U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Cachetmaker: "FDC" 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 .09-22-2024)
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This page displays First Day Covers with General Purpose (GP) cachets created by known and unknown Cachetmakers that include the words:
"First Day Cover" (FDC).
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U.S. Scott #nnn = U.S. Scott Catalog number.
mm-dd-yyyy = First Day of Issue
Other General Purpose (GP) cachet pages:
Eagles
-- 1DC and 1DI
-- FDC
-- FDI
-- FDOI
Identifier of all the GP's above on one page
General Purpose "Border" Cachets
Note that each General Purpose Cachet has been assigned its own unique "GP#" Catalog Number.
"First Day Cover" Type Menu, either click on the "First Day Cover" Number or the Thumbnail:
FDC1
-- FDC2
-- FDC3
-- FDC4
-- FDC5
-- FDC6
-- FDC6c
-- FDC6a
-- FDC6b
-- FDC7
-- FDC8
-- FDC9
-- FDC10
-- FDC11
-- FDC12
-- FDC13
-- FDC14
-- FDC15
-- FDC15b
-- FDC16
-- FDC17
-- FDC18a
-- FDC18b
-- FDC19
-- FDC20
-- FDC21
-- FDC22
-- FDC23
-- FDC24
-- FDC25
-- FDC26
-- FDC27
-- FDC28
-- #FDC29
-- #FDC30
-- #FDC31
-- #FDC32
-- #FDC33
-- #FDC34
-- #FDC35
-- #FDC36
-- #FDC37
-- #FDC38
-- #FDC39
-- #FDC40
-- #FDC41
-- #FDC42
-- #FDC43
-- #FDC44
-- #FDC45
-- #FDC46
-- #FDC47
-- #FDC48
-- #FDC49
-- #FDC50
-- #FDC50a
-- #FDC51
-- #FDC52
-- #FDC53
-- #FDC53-1
-- #FDC54
-- #FDC55
Thumbnail Menu arranged by size and similar subjects
"FDC" cachets cataloged as "Unknown: Eagles"
- #FDC1 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC1 -- Mutual Benefit Stamp Club
#795-GP4, 7-13-1937, XII:24
-- #796-GP24, 8-18-1937, XII:59
-- #798-GP16, 9-17-1937, XII:109
-- #799-802-GP3, various, XIII:77
-- #835-GP1, 6-21-1938, XIV:95
- #FDC2 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC2 -- unknown
#940-GP1-NIM, 5-09-1946
- #FDC3 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC3 -- unknown
-- E.C. Lawrence
#802-GP7, 12-15-1937
- #FDC4 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC4 -- unknown
#730, 8-25-1933
- #FDC5 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC5 -- unknown
#FDC5a blue, #774, 9-30-1935
-- #FDC5b violet, #657, 6-17-1929
-- #690-GP9a, 1-16-1931
Planty:
#657-47, II:60
#690-GP9, III:52
-- #723, 8-18-1932
For the same design with "First Day of Issue" text see GP#FDOI-24
- #FDC6 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC6
-- (first name?) McGregor, M.D. (Dr.)
() = cachet identification in Planty
#654-19, 6-05-1929, II:40-41 (Stoutzenberg)
-- #722-GP6, 10-12-1932, IV:90 (unknown)
-- #724-GP8, 10-24-1932, IV:112 (Stoutzenberg)
-- #725-GP15, 10-24-1932, V:23 NIP
GP#FDC6 with top red arrow and bottom blue arrow by Stoutzenberg (GP#Border3)
-- Stoutzenberg's GP arows border cachet is known on many other FDC's with and without an additional cachet by him or by unknown.
742, 8-03-1934, VII:NIP
-- #C19-GP3, 6-30-1934, VII:99 (unknown)
#FDC6a -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC6a
-- (first name?) McGregor, M.D. (Dr.)
#734-GP2, 10-13-1933, VI:40 (unknown)
-- #752-771-GP7, VII:92 (unknown)
-- #C19-GP5, 6-30-1934, VII:NIP
GP#FDC6a dark blue
#FDC6b -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC6b
-- (first name?) McGregor, M.D. (Dr.)
