U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Cachetmaker: Papercraft

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      This page displays First Day Cover (FDC) cachets created from 7-03-1940 until 10-29-1941 under the Papercraft Cachet name by Carl Buege of the Paper Craft Corp. of Milwaukee, WI. Papercraft ceased production when World War II began. Except as noted by "{A}" (my personal collection, on order), the other displayed covers were found on the Web.

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      Wanted: 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 Papercraft cachet
      (an email with any other subject or with any other graphical format will be ignored   IF  it has an attachment)

      Click on an image for the original, mostly, larger scan or download (.jpg). If the description includes "***", the only download found on-line was smaller than 600 pixels, or I do not own and have not found on-line this known cachet. A 600 pixel wide or larger .jpg image is WANTED. Do NOT send any .gif or .tiff or anything except .jpg files. Thank you.

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

1. U.S. Scott #896-14, p. 18, 7-03-1940, Papercraft First Cachet --- (eBay)
         #896-14a Purple -- #896-14b Red
   
2. U.S. Scott #897-12, p. 21, 7-10-1940, Papercraft --- {A} (2, purple, red) --- (eBay)
         #897-12a Purple -- #897-12b Dark red -- #897-12c Red
   
3. U.S. Scott #898-28, p. 25, 9-07-1940, Papercraft --- (eBay)
   
4. U.S. Scott #899-9, p. 27, 10-16-1940, Papercraft --- (eBay)
   
5. U.S. Scott #900-9, p. 27, 10-16-1940, Papercraft --- (eBay)
   
6. U.S. Scott #901-9, p. 27, 10-16-1940, Papercraft --- (eBay)
         With an add-on by Harry Charles Risko. I do not have a scan of this cachet without the add-on.
   
7. U.S. Scott #902-9, p. 33, 10-20-1940, Papercraft --- (eBay)
   
8. U.S. Scott #903-15, p.36, 3-04-1941, Papercraft --- (eBay)
         #903-15a Black -- #903-15b Green
   

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#C -- U.S. Airmail Stamps


9. U.S. Scott #C25-24, p. 245, 6-25-1941, Papercraft --- (eBay)
   
10. U.S. Scott #C27-NIM, 8-15-1941, Papercraft --- (eBay)
    
11. U.S. Scott #C28-NIM, 8-19-1941, Papercraft --- (eBay)
    
12. U.S. Scott #C29-NIM, 8-27-1941, Papercraft --- (eBay)
    
13. #C30-NIM, p. -- 9-25-1941
14. U.S. Scott #C30-NIM, 9-25-1941, Papercraft --- (eBay)
    
15. U.S. Scott #C31-NIM, 10-29-1941, Papercraft --- (eBay)
    

And finally, one anomoly:

      This is a #C23-61 -- 5-14-1938 (Planty XIII:94), identified as done by Joseph F. Bronesky, who, like Papercraft, was based in Milwaukee, WI. The text around this cachet, and a similar but unidentified #C23-9b *** (Planty XIII:81-82) cachet, is different but the designs of both are identical to that shown above for #C25-24 and #C27-NIM through #C31-NIM. It is not known whether there was any connection between Bronesky and Carl Buege.

• #124-60 -- "Cachet and Cancels: Mystery Cachet" by Richard Chellevold
        [#124, 21(5), 9-10/1976, p. 60] (p. 58-60)
• #141-46 -- "Cachet Mystery Corner" by Clark Heins
        [#141, 24(4), 7-8/1979, p. 46] (p. 46-47)
• #149-829 -- "Heritage of Our Hobby: Tidbits" by Clark Heins
        [#149, 25(6), 11-12/1980, p. 829] (p. 828-831)

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