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VOLUME 135 • NO. 4 • WHOLE NO. 1,443
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PRE-PRODUCTION ITEMS FOR CHAD’S 9-COLOR ENGRAVED PHILEXOCAM SOUVENIR SHEETS
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BY PAUL M. HOLLAND Paul Holland explores several truly unique items in philatelic history, at least in terms of stamp production – the color trials of the remarkable nine color engraved souvenir sheets produced by Chad in 1971 for PHILEXOCAM. These items were a triumph of stamp production – read on to find out why.
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BY WAYNE YOUNGBLOOD In this month’s “Collecting Coast to Coast,” Wayne Youngblood takes pity on those lone philatelic items getting dusty in “the PAGE bottom drawer.” Some very surprising items get a few minutes in the spotlight.
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CHICKASAW NATION, CHICKASAW AGENCY: TWO PLACES, ONE POST OFFICE
BY JERRY PALAZOLO In the latest feature contributed by the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, Jerry Palazolo takes us to the eastern shore of the Mississippi River, which was the home of the people of the Chickasaw Nation until the late 1830s. With a few stampless letters, Palazolo describes how the mail (primarily that of the U.S. government) moved within and across the Chickasaw Nation.
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APS/APRL ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT
BY APS STAFF Our special Recognition section notes all of the many members who helped the American Philatelic Society through the challenges of 2020. The APS is grateful for the generous donations of money, materials, time and expertise received in this past year.
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ON OUR COVER:
The cover of our Member Recognition issue brings together examples from Paul Holland’s PHILEXOCAM (upper left), Jerry Palazolo’s Chickasaw Nation (upper right), Otto Kjærgaard’s Ocean Letters (lower left), and our book review of Echoes of Empire.
OCEAN LETTERS: USING THE TELEGRAPH TO SPEED SHIP MAIL, PART 2
BY OTTO KJÆRGAARD Following Part 1, published in February 2021, Otto Kjærgaard finishes the tale of Ocean Letters, showing examples from minor ship letter companies, the lesstraveled Pacific, and the final days of ocean letter use in Denmark.
Other Features 356 378 363 294 358
APRL Notes Books & Catalogs Classified Ads Editing Philately In Touch
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Letters to the Editor Membership Report New U.S. Issues New World Issues Our Story
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Gratitude, Despite a Year of Unthinkable Trial
ince the publication of the April 2020 Recognition issue in late March of last year, we all have experienced more than our fair share of problems and tragedies. That issue was full of sincere and warm recognitions of the contributions of APS members to the Society and the future of philately. If you dig the issue out to read today, you might sense some dramatic irony or naivety to the problems that were just around the corner. In this Recognition issue, a year later, “perseverance” is the stronger theme. The American Philatelic Society still has much to be thankful for, thanks to you, our members, more than 27,000 strong. Among so many other things, in this past year you have helped the Society achieve its most urgent goal: Getting out of the debt that was incurred in buying and refurbishing our headquarters. I know I speak for the APS Board and the staff in expressing our deepest gratitude to the membership for enabling us to get the burden of debt lifted from both the APS and APRL. Having achieved that goal, we now have many opportunities. And there is much left to do. This difficult year has proven that the internet represents a promise for the future of our hobby. Any threats the internet may pose to the future of mailed communication – and those threats are of course a concern – are accompanied simultaneously by the opportunities the online world gives us. People have observed, correctly in my opinion, that if our world were hit by a global pandemic 20 or 30 years ago, with the internet in its early years, our hobby may have been dealt
a much worse blow. But instead, we have seen previously technology-averse APS members become regulars at Zoom meetings, longtime exhibitors try their hands at virtual exhibiting, and tremendous shifts to make books, articles, and other research materials available digitally. The APS reached out to you, and you reached back, taking the leap to try new things, and giving us the resources to make it possible. Whether you are trying to find a stamp missing from your collection, researching a question of postal history, or simply trying to find stamp dealers in your area, the APS is here to help you. The Society is profoundly grateful to those of you who have supported us, whether you made a donation, volunteered, or simply decided to remain a member through this difficult year. If you chose to repay the Society in any way, please know that your efforts are gratefully accepted and appreciated.
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he April issue is our annual Recognition Issue. The stunning message to me is just how many members go above and beyond their dues contribution and support us with financial contributions, in-kind contributions, and personal hours volunteered in service to the APS. Let me give you a few examples. APS received nearly 3,700 different contributions. Since many members donate in multiple ways, this number does not equate to unique individuals. But a very telling number is that nearly 2,900 members made cash contributions, ranging from $25 to over $100,000! Viewed another way, well over 10% of our members reached into their own pockets during these challenging times to support the APS. Another 300 members provided in-kind donations. And about 250 members recruited others to join the world’s largest philatelic society. Certainly, such support indicates the breadth of commitment to organized philately among our members. The details of our members’ generosity begins on page 333. I urge you to have a look.
Philatelic content, too
The American Philatelist is all about the hobby of collecting stamps and covers, and we have three really interesting articles for you this month. Frequent contributor Paul Holland returns with a study of the obscure PHILEXOCAM issues of Chad from 1971. I doubt that many collect this issue, but take a look at the article. You will learn about color trials, printing methods, and the art of procuring the obscure. I promise, you will be a more informed collector if you read about Paul’s quest and analyses. Jerry Palazolo’s “Chickasaw Nation, Chickasaw Agency” marks the return of articles provided by the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society. The underlying message of Jerry’s powerful piece is that postal history can provide a unique lens through which to view history. He combines maps and covers to tell a tale of the U.S. westward expansion at the very beginning of the 19th century. His folded address panel from the Chickasaw Nation post office dated December 3, 1802, is only the first of many wonderful postal artifacts. In our February Research issue, we presented the first part of Otto Kjærgaard’s seminal exploration of ocean letters. This month we offer the concluding chapter. We included Otto’s first article in the research issue because he demonstrated how a paucity of extant literature does not preclude expanding our understanding of philatelic topics. As you will again see in this final article, Otto has substantially grown our understanding of the role of both technology and entrepreneurism in the evolution of postal systems. I am hoping to see Otto go further and produce a monograph.
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New members
This month’s membership report identifies 104 new collectors accepted into membership and another 153 applications received. In addition, I’m pleased to report that two new dealer-members have joined the APS: Ally’s Stamps and Summit Philately. I encourage you to have a look at what they have to offer you as a collector. Simply go to the Dealers page on the website (https://stamps.org/dealers) and give them a look. For those of you who collect the British Empire, you will be happy to note that the British Empire Study Group has become an APS affiliate! Co-chaired by Robert Gray and Joan Harmer, the group has expanded its services by offering simply wonderful programs as virtual presentations. Membership is free. Meet other British Empire collectors and expand your philatelic network. Their website is https:// bestudygroup.org/. This is a great group of collectors with a lot to offer members at all levels of collecting. (Full disclosure, I’ve been a member for a long time.)
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Coming in the May issue is the Joint Hockey Issue, presented in collaboration with the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada. The theme may strike you as narrow, but I promise you there will be something of philatelic interest no matter what you collect!
Gratitude
This Recognition issue gives all of us at the APS the opportunity to say thank you to the many collectors who are
members and supporters. This is one thing that the entire APS team is grateful for. I get to think a lot about the many sources of gratitude I have from this hobby. I have been told by many that I have the best job in philately. I completely believe that. My two teammates, Susanna Mills and Chad Cowder are not merely qualified and hard-working, they are a joy to work with. I could not ask for a better team. And I am grateful. I am also a part of a larger team: the employees of the APS. Having been in business for many decades before arriving here, I can assure you that the people I call my coworkers are a unique group. We all work for you, our members. Keeping that purpose in mind enables us to always consider new ways of serving the membership. This is a great place to work. And I am grateful. The year 2020 was a horrific period wherever you look. And while things seem to be getting better, the future remains uncertain. So many businesses and organizations have shuttered their doors or slashed employment. But that has not been the situation for the APS! We have made many operating changes to remain a healthy organization. Not a single employee was infected by COVID-19. Yes, there were many operational interruptions. Nevertheless, we actually expanded our services to members. Virtual Summer Seminar (attendance 1,520), Virtual Stamp Show (3,248), and a Virtual National Postal History Symposium (2,430) simply blew the virtual doors off previous attendance levels. We added Stamp Chats. We grew the library of courses available on our C3a platform. Our YouTube channel is among the most popular philatelic sites. And our stamps.org website has blossomed into a vibrant, active, and content-rich home to thousands of philatelists around the world. None of this came without sacrifice. But above all, it required inspired and brave leadership. To make the tough decisions. To see what could be – despite the horrid uncertainties confronting us. I have to remind us all of the visionary role that Executive Director Scott English has played in keeping us together and keeping us moving forward. And I am grateful.
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Nick Kirke’s NYFM article Having spent the past few weeks shopping for NYFM-canceled banknotes in the APS Stamp Store and on eBay, I revisited Nick’s Nov 2020 article just today and find it even more delightful the second time around. Admittedly I’m a novice when it comes to banknotes and fancy cancels. My album pages are almost completely bare in this department. I couldn’t afford these stamps in my youth, but now many of these stamps with good strikes seem plentiful on sales websites. And so, I’ve begun to “dig in.” Armed with a better appreciation thanks to Nick’s article, I’m on the lookout for “flying clothespins” and “circles of diamonds”. I eagerly await Nick’s Part II. While I will never be a life-long NYFM specialist, I find Nick’s article to finally combine stamp and cover images, in full color, with easily understood yet informative text. Thanks for publishing such an interesting reference article. Steve Turechek San Antonio, TX
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Congratulations John on your wonderful article “A Philatelic Quest for Everywhere” in January’s issue of the American Philatelist! It was great to see an article such as yours in an environment which is usually sooooooo specialist in nature. As a longtime member of both the APS (102093) and the ISWSC (2459), it filled me with great pleasure! And I finally feel a little less like an oddball for ‘collecting the world’! Derek Fleming Mississauga, ON
Collect the World or Specialize? A Third Option I started stamp collecting nearly 70 years ago when my father got tired of my wanting to “help” him with his collection and he bought me a packet of 5,000 different worldwide stamps and an album and provided the basics for how to get the stamps identified and mounted in my new album. The theory was that when I got through with the 5,000 I might be skilled enough to be allowed to touch his stuff. It didn’t take long to get hooked for life on stamp collecting and the inevitable question of defining my collection and where I might spend money posed the same issues talked about in the President’s Column in the January 2021 APS journal issue. But my solution is not mentioned in that column and I can tell you that it worked well for me. I continued to collect worldwide, but I set a maximum catalogue value for the stamps in each country. As I got older and had a bit more
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money that could go to my collection, some of those countries got their maximums adjusted up. The base maximum was $1.50 Scott value per stamp for every country and ramped up to $5, $10, with the top being $25 for Great Britain, $50 for Canada, and $100 for USA. The net effect was a narrowing of my want list, but it still let me touch on lots of countries both old and new. The key benefit is that I no longer needed those really pricey stamps that I never would afford anyway. My real want list actually got smaller over time and I even had some (by my definition) “complete” countries. Then about 2008 I started to sell my collection (no interest by my son or grandson) using many of the APS options. Dave Ball North Vancouver, BC, Canada
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One of the most important aspects of Philatelic Research is the timeless tradition of passing knowledge from one generation to the next. In few fields is this generational transfer as profound as it is in philately. In my humble opinion, the standout article in the recent American Philatelist – Research Issue was Charles DiComo’s research entitled “A Noteworthy Precancel on Lancaster Watch Company’s Advertising Covers.” Dr. DiComo successfully presented his research by weaving the philatelic research of the pre-cancel with the social story of the watch company. The author’s presentation style allowed this research to flow as a historical story instead as a clinical dissertation. I believe the “lesson learned” is that world class philatelic research needs to be multi-dimensional… not only does it need to well researched, it must be written in a manner that captivates the reader. Congratulations for Dr. DiComo breaking through. Alan Bush West Palm Beach, FL
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I recently received a cover from a fellow collector that was not canceled at the mailing post office. It was canceled at my local office instead. I know we have seen many sad examples of the quick and dirty magic marker or ball point pen “Zorro” cancels, but not this time!!! There is hope after all!! Fred Benjamin Evans City, PA [Editor’s Note: Thank you for your letter and your comments on cancellations. As a student of postal operations, I must say that I am very surprised by this cover. On the one hand, it is comforting to see the delivery post office properly canceling an uncanceled envelope. As you point out, much preferable to a pen cancel. On the other hand, the counter clerk at the receiving PO added a zero-dollar meter to confirm their receipt as well at the tracking label. How that clerk failed to hand cancel this envelope is a clear violation of required procedures. I have not seen many like this.]
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Congratulations on the latest [February 2021] AP, I am sure it appeals to collectors at every level from potential to specialty. I have been meaning to write about the postal policy that encourages labels and discourages the use of stamps for postage. USPS policy says that if someone wants to use stamps for postage on an item that is over half an inch in thickness or, weighs more than 10 oz, then they must take it in person to a postal clerk, what were they thinking? Presumably, it is driven by a paranoid sense of “security” when it actually does nothing to increase security. If I wish to send an anonymous (dangerous?) item with stamps on it, I can take it to a counter clerk at any Post Office and hand it over; nobody will ask me to verify my identity. Yes, the label does identify me if I use the mailing label but requiring in-person mailing for stamps use is an ill-thought-out step that may look good on paper but only serves to burden the mailer and severely limits the use of a product the PO is trying to sell. 302 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
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It has come to my attention that there are very few articles about current stamps (perhaps within the last 10 to 20 years). As someone with limited funds and knowledge, I enjoy collecting the modern stuff. I am aware that there are forgeries of even current US flag stamps, but I feel that I am more likely to be collecting the real thing than something 100 years old. Further, I find much of the old stuff boring because great emphasis is placed on small, really small, differences (for example, the Franklins) and let’s face it, they are not very exciting or pretty. How about articles about what various countries are printing, what their emphasis might be (history, ecology, architecture, biology), what series they might be selling over recent years, subject matter, artistic issues, etc. I know you are dependent upon writers and their focus BUT... This is my two cents worth. Don Miller Cincinnati, OH If you are a philatelic author seeking assistance with your research, drop us an email (LetterToTheEditor@stamps.org). Include “Author’s Inquiry” in the subject line. Please keep your message to under 100 words. These will be published on a space-available basis and at the discretion of the editorial department.
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owe it to my fellow inmates from all the concentration camps where I was kept. They did not make it, but I did and I want the world to remember them.” These are the words of APS member and Holocaust survivor Morris Rosen. Morris died on December 12, 2020, in his adopted hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Morris, born Moniek Rozen in 1922, grew up in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. He survived one of the darkest chapters in world history, from the ghettos to five different concentrations camps and two death marches. He later dedicated his life to speaking of his experiences and carrying the memory of so many people, from his hometown and in concentration camps, who perished at the hands of the Nazis. His story of survival is miraculous and it’s a story he would share countless times to audiences, friends, and total strangers. He often opened his talks by noting, “If I talked for a whole week, it still wouldn’t be enough because I remember everything.” After learning about Morris’ life, I can understand the difficulty of conveying the history he carried with him. His life before the war was filled with friends and family, as one of ten children. His father, Jacob, owned a general store in Dąbrowa until the rising tide of anti-Semitism forced him to close the business in 1938. At that time, the Polish government actively sought to reduce the Jewish population by assisting Polish Jews emigrating to Palestine to form a Jewish state. On September 1, 1939, the Nazis invaded Poland. Morris recalled waking to airplanes flying over Dąbrowa, bombs exploding near his town. Even though he was just 16 years old, he fled east, making it as far as the Vistula River before advancing German soldiers forced him to return home. By the time he returned, his hometown was already occupied – his family’s possessions, like those of all Jewish families, confiscated by the Nazis. This included his stamp collection, which he started at nine years old. Jewish residents were forced into labor, and Morris took a job as a carpenter’s assistant. His first job was to build a hanging scaffold in the town center. After the job was completed, the Nazis brought in ten prisoners from a neighboring town, performed a show trial for sabotage, and summarily hung them. Morris told the audience of his First Person talk, “This is what they were doing all over Poland.”
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Morris Rosen and his grandchildren, Hannah and Michael, courtesy of his son Jake.
Morris would work in construction and as a painter until August 1942. Morris recalled that all the Jewish residents were told to assemble, wearing their best clothes, so they could get new identification cards. Instead, the Nazis sorted the residents into three groups for assignment. Older residents and those deemed too weak for service were deported to the Auschwitz death camp, including Morris’ parents. Not long after, Morris was shipped off to his first transition camp. He arrived at the newly constructed camp to learn his barracks were not even complete. The prison guards confiscated all of their belongings when they arrived, including scores of pictures of Morris’ family, friends, and, as he called it, “a girl he had been sweet on.” In the middle of the night,
Morris escaped from the barracks, jumping a fence that had not yet been electrified, to the barracks where the stolen possessions were stored. After an hour-long search, Morris recovered the photos and returned to his barracks, storing thm in a soup can and burying it. By 1945, Morris was in the Kittlitztreben concentration camp in Poland. As Soviet troops closed in on the area, the Nazis evacuated the camp and forced the prisoners on a death march to Buchenwald, inside the German border. The 230mile march in the winter snow would take them through Dresden, which had just been bombed by Allied Forces. The prisoners were poorly dressed for the march, which lasted eight hours or more daily through the snow and cold. At night, the prisoners would huddle on the snow to keep each other warm. Morris told the story of reaching the Elbe River, where the prisoners were told to bathe and wash their clothes in the freezing river. When Morris emerged, he broke one of his pantlegs, still frozen. When he arrived at Buchenwald, he encountered “mountains of dead people.” Those who were still alive “looked like movie monsters.” In early April 1945, as U.S. forces marched toward Buchenwald, the Nazis again started evacuating. With an active underground resistance in Buchenwald, Morris attempted to escape and hide. He’d discovered a hole in a barracks wall and climbed inside. Other prisoners attempted the same,
only to be discovered by Nazi soldiers. When they opened fire on the wall, Morris managed to make it out and join the last group of prisoners shipped out by train. In his First Person interview, he noted, with some regret, that if he’d missed that train, he would have been one of the 21,000 prisoners saved by the Sixth Armored Division of the U.S. Army. Instead, he endured a rough train ride toward Theresienstadt “camp-ghetto” located in what is today the Czech Republic. During the trip on the cramped, freezing train, prisoners would die, and they threw them off the train at night. Soviet planes targeted trains traveling, ultimately disabling the train he was on and forcing him to take a second march. Morris finally made it to Theresienstadt, which was more of a ghetto than a camp. The ghetto was a “retirement spa” for older Jews and a concentration camp for sending Jews off to their death. By this point in the war, the Nazis refused to feed the prisoners, hoping they would die from starvation instead of executing them. Morris was a prisoner there for two weeks before the camp was liberated by Soviet troops. By that time, he’d lost his parents and five siblings to the Holocaust. After the war, Morris remained in Europe for four years before immigrating to the United States in 1949. When Morris arrived, he educated himself, first learning English, then going to the Maryland Institute of Art where he got a degree in interior design. He spoke proudly about starting his own business in Baltimore, Maryland, getting jobs by word of
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mouth and repeat business. He married his wife Miriam, and they had two sons. Morris told the story of seeing a doctor for his nerves and anger issues. The doctor prescribed medication and he took it for two years, but it was not helping him. He went to see another doctor, who told him he was addicted to the pills and had to quit, throwing his pills in the trash. The doctor asked him if he had any hobbies, and Morris responded that he’d collected stamps as a boy. The doctor said, “So collect stamps.” Morris started collecting Olympics stamps, amassing one of the largest and most notable collections in the world. That collection earned him invitations to the Olympic Games every four years. He went on to exhibit those stamps, not just in the U.S., but around the world, including attending Olympic Games in several countries with his sons. He also began collecting mail from ghettos and concentration camps. He primarily exhibited mail from the ghettos of Poland. In 2002, he showed his exhibit, “Ghetto Post and Labor Camps in German-Occupied Europe With Emphasis on Ghettos in Poland 1939-1944.” He later sold his collection of ghetto mail to Dr. Justin Gordon, an APS Life Member and frequent writer and speaker on the topic. Justin and Morris first met at Ameripex in 1986, where they connected on the topic of the Holocaust. Justin showed Morris a cover from the Dąbrowa ghetto and Morris recognized the young lady who sent it as one of his neighbors. “Morris was a wonderful person. He
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preservation, and tracing survivors to reconnect families separated during the war. When the American Red Cross moved its Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center to Baltimore, Morris volunteered there as well. In 1990, when a request came in looking for survivors from Dąbrowa, Morris was called on to translate and pronounce the name. He immediately recognized the name of a boyhood friend, Harry Nordon, who had been living in New York City. They reunited in 1991, embracing in tears and sharing memories of home. Morris also became a reliable volunteer for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. He would travel by train from Baltimore to Washington several times a week to work in the translation center translating Polish to English. He spent more than three decades in service to the museum “to honor the memories of his brothers.” That work gave him a chance to meet some impressive people, like Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, who like Morris, had resided at Buchenwald. Wiesel and Morris would remain friends until Wiesel passed in 2017, calling him “dearest friend Morris.” In 2009, Morris helped lead the prayer during a Holocaust Remembrance Day in the U.S. Capitol. After the event, he got to meet newly elected President Barack Obama and even got a hug. Morris’ son Jake shared, “When they hugged, Dad said to him, ‘Good luck, you’ll need it’,” leaving the President laughing and smiling. For those who knew him best, that’s Morris. Ed Rosen (no relation) of House of Zion Stamps knew Morris for 30 years, beginning when they both lived in Baltimore. They kept in touch when Ed moved west. “I just enjoyed his company. He’s a typical survivor. He was so enthusiastic about everything.” Morris wasn’t just a friend; he was also a customer. In fact, Morris’ most amazing find didn’t come until 2020. Ed had a postcard for sale from a young man to his sister from a camp in Poland. Morris came across the postcard in a catalog for an upcoming sale and wanted to buy it. He called Ed and identified the postcard for him, saying, “I’d pay any amount of money to buy that.” Ed, intrigued with the statement, asked why. Morris responded, “Because I sent that post card to my sister and I’d like to have it back.” Without hesitation, Ed told Morris he couldn’t buy the postcard, but he could have it. He pulled the postcard from the sale and shipped it off to Morris, completing one of the most impossible journeys in philately. Not only did that postcard survive from war-torn Europe but made it into the hands of a dealer and friend in the U.S., who put it up for sale in the last year of Morris’ life. Philately is full of remarkable people and remarkable stories. Morris Rosen is proof that our mission is not a simple or unimportant one. Many people served as keepers of that postcard until it could return back to the person who had sent it as a young man. Our purpose is to be more than just collectors, but also protectors of history. On April 8, 2021, we mark another Holocaust Remembrance Day. In a recent poll of under-40 Americans, nearly two-thirds of the respondents did not know that six million Jews were exterminated in the Holocaust. Ten percent did not believe the Holocaust even happened. As time passes, fewer Holocaust survivors remain with us. We can all help in some way to make sure the stories and the lessons of the Holocaust are not easily forgotten. The APS has sponsored three education programs in schools to help young people collect 11 million stamps, representing the death toll brought on by the Nazis. We are completing an exhibit of the first Holocaust Stamps Project in the American Philatelic Center. Several members have offered scans, material, and research to assist with the project. We’d welcome any expertise or material on the topic so that we can build a lasting legacy in the hobby to carry on the mission that Morris started. If you’d like to help, please contact the APS Education Department at education@stamps.org. When Morris spoke, he closed with a simple request and I’ll share it on his behalf: “You can see what hate can bring. Be friendly to each other.”
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you are fond of classic stamps and legendary rarities but, like me, do not have especially deep pockets, stamp-on-stamp topicals provide an attractive collecting option. While there are many ways to pursue this, I especially like colorful examples of fine engraving. This has ultimately led me into the exotic and uncharted realm of pre-production items, such as die proofs and engraved French-area color trials. The story for me began at my local stamp club with the acquisition of a set of stamp-on-stamp topicals from Chad (Scott C74-C79) issued for a stamp exhibition of the Organisation Commune Africaine et Malgache (PHILEXOCAM) held at Fort Lamy in Chad on January 23-30, 1971. These celebrate some famous classic stamps. However, unlike many stamp-on-stamp topicals, these are finely engraved issues. I was especially attracted to the 10F value that depicted the legendary two pence “Post Office” Mauritius stamp. Wanting to learn more, internet searches led me to an online auction in Canada where full-sheet engraved color trials of the PHILEXOCAM souvenir sheet were being offered at a relatively modest opening bid. To my great surprise (and relief), there were no other bidders and I was successful. As I later learned, engraved French-area color trials for souvenir sheets are far rarer than those for individual stamps. Intrigued, I began collecting signed artist die proofs/essays for PHILEXOCAM along with other preproduction items. The problem is that since such items were never made directly available to collectors, they can only be obtained on the secondary market - from those presented to the artists and VIPs. Others will remain permanently in government archives. However, since these are all uncatalogued items there is often surprisingly little demand for them, and so with patience (and luck) it is possible to obtain them affordably. Little did I know at the time how far this would lead me. PHILEXOCAM souvenir sheet color trials are spectacular items, as shown by the cropped images of Figure 1, where each example is engraved in nine different ink colors. The final selected combination of colors for the souvenir sheet is shown at the lower right. The stamps themselves 310 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
were designed and engraved by Pierre Forget (1923-2005), an art professor at L’école Estienne in Paris, experienced stamp designer, and winner of an award for engraving the World’s Best Stamp of 1979 (France’s “International Year of the Child” Scott 1624). Study of these pre-production items helps reveal the steps that were involved in creating this stamp-on-stamp souvenir sheet (S/S).
Die Proofs/Essays After creating designs for each of the individual PHILEXOCAM stamps, Pierre Forget engraved them into unhardened blocks of steel, not including the artist/engraver’s name. These unhardened, unfinished die proofs/essays (épreuve d’artiste) were then printed in black, the initial color that would have been used for die inspection purposes. Note that since these dies lack the artist/engraver’s name, they are unfinished and thus are technically essays. An enlarged close-up of the un-engraved area where the name belongs is shown in Figure 2 for the 10F stamp, along with a full image of this die proof for the “Post Office” Mauritius stamp. The central rectangular impression in the paper reveals the dimensions (76x67mm) of the unhardened die block. Also note the embossed official control seal of the French government printing office (Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste) at the lower left, and signature in pencil by the artist. While I have examples of these die proof/essays printed in black for all six of the PHILEXOCAM stamps, they are not all shown here. These unfinished die proofs/essays were also printed in a variety of different colors, all bearing the embossed Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste control seal with signatures by the artist. Figure 3 shows enlarged close-ups of the printed area of them in various example colors for the six different PHILEXOCAM stamps as they are arranged in the souvenir sheet. Such die proof/essays are scarce, with the total for each design in all colors strictly limited by the French government printing office to between 18-28 to avoid potential damage to the unhardened dies. Fortunately, since the artists receive some of these proofs as part
of the payment for their work, they often reach the philatelic market. Occasionally the watermark BFK RIVES appears in the paper used for printing PHILEXOCAM die proofs, but these are uncommon. I have examples of PHILEXOCAM die proofs printed on watermarked paper as well as other colored die proofs not shown here. Once the designer/engraver’s name has been added to the original dies, they are hardened by heat treatment (typically to 850°C), then the hardened dies are used to transfer
the design to transfer rolls, which in turn are used to produce the final printing plates. The French were pioneers of multi-color engraving for stamps. The 3-color rotary press allowed for separate printings of three different engraved colors onto pre-gummed paper during a single revolution of the printing cylinder. This required the die for the stamp to be designed with sufficient color separations for it to be inked by a special roller that deposits the three different ink colors into the appropriate recesses in the rotary printing
Figure 1. Cropped images of PHILEXOCAM souvenir sheet color trials with the final selected colors shown at the bottom right (from the author’s collection). APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 311
Figure 2. PHILEXOCAM die proof/essay in black for 10F “Post Office” Mauritius stamp with space provided for the artist/engraver’s name at upper left.
plate, which would then apply all colors at once (see Fundamentals of Philately, 1971 page 184). Pierre Forget adopted this method for the PHILEXOCAM issues, and my precision measurements show gaps of 0.5-1.0 mm between the different colors that were printed.
Color Trials Information on PHILEXOCAM stamps from Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste archives (obtained via correspondence with the curator of the Musée de La Poste in Paris) shows that custom binary ink mixtures were used for the colors of each of the six classic stamps depicted on both the S/S and S/S color trials, accounting for six of the nine different colors. The colors are arranged so that the identical color used for each classic stamp is also used for the PHILEXOCAM medallion on the stamp either directly below or above it on the S/S or S/S color trials. Three additional ink colors are used for stamp backgrounds (left, middle, right). Using a stereo microscope to observe the raised ink lines, I have confirmed that engraving was used for each of the different nine ink colors. Digital color analysis verified the number of colors. Sheet margin codes printed at the bottom of each of the large (9 x 11 inches), gummed, full-sheet color trials for PHILEXOCAM provide important additional information. An example is shown in Figure 4. Codes at the bottom of the sheet, with enlarged inset close-ups at the top, display the sheet control number, a code for which printing press was used and the printing date, from left to right. The most important of these is the code T.D.3-17 (T.D. stands for taille douce) which indicates that the color trial sheet was 312 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
Figure 3. Close-ups of PHILEXOCAM die proofs/essays in a variety of different colors (author’s collection).
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printed on three-color rotary intaglio printing press #17. I have confirmed that it was in fact a rotary press using precision measurements of the relative sizes of proof impressions from the unhardened original dies versus the printed color trials (i.e. the printed stamps are somewhat taller than the proofs, due to a slight distortion when the printing plate is bent to create a cylinder). Control numbers vary among the five-color trial sheets, but all were printed on the same T.D.3-17 press, with print dates of December 23-24, 1970, about a month before PHILEXOCAM. I have searched for information about the existence of other full-sheet PHILEXOCAM color trials for more than ten years without any success. This has included contacting specialist collectors and dealers worldwide. I believe these examples to be the only ones in private hands. Because nine different colors were used in printing the PHILEXOCAM souvenir sheet and color trials, special procedures for printing these using a standard 3-color rotary printing press would have been required. What we do know is that each of the six stamps depicted on the souvenir sheet was printed in a different custom binary ink color mixture that was also used for the PHILEXOCAM medallion either directly below or above the stamp. The three background colors (left, center and right) are also different. Thus, only three colors each are needed for printing the left, center and right stamps or “zones” of the souvenir sheet. Furthermore, the three colors in each of these “zones” would be different from those in the other zones, resulting in a total of nine different colors. This suggests the possibility of simply dividing the plate-inking problem into “three zones,” aligned with the
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souvenir sheet’s left, center, and right columns of engraved stamp images on the rotary press printing plate. This complicates the process of plate-inking, since a specialized design for the ink roller(s) would need to simultaneously deposit three different ink colors into the appropriate recesses in each of the three “zones” of the rotary printing plate (i.e for a total of nine different ink colors). This might utilize the same scheme for inking 3-color printings for individual stamps, but do this simultaneously for three different color combinations on the same printing plate. Alternatively, any approach using three separate printing passes is unlikely, since this would likely suffer from printing onto pre-gummed paper and paper misalignment problems. My own precision measurements on both PHILEXOCAM color trials and souvenir sheets show no indication of any displacements due to alignment. At present we don’t know exactly how the feat of printing nine different engraved colors was accomplished, but hopefully records from the Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste will shed light on this in the future. The result of engraved (intaglio) printing in nine different colors for both the PHILEXOCAM souvenir sheet and its color trials is spectacular, but it must have presented the Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste with significant technical difficulties, and to my knowledge it was never again employed for any other philatelic items. A careful search of stamp catalogs for engraved French or French area stamps with souvenir sheets supports this conclusion. Also, since all printing of engraved French area color trials of any sort ceased after 1983, this is now a lost art. Elsewhere, even the massive so-called “Nine-Color Webfed Intaglio Press” APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 313
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described by George Brett that was later put into service in 1975 in the USA, could only print up to six colors in true (directly engraved) intaglio, with the other three colors indirectly printed.
Final Pre-Production Items Once the final color scheme for PHILEXOCAM stamps was established following color trials, other pre-production items were produced. These included ungummed imperforate deluxe sheets and gummed imperforate stamps for VIP distribution. However, compared to signed artist die proofs, deluxe sheets are much more common with typically 200300 produced. Shown in Figure 5 is an ungummed deluxe souvenir sheet printed on card. Imperforates (which are sometimes mistakenly referred to as proofs), are simply cut from imperforate gummed sheets. An example corner block of four cut from a sheet of 25 stamps is shown in Figure 6. It should be noted that VIP imperforates are typically cut out for distribution somewhat roughly and certainly not by philatelists. This example shows a print date of December 29, 1970, and depicts the
legendary two pence “Post Office” Mauritius, the topical stamp that originally started me on this quest. The PHILEXOCAM souvenir sheet exists on thinner gummed paper as a VIP imperforate and in fact the final selected color scheme shown at the lower right of Figure 1 is from one of these cut from a sheet.
Summary While there are many colorful and interesting choices for the stamp-on-stamp topical collector, the PHILEXOCAM souvenir sheet, engraved in an astounding nine different colors, really stands out from the pack. This spectacular philatelic item represents perhaps the epitome of multi-color engraving and is by an award-winning artist/engraver. The range of early classic stamps depicted for PHILEXOCAM is also very attractive. Besides the legendary 1847 2 pence blue “Post Office” Mauritius (my personal favorite), these include the 1860 3-lire Tuscany, 1849 French 1-franc vermillion, 1847 United States 10¢ Washington, the 1872 5-sen Japanese dragon, and the 1850 red 3-pfennings Saxony stamps. Fortunately, the perforated
For Further Reading
Recommendations from the APRL research staff: Bohringer & Schmuck Netto-Farb-Katalog Republique du Tchad by Bohringer & Schmuck. (Munchen: Bohringer & Schmuck, 1971). [G8720 .A1 B677b]
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Souvenir Sheets of The World by Marian Carne Zinsmeister. (Chicago: Society of Philatelic Americans, 1956). [HE6184 .S731 Z78s] “Stamp Collecting Basics - From French Colony to Independent Republic: A Century of Chad’s Stamps” by Janet Klug. Linn’s Stamp News 91, no. 4675 (June 4, 2018). 20-21.
production versions of these items are all inexpensive, a nice feature for stamp collectors. Finally, an important goal of this short article has been to introduce readers to the exotic world of French area color trials and die proofs. Such pre-production items are seldom encountered by collectors, offering a fresh area for philatelic study and thereby helping to expand the boundaries of philately.
Acknowledgments The Author would like to acknowledge and thank Mme. Marthe Bobik, Chargée de conservation des collections philatéliques, Conservation du Patrimoine, Musée de La Poste, Paris for help with records on PHILEXOCAM stamps in the Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste archives.