1st line same font as FDC6 / 2nd line: "McGregor, M.D."
#772-GP4, 4-26-1935, VIII:23 (McGregor)
-- #774-GP8, 7-30-1934, VIII:63 (McGregor)
-- #776-GP22, 3-02-1936, IX:50 (McGregor)
-- #782-GP3, 6-15-1936, X:27 (McGregor)
-- #784-GP7, 7-30-1934, X:97 (McGregor)
-- #798-GP2, 9-17-1937, XII:107 (McGregor)
-- #837-GP8, 7-15-1938, XV:61 (McGregor)
-- #838-GP5 Black, 8-24-1938, XV:87 (McGregor)
GP#FDC6b Black -- GP#FDC6b1 Purple
Comparison:
- #FDC7 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose (Uncle Sam) -- GP#FDC7 -- unknown
#620-GP1, 5-18-1925, I:39
-- #732-GP5, 8-15-1933, VI:18 NIP
-- #739, 7-07-1934, VII:124 NIP
-- #774, 9-30-1935, VIII:124 NIP
-- #789-GP6, 5-26-1937, color?, XI:86
-- #793, 3-23-1937, color?, XI:86
-- #798-GP14, Blue-green, 9-17-1937, XII:109
-- #799-GP16, 10-18-1937, XIII:79 NIP
-- #805ee-73, 1-16-1941, XIV:35
-- #835-GP11a, 6-21-1938, XIV:96
-- #855-GP74a, 6-12-1939, XVII:197
GP#FDC7 green RS
-- GP#FDC7a purple RS
-- GP#FDC7b black printed
-- GP#FDC7c blue RS
rubber stamp
rubber stamp
printed
rubber stamp
- #FDC8 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose (map) -- GP#FDC8 -- unknown
#551-5, 4-04-1925, I:17
-- #628-GP1, 5-29-1926, I:53 NIP
-- #654-GP2, 6-05-1929, II:46 NIP
-- #681-GP13, 10-19-1929, II:97 NIP
-- #681-GP11, 10-19-1929, II:97 NIP
-- #-GP, ,
-- #-GP, ,
-- #-GP, ,
-- #-GP, ,
-- #-GP, ,
-- #-GP, ,
-- #-GP, ,
-- #-GP, ,
-- #801, 11-25-1937,
-- #936-GP2, 11-10-1945
- #FDC9 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC9
-- F.E. Lerchenfeld
#739-46 light orange, 7-07-1934, VII:14
-- #772-GP3 peach, 4-26-1935, VIII:23
-- #773-GP4 blue, 5-29-1935, VIII:43
-- #774-GP5 blue, 9-30-1935, VIII:62
-- #775-GP12 blue, 11-01-1935, VIII:88
-- #776-GP18 peach, 3-02-1936, IX:49
-- #777-GP1 blue, 5-04-1936, IX:82
-- #778-GP3 peach, 5-09-1936, IX:101
-- #799-802-GP8 peach, various, XIII:78
-- #857-GP10 peach, 9-25-1939, XVIII:1-56
-- #858-GP8 peach, 11-02-1939, XVIII:103
-- #C23-GP2 dark pink, 5-14-1938, XVIII:119
-- #C23-GP2a peach, 5-14-1938, XVIII:119
GP#FDC9 peach -- GP#FDC9a blue -- GP#FDC9b dark pink -- GP#FDC9c light orange
- #FDC10 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC10 -- unknown
#654-24, II:41
-- #681-GP9, 10-19-1929, III:14-15
- #FDC11 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC11 -- unknown
#688, 7-09-1930
-- #689, 9-17-1930
-- #690, 1-16-1931
FDC11a black -- FDC11b blue -- FDC11c purple -- FDC11d violet
- #FDC12 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC12 -- unknown
#644, 8-03-1927
-- #645, 5-26-1928
