FIRST DAY COVER ILLUSTRATIONS
Over the years I have had the pleasure of creating over 600 First Day Cover illustrations for the stamp collecting industry produced and sold through Collins Associates. Many of these miniature works of art have won awards in The American First Day Cover Society's annual nationwide Contest, increasing value for collectors (see list below). The very first FDC produced by Collins now retails for about $400.00. To start your own collection, visit www.collinsfirstdaycovers.net
Click on the images for a larger view, but please remember the sketch lines are much finer and the colors are more vivid in person than in the scanned images shown here.
AWARDS from the
American First Day
Cover Society
2006:
First Place Winner,
“Lunar New Year”, Collins
Se-Tenant Covers
2007:
First Place Winner,
“Ring-necked Duck”, Collins
Federal & State Duck Covers,
Honorable Mention,
“Jamestown Settlement”,
Handpainted/printed
from original art
2009:
TOP CACHET OF THE YEAR
AWARD
“Edgar Allan Poe”, Collins
First Place Winner
“Edgar Allan Poe”
Handpainted/printed
from original art
First Place Winner
“Long-tailed Duck”
Federal & State Duck Covers
2010:
Second Place Winner
“American Wigeon”
Federal & State Duck Covers
2011:
First Place Winner
“Save Vanishing Species:
Amur Tiger”
Handpainted/printed from original art
First Place Winner
“White-Fronted Goose”
Federal & State Duck Covers
2012:
First Place Winner
“Wood Duck”
Federal and State Duck Covers
Second Place Winner
“Lancaster PA”
Handpainted/printed from original art
Second Place Winner
“Birds of Prey”
Se-tenant Covers
2013:
First Place Winner
“Common Goldeneye”
Federal and State Duck Covers
Second Place Winner
“Year of the Snake”
Handpainted/printed from original art
Second Place Winner
“New England Coastal Lighthouses”
Se-tenant Covers
2014:
Second Place Winner
“Canvasback”
Federal and State Duck Covers
Handpainted/printed from original art
Second Place Winner
“Battle of Petersburg”
2015: