Philosateleian Post Eel River FDC survives trip through mail almost completely unscathed

The release of Philosateleian Post’s new Eel River stamp is a few weeks in the past now, but I wanted to quickly share a scan of the first day cover that I mailed to myself.

As you can see, I used my mailer’s postmark permit to cancel the United States stamp. And for once, one of my FDCs made it through the mail with only the tiniest of scrapes near the right edge of my local post stamp. It’s not at all unusual for the mail processing equipment to shave a chunk off the surface of one of my stamps, so I’d say this one made it through relatively unscathed.

Published 2025-10-23