-- #654, 6-05-1929
-- #688-GP2, III:33
-- #689-GP11, III:40
-- #795-GP10, XII:25
FDC12a blue -- FDC12b red -- FDC12c green
- #FDC13 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC13 -- unknown
#C24, 9-17-1937
-- #703, 10-19-1931
-- #705, 1-01-1932
FDC13 green -- FDC13a blue -- FDC13b red
- #FDC14 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC14 -- unknown
#C20, 11-22-1935
- #FDC15 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose "Dated 1 line" -- GP#FDC15
-- Paul P. Gervers
#690-GP15, 1-16-1931
-- #714-GP6, 1-01-1932
-- #729, 5-25-1933
Planty:
#704-715-GP6, III:120-121
-- #717-84, IV:44
-- #U523-13, IV:125-126
#FDC15a -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose "Dated 2 lines" -- GP#FDC15a
-- Paul P. Gervers
#704-715-GP6, 1-01-1932, III:120-121
-- #717-84, 4-22-1932, IV:44
-- #720-GP9, 6-16-1932, IV:60 NIP
-- #U528-13, 1-01-1932, IV:125-126
#FDC15b -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose "Dated" -- GP#FDC15b (all NIM) -- unknown
#909-GP1, 6-22-1943
-- #913-GP1, 8-24-1943
-- #915-GP1, 9-28-1943
-- #916-GP1, 10-12-1943
-- #917-GP1, 10-26-1943
-- #920-GP1, 12-07-1943
-- #936-GP1, 11-10-1945
- #FDC16 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC16 -- unknown
#739, 7-07-1934
Planty:
#610-3, I:24
-- #627-23A, I:46
- #FDC17 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC17 -- unknown
#739, 7-07-1934
-- #793, 3-23-1937
- #FDC18 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC18 -- unknown
#619-GP1, 4-04-1925, I:36NIP
-- #681-GP13, 10-19-1929, II:97NIP
-- #685-GP3, 6-04-1930
-- #739, 7-07-1934
-- #816-GP, 9-08-1938,
GP#FDC18a wavy edge -- GP#FDC18b straight edge
Planty:
#651-28, II:30 identified as the 1st Floyd D. Shockley in six colors: black, purple, red, blue, lavender and green
-- #657-44, II:60
-- #680-38, II:77
-- #855-GP75, 6-12-1939, XVII:197
- #FDC19 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC19 -- unknown
#654, 6-05-1929
- #FDC20 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC20 -- unknown
#717, 4-22-1932
-- #657-63, 6-17-1929, II:63
- #FDC21 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC21 -- unknown
#726-GP12, 2-12-1933, V:35 NIP
-- #728-GP5, 5-25-1933, V:91 NIP
GP#FDC21 black -- GP#FDC21a red
- #FDC22 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC22 -- unknown
#800, 11-12-1937
- #FDC23 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC23
-- Bradie Buchanan
#649, 12-12-1928
-- #688, 7-09-1930
At this time I do not know whether or not all six varieties below exist.
