Event covers are decorated, stamped and canceled commemorative envelopes An envelope is a packaging product, usually made of flat material such as paper or cardboard, and designed to contain a flat object, which in a postal-service context is usually a letter, card or bills. The traditional type is made from a sheet of paper cut to one of three shapes: the rhombus , the short-arm cross, and the kite. These designs. They are created to celebrate an event or note an anniversary An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn, meaning turning yearly; known in English since c. 1230) is a day that commemorates and/or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of.
The design (called a "cachet") is generally placed on the left side of the envelope (although there are also "all over" cachets). It explains what is being commemorated on what date, and generally also includes an illustration page.
Ideally, the stamps used relate to the celebration (for instance, space stamps for a shuttle launch). Cancels are either obtained in the city of the event (such as Kitty Hawk Kitty Hawk is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,991 at the 2000 census. It was established in the early 1700s as Chickahawk for the Wright Brothers The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two Americans who are generally credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. They are also officially credited worldwide through first flight anniversary) or, for larger quantities of envelopes, from a special cancellation unit maintained by the Postal Service in Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It encompasses 318 square miles in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. The city also serves as the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, second largest in Missouri, and largest with territory in Kansas (Wichita is the largest metropolitan area anchored in. If a special cancellation (one with a design) has been created for the event, you can generally only receive that cancel from the local post office.
Isle of Man Special Event CoverA good example of a special Event cover was one by the Isle of Man Philatelic Bureau Isle of Man Post , formerly the Isle of Man Post Office, operates postal delivery and post office counter services on the Isle of Man that was issued in 1985 to mark the anniversary of the aircraft Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is an American fixed-wing, propeller-driven aircraft whose speed and range revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. Because of its lasting impact on the airline industry and World War II it is generally regarded as one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made, which was of interest, not only because of the high volume of air mail handled by Dakotas at that time, but also the link between the names of Douglas, Isle of Man, and Dakota - Douglas DC3.[1] A 26p stamp was specially issued by the Isle of Man and a special handstamp was also created for these covers,[2] which was deliberatly created with a Dakota flying "free" and not boxed in.[3] The envelope was also officially acknowledged by the McDonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. It formed from a merger of McDonnell Aircraft and Douglas Aircraft in 1967. McDonnell Douglas was based at St. Louis's Lambert International Airport, in Berkeley, Missouri. The McDonnell Douglas company and bore their official DC3 logo in the bottom right of the Envelope.
The earliest recognized event covers were presidential inauguration covers, which were first created in the early part of the 20th century.(The stamp hobby calls envelopes "covers" because letters were originally simply wrapped in a blank piece of paper, or "cover".) Event cover creation and collecting is considered part of the first day cover hobby, which creates decorated covers to commemorate the issuance of stamps. Both fields are recognized by the principal cover collecting organization, the American First Day Cover Society, which includes an event cover category in its annual cachetmaker's contest and an event cover column in its journal, First Days.
See also
- First day of issue The first day of issue is the day on which a postage stamp, postal card or stamped envelope is put on sale, within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. There will usually be a first day of issue postmark, frequently a pictorial cancellation,
- Cancellation (mail) A cancellation is a postal marking applied on a postage stamp or postal stationery to deface the stamp and prevent its re-use. Cancellations come in a huge variety of designs, shapes, sizes and colors. Modern United States cancellations commonly include the date and post office location where the stamps were mailed, in addition to lines or bars
References
- ^ Special Dakota - Evening Telegraph - 5 December 1985
- ^ Top-flight honour for schoolboy - Front Page - Lincolnshire Standard - 13 December 1985
- ^ Special Dakota Cover Inside Information Card - Isle of Man Philatelic Bureau Isle of Man Post , formerly the Isle of Man Post Office, operates postal delivery and post office counter services on the Isle of Man - 17 December 1985
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