The January-February issue of First Days, the award-winning journal of the AFDCS, is now available for download by members. It was also sent to the printer and should be appearing soon in non-electronic mailboxes.
In this issue:
A "Minor" Cachetmaker: Patrick Morgan profiles St. Louis artist Thomas A. Minor- From the Other Side of the Pond: Our new editor is in the United Kingdom, and our Great Britain columnist looks at some of his favorite FDCs of the 21st Century (so far).
- Collecting for Fun and No Profit: Saul Zalesch on covers that may not have much monetary value but illustrate important but often-forgotten history.
- Not Standard Staehles: Hand-drawn cachets prove the cachetmaker was active in the early 1930s.
…. plus a "secret" ArtCraft cachet, personnel changes and additions, a review of a book on exhibiting FDCs, an index to last year's
First Days articles, and information about entering the 2024 cachetmaking contest.
