U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Cachetmaker: "FDOI" General Purpose Cachets
Part of the U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog
by Douglas H. Henkle, AFDCS LM #137,
henkle@pobox.com
(last updated .12-03-2025)
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This page displays First Day Covers with General Purpose (GP) cachets created by known and unknown Cachetmakers that include the words:
"First Day of Issue" (FDOI).
Except as noted by "{A}" (my personal collection), and "(JHW)" (John H. White), all other displayed covers were found on the Web.
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Wanted: a 300 bpi / 600 pixel wide (or greater) .jpg scan of any unlisted cachet, and ALSO any cachet marked ***
Email it to: henkle@pobox.com
Subject for this page: Doug Henkle unlisted "FDOI" General Purpose cachet
(an email with any other subject or with any other graphical format will be ignored IF it has an attachment)
U.S. Scott #nnn = U.S. Scott Catalog number.
mm-dd-yyyy = First Day of Issue
General Purpose (GP) cachet pages:
Eagles
-- 1DC and 1DI
-- FDC
-- FDI
-- FDOI (this page)
Identifier of all the GP's above on one page
General Purpose "Border" Cachets
Note that each General Purpose Cachet has been assigned its own unique "GP#" Catalog Number.
Ioor General Purpose (GP) "Border" Cachets
Ioor General Purpose (GP) Cachets
"First Day of Issue" Type Menu -- Either click on the "First Day of Issue" Catalog Number or the Thumbnail:
FDOI-1
-- FDOI-2
-- FDOI-3
-- FDOI-4
-- FDOI-5/FDOI-6/FDOI-7/FDOI-8/FDOI-9
-- FDOI-10
-- FDOI-11
-- FDOI-12
-- FDOI-13
-- FDOI-14
-- FDOI-14a
-- FDOI-15
-- FDOI-15a
-- FDOI-16
-- FDOI-17
-- FDOI-18
-- FDOI-19
-- FDOI-20
-- FDOI-21
-- FDOI-22
-- FDOI-23
-- FDOI-24
-- FDOI-25
-- FDOI-26
-- FDOI-27
-- FDOI-28
-- FDOI-29
-- FDOI-30
-- FDOI-31
-- FDOI-32
-- FDOI-33
-- FDOI-34
-- FDOI-35
-- FDOI-36
-- FDOI-37
-- FDOI-38
-- FDOI-39
-- FDOI-40
-- FDOI-41
-- FDOI-42
-- FDOI-43
-- FDOI-44
-- FDOI-45
-- FDOI-46
-- FDOI-47
-- FDOI-48
-- FDOI-49
-- FDOI-50
-- FDOI-51
-- FDOI-52
Eagle1
-- Eagle5b
-- Eagle10
-- Eagle13
-- Eagle14
FDOI Eagles
GP#FDOI-1a
-- GP#FDOI-1b
-- GP#FDOI-2a
-- GP#FDOI-3a
-- GP#FDOI-3b
-- GP#FDOI-3c
-- GP#FDOI-4a
- #FDOI-1a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-1a -- unknown
#795-GP6, 7-13-1937, XII:25(2)
-- #796, 8-18-1937, NIP
-- #802-GP21-NIP, 12-15-1937
#FDOI-1b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-1b -- unknown
#806, 6-03-1938
-- #803-834-GP15a, 5-19-1938, etc., XIV:68-69 (unknown)
-- #837-GP5, 7-15-1938, XV:61 (unknown)
#FDOI-1c -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-1c -- unknown
#795, 7-13-1937
-- #803-834-GP15, 5-19-1938, etc., XIV:68 (unknown)
#FDOI-1
-- #785-794-26, various dates, XI:38 -- unknown
With a different center picture and lettering, this same unknown Cachetmaker made two different cachets for Planty #785-794. -- (Navy #790 block of 4 scan from Paul M. Holland*)
* = pictured in "The 1ยข Navy Stamp of the Army-Navy Series" by
Paul M. Holland
[The U.S. Specialist #1120, 6/2023, Vol. 94(6), p. 273]

- #FDOI-2a, Blue -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-2a, Blue
-- J.A. Burnett
#752-GP2, 3-15-1935, VII:91
-- #756-GP2, 3-15-1935, VII:91
-- #758-GP2, 3-15-1935, VII:91
-- #773, 5-29-1935

