The standard first day cover size is the small 6 3/4 envelope.

He created some of the earliest, and now rare, first day covers.

By the time he was 18, he established his first day cover business.

There are only four genuine first day cover sets from 16 March 1982 in existence.

A number of first day covers have been issued.

A commemorative first day cover was also brought out.

The stamps and cancelled first day covers will be available beginning Friday.

First day covers and postal stationery have also been issued.

Canada Post used this mark and continues to use it for first day cover cancellations.

The gift shop is a publisher of limited edition first day covers.

Two postage stamps and a First day cover were issued on that occasion.

In a further gesture of mutual friendship, Morocco also is producing its own first day cover.

You know what it is, a first day cover?'

It is given in eight-hour segments over two days, with the first day covering vertical forces.

This is the largest multiple known on a first day cover, and was acquired by The Queen in 2001.

Collectors can obtain first day covers of the new stamp in one of two ways.

First Day Covers are sent directly to your address inside a protective outer envelope.

A First Day Cover was also issued on the same day.

Collectors seeking first day covers only for United States stamps should follow the usual procedures.

The full pane is almost 7 1/4 inches long and too large to be affixed intact on a standard first day cover envelope.

With Buster gone, Oliver investigated other work, including newspaper strips and first day covers.

There were no leaflets or first day covers released and 10,000 sheets were printed.

In addition to the stamps themselves, collectors favor first day covers bearing the Love stamps.

Wfuna releases first day covers for use with each United Nations issue.

He also helped create interest for the hobby of first day covers by instituting awards at various stamp shows and exhibitions.

First-day covers can usually be ordered for the next 30 days.

First-day covers for the following issues should be requested the same way.

First-day covers can be ordered only in sets of five.

Orders for first-day covers within 30 days of issue will be honored.

Here is a list of stamps for which first-day covers may be ordered.

Collectors usually have 30 days from the date of issue to send for first-day covers.

First-day covers will be on sale for 90 days after each stamp is issued.

If they want first-day covers, they have to buy them later from dealers.

Hobbyists who want first-day covers must apply before Jan. 10.

But "official" first-day covers have been fading for years.

In the past decade, other specialties have emerged to compete with modern first-day covers.

Most new first-day covers go for a dollar or less; the extra charges in this program will benefit the fund's environmental projects.

Thus collectors can buy the stamp on Jan. 8 and design unofficial first-day covers.

The deadline for first-day covers is 30 days.

This is well intentioned in the interests of supplying perhaps half a million first-day covers for each issue.

The nationwide sale permits creation of what are known as unofficial first-day covers.

Thus, collecting first-day covers has become more eclectic - and more interesting.

Such trading clubs usually exchange stamps, first-day covers or other items based on current catalogue values.

The federation also offers first-day covers for various combinations of stamps and will supply a price list on request.

Most "first-day covers" are in fact fictions made up by the Postal Service.

There is still time to get first-day covers for new issues: Wyoming, 25 cents, to mark the centennial of statehood.

Dealers who sell first-day covers that they have prepared are naturally worried about being undersold.

The painting was chosen to be the first-day cover of the United Nations' postage stamp in 1985.

Collectors of first-day covers have several choices of individual or combination covers.

- have attracted attention to first-day covers.