The most recognized United States petroleum postal event was the August 27, 1959 Titusville, Pennsylvania first day ceremonies for a stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the petroleum industry. First day covers (FDCs) often bear cachets on the envelopes, designed by professional stamp cover dealers, individual artists, businesses, stamp-collecting clubs, and other organizations. Over one hundred cachets for the 1959 petroleum stamp first day covers have been documented, including those from oil companies, oilfield supply companies, the American Petroleum Institute, a Titusville hotel, and even a coal company. Several companies sent the first day covers to customers with enclosed letters or cards advertising their company and/or celebrating the petroleum industry and the stamp. These companies included Standard Oil of Ohio (SOHIO), Quaker State Oil, Pennzoil, United Refining Company, Standard of New Jersey, Interstate Oil Pipe Line, Universal Cyclops Steel, and Shell Oil. Pennsylvania petroleum philatelic covers commemorate the earlier Diamond Jubilee of Oil (1934), also held in Titusville, and the more recent Oil 150 celebration (2009). Another type of philatelic cover is a first flight cover. First flight covers (FFCs) were carried in an aircraft on the first flight of a new air mail route. Most common in the 1930s and 1940s, these envelopes include a descriptive cachet associated with the flight’s point of origin. Associated with first flight events were airport dedications. Pennsylvania oilfield-related first flight and airport dedication cachets include examples from Oil City, Warren, and Bradford. Pictorial cancellations, authorized by the United States Postal Service, have also been used for Pennsylvania petroleum-related events and anniversaries.
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