#FDOI-2a.1, Black -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose modified for #737-738-66 -- GP#FDOI-2a.1
-- J.A. Burnett
Same as #FDOI-2a but with "MOTHER'S DAY" as part of the design.
#FDOI-2a.2, Black multicolor -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose modified for #737-738-66 -- GP#FDOI-2a.2
-- J.A. Burnett
#C19-GP5-NIP, 6-30-1934, VII:49
-- #740-GP1, 7-16-1934, VII:49
Same design as #FDOI-2a
#FDOI-2b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-2b
-- J.A. Burnett
Same as #FDOI-2a with the Lincoln Memorial in the center as on GP#FDOI-1b and GP#FDOI-3b. I have not seen one on-line or in Planty.
#FDOI-2c -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-2c
-- J.A. Burnett
Same as #FDOI-2a with the Washington Monument in the center as on GP#FDOI-1c and GP#FDOI-3c. I have not seen one on-line or in Planty.
- #FDOI-3a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-3a
-- J.A. Burnett
#775-GP3, 11-01-1935
-- #776-GP9, 3-02-1936
-- #784-GP6, 8-26-1936, X:97

#FDOI-3b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-3b
-- J.A. Burnett
#776-GP9b, 3-02-1936
-- #777-GP10, 5-04-1936
-- #784-GP6a, 8-26-1936, X:97
-- #795-GP16-NIP, 7-13-1937, XII:26 NIP
#FDOI-3c -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-3c
-- J.A. Burnett
#776-GP9a, IX:48, 3-02-1936
-- #784-GP6b, 8-26-1936, X:97
- #FDOI-4 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-4
-- J.A. Burnett
#704-715-10, 1-01-1932, III:91-92

Searching through Planty Volumes 3 - 12, I found the following Cataloged examples of the above cachets. Some are identified as
J.A. Burnett, and some are "Unknown". Following up, from a consensus of the collectors contacted about these designs, all
GP#FDOI-2, GP#FDOI-3 and GP#FDOI-4 are by
J.A. Burnett. However, GP#FDOI-1 remains unidentified.
704-715-10 -- GP#FDOI-4 -- III:91-92
none -- IV
none -- V
737-738-66 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VI, p. 88
740-749-GP1 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VII, p. 49
750-GP1 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VII, p. 58
752-771-GP2 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VII, P. 91
772-GP1 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VIII, p. 23
773-GP2 -- GP#FDOI-3a -- VIII, p. 43
774-GP18 -- GP#FDOI-3a -- VIII, p. 64
775-GP3 -- GP#FDOI-3a -- VIII, p. 87
776-GP9 -- GP#FDOI-3a -- IX, p. 48
776-GP9 -- GP#FDOI-3a -- IX, p. 48
776-GP9a -- GP#FDOI-3c -- IX, p. 48
778-GP4b -- GP#FDOI-3b -- IX, p. 101
782-GP2 -- X, p. 26
783-GP7 -- X, p. 72-73
784-GP6 -- X, p. 97
785-794-26 -- XI, p. 38
C21-22-GP5 -- XI, p. 102
795-GP6 -- XII, p. 25
798-GP3 -- XII, p. 107
How many more similar varieties of these designs exist? Because I don't know, I have left a few "GP#FDOI-" Catalog Numbers unassigned for future reported variations.
GP#FDOI-5 -- GP#FDOI-6 -- GP#FDOI-7 -- GP#FDOI-8 -- GP#FDOI-9
- #FDOI-10 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-10
-- Oswald A. Ludwig
03-06-2026: All FDC scans previously displayed here have been moved to a new separate page:
Cachetmaker: Oswald A. Ludwig: General Purpose GP#FDOI-10
because I had too many scans to display them all on this page.
- #FDOI-11 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-11
-- Andrew P. Davidson --- (JHW)
#1230, 4-06-1963
-- #1373, 7-16-1969
-- #1380, 9-22-1969
-- #1409, 10-17-1970
These one-of-a-kind cachets were identified on page 47 of
Todd Ronnei's #1409 FDC exhibit. I could find no mention of Davidson or this cachet in First Days. As a one-of-a-kind, this cachet is not eligible to be listed in
First Cachets.

