First day of issue

First day of issue postmark - postmark on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use. Article "First day of issue" in English Wikipedia has 49.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 13 references and 13 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "First day of issue" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "First day of issue", its content was written by 78 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 479 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 186 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1062 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1026 in June 2002
• Global: #1340 in June 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #103116 in July 2019
• Global: #150069 in July 2019

There are 25 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) First day of issue		49.0621
2	Russian (ru) Конверт первого дня		35.5893
3	Hebrew (he) מעטפת היום הראשון		27.5312
4	Tamil (ta) முதல் நாள் உறை		26.3142
5	Ukrainian (uk) Конверт першого дня		25.211
6	Italian (it) Busta primo giorno		17.5051
7	Arabic (ar) غلاف أول يوم		17.0624
8	Japanese (ja) 初日カバー		14.8337
9	Danish (da) Førstedagskuvert		14.1141
10	Spanish (es) Sobre Primer Día		12.5291

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "First day of issue" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) First day of issue		524 473
2	Russian (ru) Конверт первого дня		157 522
3	Japanese (ja) 初日カバー		77 195
4	Chinese (zh) 首日封		72 629
5	French (fr) Premier jour		61 008
6	Polish (pl) FDC		56 850
7	German (de) Ersttagsstempel		51 316
8	Dutch (nl) Eerstedagenvelop		31 626
9	Italian (it) Busta primo giorno		29 521
10	Hebrew (he) מעטפת היום הראשון		20 220

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "First day of issue" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) First day of issue		2 459
2	Russian (ru) Конверт первого дня		361
3	Chinese (zh) 首日封		336
4	Japanese (ja) 初日カバー		200
5	French (fr) Premier jour		136
6	Polish (pl) FDC		132
7	Turkish (tr) İlk gün zarfı		106
8	Italian (it) Busta primo giorno		93
9	Malay (ms) Sampul Surat Hari Pertama		83
10	Hebrew (he) מעטפת היום הראשון		77

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "First day of issue" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) First day of issue		78
2	German (de) Ersttagsstempel		47
3	Dutch (nl) Eerstedagenvelop		39
4	French (fr) Premier jour		33
5	Russian (ru) Конверт первого дня		25
6	Vietnamese (vi) FDC		25
7	Italian (it) Busta primo giorno		22
8	Norwegian (no) Førstedagsbrev		22
9	Hebrew (he) מעטפת היום הראשון		21
10	Chinese (zh) 首日封		21

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "First day of issue" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) غلاف أول يوم		2
2	English (en) First day of issue		1
3	Azerbaijani (az) Birinci gün zərfi		0
4	Belarusian (be) Канверт першага дня		0
5	Danish (da) Førstedagskuvert		0
6	German (de) Ersttagsstempel		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Unuataga koverto		0
8	Spanish (es) Sobre Primer Día		0
9	French (fr) Premier jour		0
10	Hebrew (he) מעטפת היום הראשון		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "First day of issue" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Russian (ru) Конверт первого дня		307
2	English (en) First day of issue		186
3	French (fr) Premier jour		106
4	Belarusian (be) Канверт першага дня		77
5	Polish (pl) FDC		65
6	Ukrainian (uk) Конверт першого дня		62
7	German (de) Ersttagsstempel		44
8	Hebrew (he) מעטפת היום הראשון		27
9	Arabic (ar) غلاف أول يوم		24
10	Chinese (zh) 首日封		24

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic غلاف أول يوم
az	Azerbaijani Birinci gün zərfi
be	Belarusian Канверт першага дня
da	Danish Førstedagskuvert
de	German Ersttagsstempel
en	English First day of issue
eo	Esperanto Unuataga koverto
es	Spanish Sobre Primer Día
fr	French Premier jour
he	Hebrew מעטפת היום הראשון
id	Indonesian Sampul Hari Pertama
it	Italian Busta primo giorno
ja	Japanese 初日カバー
ko	Korean 초일봉피
ms	Malay Sampul Surat Hari Pertama
nl	Dutch Eerstedagenvelop
no	Norwegian Førstedagsbrev
pl	Polish FDC
ru	Russian Конверт первого дня
ta	Tamil முதல் நாள் உறை
th	Thai วันแรกจำหน่าย
tr	Turkish İlk gün zarfı
uk	Ukrainian Конверт першого дня
vi	Vietnamese FDC
zh	Chinese 首日封

Best Rank

English: #103116 07.2019

Global: #150069 07.2019

Best Rank

English: #1026 06.2002

Global: #1340 06.2002

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