Volume 43, Number 1 Wayne Menuz and Stephen Schumann 36 Whole Number 316 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM USA : UX14 foreign rate 50 January – February 2001 USA : UC8A Forgery? 50 IN THIS ISSUE USA Postcard: UX27 Clipper rate 50 Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz USA Postcard:2 Full Face McKinley 51 Italy - THE SUMMER SURPRISE – THE PRIORITY USA Postcard: Leavitt Cancel 51 POSTAL CARD [Reprinted from L’Intero Postale, USA Postcard: UX18 unravels Civil War Mystery? 51 No.71, September 1999 By Carlo Sopracordevole] USA : Faster Numbering suggestion 52 Translated by Salvatore J. Rizza General3 Society Suggestions 52 U.S - THE 1½¢ CIRCULAR DIE USA Envelopes: Earliest uses. 52 REVALUED 6¢, by Dan Undersander 7 and South Georgia - UNCOMMON AEROGRAMME, by Dr. Felix Volume 43, Number 4 Martinez Dacosta 10 Whole Number 319 U.S. Postal Card - A SHORTPAID 1¢ POSTAL July - August 2001 CARD TO ENGLAND, by Charles A. Fricke 11 IN THIS ISSUE: UPSS Membership Editor’s12 Notes, by Wayne Menuz 53 Leeward Islands – ENVELOPES KNOWN AND President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 53 UNKNOWN, by Wayne Menuz A PROOF13 OF DIE 3 OF THE FIRST NESBITT ISSUE? by Dan Undersander and Gary Starkey 55 Volume 43, Number 2 THE AEROGRAMMES OF BECHUANALAND by Peter Thy 55 Whole Number 317 U.S. U.P.U. PIONEER POSTAL CARDS by Alex Gundel 60 March - April 2001 AUSTRALIA’S PTPO ENVELOPES 62 LEEWARD ISLANDS ENVELOPES 64 IN THIS ISSUE: ITALY’S "FIECCHI-RODE MARRIAGE" POSTAL CARD Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz By Carlo18 Sopracordevole 65 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III SHOEBOX18 & STATIONERY FORUM NORFOLK ISLAND'S FIRST POSTAL CARDS US Postal Card, MR30 66 AND NEW AUSTRALIAN AND NEW Illustration Quality 67 ZEALAND STATIONERY, by Ian McMahon SWEDEN19 POSTAL SCHOOL STATIONERY by Paul A. FIRST EXHIBIT TO WIN Nelson 67 FIP’S HIGHEST AWARD WHAT’S22 LISTABLE? by Joe Pryluck 68 U.S.A. POSTAL CARD: S4A AND S4C REVISTED, U.S. POSTAL STATIONERY MISUSE by Charles A. by Bill Hart Fricke23 72 UPSS US POSTAL CARD CATALOG UPDATES FOR YEAR 2000, By Terry R. Young 25 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Volume 43, Number 5 Dominican Republic Tourist Postal Cards 26 Whole Number 320 USA Envelopes: 4c Dies 79 & 80 26 September - October 2001 USA Postal Cards: MR5 - Second Dented Message IN THIS ISSUE: Vignette Card Found Editor’s26 Notes, by Wayne Menuz 74 USA Envelopes: Size 23 President’s26 Message, by Leroy Collins III 74 USA Envelopes: The 2c Postal Treaty Letter Rate to NETHERLANDS INDIES – THE LUX SOAP CARDS, by England. Stuart27 Leven & Wayne Menuz 76 Nicaragua: A 6c Reply Postal Card THE27 1933 VIEWCARDS OF BRAZIL, by Wayne Menuz 79 USA ENVELOPES: COUNTERFEITS OF STAR THE U.S.A 1907-1919 OVAL DIE STAMPED ENVELOPES, DIES II, By Dan Undersander by29 Ross A. Towle 80 HONDURAS POST CARD: INVERTED CENTER, SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM By Wayne Menuz U.S. Postal31 Card Revalues 82 Stolen Hawaii Postal Card 83 Volume 43, Number 3 The Missing 20th Century Envelopes 83 Whole Number 318 The Nineteenth Century Postal Stationery Catalogue – United May - June 2001 States of America 83 U.S.A. Postcard, Full Face McKinley 84 IN THIS ISSUE: Postal Card Patent 84 Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz U.S. Envelope34 UC8a Forgery 84 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III U.S.A.34 Cinderella Postal Card 85 Marcus White Showcase CHICAGOPEX 01 U.S.A.34 33c Official Envelopes 85 UPSS and International Future