through the 1950's, see my bibliography page documenting the stamp and cover sales catalog, "Collector's Handbook" by Elmer R. Long. And, for a number of special Naval Event cachets he created, see the page, Naval Cover Museum: Cachet Maker John Coulthard. The Naval Cover Museum (NCM) is owned and maintained by the Universal Ship Cancellation Society (USCS), Greg Ciesielski, NCM Curator. Except as noted by "{A}" (my personal collection), all other displays were found on the Web.

See also my John Coulthard Poster Stamps @ page

      References -- What's New on this page

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

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

Planty Photo Encyclopedia of Cacheted First Day Covers, 2nd ed. -- Xnn:nn (Volume number: Page number)


1. U.S. Scott #790-23a - USCS Chapter #2 John Paul Jones, signed by John Coulthard -- XI:36-37
2. U.S. Scott #800-106, 11-12-1937, John T. Coulthard -- XIII:57 --- (eBay)
   
3. U.S. Scott #852-17, 2-18-1939, Leo August / John T. Coulthard -- XVI:12 --- (eBay) / {A}
   
4. U.S. Scott #854-44, 4-30-1939, Washington Stamp Exchange (John T. Coulthard) -- XVI:73 --- (eBay)
   
5. U.S. Scott #855-13a", 6-12-1939, John T. Coulthard (ball in mustard) -- XVII:11 --- (eBay)
   
   U.S. Scott #855-13b, John T. Coulthard (ball in green)
   U.S. Scott #855-13c, John T. Coulthard (ball in pink)
   U.S. Scott #855-13d, John T. Coulthard (ball in purple)
   U.S. Scott #855-13e, John T. Coulthard (ball in blue)
   U.S. Scott #855-13f, John T. Coulthard (ball in brown)
   U.S. Scott #855-13g, John T. Coulthard (w/counterfeit postmark, all in black)
6. U.S. Scott #856-25, 8-15-1939, John T. Coulthard -- XVIII:17 --- (eBay)
   
7. U.S. Scott #857-2, 9-25-1939, Washington Stamp Exchange (John T. Coulthard) -- XVIII:27 --- (eBay)
   

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Mellone's Specialized Cachet Catalog of First Day Covers of the 1940's, Vol. I, 2nd ed. 1984 -- I:nn (Volume number: Page number)
8. U.S. Scott #904-2, I:39, 6-01-1942, Cachet Craft (John T. Coulthard) --- (eBay)
   
9. U.S. Scott #905-13, I:41, 7-04-1942, Cachet Craft (John T. Coulthard) --- (eBay)
        See 914-NIM for another use of this same World War II Patriotic cachet.
        Sherman Catalog Numbers: -- S1#6337, p. 254,258 -- S2#7196, p. 305
   
10. U.S. Scott #906-4, I:45, 7-07-1942, John T. Coulthard --- (eBay)
    
11. U.S. Scott #914-NIM, (not in Mellone), 9-14-1943, Cachet Craft (John T. Coulthard) --- (eBay)
         See 905-13 for another use of this same World War II Patriotic cachet.
         Sherman Catalog Numbers: -- S1#6337, p. 254,258 -- S2#7196, p. 305
    
12. U.S. Scott #920-NIM, (not in Mellone), 12-07-1943, Cachet Craft (John T. Coulthard) --- {A}
          See C25a-40 for another use of this same World War II Patriotic cachet but with the blue and red colors reversed.
          Sherman Catalog Numbers: -- S1#3747, p. 202 -- S2#4267, p. 237
    

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Mellone's Specialized Cachet Catalog of First Day Covers of the 1940's, Vol. II, 2nd ed. 1984 -- II:nn (Volume number: Page number)
13. U.S. Scott #C25a-40, II:248, 3-18-1943, Designer Unknown Cachet Craft (John T. Coulthard) --- (eBay)
          See 920-NIM for another use of this same World War II Patriotic cachet but with the blue and red colors reversed.
          Sherman Catalog Numbers: - -- S1#3747, p. 202 -- S2#4267, p. 237
          #C25a-40, Blue & red -- #C25a-40a, Red & blue
    
