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FIRST DAY CEREMONY PROGRAMS

A ceremony program is a listing of an agenda of one or more speakers or events for the ceremony honoring the stamp or postal stationary being issued.

An official ceremony program is produced by the USPS (USPOD before July 1971) or the sponsoring organization

The Ceremony Program may be a First Day Ceremony Program when the ceremony is held on the first day of issue of the postal emission.

Examples

The earliest reported first day ceremony program was for the 1940 Mark Twain Famous American issue.

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An example of a first day ceremony program produced by the USPOD is:

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An example of one produced by the USPS is the die-cut Carousel Animals program:

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