Exhibitions U.S.A.35 S37e Last Day of Use 86 Australia’s Printed to Private Order Envelopes, by Russian Card – More Questions Than Answers 86 ______Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 197 U.S.A. “SMART” ENVELOPE, by Wayne Menuz Tear88 Sheets Available 10 SHANGHAI VOLUNTEER CORPS POSTAL CARD, U.S. 19th Century Envelope Catalog 10 by Wayne Menuz U.S. –90 THE PORTOLA, CALIFORNIA REVALUED LITERATURE REVIEWS POSTAL CARD OF 1968, by Rocco Caponi 11 Catalogo Especializado de los Enteros Postales de GREAT BRITAIN TELEGRAPH FORM – ANOTHER Espana, Colonias Espanolas, y Dependencias Postales DISCOVERED92 AFTER 31 YEARS, by Steve Schumann 14 The Collectors’ Guide to Postal Stationery UPSS93 Sales Circuits News 15 Webb’s Postal Stationery Catalogue of Canada and THE TWO TYPES OF THE KING HUMBERT MESSAGE- Newfoundland REPLY94 POSTAL CARDS, by Salvatore J. Rizza 16 LITERATURE REVIEWS, by Wayne Menuz Volume 43, Number 6 Special Post 17 Postal Stationery Associated with Railways, Rumania 1928- Whole Number 321 2000 18 November - December 2001 Catalog of Belgium Postal Stationery with Advertising 19 IN THIS ISSUE: Stationery Catalog of Yugoslavia Area: Volume I/I Serbia Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 98 1873-1921 20 THE SAALBURG POSTAL STATIONERY OF FLOYD SALE OF U.S. STATIONERY 21 GERMANY, by James Bowman 99 SWEDEN ENVELOPES FOR THE BLIND, Volume 44, Number 2 by Paul Nelson 101 Obituary – Robert Samuel 102 Whole Number 323 US POSTAL CARDS WITH AUXILIARY March - April 2002 MARKINGS RELATING TO IN THIS ISSUE: RECEPTACLES, by H.J. Berthelot Editor’s102 Notes, by Wayne Menuz 25 US ANTHRAX ENVELOPES, by Ross A. Towle President’s104 Message, by Leroy Collins III 25 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE S14 & S17 1902 LOUIS SMITH COUNTERFEITS, by William Falberg LIBERIA104 ENVELOPES, by Wayne Menuz 27 NICARAGUA – UNUSUAL ENVELOPE USAGE TO THE NESBITT SEAL ON THE FIRST ISSUE OF U.S. GAMBIA, by Neal West ENVELOPES109 , by Dan Undersander 30 US Postal Card Number Assignments, WHERE HAVE ALL THESE THORP NUMBERS GONE? by Terry R. Young (I)110, by Allen Mintz 33 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Revision of the 20th Century Stamped PTPO Austria Post Card Revisited Envelope111 Catalog 35 Plating S4, S6 & S8 US Cards A COLOMBIA111 POSTAL CARD MAJOR ERROR AND A US Postal Card Revalues POSTAL112 STATIONERY COLLECTION US Envelopes & Wrappers – Various REDISCOVERED112 , by Deborah Friedman 37 US Envelopes – Earliest Known Uses COMMENTS113 ON THE UPSS 19TH CENTURY CATALOG, US Airmail Rate During WWII by113 E. Norman Lurch 41 RECENT AUSTRALIAN, NORFOLK ISLAND, AND U.S. POSTCARDS – PLATE TYPE MEASUREMENT NEW ZEALAND STATIONERY by Ian TOPICS, by Bill Falberg 42 McMahon “UNCLAIMED”114 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION POSTAL LITERATURE REVIEWS CARD – WHY?, by Charles Victoria Postal Stationery 1869-1917 A.117 Fricke 44 FLOYD SALE OF US STATIONERY, by MORE NEW DANISH STATIONERY, by Paul A. Nelson 45 Wayne Menuz S. AFRICAN119 ACTIVE SERVICE LETTER CARDS USED IN BECHUANALAND, by Peter Thy 46 Volume 44, Number 1 FAKE AND BOGUS STATIONERY ON EBAY, by Wayne Whole Number 321 Menuz 47

