A selection of better First Day Covers currently in stock. If you don't see what you are looking for please send me a wants list. I have over 5000 covers in stock so obviously I can't show them all here!
First Day Covers will be supplied with the appropriate insert card.
Postage and Packing for bulky orders of First Day Covers will be at cost.
Commonly used abbreviations used in this section:
FDC - First Day Cover
CDS - Circular Date Stamp sometimes also called Counter Date Stamp.
FDI - First Day of Issue cancel
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Year |
SG Numbers |
Description |
Price |
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1929 |
SG 434-437 |
Postal Union Congress set of four on a small neat Registered cover with typed address cancelled with three strikes on the front and one on the back from a central London office reading REGISTERED - LUDGATE CIRCUS B.O. dated 10 MAY 29. QQA
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£275.00
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1934 |
SG 440 |
1d Photogravure on plain envelope cancelled with a OAKHAM - RUTLAND double ring CDS |
£5.00
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1934 |
SG 440 |
1d Photogravure together with ½d Block watermark on small plain FDC canncelled with a STEVENAGE double ring CDS |
£5.00
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1936 |
SG 457 459 460 |
King Edward 8th - ½d, 1½d and 2½d values on Registered printed cachet FDC to BERMUDA cancelled with two crisp steel CDS's QUEEN STREET - EXETER - DEVON. A royal relatyed cancel!! Possibly unique! |
£120.00
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1936 |
SG 457 459 460 |
King Edward 8th - ½d, 1½d and 2½d values on illustrated FDC with nice stagecoach design cancelled with a CLACTON ON SEA wavy line and with typed address. Pretty. |
£80.00
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1936 |
SG 457 459 460 |
King Edward 8th - ½d, 1½d and 2½d values on superb illustrated envelope for the CANADIAN VIMY RIDGE MEMORIAL addressed to Canada calcelled with two oval REGISTERED - HERNE HILL BO SE24 cancels. A very attractive combo. |
£55.00
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1936 |
SG 457-460 |
King Edward 8th set of four in blocks of four on a matched pair of plain FDC's cancelled with a PENTRECOURT - LLANDYSSUL - CARD double ring CDS's. A total of 15 strikes on the front of both covers. Unusual. |
£32.50
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1936 |
SG 458 |
Edward 7th 1d on an unaddressed Post Card cancelled with an upright steel CDS for RUISLIP, MIDDX dated 14 SP 36 SG Cat £170 |
£10.00
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1936 |
SG 457-460 |
King Edward 8th ADBICATION DAY (11th December 1936)
cover. A well know cover produced by GULBENKIAN & POOLE stamp dealers. As always the cancel is somewhat indistinct but genuine. |
£24.00
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1937 |
SG 461 |
Coronation single on small neat cover with typed address clearly cancelled LONDON SW1 - 13 MAY 1937 |
£4.00
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1937 |
SG 461 |
Coronation single on two colour illustrated FDC with neatly typed address cancelled with a clearly dated LONDON W C wavy line cancel.
QQA |
£24.00
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1937 |
SG 461 |
Coronation single on special AIRMAIL envelope mailed from NEW YORK on MAY 8 1937 the Coronation stamped cancelled 13th (1st Day) and then back to NEW YORK arriving 14th May. A famous cover! |
£35.00
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1937 |
SG 462 463 466 |
½d Green, 1d Red and 2½d Ultramarine on plain but neat printed address envelope cancelled with a neat SOUTHAMPTON wavy line. |
£15.00
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1937 |
SG 462 463 466 |
½d 1d 1½d definitives on very neat plain Registered FDC with hand stamp address cancelled with a three LEICESTER SQUARE B.O. WC2 CDS's |
£12.50
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1937 |
SG 462 463 466 |
Illustrated (all words printed at same time) FDC bearing ½d Green, 1d Red and 2½d Ultramarine on a local MANCHESTER registered envelope neatly opened at top. |
£20.00
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1937 |
SG 464 |
1½d Red-Brown George 6th definitive on plain FDC together with four previous 1½d stamps. Unusual. |
£10.00
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1938 |
SG 469 |
5d definitive single on plain UNADDRESSED cover cancelled with a crisp single CDS for SLEAFORD - LINCS |
£20.00
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1939 |
SG 470 |
6d definitive single on plain UNADDRESSED cover cancelled with a crisp single CDS for SLEAFORD |
£30.00
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1939 |
SG 473 |
9d definitive single on plain UNADDRESSED cover cancelled with a single CDS addressed unusually to EGYPT |
£25.00
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1947 |
SG 474a |
11d definitive single on plain hand addressed cover cancelled with a AMERSHAM - BUCKS wavy line. |
£20.00
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1940 |
SG 479-484 |
Postage Stamp Centenary set of six on a envelope with printed address to the BRITISH PAVILION, NEW YOURK WORLD'S FAIR. Very unusual. |
£24.00
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1940 |
SG 479-484 |
Centenary of First Postage Stamp set of six on Registered colour illustrated FDC with neatly typed address cancelled with six strikes of the STAMP CENTENARY RED CROSS special handstamp in Red. Very pretty!
QQA |
£40.00
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1946 |
SG 491-492 |
Victory set of two on match pair ofplain, hand addressed FDC's each crisply cancelled with the DONT WASTE BREAD slogan. Odd minor fault |
£8.00
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1946 |
SG 491-492 |
Victory set of two on illustrated FDC showing Broadcasting House and DONT WASTE BREAD slogan with neat typed address. |
£45.00
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1946 |
SG 491-492 |
Victory set of two on illustrated FDC showing Broadcasting House and DONT WASTE BREAD slogan with crisp handstamp address. |
£50.00
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1946 |
SG 491-492 |
Victory set of two on colour illustrated and UNADDRESSED FDC cancelled with a MILL HILL wavy line |
£40.00
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1946 |
SG 491-492 |
Victory set of two on Registered FDC with "Thanks to the help of her Dominions" text in Red cancelled with two single CDS's |
£35.00
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1946 |
SG 491-492 |
Victory set of two on the "Miss Mountain" illustrated FDC cancelled with the famous "DONT WASTE BREAD" slogan. Seen elsewhere @ £75 |
£50.00
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1946 |
SG 491-492 |
Victory set of two on colour illustrated Registered FDC printed by "J. FEASEY" with hand stamped address. |
£30.00
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1946 |
SG491-492 |
Victory set of two on an illustrated colour FDC to BERMUDA cancelled with an EXETER CDS dated 11 JU 46 also additionally cancelled clear of the stamps. |
£27.50
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