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      This page lists all 140 First Day Cover (FDC) cachets that I know about that were published from 1-06-1978 (#1731) through 10-13-1980 (#C98) as Western Silk Cachets and designed by an unknown Cachetmaker of Torrance, CA. Except as noted by "{A}" (my personal collection), all other displayed covers were found on the Web.

      Western Silk FDCs #1 - #117 and Events #A-1 - #A23, 140 different designs, are the only ones I know about. Please write if you know about others.

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U.S. Scott #nnn = U.S. Scott Catalog number
mm-dd-yyyy = First Day of Issue
aaa // bbb = text above Silk picture / text below the Silk design
aaa = text above Silk picture [no text below the Silk design]

1. #1 -- U.S. Scott #1732-1733 -- 1-20-1978 -- Voyages of Captain James Cook // Departure from England -- 1776 -- {A}
         Note the dual First Day cancels from Anchorage, AK and Honolulu, HI, which are only 2,782 miles apart!
   
2. #2 -- U.S. Scott #1732 -- 1-20-1978 -- Voyages of Captain James Cook // New Zealand -- Feb., 1777 -- {A}
   
3. #3 -- U.S. Scott #1733 -- 1-20-1978 -- Voyages of Captain James Cook // Cook Island -- Mar. 1777 -- {A}
   
4. #4 -- U.S. Scott #1733 -- 1-20-1978 -- Voyages of Captain James Cook // Tahiti - 1777 -- {A}
   
5. #5 -- U.S. Scott #1732-1733 -- 1-20-1978 -- Voyages of Captain James Cook // Discovery of Hawaii - Jan., 1778 -- {A}
   
6. #6 -- U.S. Scott #1732 -- 1-20-1978 -- Voyages of Captain James Cook // Vancouver - April, 1778 -- {A}
   
7. #7 -- U.S. Scott #1732-1733 -- 1-20-1978 -- Voyages of Captain James Cook // Alaska - 1778 -- {A}
   
8. #8 -- U.S. Scott #1733 -- 1-20-1978 -- Voyages of Captain James Cook // Death of Cook 0 Feb. 14, 1779 -- {A}
   
9. #9 -- U.S. Scott #1731 -- 1-06-1978 -- Carl Sandburg // 1878-1967 "Poet of the People" -- First Cachet -- {A}
   
10. #10 -- U.S. Scott #1734 -- 1-11-1978 -- Indian Head Penny // 1859 - 1909 -- {A}
    
11. #11 -- U.S. Scott #1744 -- 2-01-1978 -- Harriet Tubman // 1820-1913 "Fugitive Slave - Abolitionist" -- {A}
    
12. #12 -- U.S. Scott #1745 -- 3-08-1978 -- American Quilts // Flower Garden -- {A}
    
13. #13 -- U.S. Scott #1746 -- 3-08-1978 -- American Quilts // Star of Bethlehem -- {A}
    
14. #14 -- U.S. Scott #1747 -- 3-08-1978 -- American Quilts // Pinwheel -- {A}
    
15. #15 -- U.S. Scott #1748 -- 3-08-1978 -- American Quilts // Double Wedding Ring -- {A}
    
16. #16 -- U.S. Scott #1745-1748 -- 3-08-1978 -- American Quilts // Quilting Bee -- {A}
    
17. #17 -- U.S. Scott #1752 -- 4-26-1978 -- American Dance // Modern Dance -- (eBay)
    
18. #18 -- U.S. Scott #1749 -- 4-26-1978 -- American Dance // Ballet Dance -- (eBay)
    
19. #19 -- U.S. Scott #1750 -- 4-26-1978 -- American Dance // Theater Dance -- (eBay)
    
20. #20 -- U.S. Scott #1751 -- 4-26-1978 -- American Dance // Folk Dance -- (eBay)
    
21. #21 -- U.S. Scott #1749-1752 -- 4-26-1978 -- American Dance
22. #22 -- U.S. Scott #1753 -- 5-04-1978 -- French Alliance // February 1778 -- (eBay)
    
23. #23 -- U.S. Scott #1754 -- 5-18-1978 -- Dr. George Papanicolaou // 1883-1962 -- (eBay)
    
24. #24 -- U.S. Scott #1755 -- 5-24-1978 -- Jimmie Rodgers // 1897-1933 "Singing Brakeman" -- (eBay)
    