GP#FDC23a1 with "First Day Cover" text and no border
Planty:
#682-GP4, III:14
-- #685-GP2, III:26
-- #688-GP5, III:34
-- #690-GP1, III:50
GP#FDC23a2 with "First Day Cover" text and border GP#Border32a
Planty:
#657-43, III:II:60
GP#FDC23a3 with "First Day Cover" text and border GP#Border32b
GP#FDC23b1 without text and no border
#643-18, 8-03-1927, III:I:79
-- #644-35, 8-03-1927, III:I:88
-- #649, 12-12-1928, II:22 NIP
GP#FDC23b2 without text and with border GP#Border32a
Planty:
#690-GP1a, III:50
-- #702-GP2, III:66
GP#FDC23b3 without text and with border GP#Border32b
- #FDC24 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC24 -- unknown
#739, 7-07-1934
- #FDC25 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC25 -- unknown
#739, 7-07-1934
- #FDC26 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC26 -- unknown
#682-GP11, 4-08-1930
-- #683, 4-10-1930
- #FDC27 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC27 -- unknown
#737-738-92, 5-02-1934, VI:93
-- #755-GP8-NIP, 3-15-1935, VII:92 NIP
- #FDC28 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC28 -- unknown
#717, 4-22-1932
-- #725-GP18, 10-24-1932, V:23 NIP
-- #726-GP13, 2-12-1933, V:35 NIP
- #FDC29 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC29
-- Harry F. Cornell
#773-GP3, 5-29-1935, VIII:43
-- #775-GP5, 11-01-1935, VIII:87
-- #784-GP4, 8-26-1936, X:97
-- #795-GP11, 7-13-1937, XII:25
- #FDC30 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC30 -- unknown
#U532, 11-16-1950
GP#FDC30 green -- GP#FDC30a red -- GP#FDC30b black
- #FDC31 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC31 -- unknown
#647-648, 8-13-1928
- #FDC32 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC32 -- unknown
#921-GP2, 11-02-1944
-- #930-933-GP1, various
-- #939-GP1, 2-26-1946
-- #982-GP1, 4-12-1949
GP#FDC32 border type 1 -- GP#FDC32a border type 2
- #FDC33 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC33 -- unknown
#682, 4-08-1930
- #FDC34 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC34 -- unknown
#795-GP8, 7-13-1937
- #FDC35 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC35 -- unknown
#846-GP1, 1-20-1939
- #FDC36 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC36 -- unknown
#858-GP7, 11-02-1939
Also see: GP#FDOI-13 -- "First Day of Issue"
- #FDC37 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC37 -- unknown
#783, 7-14-1936
- #FDC38 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC38
-- Hermann C.P. Mueller
#799-GP21, 10-18-1937
- #FDC39 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC39 -- unknown
#647-GP2, 8-13-1928
- #FDC40 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC40 -- unknown
#730-GP1, 8-25-1933
- #FDC41 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC41 -- Collectors Club of St. Louis
#731-GP1, 8-25-1933
- #FDC42 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC42 -- unknown
#936-GP4, 11-10-1945
- #FDC43 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC43 -- unknown
#936-GP3, 11-10-1945
- #FDC44 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC44 -- unknown
#681-GP12, 10-19-1929, II:97 NIP
- #FDC45 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC45
-- unknown (possible W.M. Stalter)
#772-GP7, 4-26-1935, VIII:24 (Buchanan)
-- #774-102, 9-30-1935, VIII:61-62 (unknown)
-- #783-GP13-NIP, 7-14-1936, X:73 NIP
- #FDC46 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC46 -- unknown
#783-GP5, 7-14-1936, X:72
- #FDC47 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC47 -- unknown
#785-794, 12-15-1936 and others, XI:85-87
- #FDC48 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC48 -- unknown
#858-GP14, 11-02-1939, XVIII:104 NIP
GP#FDC48 (small space between words) and GP#FDC49 (larger space between words)
- #FDC49 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC49 -- unknown
#795-GP14-NIP, 7-13-1937,
- #FDC50 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC50 -- Artopages
- #FDC50a -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC50a -- Artopages
- #FDC51 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose, script letters -- GP#FDC51 -- Van Dahl
(Nafziger Type 1) (#161-820)
These cachets have been seen on First Day Covers from the U.S. and the United Nations, as well as Antigua, Australia, Canada, Canal Zone, Gilbert & Felice Islands, Jamaica, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Rhodesia, Saint Helena, and Tokelau.
#FDC51-1 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC51-1 -- Van Dahl
(Nafziger Type 1a) (#Nafziger)
(printing error, Lettering shifted to the right)
For a color cover photo, see Gary Dickinson's article:
#Bnaps37 p. 6, Figure 13.
- #FDC52 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose, capital letters -- GP#FDC52 -- Van Dahl
(Nafziger Type 2) (#161-820)
#FDC52-1 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC52-1 -- Van Dahl
(Nafziger Type 2a) (#Nafziger)
(printing error, The globe is missing.)
For a color cover photo, see Gary Dickinson's articles:
#447 p. 72, Figure 10 and #Bnaps37 p. 6, Figure 11.
