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  2. Maximaphily - Wikipedia

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    In philately a maximum card (also known as a maxi-card, or maxicard) is a postcard with a postage stamp placed on the picture side of the card where the stamp and card match or are in maximum concordance (similarity). [3] [4] The cancellation or postmark is usually related to the image on the front of the card and the stamp.

  3. First day of issue - Wikipedia

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    First day cover of the Alexander Graham Bell issue of 1940. A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use [1] within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary ...

  4. Cancellation (mail) - Wikipedia

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    First day of issue are special cancellations with the date the stamp is first issued for sale and include the words "First day of issue." Flag cancellations are a type of machine cancellation incorporating a design of the United States flag with the stripes serving as the "killer". The first machine flag cancel (preceded by fancy cancels of ...

  5. Philatelic cover - Wikipedia

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    Last day of service cover from the discontinued post office at Officer, Colorado. The possible kinds of philatelic covers are only limited by the imagination of creative collectors, but there are a number of well-known categories: First day covers, mailed on the first day of issue of a stamp.

  6. Template:Infobox postage stamp - Wikipedia

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    date_of_production Use {} – {} Dates may be year-only; end date is optional date_of_issue Use {} – {} Dates may be year-only; end date is optional face_value commemorates Leave bank for definitives depicts for definitives; or commemoratives with more specific content notability e.g. first adhesive stamp; inverted

  7. Batman becomes first superhero on Hollywood Walk of Fame: See ...

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    Batman was created by comic book artist and writer Bob Kane, and first appeared in a 1939 issue of Detective Comics. Many of the early cornerstones of his persona — the brooding persona, the ...

  8. Cover (philately) - Wikipedia

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    Event covers can also include, First flights, or other types of covers. A military cover sent to a head of state can also be referred to as a Historic cover. [4] [5] [6] A first day cover is typically an envelope with a postage stamp canceled on its first day of issue. The design or theme of the stamp may be printed on the cover to enhance its ...

  9. 'Lois & Clark' at 30: How the Superman series led to a new ...

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    The ABC series, which premiered Sept. 12, 1993, was unlike past interpretations of Superman and it laid the groundwork for today's superhero shows. 'Lois & Clark' at 30: How the Superman series ...