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Posted 07/31/2015   07:09 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add larrysbasement to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I need assistance with identifying this cachet. I'm new to selling FDC's and don't yet have the proper reference material. Thank you.

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Posted 07/31/2015   08:09 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add blcjr to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
House of Farnum. Note the stylized "HF" to the left (our right) of the left lapel.
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Posted 07/31/2015   8:43 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jrc531 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
With all due respect: correct spelling is House of Farnam.
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Posted 08/01/2015   08:00 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add blcjr to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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With all due respect: correct spelling is House of Farnam.
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Well, it is certainly not for want of trying. This may be the most commonly misspelled word in the world of philately:



Some interesting statistics...

Google has 143,000 hits for "House of Farnum" vs. 210,000 for "House of Farnam." ebay lists 1082 covers with "Farnum" and 2363 with "Farnam." Even one of my favorite sellers on ebay uses "Farnum." No wonder I got confused over the spelling!

I will try to do better.

Thanks for posting, and .

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Posted 08/01/2015   3:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jrc531 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Enclosed is my attempt at some proof: scan of House of Farnam letterhead from 1981 and a House of Farnam signed cachet from 1939.
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Posted 08/01/2015   5:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add blcjr to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I wasn't disputing you. I was just pointing out how common it is to misspell it "Farnum."
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Posted 08/01/2015   8:34 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I learned something new: I always thought of those covers as "House of Farnum" too, until this thread proved me wrong! Anyway, I thought this brief history of the cachetmaker might be of some interest:


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House of Farnam is the very oldest continuously produced cachet, founded by Dusty Farnam and his wife, Vera, in Cleveland, Ohio on May 9, 1936. The business was sold to John Halliday of Whittier, California in the late 1970s; then Artmaster assumed production of Farnam covers in 1988. House of Farnam cachets are multi-color engravings and have a rich, distinctive appearance and texture. Early Farnam covers are single color.

Cover Craft Cachets is a line of covers founded in New Jersey by Ben Schwartz in 1964. It has been a limited edition version of Farnam since 1987; the line has been produced by Artmaster since 1988. CCCachets are made from the same engraving plates as Farnam covers; but feature gray rather than white stock envelopes. Each comes with a stuffer card detailing the number produced for that issue as well as a short description or biography of the stamp subject.
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Edited by wt1 - 08/01/2015 8:35 pm
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Posted 08/02/2015   09:33 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jrc531 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
As I understand it, unfortunately (value judgment), neither Artmaster, House of Farnam nor Cover Craft Cachets are being produced today.
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