U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Cachetmaker: W.B. Heckman

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

(last updated .03-04-2022)

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      This page displays World War II patriotic cachets created by W.B. Heckman (19?? - 19??) of Evanston, IL. None of these Patriotics have been reported as being serviced as First Day Covers (FDC), and no Heckman produced designs have been found that were made for any specific postal released issue.
      first name and middle name unknown

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

      Except as noted by "{A}" (my personal collection), all other displayed covers were found on the Web. Every cover I own or have seen on-line with these designs is displayed.

      S1# = "Lawrence Sherman (1999) - 9660 designs described, with some designs pictured in black and white
           Due to the addition of 1400 new cachets merged into the 2nd edition in alphabetical order, all of the Catalog numbers in the 1st edition became obsolete.
      S2# = Lawrence Sherman (2006) - 11060 designs described, with some designs pictured in color
      nn1/nn2 = (nn1) page where this cachet is listed, (nn2) page where it is pictured (page number is in bold). If the nn2 does not appear, that cachet is not pictured.
      Note: Descriptions in italics are quoted from one of these books by Lawrence Sherman.

  1. #384 -- W.B. Heckman (aka Matthew J. Huss Huss #E1a) -- (eBay) / (eBay)
          -- Allied victory in Europe [engraved] (overprinted for, and canceled on, VE Day 5-08-1945)
          Identified by Sherman as by W.B Heckman, who was also from Evanston, IL. This is an overprinted Huss #E1 (S2#10726). Question is, who overprinted it, Huss or Heckman?
          -- [S1#343 p.134/141] -- [S2#384 p.141]
    Matthew J. Huss engraved cachet #E1 on #923 FDC Matthew J. Huss engraved cachet #E1 on #923 FDC
  2. #443 -- W.B. Heckman -- ***
          -- America at war / inaugurates / Franklin D. Roosevelt, etc. [postmarked 1/20/45]
          -- [S1#393 p.134] -- [S2#443 p.144]
  3. #444 -- W.B. Heckman -- ***
          -- America at war / inaugurates / Harry S. Truman, etc. [postmarked 4/12/45]
          -- [S1#394 p.134] -- [S2#444 p.144]
  4. #445 -- W.B. Heckman -- ***
          -- America at war / mourns / Franklin D. Roosevelt, etc. [postmarked 4/12/45]
          -- [S1#395 p.134] -- [S2#445 p.144]
  5. #446 -- W.B. Heckman -- ***
          -- America at war / re-elects / Franklin D. Roosevelt, etc. [postmarked 11/7/44]
          -- [S1#396 p.134] -- [S2#446 p.144]
  6. #466 -- W.B. Heckman -- (DHA) ***
          -- America Victorious / Honors / The United States Army
          -- [S1# not listed] -- [S2#466 p.144]
    W.B. Heckman WW II Patriotic cachet, Sherman S2#
  7. #466a -- W.B. Heckman -- ***
          -- America Victorious / Honors / The United States Navy
          Pictured in Mellone 1940's Volume 1 as serviced on a #935-33 (was Designer Unknown).
          -- [not listed] -- [not listed]
  8. #1341 -- W.B. Heckman (aka Matthew J. Huss Huss #E1b -- (eBay)
          Capitulation Day [caps] / The United Nations Triumph etc. [engraved]
          (overprinted by Huss or Heckman?, and canceled on VE Day 5-08-1945)
          -- [S1#1187 p.150] -- [S2#1341 p.166]
          Identified by Sherman as a W.B Heckman design, who was also from Evanston, IL. This is an overprinted Huss #E1 S2#10726. Question is, who overprinted it, Huss or Heckman?
    Matthew J. Huss engraved cachet #E1b
    9. NIS (Not in Sherman):
          I have not found any of the following designs listed in Lawrence Sherman's Catalogs.
  9. # -- W.B. Heckman -- *** / (eBay)
          -- National Aiglon Society / Oakland California (7-04-1935 cancel)
          -- [S1# not listed] -- [S2# not listed]
    W.B. Heckman WW II Patriotic cachet, not listed in Sherman W.B. Heckman WW II Patriotic cachet, not listed in Sherman W.B. Heckman WW II Patriotic cachet, not listed in Sherman
  10. # -- W.B. Heckman -- ***
          -- Odd Port / Cancellation / National Cachet Society / Asiatic Fleet (7-04-1935 cancel)
          -- [S1# not listed] -- [S2# not listed]
    W.B. Heckman WW II Patriotic cachet, not listed in Sherman
  11. # -- W.B. Heckman -- ***
          -- U.S.S. / North Carolina / 88-55 / built at the / Navy Yard / Brooklyn, N.Y. / Our First Day (4-09-1941 cancel)
    NOT Heckman, ANCS #9 was Eugene L. Mueller --- according to the lists I have, Heckman was not a member of ACE, RCD, or ANCS
          -- [S1# not listed] -- [S2# not listed]
    W.B. Heckman WW II Patriotic cachet, not listed in Sherman
  12. # -- W.B. Heckman -- ***
          -- United States Fleet (10-10-1943 cancel)
          -- [S1# not listed] -- [S2# not listed]
    W.B. Heckman WW II Patriotic cachet, not listed in Sherman
  13. # -- W.B. Heckman -- ***
          -- We are ready / For National Defense / and a 3 Ocean Fleet / The Pirate Ship (8-26-1941 cancel)
          -- [S1# not listed] -- [S2# not listed]
    W.B. Heckman WW II Patriotic cachet, not listed in Sherman
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