ArtCraft First Day Covers ArtCraft cachets and ArtCraft first day covers are recognized world wide for the excellence of their artistic designs, and for their high quality printing on rag content envelopes. An ArtCraft cachet on a first day cover says volumes about the new stamp issue it illuminates, and collecors can rely on outstanding cachet designs issue after issue. ArtCraft First Day Covers have been produced for almost every U.S. stamp issue since the World's Fair Issue of 1939.
Issues from 2008
41c Year of the Rat January 9, 2008. #4221
Lunisolar New Year series, pane of 12.
San Francisco, CA 94188.
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UN Vienna Definitive January 28, 2008.
e 0,10- #413, e 0,15- #414, e 0,65- #415, e 1,40- #416.
41c Charles W. Chesnutt January 31, 2008. #4222
Black Heritage series; pane of 20; AV
Cleveland, OH 44101
41c Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings February 21, 2008. #4223.
Literary Arts series, pane of 20; AV;
Hawthorne, FL 32640
American Scientists March 6, 2008. #4224-4227
4224-Gerti Cori, 4225-Linus Pauling, 4226-Edwin Hubble,
4227-John Bardeen
New York, NY 10199
UN Endangered Species March 6, 2008.
NY - #949-52, Geneva - #480-83, Vienna - #417-20.
1c Tiffany Lamp March 7, 2008. #3749A
Single 1c definitive stamp, pane of 20; SSP
New York, NY 10199
42c American Flags 24/7 April 18, 2008. Washington, DC, April 18, 2008.
4228-31 gummed coil stamps, 4232-35 self-adhesive coil Ashton Potter printer, 4236-39 self-adhesive coil Sennett printer, 4240-43 self-adhesive coil Avery Dennison printer.
American Journalists April 22, 2008. #4248-4252.
#4248-Martha Gellhorn, #4249-John Hersey, #4250-George Polk,
#4251-Ruben Salazar, #4252-Eric Sevareid.
Washington, DC 20066
27c Tropical Fruit April 25, 2008. Burlingame, CA 94010.
Five 27 cent definitive stamps, pane of 20 and coil of 100:
Pomegranate (#4253, pane 4260), Star Fruit (#4254, pane 4261)
Kiwi (#4255, pane 4262), Papaya (#4256, pane 4263), Guava (#4257, pane 4264)
42c Purple Heart April 30, 20008. Washington, DC 20066.
Two 42c definitive stamps (single design), pane of 20.
Water-activated #4263.
Self-adhesive #4264.
42c Elk Stamped Envelope May 2, 2008. #U663-Ashton Potter printing. #U663a-Mead-Westvaco printing.
UN Coin & Flag Series May 8, 2008. #953a-h:United Kingdom, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Colombia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates & Libya. #484a-h:Madagascar, Rwanda, Namibia, Maldives, Benin, Iran, Albania & Turkey. #421a-h:Poland, Latvia, Sweden, Cyprus, Portugal, Armenia, Sovakia & Qatar.
42c Liberty Bell May 12, 2008. #4127d.
Forever definitive stamp, double-sided pane of 20.
Washington, DC 20066.
59c James A. Michener May 12, 2008. #3427A
59c definitive stamp, Distinguished Americans series;
Pane of 20: Washington, DC 20066
76c Edward Trudeau May 12, 2008. #3432A.
Washington, DC 20066
76c definitive stamp, Distinguished Americans series; pane of 20.
42c Frank Sinatra May 13, 2008. #4265
Las Vegas, NV 89199
New York, NY 10199
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72c 13 Mile Woods May 16, 2008. #C144.
72c definitive stamp. Rochester, NY 14692.
94c St. John, US Virgin Islands May 16, 2008. #C145. 94c definitive stamp.
Scenic American Landscapes series; pane of 20.
Rochester, NY 14692 and St. John, Virgin Island 00830 cancels.
62c Dragonfly May 19, 2008. #4267.
Definitive stamp, pane of 20.
Washington, DC 20066.
$4.80 Mt.Rushmore June 6, 2008. #4268.
$4.80 priority mail stamp, McClean, VA 22101.
