U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Wisconsin Stamps

Part of the U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog
by Douglas H. Henkle, AFDCS LM #137, henkle@pobox.com

(last updated .12-07-2025)

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      This page lists all U.S. Scott numbers I know about whose First Day City was in Wisconsin, or a Wisconsin city and another City (or other cities) sharing First Day honors.

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      This list is indebted to John Pare and his article, "A Checklist of Wisconsin First Day of Issue and First Day of Sale Cities" which was published in the Wisconsin Postal History Society's journal, "Badger Postal History", August 2014, Vol. 54(1), page 12.

      city (in bold) = the subject is Wisconsin related even if it was not released in a Wisconsin City.
      any city (in bold) = released nation-wide and Wisconsin First Day cancels are known to exist.
      Sc20/pp = 2020 Scott Specialized Catalog, the latest edition I own / page number(s).
      LnYY/pp = pages where more details about this issue can be found in the 1983-2010 editions of the "Linn's U.S. Stamp Yearbook" .

FDC Cachet Displays: #739 -- #957 -- #2420

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UX -- UXC -- U -- B -- C -- SC -- 739-5284 -- Definitives and Commemoratives

    U.S. Postal Cards (UX)

  1. U.S. Scott #UX113 -- 7-03-1986 -- Mineral Point, WI -- 14¢ -- Wisconsin Territory Sesquicentennial -- Sc20/700 -- Ln86/207-210
  2. U.S. Scott #UX301 -- 2-05-1999 -- Madison, WI -- 20¢ -- University of Wisconsin-Madison: Bascom Hall -- Sc20/707 -- Ln99/427-430
  3. U.S. Scott #UX357 -- 10-12-2000 -- Rudolph, WI -- 20¢ -- Holiday Reindeer, blue -- Sc20/708 -- Ln00/402-404
  4. U.S. Scott #UX358 -- 10-12-2000 -- Rudolph, WI -- 20¢ -- Holiday Reindeer, red -- Sc20/708 -- Ln00/402-404
  5. U.S. Scott #UX359 -- 10-12-2000 -- Rudolph, WI -- 20¢ -- Holiday Reindeer, purple -- Sc20/708 -- Ln00/402-404
  6. U.S. Scott #UX360 -- 10-12-2000 -- Rudolph, WI -- 20¢ -- Holiday Reindeer, green -- Sc20/708 -- Ln00/402-404
    7. U.S. Airmail Postal Cards (UXC)

  7. U.S. Scott #UXC21 -- 12-29-1983 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 28¢ -- Winter Olympics: Speed Skating Trials -- Sc20/716 -- Ln83/199-200
          [The First Day ceremony was held in the Olympic Skating Rink at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.]
    8. U.S. Stamped Envelopes (U)

  8. U.S. Scott #U563 -- 8-21-1971 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 8¢ -- Bowling -- Sc20/674
          The stamp was issued in Milwaukee to coincide with the 7th FIQ World Bowling Tournament held there. The Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) was established in 1952.
  9. U.S. Scott #U618 -- 9-09-1990 -- Green Bay, WI -- 25¢ -- Vince Lombardi Trophy (Hologram) -- Sc20/679 -- Ln90/238-244
  10. U.S. Scott #U639 -- 9-22-1995 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 32¢ -- Space Station Hologram -- Sc20/680 -- Ln95/493-494
          [The First Day ceremony was at Milcopex.]
    11. U.S. Semi-Postal stamps (B)

  11. U.S. Scott #B2 -- 06-07-2002 -- Washington, DC & any city -- 37¢ + 8¢ -- Heroes of 2001: Fireman atop World Trade Center Rubble – Semi-Postal -- Sc20/414 -- Ln01/167-178
    12. U.S. Airmail Stamps (C)

