#first day cover

[wouldwind]

I mail envelopes full of poems

To myself in dreams

Just for the postmark.

J’envoie des enveloppes pleines de poèmes

À moi-même dans les rêves

Juste pour le cachet de la poste.

A Toss of The Moon, 1 Jan ‘25

[benkaden]

Ersttagsbrief / First Day Cover / 初日カバー

Japan International Letter Writing Week 1973-1981: Bird Paintings (Portrait of Two Doves, by Kanō Sanraku) / 日本郵便 国際文通週間 (#京都西)

Ausgabetag: 06.10.1981

[stone-cold-groove]

First day of issue stamp & envelope. Walt Disney - September 1968.

[alexandrelollini]

Unique space cover from 1961 (by soviet artist Vasily Zavyalov)

[misforgotten2]

US Post Office First Day Covers 1978 - 1984

[startrekvsfaceapp]

In a semi-hidden corridor at my office

[arthistoryanimalia]

Just added to the personal collection: a 1959 First Day Cover of Eileen Mayo's platypus stamp, with matching embossed woodcut art! Mayo was the first woman commissioned to design stamps in Australia, and designed all 6 in the 1959-62 Australian Animals series (also pictured here).

[astronotmovie]

A First Day Cover from Sept 9, 1969 commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing. There’s a post stamp from the July 20 moon landing & a beautiful 10 cent stamp featuring Neil Armstrong stepping down upon the lunar surface. So many great space-themed stamps were designed by the USPS during the space age.