References
Brett, George W. “Nine-Color Webfed Intaglio Press,” The United States Specialist (Nov. 1975) 513-520. Holland, P. M. “French Area Proofs and Color Trials,” Scribblings …from the Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library (Nov-Dec 2014) 1-5. Williams, L. N. and M. Fundamentals of Philately (State College: The American Philatelic Society; 1971) 184.
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Paul M. Holland from Santa Barbara, California is a specialist collector of the Franklin D. Roosevelt era, broadly defined. He also maintains a representative worldwide stamp collection from 1840-1945 with a special fondness for early classic stamps. This includes collecting stamp-on-stamp topicals for otherwise unaffordable rarities.
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Chickasaw Nation, Chickasaw Agency: Two Places, One Post Office JERRY PALAZOLO
Pyland, Mississippi [Chickasaw County]. Courtesy of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
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ell before the first European explorers plied the Mississippi River, indigenous Americans fully recognized the importance of the river as a means of transportation and communication, including those of the Chickasaw Nation. Early on, special significance was conferred upon certain strategic points along the waterway that could serve to protect the interests of those who wished to control the river’s use. Between the mouth of the Ohio River and present day Vicksburg, Mississippi, there was a series of four bluffs that provided the only suitable sites for year round defensible positions above the flood plain. These were – and are — known as the Chickasaw Bluffs. The first and second of these were located just north and south of the mouth of the Hatchie River. A third bluff was located near present day Richardson’s Landing, followed by the fourth bluff at the mouth of the Wolf River. This last is formally known as the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff, which eventually became the site of the town of Memphis (Figure 1). France also realized the strategic importance of control of the Mississippi River as a means of
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Figure 3. Letter headed from Fort Pickering, June 8, 1805, and addressed to Frederick Bates, Postmaster, D’Etroit [Detroit] in what was at that time Indiana Territory. Note the annotation, “Chickasaw Bluffs” on the address leaf in the same handwriting as the address. This letter was no doubt carried to the Chickasaw Nation post office by private courier where it was postmarked on June 20, 1805, and rated collect 25¢ postage.
Figure 4. A complete letter postmarked at the Chickasaw Nation post office on December 16, 1807, but written at Fort Pickering at the Chickasaw Bluff on December 1, 1807. It is signed by a member of the military staff at the fort. This letter was carried the 100 mile distance to the post office on the Trace where it entered the mail. It was almost certainly carried by one of the couriers mentioned in the Factory ledger quoted above. From the author’s collection.
consolidating its influence in America and protecting its lucrative fur trade. The Chickasaw people resented France’s ruthless efforts to dominate the area, which encompassed their tribal lands. The French colonial government launched a series of preemptive military expeditions designed to destroy the Chickasaw and drive them from the area. The Chickasaw managed to hold the French at bay until 1763, when France, facing defeat at the hands of the British in the French and Indian War, opted to cede its entire Louisiana Colony to the King’s neutral Spanish relatives to keep the possession from falling under British control. At the conclusion of the American Revolution, Spain declared an interest in the entire eastern shore of the Mississippi River as a line of defense to protect its new colonial possession to the west. The interests of the young American nation, on the other hand, already extended across the Appalachian Mountains and as far as that same eastern shore. An American threat to arm the Chickasaw with guns and artillery as a means of ousting the Spanish from the eastern side of the Mississippi was sufficient to bring Spain to the negotiating table, resulting in the Treaty of San Lorenzo between the two governments, ratified in 1797, whereby Spain relinquished all claims on the eastern bank above the 31st parallel. Shortly after the ratification of the treaty, an American contingent of troops arrived at the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff to establish Fort Adams, which was soon supplanted by the larger Fort Pickering, several miles to the south at a higher and more advantageous location. Faced with the emergence of the new American nation and its rapid westward expansion, the Chickasaw adapted to the new reality of their situation and eventually entered into long term relations with the United States. Treaties were negotiated which provided for annual payments to tribal leaders in exchange for peaceful relations. APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 317
The U.S. government, as part of the treaties, appointed agents to act as ambassadors as well as dispensers of the annuities to the tribes, to be stationed at Indian Agencies within the tribal lands. The purpose of the agent was to manage Indian affairs, enforce policies and work to resolve grievances between the tribe and the government. The Agent to the Chickasaw Nation was appointed and dispatched to the place with the largest concentration of tribal elders, as there was no one single leader of the Chickasaw to speak for the entire Nation. The first agent to the Chickasaw, Samuel Mitchell, was Figure 5. A letter dated August 30, 1809, addressed to David Hogg, Indian Factor, Chickasaw Trading House, Chickasaw Nation. It was routed through Detroit almost six weeks later, for appointed November 28, 1800. The unknown reasons. The Indian Factory system was administered by the War Department, so agent resided in Houlka, in the Missis- the letter may have been routed to Detroit so that it could be directed to Hogg at his current sippi Territory on the Natchez Trace, posting. The historical record indicates that Hogg arrived at the Factory at Chickasaw Bluff on March 1, 1808 (Plaisance, The Chickasaw Bluffs Factory and Its Removal…) From the author’s about midway between the present- collection. day towns of Pontotoc and Houston. It should be noted that this place is now known as Old Houlka, so as not to be confused with the current town of Houlka, which sits a few miles to the west of the original site. For the convenience of the government agent and contractors, negotiations with the Chickasaw resulted in a post office being established at this location on June 30, 1801, with John McIntosh as the first postmaster. Originally named Chickasaw Nation, the post office came to be known as Chickasaw Agency. A folded address panel from the Chickasaw Nation post office dated Figure 6. A letter originating from Washington, DC, on March 29, 1809, addressed to “Samuel December 3, 1802, is shown in Figure Treat, Arkansa, Louisiana (Territory), To the care of the Commanding Officer at the Chickasaw 2. This example predates the earliest Bluffs” [sic]. Most likely originally directed to the Chickasaw Nation post office and then sent by a courier as mentioned in Mitchell’s account book to Fort Pickering at the Chickasaw Bluff. known letter originating from this post From there it was carried privately to Treat who was at Arkansas Post. At that early date, mail office as recorded by Bruce Oakley in A service had not yet been extended into the interior of the newly acquired Louisiana Territory. Postal History of Mississippi Stampless From the author’s collection. Period, Volume II. The letter’s conmired in debt. tents are no longer enclosed, so it is not known if the letter The government appointed factors, business agents, to originated at the Agency or some other location in the tribal staff the Factories. The lands of the Chickasaw Nation were lands. expansive, comprising almost a third of the present day As part of its domestic policy, the United States also state of Mississippi, all of Tennessee west of the Tennessee established Factories throughout the frontier designed to River, and all of western Kentucky. Despite their widespread lure various tribes into financial dependence upon the govlands, most of the nation’s members were concentrated in ernment. These outposts were not factories in the traditionthe northern part of Mississippi and the southern part of al sense of the word, but were actually trading posts set up western Tennessee. As a result, in 1802 the Fourth Chickato sell implements, firearms and general merchandise to the saw Bluff on the banks of the Mississippi River was selected tribal members on credit against future sales of hides and as the site for the Chickasaw Factory, alternatively known pelts. The reality of the arrangement was that the income as the Chickasaw Trading House. The first factor appointed from the hides and pelts was never enough to satisfy the debts incurred, thus keeping these native people perpetually was Thomas Peterkin, who served from 1803 to 1806. 318 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
It is no coincidence that the Chickasaw Factory was located in close proximity to Fort Pickering, which at that time was the most western U.S. military outpost. The military presence served as a reminder of American military might, should the Chickasaw ever decide to withdraw from the terms of the treaties. Figure 3 illustrates a letter headed Fort Pickering, June 8, 1805, and is the earliest known letter in private hands originating from the fort. The letter is written by Fort Pickering’s first commander, James Swearingen. Note the annotation “Chickasaw Bluffs” on the address panel in the same handwriting as the address. This letter was no doubt carried to the Chickasaw Nation post office by private courier where it was eventually postmarked on June 20, 1805, and rated 25¢ collect. While the Chickasaw Agency site was located at a place central to the tribal elders, the Chickasaw Factory site was situated at a place central to commerce and shipping. Initially only the Chickasaw Agency had a post office. It was not until 1819 that U.S. mail service was extended to the Bluff. Therefore, all letters with manuscript postmarks of “Chickasaw Nation” or “Chickasaw Agency” are from the post office at the Agency on the Natchez Trace. Figure 4 shows a letter postmarked at the Chickasaw Nation post office on December 16, 1807. The letter itself, however, was written by a member of the military staff at Fort Pickering at the Chickasaw Bluff. Conversely, some letters addressed to “Chickasaw Agency” were actually intended for the Factory at the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff. Figure 5 shows a letter dated August 30, 1809, addressed to David Hogg, Indian Factor, Chickasaw Trading House, Chickasaw Nation. The letter was six weeks in transit from Washington, DC, to the western frontier town of Detroit. From there it was routed to the Chickasaw Nation post office where it was entrusted to a private courier for the final 100 mile leg of its journey to the Chickasaw Bluff. These two examples illustrate the
confusion created by the interchangeable and seemingly random use of terminology. Determining the actual origin or destination requires detailed knowledge of people, places and dates to properly attribute the few surviving letters to the correct physical location. In an earlier article by this author in the journal Tennessee Posts titled “Written Communications To, From and Through the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff…,” reference was made to letters written at the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff, but entering the U.S. mail system at Chickasaw Nation post office. U.S. Agent Samuel Mitchell’s writings and accounts of the mail system clear up some of the confusion: “…Several entries are found in the accounts of Samuel Mitchell, who was the U.S. Agent to the Chickasaw, for payments to Jeremiah and Thomas Love for “riding express to Fort Pickering” in 1803 and 1804. Mitchell was headquartered on the Natchez Trace near present day Tupelo, Mississippi. Also located there was a U.S. post office operating under the name Chickasaw Nation (sometimes shown in the Post Office Department records as Chickasaw Agency.) Based on the entries in Mitchell’s accounts, it would appear that private express riders were retained to carry official dispatches and other communications to and from Fort Pickering some 100 miles to the west. Such a service provided a necessary and timely link to the otherwise isolated frontier post.” Figure 6 illustrates a letter originating from Washington, DC, on March 29, 1809, addressed to “Samuel Treat, Arkansa, Louisiana, To the care of the Commanding Officer at the Chickasaw Bluffs” [sic]. This letter was most likely originally directed to the Chickasaw Nation post office and then sent by a courier as mentioned in Mitchell’s account book to Fort Pickering at the Chickasaw Bluff. From there it was carried privately by yet another courier to Samuel Treat, who had just recently arrived to establish the new Indian Factory at Arkansas Post near the confluence of the Arkansas, White and Mississippi Rivers. At that early date, government mail service had not yet been extended into the interior of the newly established Louisiana Territory. The Louisiana Purchase removed the last threat of European interference with the westward expansion of the United States. With that threat gone, the U.S.’ need for alliances with the various tribal nations east of the Mississippi River diminished rapidly. Figure 7. An address panel of a letter mailed from Nashville on August 18, 1818, from Andrew The United States policy towards the Jackson to “Col. Henry Shelbourne, Indian Agent, Chickasaw Agency.” Shelbourne was at the Agency on the Natchez Trace at this time, having been appointed to this position on Indians pivoted from codependence December 11, 1817 (according to Plaisance, The Chickasaw Bluffs Factory and Its Removal to the to a more aggressive policy designed Arkansas River, 1818-1822). Note docketing on face of letter, “Order to suspend the payment to coerce the tribes into surrendering of money to the Nation for the annuity of 1817.” This letter traveled down the Natchez Trace from Nashville. It is interesting that the address as simply stated does not specify that the large swathes of their lands in exchange destination was in the state of Mississippi. From the author’s collection.
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for money and merchandise. The Chickasaw, well aware of their fading influence, were forced to negotiate with the federal government. Figure 7 shows the address panel of a letter mailed from Nashville on August 18, 1818, from Andrew Jackson to “Col. Henry Shelbourne, Indian Agent, Chickasaw Agency.” Note Shelbourne’s docketing on theface of the letter, “Order to suspend the payment of money to the Nation for the annuity of 1817.” The withholding of this annual payment was used as a bargaining chip during the treaty negotiations several months later. Those negotiations resulted in the cession of all of the Chickasaw lands between the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers. This transfer of land to the U.S. government resulted in the extension of the western lands of both Tennessee and Kentucky to the eastern bank of the Mississippi River. No longer needed, the Factory at the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff was abandoned. The former Chickasaw lands were opened for settlement and within a year the frontier government outpost on the Bluff became the site of the new town of Memphis.
References
Nation/History/Removal.aspx. Frazier, D.R. Tennessee Post Offices and Postmaster Appointments 1789-1984. (Dover, Tennessee: Del Frazier, 1984). Helbock, Richard W. United States Post Offices Volume VII – The Lower Mississippi Valley. (Scapoose, Oregon: LaPosta Publications, 2005). Holcomb, Gene (editor). Mississippi, A Guide to the Magnolia State (New York City, NY: Viking Press, 1938). Ledger of the U.S. Indian Factory System. Typed transcription of microfilm record (Memphis Public Library). Oakley, Bruce C., Jr. A Postal History of Mississippi Stampless Period, Volume II. (Bruce, Mississippi: Bruce Oakley, 1980) Palazolo, Jerry. “Written Communications To, From and Through the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff Prior to the Establishment of the Memphis Post Office” Tennessee Posts 18, no. 1 (April 2014). Plaisance, Rev. Aloysius. “The Chickasaw Bluffs Factory and Its Removal to the Arkansas River, 1818-1822.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly XI, no. 1 (March 1952).
Chickasaw Nation. “Removal.” https://chickasaw.net/Our-
U.S PHILATELIC CLASSICS SOCIETY Articles written by members of the U.S. Philatelic Classic Society, an APS affiliate, appear periodically in The American Philatelist. The U.S. Philatelic Classics Society is a nonprofit association of people interested in the pre-1894 stamps and postal history of the United State. Our goal is to encourage philatelic research and the exchange of information among our members and other other philatelic organizations, We welcome anyone interested in the classis era of United States philately to join. More information can be found on the society website at www.uspcs.org.
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For Further Reading
Recommendations from the APRL research staff: “Chickasaw Indian Nation Mail” by Harry M. Konwiser. Stamp & Cover Collecting Review 3, no. 4 (October 1939). “Post Offices, Postmasters of the Indian Territory – Chickasaw” by Nation Murchison. A.H. Don House-
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man’s International Stamp Review (July, August, September, October, November 1942). “Written Communications to, from and through the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff prior to the Establishment of the Memphis Post Office” by Jerry Palazolo. Tennessee Posts 18, no. 1 (April 2014): 3-14.
Using the Telegraph to Speed Ship Mail, Part 2 OTTO KJÆRGAARD
In Part 1 of “Ocean Letters,” published in February 2021, Kjærgaard introduced readers to the invention of wireless telegraphy and earliest uses of ocean letters – messages Morsed from one ship to another on its way to harbor, then sent via land. Part 1 ended with a description of the major ocean letter companies, Marconi and DEBEG. Part 2 picks up with an introduction to the other known companies and subsidiaries.
Other Players and Subsidiaries – Around the World As far back as 1901, Marconi had established a company called Compagnie Généralé de Télégraphie sans Fil (CTSF), renamed Société Anonyme Internationale de Télégraphie sans Fil (SAIT) when it was reorganized in 1917 with new investors and capital. Originally it was a joint DEBEG and Marconi company, but the Germans withdrew. Upon its reorganization, King Leopold of Belgium was one of the main
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investors along with Marconi. The headquarters was in Brussels. This company seems to have run Marconi’s business on the continent outside Great Britain, so it serviced the European shipping companies. SAIT was the first to make the stationery into something handier than an envelope and a form. From the start the company used the “ocean letters” that later became rather popular, namely a form where the message was written on the inside, and then folded and sealed so it looked like a folded letter. The first ocean letters from ships with radios from SAIT – in reality Marconi radios - appeared during World War I. The two big companies (DEBEG and Marconi’s companies) were totally silent during the war and no ocean letters from them during the war have been recorded. This is understandable, as a short dash or dot from the radio might help U-boats find and sink them. Therefore, ocean letters from World War I are rare, and usually came from ships not involved in the war or sailing in peaceful waters. Figure 13 is a letter from SS Ryndam, which sailed between the Netherlands and the U.S., transporting U.S. troops to Europe when the U.S. entered the war. They must have been out of the range of danger when they Morsed this message in April 1915. The same Belgian Marconi company had radios installed rather early in the Danish ships SS Hellig Olav, SS Oscar II, SS United States and SS Frederik VIII, all sailing between Scandinavia and the United States. As a Dane, I take pride in showing this first Danish franked ocean letter. Denmark, being neutral, could send ocean letters during the war. The first one (Figure 14) is date stamped May 9, 1917. If you compare Figure 14 to the Dutch example in Figure 13, you can see the design is the same, and the franking depended 322 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
Figure 15. An ocean letter sent from an unknown ship and forwarded in Antwerp on July 27, 1929, as registered mail. Domestic rate for 0-50 grams from December 15, 1927 – December 1, 1930 = 60c. Domestic registration rate from same dates = 150c. Total 210c. Very scarcely used type of ocean letters.
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on which harbor was the first port of call. Notice also that they called the ocean letters “radio letters,” but the results are the same. The company stuck to this type of stationery until the late 1920s, when they used envelopes and forms for a short time. As a result, these are rather rare (Figure 15). Figure 16 is a Norwegian ocean letter, with Norway’s Marconi Company printed on the form (the folded form type). The design indicates that the letter is a Marconi subsidiary company under the SAIT wing, operating from 1925 to 1949. There must be many similar letters hidden somewhere in Norway and in the U.S., because only a handful have been documented so far.
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One of the other early companies to offer an ocean letter service was the French Compagnie Radio-Maritime, beginning its service in 1913. In my opinion they printed the most beautiful forms of them all. Here it is clearly illustrated how they telegraphed between the ships sailing in opposite directions (Figure 17). They began with the folded form but later changed into the envelope/form type of stationery. Whereas the forms are quite nicely designed, the envelopes leave much to be desired (Figure 18). As a collector you might find comfort in the many exotic stamps that you may find on the French ocean letters, in this case from the notorious Casablanca. The French company’s ocean letters service began before World War I, but so far only one has been recorded from this earlier era (sold at an auction in England in 2014). That they existed, however, is proven by the French poet Apollinaire’s poem about ocean letters, written as early as 1914. Dear readers, how many of you have a collecting area praised by a poet in a poem (Figure 19)? In 1924 the Dutch opened their ocean letter service. Like Marconi’s Belgian company, they started with a folded form, but from 1928 printed some very characteristic red/ white envelopes and forms (Figure 20). The envelope shows a new way of sending your ocean letter, namely a Sunday letter. In the Netherlands, like in many other countries, you had to pay a special fee to send letters to be delivered on Sundays, and in Holland this was paid by affixing a special Sunday letter stamp. On the form is a world map with lines between ships and several continents, presumably to show how far the Dutch traveled and sent ocean letters to and from. They did, indeed, travel far away. In my collection I have Dutch ocean letters franked in Australia, Curacao and Dutch India. During the 1920s, several companies, including one in Denmark, introduced an ocean letter service. Most of these were rather small shipping companies and material is therefore scarce. Marconi established a subsidiary company in Italy (his home country), and these are probably some of the rarest ocean letters, as less than a handful have been
Figure 18. A French ocean letter forwarded by an unknown ship in Casablanca to Compiegne, France, September 15, 1934, arriving on September 17, 1934. French colonial rate from August 1, 1926 – July 31, 1937 = 0.5F. Airmail rate = 1F. Total 1.50F.
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recorded (Figure 21). The shipping company Anchor Line, a subsidiary company of Cunard Line, had a Siemens radio and usually used Cunard stationary, but a single Siemens ocean letter has been recorded (Figure 22). From 1922, Radio Communication Company had radios on English ships sailing between Great Britain and South Africa. Notice the special “shipping postmaster” cancel on the ocean letter in Figure 23. In Cape Town and Durban alike they had postmasters coming to the ships to sort out postal matters. What a service! Probably the most famous shipping company was Cunard Line, famous for legendary ocean liners, especially the Queen Mary (Figure 24). The last and most famous ocean liner owned by Cunard and built in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was Queen Elizabeth. The International Marine Radio Company installed and ran its radio service onboard this ship, and this was almost the only location it had. Therefore, ocean letters from this ship are considered rather attractive. Another factor is that the company was not established until 1936 when the ship was built, and no ocean letters were sent during World War II, so there are only examples from a couple of years. Few have been recorded so far, but there must be more. The most unusual places to yield ocean letters are probably in the Pacific Ocean. Very few ocean letters have been found from the Pacific. The Chinese and the Japanese did not travel much in the years between the wars and few passenger liners crossed the ocean between Asia and Canada/ U.S. Even though the Japanese were able to Morse their kanji, the passengers and sailors wanting to communicate were too few to make it a good business. New Zealand had the Union Steamship Company, the 324 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
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Figure 21. A registered ocean letter (so far, the only recorded example of this type) from an unknown ship, canceled in Genoa on May 6, 1926, and posted for Verona. It arrived on the following day, according to backside stamp. Domestic letter rate on May 1, 1925 = 20c. Registration fee = 1 L. Total 1.20 L. Less than five Italian ocean letters have been recorded.
largest shipping company based in the southern hemisphere. Its ships sailed between Australia/New Zealand and Canada/U.S. Once again, material from these ships is scarce, but it seems to have imitated Marconi’s English stationary, as seen from the design (Figure 25). In the U.S., a single company existed to service the Pacific Ocean, namely State Steamship Company. Notice the flag in its logo. No wonder the company changed it. Not long after, it was not exactly comme il faut to show this sign (Figure 26).
The Final Days of Ocean Letters Denmark was the country where the service continued the longest. As mentioned, Marconi started the service on Danish ships, but in 1922 Danish shipping companies had started their own company, Dansk Radio Aktieselskab (DRA). The Danish-America liners were manned with telegraph operators from DRA, and a Marconi ocean letter from Oscar II – the same ship that sent the Figure 14 letter Figure 22. Registered ocean letter sent from “Transylvania” and forwarded in New York on June 21, 1926. The company used Siemens stationary, despite being a subsidiary company of Cunard Line (the telegraph operator likely ran out of Cunard stationary). On the reverse it says “Cunard Line, Piers 56, North river, New York.” Domestic registered letter rate from July 1, 1919 – July 6, 1932 = 2¢. Registration from April 15, 1925 – July 1, 1932 = 15¢. Total 17¢.
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much cheaper than normal telegrams, so “poor” soldiers were allowed to use ocean letters from Greenland to Denmark, thereby violating the law that an ocean letter should be sent from ship to ship before mailing. These “ocean letters” were Morsed from Greenland, or ships in Faroese and Greenlandic waters, to a telegraph station in Denmark and then posted. They are always stamped Flåderadio Frederikshavn on the back (Figure 29). These ocean letters are scarce, as new technology started taking over, especially telex, internet and cell phones. Ocean letters are now redundant. When Danish military authorities stopped the service officially in 2005, they discovered no one had used it for some years. Collecting ocean letters is a nice collecting area, as the time span is only from 1911 until 2005. Unfortunately most of the material is scarce, which is quite a challenge. What also makes it interesting is that it covers most of the world and not only a single country. The BBC program “Days that Shook the World” rated the invention of the wireless telegraph, and with this ocean letters, as one of the most important inventions in the 20th century, only surpassed by the internet. Ocean letters made communication a matter of a couple of days, in contrast to the time before, when a letter from a sailor might take weeks or months before it reached loved ones at home. Millions benefited from this great invention. Ocean letters have so far not been systematically described and catalogued. Roger Hosking broke important ground with his pamphlets “An Introduction to Ocean Letters” and “Ocean Letters a Sequel.” I was personally familiar with the Danish ocean letters, so by buying and registering everything I could get my hands on, it
Figure 25. A Union Steamship Company envelope postmarked onboard R.M.M.S. Aorangi January 15, 1929. Note the registration label postmarked with the ship cancel. Domestic rate from January 1, 1926 – April 1, 1931 = 1d. Registration fee from May 31, 1910 – July 1, 1954 = 4d. Total 5d. Ocean letters from the Pacific Ocean are elusive.
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was possible to make a catalog of the Danish ones. From there I started hunting for information on ocean letters from all over the world, mining as much as I could from books and articles, and buying as many ocean letters as I could afford. From these I started building what is now an 8 frame exhibit, taking notes and cataloging everything I saw, hoping that this might end in a total mapping of all ocean letter types at some time in the future by piecing fragments of information together. Of course this cannot be done without help from friends, dealers, and auction houses all over the world, made easy by the Internet. This is what makes our hobby rewarding. Studying ocean letters has shown me that there must be many more areas of postal history that are unexplored territory, ready for additions to philatelic literature. Unfortunately, not all of my sources listed below are in English, but I am glad to offer additional information to anyone with an interest. If anyone has scans of ocean letters I would welcome them most gratefully, as I am trying to make a catalog of all the types of ocean letters and message forms of the world. Email me at ottokj@gmail.com or pass them to the AP at editor@stamps.org.
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References
As I have mentioned, the philatelic field of ocean letters is largely unexplored. This article draws almost entirely from APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 327
my own research, which is available in part (a catalog of Marconi’s and Danish ocean letters) at http://www.tpo-seapost. org.uk/tpo2/spocean_catalog.html. Roger Hosking’s introduction to ocean letters, an important and early resource, is also available on www.tpo-seapost.org.uk. Articles from Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung (DBZ) (March, April, May, and July 2014). Articles from Posthistorisk Tidsskrift (Danish Postal History Society) (No. 3, 4 – 2007) (No. 1-4 – 2008) (No. 2 - 2018). Bangay, R. D. The Elementary Principles of Wireless Telegraphy (London: The Wireless Press; 1916). Buchmann, F. A. 50 jahre DEBEG 1911-1961 (Berlin: Behrens Hbg; 1961). Det Danske Post- og Telegrafvæsen. Beretning om Virksomheden 1917-67, vol 1-3. Frick, Richard. Schiffspost im Nordseeraum (Hans Grobe, Hannover; 1981). Gerald, C. Skibsradioens historie i Danmark (Lundgren & Andersen; 1963). Graa, P. Hundrede år på havet 1866-1966 (DFDS; 1966). Hancock, H. E. Wireless at Sea, The First Fifty Years (Marconi Marine; 1950). Hosking, Roger. “An Introduction to Ocean Letters” (TPO & Seapost Society, 2002). “Ocean Letters - a Sequel” (TPO & Seapost Society, 2005). Instruks for Radiostationer i skibe eller luftfartøjer (from 1919-1980). Jacobsen, Kurt. Fra prikker og streger til tele-og datakommunikation, Store Nordiske 125 (GN Store nord; 1995) Johnsen, A. O. En innsats i radioteknikkens tjeneste, Norsk Marconiselskab 1919-1949 (Johansen; 1949) Knudsen, E. K. Lyngby Radio oxz – fra eventyr til saga blot (2012). Krüger, Reinhard. Radiotelegramme, Oceanbriefe und das Ende der Seefunktelegraphie im 1. WK (Morgana; 2017).
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Larsen, S. B. 75 år på bølgelængde (Radio-telegrafistforeningen; 1992). Thorsoe, Soren, et. al. DFDS 1866-1991 Ship development through 125 years (World Ship Society/DFDS 1991). Wedervang, B. De danske kyststationer 1904-2010 (Post og Tele; 2011).
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Otto is a retired senior master from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, with degrees in English, Art & Design and Counselling. He has collected and exhibited Greenland Postal History (international gold), ocean letters, and some local Danish exhibits. Otto has published several books especially on postal history and countless articles in stamp magazines and on the net. He is presently the editor of the magazine for Danish Postal History. He has received several awards including Danmark Medaljen, the highest award in Denmark for philately, and is an honorary member of Danish Postal History Society.
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Figure 28. An express DFDS ocean letter from SS United States and received onboard MS Aalborghus forwarded January 13, 1929. Express letter rate from January 1, 1927 – July 1, 1940 = 15ø. Express fee = 40ø. Total 55 øre. Earliest known of this type. Express letters were delivered the moment they reached the post office, sending a postman right away – morning, day, evening, even night – if the proper fee was paid.
Figure 29. A radio Christmas ocean letter with contents from Grønnedal, Greenland, transmitted to Frederikshavn and posted there on December 15, 1960. This way of sending ocean letters was kept secret to the general public and was irregular, as ocean letters normally were sent from ship to ship or ship to shore. The service was open to military staff on ships in Greenlandic and Faeroese waters and the soldiers on bases in Greenland, because it was cheaper than telegrams. They all have the sender stamp FLÅDERADIO FREDERIKSHAVN on the back.
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Notes from the Bottom Drawer
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he bottom drawer – figuratively and literally – is where ideas go to mature and develop, or sometimes to wither and die. Either way, there’s a lot of fun stuff there. Often, when I purchase material, whether it is a large auction lot, a collection or a small, individual item, I find things I intend to keep specifically for writing something at some point. When enough items of a similar nature reach “critical mass,” then they become an area of active acquisition to flesh out into a full-blown feature that I write for this or other publications. But what about those items that continue to languish in the bottom drawer, never amassing enough material for a full feature? Some of these stories need to be told as well. This month we will feature a few of those items. In many cases, specialists in these areas know far more than me, but these are things I find interesting and unusual. While I don’t consider myself a true revenue stamp specialist, from time to time I find state revenue items that
tickle my fancy. Have you ever considered collecting beer bottle labels? The state of Utah has created many revenue stamps that take the form of beer bottle labels. Pennsylvania and Kansas also have a few, but most are from Utah, which relied on this system of taxation from 1935-53. There were also a few liquor-label stamps, but these are scarcer. Oddly, within this collecting area, one must differentiate between neck labels and primary bottle labels. Shown in Figure 1 is a neck label from a 12-ounce bottle of Becker’s beer. When these stamps were first developed, it was the intent to use only neck-label stamps. However, with the variety of different types of bottles (as well as sizes), it was finally decided in 1937 that front labels would be more functional and practical, such as the body label shown in Figure 2, from a 12-ounce bottle of Olympus beer. All of these stamps (nearly 100 face-different types) were privately designed, but had to bear the official state tax stamp, which was applied by the printer, under bond. Because the basic beer bottle label is a commercial product, normal changes of APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 329
Figure 1. A neck label from a 12-ounce bottle of Becker’s beer, with a revenue stamp integrated within the label design.
logos, type font, lettering size, bottle size and other adjustments result in easily recognizable varieties, swelling the number of collecting possibilities considerably. There are also (from several different states) bottle-cap stamps and even cans with the revenue stamp printed on them. I prefer to have a few representative label stamps, however. While we are on the subject of alcohol, let’s take a quick look at the long-running television show Cheers, which featured (among many other characters) John Ratzenberger as the know-it-all mailman Cliff Claven. Shown in Figure 3 is a still from the show that has been seen by very few collectors or fans of the show. In early 1990, Postmaster General Anthony Frank (best known for committing USPS to produce an Elvis Presley stamp, against the will of the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee) was filmed in a cameo scene for the show’s opener. His scene was to be a dream sequence in which he
presented Claven with the “Golden Mailbag” award (visible on the table) as “Postman of the Year,” subsequently setting Claven off on a monologue about bronze. Much to the disappointment of those of us who were notified of the original airdate, the scene was cut at the last minute for unknown reasons and – to the best of my knowledge – was never aired, leaving this photo as the sole artifact of Frank’s TV career. Maybe it was just a dream. Speaking of Cliff Claven, many stamp clubs are known for having created interesting and collectible favors for shows and club meetings, and the Park Forest Stamp Club (Park Forest, Illinois) is no exception. Shown in Figure 4 is an item picturing a caricature of the Cheers Claven character to announce the club’s speaker for March 19, 1991 – well-known collector, dealer, auctioneer, exhibitor, judge, and APS board member Richard Drews, who was speaking on the U.S. 1861 Issue, one of his many areas of expertise
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Figure 3. Letter carrier Cliff Claven, from the television show Cheers, accepts a special award from PMG Anthony Frank in a dream sequence that was never shown. From left: PMG Frank, [unknown character], and John Ratzenberger as Cliff Claven.
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Figure 4. Letter carrier Claven appears on this 1991 meeting notification from the Park Forest Stamp Club of Illinois.
and his longtime passion. Drews autographed the item. While we are (slightly) on the subject of letter carriers, take a look at the card shown in Figure 5. It is a rural carrier’s privately printed card, which would have been left in the mail box of a troublesome patron. From the late 1800s through the 1920s or so, it was not unusual for rural route carriers to leave cards in mailboxes for Christmas, New Year’s Day and other occasions, or when there was a problem. Although delivered by a mailman, these cards bore no franking, nor official penalty imprint. I suspect they were merely tolerated by postal management. This type of card (a request) is much more scarce than holiday greetings. In this case, the card points up a large problem with early rural roads (a big enough problem to have forced this carrier to print cards, anyway). “Will you please repair the ruts at your mail box,” the card begins. “The bad condition of many of the boxes makes the prompt delivery of the mail pretty hard on me. Thanking you for helping me in this, I am, your carrier, M.C. Finley.” It is unknown where or exactly when this card was delivered, but judging from the printing, I would estimate a delivery of 1910-15 or so. Of course, problems with the mail frequently leave interesting artifacts for those of us who collect. Shown in Figure 6 is an unusual cover. Mailed January 1, 1975, from Clinton, Iowa (with a much lighter secondary cancel), the lightly water-damaged cover bears the simple auxiliary marking, “Damaged in an air, rail, truck or ship accident. Beyond the control of the U.S. Postal Service.” The addressee was the Smith Oil Corporation of Rockford, Illinois. A quick bit of research revealed that on January 2, 1975, a Model E-18 twin-engine Beechcraft, as it was preparing to land, lost altitude rapidly and crashed into a building near the Greater Rockford Airport, setting off the building’s sprinkler system. The craft, which had left Moline, Illinois, APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 331
about a half-hour earlier, was carrying about 45,000 pieces of mail (900 pounds or so) on a regular mail run. One person was killed and two were injured in the crash. According to one report, the vast majority of the mail was destined for delivery in Rockford. A much smaller amount represented the “rest of the world.” Because the crash mail was wet rather than burned, salvage attempts centered on trying to get it dried out as quickly as possible. “It’s an awful lot of work,” said one postal official. “We simply spread them [45,000 pieces of mail] out on any free surfaces we can find and let the elements dry them.” While this cover predates the ubiquitous USPS plastic “body bags” that now carry damaged mail (rarely without any form of explanation), the description of what happened does little more than pique one’s interest. Gone, unfortunately, are the days of very specific auxiliary markings that let us know at a glance what happened, and often where and how. The American Air Mail Society’s American Air Mail Catalogue (Volume 1), lists this cover as No. 750102. Finally, although there was no apparent delay, the commercial cover shown in Figure 7 must have certainly turned some heads. Addressed to Carol Wright Gifts in 1994, the cover is properly franked with a 29¢ postage stamp (from the 1994 Locomotives booklet issue) but has a diecut sticker of a skiing pink elephant affixed over the stamp, tying it with the machine cancellation. Although there is enough of the stamp showing to trigger the automatic facer-canceler machines via phosphorescent tagging, enough of the stamp is covered (overlapped) to render this as an illegal use. But the real question is, when was the last time you saw a pink elephant skiing – on a cover? 332 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
Will you please repair the ruts at your mail box? The bad condition of so many of the boxes makes th e prompt delivery of the mail pretty hard on me. Thanking you for helping me in this, I ani, Your carrier, M. C. Finley.
