This is the first day covers section of the site. There are pages for the new GBFDC Official first day covers; for special offers from the Association; and three gallery pages of rare British first day covers; new British first day cover discoveries and the first series of GBFDC Official first day covers.

By "Official" covers, we mean:

"covers produced by private organisations or cover producers, who at the same time sponsor a special handstamp to accompany their cover."

In other words, when the cover producer and the special handstamp sponsor are the same for a particular first day cover.This definition is associated with Adrian Bradbury and can be found in his widely used catalogue "Collecting British First Day Covers".

GBFDC began producing Official covers in October 1995, since which time they have been available exclusively to members of the Association on issue.

The first series, runs from Number 1 for the Rugby League Centenary stamps issued on 3rd October 1995 to Number 24 for the Entertainers' Tale stamps issued on 1st June 1999.

At the request of members, a new series of GBFDC Official covers was introduced in 2000. It is proving extremely popular, with most sold out at issue.

For details of our 2008 programme, please email Michael Seddon on michael.seddon2@btinternet.com.