"first day cover" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: first day covers [plural], first-day cover [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} first day cover (plural first day covers)
  1. (philately) A letter or card with a new stamp, postmarked on the day that the stamp was first issued. Categories (topical): Philately Synonyms: FDC [initialism] Translations (first day cover): førstedagskuvert (Danish), enveloppe premier jour (French), első napi boríték (Hungarian), busta primo giorno di emissione [masculine] (Italian), førstedagsbrev [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), førstedagsbrev [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sobre de primer día [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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