First day of issue

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A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope that has been franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority.

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Image: General Post Office of the United Kingdom, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.