| 单词 | first day cover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst day cover d. The wrapper of a letter or of any postal packet. spec. in Philately, an envelope, etc., bearing a stamp, postmark, or label of particular historical or commemorative interest; esp. first day cover (see quot. 1950).Hence, to address to (a person) under cover to (another). In a general sense including an envelope (which is a special kind of cover); but spec. used of a wrapper cut and folded differently from an envelope, as in the ‘Mulready covers’. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > cover or envelope coverture1587 by covert1655 envelopea1715 letter cover1741 cover1747 letter case1823 wrapper1846 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting stamps > [noun] > related matters perforation gauge1882 plate number1912 cover1923 first-day cover1926 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xiv. 79 I..acknowlege her goodness to me, with a pencil only, on the cover of a letter sealed up. 1804 Pitt in G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 75 I send this under Hammond's cover to the Postmaster. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. xiii. 267 Direct to me at Lord Longtown's..under cover to Alice. View more context for this quotation 1876 World 5 11 The task of addressing the covers to the subscribers does not devolve upon him [the Editor]. 1923 F. J. Melville Aero-stamp Collecting ii. 14 A flown cover of each of the outstanding pioneer flights in each country is of undeniable interest. 1934 S. Phillips Beginner's Bk. Stamp Collecting xix. 214 Cover, a term applied to an envelope or wrapper. ‘On cover’ means on a complete envelope or wrapper, as opposed to ‘on piece’. 1938 D. B. Armstrong Collecting Stamps 47 First-day cover, a postage stamp or stamps used on entire upon the first day that the stamps in question were officially placed on sale. First flight cover, an envelope which has been carried by air mail on the first flight between any two given points. 1950 L. N. Williams & M. Williams Collecting Postage Stamps xiii. 71 One fashion with little to recommend it that has become prevalent in recent years is the collection of what are known as First Day Covers, or letters bearing stamps posted on the first day of their issue and bearing an appropriate dated postmark. 1968 J. Mackay Cover Collecting iv. 35 Although a souvenir cover bearing stamps used on the first day of issue has been recorded from the United States as early as 1909 (in connection with the Hudson Fulton 2c. stamp), the First Day Cover craze did not make any headway in America until the late 1920s. < as lemmas |
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