#FDC52-2 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC52-2 -- Van Dahl
(Nafziger Type 2b) (#Nafziger)
(printing error, Lettering is misplaced in relation to the globe)
For a color cover photo, see Gary Dickinson's articles:
#447 p. 72, Figure 11 and #Bnaps37 p. 6, Figure 12.
- #FDC53 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose, wide letter "O" -- GP#FDC53 -- Van Dahl
(Nafziger Type 3) (#161-820)
#FDC53, Blue & gold -- #FDC53a, Blue & orange -- #FDC53b, Black
#FDC53-1 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose -- GP#FDC53-1 -- Van Dahl
(Nafziger Type 3a) (#Nafziger)
(previously undocumented printing error, No lettering.)
- #FDC54 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose, narrow letter "O" -- GP#FDC54 -- Van Dahl
(Nafziger Type 4) (#161-820)
- #FDC55 -- "First Day Cover" General Purpose, add-on rubberstamp -- GP#FDC55 -- unknown
FDC55, Black
-- FDC55a, Red
-- FDC55b, Blue (TBA)
-- FDC55c, Black & red
-- FDC55d, Blue & red
#References
Articles published in FIRST DAYS, Listed in Date of Publication Order:
- #161-820
-- Oregon Cachetmakers - Al and Arlene Van Dahl
by Ralph H. Nafziger
[#161, Vol. 27(6), 8-15-1982, p. 820,822,824,826,828]
- #201-743
-- Oregon Cachetmakers Update - Part II - Al and Arlene Van Dahl
by Ralph H. Nafziger
[#201, 32(6), 9-01-1987, p. 743-749]
- #Bnaps37-2
-- "Canadian First Day Covers by the Van Dahls
by Gary Dickinson
[BNAPS #37, 10-12/2018, p. 2-6],
First Impressions, Newsletter of the BNAPS First Day Cover Study Group (British North America Philatelic Society)
- #447-70
-- Canadian Cachets: Van Dahl's Canadian Varieties
by Gary Dickinson
[#447, Vol. 64(4), 7-8/2019, p. 70-73]
- #Nafziger -- Ralph H. Nafziger, personal correspondence with this Webmaster. Mr. Nafziger confirmed his newly assigned "Type" numbers for the four reported Van Dahl printing errors:
(Type 1a
-- Type 2a and
Type 2b, reported only on Canadian FDCs), and
Type 3a.
What's New on this page -- changes since 06-30-2023
03-28-2024:
Added cover scans for: #FDC6b
03-28-2024:
Added:
#FDC47
-- #FDC48
-- #FDC49
-- #FDC50
-- #FDC50a
-- #FDC51
-- #FDC52
-- #FDC53
-- #FDC53a
-- #FDC54
-- #FDC55
02-25-2024:
Added photocopy of
#FDC6b from the Planty Catalog
12-02-2023:
Added:
#FDC45
-- #FDC46
11-27-2023:
Added:
#FDC29
-- #FDC30
-- #FDC31
-- #FDC32
-- #FDC33
-- #FDC34
-- #FDC35
-- #FDC36
-- #FDC37
-- #FDC38
-- #FDC39
-- #FDC40
-- #FDC41
-- #FDC42
-- #FDC43
-- #FDC44
11-16-2023:
Added: #FDC7a and #FDC7b
11-02-2023:
To be consistent with other pages at this site, renumbered:
#FDC6a to #FDC6
-- #FDC6b to #FDC6a
-- #FDC6c to #FDC6b
09-28-2023:
I did not renumber any "GP#", or change the order of the section that displays the cachet thumbnail and one or more covers with that cachet, but I did reorder the thumbnail menu at the top of the page so similarly sized thumbnails are together, maybe making it easier to compare them. I also added to the thumbnail menu cachets that have the same design but different text.
For #FDC2, changed the Cachetmaker from Artopages to unknown. The #940-NIM (5-09-1946) displayed was issued before Artopages' First Cachet, UX48 (11-10-1962). I don't recall how it got misidentified.
07-15-2023:
-- Added #FDC27
-- Added #FDC28 .
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