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A cancellation applied on a stamp's first day of sale.
Also known as: First day cancel, FDC cancellation, First day postmark
A first day of issue mark is a cancellation applied on the day a stamp is first sold, usually at a designated office and often in a special design.
Records that a cover was posted on the day the stamp it carries was first issued.
Contexts: History
Is applied for collectors rather than for postal necessity, which makes it the one cancellation type produced primarily to be kept.
Contexts: History
A cancellation, often pictorial and shaped rather than plainly circular, carrying the issue date and a first-day wording.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.