25. #25 -- U.S. Scott #1757a, 1757b -- 6-10-1978 -- CAPEX '78 // June 9-18, 1978 -- {A}
    
26. #26 -- U.S. Scott #1757c, 1757d -- 6-10-1978 -- CAPEX '78 // June 9-18, 1978 -- {A}
    
27. #27 -- U.S. Scott #1757e, 1757f -- 6-10-1978 -- CAPEX '78 // June 9-18, 1978 -- {A}
    
28. #28 -- U.S. Scott #1757g, 1757h -- 6-10-1978 -- CAPEX '78 // June 9-18, 1978 -- {A}
    
29. #29 -- U.S. Scott #1757a-h -- 6-10-1978 -- CAPEX '78 // June 9-18, 1978 -- {A}
    
30. #30 -- U.S. Scott #1758 -- 6-26-1978 -- Photography -- {A}
    
31. #31 -- U.S. Scott #1756 -- 7-03-1978 -- George M. Cohan // July 3, 1878 - November 5, 1942 -- {A}
    
32. #32 -- U.S. Scott #1759 -- 7-20-1978 -- Viking Mission -- {A}
    
33. #33 -- U.S. Scott #1760 -- 8-26 1978 -- American Owls // Gray Owl -- {A}
    
34. #34 -- U.S. Scott #1763 -- 8-26 1978 -- American Owls // Great Horned Owl -- {A}
    
35. #35 -- U.S. Scott #1761 -- 8-26 1978 -- American Owls // Saw-Whet Owl -- {A}
    
36. #36 -- U.S. Scott #1762 -- 8-26 1978 -- American Owls // Barred Owl -- {A}
    
37. #37 -- U.S. Scott #1760-1763 (1763a) -- 8-26 1978 -- American Owls -- {A}
    
38. #38 -- U.S. Scott #C91-C92 -- 9-23-1978 -- Orville & Wilbur Wright // 75 Years of Air Progress -- {A}
    
39. #39 -- U.S. Scott #1764 -- 10-09-1978 -- American Trees // Giant Sequoia -- {A}
    
40. #40 -- U.S. Scott #1765 -- 10-09-1978 -- American Trees // White Pine -- {A}
    
41. #41 -- U.S. Scott #1766 -- 10-09-1978 -- American Trees // White Oak -- {A}
    
42. #42 -- U.S. Scott #1767 -- 10-09-1978 -- American Trees // Gray Birch -- {A}
    
43. #43 -- U.S. Scott #1767a -- 10-09-1978 -- American Trees -- {A}
    
44. #44 -- U.S. Scott #1769 -- 10-18-1978 -- Christmas // 1978 -- {A}
    
45. #45 -- U.S. Scott #1768 -- 10-18-1978 -- Christmas // 1978 -- {A}
    
46. #46 -- U.S. Scott #1770 -- 1-12-1979 -- Robert F. Kennedy // Nov. 20, 1925 - June 6, 1968 -- {A}
    
47. #47 -- U.S. Scott #1771 -- 1-13-1979 -- Martin Luther King // Jan. 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968 -- {A}
    
48. #48 -- U.S. Scott #1772 -- 2-15-1979 -- International Year of the Child // 1979 -- {A}
    
49. #49 -- U.S. Scott #1773 -- 2-27-1979 -- John Steinbeck // 1902-1968 -- {A}
    
50. #50 -- U.S. Scott #1774 -- 3-04-1979 -- Albert Einstein // 1879-1955 -- {A}
    
51. #51 -- U.S. Scott #C93-C94 -- 3-29-1979 -- Octave Chanute // Pioneer Aeronautics Engineer -- {A}
    
52. #52 -- U.S. Scott #1775 -- 4-19-1979 -- American Folk Art // Pennsylvania Toleware -- {A}
    
53. #53 -- U.S. Scott #1776 -- 4-19-1979 -- American Folk Art // Pennsylvania Toleware -- {A}
    
54. #54 -- U.S. Scott #1778 -- 4-19-1979 -- American Folk Art // Pennsylvania Toleware -- {A}
    
55. #55 -- U.S. Scott #1777 -- 4-19-1979 -- American Folk Art // Pennsylvania Toleware -- {A}
    
