Henry Scheuer was our speaker at the October 13 (Zoom)
meeting of the New York Chapter USPCS on the topic “First Day Covers
mailed to Foreign Destinations.” As always, Henry provided us with a
fascinating story of the covers he showed that evening, which focused on
FDCs sent to rather uncommon destinations.
Henry started his presentation with a 65 cent Zeppelin FDC mailed to
Peru in 1930. He then showed covers sent on their first day of issue to
smaller and smaller destinations, all properly backstamped. In each
case, he remarked on the population of the country both on the date of
mailing and the current year. These destinations included Dominica,
Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Lichtenstein, Monaco, Gibraltar, Falkland
Islands, Tristan da Cunha and Pitcairn Islands.
FDC’s to Foreign Destinations
By: Henry Scheuer
Oct 13 , 2020