First Day Covers.

I often get to evaluate stamp collections. Just about all of these are collections that have been inherited or found in a dusty draw. The owner is thinking I will find a valuable stamp or cover. And a lot of these collections feature boxes of First Day Covers. The vast majority a worthless, or maybe interesting at best. A common thread is that covers take up too much room. And so they do. So I notice a trend away from covers. It depends how you collect of course, but so may think that First Day Covers are valuable - even the early ones, but most are just taking up room. Some people collect because they like the design and are not worried too much about what they are worth. In New Zealand there are many private and independent posts and a few have stamps and covers. From those who collect these interesting issues the trend is away from the covers. Most are kept away in boxes and are not in albums at all. So if they can't be seen then what is the point. But single stamps and blocks don't take up much room in an album. That is the advantage over First Day Covers. A good idea from the New Zealand Wine Post is the 're--introduction' of First Day postmarked mint blocks- usually two stamps and a new wide margin for the postmark, so as not to spoil the stamp.This has always been the practice along side First Day Covers but is now more in the lime light. I show a couple of First Day of Issue blocks below.

The problem is that these stamps or FDC's were cancelled to order / CTO.
A mailed early FDC is much better. Of course, interesting destination and more real used postmarks, are prefered.
And there is a big deference between collectors just for fun.
To collectors that try to make an exhibit collection.

Angående FDC... Jeg køber mange FDC som jeg anvender således:
Jeg har en stor samling: Verdens Højeste Bjerge som jeg med stor succes
udstiller i OPEN CLASS(Large Vermeil Medal).
Mine FDC´er er signeret af berømte bjergbestigere som har nået toppen af
de respektive bjerge. Jeg kan nævne følgende navne:
Sir Edmund Hillary, Peter Hillary, Reinhold Messner, Doug Scott,
Sir Chris Bonington, Andrew Lock, Rebecca Stephens og mange andre...
Så jeg må sige, jeg er meget glad for mine FDC ´er...

New Zealand Wine Post has nice FDC's with mountains of New Zealand. New Zealand Wine Post is a private or independent post. Enjoy the pictures.

Hello Oceania.

Thank you for the pictures, but where can I buy those items?

Best,
hafnia01

They are in my store at- oceania. There are actually four mountain covers that might interest you. The other two being Mount Cook Conquest (a long cover), and Mount Cook/Aoraki. One that is not on there is Mount Ruapehu volcanic Eruption.

Thank you for the informations.