Figure 5. Letter carrier M.C. Finley left this notice in the mailbox of a patron who had serious ruts near the mailbox, preventing timely delivery of the mail.
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APS/APRL Annual Development Report to Our Valued Members
2020
by the Numbers
Cash Gifts – $1.4 million Contributing or Supporting Members - About 1,625 In-Kind Gifts - About 836 Saved in Donated Postage - $53,000 Attendance at 2020 Virtual Stamp Show – 3,248 Attendance at 2020 National Postal History Symposium – 2,430 Attendance at 2020 Summer Seminar - 1,520 Donations Raised on Giving Tuesday – $12,600 ~. ; 1=: .. .~~ Donated Hours by Volunteers – 3,434 o-•
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Members Lead APS Through Tough Times As the American Philatelic Society celebrates its 135th year, we remain a financially strong organization, serving members’ needs and promoting the growth and development of philately. The Society has been blessed with countless people who have accepted the challenge to help the Society and Library keep pace with an ever-changing hobby. This 2020 Roll of Honor publicly acknowledges members and friends who made an investment in the future of philately through their contributions during the year. We deeply appreciate their support.
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his past year has brought unexpected circumstances around the world, but that did not stop APS members from leading the hobby through to another year with their generous support of the Society and Library. This past year the Society and Library received a generous $1.4 million in cash from gifts during 2020. The APS staff extends a huge thank you to all the donors who have supported its missions of strengthening the hobby through a difficult year and staying connected in new ways. APS Cares was born out of overwhelming support from members for APS staff during this time. With APS Cares donations, staff were able to continue their work remotely and in safe conditions to provide member services throughout 2020. Board member Michael Bloom donated thousands of masks and local business Big Springs Spirits donated hand sanitizer through February 2020 - The Holocaust Exhibit committee, including APS staff members, intern Jo Chen, and volunteer Darlene Bloom, have a planning session. APS Cares when staff were able to return to the and 16 gifts that were matched by employers. Over $8,000 was American Philatelic Center. Throughout the year, donated through donor-advised funds. In addition, the Society The American Philatelist and the stamps.org Newsroom feaand Library received a significant increase of in-kind gifts, 836 tured profiles of APS staff members, sharing their deep apprein total, that supported department wide mailings, enhanced ciation for all those who have donated to the fund and the kind the Library, improved the Reference Collection, and provided words of encouragement from members. material for educational programs. The Society also saved over The donations of Mighty Buck Club members specifically $53,000 by using donated mint U.S. stamps it received from gave the APS the ability to continue to make connections and members. communicate on a wider scale during 2020. The high quality Summer Seminar was presented virtually this year, with production hardware and laptops provided by Mighty Buck 27 presenters who shared their knowledge to 1,520 members Club funds facilitated Summer Seminar Online, the Virtual attending various seminars. The 2019 Summer Seminar welStamp Show, Virtual Postal History Symposium, and the scores comed 105 attendees to the American Philatelic Center, which of Stamp Chats presented by the APS, as well as giving APS staff means that the virtual event increased the APS’ educational outthe ability to work remotely. More importantly, not only was the reach for the event by a magnitude of 15. With the great success APS able to quickly address how to connect and communicate of Virtual Summer Seminar, the APS hosted the first Virtual during the year, but with your support we were able to be. When Stamp Show, sponsored in collaboration with the American the American Philatelic Center is again open for in-person visiTopical Association, the American First Day Cover Society, and tors, we will look forward to sharing the new interactive exhibit the United States Postal Service. The APS was pleased to host on the Holocaust Stamp Project, which was made possible with the virtual space to spotlight featured philatelists around the our partnership with Foxborough Regional Charter School. world, showcase over 100 exhibits, and connect members with Hugh Wood, Inc., the firm that offers specially priced philadealers. Virtual Stamp Show went beyond our wildest dreams, telic insurance to APS members, gave the APS $45,000 toward welcoming 3,248 unique attendees. our own insurance premiums. Board member Mark Schwartz gave five gifts totaling over Shortly after kicking off the first Virtual Stamp Show, the $13,000 and Board member Rich Drews gave five gifts totalU.S. Philatelic Classics Society partnered with the APS, APRL ing over $5,000, which supported APS Cares, Expertizing, and the National Postal Museum to host a Virtual Postal History the Library, the Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowships, and the Symposium with 2,430 attendees. Previous years symposia rareMighty Buck Club. Jack Dykhouse gave $5,000 in cash support. ly welcomed attendees above double digits, making the virtual We received 60 thoughtful gifts in memory of members reach of the 2020 Symposium an undoubted success. The success who passed away, five gifts in honor of members and APS staff, of all three virtual events, especially with the short time available 334 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
in which to pivot from in-person to virtual, has implications beyond this year for the future of virtual philatelic events. 2020 gave APS a chance to connect in new ways not only through virtual events and Stamp Chats but also through access to the digital library. Through generous gifts from members and matching donors, among them Dr. Peter P. McCann and Bryan Lorber, the American Philatelic Research Library on Giving Tuesday raised $12,600 that supported the Adopt-A-Book program. This generous giving supports the APRL’s work digitizing journals for the digital library. Around 12 donors have current multi-year pledges, which are accepted for as little as $100. The APS is also grateful for the 31 Future Builders who make regular monthly gifts to the APS/ APRL, through automatic charges to their credit card or deductions from their checking accounts. Quarterly, the Fellowship Feature newsletter celebrates our Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship alumni, donors and mentors who have participated in and support the program. The APS is thankful for the 32 gifts this year that helped YPLF through this difficult year to make sure the Class of 2022 could enjoy all aspects of the fellowship. At the close of the year, the Library received a $877,000 cash gift from the estate of Robert Mason of New York which, with added cash reserves, allowed the APS and APRL to eliminate the remaining $1.5 million mortgage on the American Philatelic Center. This year, not only did the APS receive financial gifts from members, but also 3,434 hours of volunteer support provided by APS members at the American Philatelic Center within safe conditions, as well as remotely. We are hopeful for the future when the APS can host the next annual Volunteer Work Week where members connect with one another and enjoy the APC in person. The following pages highlight philatelic leaders who gave back to the Society in the year 2020. Giving back comes in many
Work on the Holocaust stamp exhibit continued through the pandemic. Committee members Heidi Rhoades and Darlene Bloom prepare stamps for the exhibit.
forms, from cash donations of $25 or more or in-kind donations valued at $100 or more. This includes the 1,625 members who support the Society as contributing or supporting members. We appreciate the confidence of the many members who provide unrestricted gifts - these allow the APS maximum flexibility to put the money to the best use. At the same time, we thank those members who chose to support specific activities such as our youth programs, the Library, our Expertizing Service, and our endowment funds. These donor-directed contributions help us to achieve and maintain the quality programs and services members have come to expect from your APS and APRL. We owe a special thanks to the Campaign for Philately Committee, which collaborates with the Society’s fundraising efforts. The Committee, chaired by Alex Haimann, includes Michael Bloom, Ken Grant, Trish Kaufmann, Patricia StilwellWalker, and Robert Zeigler. We welcome your suggestions and questions. Please contact Executive Director Scott English, scott@stamps.org or 814-9333814, with your inquiries. Thank you for your continued support.
Bequests are Important to APS & APRL
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bequest is a gift made through a Will or Codicil that takes effect when an estate is settled. Although bequests provide no immediate income, their impact can be great. A bequest to the APS or APRL can be written into a Will or added to an existing Will by amending it through a Codicil. Bequests remove assets from the taxable estate and may take several forms:
A percentage bequest allocates a fixed percent of your estate; I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Philatelic Society, a non-profit organization located at 100 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823, ______ percent of my estate, both real and personal property of whatever kind and whatsoever situated. A residual bequest grants the residue, or portion of the residue, of your estate to the APS after explicit bequests have been made; I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Philatelic Society, a non-profit organization located at 100 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823, all (or ___%) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, both real and personal property of whatever kind and whatsoever situated. A specific or explicit bequest for a stated dollar amount or securities; I give devise and bequeath to American Philatelic Society, a non-profit organization located at 100 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823 the sum of _____ dollars (or describe the specific property or security you intend to bequeath). A contingent bequest in case one or more of your bequests cannot be fulfilled; If any of the above-named beneficiaries should predecease me, I hereby bequeath his/her share of my estate to American Philatelic Society, a non-profit organization located at 100 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823. ***** For more information on planned giving opportunities please contact Scott English, scott@stamps.org or 814-933-3814. APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 335
Individual Cash Contributors
$100,000+ Estate of Robert Mason Fran Sheinwald $10,000-24,999 Estate of George W. Ashman Mark S. Schwartz $5,000-9,999 Richard E. Drews Jack R. Dykhouse Patricia A. Kaufmann Theodor Kerzner Alfred F. Kugel James E. Lurie Robert Myerson Harlan & Helen Stone Lamar & Jean Stout $500-999 Joan E. Anderson Gary Barsellotti Anthony Benz Stephen J. Bonowski Roger S. Brody Elizabeth W. Carter Henry C. Chlanda Augustus W. Clark, III Jack R. Congrove John M. Conklin George B. Crawford Allison W. Cusick Dennis R. Gilson Carol A. Grosvenor John M. & Dawn Hamman Don E. Heller William R. Klein Jon E. Krupnick Michael R. Lampson Hugh Lawrence James E. Lee David W. Lentz Richard C. Liesche David M. Lloyd Gary W. Loew John M. Mattingly Foster E. Miller, III Ralph H. Nafziger Ken & Patricia Nilsestuen
Timothy P. O’Connor Arthur Thaddeus Perry James H. Peterson Barry Pisick, MD James C. Risner Steven J. Rod William A. Sandrik Cynthia L. Scott Henry C. Spalding, Jr. A. Lee Straayer Bill Strauss Alan L. Ward Jeff T. Wilson Reginald R. Wright Robert G. Zeigler $250-499 Robert D. Asbury David A. Baker Keith W. Bantz William D. Barkley John H. Barwis Jeffery P. Bennett Robert M. Benninghoff John R. Bereuter Thomas H. & Laurie Bieniosek Brian J. Birch Leslie Blacksburg Lyle C. Boardman John A. Brown Gregory L. Cain Kathleen Cameron Paul E. Camp Harry K. Charles, Jr. Ronald W. Ciesiel Marv R. Claudio
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$2,500-4,999 Paul C. Aspinwall Ted Bahry James T. Dempsey Scott D. English Cheryl R. Ganz Richard Judge Barry L. Moerke Alan Warren
$1,000-2,499 Alan R. Barasch Thomas W. Broadhead Ken Deaver Ann Dunkin C. David Eeles Mark Endicott Darrell R. Ertzberger Gerald R. Forsythe Ian C. Gibson-Smith Kenneth B. Grant Edward W. Coble Arthur J. Cole Paul D. Cook Robert J. Cordaro John R. Crosiar John S. Cross Merrill G. Culver, Jr. Gordon S. Davidson James M. DeLine Louis DeRudder Anthony F. Dewey Donald L. DeWitt William J. DeWitt Sheldon N. Dobres John P. Duffy James C. Edwards, Jr. Jerry F. Eggleston Roe Emery Edward J. J. Grabowski Michael J. Graf Manfred Groth Charles D. Hale, Jr. Edward K. Harr, Sr. Robert Dalton Harris Steven Heaney Gary G. Hendren Francis J. Hicks Elizabeth & Robert Hisey Wayne E. Holt Mark D. Hood Edward W. Hughes Michael R. Imbriani Michael S. Jones Mark Allen Kellner Matthew W. Kewriga Richard D. Kinner Robert L. Klass Donald R. Kurki Paul A. Larsen Alan R. Lauer Luca Lavagnino Burton H. Leib Steven H. Lewis
Andrew & Sandra Lingler Barbara M. Louthan Loren Lyall Larry Lyons William O. Maddocks Robert C. Merrill Peter J. Meschter Clifford A. Mestel Gloria J. Meyers Dana A. Middleton W. Bradley Morehouse Michael C. Mules Robert V. Nagel Behruz Nassre R. N. Nayak Paul A. Openhym Bruce E. Patterson Scott A. Pendleton Ronald P. Perotti Paul Petersen Robert B. Pildes Kenneth J. Potavin E. K. Prugh William E. Riker J. Douglas Risser Peter Roknich Robert G. Rose Robert C. Rudine Wade E. Saadi Timothy C. Sadler Brian C. Saxe Robert C. Schneider William R. Schultz John S. Seidl John R. Siragusa Bruce B. Smith Sam G. Smith Steven T. Spoerl Herbert C. Spomer Keith S. Stupell Peter M. Sturtevant David M. Sundman Bill Sweet
Fred F. Gregory Lawrence D. Haber Yamil Kouri Dwayne O. Littauer Robert Bruce Marsden Kenneth P. Martin Peter P. McCann Jay S. McCoy Claude Michaud Marshall Northington William A. O’Conner Stephen H. Peters Lanny Peterson Frederick C. Skvara George M. Slessinger Estate of William Ma Sodja Clarence A. Stillions David T. Zemer David A. Zlowe Jerome A. Zonca
Mark W. Taylor Wilfred L. Thornthwaite Joseph R. Thurn Laura Ann Tomaszek Blair Tremere Kenneth H. Trettin Michael J. Urbano Stephen Vincent Dan & Pat Walker Laurence Walton Jeffrey R. Wilcox Mitchell Wilkinson John S. Withers, Jr. $100-249 Kathleen Abbott Allan M. Adelson Harry L. Albert, Jr. Bruce S. Albright Roger K. Alderson Richard J. Alexander Donald S. Alexandre George V. Almendinger Rudolf E. H. Anders Paul W. Anthony Jason Ares Mylon Ash Louis Asher Arthur W. Askey, Jr. Grant Auchincloss W. Terry Averbeck Donald P. Avery Lewis Baer Edward J. Bailey Steven A. Balch John W. Ballard Mark E. Banchik John H. Barnett Peter Barrett Ernest T. Bartol Edmond E. Bates, Jr. James L. Baumann Robert C. Beach
John P. Beall Henry W. Beck Mark H. Bell Robert Bell James Benerofe Charles Benson David Benson Paul M. Benson John A. Berg Ernest L. Bergman Joanne Berkowitz Murphy Steven J. Berlin Norman T. Berlinger Robert R. Berthet Barry D. Black James J. Blackowiak Helmut Blaschczyk Kevin D. Block Randolph E. Block Michael Bloom Richard Bolser Rick Bolsom Peter D. Bonanno Paul L. Bondor Gary G. Bonnell James A. Booth George W. Boris L. Stephen Brace Scott M. Bradley John S. Brancho Gary G. Brandow David J. Brennan Robert E. Brolin Jeffrey N. Brown Kenneth E. Brown Stanley D. Brunn Ben Bryan, Jr. Steve B. Bullock Benjamin Bump Raymond J. Burby John T. Burnett Robert D. Busch
Leslie E. Butler Alfred E. Cambridge, Jr. Louis J. Capozzi, Jr. Francis J. Caprio Gary A. Carlington William H. Carson Martin M. Cassity, Jr. Richard C. Celler Ruben C. Cervantes David Chalker, Jr. James P. Charton Donald J. Chenevert, Jr. Leong Mun Cheong Anthony G. Chila Anthony C. Chipaloski Prakob Chirakiti Robert N. Choporis Barry D. Christensen Roger S. Cichorz Nancy M. Cline Richard W. Cline Brian W. Cole Caesar Colista David M. Coogle Del B. Coolidge Theodora B. Corroon Carol A. Costa Ronald E. Couchot Kenneth R. Coulson Philip S. Courie Frederick E. Coveler Wallace A. Craig Joe H. Crosby James T. Currie John P. Cusack Richard F. Czaja Richard B. Darmon, Jr. Beverly E. Davis Eric W. Davis Michael J. Davis-Barden John F. DeBord, Jr. Gerald L. Delker Robert B. Dendtler Gary A. Derksen Curtis R. Derr Joseph G. DeVincentis, Jr. Howard D. Dewald Donald C. DeWees Kathryn E. Dilliard William S. DiPaolo, Jr. Robert C. Dix Ed Dixon Donald R. Dolan, Jr. Daniel Dolk Ken Dort Morris L. Dove, Jr. Wayne B. Dowdey Jason A. Drake W. Douglas Drumheller Joseph S. Dubos Sean Dunnahoo David S. Durbin Harry L. Eaby John L. Earl James J. Economos Faye T. Edenfield Mark D. Egli John E. Eilers Loryann M. Eis Arthur Elkins Robin Gates Elliott Joseph D. Ellis, III William E. Espowood Timothy J. Evans Michael B. Exstein Don C. Fancher Carl J. Faulkner Michael Feinstein William V. Ferdinand
Walter C. Figiel Robert A. Fisher Marvin E. Fletcher Michael A. Francis Gerald Frazier Jameson S. French Richard A. Friedberg Martin L. Friedman Alfredo Frohlich Charles E. Fuller David R. Fuller Howell N. Gage Bradley Gale Greg Galletti Royal W. Gelder Michele Gengler Earl C. Gerheim Louis F. Geschwindner, Jr. Bonnie Gestwicki Donald R. Getzin Charles C. Gilbert, III David E. Gillis Michael R. Girard Henry L. Gitner Richard G. Glenn Edward W. Gnehm, Jr. Thomas A. Goldner Luis J. Gonzalez Joseph M. Goodwin Morton S. Goren James L. Gorton Richard Gottron Charles Lee Grassman Charles W. Green Ernest Thomas Greene Truyde S. Greiner Hardy Gruen Therese Haberle Earl R. Hackett Paul C. Hager Peter G. Hamon John A. Hanjian William H. Hannum, Jr. Eric Happell Marian Hare Christopher G. Harman Charles F. Harrienger, Jr. Dale E. Harris William T. Harris, III Barbara A. Harrison Garry D. Hart Deborah Hartwick Michael Harvey John M. Haworth Robert Helms Rietta C. Henderson John J. Henry Joel G. Herter Duane M. Heverling Robert L. Heyl Tony Hill Joseph W. Hills Tom Hirschinger Jan H. Hofmeyr Robert A. Holcomb Gary Holdener James M. Hopper James H. Howard, Jr. Rich Howard Stuart J. Huddleston Jonathan Humble Lawrence J. Hunt Ken Hunter Kenneth H. Hunter Elliott Idoff Mark S. Indelicato G. Brinton Ingram Takuzo Inoue James M. Inverarity
Organization Cash Contributors $5,000-9,999 China Stamp Society Lorber Foundation $1,000-2,499 British North America Philatelic Society Knoxville Philatelic Society Texas Philatelic Association Westmoreland County Phil. Society $500-999 Centre Foundation Jockey Hollow Stamp Club Mathematical Study Unit $250-499 Austin Texas Stamp Club Benevity Community Impact Fund Philatelic 25 Springfield Stamp Club $100-249 Brandywine Valley Stamp Club Butler County Philatelic Society Charles Schwab Foundation Charlotte Philatelic Society Coryell’s Ferry Stamp Club Cuy-Lor Stamp Club Indiana Stamp Club Mid-Florida Philatelic Society Omaha Community Foundation Pioneer Valley Stamp Club Rancho Santa Fe Foundation Rhode Island Foundation Springfield Stamp Club Venice Stamp Club Warren Area Stamp Club Wyoming Valley Stamp Club
$50-99 Anchorage Philatelic Society Bowie Stamp Club Buffalo Stamp Club Cap’t Townsend Stamp Club Diablo Valley Stamp Club Janus Foundation Merchantville Stamp Club Sequoia Stamp Club Silver Spring Philatelic Society Sun City Hilton Head Stamp Collectors Club $25-49 Oshkosh Philatelic Society Rubber City Stamp Club Samuel Osgood Stamp Club
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Eric A. & Tami Jackson Hartley E. Jackson Lowell E. Jacobson Stewart H. Jaehnig Evan J. Jansen Edward Janusz J. S. Jenkins Jeff A. Jenkins Gretchen E. Jensen Patricia S. Joe Russell J. Johns Douglas H. Johnson J. Richardson Johnson Douglas W. Johnsrud Robert L. Jones Rodney A. Juell Christopher R. Juten Jerry D. Kahn William C. Kahrs Barton D. Kamp Jerome V. V. Kasper D. Gary Kathol John W. Katz Sheldon Katz Donald L. Keel Dennis Keith Randall T. Kelly Gail M. Kennedy Robert C. Kennedy, Jr. Terry Kennedy David A. Kent Casimer D. Kielbasa Thomas E. Kimball Vernon Kisling David M. Klauber Joanne A. Knapp Daniel M. Knowles Matthew R. Knupp Paul R. Koehler Jerry B. Koepp Susan C. Kolze Geraldine Kook Jerry R. Koppen Leonard Kortekaas George J. Kramer Edward J. Kroll, Jr. James E. Krome Lisa J. Kubiske Thomas S. Kurtz Theodore W. Kury Gerald W. G. Kwock Robert L. LaBelle Charles J. LaBlonde Walter Labovich Leon J. LaChance Peter A. Laimins Michael B. Lamothe Robert J. Lampert Thomas W. Lane James S. Latham Kevin Latta William R. Lauber Cyrus C. Lauriat Edward J. Laveroni Richard E. Lawrence Nancy S. Leach Michael Lee Didier LeGall Walter G. Leipert Kurt & Joann Lenz Vinh Le-Si Michael R. Leszcz Bobby Liao Michael B. Livanos Herbert Scott Logan Thomas W. Long Chris Lundberg Morton B. Lurie Frederick E. Lutt Robert E. Lynch
Robert A. Mahoney Tom Mapes Jerold D. Markin Thomas R. Marra Harry Marshall Manly E. Marshall Patrick V. Maselis Robert J. Matejka Mervyn S. Mathiasen Stanley Mathis Evan Matthews John Matthews James B. Maynard Andrew A. Mazzara Michael J. McCabe Lewis B. McCammon, III Donal F. McCarthy Gary W. McClarran Paul F. McCormack T. P. McDermott Thomas P. McFarland Thomas H. McGann Donald A. McIntyre Kirk McKenzie Michael G. McLendon Thomas P. McNabola John McNeill Edward Mendlowitz Nancy H. Mercer George E. Merrill William J. Mesibov Robert G. Metcalf David L. Meyer Dana J. Michaud Jon D. Mikalson Joseph N. Millard Irving & Donna R. Miller Margaret H. Miller Jack A. Mitchell Thomas M. Molchan Robert R. Monok Gunther B. Monteadora David J. Montgomery Richard W. Morain Dennis L. Moreau Donald E. Morel Gordon C. Morison John H. Morris Joseph E. Morris William H. Morris David A. Most Charles E. Moyer, Jr. Gary L. Mueller John C. Mueller John B. Mueller Patrick Murphy Gary J. Myers Michael J. C. Neagle Edward W. Newby James W. Newell Kenneth C. Newman Charles A. Neyhart, Jr. John E. Nichols Wendy A. Niem Barbara Noah Fritz R. Nordmann George Nostrant Richard A. Nowak Lloyd Nutter, Jr. Frank O’Brien Arthur S. Ochotny John J. Oliver James L. Olsen, Jr. Byron L. Olson Thomas F. Olson John R. Olver Edward N. Onyon Jeffrey M. Orbach Michael C. O’Reilly Timothy O. O’Shea
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Alan T. Oshiro Michael J. Paccioretti Stephen B. Pacetti Otis Reed Palmer Gary R. Parker Joseph B. Parker David C. Patten Kenneth M. Pearson David Pelky Norman Pence Edward B. Perrin Richard E. Perrin Bill Peters Kathy Petersen Lorenz H. Petersen Raymond E. Petersen, Jr. L. Gene Phillips Robert G. Phillips Gheorghii Plugari David H. Plunkett John E. Pocius James H. Polen Charles R. Polster, Jr. C. M. Posner Gary Posner Noel M. Potter Ronald R. Powell Allan E. Price Michael J. Purm Michael Radov Richard W. Raney, Jr. Robert L. Rathbun, Jr. Konrad Reinegger Jerry B. Reinoehl Vic J. Renzoni C.P.A.C. Reynolds Richard A. Rhodes Patrick W. Rice David W. Ricker J. Kent Rinehart Michael J. Ringer Richard J. Rinkoff William M. Roach, Jr. Robert C. Robb, Jr. Bruce I. Roberts Glenn W. Roehrig Frederick W. Rogers Melanie G. Rogers John R. Rohwer John E. Rollo Carl Romalis Henrik Rossell Richard E. Rossi Phillip W. Roth Margaret S. Rowles Elliott Rudnick Kenneth S. Rumstay Joseph M. Running, Jr. Thomas R. Ruthman Paul V. Rutigliano Daniel J. Ryterband Barry L. Sachs Ray Samuelson Charles A. Sandberg Rich Sandler Alexander J. Savakis Gary Saylor Rainer K. Schaaf Mike Schadle Ralph F. Schrack, Jr. Tony M. Schrier Gerald F. Schroedl Paul M. Schumacher John C. Schwenn Penelope Schwind Graham C. Scott Richard Senterfeit Henry C. Servinskas Michael Sha Richard P. Shaefer
Elizabeth H. Shattuck Robert H. Shaw John B. Shely Van P. Shriver Marcus T. Sieracki David A. Sieroty Andrew B. Simmons Herbert D. Simons William Slaninko Robert G. Slyker Charles Slyngstad Alvin J. Smith Corey R. Smith J. Philip Smith John M. Smith Robert W. Smith Ronald L. Smith Charles W. Smithers, Jr. Howard Snyder Robert Solyan Tom Spina James W. Standiford Benjamin G. Stauss Lila C. Stevens Richard M. Stevens Seymour B. Stiss Robert A. Stoldal Harlan F. Stone Jonathan F. Stone John L. Stover Ronald E. Strawser Richard H. Strohecker James R. Stultz Gene Stutzenstein Stephen W. Sutton Steve L. Swain Dennis D. Swanson Rev. Paul F. Swartz David N. Swinford Duncan N. Tanner Paul L. Taylor Stephen T. Taylor Theodore M. Tedesco Charles E. Telford Larry C. TerMaat Irving H. Tesmer Rodney L. Thacker Glenn F. Thiesfeld C. Stetson Thomas, Jr. Richard H. Thomas Robert G. Thompson Thomas L. Thorbahn Fred F. Thursfield Donald R. Timms Andrew J. Titley Terry L. Tomcsik Charles D. Towery Linda Tremere Gordon T. Trotter Charles W. Troutman Civia M. Tuteur Robert C. Tweedus Robert M. Ulatt Edward J. Ulbricht Steven R. Unkrich Joseph Valinotti Jan R. Van Meter Jonathan M. Vapnek Lawrence R. Velte Lynn H. Vernon Stephen J. Von Oehsen Arthur P. von Reyn Robert J. Walker David T. Wallman Daniel Walters Kenneth B. Waltzer W. Dean Walz Virginia D. Warden Stephen S. Washburne John Webster
Carl A. Wehrfritz James P. Weidener James L. Welker George M. Werner David C. Wessely Steven C. Westfahl Wesley R. Westmeyer Kenneth L. White Susan Reshni Whitehead Amy E. Wieting Harry J. Wille Gerhold Wills Richard S. Wilson Peter Winn Richard F. Winter Thomas G. Winter Arthur M. Winterfeld Ryland D. Wiseman, Jr. Charles A. Wood Neilson Wood, Jr. Ted L. Wood Robert B. Worley Edwin P. Wormington Alvin J. Wright Sally Wyner Ronald J. Yeager Harold E. Young Ken Young Fred J. Zaganiacz David Zarefsky Judith A. Ziegler Hugo A. Zoccolini Tom L. Zuercher $50-99 Thomas H. Adams Aldo A. Agnoletti William S. Ahrens Aaron Ain Thomas W. Akridge George L. Allen Akthem Al-Manaseer Jacquelyn S. Alton Steven W. Andreasen Steve C. Andrews W. Kent Anger Robert R. Anno George Arghir Victor Arnold Gary L. Artz Osamu Asato Charles Ashton Dean S. Attaway John Atwood Bruce W. Aument John A. Austin Marilyn R. Austin Edward M. Azarian Robert W. Babcock Frank Bachenheimer Richard G. Bacon John A. Baker Steve Baldridge Larry F. Ballantyne Charles D. Baney Bank of America R. W. Barker Walter M. Barker Larry D. Barnes Peter D. Barnett Jeremiah J. Barrett Rick Barrett Steven R. Bassett Frederick W. Bateman W. Bryson Bateman, Jr. Jeremy P. Baum Robert A. Baum John H. Baumert David E. Bays Aleksey Bazay
John B. Beaman Bruce A. Beardsley Ronald L. Beck Scott D. Beckstrom Rainard M. Beer Dieter Behrens Henry C. Beinstein John J. Beirne Richard M. Bendix, Jr. Donald Bendle John Bennett Judy Ann Benning David R. Benson Jerry Benson Michael K. Berlin George M. Bernstein Harvey Bernstein Joel H. Bernstein Bill Berry Jon L. Besunder Robert A. Bialo Jack W. Biancotti James W. Birdsall Robin M. Bishop Gail L. Marquardt Black David C. Blackhurst James A. Blaine Andrew V. Blanchard Hugh V. Blanchard Rafael Blanco John M. Bleecker John H. Bloor John M. Bohacs Joseph G. Bolten Carol A. Bommarito Larry Bonura Michael J. Borrelli Geza P. Bottlik Joseph P. Bouffard Dennis A. Bowman J. Russell Bowman Thomas Bowman Kevin J. Boyce Gerald E. Brashears Stephen H. Breitkopf John R. Brengle Michele Bresso Edward J. Brett Geoffrey Brewster Eric J. Bridge Albert L. Briggs, Jr. Jean C. Briggs Sharon Brodt Nancy L. Brooks Woodrow A. Brooks Randall Max Brooksbank Karl C. Broom George S. Brown Graham B. Brown, Jr. Michael W. Brown Michael J. Brown Nicholas R. Brown Randy Brown John E. Bruha Steve L. Buchanan Vishnu Budhram Ronald M. Buege Craig A. Buhlman Edwin M. Bullard, Jr. Lewis Burchett David S. Burgess Lewis H. Busell Carol L. Busher Lewis E. Bussey Stevan W. Cady Ralph J. Calabrese Brian T. Callan Arden D. Callender, Jr. Glenn T. Cambre Paul J. Cammarata
Rose Marie Campbell Andres Candela Ralph J. Cardello Marvin C. Carlberg John P. Carney Sandra K. Carruthers Ray Cartier J. Georg Cerf Michael D. Cervenec Armando Cervi, Jr. Ralph W. Chace Jeff R. Channell Raymond L. Chaon Stephen I. Chazen K. Dexter Cheney Richard S. Chin Dan L. Christensen David C. Christensen Brian D. Christian Keith E. Christian Lawrence M. Chun David M. Clark Robert B. Clark James S. Clarke Lawrence E. Clay Joan L. Clazie Richard E. Clever Michael K. Coates David M. Cohen Richard A. Colberg Judyth K. Cole Kenneth H. Cole John A. Coleman Sean L. Coleman David C. Collyer Edward V. Cooper, III Frank D. Correl Terrence A. Corrigan Osman M. Corson, Jr. George Cosentini JV Cossaboom Ann M. Cowper Vincent M. Cox, III Robert O. Crossman Daniel F. Culbert Britton B. Culpepper, Jr. Kenneth J. Curry Peter J. Cussen, Jr. E. G. Cutshaw John R. Daily Dennis Dajczak Gordon H. Damant John L. Daniels John E. Daniels William H. Daniels Wayne M. Darnell Dennis Dasker Kenneth W. Davies James P. Davy Rocky De Carlo Gary G. De Lapp Mariano B. De Lise Lloyd A. de Vries Charles W. Deaton Normand L. Decelles, Jr. Ronald J. DeHaas George F. DeKornfeld Leticia Delaney Dennis Deloria Paul Dennis Howard F. Dey Lane A. Deyoe Robert B. DiCicco Charles J. DiComo Mary L. Dimmick Susan & William Dixon Raymond C. Doberneck William Dohrn Charles E. Doll, Jr.
Jane Doyle William F. Droessler Paul K. Drumm George C. Dube David Dunnigan Janice P. Dutcher Jeffrey Dvinoff Sheila Eastburn John E. Easterbrook Donn M. Ebert Alan Edgar George W. Edman, IV Harold A. Effner, Jr. Dale R. Eggen Edward R. Eiseman Carl E. Engelman Mark English Donald J. Epp James J. Erdman Michael B. Estabrooks Johnny M. Estes Lucy R. Eyster Gordon Fader Kenneth E. Fahrenholtz Christopher L. Fairman John B. Farley George F. Farrell, III John Farrer Mitch Feinstein Paul H. Fenton Fredric J. Ferst Ken Fichman Edward Field John B. Field Stanley G. Field Stephen D. Fink Robert I. Finkel Vincent J. Fiorentino Gary Flanagan John M. Flanagan Michael G. Fligg Jane K. Fohn John Fontana John B. Ford Patrick Ford William C. Fort, III T. W. Fowlks John Francavillo Wayne Franklin Lawrence L. Franzella Barbara FriedhoffDeSanti Paula B. Fuqua James P. Gaan Shayne C. Gad Robert J. Gagnier Stephen Galliker Thomas A. Galloway John D. Galu Terrence M. Gamble Jim Garard Silvia C. Garcia Lee Ann Gardner Georg Gauger Dieter E. Gaupp Ronald L. Gerard Thomas I. Germack Lawrence K. Gershwin Janice K. Gifford Patrick F. Gilheany Harold B. Gill Doug Gillette John Gillette John H. Gilliam, III James A. Ginsburg Louis F. Giorgetti Todd M. Gladstone Robert L. Glass Peter G. Gleason Laurence H. Glenzer, Jr.
