American First Day Cover Society

Now available in a fully revised fourth edition, this book offers information invaluable to FDC collectors new to the hobby. This handbook has more than 40 chapters.

This 100-page handbook contains 10 chapters, three appendices and 95 illustrations, with chapters written by nine FDC experts.

Now in a revised 50th anniversary edition, this popular FDC handbook has more than 100 pages packed with specific techniques for cachetmaking, complete with a list of needed supplies and step-by-step instructions. This is the handbook that has launched hundreds of collectors into the exciting hobby of FDC cachetmaking.

The latest edition of the AFDCS Directory of Current Cachetmakers will help you find sources of FDCs. The directory consists of more than 400 current cachetmakers and information on contacting them.

An up-to-date look at how to collect FDCs by Earl Planty, originator of cachet collecting, and FDC catalog publisher Mike Mellone.

NEW LOWER PRICE! Contains a census of more than 700 FDCs of the three commemorative issues of 1909, with 30 years of research articles from First Days. 140 pages with more than 75 illustrations of these early FDCs.

NEW LOWER PRICE! Crosby was perhaps the most prolific cachet maker, his work spans from 1930 to 1946. The usual new stamps and historic events, much relates to the Navy; Old Ironsides, Tonga Tin Can Mail, Atomic Bomb Tests in the Marshall Islands, etc. A fun book! 1995, 150 pages, card covers.

NEW LOWER PRICE! 250 pages, softbound, with supplement. Well illustrated work of classic cachets designed by Ludwig Staehle and Dorothy Knapp, with pricing guide.

The Maximum Card Collectors Handbook, by Gary Denis, is an expanded and updated version of a similar book by the author published a dozen years ago. The latest version--with nearly all illustrations in full color--is 36 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, softbound. In addition to providing a heavily illustrated guide to the basics of maximum card collecting, it demonstrates how to produce your own maximum cards and how to exhibit them competitively. Included is an extensive glossary, the special regulations for exhibiting maximum cards of the Federation Internationale de Philatelie, and a directory of maximum card clubs worldwide.

NEW LOWER PRICE! An illustrated checklist of all recorded predates and unofficial FD cities for the commemoratives, regular issues and air mail issues of this period.

NEW LOWER PRICE! This reference work offers the first and only guide to literature about worldwide FDCs. With update.

NEW LOWER PRICE! A study of USPOD Philatelic Announcement cards of the 1930s and 1940s. 74 pages with over 100 illustrations.

NEW LOWER PRICE! 32 pages, profusely illustrated. The first FDC compilation of USPS authorized meter stamps.

NEW LOWER PRICE! This handbook gives an in-depth discussion of the complex subject of the FDCs of the 1922-35 regular issue set. This book is a classic and belongs in every FDC library.

NEW LOWER PRICE! This fully updated second edition has more than 5,000 entries by Scott Number and Cachetmaker, and covers 1955-1996. With updates.

With supplements for Volumes 37-47. Title and author listings compiled by Margaret Monty. Printed Version: 350 (5 1/2 x 8 inch) pages (unbound).