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Introduction to First Day Covers – A 3-Session On-Demand Course

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Course Description:

This three-session video course will provide basic information on first day cover collecting. Learn the history of first covers and cachet and cancellation types. Discover ways to collect first day covers, including by issue, topic and cachetmaker. Expand your knowledge with ways of storing, valuing and researching your first day cover collection.

Course Information:

Session 1 Topics (video duration:  52 minutes and handouts)

• What is a first day cover?
• What is a cachet?
• Types of cachets
• USFDC history
• How to service FDCs
• Addressed vs Unaddressed

Session 2 Topics (video duration 55 minutes and handouts)

• Ways to collect FDCs
• Official us Unofficial
• Non-US FDCs

Session 3 Topics (video duration 63 minutes and handouts)

• Unofficial location postmarks
• First of ceremonies, programs and invitations
• How to store FDCs
• Valuing FDCs
• Researching FDCs

Instructor: Foster Miller

Cost: $25 APS Member/$50 Non-Member

Includes: Recordings and handouts from a three-session course held in May, 2022.

About Course Instructor:

Foster Miller has been collecting first day covers since he was ten years old. He is a Director of the American First Day Cover Society and chair of their Membership and Sales Departments.