Nicholas Goede Pascual Goicoechea David S. Goldsmith Neil S. Goldstein Norman E. Goldstein Mark Gooch Ann C. Good Justin R. Gordon Thomas J. Gormly Robert V. Grabeck Gary L. Graf Herman L. Graffunder Paul Grasse William A. Grattendick Beatrice L. Graves Mark A. Green Thomas W. Greenlees Scott D. Griffin Charles G. Groneman Lawrence M. Guenzel Scott D. Guthrie Joan Hackett Douglas Haines James T. Hall Fred Hallamek Daniel N. Hamblin Thomas H. Hamilton Ann M. Hamon Marol B. Hansen Bruce R. Hanson D. Suzanne Hardy David A. Hardy Harl L. Hargett Donald E. Harrop Joy Hartman Wm. Dennis Hassler Bradford A. Hathaway Rob R. Hathaway R. D. Haun, Jr. Laurence Hausman James T. Hayes, Jr. Russell S. Hazarian James E. Healey Lewis C. Heckroth Thomas G. Hedderick Joel J. Heim Wayne F. Heim Harold Heintz David Heller Paul A. Helman Robert Henrikson Joseph M. Herman Richard S. Herman John J. Herron Charles O. Hershey Fred A. Hetrick Susan L. Hettinger John H. Hightower, III Alberto M. Higuera Wayne H. Hilgeman Fredrick L. Hillan Dorlon D. Himber Frederic C. Hof Paul E. Hoffman Howard B. Hoke Gene M. Holgate Donald Hollingworth Clyde Holt Charles D. Holtzman, Jr. Bradley A. Hooper Stanley B. Hooper Ralph R. Hoover Donald E. Horton Stephen A. Horvath Mark S. Hoskinson Robert Hostler Thomas K. Houpt Roy W. Houtby G. N. Houze John Howker
Lane T. Huck H. E. Hummel Peter K. Hummel Stephen R. Hunt Judy Hurd Jon A. Hussey David M. Hutchison Wynne S. Hyatt Charles N. Iknayan Kalman V. Illyefalvi Ilsabe M. Imus Alan Ivester Edmund O. Jackman George A. Jacob Alan L. Jacoby Virginia A. Jaehnig Andrew M. Jakes Patricia K. James Peter C. Jeannopoulos Frank A. Jenich Douglas M. Jenkins Donald S. Jennings Mark C. Jessen Alexander H. Joe Armand E. Johanson, Jr. Jonathan L. Johnson, Jr. Keith W. Johnson Paul L. Johnson, Jr. R. D. Johnson Robert G. Johnson Sheldon C. Johnson Emily H. Johnston Iva Dora Jones Richard L. Jones Royce A. Jones Richard H. Joy Jeffrey Judd Serge Kahn John J. Kamaka Terren L. Kammeyer Ronald S. Kane Robert Kann Robert J. Karrer, Jr. Noel H. Kasper John E. Kauflin Lewis S. Kaufman Richard Kavin Joel S. Kazin John E. Keary-Taylor Douglas H. Keefe Phil Keener Frank S. Keith Bill Kelly H. Daniel Kelly Robert J. Kepka F. Richard Kerr Drew L. Kershen Ray M. Kerstetter Greg Kidwell William S. Kies, III Lee E. Kilbrith Horace B. King Mary Kircher Walter L. Kirchner Michael L. Kirk Norman J. Kleiman Peter E. Klein Walter A. Klemp Walter P. Knoepfel Charles K. Knox Lewis F. Knudsen, Jr. James Koch Dorothy J. Koerner John A. Kofranek Paul E. Kolva, Jr. Paul V. Konka Theodore Koopman Walter B. Koppel Martin Kornbluh Frank E. Kos
Jeffrey W. Krantweiss Dennis J. Kreiss James Kuca George P. M. Kuney Gary J. Kunzer Robert J. Kupper Walter J. Kurth David C. Kurtz Armand R. Lamarche, Sr. Arlo U. Landolt Marc S. Lane David D. Lapa Richard C. Larkin Nicholas G. LaRocca Bruce E. Larock John C. Larson Kurt W. Laubinger Jerry N. Laughlin Clark H. Lee Lothar R. Leeb Allan R. Legon Yechiel M. Lehavy Marvin Lehr Alan S. Leiman Ivor P. Lemaire Margaret M. Lepore Beverly Lewis Byron R. Lewis Charles Lewis Michael J. Ley Stephen L. Liebman Brian W. Limbourn Richard E. Linde Lawrence A. Lindquist, Jr. Thomas R. Link Adam Linz Leon S. Lipp Robert Litwiller Timothy J. Lokken Joel T. Love Mary Love Donald E. Lovelace Kevin G. Lowther Edwin H. Lugowski, Jr. Kenneth W. Luke Anthony T. Lupo Edward Y. Lustig Timothy A. Lyerla Roger C. Lynn Catherine A. Mabus Phoebe A. Mac Gillivary Robert P. Majors, Jr. Richard C. Malmgren Henry Maltz Jason Hewitt Manchester Jonathan A. Manson William M. Marcus Dennis R. Marek Constantin A. Marinescu George R. Marion James J. Mathews George R. Matte James Matthews Patricia Matthews Russell Mays Nasrin Mazuji James F. McCalpin James A. McCarty Patrick McCarty Lindsay R. McClelland Bill McCloskey Hewitt B. McCloskey, Jr. Peter R. McClure Lee J. McConaghy Barbara S. McConnell Robert J. McCurdy Alan B. McDougall Bryan J. McGinnis Kristine A. McIntosh John McIsaac
Adrianne V. McKinney Barrett L. McKown Mathew McLaughlin William L. McShane Robert L. Mead Craig E. Meier Herbert Mendelsohn Jean M. Merlino Carl Merritt Richard P. Mesaris Bob Metcalf Thomas A. Meyer Michael J. Michnick John W. Mickey Peter T. Middleton Mick G. Mikuenski Allan M. Miller Thomas L. Miller Jeffrey N. Mina Margaret C. Miniclier Glenn Minshall Joseph D. Mish, Jr. William H. Mitchell, Jr. George Moeller Reaiz Nigel Mohammed Lloyd J. Money Michael A. Mongiat Robert A. Montgomery James E. Montich Robert C. Moody Douglas B. Moore James C. Moore Tim Moran Robert B. Morgan Earle W. Moriarty Vernon R. Morris, Jr. John H. Morrison Royce Moser, Jr. Allen Moye Harry W. Muldrow, Jr. Arthur Munro Norman S. Muraki Joanne Murphy Tom Murtha Paul L. Muskopf Christopher D. Myers J. Paul Myers, Jr. James A. Naas, III Christopher A. Nardo Richard N. Nassau Eric M. Neishloss Maynard Nell John H. Nelson Thomas E. Nelson Loraine A. Nevill Jeffrey L. Newhouse William E. Newton George J. Neyrey, III Raymond J. Nichols Drew A. Nicholson William R. Nicholson Roger E. Nicoll David A. Nikssarian Larry T. Nix Sarah E. Noble Harold B. Nogle Christopher F. Nourse Stuart A. Nowinski Richard J. Nunge William A. Nunns Edward J. Nyberg, Jr. Richard H. Nyberg Gerald T. Nylander R. J. Obremski Lorrie B. O’Donovan Hon. Robert V. Ogrodnik Gary R. Olson Stephen H. Olson Timothy O’Neil Continued on page 341
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the challenging year of 2020, the American Philatelic Research Library transitioned to remotely providing the same level and extent of services and access to resources as it has in previous years. The growth of the APRL collection remained strong as donors continued to contribute to the library, specifically donations of philatelic literature. Since the collections of the library are built almost entirely through these literature donations, donors play a significant role in establishing and maintaining the APRL as a leader in philatelic resources and research. Contributions to the library can be monetary assisting with book purchases and digital projects as well as in-kind gifts of every type of philatelic publication received from publishers, authors and the general public. The role of these contributions cannot be underestimated. Donations to the library in honor or memory of someone can also be recognized with a bookplate. Naming opportunities in the library are also still available for contributions of $1,000 or more. We are especially grateful to the following for substantial gifts of literature in 2020: William Aaroe American Helvetia Philatelic Society American Topical Association Ted Bahry Phil Bansner Lynn Batdorf John Barwis Jay Bigalke Seref Bornovali John Butkis Roger Cichorz Richard Colberg Lloyd de Vries Peter Elias Ernest Fricks Dawn Hamman Keith Harmer John Hayhurst Terrence Hines Robert Hohertz Daniel Holsenback Jon Hussey Institute for Analytical Philately Inc.
James Katona Ralph Kimball Jon Krupnick Luca Lavagnino Ken Lawrence Bill Lehr Larry Lyons Bruce Marsden Peter McCann Foster E. Miller, III William O’Connor Dimitrios Papitsis Raymond Pietruszka Roger Quinby Douglas Quine Arvind Rangaswamy Edward Robinson Roger Rhoads Melanie Rogers Steven Roth Karl Rove Robert Rudine Lawrence Sherman
John Shue Johnson Sikes Timothy Smith Clark Souers Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History Colin Spong Michael Stoll Harlan Stone, II Michael Strother Howard Summers Yoram Szekely Peter Thy Emory Toops United Postal Stationery Society United States Philatelic Classics Society Alan Warren Kenneth White Tony Wawrukiewicz Mark Winnegard Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs Charles Wooster David Zubatsky
Vooys Fellows and the APRL Daniel W. Vooys was very instrumental in both the creation and ultimate success of the American Philatelic Research Library as the APS President when the Library was newly created, and a member of the Library’s Board of Trustees from 1969 to the time of his death in 1978. His personal library became a core part of the APRL’s collection, measuring in at more than three tons of materials. Vooys was also a generous benefactor of the Library. In August 2007, the APRL Board of Trustees established the donor level of Vooys Fellow to honor Vooys and continue his legacy. Funds generated by this level of giving help endow General Operating Funds for the Library. Current fellows are: Ted Bahry William H. Bauer* Roger Brody Arthur Cole Rich Drews Jack Dykhouse Robin Gates Elliott Sidney Epstein* Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr. Gerald R. Forsythe Clark Frazier Alfredo Frohlich Cheryl Ganz Don Heller Edward H. Jarvis
David A. Kent Janet R. Klug Al Kugel Eliot Landau* Hugh Lawrence Kenneth P. Martin Robert Bruce Marsden Hugh McMackin, III David McNamee Irving Miller Barbara R. Mueller* Randy L. Neil Alan Parsons* Paul Petersen Charles J. Peterson*
Steven J. Rod Wade E. Saadi Roger Schnell* Stephen D. Schumann Mark S. Schwartz Charles F. Shreve Lamar Stout Herbert A. Trenchard Michael Turrini W. Danforth Walker Alan Warren Stephen S. Washburne Charles Wooster * Deceased
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Retired Technical Services Coordinator, Betsy Gamble, works on a recent donation. Charles P. O’Neill Reinhard O’Neill Niki L. Oquist James J. O’Reardon, Jr. John V. O’Reilly, II Gail Orenstein Paul E. Osborne Robert G. Owens Christopher J. Palermo John L. Palmer Louise C. (Penny) Paquette Claude C. Paquin Curtis G. Parker Kevin Parker Sidney N. Parker Ronald J. Pascale Ludovit J. Paskovic William H. Pate John L. Patterson Arthur E. Peabody, Jr. L. N. Peake Stephen S. Pearl Donald R. Pearson Robert D. Peck Robert A. Peck Harry H. Pedersen David Pellauer James P. Peltier Joseph E. Peltier Michael Pepin Robert C. Peregoy David L. Perry, Jr. George B. Perry George W. Perz Michael R. Petermann Clifton Peters Chris Petito Preston E. Pierce Raymond J. Pietruszka Daniel R. Piper Alton R. Pope George D. Porter Layman J. Potter, Jr. William H. Powell, III Steven Powers Stephen C. Prechtel James F. Pritchard Stanley H. Raffel Robert L. Ralston David A. Rankin Don Rastelli Arthur F. Rawson Stephen C. Recher
John R. Reeder, Jr. Eugene D. Regad, Jr. Alan Reinstein Thomas E. Remington David A. Reyno Thomas J. Richards Albert Richardson Raymond C. Richardson Paul Richter Kenneth L. Rider Steven R. Riedhauser Peter L. Rikard Thomas J. Ringenbach William A. Rinnemaki, II David L. Ritchey Richard Rizzo George Robbins Richard M. Roberg Stephen B. Roberts David C. Robertson Diane M. Robey Stephen B. Robie Claude A. Rochon James A. Rodger Albert R. Rodland, Jr. Peter T. Rogge Stephen C. Roman Bill Romberg Ilya Ronin Sheryl L. Rose Stephen A. Rose Roberto M. Rosende Edward F. Roth Mace L. Rothenberg Roy M. Roush David O. Roux Muriel K. Rowan Robin E. Rowand Ronald N. Ruberg Laurence P. Rubinow Richard M. Rubinson Lucille Ruch Arthur L. Rudd M. Rue Robert G. Rufe Stephen F. Rufer Paul F. Rump Robie G. Russell Daniel J. Russo Barton K. Ryan Patrick Sabbs Phillip M. Sager Michael Sales Patricia Salsman
Frank J. Sandor, Jr. Thomas E. Sanford James D. Sansbury Vincent N. Santucci Fred T. Sargent James M. Savage Ken Sawyer Carl J. Schack David E. Scherr Robert W. Schilling W. Joseph Schlitt Paul W. Schmid Michael E. Schnee Philip R. Scholly William J. Schreiner Hans-Joachim Schwanke Donald K. Schwarz Eric J. Scott Gavin D. Scott Linda M. Scuderi Charles C. Scudlo Ronald H. Segal Manuel S. Segura, Jr. Arnold H. Selengut Gerald W. Selleck Scott Selman William J. Semel James J. Semones Augustine H. Serafini Norman Shachat Scott A. Shaulis George H. Shawcross Robert S. Shawvan John R. Shedlock John Sherman Robert A. Shew Albert Shonk William W. Sihler Russell N. Silverstein Michael P. Silvester Robert D. Simpson, Jr. William L. E. Sinkler Robert A. Skelly Russell C. Smeds Alexis A. Smith Carl R. Smith Christopher C. Smith David C. Smith F. L. Smith Michael H. Smith Milton D. Smith Randy Smith Robert L. Smith Robert E. Snyder William H. Sobotka Frank G. Soeder, Jr. Elaine M. Sokol Harold M. Sollenberger Andrew T. Soloby Frederick Sonnenwald Albert E. Sonntag Lawrence E. Soper James A. Sorenson James F. Southward Sal Spagnola Glenn R. Spies Daniel Spikes Raymond J. Spitznas David Spivack Michael J. Spring David J. St. Maurice Jeffrey A. Stage Phillip J. Stager Tommy C. Stanton Gary L. Starkey Mark O. Stern Sy Sternberg Michael R. Sterrett Gary Stewart Michelle V. Stewart
Thomas J. Stewart Joseph W. StJohn Florian J. Storch Denise and Jay Stotts Shirley I. Stowell Craig J. Stowers Gerald H. Strauss Russell W. Struckman Joseph C. Sullivan Kenneth C. Sullivan Robert C. Surdynski Eugene E. Sutton Wayne N. Svoboda Ronald D. Swanson Marc S. Sweet Les Takacs Marvin Talso Michael Talton John H. Tatigian Michael F. Taugher Steven L. Taylor Ronald R. Tellier Ronald Testa Albert R. Tetrault Carol P. Thatcher Gerald C. Thibodeau R. William Thomas Duane M. Thompson Roy R. Thomson Craig Thornton William H. Todd, Jr. Joel E. Tolchinsky Gerald V. Toler Thomas Tomaszek David E. Tompsett Emory E. Toops, III Gary A. Toth Robert N. Tracy Rudi H. Trickel Melissa A. Trickey Michael L. Trimble Carl L. Trueblood Daniel Tsamouras Chris Tsiouris, Jr. Robert J. Tulper Mark R. Tyx C. J. Van Hevelingen James B. Van Horn Tonny E. Van Loij Randall J. Van Vynckt Richard A. Van Wootten Frances Vazquez Robert Velazquez Albert J. Vernacchio Jim Vickrey David A. Villadsen Robert A. Vincent Carol Anne Visalli Robert T. Voss John W. Wagner Donald T. Wakeman John Walbridge Darrel D. Walker Jerry B. Walker Philip Wall Steven C. Walske Fred J. Walters Donna J. Warder Robert S. Watson David C. Weatherburn Mike Weaver William E. Weber Charles H. Weidner James Weigant David E. Weisberg John B. Welden, III Harold Wellbaum Paul T. Wells Greg A. Wendt David B. Wenzelman
Lee B. Wernick Robert F. Wesling James D. West Richard A. West John Whelihan Fred W. Whitaker Casey Jo White John D. White John M. White Thomas Whitehead James C. Williams Kenneth R. Williams, Jr. W. David Willig, III John T. Wilmot Frank G. Wilson Robert B. Wilson James M. Winebrenner Tracy Wing David H. Winter Kenneth W. Wise Robert E. Witkowski Joan C. Wojak Carl F. Wolfhagen Lloyd G. Wood Dennis A. Woodard Charles C. Wooster William W. Worsham, Sr. Kenneth E. Wright Steven P. Wright Harry W. Wyre, Jr. James W. Yeary Ronald L. Young John D. Zahodnick Mitchell M. Zais Richard E. Zane Stephen Zarko Joseph Zec Nicholas Zettlemoyer Amir Zfira Ratomir Zivkovic Max E. Zollner Floyd Zula $25-49 Karl J. Abert David M. Abrahams Ron Abshire Roger S. Adamek Donald K. Adams Francis Adams James D. Adams John T. Adams Gordon P. Adelman John T. Adkins Michael Ager Brent Ahlander James C. Akerberg Mark Alan Lance Albright Michael E. Aldrich Clifford J. Alexander James W. Alexander Grace A. Alexin David H. Allen James A. Allen C. S. Allin Richard D. Almeida Santos N. Alvarado Jack Andersen Robert T. Andersen Alan I. Anderson Shirley G. Anderson James Anniss Ernesto Arosemena C. Daniel Askin Charles Aslakson John T. Atkinson M. Gordon Avants Michael A. Bach Jerold H. Backstrom
John T. Bailey Gary A. Baker Paul L. Baker Roger A. Baldwin Phil Bansner Christopher J. Barde Robert A. Barden Jo Ann Barnes Sandra Barnes Gary A. Barranger Larry E. Barregarye William B. Barrell Warren J. Bartels Malcolm D. Barton Chris Bassett Gary A. Bassett Edward L. Bayham Frederick G. Bean Millard F. Beatty Bradley Bechthold Jonathan Becker Sarah Beckman James A. Beers Horst Beil Charles & Paula Belair James O. Belcher Antonio Bello William R. Benfield David C. Benish Mark A. Benner Gary Benoit Arthur S. Berg Bernard G. Berg George Berg Robert Berkes Thomas N. Bernard, Jr. Jordan M. Bernstein Page E. Berry Kevin Bertsch William C. Bett Cameron Betts Rodger Beyer Melvin R. Bick Richard Bielefield Mark W. Billings John L. Bilski Roy Bishop George Bizzanelli Donald B. Blackadar, Jr. Kevin J. Blackston David C. Bliss William C. Bochet Jim Boerke Win U. Bohme John D. Boland Joseph E. Boling Morris S. Bolinger Peter R. Bono Vincent Bonzagni Robert V. Boos Arthur L. Booth Paul Booth Robert N. Bordens Melvyn A. Borofsky Eric S. Borsting Michael Borut J. Daniel Bouw David L. Bower William Bowman Robert W. Boynton Elaine M. Bozzo Raymond A. Bradbury Frederick A. Brafford John C. Brahms William M. Brandt Charles E. Braun P. Braunstein Donald B. Brent Richard W. Brent Timothy A. Brewton
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appreciate the generosity of the members who provide philatelic material to the APS Reference Collection throughout the year. As the Society does not purchase stamps for its reference holdings, the Collection depends on the stamp collecting community for its breadth and quality. From its inception in 1995, thousands of philatelic donations have been organized into a tangible reference holding. The material, both genuine and forged, is housed in the American Philatelic Center and available for research by visitors. Portions of the collection may also be viewed at http://stamps.org/ Reference-Collection-Tour. We are especially grateful to Donald DeWees who made an additional gift supplementing his previous high end collections for the Reference Collection. Thanks also to an anonymous member who provided financial support to maintain the VSC6000 video spectral comparator. This invaluable tool provides scientific data to back the guaranteed certificates issued by our Expertizing Service. Finally, we extend our gratitude to the members of the Expert Committee, who offer their expertise and long hours of work on behalf of the American Philatelic Expertizing Service and the members who have submitted material for certification. Lydia S. Brittle Ronald C. Brodesser Kenneth A. Brody Thomas K. Brom William E. Brooks Christopher E. Brouady Thomas C. Brougham William E. Brower, Jr. Edward H. Brown, III George W. Brown Jane A. Brown Peter Brown Thomas W. Brown Edward R. Bruce Keck Bruner Geoffrey C. Bryant Charles A. Buboltz Francis Buchan Robert C. Buchanan Timothy A. Buchholz William E. Buechel Peter E. Bugg Diane J. Bullock William P. Bunyan William H. Burdick Timothy B. Burgess Mark A. Burke David Burkhardt Andrew Burkman Michael J. Burlingame Eric F. P. Burnett James L. Burns Patricia Burns Elvira L. Burruel Maurice M. Bursey Michael A. Butkiss John L. Byer
David W. Byers Michael J. Caires John Cameron Andrew M. Canepa Gary Cantor Randy Carbo, Jr. John N. Carey Richard B. Carithers Charles R. Carlson John Carr Richard V. Carr Terrance B. Carr Alfred Carroccia Michael J. Carson George Cassella Jared Cassidy Charles A. Castle Caroline Cataldo Barry Catelinet James E. Cayey J. Philip Cayford Kenneth C. Cech Lamas B. Celestino Michael T. Chambers Edward E. Chaney Robert Chang Robert J. Charnoff Craig J. Chartrand Eric E. Chaulsett Sandra J. Chiles Barbara R. Chisholm Andrew M. Ciappa E. Carl Cierpial Gregory R. Ciesielski Dave Cinsavich William Clair Charles T. Clark
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Jeffrey Clark Richard C. Clark Oscar Claros Brent C. Clausius William W. Clingempeel LaVerne E. Clingenpeel John A. Clundt Frank H. Cockren Arturo A. Codina Kenneth J. Cohen Marvin S. Cohen Ronald B. Cohn Robert J. Collarini Victor M. Collinino Beth Collins Kenneth R. Collins Robert Colucci Timothy J. Comas Williams Companies Susan V. Conde David H. Conklin Charles D. Connor Roger Connors Carroll A. Cook Douglas B. Cook Jack D. Cooper Philip J. Cordes Joseph D. Coston James P. Coughlin Joseph Coulbourne Robert W. Coultrip George M. Cousens Gary L. Covey LeRoy Crain Thomas Crichton, IV John K. Cross, III Michael J. Crump
Ernesto Cuesta George Cumming Richard M. Cummings Max E. Curtis, Jr. Joe Cutro Ronald J. Czarnetzky E. Kevin Daley John F. Dalphin Wallace Dann Lloyd Darknell William E. Davies Alan K. Davis Geoff Davis James R. Davis James A. De Jong Victor M. De Leon Dean DeBolt Dennis A. DeBruhl Robert L. DeBus Purley Decker Clyde W. Decorie Roy E. DeLafosse, Jr. Robert P. DeMarta John R. deMore John F. Dennis, III Charles E. Deusner John R. Deutch Gregory J. DeWeerd Robert A. Dewey, Jr. Nicholas A. DiFranco Gus Dimino Anthony J. Diodato Douglas D. Distefano David S. Dobkin John J. Dobranski, Jr. Mitch Drabik James A. Draeger Michael K. Drummond J. Adair Dunkley Paul H. Dunn Richard E. Durbin Sally A. Durrell Ruth A. Duska Jere W. Dutt, III Geoff Dutton Andrew S. Duxbury Robert Stuart Dyer Andrew I. Dzul John D. Earle Kenneth O. Eastman, Jr. Robert E. Eckert David H. Eckstein Tadas Edelis Laura W. Edmonds Lee A. Edwards Janice A. Egeland Robert Eichhorn David I. Eisenhauer Frederick H. Ekenstam James D. Elam Allan B. Elkowitz Gary J. Ellis V. Diane Ellis Thomas L. Elston Gifford F. Ely David F. Emery Donald G. Emler Dennis Engblom Richard E. Engel John F. Englund Franz M. Enzinger Michael H. Epstein Karl F. Esslinger Tom Evans Charles R. Fagan Richard J. Faller David Fanning Stephen G. Farago Michael J. Fassbender Jason H. Fay
Donald L. Feldman Michael A. Fenton Steven Ferkingstad Brian D. Ferri James P. Ferrigno Joseph Ficko Richard B. Fien John E. Findling Terry B. Finkle Ramona L. Finley Richard Finn Edward Fischbein Carl Fisher Joel B. Fisher Allan Fisk James A. Flaherty John F. Flater Warren D. Flatter Ramon A. Flores John A. Fluke Edward C. Foley Myron P. Forst Lisa D. Foster Jean P. Foucart A. W. Fox Allen V. Fracchia Robert L. Frailey Richard K. Francisco Don Francois David R. Fredericks Zach Frichtl Kenneth M. Friedman Michael J. Friedman Gary D. Froehlich Gregory W. Frux Sandra K. Fuller Roger Fury Francisco Garcia-Ferrer Patricia Garman Ronald F. Garrison Guy A. Gasser Gary Gastiger Robert A. Gazzola Ronald W. Gedney William R. Geijsbeek Howard W. Geisler Stuart I. Gelman Dennis E. Gersomino Robert W. Gibb Gary A. Gibson Michael J. Gibson William R. Gieseke Gary Gilliland Janet M. Gillis Robert W. Glanville Dean P. Gleeson John M. Glenn Howard Gofreed Samuel J. Goldfinger Herschel H. Goldstein Steven I. Goldstein Christopher E. Goldthwait Mark S. Gonda Eli G. Goodman Paul B. Goodwin, Jr. John Gowrie Kent Gray Roland H. Gray, Jr. Martin D. Green William T. Gregor Thomas J. Griesbach Steve D. Gross Christian Guenther Richard A. Guistina Stanley R. Guzik Daniel A. Hahn Heinrich Hahn Mary K. Haldane Peter Halewski
Marc F. Hall Joseph W. Halpern William E. Halstead, Jr. Jeffrey N. Halvorson Dave Hamilton Gayle A. Hamilton Edward J. Hammond Richard Handler Colin W. Haney Michael J. Hannan Henry W. Hansen John G. Hanusick Kurt M. Harding Jack Harwood Dave Haskell Douglas W. Hatch Lawrence W. Heben Margriet Hecht David Heckman Frank E. Hedley Robert A. Heiberg Floyd B. Heiser Earl R. Heithaus Michael Heller Michael A. Hengst Desmond T. Herbert, Sr. Israel J. Herskowitz Thomas E. Higel Eric M. Hildebrant William L. Hiller, Jr. Charles A. W. Hines Frank G. Hoag Edgar S. Hoak John D. Hodges Chris Hoelzle Joseph Hofer Victor J. Hoff Joel E. Hoffman Peter Hoffman Richard F. Hoffner Daniel J. Holdwick H. Russel Holland Michael W. Holland Walter Holloman Jim Holmes Burton E. Holthus Patricia J. Hoppe Steven P. Hopper Douglas L. Horka George L. Hosfield Richard T. Howard Timothy L. Howard Gregory Howearth Doug Hughes John H. Hughey David F. Hull Gary G. Hunt Richard Hunter Franklin E. Huntress, Jr. Michael J. Hurley John R. Iacovino Flaviano G. Imhof-Wiget John Impagliazzo Jose E. Incera Jack A. Isaacson Alan J. Isenberg Michael J. Jackson Michael A. Jacobs Theodore H. Jacobs Otto W. Jacobson I. Sidney Jaffee Robert A. Jahnke Michael W. Jasberg Marc G. Jasmin Enoch C. Jen Bruce C. Jenkins Paul L. Jenkins Steven C. Jirschele Douglas W. Johnson Fredric A. Johnson
Galen M. Johnson James R. Johnson Lawrence G. Johnson Nancy E. Johnson Richard L. Johnson David W. Johnston Patrick C. Johnston Frank N. Jones Matthew J. Jones, Jr. Edward J. Joos, III Joseph H. Jung Layton M. Jury, Jr. Lawrence E. Justice Harold A. Kalkwarf Mark A. Kanai Jesse A. Kane Harold M. Kanter Anastasios D. Karayiannis Nicholas Kardasis Charles L. Karnolt Peter Kata Richard J. Kavanagh Herbert Kean Thomas J. Kean John S. Keenlyside Dennis M. Kelcourse Andrea Keller George A. Kelly John Kelly Peter L. Kern Emmett M. Keyser, III Marc Kilbride Alton Q. Kilmon, Jr. Chang Hwan Kim James R. Kincaid Brett W. King Edward C. King Everett M. King, Jr. Richard King William Kirberg Richard S. Kirkland David C. Kirsch Eugene Klein Howard J. Klein Lawrence H. Klein Walter Klinzmann Carl Klosinski Michael K. Kluherz Ronald A. Knief Wolfgang W. Knueppel Robert L. Knypstra Uwe Koepke Russell J. Koffler Rebecca Kohn Leon V. Komkov Peter L. Konanez, Jr. Kurt W. Kopp Richard Korycki Rodney T. Koza Henry J. Kraus Kenneth A. Krausfeldt Charles Kresge Ronald Kreskey Lyle R. Krewson S. Theodore Krzynowek Norman D. Kubler Larry L. Kuhn Alfred J. Kuntz Daniel R. Kuntze Alan D. Kupfer Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski Donald B. Kursch Jeffrey L. Kushner Gerard R. Kusluch Arthur F. Lafionatis Scott L. Laidlaw Alan L. Laming Brock R. Landry David A. Lane
Paul F. Lang Nick H. Laninga Peter J. LaPlaca Edward C. Larkin Stephen R. Larson Eric L. Lasley Yvan Latulippe George M. Lauderbaugh David Lavandoski Charles F. Lawson Todd P. Leavitt Carmen Lecumberry-Velez C. Richard Lehmann Richard K. Lehmann Louis Leidig Alan E. Leighton Ivars Leja William H. Lenarz Robert B. Leonard Thomas M. Lera David Lescarini Donald R. LeShane Mark F. Letourneau Betty L. Lewis Janet A. Lewis Stephen E. Lewis Gregory K. Leyes Daniel M. Lind John Lindholm Frances P. Lindsey Russell M. Lisson John Litchfield John C. Lodinsky Robert W. Loiseau Raymond S. Londa Michael E. Long Marty Longo Marc-Antoine D. Lopez Ralph Lopez Richard J. Lorek Herbert S. Loring David Lorms John C. Loucks Albert O. Louer Richard W. Ludden Marjorie A. Lynch Keith E. Maatman Thomas J. MacDonough Millard H. Mack John MacNeil Khalid Hameed Mahmood Joseph Makarewicz Michael J. Makarewicz Richard E. Mandeville Michael D. Mankin Colin Manuele Sandra Margolies Robert J. Marlowe Thomas J. Marsella David R. Marsh Anthony Martelli, Jr. A. W. Martin Charles R. Martin Eugene E. Martin James C. Martin Grant R. Masaoka Christopher J. Masters William A. Matthews Douglas E. Mattox James P. Mauney Robert J. Maushammer Dennis H. Maves James A. McAndrew, Jr. Steve McClary John P. McCloskey, Jr. Robert W. McCormick Donald L. McDaniel William McGill Dennis J. McGorman
Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship
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he Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship is a year-long program for young stamp collectors between the ages of 16 and 24. Its goal is to inspire the philatelic leaders of tomorrow by connecting them with the leaders of the philatelic world today. Over 30 YPLF alums, along with the APS, would like to recognize and thank the following individuals who supported this program in 2020. Joan E. Anderson Dr. James L. Baumann Robert J. Lampert Marty Longo Kenneth P. Martin Hugh Merritt Donna R. Miller
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Irving R. Miller Michael C. Mules William A. O’Conner Paul E. Sangster Mark S. Schwartz Andrew K. Urushima David A. Zlowe
YPLF Class of 2020 Sponsors
e also wish to recognize the sponsors for the YPLF Class of 2020. Since the pandemic caused many of the YPLF events to be canceled, the Class of 2020 will become the Class of 2022 and will have their fellowship year extended. We are grateful for the following individuals who provided sponsorships in 2020: Alfredo Frohlich Fellowship, sponsored by Alex Haimann. Donald and Bonnie Lee Fellowship, sponsored by James E. Lee in memory of his parents. We are grateful for the extraordinary support of these sponsors to the future leaders in philately. A special thanks to the 2020 class mentors who contributed their valuable time and knowledge: Richard Friedberg Alex Gill
Virtual Learning Thank you to our Summer Seminar presenters: Tasos Kalfas Edwin Andrews Ron Lesher David S. Ball Gary Loew Thomas Bieniosek Wendy Masorti Michael Bloom Richard Colberg Doug McGill Roger Curran Marian Mills Michael Deery Paul Petersen Gerry Robbins Charles DiComo Bill Schultz William Dixon Jeff Shapiro Stan Fairchild Clark Frazier David Steidley Cheryl Ganz Scott Tiffney Guy Gasser Wayne Youngblood Eric Jackson Thank you also to 2020 Instructors/Presenters for Virtual Learning Events: David S. Ball Don Chenevert, Jr. Florence Wright APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 343
Stephen J. McGrath Robert McGregor Sidney McHarg Howard G. McIlvried Donald E. McIntyre Archibald S. McKee Michael L. McLean Athol E. Meder Allen L. Meeds Dennis W. Meeh Terry W. Meier Cheryl C. MenningerWray Mark D. Merrifield Arlene Merves Antone Metaxas Peter E. Metzloff Paul Miktus James H. Miller John Miller Leonard M. Miller Robert L. Miller Raymond Mislock, Jr. Byron Mitchell Raymond E. Modlin David C. Mohler Ed Molinaro Kathrine K. Moll Roy Mollard Myron Molnau Joseph A. Monaco, Jr. Virginia B. Moore Jeffrey A. Morey Sidney D. Morginstin Etsuko O. Morris James R. Morris Michael J. Morrissey George A. Mortenson Thomas E. Moseley Robert W. Mosley Duane E. Moss Richard L. Moss Mark F. Mosser David R. Mower Lawrence J. Mozian Donald E. Mulhatten Robert A. Muller Howard L. Mundt Randy Mundy Courtland L. Munroe Niall Murphy Frank G. Muscarello Len V. Mykietyn David A. Nace Loreto Nagaran Leonard H. Naiman Albert Narvaez, Jr. Rodolfo C. Narvaez Chad Neighbor Robert Nelken Lorin W. Neufeld Diane Neumeier Judy Newblom Charles Nickel Robert Nock Phillip L. Nordstrom Gerald B. Norgaard Glen S. Norman Robert Novander D. C. Nuban William Nugent, Jr. Bert Nussbaum Frank O’Brien Lawrence K. Oliver Damon R. Olszowy Joseph J. Orso Walter P. Ortner Edmund G. O’Shea Calvin R. Osman Claude H. Ostfeld
Brad J. Overmoe Michael D. Owens A. Dennis Padwater David S. Page Mark E. Palmer Melody C. Palmer Richard A. Panek John S. P. Panzenhagen Ronald J. Pardi James A. Parente, Jr. Melanie Parker John L. Patterson John G. Pearson William D. Pederson John A. Pedneault Michael Peich Russell M. Peirce Doc M. Pepper Jonathan G. Percy Don C. Perez James R. Perry Kenneth W. Peterson Richard C. Peterson Sybil L. Peterson Elmer L. Pettit Gerard Pfaff James J. Phair Charles G. Phillips Charles F. Phillips, III Reed E. Phillips Sheldon R. Phinney Paul J. Picard, III Paul A. Piccini Douglas Pierzina Fred C. Pinkney Thomas J. Piper Jerome F. Pitstick Andrew W. Pittman William J. Plum David M. Podeschi Robert N. Pope David W. Porter Robert C. Porter Russell W. Povenz, Sr. Stephen J. Powers Frederick Preddie William D. Prevatt Philip E. Prisco Phillip J. Proteau James H. Prowant Dennis R. Puccetti John P. Pugh William D. Raible John R. Ramsey John H. Rankin Hilary J. Rauch John A. Rdzak Douglas A. Reed, Jr. William H. Reed, II Steven V. Reeder David L. Rees Daryl Reiber Richard A. Reierson John B. Reiss Steven Reno James R. Repetti Thomas Reyman Sally Jo Reynolds Richard R. Rhoads Roger R. Rhoads Jennifer L. Rice J. F. Richard William F. Richardson Mary D. Ricker Charles W. Ricks Theodore H. Rights Christopher A. Riley Ernest Rimerman Daniel F. Ring John P. Ring