  12. U.S. Scott #C134 -- 7-30-1999 -- Milwaukee, WI** -- 40¢ -- Scenic American Landscape: Rio Grande -- Sc20/424 -- Ln99/386-388
          [** dual First Day ceremony of #C134 and #3330 at the ATA's 50th Anniversary during the National Topical Stamp Show held in the Four Points Sheraton Hotel.]
    13. Souvenir Cards (SC)

  13. U.S. Scott #SC105 -- 3-01-1985 -- Milwaukee, WI -- MILCOPEX '85, BEP Souvenir Card -- Sc20/987 -- Ln85/286-287
  14. U.S. Scott #SC153 -- 9-19-1997 -- Milwaukee, WI -- MILCOPEX, BEP Souvenir Card -- Sc20/988 -- Ln97/356-357
    15. U.S. Commemorative and Definitive Stamps

  15. U.S. Scott #739 -- 7-07-1934 -- Green Bay, WI -- 3¢ -- Wisconsin Tercentenary 1634-1934 -- Sc20/84
  16. U.S. Scott #957 -- 5-29-1948 -- Madison, WI -- 3¢ -- Wisconsin Statehood Centennial -- Sc20/99
          "The 3-Cent Wisconsin Statehood Stamp of 1948" by Ralph H. Nafziger [First Days #407, 58(4), 6/2013, p. 9-15]
          "The Wisconsin Tercentenary Issue: Getting Up Close and Personal" by Ralph H. Nafziger [First Days #446, 64(3), 5-6/2019, p. 14-16,18,20,22,2426,28,30]
  17. U.S. Scott #1077 -- 5-05-1956 -- Fond du Lac, WI -- 3¢ -- Wildlife Conservation: Wild Turkey -- Sc20/108
  18. U.S. Scott #1186 -- 9-04-1961 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 4¢ -- Workmen's Compensation Law 50th Anniversary -- Sc20/116 [#210, 33(7), 10-15-1988, p. 930-931]
  19. U.S. Scott #1193 -- 2-21-1962 -- any city -- 4¢ -- Project Mercury -- Sc20/117
  20. U.S. Scott #1272 -- 9-03-1965 -- Baltimore, MD -- 5¢ -- Stop Traffic Accidents: Enforcement Education: Engineering -- Sc20/122
          [proposed by the State Medical Society of Wisconsin in 1959]
  21. U.S. Scott #1280 -- 6-08-1966 -- Spring Green, WI -- 2¢ -- Prominent Americans: Frank Lloyd Wright -- Sc20/123-124
  22. U.S. Scott #1280a -- 6-08-1966 -- Spring Green, WI -- 2¢ -- Prominent Americans: Frank Lloyd Wright, booklet pane of 5 + label -- Sc20/123-124
  23. U.S. Scott #1280c -- 6-08-1966 -- Spring Green, WI -- 2¢ -- Prominent Americans: Frank Lloyd Wright, booklet pane of 6 -- Sc20/123-124
          [The stamp was issued in Spring Green because it is the closest city to Taliesin, Wright's architectural school.]
  24. U.S. Scott #1309 -- 5-02-1966 -- Delavan, WI -- 5¢ -- American Circus -- Sc20/125
  25. U.S. Scott #1396 -- 7-01-1971 -- Washington, DC & any city -- 8¢ -- U.S. Postal Service Emblem: Regular Issue -- Sc20/134
  26. U.S. Scott #1489-1498 -- 4-30-1973 -- any city & Washington, DC -- 8¢ -- Postal Service Employees -- Sc20/141-142
  27. U.S. Scott #1616 -- 3-05-1976 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 9¢ -- Americana: Capitol Dome (coil) -- Sc20/148-149
  28. U.S. Scott #1616b -- 3-05-1976 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 9¢ -- Americana: Capitol Dome (precancel coil) -- Sc20/148-149
  29. U.S. Scott #1662 -- 2-23-1976 -- Washington, DC & Madison, WI -- 13¢ -- American Bicentennial: State Flag: Wisconsin -- Sc20/150-151
  30. U.S. Scott #1783 -- 6-07-1979 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 15¢ -- Endangered Flora: Persistent Trillium -- Sc20/159
  31. U.S. Scott #1784 -- 6-07-1979 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 15¢ -- Endangered Flora: Hawaiian Wild Broadbean -- Sc20/159
