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First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Cover Craft Cachets
This first day cover was designed by George Boltrek and issued by Cover Craft Cachets of Paterson, New Jersey. It was the "Official Cover" of the Italian Historical Society of America.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Dyer
This first day cover's hand-painted cachet by Ralph Dyer depicts Dante, crowned with a laurel wreath, against a background of flames holding a book on which are written the words "Poet", "Soldier", "Writer", and "EXILE". Below the portrait is a…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Fluegel Covers
This first day cover was designed by Paul L. Hubartt for Fluegel Covers.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Hayden
This first day cover features a hand-painted, add-on cachet by Kathryn O. Hayden of Salt Lake City, Utah. The cachet shows a portrait of Dante wearing a laurel wreath and facing a small, black devil. The cachet was executed in pastels and the…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Keepsake Press
This first day cover may have been issued by the Keepsake Press of Chicago.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - KJM
This first day cover was issued by KJM (K. J. Moran) and features a right-facing portrait of Dante with text as follows: at the top: "HONORING"; and at the bottom "ALIGHIERI DANTE / 700th ANNIVERSARY / OF BIRTH / FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / KJM". Except for…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Kolor Kover
Kolor Kover first day covers are distinguished by the colored paper used for the envelopes. The red cachet on this yellow envelope shows a portrait of Dante in profile within an ornamental frame.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Kraft
The cachets on these first day covers were hand painted by Ben Kraft. One cachet depicts Dante against a red background next to the phrases "HE GLORIFIED HELL!" and "DANTE 1265–1321". Another depicts Dante against a yellow background facing the devil…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Lone Star Cachet
This was the first FDC issue from Lone Star Cachet.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Marg
So-called "Marg" cachets were created by Edmund J. Shea for Shea Advertising.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Maul
This first day cover's cachet was hand-painted by Herman R. Maul. The cachet shows a smiling devil's head above flames representing hell. The cachet has text as follows: at the top: "DANTE ALIGHIERI / ITALIAN POET / 1265 / 1965"; and at the bottom:…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Overseas Mailer
Overseas Mailer reissued other first day covers with a modification. In the case of the Dante FDC, Overseas Mailer added a small, green, woodcut-style portrait of Dante to the Chickering-Jackson FDC. The Chickering-Jackson first day cover was…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Powell
These first day covers feature hand-painted, add-on cachets by L. Ziola Powell. One cachet depicts a portrait of Dante partly covered by an angel with trumpet above and flames below. The other cachet depicts a portrait of Dante with laurel wreath…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Press Cover Club
The cachet on this first day cover issued by Press Cover Club was printed in black and then colored by hand with pink, orange, and blue highlights.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Prestige
This first day cover was issued by Prestige of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The cachet is a black and white halftone image in reverse of Douglas W. Gorsline's design for the United States Dante commemorative stamp of 1965.
The envelope holds a folded…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Reid
This first day cover was issued by Clarence E. Reid and features a textual cachet naming Douglas Gorsline, the designer of the United States Dante postage stamp of 1965. The "No. 2717" next to Reid's name was his membership number for the American…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Sarzin Metallics
This first day cover's cachet features Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City (reversed from the original). Below the portrait is text as follows: "Dante / VII…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Smith
The textual cachet on this envelope addressed to Wilbur K. Smith of York, Pennsylvania, may have been printed by Smith himself. The vertically-oriented text ("Dante Alighieri / 700th ANNIVERSARY") is letterpress printed in reddish-gray and maroon.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Ulrich
The cachets on these covers were hand-painted by Frank J. Ulrich. Multiple designs by Ulrich are known.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Universal Philatelic Cover Society
This first day cover, issued by the Universal Philatelic Cover Society, is identical—except for the text at the bottom—to the cover issued by K. J. Moran. The cachet features a right-facing portrait of Dante with text as follows: at the top:…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Unknown Designer
This first day cover's cachet is a later (before July 12, 2010) add-on printed with an inkjet printer.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Unknown Designer
This first day cover's cachet is a later (before May 7, 2010) add-on, printed with an inkjet printer. The image is a detail from a famous cigar label from around 1900.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Unknown Designer
This first day cover's hand-painted cachet features a portrait of Dante wearing a laurel wreath. The cachet is signed "SN".