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U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Cachetmaker: Robert G. Rank "First Rank"

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

(last updated .05-22-2025)

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      This page displays "First Rank Cachets" First Day Cover (FDC) cachets created during 1979 - 1984 by Robert G. Rank (19??-) of Union City, NJ and Gene Johnson of city?, TX. Except as noted by "{A}" (my personal collection), all other displayed covers were found on the Web.

Robert G. Rank photo wanted for Cachetmaker Photos

      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
Subject for this page: Doug Henkle unlisted Robert G. Rank "First Rank" 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 (FDOI)

  1. U.S. Scott #1770 -- 1-12-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" -- First Cachet "014" (330 made) --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #1770 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank' U.S. Scott #1770 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  2. U.S. Scott #1771 -- 1-13-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #1771 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  3. U.S. Scott #1772 -- 2-15-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "014" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #1772 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  4. U.S. Scott #1773 -- 2-27-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "014" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #1773 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  5. U.S. Scott #1774 -- 3-04-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "014" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #1774 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  6. U.S. Scott #1775-1778 -- 4-19-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "004" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #1775-1778 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  7. U.S. Scott #1779-1782 -- 6-04-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "036" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #1779-1782 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  8. U.S. Scott #1783-1786 -- 6-07-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "061" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #1783-1786 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  9. U.S. Scott #1787 -- 6-15-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "174" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #1787 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  10. U.S. Scott #1788 -- 8-09-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "223" --- {A} / (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #1788 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank' U.S. Scott #1788 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  11. U.S. Scott #1789 -- 9-23-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "229" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #1789 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  12. U.S. Scott #1790 -- 9-05-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- (eBay)
          Assumed: he did a cachet for each 1980 Summer Olympics #1790-1794 and 1980 Winter Olympics #1795-1798 issue. Scans of FDCs not displayed are wanted.
    U.S. Scott #1790 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  13. U.S. Scott #1791 -- 9-05-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- ***
  14. U.S. Scott #1792 -- 9-05-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- ***
  15. U.S. Scott #1793 -- 9-05-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- ***
  16. U.S. Scott #1794 -- 9-05-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- ***
  17. U.S. Scott #1795 -- 2-01-1980 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "117" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #1795 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  18. U.S. Scott #1796 -- 2-01-1980 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "117" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #1796 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  19. U.S. Scott #1797 -- 2-01-1980 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "117" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #1797 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  20. U.S. Scott #1798 -- 2-01-1980 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- ***
  21. U.S. Scott #1799-1800 -- 10-18-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "004" / "004" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #1799-1800 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank' U.S. Scott #1799-1800 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  22. U.S. Scott #1801 -- 11-04-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "053" / "113" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #1801 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank' U.S. Scott #1801 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank' U.S. Scott #1801 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  23. U.S. Scott #1802 -- 11-11-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #1802 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  24. U.S. Scott #2044 -- 6-09-1983 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2044 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  25. U.S. Scott #2046 -- 7-06-1983 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- (eBay)
          1) Bopex Station 4-09-1983 -- 2) Saginaw Valley Stamp Society Station 4-16-1983 -- 3) Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum FDOI -- 4) Cooperstown, NY FDOI -- 5) Boston, MA FDOI -- 6) Bronx, NY Stadium ? FDOI
    U.S. Scott #2046 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank') U.S. Scott #2046 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank') U.S. Scott #2046 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank') U.S. Scott #2046 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank' U.S. Scott #2046 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank' U.S. Scott #2046 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  26. U.S. Scott #2065 -- 11-11-1983 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #2065 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank' U.S. Scott #2065 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank' U.S. Scott #2065 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  27. U.S. Scott #2097 -- 8-17-1984 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- (eBay)
          possible Last Cachet, unverified
    U.S. Scott #2097 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  28. U.S. Scott #C95 -- 11-20-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "095" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #C95 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
  29. U.S. Scott #C95-96 -- 11-20-1979 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" "126" --- {A}
    U.S. Scott #C95-96 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
    30. Add-on Cachets:
  30. U.S. Scott #1563 -- 4-19-1975 -- Robert G. Rank "First Rank" --- (eBay)
    U.S. Scott #1563 -- Robert G. Rank 'First Rank'
#References
Articles published in FIRST DAYS, Listed in Date of Publication Order: On-Line References:

First Rank First Day Covers by John H. White

Rank Velvet Cachets on Unmanned Satellite Covers by Don Hillger and Garry Toth (on the Colorado State University website)
      published (undated) in "Space Unit", Vol. 59, No. 1, #321, page 40-44.

"First Rank" cachets by Don Hillger and Garry Toth (on the Colorado State University website)
      mostly Space Covers but it also has some FDCs

Robert Rank - Space Voyage Covers - William (Bill) McAllum (NASA) (1933--1996) by Simon Cronk (no mention of FDCs)

Space Cover #539: Robert Rank Velvet covers
URL: https://www.folklib.net/fdc/makers/first-rank.shtml
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