David M. Pritchard, Jr. designed first day cover cachets for U.S., Canadian, U.N., and other stamps issues, beginning in the mid 1960s and continuing into the 1980s. Mr. Pritchard's early cachets lack the professionalism seen in most commercial designs, and perhaps that is why I am so fond of them. Most of the early cachets were mimeographed with typewritten text and hand-coloured with pencils or markers.
He identified his cachets with his initials "DMP" and later with the "David "C" Cachets" logo:
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DMP
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1. Canadian issues
Pritchard's covers were produced from 1967 to 1976.
Centennial Commemorative Stamp and Definitives
These DMP cachets were mimeographed and hand coloured.
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Expo 67
This cachet was completely hand-drawn.
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U.S. Stamp Commemorating Canada's Centennial
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Mimeographed and coloured with pencils
DMP and David "C" Cachets : 1970 -71These were mimeographed and coloured with pencils.
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2. United Nations issuesUnited Nations covers were produced from 1969 to 1975.
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3. U.S. issues
a) Mimeographed
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Not coloured
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Coloured
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Thermographed
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b) "Professional" Printing
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Masonic Themes
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