UN Rights of Disabled Persons June 6, 2008. #960-42c, #961-94c, #485-Fs 1,00, #486-Fs 1,80, #427-e 0,55, #428-e 1,40.
1c Tiffany Lamp June 7, 2008. #3758A.
Water-activated definitive stamp, coil of 3,000.
McLean, VA 22101.
42c Weddings June 10, 2008.
#4271 - 42c pane of 20. Washington, DC 20066.
#4272 - 59c pane of 20, Washington, DC 20066.
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42c All Heart June 10, 2008. #4270.
42c special stamp, Love series, pane of 20.
Washington, DC 20066.
42c Flags of Our Nation - Set #1 - self-adhesive coil with 10 stamp designs June 14, 2008. Ten 42c coil stamps. #4273-American Flag, #4274-Alabama, #4275-Alaska, #4276-American Samnoa, #4277-Arizona, #4278-Arkansas, #4279-California, #4280-Colorado, #4281-Connecticut, #4282-Delaware.
Washington,DC 20066.
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42c Charles and Ray Eames June 17, 2008. #4333a-p.
Sixteen 42c commemorative stamps.
Santa Monica, CA 90401.
42c Take Me Out to the Ball Game July 16, 2008. #4341.
Washington, DC 20066.
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42c The Art of Disney: Imagination - 4 stamp designs August 7, 2008. 4 designs.
#4342-101 Dalmations, #4343-Mickey Mouse, #4344-Sleeping Beauty, #4345-The Jungle Book.
Anaheim, CA 92803.
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The Art of Disney: Imagination postal cards August 7, 2008. Anaheim, CA 92803.
#UX535-Mickey Mouse, #UX536-Lucky and Pongo from 101 Dalmations, #UX537-Sleeping Beauty, #UX538-The Jungle Book.
UN Sport for Peace August 8, 2008. #962-42c, #963-94c, #964-$1.25 souvenir sheet, #487-FS 1,00, #488-FS 1,80, #489-FS 3,00 souvenir sheet, #429-e 0,65, #430-e 1,30, #431-e 2,10, #431a-e 2,10 overprinted.
42c Bierstadt August 14, 2008. #4346.
Hartford, CT 06101.
American Treasures series.
42c Forever Stamp August 22, 2008. #4125b -Avery Dennnison press. #4126b - Ashton Potter press. Two 42c forever definitive stamps, double-sided pane of 20.
Falls Church, VA 22046
42c Flags of Our Nation - Set #2 September 2, 2008. Ten 42c Commemorative coil stamps.
#4283-District of Columbia, #4284-Florida, #4285-Georgia, #4286-Guam, #4287-Hawaii, #4288-Idaho, #4289-Illinois, #4290-Indiana, #4291-Iowa, #4292-Kansas.
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5c Sea Coast September 5, 2008. #4348.
Single nondenominated (5c) water-activated definitive coil stamp.
Washington, DC 20066
42c Latin Jazz September 8, 2008. #4349
Washington, DC 20066
UN We Can End Poverty September 18, 2008. #966-42c, #967-94c, #490-Fs 1,00, #491-Fs 1,80, #432-e 0,65, #433-e 0,75.
27c Tail Fins and Chrome picture postal cards October 3, 2008. Carlisle, PA 17013.
#UX549-1957 Lincoln Premiere, UX550-1957 Chrysler 300C, UX551-1959 Cadillac Eldorado, UX552-1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk, #UX553-1957 Pontiac Safari.
42c Christmas Nutcrackers October 23, 2008. #4360-4371.
Twelve 42c special stamps (four designs) in double-sided pane of 20, vending booklet of 20 and ATM pane of 18.
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UN Climate Change October 23, 2008. #968-42c, #969-94c, #970-$8.28, #492-Fs 1,20, #493-Fs 1,80, #494-Fs 10,20, #434-e 0,65, #435-e 1,15, #436-e 7,80. The Climate Change stamps were printed in mini-sheets of 4 stamps having a common design with an overlapping image of the Earth at the center of the block of 4 stamps. Because of the design similarity of the 4 stamps, we offer them as a single or as a set of the 4 varieties.
