U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Cachetmaker: Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee

(last updated .12-26-2022)

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      This page displays First Day Cover (FDC) cachets and special event covers created from 6-21-1939 until about 2015 by the Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, aka Masonic Temple Stamp Club OR Temple Masonic Stamp Club.

      Except as noted by "{A}" (my personal collection), the other displayed covers were found on the Web. All displayed cachets are listed in First Day of Issue (FDOI) order.

      Click on an image for the original, mostly, larger scan or download (.jpg). If the description includes "***", the only download found on-line was smaller than 600 pixels, or I do not own and have not found on-line this known cachet. A 600 pixel wide or larger .jpg image is WANTED. Do NOT send any .gif or .tiff or anything except .jpg files. Thank you.

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U.S. Scott #nnn = U.S. Scott Catalog number.
mm-dd-yyyy - First Day of Issue

1. U.S. Scott #897-NIM1, 7-10-1940, Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee --- (eBay)
   
2. U.S. Scott #899-NIM1, 10-16-1940, Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee --- (eBay ***)
         "First Exhibit / of / Temple Stamp Club / of Milwaukee / Hobby Show 1939"
         I.e. a 1939 Show Cachet serviced as a First Day Cover a year later. The date of the Show is unknown.
   
3. U.S. Scott #900-NIM1, 10-16-1940, Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee --- (eBay ***)
   
4. U.S. Scott #902-NIM1, 10-20-1940, Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee --- {A}
   
5. U.S. Scott #906-NIM1, 7-07-1942, Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee --- (eBay)
   
6. U.S. Scott #C25a-NIM1, 3-18-1943, Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee --- (eBay)
         "Member / Temple Stamp Club / of / Milwaukee"
         By an unknown member who modified the 1939 Show Cachet above. However, as all four 1940-1943 FDC's, and the 1949 event cover below I have seen are all addressed to the same person, it may be that C.S. Gruetzmacher may be the previously unlisted Cachetmaker for all of them, or he may be just the artist the Club used to design some of the covers they produced. So far, these five (1940-1949) covers are all unique with no known to me covers sent to different addressees. Actually, Gruetzmacher's address does not prove he designed any cachets for the Temple Stamp Club. More covers need to be found with different addressees, or some new definitive research that documents who designed each of the cachets on this page.
   
7. U.S. Scott #2154, 8-26-1985, Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee --- {A}
         At the moment, per the 2006 edition of "First Cachets", this is listed as the First Cachet by this Club. Whether finding the above covers will change the Club's "First Cachet" is yet to be determined (see #C25a above).
   
8. U.S. Scott #2420, 8-30-1989, Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee / Unknown --- {A} / (eBay) / {A}
         The 4-24-1981 #1893 FDC is shown by an unknown Cachetmaker which has the identical but larger cachet, and without the Temple's lettering.
         10-24-2021: This larger cachet is pictured on page 250 of Steenerson's SEVENTIES Catalog" on a #1787 -- 6-15-1979 -- Seeing Eye Dogs FDC identified as a DRC (D. Rick Chase) cachet.
         At this time I do not know what connection there was between Chase of Waterloo, IA and the Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee.
   

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(Non-FDC) Event Covers: listed in date order:

9. Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee, 11-19-1949 event --- (eBay)
   
10. Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee, 5-01-1956 event --- (eBay)
    
11. Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee, 6-21-1979 event --- (eBay) / (eBay)
    
12. Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee, 7-07-1979 event --- (eBay ***)
    
13. Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee, 11-15-1980 event --{A}
    
14. Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee, 8-01-1981 event --- (eBay)
    
15. Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee, 6-11-1988 event --- (eBay)
    
16. Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee, 8-07-1988 event --- {A}
    
17. Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee, 6-21-1989 event --- (eBay)
    

1. From Clarence Davis on 1-17-2021, Historian of the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs (WFSC)
         "The 1947 Convention Souvenir Program lists the Temple Club as a member of the Federation and lists its members. There were three Milwaukee clubs listed as members that year. The 1948 Program indicates that some members of the club exhibited or participated in some session but does not list the club as a member of the Federation. The 1990 and 1991 Programs do not list member clubs, and I do not find any annual lists of member clubs."
2. Across the Fence, May 1981, 3(5), p. 15
         "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? .... DO YOU REMEMBER THESE CLUBS? .... Temple Stamp Club - Wauwatosa"
3. The Philatelic Freemason, 9-10/1985, 9(3), p. 508 -- sales ad for the #2154, 8-26-1985 FDC above.
4. Minutes of the 1990 WFSC's Annual Business Meeting -- April 28, 1990
         "Milwaukee Region VP, Erik Martini .... Erik is attempting to make contact with the Masonic Temple Stamp Club regarding rejoining the Federation"
5. Across the Fence, March 1993, p. 2
         "appreciation dinner .... Hosting of the event is rotated among the following sponsor groups: .... Masonic Temple Stamp Club"
6. The Masonic Philatelist, 6/2015, 71(2), p. 45
         "Bro. Bob cited the many other Masonic stamp clubs which largely lived and died with their founders and driving force. These included the Temple Stamp Club of Milwaukee ...."
         I assume this means the Club disbanded sometime before 2015.

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