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English translation: special envelope for first day of issue of new stamp


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English term or phrase:cover (in stamp-collecting context)
English translation:special envelope for first day of issue of new stamp
Entered by: Jack Doughty
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15:50 Oct 28, 2005
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Tech/Engineering - Accounting / stamp in singapore
English term or phrase: cover
What is 'cover' ?
[context]
Both stamp and non-stamp collectors will delight in the extensive collection of local and international stamps, and first day covers housed in this quaint building dated back to 1907. Stamps provide a visual re-telling of traditions and cultures, and this is most evident at the Singapore Philatelic Museum where multi-ethnic Singapore is captured through the history of stamps and postcards.
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special envelope for first day of issue of new stamp
Explanation:
A first-day cover is a specially printed envelope only for use on the first day of issue of a new stamp. Having a stamp on such a cover increases its value.
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Jack Doughty
Local time: 20:42
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Summary of answers provided
4 +11special envelope for first day of issue of new stamp
Jack Doughty
4 +1first day issuexxxPFB
3The first day a stamp was issued so it has become a collector's itemAnna Maria Augustine at proZ.com
3copies (of first editions)
Aoife Kennedy


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
copies (of first editions)


Explanation:
I'm not 100% sure, as the English is not very elegant. it looks like something that wasn't written by a native English speaker.

Aoife Kennedy
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

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neutral  Will Matter: First issue of the stamp.
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The first day a stamp was issued so it has become a collector's item


Explanation:
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Anna Maria Augustine at proZ.com
France
Local time: 21:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
special envelope for first day of issue of new stamp


Explanation:
A first-day cover is a specially printed envelope only for use on the first day of issue of a new stamp. Having a stamp on such a cover increases its value.

Jack Doughty
Local time: 20:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hermann
1 min
  -> Thank you.
agree  Dave Calderhead: Philately will get you eveerywhere, eh Jack! (;-{)>
2 mins
  -> Thank you. They say imitation is the highest form of philately, but my son is into it in a small way and I am not imitating him.
agree  Cristina Chaplin
23 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  John Bowden: It would be impossible to philately disagree with this answer...
23 mins
  -> Thank you. I haven't seen Phil latterly, but I don't think he would disagree either.
agree  Kurt Porter
42 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  bigedsenior: It is not necessary for the envelope to have a cachet, only that the date stamp is correct. Early FDC's, and the true rareties, were on plain envelopes.
56 mins
  -> Thank you. I didn't know that.
agree  jennifer newsome
57 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  michael10705
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  odaj
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Will Matter: The stamp (along with the envelope they're on) are referred to as "covers".
4 hrs
  -> Thank you. Yes.
agree  Alfa Trans
22 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
first day issue


Explanation:
On the day a new stamp is issued, you can get a special envelope on which it is stuck with the date "stamped" on it. The envelope usually have illustrations / explanations, etc about the person / area / topic the stamp celebrates.

xxxPFB
Local time: 21:42
Native speaker of: French

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4 hrs
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LevelNon-PRO => PRO


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