January - February 2002 Volume 44, Number 3 IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 1 Whole Number 324 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 2 May - June 2002 UPSS Conventions & Meetings 3 IN THIS ISSUE: USA ENVELOPES: REPRINTS OF THE NESBIT Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 50 ISSUES, by Dan Undersander & Gary Starkey President’s4 Message, by Leroy Collins III 51 NEW DANISH POST CARDS, by Paul Nelson U.S. ENVELOPE6 DIE 12 FORGERY REVISTED, by Bill Lehr 53 First UPSS Lewandowski Award GUATAMALA’S9 10 CENTAVOS ENVELOPES FOR 1897 2001 Marcus White Showcase Winners EXPO9, by Wayne Menuz 54 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM UPSS Membership, Obituaries 57 Palestine – How to Differentiate the Printings 9 ______Page 198 Postal Stationery #386 September-October 2012 FOLLOW UP ON THE LOUIS SMITH NESBITT TRIAL PRINTING METHOD? Wayne Menuz 106 COUNTERFEITS OF US POSTAL CARDS, by BRITISH EAST AFRICA POSTAL STATIONERY; 1890- Bill Falberg 190258 , George T. Krieger 108 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM LITERATURE REVIEWS, by Wayne Menuz U.S. Postal Card Measurements: Errata & Praise The62 Postal Stationery of Natal 118 New York City Chapter? A Priced62 Catalogue of Postal Stationery of the Australian Floyd Sale Report Errata Colonies/States,62 Part One, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (further Liberia: Airmail Envelope Error information)62 119 A New US Multiple Ad/Discount Card? MICHEL,63 Bildpostkarten- und Motivganzsachen- Katalog Another U.S.A. Anthrax Envelope Deutschland63 2002 119 South West Africa Aerogramme 63 USA Precancelled Postal Cards 63 Volume 44, Number 6 Hong Kong OHMS Card 64 Whole Number 327A PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION 2002 and UPSS CONVENTION 65 November - December 2002 AUSTRALIAN DESERT FLOWERS AND OTHER IN THIS ISSUE: NEW PSE’S AND NORFOLK ISLAND POSTAL Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 122 CARDS, by Ian McMahon President’s65 Message, by Leroy Collins III 122 NEW ZEALAND LOCAL ENVELOPES, by Ian Philakorea 2002, by Lewis E. Busse 123 McMahon Newly67 Recognized Single Card Copies of M23 & R23 with 1952 UPSS MAIL BID AUCTION Tickometer69 Surcharges, by Charles A. Fricke 126 The Puzzling Side of Catalog Pricing, by Bill Falberg 127 The Definitive Postal Stationery of the Italian Social Republic, by Volume 44, Number 4 Carlo Sopracordevole 128 Whole Number 326 The Handling/Mishandling of Two U.S. International Air Mail July - Aug 2002 Cards, by H.J. Berthelot 136 IN THIS ISSUE: The Smith Counterfeit S17 USA Cards, by Robert Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz Stendel74 137 th President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III Errata74 for the Catalog of the 19 Century Stamped Envelopes, SOURCE OF 1870 USA ENVELOPE ESSAY, by Wrappers, Cut Squares and Full Corners of the United States 140 Dan Undersander AUCTION76 02-2 141 Col. Carl Stieg Receives Research Award AUCTION77 02-1, PRICES REALIZED 148 SCANDINAVIAN STATIONERY, by Paul A. Nelson 79 Volume 45, Number 1 AUSTRALIA CENTENARY OF FEDERATION Whole Number 328 PROJECT 90 January – February 2003 LITERATURE REVIEWS, by Wayne Menuz IN THIS ISSUE: A Priced Catalogue of Postal Stationery of the Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 2 Australian Colonies/States, Part One, WESTERN President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 2 AUSTRALIA USA 90Post Card - Interesting Similarity and a Short Changed Ganzsachen Schweiz (Swiss Stationery) Variety91 , by Theodore H. Weiss 3 Postal Stationery of Ireland Irish 92Telegram Forms and Pre-Decimal Registered Envelope THE FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN PHILATELIC Survey Results, by Otto Jung, Barney Clancy & Wayne Menuz 5 LIBRARY DONATION Obituaries93 : Jeanette Knoll Adams 9 MAIL BID AUCTION 94 John H. (Jack) Beachboard 9 2002 UPSS U.S. Postal Card Number Volume 44, Number 