56. #56 -- U.S. Scott #1775-1778 (1778a) -- 4-19-1979 -- American Folk Art // Pennsylvania Toleware -- {A}
    
57. #57 -- U.S. Scott #1779 -- 6-04-1979 -- American Architecture // University of Virginia Rotunda -- {A}
    
58. #58 -- U.S. Scott #1781 -- 6-04-1979 -- American Architecture // Boston State House -- {A}
    
59. #59 -- U.S. Scott #1780 -- 6-04-1979 -- American Architecture // Baltimore Cathedral -- {A}
    
60. #60 -- U.S. Scott #1782 -- 6-04-1979 -- American Architecture // Philadelphia Exchange -- {A}
    
61. #61 -- U.S. Scott #1782a -- 6-04-1979 -- American Architecture // Imagination - Creativity - Reality -- {A}
    
62. #62 -- U.S. Scott #1783 -- 6-07-1979 -- Endangered Flora // Persistent Trillium -- {A}
    
63. #63 -- U.S. Scott #1784 -- 6-07-1979 -- Endangered Flora // Wild Broad Bean -- {A}
    
64. #64 -- U.S. Scott #1785 -- 6-07-1979 -- Endangered Flora // Contra Costa Wallflower -- {A}
    
65. #65 -- U.S. Scott #1786 -- 6-07-1979 -- Endangered Flora // Evening Primrose -- {A}
    
66. #66 -- U.S. Scott #1786a -- 6-07-1979 -- Endangered Flora // Protect and Conserve -- {A}
    
67. #67 -- U.S. Scott #1787 -- 6-15-1979 -- Seeing Eye Dogs // "Seeing For Me" -- {A}
    
68. #68 -- U.S. Scott #1788 -- 8-09-1979 -- 1979 International // Special Olympics -- {A}
    
69. #69 -- U.S. Scott #1790 -- 9-05-1979 -- 1980 Olympics // Decathlon -- {A}
    
70. #70 -- U.S. Scott #1789 -- 9-23-1979 -- John Paul Jones // 1747 - 1792 -- {A}
    
71. #71 -- U.S. Scott #1792 -- 9-28-1979 -- 1980 Olympics // Swimming -- {A}
    
72. #72 -- U.S. Scott #1793 -- 9-28-1979 -- 1980 Olympics // Rowing -- {A}
    
73. #73 -- U.S. Scott #1791 -- 9-28-1979 -- 1980 Olympics // Track and Field -- {A}
    
74. #74 -- U.S. Scott #1794 -- 9-28-1979 -- 1980 Olympics // Equestrian Events -- {A}
    
75. #75 -- U.S. Scott #1791-1794 -- 9-28-1979 -- 1980 Olympics // Summer Olympics -- {A}
          normal printing and printing misaligned
    
76. #76 -- U.S. Scott #1799 -- 10-18-1979 -- Christmas // 1979 -- {A}
    
77. #77 -- U.S. Scott #1800 -- 10-18-1979 -- Christmas // 1979 -- {A}
    
78. #78 -- U.S. Scott #1799-1800 -- 10-18-1979 -- Christmas // 1979 -- (eBay) / {A}
    
79. #79 -- U.S. Scott #C97 -- 11-01-1979 -- 1980 Olympics // High Jump -- {A}
    
80. #80 -- U.S. Scott #1801 -- 11-04-1979 -- Will Rogers // American Humorist -- {A}
    
81. #81 -- U.S. Scott #1802 -- 11-11-1979 -- Vietnam Veterans // Symbol of Service -- {A}
    
82. #82 -- U.S. Scott #C95-C96 -- 11-20-1979 -- Wiley Post //Aviation Pioneer -- {A}
    
83. #83 -- U.S. Scott #1803 -- 1-29-1980 -- Performing Arts: // W. C. Fields -- (eBay)
    
84. #84 -- U.S. Scott #1798 -- 2-01-1980 -- Winter Olympics 1980 // Hockey -- (eBay)
    
85. #85 -- U.S. Scott #1795 -- 2-01-1980 -- Winter Olympics 1980 // Skating -- (eBay)
    
86. #86 -- U.S. Scott #1797 -- 2-01-1980 -- Winter Olympics 1980 // Ski Jumping -- (eBay)
    
