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first day cover

envelope or card with a stamp postmarked on its date of issue
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first day cover

Summary

first day cover is a philatelic term[1].

Key Facts

  • first day cover's instance of is recorded as philatelic term[2].
  • first day cover's instance of is recorded as collectable[3].
  • first day cover is a type of postal cover[4].
  • first day cover's Commons category is recorded as First day covers[5].
  • first day cover's has characteristic is recorded as first day of issue[6].
  • first day cover's has characteristic is recorded as postage stamp[7].
  • first day cover's has characteristic is recorded as First day (of validity)[8].
  • first day cover's short name is recorded as FDC[9].
  • first day cover's short name is recorded as ETB[10].
  • first day cover's different from is recorded as first day sheet[11].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include philatelic term[2] and collectable[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Lexikon der Philatelie (5 ed.). wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Michel Valuable Stamps of the World – Wertvolle Briefmarken aus aller Welt (1 ed.). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Stefan Kühn · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → philatelic term, collectable
    Commons category → First day covers
    Dictionary of archives terminology id → fdc
    Has characteristic → first day of issue, postage stamp, First day (of validity)
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5008]]: [[Q135181503]]"
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