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Joel Ringold William F. Ripple Galen B. Ritchie Douglas E. Roberts John C. Roberts John Robertson, Jr. Keith H. Robertson Davis R. Robinson Hugh A. Robotham John S. Roby, Jr. James A. Rock Steven Rogowski Anne Roman Blain A. Roman Richard W. Romig Fredrick L. Rose Aaron E. Rosenberg Jesse Rosenfeld Neil K. Rosenstrauch Richard A. Rosenthal Vincent A. Ross Maurice Roth John P. Rourke Marya Rowan Bonnie McNeely Rowe Patrick T. Roy Rudolph J. Roy, Jr. Wayne A. Rozen Dan E. Rudin Andrea Rusnock Andrew T. Russell Charles S. Rust Steve Rutter David J. Ryan Stanley A. Sablak David J. Sabo Mario Saletnig Michael A. Samotowka Philip Samuels James R. Sanger Paul E. Sangster John W. Sarappo Francis J. Scalzi Charles J. V. Scanio Shane Scanlon Eric Schaefer John R. Schafer, II Kenneth W. Schafermeyer Scott Schaffer Peter J. Schiff Donald C. Schilling Robert A. Schlesinger John H. Schlitt Carl W. Schmidt Thomas Schmidt Frank J. Schmitt Fred Schmitz Jorge Schneider Marti Schrock Donald L. Schroeder Kim R. Schroeder Wayne Schuetz Stephen D. Schumann Robert Schwaniger Bart Schwartz Robert I. Schwartz Robert R. Schwartz, II Thomas L. Schwarz Gary L. Schwieger Ernest E. Scott Robert H. Scott William T. Scott Norman R. Scrivener Mark R. Seach O. Thane Seager Thomas L. Seal Harry M. Segner, III Bernd K. Seiler Theodore Sekulski
Gregory M. Semashko Anthony N. Serio Joseph F. Serota Frederick Seward Jack L. Seymour Vincent A. Sgier George Shafer Jeffrey N. Shapiro Guy Shaw Mary L. Shaw Joseph H. Shealy Russ Shelta Steven L. Sherman Michael J. Shinners S. A. Shniderman Joseph L. Showaker Leon A. Shuler Jiravudh T. Siddhichai Hernan Sierra David J. Silverman Grant P. Sinclair Terry W. Sitch Robert M. Skirvin Michael J. Skweir Robert W. Slack Ronald Slavens Judith Slingsby Dale E. Smith David L. Smith David J. Smith Jacqueline E. Smith James M. Smith Morrell H. Smith Peter Smith Randall J. Smith James N. Smoak Martin G. Smrek Tom E. Smyser Arthur W. Snoke Lawrence E. Snyder Linda Snyder Philip H. Snyder Elisabeth Socolow Mark J. Solomon Michael D. Sondergaard Paul Sopko Leonard S. Sosnowski Gus Spector Gary Splittberger Colin W. Spong Stephen A. Spongberg John K. Sporleder Case M. Sprenkle Joseph E. St. Onge Michael M. Stachowski Frank R. Stagnaro Stephen E. Stainsby Richard H. Stanford, Jr. Elizabeth Starnes Norman R. Starr Eric Stas John S. Stasik Howard Stecker Karl N. Stein Howard F. Steinberg Hunter Steindel Thomas E. Stenvig William P. Stern Rob Sternberg Charles R. Sterrett Ernest G. Stevens James K. Stevens Ruth A. Stevens David Stevenson Charles J. Stewart Charles P. Stewart, Jr. Robert W. Stewart Charles B. Stone, Jr. Peter M. Stonebraker Robert F. Storch
Gary K. Strauch Steven G. Strawn Jack L. Streeter Michael Streff Richard N. Strom David A. Studebaker Robert L. Stuebner, Jr. Harry A. Sturges Brian D. Stwalley Gannon Sugimura Edward J. Sullivan Alice T. Susco Dave Swart James Swift Anthony Sylvester G. Szent-Gyorgyi John Szymkowski Joshua D. Tanski Konstantin K. Tarasenko James E. Tashjian Larry D. Tashlik Stephen J. Tauber David Taylor Philip R. Taylor Zbigniew Tazbir Ernie Teays Mary K. Tebedo Thomas N. Tesch Donald R. Test Otto J. Thamasett Henry P. Thode, III Robert L. Thompson Tom N. Thompson Ronald W. Thurner Raymond A. Tidrow Moody R. Tidwell William J. Tinti Libanus M. Todd Timothy Toffoli John A. Tolleris Jules E. Topfer Walter Topolewski Jonathan Topper Toyoki Toriyama Anthony J. Torres, Jr. Agnes Toth Stephen Toy Stephen A. Tramill Ron Tranquilla William J. Treat James D. Trenchard John C. Tribble Thomas A. Tribke Arthur O. Turkel Lawrence S. Turnbull, Jr. Alan J. Turner Scott Turner Chester M. Tyminski Shirley C. Ulling F. Gerry Unabia James R. Underwood Milan Urosevic Andrew K. Urushima Frederick Valadez Calvin & Linda Van Niewaal Charles A. Van Pelt Frank J. Varga Raymond Variakojis Luis M. Venegas Deborah L. Veselovsky Allen E. Vick John L. Vickers Manuel Vigo-Torres William L. Vincent George M. Vitak Larry E. Vivian Warren A. Voeks Richard W. Vohs Robert L. Waffle
Dietrich Eugene Wagner Robert L. Wagner M. R. Wainwright William F. Wakxmunsky Robert Waldman Emily R. Walker Walt Waller Raymond P. Walsh Lawrence A. Walters David C. Wankum Lawrence H. Warbasse David P. Ward David J. Warras John Warren Nahum J. Waxman James O. Wear Louis A. Weber Kenneth E. Weeden Elaine I. Weeks Richard A. Weichle Tom Weiler Steven M. Weinreb David A. Weir Kelly Weirick Gary B. Weiss John J. Weiss Henry Weissenberger Jerry J. Weitzenkorn Carol A. Wenzel Jack W. Westall, Jr. Wendell W. Weston Alan C. Wheeler Charles E. Wheeler Andrew Whisnant Donald R. White Kenneth A. White Richard C. White Peter W. Whitford William H. Whitney Alan R. Wicks Kendall F. Wiggin David L. Wilinski Rick Williams Wayne R. Williams Randolph L. Willoby George L. Wilson Harry C. Winter Glenn M. Wiser Jeffrey Wisniewski R. Peter Wolf Steven L. Wolfe Richard D. Wood Richard N. Wood Thomas M. Yanosky Anthony P. Yantosca Louis Yashinski David E. Yelverton, Jr. John H. Yopp Gaylord Yost James F. Young John M. Young David Youngblade Nadia Yusuf Gerald O. Zedlitz Marty Zelenietz Dorian Zevos David W. Zogbaum Patrick D. Zorsch David S. Zubatsky James F. Zuelow George M. Zybert
The Adopt-a-Book Campaign T
he American Philatelic Research Library’s “Adopt-A-Book” campaign funds the growth and development of the library’s digital collections database, APRL Digital. All donations to the Adopt-A-Book campaign directly support the library’s continuing efforts to digitize the APRL collection in order to provide worldwide access to its vast and unique resources. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those who have donated to the Adopt-A-Book campaign in 2020:
Richard J. Alexander Joan Anderson Rick Barrett Chris Bassett Bruce A. Beardsley John R. Bereuter Brian J. Birch Roy Bishop Michele Bresso Karl C. Broom Kenneth E. Brown Ralph J. Calabrese Prakob Chirakiti Ronald W. Ciesiel David M. Clark Robert B. Clark Richard A. Colberg Robert C. Cook Del B. Coolidge John R. Crosiar Normand L. Decelles, Jr. Robert B. Dendtler Paul Dennis
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Susan B. Dixon Jane Doyle Richard E. Drews Ann Dunkin Sean Dunnahoo James J. Economos George W. Edman, IV Scott D. English Gary Flanagan Greg Galletti Luis J. Gonzalez Richard Gottron Carol A. Grosvenor Lawrence D. Haber Joy Hartman Rob R. Hathaway Elizabeth M. Hisey Paul E. Hoffman Gary Holdener Wayne E. Holt Ken Hunter Michael S. Jones Mark Allen Kellner
Robert J. Kepka Robert L. Klass Matthew R. Knupp Susan C. Kolze Michael B. Lamothe Richard C. Larkin Andrew and Sandra Lingler Gary W. Loew Bryan Lorber Catherine A. Mabus Colin Manuele Dennis R. Marek Patricia Matthews Andrew A. Mazzara Peter P. McCann Foster E. Miller, III James C. Moore Joanne Murphy Chad Neighbor Lloyd Nutter, Jr. Niki L. Oquist Christopher J. Palermo Louise C. (Penny) Paquette
Stephen H. Peters Steven Powers James F. Pritchard Michael J. Purm Peter L. Rikard Melanie G. Rogers Sheryl L. Rose Henrik Rossell Richard E. Rossi John Seidl Richard Senterfeit Bruce B. Smith Daniel Spikes Hunter Steindel Kenneth Trettin Robert S. Watson Casey Jo White John D. White Susan Reshni Whitehead Frances Vazquez Lynn H. Vernon
Grateful for Volunteers
he American Philatelic Society and American Philatelic Research Library operate as a complex set of connected gears, and volunteers are the grease that keep the gears running smoothly. Not only do the APS/APRL Board members and Committee chairs contribute significant hours as volunteers, but the APS also welcomes the support of in-person and remote volunteers for the Society’s day-to-day operations. Additional volunteer support is critical to maintain our high level of member services. During 2020, a mere 3,434 volunteer hours were recorded both in-person and remotely due to pandemic closures. To every person who volunteers their time with us — The APS staff appreciates you more than you will know. Thank you for being a part of our family.
articles from The American Philatelist for the Newsroom, but also developed and wrote multiple unique articles. We thank them both for their commitment, creativity, and over 200 total combined hours of service to the American Philatelic Society. Jo Chen, a recent graduate of Penn State University, worked with the editorial department from January to March 2020 as an editorial intern, and then volunteered her time virtually for
This year the editorial staff had the pleasure of working remotely with volunteers who supported the Society’s digital outreach. Tess English and Sara Loebig virtually volunteered 10 to 15 hours of their time per week over the summer of 2020 and into the fall for the editorial department and content team. They quickly picked up the basics of the stamps.org website’s Newsroom, creating vivid and visually engaging articles for the website. They not only reconstructed APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 345
several months more after the pandemic unexpectedly ended the internship program. Jo was an invaluable asset as an assistant copy editor, a dedicated researcher and fact-checker, and a creative writer. Jo created and wrote multiple articles for the website, edited videos, and worked with the editorial staff to plan promotional material for the APS’ major planned events of 2020, most of which inevitably became virtual events. She also volunteered her time in the Holocaust Stamp Exhibit planning committee and conducted valuable research on this topic. Our thanks to Jo for her outstanding work as an intern and a volunteer. Doris Wilson quickly came out of her May retirement as the Graphic Communications Specialist of The American Philatelist to volunteer for the editorial department. We are grateful for the hours of proof reading and training she has provided “off-the-clock.” Volunteers continue to be a valuable resource in the American Philatelic Research Library’s mission to provide outstanding library services. In the months before the APRL was closed due to Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 restrictions, Kitty Wunderly, Ellen Peachey and Bill Monsell volunteered on a weekly basis, mending and repairing materials identified in the collection that are in need of restoration and assisting in reshelving materials. Ron Gruici volunteered twice a month to sort and organize donated materials for inclusion in the American First Day Cover Society Archives. Karen Robbins processed donations and priced used philatelic literature. We are dependent on volunteers for book reviews in the Philatelic Literature Review. Thanks especially to John Bowman, Christopher Kolker, Gary Loew, Peter Martin, Giorgio Migliavacca, Ken Sanford, and Alan Warren. The article index available through the David Straight Memorial Philatelic Union Catalog is built almost entirely
through volunteer contributions. Thanks to Gene Fricks, who began the indexing of many journals, and to those who continue to contribute to his index: Alan Warren (Posthorn), David Crotty (Meter Stamp Society Quarterly Bulletin), and Randy Woodward (Philamath). Thanks also to our library-trained volunteer indexers: Tony Croce (The American Philatelist, American Stamp Dealer and Collector, and Linn’s Stamp News), Chris Steenerson (older issues of American Revenuer), and Robin Gates Elliott (Bulletin of the Polonus Philatelic Society). Summer Seminar is a wonderful learning experience for all who attend because of our members who generously give their time and expertise. Thank you to the 2020 Summer Seminar instructors and presenters, listed on page 342. Andy Blanchard, Darlene Bloom, Leonard Bloom, Dennis Gilson, Kathy Maxwell, Cheryl Rowe and Mike Williams this past year provided 79 volunteer hours for our education and youth effort. Leonard and Darlene Bloom put in over 2,382 hours helping us to process in-kind donations. Debbie Cleeton affixed thousands of dollars of donated postage to envelopes for various departments, amounting to 164 hours of work. The sale of in-kind donations and use of donated postage resulted in more than $129,000 for the Society. Dennis Gilson is an asset to StampStore and Circuit Sales. On a daily basis, he answers StampStore emails and checks the site for items that need extra attention. Prior to the closure of APS, Dennis also helped with the backlog of scanning in this department. Past directors of expertizing Mercer Bristow and Tom Horn can both be considered “semi-retired” thanks to their continued volunteering efforts for the Society. Both Mercer and Tom work to maintain the Reference Collection of genuine and forged stamps.
The Legacy Society
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embership in the Legacy Society is provided to individuals who have included the American Philatelic Society or the American Philatelic Research Library in their wills. Please notify us if you should be included in this list! Our thanks to the following individuals who have included the Society or Library in their will:
Ted E. Ashworth Richard W. Becker Stephen L. Brace Richard A. Colberg Ann Dunkin David C. Eeles Lois Evans de Violini Ingeburg Fisher Allen J. Friedman Gerald J. Gallagher John J. Germann David E. Gillis 346 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
Alexander Hall Donald Kelley John A. Krantz David C. Lingard Gary W. Loew Kenneth P. Martin R. S. McDowell Sid Morginstin Ted Moxham Ralph H. Nafziger Kenneth R. Nilsestuen Robert P. Odenweller
Michel Provost Warner J. Raines Cecile M. Reid George S. Robinson, Jr. Robert E. Scherb Frank Sente Marjory J. Sente Dennis E. Stark Harlan F. Stone James W. Thompson Herbert A. Trenchard
Individual In-Kind Donations
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aterials that are donated to the APS support the Society’s education programs, the American Philatelic Research Library, Reference Collection, and Stamp and Cover Shop, not to mention the enormous impact of mint donated postage on the cost of the Society’s many mailings.
$100,000+ Thomas P. Gammarano Andrew C. Lehmann Jennifer Lehmann Katherine A. Lehmann $50,000-99,999 Puneet Goel Richard T. Lehmann
$5,000-9,999 Hubert Aichinger Michael D. Baugh Cathy Bergmann Stan Bien Richard Booth Jeffery L. Cole John E. Deysher Stephen B. Dubina, Jr. Christopher P. Hall Robert L. Lebow Jay S. McCoy Lara Roebbelen McCole Kenneth C. Roebbelen Robert C. Rudine Vincent N. Santucci Richard VanGorder Gerald S. Wells Frank N. Young, Jr. Anita Zenger $1,000-4,499 Christopher Adams Irving Adams Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Anthony George W. Ashman George W. Baehr Ted Bahry
$25,000-49,999
Gary Becker Howard L. Blum, Jr. Carlson R. Chambliss Bruce E. Engstler Arthur H. Groten Cary W. Hall Michael Spagnuolo
Paula Bednarek Albert F. Bennett Zahava Bensimon Michael Bloom Judy P. Boehlert David L. Booth H. Stewart Bradshaw James J. Bray Thomas Calabro Herbert Chelner Mr. & Mrs. Alex Choi Scott Clopton Patricia W. Cummins Wilbur L. Davidson, Jr. Margaret L. Dooley Michael B. Duke Kenneth R. Ellison Henry A. Esquenazi Charles H. Evans, Jr. Frank E. Finkenberg Douglas S. Friedman Timothy S. Glowniak Mr. & Mrs. Steven Goerner George C. Gorman John F. Graves Richard Halloran Richard A. Hargarten Sandra Hartley David Heller Robert W. Hisey Gerald K. Hornung
$10,000-24,999
Alton B. Clingan, Jr. Carrolyn Green Patrick P. Hervy Francine Lippin William O’Connor Bernard V. Sigg Richard B. Wolf Hugh W. Wood Estate Gerard T. York
Willis Housewright Peter Butler Ives Royce A. Jones Elise Koontz Neal Kopp R. W. Landfair Steven G. Lazar Robert B. Leonard Charles L. Livengood Mr. & Mrs. James Maher Mr. & Mrs. John Maher Kristen Maher Dennis R. Marek Patrick McCarty Edgar G. McLellan Joseph Mersol R. N. Nayak Eric W. Noreen Michael D. Pinnisi Joseph Pirz Rima Pruitt Gerald L. Robbins Muriel K. Rowan Jacqueline Saylor David P. Schenkel Eugene Seelye Robert M. Skirvin Mr. & Mrs. Charles Skittino David W. Snow James C. Space Sharon M. Stecker
A. Lee Straayer Gannon Sugimura Walter Talbot Mark Taylor Ronald W. Thurner James A. Tucker Ronald G. Wayne Kent E. Weaver Kenneth D. Weyers James C. Wise Barry Witkosky Steven P. Wright $500-999 Robert L. Anderson George H. Baldwin Scott Barnes Noel Barros John H. Barwis David S. Bernstein Jackie Bosek H Bruce Brummel Richard B. Burnham Christopher Burtzloff Nancy M. Cline Betty S. Dobbs Cheryl B. Edgcomb John A. Fluke Michael A. Francis Jay A. Frogel Ian Haney John B. Hayhurst James A. Heagy Launa Hewes R. J. Jippe Hiemstra Lee Holcomb
Daniel C. Holsenbeck William T. Horsfield
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Organization In-Kind Contributors $1,000-2,499 Stamps for the Wounded $250-499 GFWC Dillsburg Woman’s Club The Penny Post $100-249 First Christian Church Institute for Analytical Philately, Inc. Stamp Camp USA United Postal Stationery Society USPS Pittsburgh Post Office
Deborah L. Hoskins Scott A. Isard Scott Jones Frank E. Kos Ronald P. Kosarko Donald R. Kurki James E. Lee W. J. Lundquist David J. Merkler John Miuccio Elaine B. Nyberg Norma Park Cecile M. Reid Arthur H. Ritz Debra E. Rober Marjorie Scherden Walter F. Schmid
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Kathleen Scholz David Spivack Scott A. Strain Robert L. Sumpter L. A. Woodward Judith Zabko Kathi Zarate Jeffrey Zawada $250-499 Steven J. Bahnsen Ralph E. Bartholomew Charles Benson Greg Berman Jeff Bowman James R. Brown Kenneth E. Brown George Cameron
John Cronin John K. Cross, III Robbin S. Dick Kathi DiCostanzo Ann Dunkin Todd M. Gladstone John Hagefstration Laurence Hausman Faith Heisler Joseph M. Helyenek Bruce Hilburn Michael P. Kabel Michael Lapkin William L. Lehr Robert B. Lyon Malcolm MacDonald Peter P. McCann Dennis J. McGorman Melina M. Micich Mick G. Mikuenski W. Needham William Newsom Byron J. Park William J. Pelham William A. O’Connor Robert L. Re David M. Rosenfield George C. Russell Estate Martin L. Severe Jeffrey N. Shapiro Neil E. Share Philip Souers Lewis J. Sprague Becky Squier Michael G. Strother Lydia Vandenberg Alan Warren $100-249 James Adams Susan Alatary Andrew C. Allen Louis Asher Arthur Balazs S.P. Bansal Lynn R. Batdorf
Alan H. Bath Linda Beaver Philip P. Betancourt Jay Bigalke Stephen C. Biklen Carole Bowden Charles C. Briggs Charles H. Buck, III Patricia Burton Paul E. Cacchione Jim Clopton Patrick E. Coakley Roger E. Crouse Larry Davis Pierre De Boeck David B. Dickenson Fred J. Eisel, Jr. Janyce Fadden Jeffre D. Fiszbein Kristina Fleck Robert Ginsberg Janeen Grasser Richard R. Grindstaff Joan R. Hankey James F. Hansen Terence M. Hines James H. Hunt Jon A. Hussey Guillermo A. Jalil Nicholas Kardasis James L. Katona Jon E. Krupnick Yechiel M. Lehavy Sheldon Levine Dina Lord Gerard E. Marandino Alexander W. Marks Robert Bruce Marsden Richard B. McCammon George W. McGowan Gary Meyer Norma Miles Foster E. Miller, III Blaine Mischel Reba Myers
Walter Neumaier John C. O’Donnell Susan Ohmer Bernard R. Osofsky Melanie Parker Sam Phillips Mary Pierson Audrey Potter Richard R. Reinhardt Louis W. Ricker Walter D. Ritchie Edward Robinso Lawrence D. Rosenblum John Russell Francisco Sabin Daniel F. Sawinski John J. Schmid Hans-Joachim Schwanke Bryan Sims Timothy K. Smith Harlan F. Stone Mike Street Thomas Stutesman Terri Sundholm Lois Syrek Yoram B. Szekely Craig Thornton David Thornton Emil L. Tobler Maureen A. Tomeny Peter Tortorici Glen V. Umland Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz Sean Wen Edward W. Wengert Paul Winans Carl F. Wolfhagen Kishore K. Yalamanchili Dean A. Zickert Elliot Zuluer
Future Builders
small but mighty group of members make a monthly commitment to the Society and the future of philately. If you are interested in becoming a future builder, most members opt to have the gifts automatically charged to their credit card or deducted from their bank account throughout the year. 348 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
Joan Anderson William Carson John Conklin Jason Drake Charles Harrienger Robert Dalton Harris William T. Harris, III Steven Heaney Gary Hendren Anthony W. Hill Edward Kroll Luca Lavagnino
Clark Lee Joann & Kurt Lenz Gary W. Loew Kenneth P. Martin Evans Matthews Michael McCabe Dana Middleton Irving & Donna Miller Foster E. Miller, III Gunther Monteadora George Neyrey, III James Risner
Wade Saadi William Schultz Sam Smith Bill Strauss Kenneth Trettin David Wessely Ronald Yeager
2020 APS Recruiting Honor Roll T
he complete list of recruiters for applicants accepted into membership for 2020 with the number sponsored (all one each unless otherwise noted):
Stacy Adam David H. Aeschliman Michael E. Aldrich American First Day Cover Society American Society of Polar Philatelists American Topical Association (2) Kenneth P. Apfelbaum (2) Thomas J. Ash (2) Asheville Stamp Club William P. Athens (10) Atlanta Stamp Collectors Club Ayr Hill Stamp Club Badger Stamp Club Mark T. Baker James E. Balner (2) Baltimore Philatelic Society James F. Bardo Vic Bardon (2) Rick Barrett Ismat Beano Graham Beck (21) Steve Becker John A. Beckman Marc S. Bedrin (2) Charles Berg, Jr. Big Lick Stamp Club Birmingham Stamp Club Thurston J. Bland Darlene Bloom Lyle C. Boardman Melvyn A. Borofsky (3) Brandywine Valley Stamp Club British Columbia Philatelic Society Lewis Burchett Glen G. Campman (5) Cape Coral Stamp Club Alfred F. Capparelli, Jr. (2) Chattanooga Stamp Club Kang Chen Chittenden County Stamp Club William D. Clark (2) Collier County Stamp Club Edward D. Cramer Joseph J. Creely, Jr. Crescent City Stamp Club of New Orleans Ronald J. Czarnik
Markand Dipakkumar Dave (2) Shivani A. Dave Dale R. Davis Robert DeCarlo (2) Timothy J. Devaney Christopher Diaz Charles J. DiComo Albert J. DiLuzio James R. Dimond Carl J. Dischner D. C. Dunn eBay Users’ Stamp Club (2) Ebony Soc. of Phil. Events and Reflections Peter C. Elias Phillip E. Fettig Florida Stamp Dealers’ Association Clark Frazier Garfield-Perry Stamp Club (2) Vitaly Geyfman Robert B. Gilbert Dave L. Gill Henry L. Gitner (4) Paul M. Godlewski Gary M. Goldstein (2) Great Falls Stamp & Paper Collectibles Club Greater Cincinnati Phil. Society (2) Robert J. Grosch Alexander T. Haimann (76) Keith A. Harmer Wayne F. Heim Heath D. Heist Jim Holbrook (2) Hollywood Stamp Club David F. Hoover (6) Houston Philatelic Society Andrew D. Huber (5) Stan Iceland International Philippine Phil. Society Intl. Society for Japanese Philately Tarvis Iversen Jackson Philatelic Society Eric A. Jackson Robert Janik Marc G. Jasmin John D. Jennison Jockey Hollow Stamp Club Johnstown Stamp Club
2020 APS Top Recruiters
Anthony R. Kassel (2) Patricia A. Kaufmann William N. Kelly Donald J. Sundman 208 Kent Philatelic Society (2) Alexander T. Haimann 76 Lee E. Kilbrith Graham Beck 21 Michael W. Kiszka (2) Matthew E. Liebson 12 Michael M. Kohut Korea Stamp Society William P. Athens 10 Ronald Kreskey Niki L. Oquist 8 Gary J. Kunzer David F. Hoover 6 Terry R. Kurzinski Glen G. Campman 5 Joyce H. Lapointe Andrew D. Huber 5 Richard E. Lawrence Leatherstocking Stamp Club Manly E. Marshall 5 Donald A. Lee (3) Joseph Zec 5 Matthew E. Liebson (12) Randall B. Lofton Robert L. Loych Arthur A. Luther (2) Roy Smith Owensboro Area Stamp Anthony Mancuso Southeast Federation of Club Maplewood Stamp Club (2) Philatelic Club of Will Stamp Clubs Eugene Market (2) Southern Nevada Stamp County David B. Markowitz Club Philatelic Computing Study William G. Marsh Spellman Museum of Group Manly E. Marshall (5) Stamps/Postal History Philatelic Society of James P. Mazepa Adam L. Spikes Lancaster County (2) Richard E. McGlenn David Spivack David A. Pollick David A. McMurtrie Springfield Philatelic Society Polonus Polish Philatelic Memphis Stamp Collectors Springfield Stamp Club (2) Society Society Charles Srebnik Gary Posner Merchantville Stamp Club Post Mark Collectors Club Michael Stauder Merrimack County Stamp Paul Stempinski (2) Rhode Island Philatelic Collectors Sun City Hilton Head Stamp Society Metro Louisville Stamp Collectors Club Harold B. Rice, III Society Donald J. Sundman (208) Riverside Stamp Club Mid-Cities Stamp Club Texas Philatelic Association Rodney W. Rodgers Mid-Florida Philatelic Society Melanie G. Rogers John E. Tharp Alan P. Miller Marios Theodossiou (2) Harold Rogg Irving R. Miller (2) U. S. Cancellation Club Russell Romano Tomas C. Miller Umpqua Valley Stamp Club Roseville Stamp Club James E. Moffitt Art C. Van Bergeyk Thomas A. Roust Mohawk Valley Philatelic Gary B. Walls Gordon Ruhf Society Waltham Stamp Club Phillip M. Sager Mitchell Moss Edward H. Weisman Thomas L. Sanders David A. Most David C. Wessely Sarasota Philatelic Club Henderikus G. Mulder Stephen J. Williams Henry K. Schoch, III Michael C. Mules (2) James A. Willms Tony M. Schrier Nashville Philatelic Society John R. Winkel Sequoia Stamp Club (2) Sherman Nassif Steven L. Wojan Scott A. Shaulis Newburyport Stamp Club James R. D. Yeaw (2) Lee F. Shedroff David L. Occhipinti Lester M. Yerkes (3) William J. Sheffield Fulton Ondersma Joseph Zec (5) Daniel F. Sheridan, Jr. Niki L. Oquist (8) Arthur W. Zeitler Martin L. Shupe Jeffrey M. Orbach (3) Gary R. Smith Errol F. Osteraa APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 349
2020 Fundraising at a Glance – The Campaign for Philately
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he Campaign for Philately is the banner under which the APS and APRL jointly conduct fundraising activities. The purpose of our Campaign is to provide additional resources for the Society and Library to better serve the membership and to promote stamp collecting. Donors may direct gifts for specific purposes. Undesignated gifts are used consistently with the purpose of the campaign, including current programs and services. Initiatives that benefit from the Campaign include: membership promotion; technology upgrades; youth and education programs; advertising and public relations promoting the hobby; as well as the creative use of emerging digital and internet resources.
American Philatelic Research Library STAMPLIBRARY.ORG
Note that our Recognition Issue listings treat pledges and end of year donations as the IRS treats donations, which creates small differences compared to our audited financial statements which must follow accounting regulations.
Cash Received
Pledge Payments Memorial Gifts Estates Matching Gifts Honorary Gifts Other Cash Subtotal Sale of Donated Stamps Use of Donated Postage Sale of Donated Lib Matl Subtotal Total
2020 Fundraising Costs
Personnel Credit Card Costs Postage Other Office Expense Mighty Buck Mailing Inter Office Services (Accounting, Mailroom, etc.) Total % Cost of Fundraising
2020 Fundraising Snapshot $7,140 $6,620 $999,050 $1,965 $600 $399,990 $1,406,180 $76,221 $53,020 $2,725 $131,966 $1,538,146
$116,955 $2,940 $6,868 $8,679 $11,236 $12,966 $159,644 10%
Cash by Designation (Excludes Non-Cash Gift Proceeds)
APS Endowment $350 APS General $81,059 APS Cares $39,627 David Straight Award $1,280 Debt Reduction/Building $1,007,772 Education $1,872 Employee Appreciation $600 Exhibiting $350 Expertizing $4,555 Library Acquisitions $6,458 Library Adopt A Book $12,600 Library Digitization $2,558 Library Endowment $2,140 Library General $17,045 Mighty Buck $57,890 Publications $5,075 Soiree $4,500 Stamps Teach $2,785 Technology/Website $341 Unrestricted $145,545 Young Phil Leaders $8,382 Youth $596 Youth Summer Seminar Scholarship $1,700 Other $1,100 Total $1,406,180
For more information on how you or your organization can support the Campaign for Philately please contact Scott English, scott@stamps.org, or 814-933-3814. 350 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
2020 Special Gifts Memorials
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adly, 333 members of the Society passed away during 2020. Gifts were received in memory of several of these members from family, friends and other APS members. A few chapters also remember their fellow members, regardless of whether they were APS members, by making gifts to the Society. In total, 60 memorial gifts totaling over $6,621 were received in 2020 in memory of the following individuals. G. Adolph Ackerman Charles Alber Ronald E. Allen Edward Carl Anderson, Jr. Albert Areskog George B. Arfken, Jr. Walton Beauvais Ernest L. Bergman James “Jim” Bowman James Boyden Eddie Bridges Throop Brown Charles Clark Lenore Cohen
Jack Congrove James Dalton Ralph Dinwiddie Arlene (Dunn) Driscoll Ronald Dobrowlski Edmund Durocher Monte Eiserman Virginia B. Eisenstein Sidney Fingerhood Gregory Frantz Ralph Gestwicki Charles Glantzow George B. Griffenhagen Stuart L. Hanlein
William “Bill” Hart Steven Hastings Shirley Heinzel Thomas P. Johnston Douglas Kelsey Tom Kingsley Robert R. McClarren Phil McCormick Charles McFarlane Thomas P. Myers Lee Nacewicz Don Niederhauser Edward J. Nyberg, Jr. Mary Ann (Aspinwall) Owens
Richard Panaia Victor John Pawlak, Jr David G. Phillips James Pullen Bob Quintero Chester Smith Ron Sobel Albert W. Starkweather, Jr. Dalene Thomas Robert Wilkins Bryan R. R. Whipple George Young Dr. Martha Jane K. Zachert
In Honor
Each year a few gifts are received in honor of members. Such gifts have typically been made in recognition of extraordinary service or an event such as a birthday or anniversary. Crescent City Stamp Club The Happening
Hardworking staff of the APS & APRL Anton & Francine Polainer Mankus
Susanna Mills Chad Cowder
Matching The below companies matched recent gifts made to the APS/APRL by their current or retired employees. If you don’t know if your employer has a matching gift program, please ask your personnel office. More than 1,000 companies in the United States “match” charitable donations. Bank of America Community Impact Fund, Benevity Janus Foundation
Paul Cacchione Verizon Foundation Williams Companies Inc.