87. #87 -- U.S. Scott #1796 -- 2-01-1980 -- Winter Olympics 1980 // Slalom -- (eBay)
    
88. #88 -- U.S. Scott #1795-1798 -- 2-01-1980 -- Winter Olympics -- (eBay)
    
89. #89 -- U.S. Scott #1804 -- 2-15-1980 -- Benjamin Banneker // Astronomer - Surveyor -- (eBay)
    
90. #90 -- U.S. Scott #1805-1806 -- 2-25-1980 -- International // Letter Writing Week -- {A}
    
91. #91 -- U.S. Scott #1807-1808 -- 2-25-1980 -- International // Letter Writing Week -- {A}
    
92. #92 -- U.S. Scott #1809-1810 -- 2-25-1980 -- International // Letter Writing Week -- {A}
    
93. #93 -- U.S. Scott #1821 -- 4-10-1980 -- Frances Perkins // 1882 - 1965 -- (eBay)
    
94. #94 -- U.S. Scott #1822 -- 5-20-1980 -- Dolly [SP] Madison // 1772 - 1959 -- (eBay)
    
95. #95 -- U.S. Scott #1823 -- 5-31-1980 -- Emily Bissell // 1861 - 1948 -- (eBay)
    
96. #96 -- U.S. Scott #1824 -- 6-27-1980 -- Helen Keller - Anne Sullivan // Triumph Over Adversity -- (eBay)
    
97. #97 -- U.S. Scott #1825 -- 7-21-1980 -- Veterans Administration // 50 Years of Service -- (eBay)
    
98. #98 -- U.S. Scott #1826 -- 7-23-1980 -- Gen. Bernardo de Galvez // Battle of Mobile 1780 -- (eBay)
    
99. #99 -- U.S. Scott #1827 -- 8-26-1980 -- Coral Reefs 1980 // Brain Coral - U.S. Virgin Islands -- {A}
    
100. #100 -- U.S. Scott #1828 -- 8-26-1980 -- Coral Reefs 1980 // Elkhorn Coral - Florida -- {A}
     
101. #101 -- U.S. Scott #1829 -- 8-26-1980 -- Coral Reefs 1980 // Chalice Coral - American Samoa -- {A}
     
102. #102 -- U.S. Scott #1830 -- 8-26-1980 -- Coral Reefs 1980 // Finger Coral - Hawaii -- {A}
     
103. #103 -- U.S. Scott #1827-1830 -- 8-26-1980 -- Coral Reefs 1980 // An Undersea World -- {A}
     
104. #104 -- U.S. Scott #1831 -- 9-01-1980 -- Organized Labor // George Meany AFL - CIO -- (eBay)
     
105. #105 -- U.S. Scott #1832 -- 9-05-1980 -- Literary Arts // Edith Wharton -- (eBay)
     
106. #106 -- U.S. Scott #1833 -- 9-12-1980 -- Education in America // For All Ages -- (eBay)
     
107. #107 -- U.S. Scott #1834 -- 9-25-1980 -- Indian Art 1980 // Bella Bella Tribe -- {A}
     
108. #108 -- U.S. Scott #1837 -- 9-25-1980 -- Indian Art 1980 // Bella Coola -- {A}
     
109. #109 -- U.S. Scott #1836 -- 9-25-1980 -- Indian Art 1980 // Tlingit -- {A}
     
110. #110 -- U.S. Scott #1835 -- 9-25-1980 -- Indian Art 1980 // Tlingit Chilkat -- {A}
     
111. #111 -- U.S. Scott #1834-1837 -- 9-25-1980 -- Indian Art 1980 // Northwest Tribal Masks -- (eBay)
     
112. #112 -- U.S. Scott #1838 -- 10-09-1980 -- American Architecture 1980 // Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. -- {A}
     
113. #113 -- U.S. Scott #1839 -- 10-09-1980 -- American Architecture 1980 // Trinity Church, Boston, MA. -- {A}
     
114. #114 -- U.S. Scott #1840 -- 10-09-1980 -- American Architecture 1980 // Penn Academy, Philadelphia, PA. -- {A}
     
115. #115 -- U.S. Scott #1841 -- 10-09-1980 -- American Architecture 1980 // Lyndhurst Tarrytown, N.Y. -- {A}
     