- #FDOI-12 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-12
-- Myron F. McCamley
#969, 9-21-1948
also a similar design, signed Fidelity: #C41-9a 8-25-1949

- #FDOI-13 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-13 -- unknown
#900-GP10, 10-16-1940
Similar to #798-64 by Leona Christie -- XII:92
Also see: GP#FDC36 -- "First Day Cover"

- #FDOI-14 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-14 -- unknown
#680-GP2 violet -- 9-14-1929
-- #796-GP16 blue, XII:58 -- 8-18-1937
-- #802-GP26 purple, 12-15-1937
-- #837-GP1 purple, 7-15-1938
GP#FDOI-14 purple
-- GP#FDOI-14.1 violet
-- GP#FDOI-14.2 blue [from Planty, I have no scan]

#FDOI-14a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-14a -- unknown
#686-GP2 black -- 12-01-1930
-- #719-GP1 blue -- 6-15-1932
GP#FDOI-14a black
-- GP#FDOI-14a.1 blue
- #FDOI-15 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-15 -- unknown
#774-GP, 9-30-1935
-- #802-GP19, 12-15-1937

#FDOI-15a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-15a -- unknown
GP#FDOI-15a1, black
--- #808-GP49-NIP, 7-01-1938
-- #1186, 9-04-1961
-- #1381-GP1, 9-24-1969
GP#FDOI-15a2, blue ---#U524-GP1, 1-01-1932
- #FDOI-16 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-16 -- unknown
-- #829, 12-02-1938
#957, 5-29-1948
-- #978, 11-19-1948
-- #E18, 10-30-1944

- #FDOI-17 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-17 -- unknown
#645, 5-26-1928
-- #747, 9-18-1934
-- #748, 8-27-1934
-- #731, 8-25-1933
Stars at bottom FDOI-17a blue -- FDOI-17b red
Stars at top FDOI-17c red

- #FDOI-18 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-18
-- Universal Stamp Association
#634ee, 3-28-1935
Planty:
#739-GP3, VII:14, Cachetmaker identified, First Cachet)

- #FDOI-19 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-19 -- unknown
#654, 6-05-1929
Planty:
#C12-12 III:124

- #FDOI-20 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-20 -- unknown
#683, 4-10-1930

- #FDOI-21 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-21 -- unknown
#724-CC6, 10-24-1932,

- #FDOI-22, "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-22
-- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
#775, 11-01-1935
Planty:
#774-GP9, VIII:63
-- #775-GP15, VIII:88

- #FDOI-23, "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-23 -- unknown
#960, 7-31-1948

- #FDOI-24 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-24 -- unknown
#723, 8-18-1932
Planty:
#690-GP9, III:52
For the same design with "First Day Cover" text see GP#FDC5

- #FDOI-25 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-25
-- F.R. Rice? or Leona Mosher Christie?
#732-GP1, 8-15-1933, VI:18 --
-- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
GP#FDOI-25a
#737-738-52, 5-02-1934, VI:86 -(6-3/4") -- 1st Leona Mosher Christie
not a General Purpose cachet
#737-738-52a, 5-02-1934, VI:86 - (#10) -- 1st Leona Mosher Christie
not a General Purpose cachet
#737-GP3, 5-02-1934, NIP -- F.R. Rice? or Leona Mosher Christie?
GP#FDOI-25b
#748-GP3, 8-27-1934, NIP -- F.R. Rice? or Leona Mosher Christie?
#776-GP7, 3-02-1936, IX:48 -- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
have no scan -- "Red & silver. Only known on second day."
#776-GP7a, 3-02-1936, IX:48 -- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger) -- GP#FDOI-25c2
#778-GP6, 5-09-1936, IX:101 -- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
GP#FDOI-25c

- #FDOI-26 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-26 -- N-H Stamp-Coin-Book Co.
#987-GP1-NIM

- #FDOI-27 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-27 -- unknown
#C25-GP5-NIM, 6-25-1941

- #FDOI-28 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-28
-- McCaddon Company (William H. McCaddon)
#737-738-87, 5-02-1934, VI:92
-- #739-GP1, 7-07-1934, VII:14
-- #748-GP5 -- 8-27-1934, VII:49 NIP
-- #CE1-GP2, 8-30-1934, VII:106

#FDOI-28a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-28a
-- McCaddon Company (William H. McCaddon)
#764-GP1 -- 3-15-193
-- #799-GP2, 10-18-1937, XIII:77
-- #752-771-GP1, 3-15-1935, VII:91
-- #764-GP1, 3-15-1935, VII:91
-- #774-GP1, 9-30-1935, VIII:62
-- #775-GP14, 11-01-1935, VIII:88
-- #785-794-GP4, 12-15-1936 and others, XI:86
-- #799-GP2, 10-18-1937, XIII:77
- #FDOI-29 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-29
-- Michael Sanders
#785-794-GP8, 5-26-1937, XI:86

- #FDOI-30 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-30 -- unknown
#909, 6-22-1943

- #FDOI-31 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-31 -- unknown
#1214, 11-17-1961

- #FDOI-32 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-32 -- unknown
#795-GP19, 7-13-1937, XII:26 NIP

- #FDOI-33 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-33 -- unknown
#783, 7-14-1936

