U.S. Scott #UXC6 #UXC6
U.S. Virgin Islands

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U.S. Scott #UXC6 FDC Cachets:
U.S. Virgin Islands

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by Douglas H. Henkle, AFDCS LM #137, henkle@pobox.com

(last updated .12-30-2024)

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      A work in progress, the goal of this page is to display all First Day Cover (FDC) Cachets for Scott #UXC6. Except as noted by "{A}" (my personal collection), all other displayed covers were found on the Web.

      What's New on this page

      U.S. Scott #UXC6 Airmail Postal Card was issued on 3-31-1967 at Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands - (6¢)
      U.S. Virgin Islands - 50th anniversary of the purchase of the Virgin Islands from Denmark
      UPSS SA6 / Minkus PCA6

      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 UXC6 cachet
      (an email with any other subject or with any other graphical format will be ignored   IF  it has an attachment)

      (F.D., #nnn, p. nnn) *** = photo was shown in an issue of FIRST DAYS, Issue number and page number. If you want to know the issue date and the Volume (Number) see my FIRST DAYS Bibliography [link TBA].

    Unknown Cachetmakers: -- Identified Cachetmakers
  1. Scott #UXC6 - unknown #1 (Does anybody know who is pictured on this cachet?) -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - unknown #1
  2. Scott #UXC6 - unknown #2 -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - unknown #2
  3. Scott #UXC6 - unknown #3 -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - unknown #3
  4. Scott #UXC6 - unknown #4 -- (eBay ***)
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - unknown #4

  5. Identified Cachetmakers: -- Unknown Cachetmakers
  6. Scott #UXC6 - C.S. Anderson (Charles Stephen) #1 - black -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - C.S. Anderson (Charles Stephen) #1 - black
  7. Scott #UXC6 - C.S. Anderson (Charles Stephen) #2 - blue -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - C.S. Anderson (Charles Stephen) #2 - blue
  8. Scott #UXC6 - C.S. Anderson (Charles Stephen) #3 - green -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - C.S. Anderson (Charles Stephen) #3 - green
  9. Scott #UXC6 - The Aristocrats (Henry Day Lowry) -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - The Aristocrats - Day Lowry
  10. Scott #UXC6 - Art Craft -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Art Craft
  11. Scott #UXC6 - Artmaster -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Artmaster
  12. Scott #UXC6 - Artopages -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Artopages
  13. Scott #UXC6 - CCC (Cover Craft Cachets) -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - CCC (Cover Craft Cachets)
  14. Scott #UXC6 - Chickering/Jackson -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Chickering/Jackson
  15. Scott #UXC6 - Fleetwood -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Fleetwood
  16. Scott #UXC6 - Herman F. Fluegel -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Fluegel
  17. Scott #UXC6 - House of Farnam -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - House of Farnam
  18. Scott #UXC6 - JN (Jean Nicklin & Charles E. Nicklin) -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - JN (Jean, James & Charles Nicklin)
  19. Scott #UXC6 - Elmer E. Koehler (Erhard) (E.K.) @ #1 - add-on May 1978 at my request (#1 of 1) -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Elmer Koehler #1
  20. Scott #UXC6 - Elmer E. Koehler (Erhard) (E.K.) @ #2 - add-on May 1978 at my request (#1 of 1) -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Elmer Koehler #2
  21. Scott #UXC6 - Kolor Kover -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Kolor Kover
  22. Scott #UXC6 - Marg #1 - side A and B (label stuck on the back of the card) -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Marg #1 - side A U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Marg #1 - side B (label stuck on the back of the card)
  23. Scott #UXC6 - Marg #2 - side A and B (label stuck on the back of the card) -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Marg #2 - side A U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Marg #2 - side B (label stuck on the back of the card)
  24. Scott #UXC6 - Clarence E. Reid General Purpose cachet -- (eBay ***)
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Clarence Reid General Purpose cachet
  25. Scott #UXC6 - Frank J. Ulrich -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Frank J. Ulrich
  26. Scott #UXC6 - U.S.P.S. Mint Stamp Poster - "Post on Bulletin Board" -- {A}
          See: ASPPP: Stamp Posters -- U.S.P.S. Mint Stamp Posters
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - U.S.P.S. Mint Stamp Poster
  27. Scott #UXC6 - U.S.P.S. First Day Ceremony Program - pages 1,3-5,7-8 (pages 2 and 6 are blank) -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - U.S.P.S. First Day Ceremony Program, page 1 U.S. Scott #UXC6 - U.S.P.S. First Day Ceremony Program, Friday, page 3 U.S. Scott #UXC6 - U.S.P.S. First Day Ceremony Program, Saturday, page 4 U.S. Scott #UXC6 - U.S.P.S. First Day Ceremony Program, Sunday, page 5 U.S. Scott #UXC6 - U.S.P.S. First Day Ceremony Program, page 7 U.S. Scott #UXC6 - U.S.P.S. First Day Ceremony Program, page 8
  28. Scott #UXC6 - Al and Arlene Van Dahl       (Type 3 on 1129, known on UXC6 per FIRST DAYS, #201, 32(6), 9-01-1987, p. 748) ***
          (also known on UX44, UX45, UX46, UX48, UX50, per FIRST DAYS, #161, 27(6), 8-15-1982, p. 826) ***
          (See Van Dahl General Purpose Cachets for all five known types. As I have not seen this cachet on any of them, I do not know which type appears on each of the six postal cards known with one of these general purpose (GP) cachets)
          Also shown is Type 3 on 1193 from my collection.
          GP#FDC53
    U.S. Scott #1129 - Al and Arlene Van Dahl GP cachet U.S. Scott #1193 - Al and Arlene Van Dahl GP cachet
  29. Scott #UXC6 - Webcraft add-on 2000 (Steve Todd @) Side A & B -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Webcraft (Steve Todd) add-on 2000 U.S. Scott #UXC6 - Webcraft (Steve Todd) add-on 2000 Side B

