Canadian First Day Cover Handbook 1950-1959 (PDF Download) By Bruce Perkins Author Bruce Perkins has assembled over 170 pages of information and illustrations on a 10-year period of FDCs issued north of the border. The Canadian First Day Cover Handbook 1950-1959 is loaded with illustrations showing the various cachets issued commercially during this period. For each stamp the Scott catalog number, the date of issue and the denomination is given, along with a list of the cachets by name of cachetmaker, where known. A fabulous reference work for a period when Canada had a thriving FDC industry. First published in 1994.