Yourcause, LLC
APS Membership Assistant Nora DeGeorge has continued to work from the APC to keep membership services running smoothly. APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 351
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155-168, 198-214, 182-186, 303-320, etc. 2020 Scott $715. NET included as a gift. Approximately 335 stamps in generally F-VF $325 condition. Highlights include mint #132-145, 147-160, 186-199, 025 BRITISH HONDURAS – Mint and used F-VF collec- 416-430 ,631-644, 1115-1127, etc. 2021 Scott $3,030. NET tion of 280 stamps, 264 mint on Palo pages from 1872-1973 with $1495 most in mounts. Duplicates and revenue cancels are free and 050 GIBRALTAR – Attractive collection of around 380 F-VF not counted. Mint highlights: #4, 9, 21, 52-5, 62-9, 75-81, 83, 91- stamps from 1886 to 1978. Used is concentrated in pre-1921 101, 115-26, and used #5-6, etc. 2017 Scott $2025. NET $695 issues. Looks all mint thereafter. Highlights include mint #16, 36, 026 BRITISH HONDURAS – Mint & used collection of 121-122, 132-145, etc. Lots of better singles throughout. 2019 200 stamps in mounts on Minkus pages from 1866-1970. Mixed Scott $2160. NET $695 mint & used early, 100% mint after 1948. Highlights include used 054 GREAT BRITAIN – Collection 1840-1969 of around 13-14, 32, mint 101-2, 144-54, 167-78, etc. 2020 Scott $782. 725 stamps approximately 65% used on Scott specialty pages. NET $250 Good range of issues with many better items. Some highlights 028 CANADA – Very powerful mint early all F-VF collection in include used #1, 5, 13, 14, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28, 40, 42, 44, 45a, mounts in two Scott specialty albums from 1868 to 2001. Strong 46, 48, 52, 53a, 55, 57 pl#2, 60, 65, 69, 71, 74, 78-87, 108, 109, throughout with much detail added by the discriminating collec- 111-22, 124, 127-38, 139-41, 173, 174, 175, 177-78, 179-81, tor. Includes mint #22, 24, 25, 26, 28, Jubilees complete to $3, J1-8, O2, O5, O6, O17, O21, O36, O43, O44, Turkish Empire 93, 94, 103 (NH), 136 pair (NH), Bluenose, the early coils col- #30, 62-64; Also mint include #126, 326, J15, J30, O64. Early lected as line pairs, etc. A treat to see, still with room to expand issues fine and better, later F-VF. 2021 Scott $27,404. NET varieties and others. Around 1020 stamps. 2021 Scott $28,410. $5500 NET $6995 055 GREAT BRITAIN – Highly desirable 90% mint collec029 CANADA – A powerhouse used collection of 38 scarce tion of around 280 F-VF or better in a hingeless Lighthouse alclassical stamps from #2-103 in generally F-VF very nice condibum from 1841 to around 1951. Some very choice items, mint #3 tion each on a dealer stockcard with no duplication. Loads of remarkably nice expensive highlights including #2, 5, 7-9, 11, 16, (3 margins), 58PL10, PL12, PL13, #33 with over 75 used plate 33, 96-103. 2018 Scott a huge $24,622. An unusual opportunity examples, #43, 46, 52, 174, 179-181, 222-224, J18-J25. All are in great condition. The album has loads of positions for more for only: NET $4995 029A CANADA – A very desirable collection of scarce MNH varieties. Don’t miss this one. 2021 Scott $14,200. NET $2995 blocks from #86-302 and excellent B.O.B. issues. Condition is 057 GREAT BRITAIN – Three Scott specialty albums with excellent and very fresh in appearance. Centering is generally around 2000 generally F-VF stamps from 1841 to 2002. EarVF with many better. Loads of highlights including #86-7, 96, lies are used to 1924, mixed mint and used sets to 1940, then FABULOUS WHOLESALE PRE-1940 120, 135, 173-77!, 241-45!, 262, E1!, O25, O27, MR1-3. 2018 98% mint thereafter. Some unusual highlights include used #7, WORLDWIDE SPECIAL OFFERS 28, 44, 60, 71, 94, 95, 96, 98-107, 139, 140, 141. Seven PresScott $13,205. NET $2995 029B CANADA – A desirable collection of 39 scarce mint tige booklets and over 50 Machin booklets as well. 2021 Scott OUR PRE 1940 $4995 “MONSTROSITY” – This is blocks in very nice generally VF-XF condition on dealer stock $10,219. NET $2495 our specialty and a carton of this old desirable mate- cards from #107-262 and B.O.B. issues. The vast majority of the 058 GREAT BRITAIN – Mint and used collection from rial is offered each sale. All old and valuable mate- blocks have just one hinge mark, so most of the stamps are NH. 1841-1990 in a Scott specialty album. Duplicates not counted rial other than our large collections are sold in our Loads of scarce blocks such as #110, 112, 114-5, 119-20, 135, but included as a gift. Approximately 875 stamps in genermonstrosity which is filled with mint and used material 136-8, 139-40, 141-5, 146-8, 177, 195-201, 203, 262, C2. 2018 ally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #33 (plate #222), 33 on album pages, dealer stock-cards, old auction lots, Scott $8,942. NET $1995 (plate #223), 58 (plate #20), 82, used #4, 9, 26, 27, 27a, 28, 28a, stockbooks, etc. – all of which will be disorganized 030 CANADA – High quality mint collection from 1898-1982 32, 37, 39, 40, 45, 48, 55, 87, 102, 103, 105, 108, 139, 141, etc. which is why it is sold so very inexpensively. Hun- of around 850 stamps in mounts on Harris pages in F-VF condi- 2021 Scott $10,550. NET $1995 dreds and hundreds of stamps in the $20-$500 range tion. 95% MNH including #89, 110, 112, 113, 116, 117, 119, 120, 061 GUERNSEY – Mint collection from 1941-1995 in in mixed condition will easily be found and lurking 135, 157, 175 all NH; J10, etc. 2017 Scott $6,485. NET $1495 mounts in a White Ace album. About 95% MNH. Approximately gems await the astute collector. Over 40 pounds of 031 CANADA – Mint & used collection from 1859-1997 in a 610 stamps in generally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint disorganized happiness. Expect immense catalogue Scott Master Canada album. Mostly mint from 1954 onwards. #8-23, 22a, J1-J7, etc. 2021 Scott $645. NET $225 Approximately 1100. Stamps in generally F-VF condition. High- 062 HONG KONG – Mint and used (70%) mostly fine or value. The best value in the stamp industry! lights include mint #89, 90, 98, 99, 157, 227, 245, used #14, 15, better collection of more than 185 stamps on Scott specialty OUR PRE 1940 $8995 “SUPER MONSTROSITY” – 24, 25, 30, 45, 158, etc. 2021. Scott $2430. NET $450 pages from 1862-1966. Duplicates are free and not counted. Think of the above monstrosity, then think of two such 033 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE – A very scarce mint colMint highlights: #61, 161, 197, J3, used #8-16, 10a-b, 24, 33, cartons with very different types of material. For the lection of triangles, twelve on dealer stockcards. Scarce stamps 35, 47-8, 52, 53, 55, 66, 71-81, 140-45 and 163-66A. 2020 Scott serious pre 1940 worldwide collector – enough for an in this collection include: #2, 3, 3a, 3b, 4, 4b, 5b, 12, 12a, 12b, $2,625. NET $1095 entire year. Nuff said! 13, 13a. Centering varies which is typical. 2020 Scott $21,420. 063 HONG KONG – Strong mint (60%) and used collection NET $3500 of 700 stamps on Scott specialty pages from 1862-2002. Mint 038 CYPRUS – Mint and used fine or better collection of Highlights #36b-41, 64-2, 70, 71-80, 91, 95, 98, 147-50, 161, around 830 stamps, se-tenant multiples and souvenir sheets 006 012 AUSTRALIAN STATES: WESTERN AUS- (all mint) on homemade album pages from 1880-2010, many 164, 165A, 166A, 167, 168-73, 180-83, 185-98, 218, 225-28, TRALIA RARITY! – #3b used four margin sound stamp in in mounts with some NH. Duplicates and others are free and 233, 248-49, 490-504, J1-12. Used highlights #1, 4, 24, 30, 33, 35, 52, 54, 64-5, 66, 121-22, 128, 145-46, 166, 388-403, etc. old time auction sales sleeve. Very hard to come by! 2020 Scott not counted. Mint highlights #33-4, 118-21, 220-21, 229-31 and Slightly mixed condition in earliest issues. Most F-VF. 2017 Scott used #51-6, 72-6, 159. 2021 Scott $1845. NET $595 $1350. NET $750 $7,100. NET $1295 043 FALKLAND ISLANDS – Fabulous mint F-VF or bet015 BARBADOS – Good mint and used collection of 1050 ter collection of over 260 stamps on older Scott specialty pages 067 INDIA – Mint collection from 1947-1978 in a Lindner stamps on album pages from 1850s-1993. Mixed mint and used from 1878-1973. Falkland Dependencies 1946 map varieties hingeless album. Approximately 475 stamps in F-VF condition. to 1935 with some complete sets. Complete mint from 1935 on- are free and not counted. Highlights #3, 4, 5-6, 11, 15-18, 15a, Highlights include mint #203-206, 220, 221, 237-242, 254-271, 302-319, etc. 2017 Scott $1435. NET $450 wards. Mint highlights: #70-80, 81-9, 98, 101, 102-08, 116-26, 127- 16a, 20-1, 22-9, 30-6, 37, 41-8, 54-64, 65-76, 77-80, 84-96, 100, 068 INDIA – Mint (20%) and used (80%) collection of over 39, 152-64, 165-79, etc. Used: #148-50, etc. Duplicates included 107-20, 128-42, 166-79, IL19-33 and 2L1-5L8, etc. 2020 Scott 740 generally F-VF stamps on Minkus pages. Many states and a $10,200. NET $5795 as a gift and uncounted. Earlies are usual mixed condition, then 044 FALKLAND ISLANDS – Attractive mint collection few Pakistan stamps included. Highlights include mint #150-167, mainly F-VF. 2017 Scott $4,040. NET $795 1912-93 with 750 stamps and S/S in mounts in a Minkus album. 168-173, 223-226. 2018 Scott $975. NET $350 016 BARBADOS – Around 75 mint stamps from 1882-1918 Highlights include #30-40, 41-48, complete run #77-525 with se- 069 INDIA AND FEUDATORY STATES – Mint and used on ancient pages in mixed condition. Highlights include #62a, lected NH including #77-80, 107-20 and most after 1980. Also, (approximately 65%) generally fine collection of more than 950 1L1-1L100 complete and Islands 2L1-5L8 complete. A few un- stamps on Scott specialty pages from 1854-1969. Duplicates 63a, 81-9, 102-8, 116-126, etc. 2017 Scott $1908. NET $425 counted used stamps included as gift. Fresh, clean and mainly are free and one not counted. Vast majority of mint in modern 020 BOTSWANA – MNH collection from 1966-1995 in VF. 2020 Scott $6,389. NET $2595 issues. Highlights: India mint #254-71, 310-19 and used #17-18, mounts on Quadrille pages. Approximately 305 stamps in gen- 049 GIBRALTAR – MNH collection from 1953-2010 in 207-22, Cochin #79-81 used, Jaipur #O12-16 used. State issues erally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #19-32, 114-127, mounts in a Scott specialty album. Duplicates not counted but run from Alwar to Jaipur, 2021 Scott $2500. NET $895
As always we would like to thank the collectors whose lifelong collections are included in this ad with special appreciation to our former customers who put their faith in us when it was time to sell their lifelong collections. Welcome to our 151th sale containing over $350,000 of fine collections which as always are sold at WHOLESALE PRICES — UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST BARGAINS IN THE STAMP INDUSTRY. A special thank you to our collectors for making our last sale one of our very best! We realize that many of our customers are frustrated when they call and learn that many of the lots they wish to buy have already been sold. We suggest you save yourself frustration and order as quickly as possible after you have made your selections. Since the collections sell quickly we suggest you having a list of alternative selections to insure a pleasant buying experience. As has been our policy for 40 years, satisfaction is absolutely guaranteed and any lot may be returned for immediate refund within 5 days of receipt for any reason — but I must say our return rate is less than 2%, perhaps the lowest in the stamp business. Please call or fax quickly since we generally sell well over 60% of the collections in the first four days. For collectors who are known to us, payment can be spread over a 3 month period interest free.
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070 INDIA AND STATES – Specialty album with around include mint #246-262, 592-607, J28a, etc. 2021 Scott $670. mint. Mostly MNH from 1964 onwards. Approximately 970
stamps in F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #1-7, 17, 55, 1600 stamps 97% used from 1854 to 1975. About 55% of the NET $295 value is in India postage, the rest spread across 36 Conven- 093 MALTA – Mint and used (55%) fine or better collection of 67-79, 89-105, 128-142, 232-247, 992-995, etc. 2021 Scott tion and Feudatory states. India postage highlights include used more than 80 stamps on Scott specialty pages from 1875-1926. $2425. NET $950 #2a, 4, 4a, 25, 35, 80-98, 206, M1-M10. States are strongest in Mint highlights: #41, 84, 92, 109-12 and used #3, 3a and 70, etc. 130 SOLOMON ISLANDS – Attractive mint collection of Chamba, with mint #45 and Bhopal including mint #17 and used 2020 Scott $845. NET $275 around 350 F-VF stamps on Scott quadrille pages from 1908 #4. Also a nice Kishangarh #24B with great S.O.N. cancel. Some 095 MAURITIUS – Attractive collection of around 275 F-VF to 1978. Lots to enjoy including mint #3, 6, 8-18, 39, 40, 43-56, mint used uncounted duplication, telegraphs and a selection of stamps on quadrille pages from 1849-1967. Earlies are 50/50 89-105. Loads of topical sets, etc. 2019 Scott $1723. NET $475 Azad Hind to round things out. 2020 Scott $3,710. NET $1295 mint and used, 99% mint from 1935. Includes mint #67, 136, 131 SOUTH AFRICA – Mint and used (70%) mostly F-VF 071 IRELAND – Collection 1876-1982 (pages to 1989) with 199, 211-222, E2, used #42, 124 with a nice S.O.N. cancel, etc. collection of 70 stamps and bilingual pairs on Scott pages from around 550 stamps approximately 60% mint with most used 2019 Scott $1806. NET $495 1913-1943 with a few later issues. Mint highlights: #14, 15, 31, before 1950, plus uncounted duplicates included as gift, in 098 NEWFOUNDLAND – Mint and used (65%) mostly fine 66, 68-71 (vert.), B5-8, B9-11, C1-4, J35-38 and used #16 (rare). a hingeless Schaubek album. Many better complete sets and or better collection of more than 175 stamps on Scott specialty singles. Mint highlights include #21, 76, 124, 126, 147, 184, 193- pages from 1857-1947. Mint highlights: #11, 24, 29, 32, 36, 42, 2017 Scott $2,960. NET $895 94, mostly mint for years 1959-85, C9-11, O51. Used highlights 59, 73, 92, used #27 and 38-40, etc. 2020 Scott $2487. NET 132 SOUTH AFRICA – Lindner hingeless pages with around 120 mint F-VF stamps from 1913 to 1960. Includes mint include #9, 12, 14, 18, 19, 27, 68, 83, 96, 97, 103, 141, 157, $695 186, C5, 07, 08, 011, 013-19, 031-38, etc. 2020 Scott $7,152. 099 NEW HEBRIDES – Mint F-VF collection of 220 stamps #13, 14, 15, 38, 42, 43. 2020 Scott $1384. NET $495 on Minkus specialty pages from 1908-1976. Highlights: #1-6, 25, 133 SOUTH AFRICA – Album pages with around 90 mint NET $1595 F-VF stamps from KG VI era. We saw #42, 53, 54, B5-B8, B11, 072 IRELAND – Two Scott specialty albums with around 31, 58-61, J1-5 and J6-10. 2017 Scott $1500. NET $595 1000 F-VF stamps from 1922-2002. Includes ten used from 100A NEW ZEALAND – Attractive MNH collec- etc. 2017 Scott $785. NET $180 1940 sword & shield set, the rest is mint in mounts. Appears tion1985-2007, more than 90% complete, in three Lindner 134A SOUTHWEST AFRICA – Attractive collection 1923NH from mid 1970s onward. Many nice highlights including mint hingeless album/slipcover combos. Enjoyable VF collection filled 85 with around 425 singles, pairs, blocks and S/S in mounts in #65-76, 118-119, 149-150, 161-162, many booklets, etc. Some with colorful topicals, booklets and souvenir sheets. 2017 Scott a customized album. Approximately 85% mint with selected NH spaces to fill into the 1970s, but a great collection of carefully $2,587. NET $1095 before 1975, mostly used years 1965-74, all NH from 1975-85. 101 NEW ZEALAND – Mint (85%) and used (15%) collec- Mint highlights include #9 NH (cert), 40, 88-93, 95, 103, 104, chosen mint. 2021 Scott $2,915. NET $875 tion from 1874-1998 in a Minkus album. Duplicates not counted 073 IRELAND – Mint and used collection from 1922-2000 in 119, 120, 135-43, 249-60, 261-65 NH, B1-11 complete, C5-6, mounts in a Scott specialty album. Mostly MNH 1937 onwards. but included as a gift. Approximately 1725 stamps in generally O17, O20, O22, O23-O27. Also used #334, 363-66. Clean nicely Approximately 1,055 stamps in F-VF condition. Highlights in- F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #115, 229-241, J3, J5, displayed VF collection. 2017 Scott $2,696. NET $950 clude mint #119, 150, 162, 176, 537-556, 638-645, used #27, J22-J25, E1a, used #56, 69, 77, 81, 82, 118, 132-139, 170, 178, 137 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS – Powerful collection of etc. 2021 Scott $4,490. NET $950 78, etc. 2021 Scott $2,860. NET $850 073A IRELAND – Mint & used (75%) collection of around 102 NEW ZEALAND – Around 900 F-VF mint in three Scott around 235 F-VF stamps on Scott specialty pages from 1862 1000 F-VF stamps from 1922-2000 in a Scott specialty album. specialty albums from 1920 to 2002 NH after 1970s. Includes to 1931. Many desirable items including mint #1, 10, 11, 20, 22, Highlights include mint #C1-C7, used #32, 117, 148, etc. 2020 mint 165-170, 244, 537 missing color error. Many souvenir 31, 42, 58, 88. Used #2, 3, 4, 23, 26, 32, 59, 62, 64, 65, 104, etc. sheets and blocks. Handful used uncounted as a gift to you. Overall about 30% mint. Includes a #128B $100 denomination Scott $2,075. NET $450 with a fault, included as a gift. 2020 Scott $6,855. NET $1995 075 JAMAICA – Attractive 80% mint collection of around 250 2021 Scott $2,895. NET $695 F-VF on Scott specialty and quadrille pages from 1860 to 1967. 103 NEW ZEALAND AND AREAS – Extensive F-VF 137A STRAITS SETTLEMENTS – Mint and used generMint highlights include #61-73, 75-87, 88-100, 116-128 (NH), collection of around 1070 stamps in a Scott specialty album ally fine or better collection of more than 190 stamps on Minkus from 1862 to early 1980s. About 95% used to 1908, then mint pages from 1867-1948. Duplicates are free and not counted. used #1-6, 30, 49, etc. Some well struck cancels as well. 2020 thereafter. Some mis-mounted earlies with useful duplication, Mint highlights: #1 unused, 3 unused, 10-18, 20 (unused signed Scott $1885. NET $595 includes used 13, 16, 17, 20, 57, 183, AR41, AR73, C5. Mint 078 KENYA – Mint and used (55%) F-VF collection of around #82, B3, B4. Looks like all healthy sheets here, plus some nice twice), 21, 31, 35, 52, 60 (type ‘a’ surcharge), 72, 151d-163d, 640 stamps and souvenir sheets on homemade album pages KG V imprint strips in the back. Worth remounting. 2017 Scott 240a, 246-49, 270, Malaya #J7-12 and Malaya: Penang #N111. Used highlights: #2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 22, 24, 40-45, 57, 63 (perfin from 1963-2000 with many in mounts including mint NH. 2021 $11,370. NET $1850 Scott $1100. NET $325 109 PAKISTAN – Collection 1947-87 of about 840 mainly counted as used), 88, 98-102, 113-22, 127-28, 188-93 and Ma080 KENYA, UGANDA, TANGANYIKA – Collection F-VF mostly mint (90%) stamps on Scott pages. Good coverage laya NJ8-14. 2020 Scott $5,940. NET $1595 1922-74 with 225 generally F-VF stamps, approximately 80% with many years complete. Some highlights include Mint #1-20, 138 SWAZILAND – A collection of about 275 mint stamps mint in mounts on album pages. Mint highlights include #74c, 43, 47-54, O1-13, O25, O27-31, O35-43A, plus noted imperf S/S in mounts on Scott pages, 80% complete from 1945 to 1970; 81c, 82a, 83a, 84a, 93 NH, 115 NH, 116 NH, complete run #136- #284-85 and 309-11. Also, Bahawalpur mint #2-15, O1-6, O7-9, sporadic thereafter but with pockets of strength to 1994. Used 237. 2017 Scott $844. NET $425 O10, etc. 2017 Scott $2338. NET $595 duplicates are uncounted in catalog value. Much NH after 1970. 084 MALAYA – Collection 1900-63 with around 500 gener- 110 PAKISTAN AND AREAS – Collection of around 200 Highlights include 55-107, 405 NH, 475 NH, etc. 2020 Scott ally F-VF stamps. Approximately 70% mint in mounts on album F-VF 75% mint from 1947 to 1958 on Scott pages. Includes $641. NET $225 pages. Mint highlights include Johore #79, 127; Kedah 83-93; Pakistan #O1-O13 with mint and used sets. Also, Bahawalpur 142 TRINIDAD – Valuable mint and used F-VF collection of Kelantan 72-82, 84-90; Malacca 56-66; Negri-Sembilan 64-74; mint #2-15, etc. 2017 Scott $1016. NET $250 37 stamps, 21 mint on Scott specialty pages from 1854-1909. Penang 29-44, 45-55; Perlis 29-39; Terengganu 23, 75-85. 2017 111 PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Mint collection from 1952Mint highlights: #17, 31, 57, 87, 88, 92-101, J11-13, O1, used Scott $1587. NET $425 2005 in a two volume KaBe hingeless album set. Mostly MNH. #6, 16, 19 and 89, etc. 2017 Scott $3,675. NET $1150 085 MALAYA – Perak Scott # O3b mint o.g. with APS cert. Approximately 1,040 stamps in generally F-VF condition. High144 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – Around 98% mint collecMinor faults. 2019 Scott $950. NET $250 lights include mint #122-136, 139-146, 663-676A, 755-769, 825tion of around 174 F-VF on quadrille pages from 1913 to 1960. 087 MALAYA AND STATES – Mint (80%) and used F-VF 840, J1-J5, etc. 2021 Scott $2600. NET $1295 collection of 550 stamps on Scott pages from 1940-1967 with 112 PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Mint 99% NH collection from Lots to like including mint 10, 11, 12-20, 31, 34-42, 89-102, B1 many in mounts. Duplicates are free and not counted. Mint high- 1934-2008 in mounts in a Scott specialty album. Approximately signed, J1-J8, etc. Nice collection. 2019 Scott $1544. NET $595
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lights: Johore #146-50, 158-68, Kelantan #62-64, 72-82, Ma- 1,215 stamps in VF condition. Highlights include mint #122-136, lacca #15-17, 41-43, 48-55, Penang #3-22, 29-44, 45-55, Perlis 139-146, 209-220, 755-769, 825-840, etc. 2021 Scott $2,680. 146 AFRICA – Minkus Independent Nations of Africa album NET $1295 #95-119, etc. 2017 Scott $2,180. NET $650 089 MALDIVE ISLANDS – Mint collection from 1903-1979 117 ST. HELENA – Mint collection from 1884-1999 in with selections of various amounts for eight different countries. in a Palo hingeless album. Mostly mint never hinged from 1950 mounts in a Scott specialty album. Approximately 530 stamps Highlights: Congo Democratic Republic 1960-65 mostly mint onwards. Approximately 615 stamps in generally F-VF condition. in generally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #38, 111- with 323-40, 381-95; Dahomey 1960-72 mostly used and Benin Highlights include mint #1-6, 11-19, 20-28, 172-186, 201-206, 114, 131, 140-152, 159-172, 716-727, etc. 2021 Scott $1075. 1996-98 all used; Gambia 1965-90 with 971-84 mint; Guinea NET $395 1959-1978 with 640 stamps 90% used with many complete topietc. 2017 Scott $1865. NET $595 090 MALTA – Substantial mint (90%) and used F-VF collec- 119 ST. KITTS – Mint collection from 1903-1937 on Scott cal sets. Also, selections of Congo, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau and tion of 300 stamps on Scott quad pages from 1875-1964. Mint specialty pages in F-VF condition. Highlights include #1-10, 11- Ivory Coast. Total of around 1900 stamps and S/S. Overall F-VF highlights: #3, 21-3, 25-7, 41, 49-59, 64, 66-72, 83-4, 86-92, 98- 21, 24-36, 37-51, 52-63, etc. 2018 Scott $2003. NET $895 with many better. 2020 Scott $1469. NET $395 113, 131-47, 148-66, 167-53, 191-200, 208-22, 246-62, J1-10, Continued on next page J11-20 and used #17-18, etc. 2020 Scott $2635. NET $850 123 ST. LUCIA – MNH collection from 1980-2004 in a KaBe 091 MALTA – Mint collection 1863-1994 with around 770 hingeless album with some stock sheets. Approximately 665 Please call to reserve lots or for additional description. We are stamps including selected S/S in mounts in a Scott album. Many stamps in generally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint open for your calls seven days a week. FOR COLLECTORS long mint runs with NH beginning around 1960. Mint highlights #747-761, 796-802, 953-964, 1046-1060, etc. 2021 Scott $1120. WHO ARE KNOWN TO US, PAYMENTS MAY BE SPREAD OVER A THREE MONTH PERIOD. INTEREST FREE. include #3, 11, 24 NH, 72 NH, 83 NH, 113, 191-205, 208-22, NET $495 261, 782 a miniature sheet, B1-74 complete NH, C1-21 com- 127 SARAWAK – Mint collection 1948-63 of 42 VF stamps in SHIPPING – UPS or mail within 3 days of receiving plete NH (C1 hinged), J1-31. Attractive collection, VF overall. mounts on Scott specialty pages with #174-212 complete. 2017 payment. We pay shipping expenses. PAYMENT TERMS — Personal check, Money Order, Scott $331. NET $150 2017 Scott $1802. NET $650 MasterCard, Visa, Discover or American Express. 092 MALTA – MNH collection from 1953-1989 in a Lindner hingeless album. Used not counted but included as a gift. Ap- 129 SOLOMON ISLANDS – Mint & used collection from RETURN POLICY – Lots may be returned proximately 625 stamps in generally F-VF condition. Highlights 1907-2005 in mounts in a Scott specialty album. About 95% for any reason within 5 days of receipt.
