posted 10-27-2023 10:10 AM               

Quite a few of my early Goldcraft covers are also hand addressed by members of George Goldey's immediate family (or so I am led to believe). Although the handwriting is quite recognisable, and there appears to be at least two 'styles', unfortunately I have no means of attributing these to individuals. - does anybody have more knowledge on this subject?

And while we are at it, does anybody have signatures from other cachet makers? I'm thinking specifically Clyde Sarzin, John Zaso and Herman Fluegel, but any others would be of interest too!

posted 10-27-2023 05:54 PM               

Clyde Sarzin, Ross Weitreich, etc. owned the business that produced the covers but extremely likely employees in the business designed and produced the covers and not them.

William Hudson was the Wallops Island Postmaster and applied the cachets (mainly created by Carl Swanson). However, likely had the "box" word cachet made for early launches.

Zaso certainly made his own cachets.

Paul and Chris Calle designed stamps and cachets on FDCs.

George Goldey likely wrote the names/addresses of the various family members not the actual family members themselves.

posted 10-28-2023 04:47 AM               

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.