  30. Scott #UXC6 - no cachet #1, combo w/#802 -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - no cachet #1, combo w/#802
    Scott #UXC6 - no cachet #2, combo w/#802 -- {A}
    U.S. Scott #UXC6 - no cachet #2, combo w/#802

(Non-FDC) Event Covers:
      All the above covers were canceled on 3-31-1967, the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. purchase for $25 million from Denmark of the Danish West Indies (DWI) and their being renamed to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).

#event1 -- The following were specially canceled on 3-31-2017, the 100th Anniversary of the Denmark to U.S Transfer of ownership.
U.S. Scott #UXC6 - 100th Anniversary event #1, cachetmaker unknown
#event2 -- 100th Anniversary event #2, Cachetmaker unknown serviced with #5053 -- {A}
U.S. Scott #UXC6 - 100th Anniversary event #2, cachetmaker unknown

#event3 -- The following is the only known photo taken of "The Official Ceremony for the transfer of the Danish West Indies (D.W.I.) to the United States. At the current VI Legislature, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas." The photo is courtesy of Love City Car Ferries, Inc. . Their page links to the Royal Danish Consulate: Transfer Day site which has an actual 2 min. 15 sec. 1917 newsreel video of the Transfer.

1917 Transfer Ceremony of the D.W.I. from Denmark to the U.S.
U.S. Scott #UXC6 - DWI to US 1917 transfer

#event4 -- Courtesy of the National Foundation for Danish America (NFDA), on their page: This Date in Danish American History - The US Virgin Islands, this is a photograph of the actual $25 million dollar check the United States gave to Denmark on 3-31-1917 for the purchase of the Danish West Indies, which was renamed to the United States Virgin Islands (USVI).
U.S. Scott #UXC6 - DWI to US 1917 transfer
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