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Hemmings ............................................................................. 5 POB 65 Harwood, NSW 2465 Postcard Pursuit: The Eveleth, Minnesota Souvenir Postcard. Australia Is There a Question? By Charles A. Fricke ................................................ 21 [email protected] The Henry Ford Peace Expedition and Its Postal History By Jesse I. Spector and Robert L. Markovits ................................................ 23 Editor in Chief Connecticut Post Office ViewsBy Peter Martin ............................................. 32 Peter Martin A.C. Roessler Canadian Semi-Official Airmail Covers POB 6074 By Gary Dickinson ....................................................................................... 35 Fredericksburg, VA 22403 Tidbits: A Modern Collectible By Catherine Clark ........................................ 39 [email protected] Once There Were None and Now There are Two: The 1914 Compound Perforated Scott 423D Used on Postcards By Larry Lyons ...................... 40 Associate Editors Postmasters General of the United States: LIII Jesse Spector Jesse M. Donaldson 1947-1953 By Daniel Y. Meschter ............................. 42 Alan Warren Via Airmail to New Zealand-Revisited By Bob Watson ............................... 47 La Posta Announces Creation of the Richard W. Helbock Prize Contributing Editor in Honor of Founding Editor ..................................................................... 49 Rod Crossley Closed Album: Daniel Y. Meschter ................................................................ 55 National Postal Museum Opens Two New Exhibits ..................................... 56 © 2012 La Posta: The Journal of American Postal History. Columns Publisher’s Page By Catherine Clark ............................................................... 3 Editor’s Forum By Peter Martin ...................................................................... 4 Postal Historians Online ................................................................................. 50 Opinions expressed in articles appearing in this journal are Book Reviews ................................................................................................... 54 those of the authors and do not Letters ............................................................................................................... 55 necessarily reflect the views of In the News ....................................................................................................... 56 the publisher. 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