5 Assignments, by Terry R. Young 10 Whole Number 326 Victoria Promotional Advertising Envelope Scheme, Wayne Menuz 11 September - October 2002 Individuals Making Contributions to the UPSS during Calendar IN THIS ISSUE: Year 2002 20 Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz Previously98 Unreported 1874 Plimpton Specimen Envelopes, by President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III Dan Undersander98 21 MORE ABOUT U.S.A. ENVELOPE KNIVES, THE SHOEBOX & POSTAL STATIONERY FORUM 22 1899 ISSUE DISCOVERIES, Howard Ness Bolivia99 B15 with Earlier EKU, by Norman Lurch 24 FAKE GERMAN STATIONERY, Wayne Menuz Literature101 Reviews, by Wayne Menuz TO CONSOLIDATE OR NOT TO CONSOLIDATE, Overprints on British Stamps for Use Abroad 24 THAT IS THE QUESTION, Stanley Abel and MICHEL, Ganzsachen- Katalog Deutschland 2002 25 Allen Mintz L’Entier105 Aerogramme et ses Precurseurs dans le Monde en THE PUZZLING SIDE OF CATALOG PRICING France 26 AND AUCTION PRICES, William Falberg Philadelphia105 National Stamp Exhibition 27 ______Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 199 Volume 45, Number 2 A Long Time Ago. (Part 1), Bill Falberg 92 Whole Number 329 Queensland – A New Discovery, Wayne Menuz 95 March - April 2003 Correction to May-June 2003 Article 97 IN THIS ISSUE: Solving A Goldsmith "Riddle", Kenneth C. Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 30Wukasch 98 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III US Administration30 of Cuba Envelopes USA -Registered Postal Card, by Robert Schlesinger 31E. Norman Lurch 99 USA Envelope Promotion, by Howard Ness Forged31 British Bechuanaland Newspaper Wrappers Indian States KGV 1A and 1A3P Envelopes, by Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson 102 Ajeet Singhee SHOEBOX32 & STATIONERY FORUM Membership Report Discontinue36 Listing USA Postal Cards S46-1, S44-12, S44-17, S44- Marcus White Showcase Exhibitors 1936 and S45-30?, Porter Venn 104 The 1925 Santa Ana Provisionals, by Joe Pryluck More37 on Postal Cards S46-1 & S44-1, Karl H. Klemmer 104 Bulgarian Form 243, by Ross A. Towle UPSS43 Expertizing Service?, Jerry Phillips & Leroy P. Costa Rica – New Post Card Collins46 104 Recent New Zealand and Ireland Propaganda Post USA Envelope Idea Jerry Phillips & Leroy P. Collins 104 Cards, by Wayne Menuz Russian47 Essay Envelopes, Jean Walton 105 Albert Daggett, by Ray Johnston More49 Editing Needed, Jack Harwood 105 UPSS Auction 03-1 Canada50 Post Discounting, Wayne Menuz 106 Soviet Use of Russian China Envelope, Edy Volume 45, Number 3 Pockele & George Shalimoff 106 UPSS MAIL BID AUCTION 108 Whole Number 330

May - June 2003 Volume 45, Number 5 IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 58 Whole Number 332 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 58 September - October 2003 Update: UPSS 19th Century Envelopes Catalog 59 IN THIS ISSUE: Australia and New Zealand New Issues, by Ian McMahon Editor’s63 Notes, Wayne Menuz 114 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 114 U.S. Postal Card “wild hair” varieties, Hal Taylor Zanzibar67 – Overprinted Postal Stationery of India, George U.S. S46-1 Postal Card, Hal Taylor T.67 Krieger 116 “Postal Card”, “Post Card”, “Entire”, Cecile Gruson A Long67 Time Ago (Part 2), Bill Falberg 121 U.S. Penalty Stationery, Allen Hopkinson Soviet68 Union Payment-by-Mail Rent Forms with Advertisements, Arthur Woodward’s death, Kirk & Else Wolford George68 Shalimoff 124 Railway Theme Stationery, Don Lewis Italy’s68 Cavallini’s: True and False, Erich von Hungen 128 Bulgarian