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

(last updated .02-18-2022)

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      This page displays First Day Cover (FDC) cachets created by John Coulthard (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.

      References

      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
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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 Coulthard -- XIII:57 -- (eBay)
   
3. U.S. Scott #852-17, 2-18-1939, Leo August / John Coulthard -- XVI:12 -- (eBay)
   
4. U.S. Scott #854-44, 4-30-1939, Washington Stamp Exchange (John Coulthard) -- XVI:73 -- (eBay)
   
5. U.S. Scott #855-13a", 6-12-1939, John Coulthard (ball in mustard) -- XVII:11 -- (eBay)
   
   U.S. Scott #855-13b, John Coulthard (ball in green)
   U.S. Scott #855-13c, John Coulthard (ball in pink)
   U.S. Scott #855-13d, John Coulthard (ball in purple)
   U.S. Scott #855-13e, John Coulthard (ball in blue)
   U.S. Scott #855-13f, John Coulthard (ball in brown)
   U.S. Scott #855-13g, John Coulthard (w/counterfeit postmark, all in black)
6. U.S. Scott #856-25, 8-15-1939, John Coulthard -- XVIII:17 -- (eBay)
   
7. U.S. Scott #857-2, 9-25-1939, Washington Stamp Exchange (John 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 Coulthard) -- (eBay)
   
9. U.S. Scott #905-13, I:41, 7-04-1942, Cachet Craft (John 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 Coulthard -- (eBay)
    
11. U.S. Scott #914-NIM, (not in Mellone), 9-14-1943, Cachet Craft (John 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 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 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 Coulthard for Fitts of Cachet Craft."; 2) Dubin, 1983 -- "Coulthard Design for Cachet Craft"; and 3) Copeland, 2015 -- "It was attributed to John Coulthard for Cachet Craft in the October 1, 1982, and January 1, 1983, issues, showing similar attribution."
      As John 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 Coulthard -- (eBay)
    
15. Canal Zone Scott #121, 8-15-1939, John Coulthard -- (eBay)
    
16. Canal Zone Scott #122, 8-15-1939, John Coulthard -- (eBay)
    
17. Canal Zone Scott #123, 8-15-1939, John Coulthard -- (eBay)
    
18. Canal Zone Scott #124, 8-15-1939, John Coulthard -- (eBay)
    
19. Canal Zone Scott #125, 8-15-1939, John Coulthard -- (eBay)
    

• #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]

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