ACE / First Day Covers

First Day Covers, Photos and ACE MAIL By ACE579 and Others

My first FDC I made was for the 2023 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stamp. In 2001, I was lucky enough to have RBG has a professor for a Summer Law Course.

FDC PAINTED BY ACE 585

2024 Love Stamp by 5 year old ACE 585. This cover won second place in the Juniors 10 and under category in the 2024 American First Day Cover Society Cachet-makers Contest.

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2024 Love Stamp FDC- This cover won second place in the Hand-Drawn, Hand-Colored, Hand-Painted Category in the 2024 American First Day Cover Society Cachet-makers Contest.

Crafted By ACE 579

Lighthouse Stamp with Whale Cachet. Ocean and sky painted. Whale is a sticker.

Original ACE COver

1937 Cover by Mabel R. Hodapp (ACE#15) to Alberta Gene Berryhill (ACE#160). Handpainted Cover exchanged by original Art Cover Exchange members.

Crafted by ACE 579

Lighthouse Stamp with Whale Cachet. Ocean and sky painted. Whale is a sticker.

2025 LOVE STAMP (Kieth Haring ART)

First Day Cover Cachet by ACE 579 inspired by Kieth Haring's Love Stamp.

Made by ACE 581

2024 Love Stamp FDC by ACE 581, the 2024 American First Day Cover Society Cachetmakers Contest.Rookie of the Year.

Made by ACE 579

2024 Winter Whimsy Stamp FDC - 2024 Love Stamp FDC- This cover won third place in the Hand-Drawn, Hand-Colored, Hand-Painted Category in the 2024 American First Day Cover Society Cachetmakers Contest.

Painted by ace 585

2024 Garden Delights Stamp FDC by ACE 581, the 2024 American First Day Cover Society Cachetmakers Contest.Rookie of the Year.

CRAFTED By ACE 579

2025 Love Stamp

Crafted BY ACE 579

Sticker Decorated 2024 Autumn Colors FDC

CRAFTED by ACE 579

2025 LOVE STAMP

Crafted By ACE 579

2025 Love Stamp

Autumn Colors 2024

I attended the First Day of Issue Ceremony in Hartford for this Stamp. The cachet on this FDC is from a photo I took in Long Island, New York at the Old Bethpage Restoration.