First Day Cover - United States - 1982 - Ranto
<p>Beginning in the 1960s, prolific collector and cachet maker John Ranto of Hamilton Township, New Jersey, produced first day covers made from postal bulletins and display posters. According to online sales descriptions by Trenton Stamp and Coin, "these covers were created by hand folding US Postal Service bulletins into a standard FDC size and then applying the current issue for the cover in addition to related combination stamps. He cleverly crafted these covers into mostly one-of-a-kind cachets or productions. In the beginning, Mr. Ranto created these covers for his personal collection, but as he enjoyed the process, he did start to create extras that he would trade or sell. Each of his covers is normally signed or intialed on the reverse side, and also coded, but not in every case."</p>
<p>For the 1982 America's Libraries commemorative stamp (Scott no. 2015), Ranto created a series of covers featuring famous authors. One of the authors chosen was Dante and Ranto used the <a href="http://www.danteonstamps.com/ds/items/show/131" target="_blank">U.S. Post Office Department poster from the 1965 Dante commemorative issue</a> to make the folded cover.</p>
Ranto, John
United States Government Printing Office (Washington, D.C.)
United States Post Office Department (Washington, D.C.)
English
First Day Cover
United States
Poster - United States - 1965
This stamp poster was distributed by the U.S. Post Office Department to advertise the 1965 Dante commemorative stamp. The poster would have been displayed in post offices and gives a brief overview of the stamp and instructions to collectors on how to order first day cancellations.
This stamp poster has been stamped and bears a first day cancel.
United States Post Office Department (Washington, D.C.)
United States Government Printing Office (Washington, D.C.)
<a href="http://www.danteonstamps.com/ds/items/show/90" target="_blank">Postage Stamp - United States - 1965</a>
English
Miscellaneous
United States