Some collectors collect first day covers (FDCs) because they are attractive with a cover design which complements the stamps. Others collect because they are also a reminder of the date the stamps were issued, and in the case of definitives it helps to identify different versions of the same stamp when comparison of mint stamps might be more difficult.
Official first day covers have been produced for basic new definitives and for prestige book definitive panes (usually the only panes they provide on first day covers).
But there are variants for which there is no official FDC, because Royal Mail do not regard the stamp as new.
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| FDC for new 1st class security stamp from Olympic retail booklet |
When we started producing FDCs we tried to fill those gaps, not with especially designed covers but in the main with the covers that Royal Mail produced for the issue. We generally used standard definitive covers for definitive variants, or the cover produced for a special stamp issue, such as a retail or prestige booklet.
Recognising that the PSB panes often contained duplicates or stamps which were not new, we gave our customers a cheaper option than Royal Mail by using just singles of the new stamps in the panes.
Reviewing our stock of Definitive FDCs I find that there are some which never made it to our web-shop, and have only ever been offered at the time of issue on our website, and those which were are now offered at lower clearance prices. I hope there will be some of interest to more recent followers of the blog and long-time readers.
The list is a pdf file which will remain listed in the Links table to the right of this page. A separate file, linked from that one, has illustrations of some of the covers, and scans can be provided for any others.
Because it's a pdf file you cannot leave comments there, so please follow the usual pattern and leave a comment here for any covers that you want. As usual, there are several of some, and only one in stock for many.
To order:
- please leave a comment here with your name, and then
- send an email with your Name and Address and Blog Follower ID to my usual address - see top right. And indicate which item you want (A, B, etc) in case more than one is available. Please check the existing comments before you write.
I will process requests in the order they are received but not always immediately - I am not checking every five minutes! If other people have already asked, by all means put your name down, but we have very low stock of some of these covers.
Thank you for looking - further discounts for larger orders.
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