  32. U.S. Scott #1785 -- 6-07-1979 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 15¢ -- Endangered Flora: Contra Costa Wallflower -- Sc20/159
  33. U.S. Scott #1786 -- 6-07-1979 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 15¢ -- Endangered Flora: Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose -- Sc20/159
  34. U.S. Scott #1786a -- 6-07-1979 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 15¢ -- Endangered Flora (block of 4, 1783-1786) -- Sc20/159
  35. U.S. Scott #1847 -- 6-03-1983 -- Watertown, WI -- 4¢ -- Great Americans: Carl Schurz (1829-1906) -- Sc20/163-164 -- Ln83/112-114
          [From the 1983 Linn's Yearbook: "The stamp was issued in Watertown, Wisconsin, where Carl Schurz settled in 1854, and made his first entry into American politics."
  36. U.S. Scott #1898A -- 8-19-1982 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 4¢ -- Transportation: Stagecoach 1890s (coil) -- Sc20/166
  37. U.S. Scott #2001 -- 4-14-1982 -- Madison, WI & Washington. DC & state capital -- 20¢ -- State Birds and Flowers: Wisconsin: Robin & Wood Violet -- Sc20/170-171
  38. U.S. Scott #2116 -- 3-29-1985 -- Waubeka, WI & Washington, DC -- 22¢ -- Flag Over Capitol Dome (Booklet single) -- Sc20/180 -- Ln85/135-138
  39. U.S. Scott #2116a -- 3-29-1985 -- Waubeka, WI & Washington, DC -- 22¢ -- Flag Over Capitol Dome (Booklet pane of 5) -- Sc20/180 -- Ln85/135-138
  40. U.S. Scott #2154 -- 8-26-1985 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 22¢ -- World War I Veterans: The Battle of Marne, France -- Sc20/183 -- Ln85/58-62
          [The First Day ceremony was held during a national convention of the Veterans of World War I held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Marc Plaza Hotel.]
  41. U.S. Scott #2226 -- 3-06-1987 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 2¢ -- Transportation: Locomotive (coil) -- Sc20/188 -- Ln87/197-199
  42. U.S. Scott #2420 -- 8-30-1989 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 25¢ -- Letter Carriers: NACC 100th Anniversary -- Sc20/198 -- Ln89/96-101
  43. U.S. Scott #2489 -- 6-25-1993 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 29¢ -- Flora and Fauna: Red Squirrel (booklet single) -- Sc20/202 -- Ln93/293-299
  44. U.S. Scott #2489a -- 29¢ -- Flora and Fauna: Red Squirrel (booklet pane of 18) -- 6-25-1993 -- Milwaukee, WI -- Sc20/202 -- Ln93/293-299
  45. U.S. Scott #2679 -- 7-24-1992 -- Columbus, OH -- 29¢ -- Wildflowers: Fireweed: Wisconsin -- Sc20/212-213 -- Ln92/110-139
  46. U.S. Scott #3134 -- 4-17-1997 -- Hamden, CT -- 32¢ -- Literary Arts: Thornton Wilder -- Sc20/238 -- Ln97/38-42
          Thornton Niven Wilder -- 4-17-1897 Madison, WI - 12-07-1975 Hamden, CT -- Wikipedia
  47. U.S. Scott #3145 -- 7-25-1997 -- Canton, OH -- 32¢ -- Legendary Football Coaches: Vince Lombardi -- Sc20/239 -- Ln97/131-149
  48. U.S. Scott #3147 -- 8-05-1997 -- Green Bay, WI -- 32¢ -- Legendary Football Coaches: Vince Lombardi -- Sc20/239 -- Ln97/131-149
  49. U.S. Scott #3153 -- 8-21-1997 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 32¢ -- "Stars & Stripes Forever": John Philip Sousa -- Sc20/240 -- Ln97/170-174