          This cachet has been pictured in FIRST DAYS: 1) Piscina, 1982 -- "Another common error occurs in the identification of the cachet illustrated in Figure 3. This cover is frequently misidentified as an Ioor cachet because of the similarity to Ioor's famous air mail borders. Actually, this cachet was drawn by John T. Coulthard for Fitts of Cachet Craft."; 2) Dubin, 1983 -- "Coulthard Design for Cachet Craft"; and 3) Copeland, 2015 -- "It was attributed to John T. Coulthard for Cachet Craft in the October 1, 1982, and January 1, 1983, issues, showing similar attribution."
      As John T. Coulthard was the principal artist for Elmer Long, see: "Collector's Handbook" by Elmer R. Long for many more Coulthard designs.

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Not pictured in any catalog anywhere


14. Canal Zone Scott #120, 8-15-1939, John T. Coulthard --- (eBay)
    
15. Canal Zone Scott #121, 8-15-1939, John T. Coulthard --- (eBay)
    
16. Canal Zone Scott #122, 8-15-1939, John T. Coulthard --- (eBay)
    
17. Canal Zone Scott #123, 8-15-1939, John T. Coulthard --- (eBay)
    
18. Canal Zone Scott #124, 8-15-1939, John T. Coulthard --- (eBay)
    
19. Canal Zone Scott #125, 8-15-1939, John T. Coulthard --- (eBay)
    

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#PAT-WW2 -- World War II Patriotics


20. U.S. Scott #nnnnn-PAT1 - unknown -- XIIX:
21. U.S. Scott #nnnnn-PAT2 - unknown -- XIIX:
22. U.S. Scott #nnnnn-PAT3 - unknown -- XIIX:
23. U.S. Scott #nnnnn-PAT4 - unknown -- XIIX:
24. U.S. Scott #nnnnn-PAT5 - unknown -- XIIX:
25. U.S. Scott #nnnnn-PAT6 - unknown -- XIIX:

• #82-74 -- John Coulthard: California Cachet Maker by Elmer E. Koehler
        [#82, 14(5), 9-10/1969, p. 74-75]


• #162-1068 -- C.A.R. No. 16: Cachet Authentication Report by Alan L. Piscina
        [#162, 27(7), 10-01-1982, p. 1068]


• #164-75 -- Mike Dubin advertisement
        [#164, 28(1), 1-01-1983, p. 75]


• #422-14 -- Wartime Airmail FDCs on Patriotic Covers Cachetmakers Adopted "Win the War" Themes by Basil L. Copeland, Jr. (see: page 16,18, Figures 7-9)
        [#422, 60(3), 5-6/2015, p. 14-16, 18-22, 24]


Other Print References:
• "In memoriam John T. Coulthard, 1903–1966" by Jim Ivey, The World of Comic Art, 1967 (winter 1966/67), page 59
• "A Study of John Coulthard, 1903-1966: Cachet Designer, Artist, Philatelist" by Clyde Carriker -- [AP #1004, 98(9), 9/1984, p. 915-920]
• "A Great Philatelic Sting: The tale of John Coulthard and the Windjammer Philatelist" by Larry Weirather -- [AP #1481, 138(6), 6/2024, p. 42-50]
        [The article's title in the Table of Contents, page 2, was "A Collector’s Dream Voyage? Hmmm…"]


On-Line References:
YouTube 06-24-2026: The Whimsical World Philatelic Artist, John Coulthard by Rick Barrett
Courtesy of the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County (PA)
      This presentation noted John was a member of the Golden Gate Precancel Society (GGPS), the Modesto Stamp Club, the Stanilaus Philatelic Society (Stanilaus Stamp Club) (Modesto, CA was in Stanilaus County), and the Meter Slogan Associates (MSA #1).

For more Coulthard references, see my other page, John Coulthard Poster Stamps @.

Page created by Douglas H. Henkle (Contact): henkle@pobox.com