Norfolk Island First Day Cover

does anyone know anything about the 125th anniversary of pitcairn migration to norfolk island fdc

What's to know? Isn't the important stuff right there?

Is there anything much to know? Isn't it just another philatelic creation to take our money?

It has as much value as the other FDC of the period.

and how much is that

If you wanted to know the value, why confuse everybody with such a vague "does anybody know anything" with no elaboration?

My working assumption, based on selling modern GB and French and other FDCs on ebay, is 10p.

Minimal value. It is a worthless unaddressed FDC. It has all the information you need on it.

Pitcairn is famous as the home of the mutineers of the British naval ship Bounty. By 1808, when an American ship discovered the mutineers hideout, all the men except the mutineer John Adams were dead. But the mutineers had left 25 children. In 1856, many of Pitcairn's people moved to Norfolk Island.

World Book Encyclopedia 1988

As you can see, Andy20066, there is quite a notable history behind your cover. It's essence has been the source of a novel and, I believe, at least 3 films. It is a very nice cover, and a nice addition to your collection.

There is no history behind the cover. The cover is from 1981, as it says. The history is commemorated on the stamps. A cover carried on Titanic or flown on Hindenburg has notable history behind it. This is just an FDC, whose only real value might be teaching somebody about the Bounty and Pitcairn if they didn't already know.

Except I would write it as $0.10.

That is retail,wholesale would be less.

At one of my stamp clubs this past Tuesday, FDCs were put out for free and none were taken,

It was a joint issue of Norfolk Island and Pitcairn. Both islands were popular with new-issue collectors because of the "Mutiny on the Bounty" connection. Unfortunately, that means a lot of philatelic material from these territories exists.

Modern FDCs, rarely, hold commercial value. There is nothing wrong with collecting them, but you should consider money spent on them as money paid for your enjoyment. You should not expect to get much for them once you want to sell them.