156 AUSTRIA – Scott specialty album with around 1400 later issues. Highlights: #111-18, 127-40, 147a (rare), 158-76I, cialty pages from 1945-1949. Highlights: #5N28-40, 6N30-38, 8N28-37, 8NB1-4 and 8NB4a, etc. 2020 Scott $630. NET $250 F-VF stamps from 1850 to 1956. 95% used to 1910, then mint 1977-79 and M8 NH. 2020 Scott $2400. NET $595 thereafter. Includes used #1 with good margins, 17, 18, 39, 40, 204 FIUME – Collection 1918-24 of 149 F-VF stamps with 45 242 GREECE – Evenly divided mint and used F-VF collec46, J9, P1. Also mint #43, etc. 2020 Scott $4,252. NET $995 used on Scott specialty pages. Highlights include mint #42, 43a, tion of more than 750 stamps on annotated Scott quad pages 157 AUSTRIA – Mint and used collection from 1850-2000 117, 119, 120, 134-48, 161-71; used #2, 3-20a, 46-53, E2-3, etc. from 1901-1969. Mint highlights #278B, C67-70 and used #179in a Scott specialty album. Duplicates not counted but included 2020 Scott $1740. NET $595 83 and 201-13, etc. 2020 Scott $1025. NET $250 as a gift. Approximately 2065 stamps in generally F-VF condi- 205 FRANCE – Valuable 95% mint with better used collection 248 ICELAND – MNH collection from 1957-2000 in mounts tion. Highlights include mint #33 unused, 958-976, B245-B251, in two Scott specialty albums. Highlights: Volume I regular issues on pages in a binder. Approximately 630 stamps in F-VF condiB269-B271, Offices in Turkish Empire J6-J14, used #6, 7a, 8, 1935-90 (with gaps 1938-42, 1947) nearly complete transition- tion. 2021 Scott $1325. NET $475 65, B118-B121, B128-B131, N57, Offices in Turkish empire #2, ing to NH around 1950. Volume II regular issues 2005-07 com- 249 ICELAND – Mint and used (60%) fine or better collection Lombardy-Venetia #12, etc. 2021 Scott $3,745. NET $795 plete NH including noted S/S #3055, 3161 and miniature sheets of around 120 stamps in partial APS circuit book from 1876158 BANGLADESH – MNH nearly complete VF collection #3175, 3302; complete mint (NH around 1970) semi-postals 1991 with duplicates (only a few) counted. Mint highlights: #12 from 1971-2011 in mounts in a Scott specialty album. Highlights #B1-712 (1914-2006); mixed airmails with mint #C1, C2, C13, (unused), 15, 232-35 (NH), 284-86, O9, O40-48 and used #O8. include mint #42-55, 68a, 82-85, 496, 760, O8, O9, O12, etc. C17, C29-32 NH, C36 NH and used C14, C15; Postage dues 2021 Scott $1600. NET $325 include mint #J28, J43, J64, J66-67, J92 and used #J6, J7, J10, 2021 Scott $1,965. NET $1095 252 IRAN – Desirable collection of around 700 VF stamps on 161 BELGIUM – Very desirable collection of around 1800 J18, J21, J24; good mint officials; Occupation with mint #N1, N2, Minkus pages from 1952-1987. We only counted the mint but N3, N5, N9, N27-42, N43-58. Many uncounted duplicates includF-VF stamps on stockpages in a Lighthouse album from 1849 are including many dozens of used as a gift. Lots of highlights to 1971. Appears 95% used to 1910 then 95% mint thereafter. ing complete pages included as gift. Great collection filled with including #1015-19, 1042-47, 1074-76, 1103-4, 1130-2, 1454 Postage includes mint #90, 91, 121, 129-137, 171a (NH), used VF stamps throughout. 2020 Scott $16,372. NET $3500 pair imperf between, etc. Not normally seen in such good condi#1, 3, 9, 23. Very strong B.O.B. including mint #B46, B47, B69- 207 FRANCE #37!! – Used sound stamp with attractive tion. Includes much NH in the later material. 2017 Scott $2465. cancels. 2018 Scott $750. NET $295 B77 private overprint set, B121, B122, B106 (NH), B169, B179 NET $795 (NH), B514, B561-B566, C12A, B466A, B466B, Q184-Q207, 208 FRANCE #C15 – A beautiful F-VF sound used stamp 254 IRAN – Scarce airmail set previously sold by a major U.S. with C.D.S. cancellation. NET $180 etc. Terrific collection. 2021 Scott $13,950. NET $2295 auction company. Their description: “…complete C51-67 o.g. 210 FRENCH MOROCCO – Palo album of around 650 162 BELGIUM – Minkus album with around 510 VF modern singles souvenir sheets and booklets from 1989 to 2001. 2021 F-VF stamps from 1911 to 1975. Appears 99% mint early taper- lightly hinged F-VF lovely set. Scott $515.” NET $195 ing to used in the late 70s. Content is spotty after 1975 with 258 ITALY – Mint and used mostly fine or better B.O.B. colScott $1010. NET $350 163 BELGIUM – Around 1200 F-VF in a Minkus album. Well pages to 1994. Includes mint #26-37, 70, 71, B13-B20 (NH) etc. lection of more than 275 stamps on Scott specialty pages from filled mint NH 1959-1989 with mixed mint and used sparsely Bulk of the collection is in mounts. Lots of uncounted duplication 1862-1948. Duplicates are free and not counted. Mint highlights: #C10-11, C23-26, C28-33, C89-94, C95-99, O7, P1 and used populating 1869-1959. Includes mint B602. Clean pages, sturdy in the earlies. 2017 Scott $1338. NET $425 212 FRENCH POLYNESIA – 251 MNH VF stamps in #J2, J18, J25-27, N12a, Q1-2 and Q4-6. 2020 Scott $2470. NET album ready to be continued. 2021 Scott $1290. NET $250 164 BELGIUM: 19th CENTURY PROOFS – Around mounts on Scott international pages covering 1960-1979 com- $575 400 19th century proofs on ancient pages in a Schaubek Spring- plete for those years. Highlights: #233-240, C24-27, C33, C37, 260 ITALY: COLONIES AND OFFICES – Wide ranging back binder that has not seen the light of day in over 100 years. C50, C52-53, C54, C63-67, C78-82, C88, C89-93, C100-104, collection in a Scott specialty album with around 2100 generally F-VF stamps from 1862 to 1985. Earlies are 95% used to 1929 Condition is mainly F-VF with some mixed. Nearly impossible to C107-111, C112-114, etc. 2018 Scott $3,020. NET $1195 223 GERMAN STATES: BAVARIA – Over 200 mint and then tapering to mint by 1955. Lots of highlights: mint #268-279, duplicate such a holding! NET $1795 179 CHILE – Mint and used fine or better collection of 165 mostly used stamps from 1849-1920 in mounts on Lighthouse 324-378, 626-633 NH, C23-C26 NH. Italian colonies #C13-C19, stamps, 80 mint on Vintage Repro Scott pages from 1853-1938. pages in generally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #17 Fiume #172-183, E7, used #24-33, 72, 106, 110, 310-314, 349NH and used #3, 4-8, 9-14, 21, 22, 30a with cert, 35, 36, 73-6, 354, C1, C2, C5, C9, J1 on piece, etc. Several better semis, Used highlights: #1, 2 and 13. 2017 Scott $750. NET $160 136-155, 234-6, etc. Also includes some uncounted duplicates mint, etc. Nice collection. 2020 Scott $8,719. NET $1995 181 CONGO – Mint collection from 1892-1992 on mixed pag- and varieties as a gift. 2020 Scott $5,333. NET $995 263 JAPAN – Rare souvenir sheet #C8 in excellent MNH es in a Scott specialty album. Used and duplicates not counted 228 GERMAN STATES: WURTTEMBERG – Powerful condition. Absent in all but the most advanced Japan collections. but included as a gift. Approximately 875 stamps in generally mint and used (value is in the used) collection from 1851-1920 2017 Scott $2,000. NET $1095 F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #183-190, 208-213, 453on ancient pages. Pages are rather ugly whereas the stamps are 458, C36, C89-C93, etc. 2017 Scott $1980. NET $595 generally far better condition than normally seen. Highlights in- 264 JAPAN – 98% complete VF mint collection of 850 stamps 187 DENMARK – Scott specialty album with around 1110 clude used #1, 1a, 2a, 6, 7a, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18 signed, 19, 21, 22, and 120 S/S & blocks of four in mounts on White Ace pages from F-VF stamps from 1851 to 2002 earlies are used to 1905. Ap- 23, 23a, 29 signed, 39, 44, etc. Also includes much uncounted 1968 to 1985 mostly NH P.O. fresh. Highlights include 1082-87a, pears 99% mint thereafter with a handful of used to 1972. In- duplicates as gifts. 2020 Scott $9,173. NET $1995 1244-53, 1422-35, etc. 2020 Scott $798. NET $295 cludes many highlights: Mint #65-69, 78, 164-175 & blocks (NH), 231 GERMANY – Ten better postal history covers and an- 266 KIACHAU – Fresh mint F-VF collection of 29 stamps Used #2 (nice four-margin copy) 3, 5, 7, 8, 11-15, 17, 24, etc. other eleven better first day and postal history covers included on a Scott specialty page from 1900-1909. Highlights: #10-22, Many booklets including #1201a, 1233a, etc. 2021 Scott $5,660. as a gift. Most of the covers have sets such as 665-6, 667-8, 695, 27-30a and 33-42. 2020 Scott $955. NET $550 NET $1195 698-701, B309, B316-317, B319, B332-3, B338-41. Consider- 271 LIECHTENSTEIN – Mint and used collection from 189 DENMARK – Very nice over 95% used collection of able value in the unmentioned covers. NET $295 1917-2010 on mixed pages. Approximately 1305 stamps in more than 1100 stamps from 1907-1995 on Scott specialty 232 GERMANY – Mint and used (70%) F-VF collection of generally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #61, 69, 151, pages in F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #81, 188, C2, 225 stamps on Minkus specialty pages from 1949-1960. Mint B4-B6, C2, J13-J20, used #77, 147, 276, B1-B3, etc. 2020 Scott C3, P15, Q9, used #80, 82, 135, 152, 164-175, B1, B2, J8-J24, highlights: B310-13, B320-23, B327-30 and used #B314-15 & $2455. NET $550 P1-P10, Q12-Q14, etc. 2017 Scott $3800. NET $650 B337. Duplicates are free and not in stamp count nor catalog 272 LIECHTENSTEIN – Mint and used collection from 190 DENMARK – Mint NH collection of 410 stamps plus value. 2017 Scott $1125. NET $275 1936-1989 in an album. Approximately 290 stamps in generally two booklets on black two-sided stock pages from 1977-1994. 234 GERMANY – Scott specialty album with around 1500 F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #151 MNH, B14 MNH, Highlights: #703-720A & 793-815. A few duplicates are free and F-VF stamps from 1872 to 1974. An attractive collection, apused #C17-C23, C24-C33, etc. 2021 Scott $440. NET $120 not in catalog value. Clean and F-VF or better. 2017 Scott $850. pears 98% used in earlies changing to 99% mint 1932 to 1948 273 LITHUANIA – Mint (90%) and used (10%) collection NET $350 then used thereafter. Some great material including mint #401195 ETHIOPIA – Mint and used (80%) fine or better collec- 414, 435 NH 442-443 NH, 448-451 NH, 833, B49-B57, B59-B67 from 1919-2007 on Minkus pages. Approximately 800 stamps tion of more than 330 stamps on quad pages from 1855-1972 NH, B91 NH, B92 NH, B141-B143 NH, B173 NH plus two covers in F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #121, 122, 208-209, with a good number of modern used sets. Used highlight: #149. cacheted with S.S Europa Seaplane mail. Nice material. 2021 217, CB1-CB4, used 216, B38, etc. Also included much NH in the later material. 2020 Scott $1750. NET $750 2021 Scott $700. NET $225 Scott $4,630. NET $1095 196 EUROPA – An unusual remarkable used and virtually 235 GERMANY: BERLIN – Around 850 F-VF stamps in 274 LUXEMBOURG – Mint and used collection from 1859complete collection from 1956-2006 in five binders. In over 40 a Scott specialty album from 1948 to 1990. Collection is used 2001 in a Scott specialty album. Duplicates not counted but inyears of buying stamps, we have never seen a complete used to 1960 and mint thereafter. Includes used #9N6, 9N41, 9N61- cluded as a gift. Approximately 1490 stamps in generally F-VF collection. It would take a collector many years to put this to- 63, 9N73, etc. Collector also gathered several definitive booklet condition. Highlights include mint #92, B151, B156-B161, C16C20, O19, used #8, 30, 272-277, B72, O79, O135, etc. 2021 gether! NET $895 panes and multiples. 2020 Scott $1870. NET $375 197 FAROE ISLANDS – MNH collection from 1975-2003 in 236 GERMANY: BERLIN – Mint and used (60%) F-VF Scott $2440. NET $550 mounts in a White Ace album. Approximately 415 stamps in VF collection of more than 800 stamps on Minkus specialty pages 275 LUXEMBOURG – Well filled collection of around 650 condition. Highlights include mint #120a, etc. 2021 Scott $935. from 1948-1990. Used highlights: #9N11-15, 9N38-40, 9N72-74, mainly F-VF stamps on Scott pages from 1874 to 1961. Appears 98% used to 1939, then 85% mint with some used sets thereafNET $495 9N75-79 and 9NB11, etc. 2020 Scott $1580. NET $350 200 FINLAND – Two Scott specialty albums with around 237 GERMANY: BERLIN – A small collection of expensive ter. Includes mint #217, 272-277, 318-320, B151, etc. Duplica1040 mint (over 95%) F-VF stamps from 1866 to 2000. The used used sets in VF condition on dealer cards. Comprises 9N35-41, tion in spots included as an uncounted gift. 2017 Scott $1520. are almost all before 1930. Includes mint #175, used 106. 2021 9N61-3, 9N35-41, 9N68-80, 9N99-100, 9Nb6-11. 2015 Scott NET $325 Scott $3210. NET $695 $1244. NET $250 279 MALI – Mint F-VF collection of more than 150 stamps and 201 FINLAND – Mint F-VF collection of more than 500 238 GERMANY: FRENCH ZONE – Mint F-VF collection souvenir sheets on Scott specialty pages from 1976-1979. All stamps on Minkus specialty pages from 1917-1967 with a few of more than 170 stamps with one souvenir sheet on Scott spe- complete sets and singletons. 2017 Scott $273. NET $75
279A MARIANA ISLANDS – A very nice complete used then 99% mint in mounts 1954 to 1964. Overall F-VF with a bit B6, C1-C2, C15, used 3, 153-163, 181-185, 253-246, B3, B12#17-29 in mounts on a Safe page in VF condition. All stamps of mixed condition in the earlies. Includes mint #396-399 and B14, B25-B28, B80, etc. 2020 Scott $3200. NET $595 are signed Bothe and Dr. Bohne. A rare find! 2020 Scott $899. some nice airs including mint C43, C44, C57, C71. 2020 Scott 354 SWITZERLAND – Cloth-bound Schaubek album with $1824. NET $395 NET $695 around 760 generally F-VF from 1862 to 1962. Postage is mainly 282 MAURITANIA – Mint and used collection from 1906- 322 RUSSIA – Mint collection from 1956-1991 on Scott spe- used to 1936 then 99% mint thereafter. Semis and airs 80% mint 1986 in mounts on mixed pages in a Scott specialty album. cialty pages. Duplicates and used not counted but included as a with some used singles and sets. Some nice highlights including Duplicates not counted but included as a gift. Approximately gift. Approximately 1,660 stamps in F-VF condition. Highlights in- mint J28 specimen, B130-B131, CI, used #84 (Type I), 98-100, 765 stamps in generally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint clude mint #1008-1020, 1875-1883, 1943a, 2002a, 2021, 2534, 189, B3, B4-B6, etc. 2021 Scott $2475. NET $550 etc. 2020 Scott $2845. NET $675 #383-388, C14-C16, etc. 2017 Scott $1265. NET $325 355 SWITZERLAND – Mint and used collection from 1882286 MICRONESIA – MNH collection from 1984-1999 in 323 RUSSIA – Mint and mostly used collection from 1858- 2005 on quadrille pages in a binder. Duplicates not counted but mounts on pages in a binder. Approximately 320 stamps in VF 1979 on album pages. Around 580 stamps in generally F-VF included as a gift. Around 935 stamps in generally F-VF concondition. Highlights include mint #270-272, 301-319A, 328-333, condition. Highlights include mint #38, 62 ,67, 68, 105a, 718-720 dition. Highlights include used #69-76, 141, 200-203, 243-246, NH, C18, C35, used #18, 279a, C15, C16, C17, C53-57, etc. 332c, etc. 2021 Scott $1310. NET $275 etc. 2021 Scott $980. NET $450 288 MONACO – Collection 1885-1972 (pages to 1988) of 2016 Scott $2355. NET $550 362 TOPICAL: OLYMPICS – Mint collection from 1906around 1000 stamps plus duplicates (not counted included 325 RYUKYU ISLANDS – #75-80 and C14-18 MNH. 1958 in a Lindner hingeless album. Approximately 255 stamps as a gift) in a Scott specialty album. Approximately 90% mint, Scarce imprint blocks of six. 2017 Scott $463. NET $175 in generally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint Netherlands filled with topical sets. Highlights include mint #2, 8, 9, 27, 28, 325A RYUKYU ISLANDS – A complete MNH collection #B25-B32, Monaco C36-C39, CB7-CB10, Peru C79-C81, C81a, 127, S/S 159 NH, block 291b perf and imperf, 333, B9-13, B94, of blocks of four missing only the rare #7a and #17. Everything Yugoslavia 359 MNH-364 MNH, 461-468, etc. 2021 Scott $990. C36-39, C41-44, C72A, CB7-10, CB11-14, J25, J26, J38; used else is here: #1-228, C1-30 and E1. As is usual for early Ryukyu NET $250 #176, B6, B7. Early issues F-VF, later VF. 2017 Scott $6,696. stamps some of the earlies have a bit of gum disturbance. Other- 367 UNITED STATES – Mint 1851-1930 F-VF collection NET $1795 wise all are very nice. Without any premium for blocks, the 2020 with a catalog value over $60,000. A very nice mint collection 289 MONACO – Mint (88%) and used collection of 770 Scott catalog is $3,816. NET $1395 on dealer stockcards without duplication. All stamps are sound. stamps on black two-sided stock pages from 1885-1970s. Mint 328 SAN MARINO – Collection 1877-1975 with around 850 The majority of the value will be in stamps that catalog from highlights: #2 and 8, used #6. Duplicates are free and not in stamps 95% mint, plus uncounted mint and used duplicates in- $75-$5000. Enjoy one of the best bargains in philately for only: catalog value. Mixed condition. Good number of fine or better cluded as a gift, in mounts in a Palo album. Range of issues NET $9995 stamps. 2017 Scott $1500. NET $250 many complete colorful topical sets, better B.O.B. Some high- 367A UNITED STATES – Mint collection from 1851-1930 290 MOROCCO – Mint VF collection of 395 stamps and lights include mint #4, 7 unused, 10, 15, 17, 22 unused, 69, B3- with a catalog value over $28,000. A very nice F-VF mint collecS/S from 1956-1974, 75% NH in mounts, 25% hinged on Scott 11, C19-20, C90 NH, J8, J9, J17, J32, J57, J58, J59. Selected tion on dealer stockcards with no duplication. Stamps are sound specialty pages; highlights include: NH #1-131, 198A-206, 206b, NH beginning about 1970. Early issues fine and better, later VF. and will catalog from $25-$1000. A great opportunity to build a 2017 Scott $8,506. NET $1995 Northern zone #1-25, etc. 2020 Scott $491. NET $225 classical U.S. collection at only: NET $4995 293 NETHERLANDS – Two White Ace albums with around 329 SAN MARINO – 95% mint collection from 1877-1969 367B UNITED STATES – Used collection 1851-1930 with 600 MNH VF stamps from 1980 to 2001. Lots of complete book- in a Lighthouse hingeless album. Over 95% mint. Approximately a catalog value over $18,000 of F-VF sound stamps on dealer 810 stamps in generally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint stockcards with no duplication cataloging $25 to many hundreds. lets and souvenir sheets. 2021 Scott $1040. NET $395 300 NEW CALEDONIA – Around 165 mint stamps (and #1, 13, 15, 29-31, 90-92, 104-106, 111-114, 139-142, 155-158, Save loads by purchasing at only: NET $2995 three used) from 1905-1973 on Minkus pages in VF condition. 239 MNH, 277, 278-293, C76 MNH, C80 MNH, C90 MNH, Q36, 368A UNITED STATES – #551-573 mint o.g. never hinged used #4, 17, etc. 2021 Scott $4,570. NET $1450 2017 Scott $769. NET $210 F-VF complete set. 2020 Scott $940. NET $395 302 NEW CALEDONIA – Mint airmail collection from C27- 332 SAUDI ARABIA – Mint (80%) and used F-VF collection 369 UNITED STATES: DUCK PLATE BLOCK C72 with each stamp or set on a dealer stockcard. Highlights: of around 225 stamps on various Scott pages from 1960-1975 COLLECTION – #RW42-RW58 MNH. Face value $490. NET with strength in mint definitives. Mint highlights: #265-73, 304- $460 C29-40, C50-56, etc. 2017 Scott $402. NET $160 304 NORWAY – Mint collection from 1889-2001 on Light- 11, 405-10, 432-40 and C30-32. 2020 Scott $1730. NET $475 369A UNITED STATES DUCK PLATE BLOCK house hingeless pages in two binders of around 1300 stamps 345 SWEDEN – Mint and used collection from 1855-1999 COLLECTION BELOW FACE VALUE – A collection of in F-VF condition. Duplicates and used not counted but included in mounts in a Scott specialty album. Duplicates not counted, 21 different mint o.g. never hinged plate blocks from 1975-2014 as a gift. Highlights include mint #100-103, 104-110, 111-114, included as a gift. Approximately 1515 stamps in generally F-VF with a face value of $980. NET $875 115-128, 220 NH, 239 NH, 275-278, 370-374, 1004-1020, B1 condition. Highlights include mint #43, 44, 65, C8c, used #2, 15, 371 UNITED STATES: KANSAS-NEBRASKA – Scott NH- B3 NH, B24 NH, O9-O21, O65-O82, J1 NH-J6 NH, etc. 20a, 23a, 44, etc. 2021 Scott $5,230. NET $1250 #658-679 mint o.g. NH F-VF complete sets. 2017 Scott $4,775. NET $1195 346 SWEDEN – Mint and used (close to 70%) mostly fine or 372A UNITED STATES: PLATE BLOCKS – Collection 306 NORWAY – Mint and used (70%) fine or better collection better collection of 1050 stamps on Minkus specialty pages from of 19 scarce hinged plate blocks from #268 to #668 in a bit mixed of more than 1730 stamps and souvenir sheets on homemade 1855-1982 with many in mounts. Mint highlights: #152, used #2, but generally F-VF condition, each on a dealer stockcard. This pages in a binder from 1856-2009 with some early varieties and 4, 6-12, 42-9, 20-7, 209-10, 218-21, 223-24, B1-10, B12-16, J9collection contains #268, 334, 343, 398, 428, 516, 526, 527, 11, O1-6, O8-9 and O12-25. 2017 Scott $4,945. NET $995 many in mounts with a good number of NH including premium 528, 530, 536, 562, 573, 618, 620, 621, 628, 668 and J78. 2020 stamps. Duplicates are free and not counted. Mint highlights 347 SWEDEN – Scott quadrille pages with around 770 Scott $6,516. NET $2195 #21, 106-09, 246 NH, B1-3, B24 NH and used #4-5, 12, 19, 22- generally F-VF stamps from 1858 to the mid 1960s. A few mint 34, 36-40, 42-5 and J7-10. 2021 Scott $4,375. NET $995 singles and sets. Overall 99% used. Highlights include used #12, 372B UNITED STATES VERY SCARCE PLATE 308 NORWAY – Mint and used (80%) fine or better collection 21, 27, 44, B18, J10, J11, J12-J22, O12-O25, etc. 2019 Scott BLOCKS – A collection of 30 early hinged plate blocks all of which are sound. Highlights: #232 (3¢ Columbian), 264, 302, of 850 stamps on Minkus pages from 1856-1999. Used high- $3,738. NET $995 lights #4-5, 11, 20, 59 and 108-11, etc. 2017 Scott $1425. NET 350 SWITZERLAND – Scott specialty album with around 329, 367-68, 397, 429, 500!, 534a, 570, 675. The vast majority are F-VF centered. 2020 Scott $9,607. NET $3395 $350 1230 generally F-VF stamps from 1850 to early 1980s. Overall 309 NORWAY – Around 920 stamps, over 90% mint, from 90% used with pockets of mint after 1935. Lots of highlights in- 375 VATICAN CITY – MNH collection from 1931-2007 in 1942 to 1999 hinged on Scott pages in VF condition. The collec- cluding used #8, 8a, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 23, 33, 48, 50a, 52a, 77, mounts in a Scott specialty album. Approximately 1395 stamps tion appears to be 85-90% complete for the time period- a good 87b, 91, 92, 111, 136a, B119, B206 on cover with exhibit cancel, in generally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #1236, C2, J14, J20, J21-J28. Collector carefully added lots of variety 1269-1283, C9-C15, etc. The last 60 years appear to be all NH! start on a popular country. 2016 Scott $1691. NET $325 319 ROMANIA – Specialty album with attractive collection shades to this collection along with decent early duplication. All 2021 Scott $2030. NET $895 of around 1520 F-VF from of 1858 to 1950 with pages and a in mounts. A very desirable collection. 2020 Scott $13,345. NET 376 VATICAN CITY – Mint collection from 1959-1993 in mounts in a White Ace album. Approximately 810 stamps in handful of stamps to 1972. Earlies are well represented and in $2995 better condition than normally seen including mint #14, 15, 16, 351 SWITZERLAND – Schaubek album with well-tended F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #704a, etc. 2021 Scott 17, 20a, 45, B9-B12, C43-C44, 3NRA3a (black overprint error). collection of around 1400 F-VF 90% used stamps from 1850 to $705. NET $210 Also used #18, 29, 181a color error. Diverse selection of airs, 1975. Clearly put together with a specialist’s eye for shades etc. Dr. Robert Friedman & Sons Includes used #8, 12, 17, 19, 50, 56, sets B2 thru B24, B89, J9. semi-airs, occupations, etc. 2021 Scott $4,225. NET $995 (800) 588-8100 320 ROMANIA – Interesting and valuable mint and used Mint #101, 108, etc. Remount to see the full potential. 2021 Scott email: stampcollections@drbobstamps.com (60%) mostly fine collection of 100 stamps on quad pages from $5,960. NET $1395 www.drbobfriedmanstamps.com 1864-1878 with all stamps counted except those with “X” mark 352 SWITZERLAND – F-VF used collection from 1858and contains shades and paper varieties as well as cancels. Mint 1983 in a Scott specialty album. Strong early showing; complete Please call to reserve lots or for additional description. We are highlights: #19 (unused), 20 (x4), 21 (x4), 21 margin multiple of from 1938-44 & from 1946-1974 w/o S/S. Semis 98% complete open for your calls seven days a week. FOR COLLECTORS six with one #21a, 22a (signed Lemaire), 26, 26 (with bluish cast used from 1913-1975; plus some B.O.B. Highlights include 37, WHO ARE KNOWN TO US, PAYMENTS MAY BE SPREAD OVER A but not bluish paper), 27, 29 (x3), 27a (x3), 31 (x3), 32 (x2) and 58, 84-6, 97a, 98-100, 118, 181-5, 243-6, 257-67, B1-88, B90- THREE MONTH PERIOD. INTEREST FREE. 38a. Used highlights: #31 (x4), 31a, 31b, 32 (x2), 33, (x2 one 104, B146-77, B196-205, B207-81, C15-18, etc. 2020 Scott SHIPPING – UPS or mail within 3 days of receiving payment. We pay shipping expenses. thick paper), 34 (x2 one thick paper), 35 (x2 one thick paper), $3476. NET $750 36 (x2), 38a, 40 (x3 one thick paper), etc. 2020 Scott $3,250. 353 SWITZERLAND – Mint & used collection from 1908- PAYMENT TERMS — Personal check, Money Order, MasterCard, Visa, Discover or American Express. NET $795 1988 on mixed pages in a Schaubek binder. Duplicates not POLICY – Lots may be returned for 321 ROMANIA – Around 1050 stamps on Scott specialty counted but included as a gift. Approximately 1210 stamps in RETURN any reason within 5 days of receipt. pages from 1879 to 1964. Includes some mint and used to 1954 generally F-VF condition. Highlights include mint #406-409, B4-
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BY Scott Tiffney Librarian & Director of Information Services stiffney@stamps.org
A Long-Awaited Donation
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2021 begins to unfold, the APRL is now looking toward growing its collection, not only on the shelves of the library itself, but also digitally. February brought to the APRL in the form of a longpromised donation one of the largest and most significant collections of auction catalogs and U.S philatelic history material in existence. APS Life member and past APS Historian Dr. Herbert A. Trenchard donated the remaining portion of his extraordinary collection, amassed over 65 years of collecting philatelic literature. 2021 is also proving to be a significant time for the growth of the library’s digital collections.
Dr. Herbert A. Trenchard Donation Enhances APRL Collection Over the years, beginning during his college days in 1944, Dr. Trenchard grew his collection, extending through his professional career as a theoretical physicist. As he traveled worldwide for his profession, he developed close relationships with many domestic and international auction houses, collecting both well known and obscure auction catalogs. Along the way in his philatelic endeavors, he also met both Harry Linquist, the great philatelic editor and publisher, and George Turner, one of the greatest U.S. philatelic bibliophiles. Both of these distinguished philatelists encouraged Dr. Trenchard in his collecting and writing and gifted him many items from their own collections. Initially, Dr. Trenchard’s collection was comprised of primarily domestic and foreign auction catalogs, estimated in 1975 to be well over 75,000 items. With George Turner’s encouragement, he began a collection of material related to the history of stamp collecting. Dr. Trenchard later described this equally significant and vast portion of his collection as containing “anything connected with stamp collecting except stamps.” Along with his considerable auction catalog collection, Dr. Trenchard donated to the APRL this part of his collection, which includes material related to philatelic exhibitions, famous collectors and their collections, early philatelic history in America, U.S. locals, forgers and forgeries, early philatelists who impacted U.S. philately, first day ceremonies, the Famous Americans issue of 1940, the St. Louis Bears, the Ionian islands and the history of the Ameri356 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
can Philatelic Society. Betsy Gamble, recently retired APRL Technical Services Coordinator, has returned to sort and inventory the donation that came to the APS by truck on 24 pallets in over 600 moving boxes. This considerable donation will enable the APRL to grow the size and scope of both its working collection and the archives. On behalf of the APS and APRL, we would like to sincerely thank both Dr. Trenchard and his daughter Abby for making the transfer of this extraordinary collection possible. As we process the donation, we will update our readers on any unique items that we may find.
APRL Digital and the Adopt-A-Book Campaign As the physical collection of the APRL grows, 2021 presents an equally important opportunity to significantly expand the size and scope of the digital collections. Currently the APRL has received permissions from 39 philatelic organizations to scan and upload their journals to the library’s digital collections database, APRL Digital. In the weeks and months ahead, the APRL will be involved in the process of scanning, compiling, correcting, approving and then uploading each of these journals. The APRL has also received permission to upload over 200 digital exhibits. If you or your philatelic organization is interested in having your exhibit or your group’s publication as part of the digital database, please contact the library at stiffney@stamps.org. As with any large scale digitization project, each step of the process is both costly and time-consuming. Each journal is scanned page by page (if needed; some journals have already been partially scanned), then checked for quality (missing pages, page orientation correction, clar-
ity of images, etc.). Next, these journals are then indexed with metadata, and finally the finished pages are uploaded into the database. From January 2020 to March 2021, the database grew from just over 500,000 pages to over 620,000 pages. Storage space on internal servers is another necessary factor to ensure the stability, functionality and consistency of access to the database. Each aspect of the digital process requires both time
and funding. If you would like to assist us with the latter as we strive to improve access to the resources of the APRL, consider donating to the Adopt-A-Book campaign (aps. buzz/AdoptABook). Every dollar given to the campaign goes directly to funding the scanning, uploading and storage costs involved with the APRL Digital database. Thank you to the donors who have supported the Adopt-A-Book campaign in 2020, listed on page 345.
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ach April, we feature the member recognition issue to say Thank You for the contributions, support and encouragement we receive from our members. Review those special recognitions in this issue on pages 333 to 351.
The past year has certainly challenged us and words cannot express how grateful we are for all the patience, understanding and heartfelt wishes we’ve received from members. One member wrote, “Please tell staff the APS Cares!” and from that the “APS Cares” fund was born. The fund allowed us to keep our staff working and serving you, from the safety of their homes. When times got tough, you made us tougher. We cannot thank you enough! In appreciation of your support, we continue to work hard to maintain and improve services and benefits. So, I felt this was a good time to remind you of a few of the exclusive savings offered to our members. We work with the Affinity Group to offer the following: • Insurance – We’ve partnered with the Nation’s Leading Long-Term Care Insurance Specialists LTCR to provide resources and savings. •
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Show Update
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Membership Report
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NEW APPLICANTS The following applications were received during February 2021. If no objections are received by the Executive Director (814933-3803) prior to April 30, 2021 these applicants will be admitted to membership and notice to this effect will appear in the June 2021 issue. Applegate, Steven (233047) Midlothian, VA Arbuckle, Katharine Y. (233096) Shingletown, CA Commemoratives-CoversBlocks/Guideline Blocks; 80; Retired Arkenberg, John G. (233063) Brooklyn, NY Foreign ClassicsSpace-Used Worldwide; 39 Babichenko, Dmitriy (233093) Pittsburgh, PA SpacePropaganda In StampsHolocaust; 43 Bender, William J. (233018) North Babylon, NY CommemorativesUS-Souvenir Sheets-First Day Covers-Classics-Air Mails; 74 Berthiaume, Joshua A. (233066) Westminster, CO Commemoratives-Air MailsErrors, Freaks, Oddities-British Empire-Canada-Russia/USSR/ Independent Republics; 37; Nurse Assistant Bester, Carl (233070) Upland, CA Air Mails-Commemoratives Panels-Commemoratives-Plate Blocks-First Day Covers; 68 Bhardwaj, Raj (233025) Mckinney, TX; 87 Bheemineni, Kusuma (233046) Smithtown, NY Classics-19th Century-20th Century-CoversIndia-Great Britain; 67; Physician Billig, Robert (233026) Miami, FL; 77 Brennecke, Peggy (233099) Baltimore, MD 20th CenturyBlocks/Guideline Blocks-First Day Programs-US; 68 Burleson, Nancy (233059) Camarillo, CA Classics Calleja, Peter (233023) San Gwann, Malta British AfricaGreat Britain-Malta/Sov. Military Order-Italian States; 63 Camp, Ray H. (233033) Chicago, IL; 76; Retired Casey, Thomas X. (233086) Richmond, MA Bronx, NYBerkshire County, MA-Space Exploration; 69; Retired-US Treasury & US Postal Childers, Jacob (233060) Rockford, IL Revenues/Tax Paids (Federal)Air Mails-19th Century-SpaceUsed Worldwide-Military Mail; 25
Clayton, John A. (233017) Haddonfield, NJ 20th Century19th Century-First Day Covers; 62 Cockburn, Peter F. (232974) Balcombe, United Kingdom British Commonwealth-Malaya/ Malaysia-Ceylon/Sri LankaForeign Revenues; 75; Retired Col, Ruth (233012) Henderson, NV Sheets/Small Panes-US-Air Mails-Commemoratives-Great Britain-Turks & Caicos Islands; 74; Retired Teacher Collyer, Michael R. (233020) Canyon Lake, TX Plate BlocksCommemoratives-Berlin-Vatican City-Czechoslovakia-AustriaMexico-Germany-BrazilGreenland; 66 Conces, Dewey J. (233008) Zionsville, IN Postal CardsCovers-German 3rd Reich/ Occupations-Astronomy-SpaceEphemera Cortes, Ivan (233052) Geneva, OH 19th Century-20th CenturyCancels-Coils-Covers-Fancy Cancels; 44 Cox, Diana L. (232992) Clayton, IN Commemorative PanelsPatriotic Covers-Idaho-Liberty Series-Western Covers-Classics Crispin, Bob E. (233002) Punta Gorda, FL Germany; 62 Cronson, Harry (232979) Matthews, NC North Carolina20th Century; D.Ouellet, Vincent (233094) Terrebonne, QC Canada Canada-19th CenturyCandadian FDCs; 31 Damplo, Michael (233003) East Falmouth, MA German 3rd Reich/Occupations-German Colonies-German Democratic Rep.-German Federal Rep.German States-Germany; 67 Dartley, Edward T. (233021) Ridgewood, NJ 19th Century20th Century-Plate Blocks; 56 Deschenes, Michel (233048) Terrebonne, QC Canada Foreign Classics-Canada-ArtCommemoratives-GermanyFrance; Seller Devine, John M. (232981) Havertown, PA Commemoratives-DefinitivesAir Mails-Parcel Post-Postage Dues-Special Deliveries; 81; Retired Dolven, Scott (232978) Pewaukee, WI Commemoratives-Canada; Dougherty, Scott A. (232986) Pittsburgh, PA US-ScoutsLighthouses-Education-Back Of The Book-Postage Dues; 49; Special Education
Drew, Stephen E. (232996) Sacramento, CA Classics Eagle, Tom (232977) Richardson, TX Commemoratives-Hong Kong-Falkland Islands; 62; IT Analyst Elliot, Flare (233000) Phoenix, AZ 19th Century-Christmas Seals-CommemorativesDuck/Hunting/Fishing Stamps-Arizona-Spain; 72 Embling, Larry E. (233055) Sharpsville, IN CommemorativesDefinitives-Indiana-Famous People-Flags/National Emblems-Fancy CancelsGrenada-St Vincent-Mongolia; 75; Retired Fahs, James L. (232972) Stroudsburg, PA PennsylvaniaIreland-Authors/Literature/ Libraries-Zeppelin Covers/ Stamps-Transportation-Trains; 59 Fennessey, Herb J. (232963) Neosho, MO 20th Century-Air Mails-Germany-German Federal Rep.; 63 Ferguson, Hugh D. (233043) Spring Lake Hts., NJ US-First Day Covers-United Nations; 63; Audiologist Fodor, Joe (233073) Brooklyn, NY Mexico-Mexico RevenueMexico 19th Century HistoricalFrancisco Eppens; 58 Freedman, Steve (233038) Wake Forest, NC Definitives-USPossessions-North Carolina; Galka, Frank (233044) Whitefish Bay, WI US-Used US-VaticanDuck Stamps-Worldwide; 74; Dentist Gier, Terry (233022) Saint Louis, MO Commemoratives PanelsChristmas Seals-Love-SportsChristmas-Medicine/Drugs/ Health-Holiday Stamps; Gordon, Malcolm (233084) Newcastle, WA 19th Century20th Century-Advertising Covers-Air Mails-First Day Covers; 72 Grandon, Matthew (233100) Lemoyne, PA; 31 Hall, John R. (233053) Northborough, MA 20th Century-Blocks/Guideline Blocks-Commemoratives; Hamilton, Jennifer (232967) Hillsborough, NH; Dance/ Fitness Instructor Hannon, Richard P. (233024) Atco, NJ 20th Century-19th CenturyCanada-Great Britain-Australia; 61
NEW MEMBERS Applications 232689-232736; 232738-232781; 232783-232795 as previously published have been accepted for membership by the Board of Vice Presidents.