          [The First Day ceremony was at the Wisconsin Center, site of StampShow 97.]
  50. U. S. Scott #3188a-o -- 9-17-1999 -- Green Bay, WI -- 33¢ -- Celebrate the Century 1960's (pane of 15) -- Sc20/243 -- Ln99/216-242
  51. U.S. Scott #3188d -- 9-17-1999 -- Green Bay, WI -- 33¢ -- Celebrate the Century 1960's: Green Bay Packers -- Sc20/242-243 -- Ln99/216-242
  52. U. S. Scott #3188l -- 9-17-1999 -- Green Bay, WI -- 33¢ -- Celebrate the Century 1960's: Super Bowl I -- Sc20/243 -- Ln99/216-242
          [The First Day ceremony was held at the Brown County Exposition Center, across the street from Lambeau Field.]
  53. U.S. Scott #3206 -- 5-29-1998 -- Madison, WI -- 32¢ -- Wisconsin Statehood 150th Anniversary Sesquicentennial -- Sc20/245 -- Ln98/138-47
          [The First Day ceremony was held outside the Wisconsin State Capitol.]
  54. U.S. Scott #3330 -- 7-30-1999 -- Milwaukee, WI** -- 55¢ -- Pioneers of Aviation: Billy Mitchell (Brigadier General William Mitchell) -- Sc20/252 -- Ln99/389-393
          [** dual First Day ceremony of #3330 and #C134 at the ATA's 50th Anniversary during the National Topical Stamp Show held in the Four Points Sheraton Hotel.]
  55. U.S. Scott #3356 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, red -- Sc20/254 -- Ln99/330,332-336
          [The First Day ceremony was held at Rudolph Elementary School.]
  56. U.S. Scott #3357 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, blue -- Sc20/254 -- Ln99/330,332-336
  57. U.S. Scott #3358 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, purple -- Sc20/254 -- Ln99/330,332-336
  58. U.S. Scott #3359 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, green -- Sc20/254 -- Ln99/330,332-336
  59. U.S. Scott #3360 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, red, 11.25 perf -- Sc20/254 -- Ln99/328-329,332-336
  60. U.S. Scott #3361 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, blue, 11.25 perf -- Sc20/254 -- 99/328-329,332-336
  61. U.S. Scott #3362 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, purple, 11.25 perf -- Sc20/254 -- 99/328-329,332-336
  62. U.S. Scott #3363 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, green, 11.25 perf -- Sc20/254 -- Ln99/328-329,332-336
  63. U.S. Scott #3364 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, red, 11.5 x 11.25 perf -- Sc20/254 -- Ln99/331-336
  64. U.S. Scott #3365 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, blue, 11.5 x 11.25 perf -- Sc20/254 -- Ln99/331-336
  65. U.S. Scott #3366 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, purple, 11.5 x 11.25 perf -- Sc20/254 -- Ln99/331-336
  66. U.S. Scott #3367 -- 10-20-1999 -- Rudolph, WI -- 33¢ -- Contemporary Christmas: Reindeer, green, 11.5 x 11.25 perf -- Sc20/254 -- Ln99/331-336
  67. U. S. Scott #3432B -- 5-15-2009 -- Watertown, WI & Washington, DC -- 78¢ -- Mary Lasker: Distinguished American: Philanthropist -- Sc20/258
          Mary Woodward Lasker was born 11-30-1900 in Watertown, Wisconsin.
  68. U.S. Scott #3433 -- 7-29-2002 -- Appleton, WI -- 83¢ -- Edna Ferber: Distinguished American: Author (BCA) -- Sc20/258 -- Ln02/331-335
          Born 8-15-1885 in Kalamazoo, Michigan her family moved to Appleton, Wisconsin in 1897.
