First Day Issues 1953

Here are a couple of FDI's I found today

very nice..

G'Day B what you have here are addressed FDC,this was an old practice to address a FDC and send it to your self,the Sc#1020 plate block is very nice thanks for sharing
regards Harry

Harry, I thought cover had other graphic on the envelope, and the FDI were regular envelope. In any event, Thanks.
My Scott's is way out of date and I'm STILL waiting the newer... talk about pony express. :(

I'm lead to believe that all covers stamped on the first day of issue are in fact FDC B if I'm wrong some one will chime in and correct me.
I use to be indecisive but I'm not so sure now

Is not a first day cover (FDC) any cover mailed on the first day of issue of a stamp? In the early days (pre 1920's or so) there were no pre-made cacheted covers. So a first day cover depended on who bought and mailed a letter on the first day of issue and if that letter or cover was saved. If you look through Scott, many if not most of the early US issues have the earliest known use of a stamp given, as well as the first day of issue.

The cachet maker of the 1st FDC is House of Farnam (HF).

all covers mailed and stamped with stamps on it's first day of issue are in fact "First Day Covers"
the artsy stuff came around to make it more appealing to collectors and non-collectors.

I like FDCs, especially the ones where the cancellation doesn't tell you that it is an FDC (older issues).

What are the chances that this Frank H. Farnsworth is the one who wrote "The Mystery of the Hunley" Civil War Submarine ??

Slim and none; but, we are, distantly related to the guy from Indiana who invented the TV... Philo Farnsworth... even has his own stamp! Grandpa moved from MA via, PA, IN and landed in MO where he worked in Piping and Wire most of his latter life... when he wasn't collecting stamps. hehehe

Sigh, however, just like a lot of things in life, not close enough to benefit from it.

I forgot..those are from your family..you would know !

Have you ever watched the SyFy show "Warehouse 13". The agents use audio/video equipment called a "Farnsworth" to communicate between each other. I believe there is more items in the warehouse that a scientist named Farnsworth designed. Most of the artifacts in the show are supposedly invented by historical inventors and scientists like Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison, etc.