posted 10-28-2023 04:47 AM
If I had a better word I'd certainly use it. By "cachet maker" I'm trying to imply anybody involved in the business of supplying "launch covers" whether that was the artist, the business owner, the cover servicer or indeed anybody else.I think, almost by default, anybody who does sign a cover was probably quite prominent in the production of that cover. I used "cachet maker" as shorthand for that person. I have responded to your other points separately, below: Swanson and Fitzpatrick; I do have signatures for these, quite a few. All the Joe Fitzpatrick signatures are on the back of limited edition SpaceCraft covers. My Carl Swanson signatures are on printed SpaceCraft cacheted covers, and as exampled below, on RSC covers. The Rubber Stamp Cachet was 'made' by Swanson, but has nothing to do with SpaceCraft Covers as far as I know. George Goldey; I think you've misinterpreted what I was trying to say here. (I think we can both agree Goldey was a cachet maker.) I have a number of, mostly very early, Goldcraft covers that were hand addressed in pencil to Goldey, Canton, Texas. They are clearly written in three different hands. I have multiple examples of each, and no other styles. I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to find where I read that his envelopes were addressed by members of his family. I'd be thrilled if anybody could identify any of the styles with a specific person, be that his wife, his children or George Goldey himself.
William B. Hudson; was the Postmaster on Wallops Island. His early cacheted covers featured a box. Quite a few were signed. Example below. Paul and Chris Calle; I am aware of signed covers by this father and son pair, but I do not possess any, and they mostly lie outside my collection timeframe. The others; I have never seen any examples of autographs for Clyde Sarzin, Herman Fluegel, John Zaso, or indeed any other "cachet maker." I would love to see examples of they exist. |