SUMMARY Total Membership, January 31, 2021.................. 27,515 New Members 104 Reinstated 25 Deceased 51 Resignations 21 Adjustment 3 Total Membership, February 28, 2021 27,569 (Total Membership, February 29, 2020 was 28,234 a difference of 665). Hargett, James M. (232952) Guilderland, NY ClassicsCommemoratives-ChinaAustralia-Hong Kong; 74 University Professor Harris, Joel A. (233067) Clayton, CA Commemoratives-British Commonwealth-Israel; 57; Attorney Harris, Sarah (233019) Mount Vernon, IL 20th Century-USMarshall Islands-MicronesiaPalau-United Nations Hartson, John N. (232997) Iowa City, IA US; 72; Retired Hashimoto, Laura (233032) Gatineau, QC Canada Hassan, Zaid (233004) Gilbert, AZ Middle East; 42 Hershberger, Virgil (232958) Fairview, MI US Mint And Cancelled-Plate Blocks; Retired Minister Hertling, Leo J. (232982) Saint Louis, MO Ryukyus; 81 Retired St. Louis Police Dept. Hill, Leonard Neil (233006) Peterborough, ON Canada Hinkley, Robert (233007) Denver, PA Blocks/Guideline Blocks-19th Century-20th Century-Air MailsCommemoratives Hoskins, Stephen R. (233097) Altadena, CA US-First Day Covers; 77 House, Donald E. (232955) Leonardtown, MD 20th Century-Air Mails-19th CenturyCoils-United Nations-Plate Number Coils; 83 Howell, Nancy J. (232988) Pinson, AL; 66 Huchko, Thomas E. (232983) Wadsworth, OH US-First Day Covers-Poland; 73; Retired Johnson, John W. (232949) Palmdale, CA ClassicsCommemoratives-DefinitivesFancy Cancels-First Day CoversPostage Dues; 69; Retired APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 359
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Vargas, Rodolfo (232990) Baton Rouge, LA British EmpireEastern Europe-Europe-South America-Asia-Africa-Great Britain; 64 Vercruysse, Regan V. (232993) Phelps, NY Cancels-CoversPerfins-Foreign Cancels-EuropeFirst Day Covers; 69; Retired Verschuur, Gerrit L. (233001) Sunnyvale, CA Cape Of Good Hope-South Africa/EnclavesNudes-Astronomy; 83; Retired Vincent, Gerald L. (233069) Cortez, CO First Day Covers-First Day Programs-Flight Covers-Air Mails-Commemoratives-Space Covers; 77 Vohra, Zafar (232976) Pleasantville, NJ US Postal History-20th Century-Duck/ Hunting/Fishing Stamps-Stamp Design Errors-Animals-SportsBridges-Science-Wars; 74 Volta, Andrea (233014) Anieres, 1247, Switzerland TaiwanUS-Switzerland-Canada-Faroe Islands-Scouts Von Rohr, John (232994) Wayland, MA; 25 Von Rohr, Margaret (233010) Wayland, MA; 62 Walser, Conrad E. (233092) Apalachicola, FL Used Worldwide-19th CenturyHonduras-Latin AmericanNicaragua-Worldwide Unused; 76 Waybourn, Kirstin (233085) Fort Worth, TX Rate Covers-Bureau Issues; 46 Weigand, Brien (232987) Gladstone, OR; 58; Driver Werstler, Blaine E. (233076) North Canton, OH US-Worldwide Werth, Greg (233061) Washington, DC Whealton, Matthew (233071) San Francisco, CA Egypt-US; 64 White, Lewis (232968) Plano, TX Air Mails-British Empire-Naval Covers-British North AmericaCommemoratives-World War II; 90; Retired Whiting, Glenn (232970) Saint Cloud, FL 19th CenturyCommemoratives-GermanyIsrael-Saar-Philippines; 63; Retired Whitney, Jeffrey L. (232962) Shiloh, IL Air Mails-Space Covers-Aviation-SpaceRailroads-Trains Williams, Sally (232999) Springfield, MO Used US-Souvenir Sheets; 59; Procurement Wilson, Robert T. (232973) Galt, CA British CommonwealthCentral Europe-Eastern EuropeAustralia-Canada Wishall, Marion B. (232951) Athens, AL Germany-Souvenir Sheets (Foreign); Retired Wolf, Jeff (232966) Two Rivers, WI US-British Commonwealth; 62; Quality Manager
Woycitzky, Andrew (233068) Pensacola, FL US-Japan-UkraineTrieste-Vatican City; 70 Yoder, Roscoe (233035) Overland Park, KS Classics-First Issues; 64 Young, Dj (233050) Emmitsburg, MD; 26
Deceased Ambuter, Roger (170175), Windermere, FL Anconetani, Joseph L. (5287038759), Indialantic, FL Anderson, Karl J. (091274), Tacoma, WA Berger, Peter L. (10529-056052), Crossville, TN Bonelli, Cynthia A. (4902-126702), Penngrove, CA Bowers, Stanley L. (198509), Westlake Village, CA Brainerd, Steven M. (230114), Tucson, AZ Clarke, Walter S. (158849), Clarksboro, NJ Clemson, Daniel R. (194365), Mechanicsburg, PA Dillaway, Guy R. (8679-046476), Weston, MA Dingler, Willard W. (10545-047820), Leixlip, Kildare, Duvall, C. Dale (177180), Culpeper, VA
Edwardson, Elvin L. (155338), Eveleth, MN Etzler, Robert (189943), Sacramento, CA Evans, Forrest B. (10421-072899), Visalia, CA Finn, James E. (118396), Onalaska, WI Frechette, Michael D. (189898), Killingworth, CT Garrett, Donald F. (5147-037522), Warner Robins, GA German, John E. (207527), Arvada, CO Glass, Paul D. (10569-044327), Sparks, NV Hendricks, Charles E. (093091), Tucson, AZ Howard, Charles C. (2590-049523), River Pines, CA Hunt, Alan A. (085071), Bremerton, WA Jones, Walter Lee (088422), Austin, TX Kajencki, Francis C. (159546), Galesburg, IL Kangas, Carl R. (209071), Farmington Hls, MI Lancaster, Wallace H. (126987), Tuscaloosa, AL Larriva, Alfonso G. (132686), Paradise Valley, AZ Lenz, Bernard L. (131384), Macon, GA
Link, Guy F. (153043), Mesa, AZ Loeffler, Sharon V. (174846), Tulsa, OK Mandel, Jack K. (9380-060921), Fullerton, CA Matuszak, Alice J. (135245), Stockton, CA Murphy, Larry (219888), Hamilton, ON Nicolas, David P. (204337), Huntsville, AL Nowlan, Michael O. (166187), Oromocto, NB Nussmann, David G. (5828-046896), Houston, TX Parkes, John D. (178099), Rockwall, TX Parsons, Alan (8419-056618), Elmira, NY Pavick, Thomas P. (138828), Waynesburg, PA Petosky, Paul E. (215027), Munising, MI Pogany, Dennis (219801), Lake Forest, IL Potter, Victor G. (201208), St. Catharines, ON Potterton, Richard L. (10172056628), Winchester, VA Rothberg, Michael A. (12145060305), South Windsor, CT Sigman, William (219881), Indianapolis, IN
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Frank Bachenheimer —www.astampdealer4u.com
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Gary Posner, Inc. — www.garyposnerinc.com
Antonio M. Torres —www.antoniotorres.com
328
305
Gregg Nelson Stamps — www.greggnelsonstamps.com
366
Guernsey Post/Guernsey Stamps www.guernseystamps.com
315
366
Haiti Philatelic Society — www.haitiphilately.com
309
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG—www.auktionen-gaertner.de 371
HB Philatelics — www.hbphilatelics.com
292
Hipstamp — www.hipstamp.com
291
APS Estate Advice —www.stamps.org/Estate-Advice Argyll Etkin Limited —www.argyll-etkin.com
366
Century Stamps —www.century-stamps.com
364
CK Stamps —www.CKstamps.com
366
Colonial Stamp www.colonialstamps.com Columbian Stamp Company —www.columbianstamp.com
Palo Albums Inc. — www.paloalbums.com 367 Paradise Valley Stamp Company, Cornerstamp, Inc.—www.stamp-one.com 298 Patricia A. Kaufmann —www.trishkaufmann.com
377
Penny Black Stamp Company —www.pennyblackstamp.com
366
Philasearch.com — www.philasearch.com
304
Posta Faroe Islands — www.stamp.fo
365
Postal Stationery.com — www.postalstationery.com
304
Hugh Wood Inc. Insurance — www.hughwood.com
Randy Scholl Stamp Co. Have Tongs Will Travel — www.randyschollstampcompany.com/ have-tongs-will-travel.asp C4
375
Hungarian Stamp Exchange — www.hungarianstamps.com
302
376
India and States —www.indiaandstates.com
Rasdale Stamp Company — www.rasdalestamps.com
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376
374
366
International Society of Guatemala Collectors —www.GuatemalaStamps.com 362
Richard Friedberg Stamps — www.friedbergstamps.com Rising Sun Stamps — www.risingsunstamps.com
377
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions —www.kelleherauctions.com 293, 296-297
James E. Lee — www.jameslee.com
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Jon Krupnick
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David R. Torre —waterfowlstampsandmore.com
J.R. Mowbray, Ltd. —www.mowbrays.co.nz
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. — www.siegelauctions.com 289,366
366
Kap Stamps —www.kapstamps.com
Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library — http://rmplauctions.org
370
Rubber Stamps —shop.wcp-nm.com
366
292
Scott A. Shaulis — www.shaulisstamps.com
366
Space Cover Store — www.spacecoverstore.com
366
Stampbay, Inc. — www.stampbay.com
374
Stanley Gibbons Auction House —auctions.stanleygibbons.com
303
Stephen T. Taylor — www.stephentaylor.co.uk
376
Steve Malack Stamps — www.malack.com
380
Sterling Stamp —auction.sterlingstamps.com
374
Suburban Stamp
366
301
Davidson’s Stamp Service —www.newstampissues.com
366
Kay & Co. — www.kaystamps.com
D&P Stamps —www.dpstamps.com
376
Delcampe —www.delcampe.com
308
Kelleher & Rogers, Ltd. — www.kelleherasia.com
293, 296-297
Lawrence J. Mozian — www.mozianstamps.com
308
Denali Stamp Co. —www.denalistamps.com
377
Markest Stamps—www.markest.com
381
Don S. Cal —www.DonSCal.com
377
Martin Winter
292
Michael Eastick & Associates Pty. Ltd. — www.michaeleastick.com
366
Miller’s Stamp Company — www.millerstamps.com
366
Dutch Country Auctions —ww.DutchCountryAuctions.com
307
Dr. Robert Friedman & Sons —www.drbobfriedmanstamps.com 299, 352-355 Eastern Auctions —www.easternauctions.com
357
E.S.J. van Dam, Ltd. —www.canadarevenuestamps.com
366
ebay —www.ebay.com/philately
361
Eric Jackson— www.ericjackson.com
370
Mountainside Stamps, Coins & Currency— — www.mountainsidestamps.com 308 Mystic Stamp Company — www.mysticstamp.com
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298, 376
The Collectors Club
New England Stamp — www.NewEnglandStamp.com
—www.collectorsclub.org
380
366
Nieser Stamp and Coin —www.kennieser.com
Tropical Stamps, Inc. — www.tropicalstamps.com
374
308
Oquist Stamps — www.oquiststamps.com
Vance Auctions Ltd —www.vanceauctions.com
362
366
Vogt Stamps —www.vogtstamps.com
366
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April 23-24
LANCOPEX 2021 – Canceled Website: https://lcps-stamps.org/lancopex/
Garfield-Perry March Party, Garfield-Perry Stamp Club, Holiday Inn Strongsville, 15471 Royalton Rd., Strongsville. *WSP* Contact: Roger Rhoads Email: rrrhoads@aol.com Website: http://www.garfieldperry.org
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New England Stamp Expo, EBW Promotions, LLC, Double Tree by Hilton, Downtown Manchester. *B* Contact: Ernest Botte Email: ernie@ebwpromotions.com Website: https://ebwpromotions.com/newengland-stamp-expo/
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May 11
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May 15-16
Spring Stamp Fair, Indiana Stamp Club, Lawrence Community Center, 5301 N. Franklin Rd., Indianapolis. Contact: Michael Schweitzer Email: michael@mandshobbies.com Website: http://indianastampclub.org
Ohio
May 16
Montrose Stamp Bourse, Lincolnway Stamps, Holiday Inn-Akron West, 4073 Medina Rd., Akron. *B* Contact: Dave Pool Email: lincolnway@sssnet.com
South Africa
May 16
SAVEPEX - South Africa, Bloemfontein. Virtual One Frame Exhibition. Contact: Tim Wait Email: t.wait@comcast.net
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May 18
Adding EFOs to Your Collection: Session Three, Virtual Course via C3a. *APS* Email: education@stamps.org Website: stamps.org/learn/c3a-online-learning
New York
May 21-22
ROPEX – Canceled Website: www.rpastamps.org
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May 22-23
MSDA Cincinnati Stamp Show, Midwest Stamp Dealers Associaton, Four Points by Sheraton Cincinnati North, 7500 Tylers Place Blvd., West Chester. *B* Contact: Michael Mules Email: msdastampshow@gmail.com Website: https://www.msdastamp.com/
Virginia
June 4-6
NAPEX – POSTPONED new date TBD, National Phil. Exhibitions of Washington D.C. *WSP* Contact: Bill Fort Email: wcfortiii@aol.com Website: http://www.napex.org
Wisconsin
June 5-6
MSDA Milwaukee Stamp Show, Midwest Stamp Dealers Association, Crown Plaza Milwaukee Airport, 6401 South 13th Street, Milwaukee. *B* Contact: Michael Mules Email: msdastampshow@gmail.com Website: http://www.msdastamp.com
Ohio
June 11-12
COLOPEX – Canceled Website: https://www.colopex.com/
Michigan
June 12-13
Dearborn Stamp Club Show, Dearborn Stamp Club, Sokol Cultural Center, 23600 W. Warren Ave., Dearborn Heights. Contact: John Gorney Email: dgoerny2010@comcast.net
Indiana
July 10-11
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Minnesota
July 16-18
Minnesota Stamp Expo, Twin City Philatelic Society and Various Local Clubs, Crystal Community Ctr., 4800 Douglas Dr., N., Minneapolis. *WSP* Contact: Randy A. Smith Email: rasmary4@frontiernet.net Website: http://www.stampsminnesota.com/ MN%20Stamp%20Expo.htm
Nevada
July 24-25
Greater Reno Stamp & Cover Show, Nevada Stamp Study Society, National Bowling Stadium Museum, 300 N. Center St., Reno. Contact: Erik Fields Email: show@renostamp.org Website: https://RenoStamp.org
North Carolina
July 24-25
CHARPEX 2021, Charlotte Philatelic Society, Worrell Bldg, Central Piedmont Community College, 1228 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte. Contact: Gene Zhiss Email: signup@charpex.info Website: www.charpex.info
Illinois
July 24-25
MSDA Chicagoland North Stamp Show, Midwest Stamp Dealers Association, Ramada Inn Wheeling, 1090 S. Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling. *B* Contact: Michael Mules Email: msdastampshow@gmail.com Website: http://www.msdastamp.com
California
July 30-1
WESTPEX, WESTPEX, Inc., San Francisco Airport
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Pennsylvania
August 7-8
WILKPEX 2021, Wilkinsburg Stamp Club, Holiday Park Fire Hall, 415 Old Abers Creek Road, Plum. Website: https://www.wilkinsburgstampclub. com/wilkpex.php
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colorful symbol of a new year, a brilliant scientist, and 10 beautiful flowers grace a dozen new postage stamps issued in February by the United States Postal Service. All 12 are first-class domestic-rate stamps priced at the current rate of 55 cents. All will forever be valid for the first-class domestic rate. Two stamps – one for Lunar New Year and the other honoring physicist Chien-Shiung Wu – are single-stamp issues while there are 10 Garden Beauty stamps showcasing popular flowers of North American gardens. No in-person first day ceremonies were held because of the continuing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. The two singlestamp issues were formally released with virtual dedications that the USPS broadcast via its Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Year of the Ox The Year of the Ox is the second in the U.S. Postal Service’s third series of Lunar New Year stamps, which was introduced in 2020 with the Year of the Rat stamp (Figure 1). Both stamps feature artwork based on three-dimensional animal masks created by Camille Chew. Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamp. The artwork calls to mind elaborately decorated masks used in the dragon or lion dances often performed during Lunar New Year parades. The mask shown incorporates elements with symbolic meaning. Several of the patterns were created with the style of Asian textiles in mind, as well as purple flowers that represent the arrival of spring. The star in the center of the ox’s head refer-
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Emperor. The ox was nearly first, but was tricked by the rat, who rode on its back before jumping off and scurrying ahead to finish first. Those born during the Year of the Ox may be seen as honest, diligent and highly dependable, as noted on the Asia Trend website. Art director Alcalá said in an interview last year that he was tipped off to Chew’s artwork a few years ago by his daughter, who was a fan. Chew’s website notes that she is an illustrator whose work explores themes of “mythology, fantasy and the occult.” Originally from Ithaca, New York, the artist concentrated on printmaking while earning her degree at Alfred University and is now based in Providence, Rhode Island, where she studied for her master’s degree at the Rhode Island School of Design. Chew created three-dimensional masks for all the zodiac signs that will be used in this series of 12 Lunar New Year stamps from the USPS. The first U.S. Lunar New Year series began with a 29¢ Year of the Rooster stamp issued December 30, 1992. That stamp as well as all the others in the series were designed by Clarence Lee. The series ended with a 37¢ Year of the Monkey stamp issued January 13, 2004. In 2005, the Postal Service released a pane featuring all 12 of Lee’s designs in both 2005 (37¢ stamps) and 2006 (39¢ stamps). After skipping a year, the Postal Service started a new Lunar New Year issues in January 2008 with a Year of the Rat stamp designed by Ethel Kessler, with artwork by Kam Mak. Eleven more Makand-Kessler designs followed.
Known as the “First Lady of Physics,” Wu, a scientist and professor who started her career by working on the Manhattan Project during World War II, was a major contributor to a groundbreaking fundamental law of physics called the Non-Conservation of Parity. “(She) was one of the most influential nuclear physicists of the 20th century,” said Kristin Seaver, who served as dedicating official for the Postal Service’s virtual dedication. “Dr. Wu made enormous contributions to our understanding of radioactivity and the structure of the universe during a career that spanned more than 40 years in a field dominated by men.” Although she never won a Nobel Prize (only four women have won the Nobel in physics since it was established in 1895, out of 216 total laureates), Wu garnered many other significant awards, including the National Medal of Science, the Comstock Prize (National Academy of Sciences), the Wolf Prize in Physics (Israel) and induction into National Women’s Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, New York). She was the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate of science degree from Princeton University and the first woman to serve as President of National Physical Society. Seaver was joined for the ceremony by Vincent Yuan, a scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and son of the honoree; and Jada Yuan, Wu’s granddaughter. “I am elated to have my mother honored by USPS on a postage stamp because I believe it goes beyond recognizing her scientific achievements; it also honors the determination and moral qualities that she embodied,” said Vincent Yuan. Other speakers during the virtual dedication spoke about Wu’s experience as a female scientist and her support for females in the field Chien-Shiung Wu of science. Known for honoring unsung and un“She would always mention that the der-sung Americans, such as scientists, number of women in senior faculty podiplomats, military heroes and civil rights sitions was very limited and she thought activists, the U.S. Postal Service honored that was not fair,” said Vincent Yuan. lauded physicist Chien-Shiung Wu on a “(It wasn’t) just that they might not get new commemorative stamp. Wu (1912their accomplishments recognized, but 1997) was one of the most influential nushe thought it was terrible that women clear physicists of the 20th century. couldn’t have … the same ambitions and The Chien-Shiung Wu Forever stamp hopes that men could, if these opportuniwas issued February 11 at a price of 55¢ ties were limited.” in panes of 20 (Figure 2). The official first “In the Chinese world, she was a suday city is New York City. The Postal Serperstar,” said David Hilton, a particle vice presented a virtual video dedication physicist at the California Institute of (http://aps.buzz/USPSFBChienShiungVTechnology. “If you went to a Chinese resid) for the stamp that honored Wu’s life taurant with her, it was like Elvis (Presley) and career. Ethel Kessler designed the Figure 2. Purchasing information had walked in.” stamp using original artwork from Kam and technical details about the Hilton recalled reading about a New Chien-Shiung Wu stamp are Mak. York Times story in January 1957 that covavailable at http://aps.buzz/ The stamp’s release coincided with USPSBuyChienShiungWu. ered the meeting of the American Physical the International Day of Women and Society in which a packed audience was Girls in Science, an annual event to cel“hanging from the chandeliers. It was the ebrate female scientists and promote equal access for women meeting at which Dr. Wu’s experiment of Non-Conservation and girls in science and technology. of Parity was announced.” APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 373
Stamp artist Mak is familiar to collectors of modern U.S. historically used in artistic depictions of angels, nobility and material as the artist behind the entire U.S. Postal Service the Virgin Mary. Lunar New Year series of 2008 to 2019, along with the Koi “This stamp was much more challenging than the Lunar fish envelope of 2009. Mak was born in Hong Kong and New Year stamps, mostly with my process, because I was usmoved in 1971 with his family to New York City. He is a ing egg tempera and not oil, which is what was used to create multi-award winning artist and illustrator and a professor at all the Lunar New Year stamps,” he said. “Egg tempera is a the Fashion Institute of Technology. very unforgiving medium, and unlike oil painting it dries “I want the painting to evoke Madame Wu’s inner convery fast, so to create a soft transition of color requires a fidence, pride, strength, dignity, and kindness,” Mak said. great deal of brush skill and patience.” “I have no doubt the Madame Wu stamp will empower and Mak was given a single portrait of Wu to work from, and give pride to many Asian Americans and at the same time was asked not to look at other images of her. To get the nucommunicate that we have contributed a great deal to this ances of Wu’s face just right, Mak said he asked his wife to sit country.” for him, as she has a similarly shaped face. That helped him The spelling of Wu’s name on the stamp reflects how she lay down the structure and form of the painting. wrote her own name and referred to herself. It is also how she Jada Yuan, Wu’s granddaughter and a reporter for the was known to the scientific community at large. This RomanWashington Post, offered a more personal look at her famed ized spelling of her name is based on the Wade-Giles system, scientist grandmother, who was born in a river town north which is all but obsolete for Chinese words and names. The of Shanghai “in a time and place that did not value education Pinyin system of phonetic notation for Chinese characters is for girls and women.” To help their daughter, Wu’s parents now the standard in both China and the United States. founded a school that educated her, Yuan said. By age 11 she Mak explained his process in creating the Wu stamp on had exceeded the school’s ability and she went to boarding a Fashion Institute of Technology website (http://aps.buzz/ school, then to university, then to the U.S. in 1936 when she FitNYCWu). The original stamp art, which is approximately was 24. (Because of the subsequent tumultuous decades in 8½ by 11 inches, features a detailed portrait of Dr. Wu wearher homeland, Wu never saw her family again.) ing a black-and-white high-collared traditional Chinese “I didn’t know my grandma was famous when we were gown known as a qipao. The artist said he chose to do the portrait in egg tempera, a favored medium of 15th century Italian Renaissance painters, for its pigments and richness of color. The Stamp shows may be cancelled for the immediate future, but background was painted with the pigour website with an extensive on-line catalog of US revenues, telegraphs and several other US back-of-thebook areas is open ment lapis lazuli, a highly valued color
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Echoes of Empire - Sierra Leone Philatelic Legacy 17861980 by Majed Halawi. Vol. 1 – 480 pages. Vol. 2 – 438 pages. Color illustrations, 8 ½ x 11 ½ in. Published by Spink and Son Ltd in association with the BPA, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-907427-96-1. Price £60, available from www.spinkbooks. com, or $85 from amazon.com. There is a rich literature studying the philately of Sierra Leone, including excellent works by P.O. Beale, Ted Proud, Frank Walton and Philip Quirk. Subjects include the stamps, marcophily and postal history. Several Stanley Gibbons catalogs document the issues and varieties in great detail. Philatelists might ask what purpose was served by another book on the subject of Sierra Leone – at least, until they open the pages of this magnificent two-volume publication. Author Majed Halawi has based this book on his own comprehensive collection of Sierra Leone material. All too frequently, such books are mere vanity publications enabling the author to show off his collecting prowess and deep pockets. But Halawi goes well beyond such trifling concerns. This is a book demonstrating scholarship and historical awareness. The author discusses and profusely illustrates pre-stamp postal history, first issues, definitive issues, commemorative issues, production, errors and varieties, forgeries and counterfeits, postal stationery, and specimens. Along the way, he provides a social and cultural context for each of his many postal artifacts. Halawi is a native Sierra Leonian and uses his very personal intimacy with his country to color his observations. That perspective truly extends beyond what an educated scholar can deduce only from study. The reader gains a “insider’s view” of the nation of Sierra Leone and its philately. Echoes of Empire is appropriately organized into chapters that represent each of the issues or series of Sierra Leonian philately. Volume I has nine chapters that start with the Sixpence issue of 1859-1895 and the first key plate issue of 1872-1896. The volume ends with the King George V Silver Jubilee set of 1935. Volume II picks up with the King George VI Coronation issue of 1937. There are another 16 chapters, ending with the beguiling Free-Form self-adhesives from the 1964-1971 period. Another three chapters complete the picture with discussions of The Republic, Postal Stationery, and Incoming Mail. Often, authors are collectors who write about the limited period of time that they collect. Refreshingly, this book spans all of the periods considered worthwhile by most philatelists. The academic legitimacy of Halawi’s research can first be discerned from the list of experts he cites in his acknowledgments. Spanning the British Empire and well beyond, 378 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2021
the author’s consultations ensure a thoroughly-vetted text. And this reviewer’s readings confirm that conclusion. In philatelic exhibiting, philatelists are advised to lead with their most powerful postal artifact. While it would be difficult to select from among the impressive number of world-class stamps and covers, Halawi does, indeed, lead with a powerhouse cover: the first cover in the Introduction (Figure 1) illustrates a Deal Ship Letter from Captain Makin in Sierra Leone dated June 1, 1786. This is reportedly the earliest letter from Sierra Leone in private hands. Authors have different purposes in creating their Introductions. In Halawi’s case, his purpose is to present the broad sweep of Sierra Leonian postal history within the context of the emerging worldwide postal system and the role of British colonial authorities, both of which ultimately supported the economic development of Sierra Leone as a legitimate trading partner. He accomplishes this with a collection of
Figure 1. Deal Ship Letter from Captain Makin in Sierra Leone dated June 1, 1786. Earliest reported letter from Sierra Leone in private hands.
stampless covers that could comprise a gold level postal history exhibit. Among the 66 covers shown, a favorite of mine is from the USS Jamestown at Monrovia (Figure 2). It was carried aboard the bark Shirley, arriving in New York on January 29, 1856, and discusses the Jamestown’s anti-slaving activities at both Liberia and Sierra Leone. Indeed, the only off-cover stamp illustrated in this comprehensive introduction is a massive three-marginal block of the GB Penny Black from Plate 1. If a reader is interested in understanding the intersection of British Empire postal system development, a na- Figure 2. Cover originating aboard the USS Jamestown, flagship of the U.S. anti-slaver patrol, off the coast of Sierra Leone. Arrived in New York January 29, 1857. A relatively early example tion’s postal history, and world events, of mail from West Africa to the U.S. simply reading Halawi’s introduction will achieve that end. Great Britain or elsewhere in the British Empire. Indeed, At the end of the introduction and Halawi recognizes that a nation’s postal history is defined by throughout the book, the author provides notes that represent four contexts: internal mail, mail outbound from the colony, either further elaboration of a detailed point or a recommenmail inbound to the colony, and – in key examples – trandation for further reading. Hawala shows great respect to his sit mail that originates and is delivered elsewhere. This is a readers by providing clear guidance to continue researching a postal history treatment that is infrequently encountered in philatelic topic. the philatelic explication of a nation’s posts. Beginning with Chapter 1, Halawi addresses each of the For those concerned that this is almost exclusively a stamp issues of Sierra Leone. He cites the factors that repostal history book, I would direct their attention to Chapter quired the issuance of new stamps or new denominations. 9, the Silver Jubilee issue of 1935. Long regarded as a “flyHe treats design concepts, essays, proofs, and other artifacts specker’s” delight, the 1935 SJ Omnibus issue spanned 49 of the development of a stamp issue. As one might reasoncolonies with face-identical sets of four different denominaably expect from a book based on an author’s collection, the tions and color combinations. For Sierra Leone, Halawi prochapters vary in the depth of coverage. But in essentially all vides enlarged and accurately-colored examples of the four cases, the treatment is sufficient to give the reader an understanding of how stamps emerge, from concept to fruition. SJ stamps. Indeed, throughout this book the illustrations are Very tellingly, much of the broader philatelic context is remarkably true-to-color. provided by covers that are inbound, typically from either We are shown a page of the original Bradbury Wilkinson APRIL 2021 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 379
color proofs. Impressively, we see corner blocks for the complete set of major Stanley Gibbons SJ varieties, including the “Extra Flagstaff,” the “Short Extra Flagstaff,” the “Lightning Conductor,” and examples of known varieties not cataloged by SG. Not satisfied with those “wow factor” examples, the author shows us UPU specimen pairs (not easily found for the SJs) and specimen varieties! There is also a thorough examination of the Madame Joseph forged postmarks on Silver Jubilees. I regret there is not space to share the wealth of information that Halawi includes on more recent issues, especially the Free-Form Self-Adhesives issued beginning in 1964. These curious issues, intended largely for the philatelic marketplace, are nevertheless highly collectable. Indeed, the paucity of on-cover examples is clear indication of just how uncommon commercially-used covers truly are. But the astute collector of “contemporary” postal history will want an understanding to the stamps themselves in order to appreciate what, precisely, is sitting on a non-philatelic cover. Taken as a whole, Echoes of Empire is an excellent example of how an author can stand on the shoulders of his predecessors and yet make a valuable addition to the literature by virtue of both extensive research and a lifelong pursuit of stamp collecting. This is a book that can find a home in any philatelic library.
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AUSTRIA – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
Austria Post paid tribute to Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austria’s first female architect, with a single stamp released on January 20, 2021. Her revolutionary compact Frankfurter Küche (Frankfurt kitchen), a prototype for a modern fitted kitchen designed to streamline housework, is shown in the background. Schütte-Lihotzky attended Vienna School of Arts and Crafts, later collaborating with masters like Adolf Loos. During World War II, she was arrested by the Gestapo for collaborating with the Communist Party and the Resistance. She survived to continue her work as an architect, designing several community buildings and kindergartens in Vienna. She died shortly before her 103rd birthday. The stamp portraying this remarkable woman is available from http://aps.buzz/AustriaApr21.
CANADA - Black History Month
Canada Post’s annual Black History Month issue comprises two self-adhesive stamps in a booklet of 10 permanent domestic rate stamps. The designs feature the communities of Amber Valley, Alberta and Willow Grove, New Brunswick, both settled in the 19th and early 20th centuries by Black Americans seeking to escape racism and build a better life. According to the Canada Post website, “The residents . . . faced the challenges of poor farming land and harsh weather conditions. They also faced continued prejudice and discrimination, including from local and federal governments. Despite the hostility of their environments, these communities grew, and their descendants have enriched Canadian society and culture.” Issued on January 21, 2021, the stamps are available online from http://aps.buzz/CanadaApr21.
CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC) - Enforcement of the Civil Code
People’s Republic of China issued a single 1.20 yuan stamp on January 1, 2021, for the Enforcement of the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China, a new Civil Code put into effect on the same day. According to China Post, the graphic design on the mainly red image depicts the “solemn national emblem shining with golden light. The straight lines used around the design help create the visual effect of thick texts, emphasizing the seriousness and authority of the Civil Code, and strengthening the solemn effect.” If scanned with WeChat program Encyclopedia of China Philately and Stamps, “viewers can then enter a virtual exhibition hall, watch online theme exhibition and participate in the interactive treasure hunting activity.” The single stamp is available online from http://aps.buzz/ChinaApr21.
THE GAMBIA – 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower Pilgrims
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Mayflower, The Gambia issued a souvenir sheet of four D100 stamps. The top left stamp depicts a painting by William Halsall incorrectly titled “Mayflower in Plymouth Rock” when, in fact, the painting is titled “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbour” (at the beginning rather than the end of the voyage). The top right stamp is a painting of William Bradford reading the Mayflower Compact. Bradford was the founder and later governor of the Plymouth colony. The stamp at bottom left depicts “Mayflower at Sea” by A.S. Burbank. The image is shown in reverse of the original painting. At the bottom right is Robert Weir’s “The Embarkment of the Pilgrims,” showing the pilgrims on the deck of Mayflower’s companion vessel, Speedwell, before departing from Delfshaven, in Holland. The souvenir sheet issued on January 15, 2021, is available from www.igpc.com.
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GREAT BRITAIN – A Celebration
Royal Mail issued two First Class and two £1.70 stamps on a miniature sheet celebrating some of the United Kingdom’s strengths and accomplishments from sports to technology. The 1st stamp on the top left is sportsthemed, “reflecting a proud and passionate sporting heritage” while the £1.70 stamp, top right, highlights the UK’s “talent in the arts, music, film and TV production, architecture and literature.” The bottom £1.70 stamp pays tribute to “accomplishments in science and technology” and the 1st stamp celebrates “a long-held sense of community spirit.” The sheet, printed by International Security Printers with phosphor all over and with PVA gum, can be found online at http://aps.buzz/UKApr21.
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GREECE – Salute to Medical Staff
A special, limited edition brochure containing 10 Special Personalized Stamps with a 1.00€ denomination was created by Hellenic Post to pay tribute to the “superhuman effort of the nursing and medical staff of Greece during the pandemic.” The image shows three health care workers with the Red Cross symbol repeated in the background. As the Hellenic Post believes the issue will be popular, to make certain that collectors order a maximum of two pieces the post office intends to refund the entire order if more than two booklets are ordered. Available online from http://aps.buzz/ GreeceApr21.
MARSHALL ISLANDS – 65th Anniversary of Vietnam War
The United States became involved in the war in Vietnam on February 12, 1955, when the French disassociation began and the U.S. assumed responsibility for training Vietnamese forces. The battles depicted on this souvenir sheet from Marshall Islands all occurred in the 1960s when the U.S. was more deeply involved in the conflict. The four $2 stamps show the indecisive Battle of Khe Sanh (January 21 – July 9, 1968); Battle of Ia Drang, the first major battle between the United States Army and the People’s Army of Vietnam (November 14-18, 1965); Tet Offensive, one of the largest military campaigns of the war (January 31 – September 23, 1968); and Gulf of Tonkin Incident, a confrontation between three North Vietnamese naval torpedo boats and USS Maddox (August 2, 1964). The sheet is available online from www.igpc.com.
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NEW ZEALAND – Holiday at Home
New Zealand Post encourages domestic tourism with a sheet of nine $1.40 stamps highlighting “some of the sights and experiences Kiwis can enjoy in their own backyard” while playing a philatelic version of “I Spy.” Issued on February 3, 2021, the stamps feature: “M” for the dormant volcano Mount Taranaki; “K” for kiwis at Stewart Island, one of the only places the nocturnal kiwi can be seen during the day; “S” for stargazing at Lake Tekapo; “D” for Dolphins at Akaroa where the world’s smallest and rarest dolphin, Hector’s dolphin, can be seen; “T” for Treaty Grounds, Waitangi, the country’s most important historic site; “L” for lighthouses along the Wairarapa coastline; “G” for gardens in Hamilton, “immaculately kept gardens that explore the history, context and meaning of gardens around the world”; “C” for canoeing on Whanganui, the island’s longest navigable river; and “B” for boats for cruising, water sports and fishing on Marlborough Sounds. Another game is counting the number of topics on this sheet, available from http://aps.buzz/NewZealandApr21.
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Worldwide in a Nutshell
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CAMEROUN Status: Presidential Republic in Equatorial Africa Population: 28,524,175 (2021 est.) Area: 183,568 sq. miles Currency: 100 Centimes = 1 Central African CFA Franc (called “SeeFa”). (US$1 = 551 CFA)
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he Wouri River estuary was first visited by the Portuguese navigator, Fernando Po, in 1472. He called it Rio dos Camarões, or “River of Shrimps.” By the 19th century, it was an important European trading center. The largest town was Bell Town (now Duala), named after King Ndumbé Lobé Bell, a local leader. Although Bell Town was considered by the British to be within their sphere of influence, the powerful Hamburg-based Woermann trading corporation had a factory there after 1868. In 1884, the “scramble for Africa” was well underway. Within days of gaining Togo as a German protectorate, Gustav Nachtigal, Bismarck’s representative, arrived in Bell Town, and on July 14, King Bell accepted German protection. Meanwhile Edward Hewett, a British consul, was proceeding on a similar mission through the nearby Oil Rivers. He was surprised by the German move. Hewett, having eyed the Camerouns as a British protectorate since 1882, rushed back to Bell Town. He arrived on July 19 but was unable to persuade King Bell to switch his allegiance. On July 26, a French gunboat also arrived belatedly on an annexation mission. The German claim was recognized by the 1885 Berlin Conference. The colony expanded over time to Lake Chad in the north and southeast to the Congo River, to cover an area of over 300,000 square miles. The Germans sought to improve communications. They built a road network, two rail lines and a wireless station. The first post office was opened February 1, 1887, using Imperial German stamps. Stamps overprinted “Kamerun” were introduced in 1897, and the Yacht issue was released in November 1900. In World War I, Cameroun was attacked by British, French and Belgian forces. The small German force resisted until 1916, when it took refuge in Rio Muni. The British captured a Woermann supply ship in the Atlantic in 1915, carrying a shipment of Cameroun postage stamps, which they overprinted “C E F” (Cameroons Expeditionary Forces) and revalued in sterling. They were issued by the British army on July 12. The French general authorized the overprinting of 15 current Gabonese definitives, which were released for his forces on November 10. The British and French divided the Camerouns. The British attached their part – about ten percent – to Nigeria and used Nigerian stamps. The French administered their share as a separate territory which used stamps inscribed “Cameroun.” This division was recognized by a League of Nations mandate in 1922, which in turn was replaced by a UN Trusteeship after World War II. On October 1, 1960, when Nigeria became independent, the people of the Camerouns Trust Territory were allowed to determine their future. The largely Muslim north opted to remain with Nigeria, while the predominantly Christian south voted to join Cameroun. Nigerian stamps overprinted especially for the Trust Territory were issued October 1, 1960, and remained in use until October 1, 1961, when the Republic of Cameroun became independent. Cameroun stamps began using both the British spelling (Cameroon) and the French (Cameroun) in 1969.
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