- #FDOI-34 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-34 -- unknown
#795-GP18, 7-13-1937, XII:26 NIP

- #FDOI-35 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-35
-- Michael Sanders (4 lines above the eagle seal)
#726-GP2 (add-on), 2-12-1933, (V:34)
-- #790-GP14 (add-on),

#FDOI-35a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-35a
-- Michael Sanders (5 lines above the eagle seal)
#725-GP19 (add-on), 10-24-1932, (NIP)
I have not seen FDOI-35a or FDOI-35b with the second line NOT blotted out. The blotout is very effective. I cannot determine what the blotted line is.
#FDOI-35b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-35b
-- Michael Sanders (6 lines above the eagle seal)
#655-6 (add-on), 6-11-1929, (II:48)
-- #656-7 (add-on), 6-11-1929, (II:50)
Both were added onto uncacheted C.E. Nickles addressed FDCs.
- #FDOI-36 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-36
-- John Jezek, Jr. (add-on)
#776-GP24, 3-02-1936 (IX:50)
-- #936, 11-10-1945
-- #975, 11-04-1948
-- #1011, 8-11-1952
-- #C24, 5-16-1939

- #FDOI-37 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-37 -- unknown
#647, 8-13-1928 (NIP)

- #FDOI-38 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-38 -- unknown
#645, 5-26-1928 (NIP)

- #FDOI-39 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-39 -- unknown
#690, 1-16-1931 (NIP)

- #FDOI-40 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-40 -- unknown
#694, 9-04-1931

- #FDOI-41 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-41
-- Joel B. Sugarman
#785-794-GP3, 12-15-1936, etc. (XI:85)
-- #843, 1-20-1939 (NIP)

- #FDOI-42 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-42 -- unknown
#627, 5-10-1926

- #FDOI-43 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-43
-- Clarence E. Reid
#UX52, 8-04-1965

- #FDOI-44 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-44
-- Clarence E. Reid
#2059-2062, 10-08-1983

- #FDOI-45 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-45
-- Clarence E. Reid
#C25a, 3-18-1943

- #FDOI-46 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-46
-- unknown (Stars and Capitol Building) @

- #FDOI-47 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-47 -- unknown
#, yy
-- #, yy

- #FDOI-48 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-48 -- unknown
#, yy
-- #, yy

- #FDOI-49 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-49 -- unknown --- (JHW)
#, yy
-- #, yy

- #FDOI-50 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose
-- GP#FDOI-50
-- Richard C. and Merle W. Tellekson --- (JHW)
#1196, 4-25-1962 -- and over 20 more at:
Tellekson @

- #FDOI-51 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose
-- GP#FDOI-51 --- (eBay)
#717, 4-22-1932
-- #852-GP2, 2-18-1939, XVI:26

- #FDOI-52 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-52 -- James B. Gilroy (Postmaster Lost Nation, IA)
known Scott numbers, see the list at
Cachetmaker Index

As the following Eagle cachets are already installed and numbered, they will not be given additional "FDOI" GP Catalog Numbers.
See more Eagle GP cachets at: Cachetmaker: Unknown: Eagle Cachets
- #Eagle1 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle1 -- unknown
#854, 4-30-1939

- #Eagle5b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle5b -- unknown

- #Eagle10 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle10 -- unknown

- #Eagle13 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle13 -- unknown
Eagle13a black, #793, 3-23-1937
Eagle13b blue, #935, 10-27-194
Eagle13c red, #835, 6-21-1938

- #Eagle14 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle14 -- unknown

What's New on this page -- changes since 06-30-2023:
03-08-2026:
Added scans for:
FDOI-46
-- FDOI-47
-- FDOI-48
-- FDOI-49
-- FDOI-50
-- FDOI-51
-- FDOI-52
03-06-2026:
All FDOI-10 scans have been moved to a new separate page:
Cachetmaker: Oswald A. Ludwig: General Purpose GP#FDOI-10
10-16-2024:
Added scans for:
FDOI-35
-- FDOI-36
-- FDOI-37
-- FDOI-38
-- FDOI-39
-- FDOI-40
-- FDOI-41
-- FDOI-42
-- FDOI-43
-- FDOI-44
-- FDOI-45
10-16-2024:
Added Cachetmaker identification to #FDOI-11
06-30-2024:
Added the #786-795-26 variety to #FDOI-1a
02-22-2024:
Added scans for:
#FDOI-29
-- #FDOI-30
-- #FDOI-31
-- #FDOI-32
-- #FDOI-33
-- #FDOI-34
10-04-2023:
Added #FDOI-14a --
and two new colors (violet, blue) to #FDOI-14 .
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