First Day Cover - State Bird and Flower series of 1982

Description: Welcome to our listing. Offered today for your consideration is: a State Bird and Flower Series of 1982 First Day Cover. This listing is for one cover. We will send the cover of your choice if you send a message requesting, otherwise it will be a random cover from the following:Alabama - Yellowhammer/Camilla - Cachet by ArtcraftConnecticut - Robin/Mountain Laurel - Cachet by ArtcraftNorth Dakota - Western Meadowlark/Wild Prairie Rose - Cachet by ArtcraftNorth Dakota - Western Meadowlark/Wild Prairie Rose - Cachet by NamakePennsylvania - Ruffed Grouse/Mountain Laurel - Cachet by ArtmasterWashington - American Goldfinch/Rhododendron - Cachet by ArtcraftArizona - Cactus Wren/Saguaro Cactus Blossom - Cachet by FleetwoodArkansas - Mockingbird/Apple Blossom - Cachet by FleetwoodColorado - Lark Bunting/Rocky Mountain Columbine - Cachet by FleetwoodDelaware - Blue Hen Chicken/Peach Blossom - Cachet by FleetwoodHawaii - Hawaiian Goose/Hibiscus - Cachet by FleetwoodIdaho - Mountain Bluebird/Syringa - Cachet by FleetwoodIllinois - Cardinal/Violet - Cachet by FleetwoodIowa - Eastern Goldfinch/Wild Rose - Cachet by FleetwoodMinnesota - Common Loon/Showy Lady Slipper - Cachet by FleetwoodMissouri - Eastern Bluebird/Red Hawthorne - Cachet by FleetwoodNew Hampshire - Purple Finch/Lilac - Cachet by FleetwoodNew York - Eastern Bluebird/Rose - Cachet by FleetwoodNebraska - Western Meadowlark/Goldenrod - Cachet by FleetwoodSouth Carolina - Cardinal/Flowering Dogwood - Cachet by FleetwoodSouth Dakota - Ring-Necked Pheasant/Pasqueflower - Cachet by FleetwoodTennessee - Mockingbird/Iris - Cachet by FleetwoodKentucky - Cardinal/Goldenrod - Cachet by Tabor HouseNorth Carolina - Cardinal/Flowering Dogwood - Cachet by Tabor HouseNorth Dakota - Western Meadowlark/Wild Prairie Rose - Cachet by Tabor House This item comes from a smoke free home and will be carefully packaged to insure it comes to you in the condition we state. We do offer a full refund, although buyer will need to pay the return shipping to us, unless we have made a serious error, such as shipping the wrong item, or misrepresenting the item we sent. We will be happy to combine shipping for multiple items and offer free shipping for $100 or more in total sales. Please allow us to send an invoice for combined shipping as it varies depending on volume and weight. Sending a message is always appreciated. During the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas we offer free domestic shipping (first class) and will be willing to credit upgrades to priority or express shipping. Purchase any five items and get a gift of $10 in value with your package. **Add Items to your cart to receive discount shipping and gifts: 3 items => One Free Gift 4 items => Two Free Gifts 5 or more items => $10 value gift + Two free gifts Thank you for browsing our items. We are a Veteran owned business and appreciate your support. We have quite a few foreign and US coins as well as a wealth of First Day Covers. If you are interested in similar items, but do not see them listed, send us a message – we often can provide what you’re looking for, if not, we can likely suggest a source to find it. First Day CoversThe first day cover (also known as a first day of issue) is a means on commemorating a postage stamp. Began informally over a Century ago, it has evolved into an industry which even the National Postal Services participate in. There are as many as four elements to the first day of issue commemorative:A.) Stamp cancellation on first day of issue – Originally this was a standard cancellation, but they have evolved into pictorial cancellations, often specially made for the occasion. The key element of the cancellation is that it postmarks the stamp on the first day of issue. The postmark is often from a city significant to the stamp being issued such as Celeron, NY being used for a Lucille Ball stamp as this is the City she was born in.B.) Event covers, or commemorative covers have taken off as an industry. The cover is specially designed by a company to reflect the stamp being honored. The left side of the envelope will typically have an illustration, referred to in the industry as a cachet which reflects the theme of the stamp. Postal Service officials frequently schedule a ceremony for the issue of a first day cover and cancel a large number of covers at that event. Major companies like Artcraft, Artmaster, and Fleetwood are primarily focused on making these commemorative covers, having them appropriately postmarked, and then selling them to the public.C.) Back of envelope history and education. Fleetwood in particular uses the entire back of the envelope to dedicate a portion of the history, trivia and background on the stamp being commemorated. D.) Addressee. First day covers were often mailed to an individual until they began to be mass produced. The Postal Commemorative Society created books of sequential covers which would be addressed to the subscriber. These had an entire standard sheet of information to which the envelope fit above or below the text in a large album.

Price: 4.95 USD

Location: Warren, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2025-01-05T23:40:40.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0.69 USD