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Originally Posted by slidekellyslide
I don’t think that cancellation was in use in 1931, but it doesn’t have to be stamped with that cancellation to be an FDC.
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I was trying to find the year that "first day of issue" cancel started. It was not in use in 1931, and not for a couple years later.
I suspect it may have been prompted by FDR who was a very avid collector to the point that as president he submitted suggested designs/ subjects for stamps at least once.
Most stamps were first issued in Washington DC, then nationwide a day later. Some were simply released nationwide, like the Red Cross stamp shown.
There's a shrinking niche of the hobby that involves getting stamps on the first day and mailing letters with them on the first day from post offices that aren't the official first day release site.