First Day Covers

First day cover refers to an envelope on which a stamp is pasted and the stamp gets cancelled on the very first day of issue. A cachet is placed on the left side of the envelope that describes the stamp's issue. The cachet is a design that will explain the event or anniversary being commemorated. The stamps affixed are related to some events. The first day cover stamps are must haves for the first day cover collectors. These stamps are issued by the Post Office and the prices are fixed by them.

First day cover stamps can be ordered from the Philatelic Bureau, which is a section of the Post Office that handles all the orders from collectors and dealers. One can subscribe with the dealer to get the first day cover stamps. Collectors can store the stamps properly in the first day cover album. Few of these albums are compact and fully padded, enabling convenient storage of stamps in these albums.

There is a huge market for the British first day cover. A number of associations cater to the British first day cover collectors. These associations help to initiate communications between the collectors. They also provide more information about collecting the British first day covers.