  69. U.S. Scott #3434 -- 8/2003 -- no FDOI -- 83¢ -- Distinguished Americans: Edna Ferber (AP) -- Sc20/258 -- Ln03/249-251
  70. U.S. Scott #3609 -- 4-04-2002 -- Madison, WI & Washington. DC -- 34¢ -- Greetings from America (Wisconsin) -- Sc20/266-267 -- Ln02/183-212
  71. U.S. Scott #3561-3610 -- 4-04-2002 -- Madison, WI & Washington. DC -- 34¢ -- Greetings from America (pane of 50) -- Sc20/266-267 -- Ln02/183-212
  72. U. S. Scott #3651 -- 7-03-2002 -- Appleton, WI & New York, NY -- 37¢ -- Harry Houdini -- Sc20/269
          Born Erik Weisz on 3-24-1874 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary), his family lived in Appleton and Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1878-1887.
  73. U.S. Scott #3670-3671 -- 9-20-2002 -- any city & Washington. DC -- 37¢ -- Neuter and Spay: Kitten / Puppy -- Sc20/270 -- Ln02/142-150
  74. U.S. Scott #3744 -- 10-25-2002 -- New York, NY -- 37¢ -- Greetings from America (Wisconsin) -- Sc20/267,272 -- Ln02/235-241
  75. U.S. Scott #3696-3745 -- 10-25-2002 -- Madison, WI & Washington. DC -- 37¢ -- Greetings from America (pane of 50) -- Sc20/267,271-272 -- Ln02/235-241
  76. U.S. Scott #3759 -- 9-16-2005 -- Milwaukee, WI -- Silver Coffee Pot -- Sc20/272 -- Ln05/275-278 -- 3¢
          [The First Day ceremony was held in the Four Points Sheraton Hotel, the site of Milcopex 2005.]
  77. U.S. Scott #3916-3925 -- 7-29-2005 -- Oshkosh, WI (EAA) & Vienna, VA -- 37¢ -- American Advances In Aviation -- Sc20/283 -- Ln05/113-129
    #3916 -- Boeing 247
    #3917 -- Consolidated PBY Catalina
    #3918 -- Grumman F6F Hellcat
    #3919 -- Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
    #3920 -- Engine/Research Ercoupe 415
    #3921 -- Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
    #3922 -- Consolidated B-24 Liberator
    #3923 -- Boeing B-29 Superfortress
    #3924 -- Beechcraft 35 Bonanza
    #3925 -- Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing
  78. U. S. Scott #4330 -- 8-16-2012 -- Madison, WI & Sacramento, CA -- 45¢ (Forever) -- Flags of Our Nation: Wisconsin -- Sc20/303
  79. U.S. Scott #4796-4799 -- 8-08-2013 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 46¢ (Forever) -- A Flag for All Seasons -- Sc20/329-330
  80. U.S. Scott #4802 -- 8-09-2013 -- Milwaukee, WI -- 1¢ -- Bobcat -- Sc20/331
  81. U.S. Scott #5284 -- 6-09-2018 -- Appleton, WI -- 50¢ (Forever) -- Flag Act of 1818 -- Sc20/363
  82. U.S. Scott #5298e -- 7-04-2018 -- Colorado Springs, CO -- 50¢ (Forever) -- O Beautiful: Field of Wheat in Wisconsin [, WI ] -- Sc20/364
  83. U.S. Scott #5698b -- 5-23-2022 -- Memphis, TN -- 58¢ (Forever) -- Mighty Mississippi: Wisconsin [, WI ]
  84. U.S. Scott # -- 1-09-2026 -- Kenosha, WI -- 4¢ -- Angel’s Trumpet
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11-22-2024: Mystic Stamp Co. redesigned their site and broke all 80 links I had to them. It is likely that as soon as I replaced the links to them they would redesign their site and break them all again, so I deleted every link to them. There is no non-commercial site on the Web that lists all stamps and all postal stationery by Scott number with a separate page with detailed information about each issue.
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