Talk:First day of issue

Copyright concern

Do we really need three "fair"-use images to illustrate what first day of issue would look like?--Jusjih 08:48, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Probably not. I can't make up my mind which to lose though! One shows "classic" first-day cancel from the 1950s + cachet, one shows modern pictorial first-day cancel, one shows modern British + coin novelty. The Wright Brothers one is probably least-valuable. Stan 14:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, we do need the images. They don't crowd the text if I reduce their size a little, and they all have their merit. We have rarely regarded 3 pics as too many for an article - Adrian Pingstone 15:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

It's not the three-ness, it's the fair-use-ness that's at issue. There's a rule limiting the amount of fair use in an article, mostly to keep movie fans from reproducing the entire movie in its article, one screenshot at a time. (I'm only exaggerating a little!). Turns out I have 1946 FDC showing the same cancel, and it's got no copyrighted artwork, will scan and upload to commons. Stan 15:57, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your replies. As a stamp collector collecting first-day covers, I will try to find covers that may be better in the public domain in the USA. As works published in the USA through 1963 are in the public domain therein if no copyright notice or renewal, I can get some covers scanned and uploaded.--Jusjih 17:14, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Tone

I have added a tone-tag to this article. To me parts of it read like a manual (e.q. "This can happen in several ways: ..."), and parts seems to be quite centred on America, while I think it should be a worldwide view. Hope this explains the tagging. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 14:23, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Draft

Note that there is a Draft article that was created about the same topic with a significant amount of additional info that should be merged with this article. You can find it at Draft:First Day Covers.— InsertCleverPhraseHere ^{(or here)} 12:02, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Scope

Much of this article is out of scope for First Day of Issue/First Day Cover, and should probably be separated out into one or more places that are more appropriate. Nfgusedautoparts (talk) 18:51, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

1 d

What is "1 d"? Is it one pence? Please use common, standard practices. (In general, this article is written as if to make it complicated and difficult to understand.) 136.36.180.215 (talk) 02:25, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

FYI, yes 1d is the common practice but I have added a wikilink to the first instance of 1d in the article linking to Penny (British pre-decimal coin). ww2censor (talk) 10:22, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

intent and philatelic covers?

This article currently reads "Philatelic covers are envelope prepared with a stamp(s), addressed and sent through the mail delivery system to create a collectible item." and the article [Philatelic cover] also mentioned intent to create a collectible. I have the following question: if someone walks into a post office and buys a stamp that's just been issued that day and mails a friend a letter with no intent to create a collectible, what is the correct term for the resulting object? According the article as written, it clearly is a first day cover and clearly is not a philatelic cover, but in the Types section of the article, this case is not described... Akb4 (talk) 05:10, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

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