116. #116 -- U.S. Scott #1838-1841 -- 10-09-1980 -- American Architecture 1980 // Our Heritage Preserved -- (eBay)
     
117. #117 -- U.S. Scott #C98 -- 10-13-1980 -- Philip Mazzei // Italian-American Patriot -- {A}
     

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Treasures of Tutankhamen -- Opening day of exhibition
      Los Angeles, California - February 15, 1978
      From the exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Feb. 15 – June 15, 1978.
118. #A-1 -- Event -- 2-15-1978 -- Treasures of Tutankhamen // Miniature Coffin Face -- (eBay)
     
119. #A-2 -- Event -- 2-15-1978 -- Treasures of Tutankhamen // Tutankhamen with Harpoon -- (eBay)
     
120. #A-3 -- Event -- 2-15-1978 -- Treasures of Tutankhamen // Gold Dagger and Sheath -- (eBay)
     
121. #A-4 -- Event -- 2-15-1978 -- Treasures of Tutankhamen // Sacred Cobra -- (eBay)
     
122. #A-5 -- Event -- 2-15-1978 -- Treasures of Tutankhamen // Tutankhamen Wood Carving -- (eBay)
     
123. #A-6 -- Event -- 2-15-1978 -- Treasures of Tutankhamen // Leopard on Skin Mantle -- (eBay)
     
124. #A-7 -- Event -- 2-15-1978 -- Treasures of Tutankhamen // Statue of Goddess Selkat -- (eBay)
     
125. #A-8 -- Event -- 2-15-1978 -- Treasures of Tutankhamen // Tutankhamen Statuette (1350 B.C.) -- (eBay)
     

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126. #A9 -- U.S. Scott #U587 -- 9-02-1978 -- History of Auto Racing // 1906 French Grand Prix / SZISZ 90 HP Renault -- {A}
     
127. #A10 -- U.S. Scott #U587 -- 9-02-1978 -- History of Auto Racing // 1914 Tourist Trophy Sunbeam / Sir Francis Samuelson -- {A}
     
128. #A11 -- U.S. Scott #U587 -- 9-02-1978 -- History of Auto Racing // 1924 French Grand Prix / P.2 Alfa Romeo -- {A}
     
129. #A12 -- U.S. Scott #U587 -- 9-02-1978 -- History of Auto Racing // 1927 R.A.C. Grand Prix at Brooklands / 1-1/2 Litre Delage -- {A}
     
130. #A13 -- U.S. Scott #U587 -- 9-02-1978 -- History of Auto Racing // 1938 Coppa Ciano Rave at Leghorn / 3 Litre Mercedes Benz -- {A}
     
131. #A14 -- U.S. Scott #U587 -- 9-02-1978 -- History of Auto Racing // 1964 Prescott / 1922 5 Litre Delage -- {A}
     
132. #A15 -- U.S. Scott #U587 -- 9-02-1978 -- History of Auto Racing // 1970 Indianapolis 500 / Ford Johnny Lightning Special -- {A}
     
133. #A16 -- U.S. Scott #U587 -- 9-02-1978 -- History of Auto Racing // 1972 A.D.A.C. 100 Kilometers / Bell/Van Lennep Gulf Mirage M6 -- {A}
     

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134. #A17 -- Event -- 7-20-1979 -- History of Space // In the Beginning -- (eBay)
     
135. #A18 -- Event -- 7-20-1979 -- History of Space // The Ancient Explorers -- (eBay)
     
136. #A19 -- Event -- 7-20-1979 -- History of Space // Rocketry Pioneers -- (eBay)
     
137. #A20 -- Event -- 7-20-1979 -- History of Space // The Modern Explorers -- (eBay)
           "10th anniversary of the first manned moon landing (Apollo-11)"
     
138. #A21 -- Event -- 7-20-1979 -- History of Space // Animals in Space -- (eBay)
     
139. #A22 -- Event -- 7-20-1979 -- History of Space // First Men in Space -- (eBay)
     
140. #A23 -- Event -- 7-20-1979 -- History of Space // The Space Walkers -- (eBay)
     

      #A24 -- All other sets above are in sets of 8. This set has only 7 designs. Have you seen an #A24, not shown here?

• A set of 8 (#A9 - #A16) sold for $40.00 in the AFDCS 98th Fund Raising Auction


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