Item: First Day Cover (FDC)
Scott #B69, #B70, #B71, #B72.
Location: PARAMARIBO
Date: 15 JAN '60
Type: Special commemorative slogan cancel with a central design (possibly stylized 'A' or drafting tools, relating to the new building).
Slogan: "EERSTE DAG VAN UITGIFTE" (First Day of Issue) as part of the circular cancel.
This is an unaddressed First Day Cover, likely prepared for philatelic purposes.
Printed cachet in dark blue and light blue/teal.
Text at top: "EERSTE DAG VAN UITGIFTE / FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 15 JANUARI 1960".
Imagery: Depicts a modern building (the new post office) with palm trees in the foreground.
Text below image: "OPENING NIEUWE POSTKANTOOR TE PARAMARIBO" (Opening New Post Office in Paramaribo).
Cachet producer: "Postzegelhandel J. J. Verbrugge - Postbus 581 - Paramaribo".
This date marks the First Day of Issue for the Scott #B69-B72 semi-postal stamps, which were issued to raise funds for the promotion of native arts and crafts.
The cachet and the special postmark also commemorate the official opening of the new General Post Office building in Paramaribo on this day. This was a significant infrastructural development for the city.