First Day Covers are unlikely to top the collecting interest of members of the Egypt Study Circle They can however be quite attractive and give additional meaning to the reason for a stamp's production when used on an illustrated dedicated cover. What makes a good FDC may be open to some debate but for commemoratives one could suppose that the cover should carry the full set, be addressed and have travelled properly through the post preferably with the commemorative postmark. On internet sites FDCs sell quite well, especially those issued before the 1952 revolution. Though they are mostly inexpensive some of them, especially those carrying high catalogued stamps, command a high price. Pre-revolution covers are not particularly common and some are quite elusive. Even some post-revolution stamps are hard to find on FDCs, particularly up to the 1970s. Here we make an attempt to illustrate examples of the pre-revolution stamps on FDCs. There are holes and some of the illustrations leave something to be desired. If you can fill any holes or have a better FDC than the one illustrated, as outlined in the criteria above, please send a copy or scan to the editor. For some definitives no FDCs are known. Perhaps even more elusive for pre- revolution commemoratives are examples of their use for normal postage. One notable FDC missing is that for the Graf Zeppelin Visit to Egypt special surcharged issue. The first day of issue is given as April 6 1931, but the earliest recorded cover is datestamped the 7th. Were collectors interested only in getting their covers on the flight, so ignoring such a triviality as a FDC? |
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