and Other Phonecards, Lazar Lazarov SHOEBOX68 & STATIONERY FORUM Lack of References in Articles, Richard D. Zallen APS Summer68 Seminar 132 An Insider’s View of those “False-Franked” Hugo Unlisted Official Envelopes, Stanley Snyder 132 Cards, by James Majka A German70 Fieldpost “Use” of USA Card S1?, Roger Rhodes 132 UPSS Auction 02-2, Prices Realized Indian74 Watermark, Ajeet Singhee 133 U.S. Envelope “Accidental” Fakes, by Bill Lehr Postal77 Card Used as Check, John DeStefanis & Charles Thrower 133 CHICAGOPEX 2003 Content77 of Postal Stationery, Patrick Crosby 133 LITERATURE REVIEWS, by Wayne Menuz Bidder Samples – Revised: The 1890 Postal Indonesia Postal Stationery, Japanese occupation Stationery Contract, Howard Ness 134 1942-1945, Republic Indonesia 1945-1949 Postcards78 of India – 2002, Ranes C. Chakravorty 137 The Postal Stationery of Iran More79 Accidental Fakes, and an Accidental Hellas 2003 Forgery,80 Too!, Bill Lehr 140 Handbook of Modern Ukrainian 81 Privatganzsachen Katalog 2002 82 Volume 45, Number 6 A Philatelic Footnote to History, by Charles A. Fricke 83 Whole Number 333 November - December 2003 Volume 45, Number 4 IN THIS ISSUE: Whole Number 331 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 142 July - August 2003 President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 142 IN THIS ISSUE: Obituary: Bill Maisel 142 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz "Yours86 truly," with "SAMPLES" as requested, President’s Message, Leroy Collins III by Charles86 A. Fricke 143 A 30-Year Challenge, Charles A. Fricke Merry87 Christmas , by Irwin J. Gibbs 144 Thailand's WWII Provisional Stationery, Al Shumsky Executive88 Director’s Membership Report 151 Discovery of 1873 Chilean Envelope, Ross A. Towle A Long91 Time Ago Part 3, by Bill Falberg 152 ______Page 200 Postal Stationery #386 September-October 2012 The 100th Anniversary of the Floral Postal Stationery of New Italian Handbook, Vittorio Coscia 40 Italy, by Carlo Sopracordevole Leewards154 Islands Size F Envelopes, Barry Friedman 40 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz New Postal Stationery Book, Peter Thy 40 Katalog Prangko INDONESIA 2001 Card159 with Secret Message, Charles Riley, Jr., Ross Catalogo Especializado de Enteros Postales de Cuba Towle, Jonathan Topper, Robert Beasecker 41 de la Epoca Socialista, Edicion 2000 UPSS159 Literature, Stephen Schumann 42 Sobres Postales usados en el Peru, 1875-1902 Additions160 to Article, Bill Falberg 42 Cjeline Jugoslavije Katalog 2002 Gibraltar161 Wrapper – New Discovery, Wayne Menuz 42 Plus Ganzsachenkatalog Deutschland, 1998-April 2002 U.S.161 Postal Card Auction Sale Topics By Bill Falberg 43 UPSS Auction 04-1 Corrections163 45 UPSS Auction 03-2, Prices Realized LITERATURE167 REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Postcards of Hitler’s Germany, James Bender 46 Volume 46, Number 1 The Nile Post, Joseph H. Chalhoub 46 Whole Number 334 Paraguay Postal Stationery Catalogue, Brian Moorhouse 47 January - February 2004 UPSS Auction 04-2 46 IN THIS ISSUE: UPSS Auction 04-1, Prices Realized 56 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2 President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 2 Volume 46, Number 3 New ERP/EKU’s for Postal Cards S4ab and S58-2, Whole Number 336 John Hardy 3 May - June 2004 Trinidad & Tobago Issues Prepaid Envelopes, IN THIS ISSUE: Dr. Reuben A. Ramkissoon Editor’s4 Notes, Wayne Menuz 58 Leewards Islands - The “Size F” Envelope, President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 58 Wayne Menuz When 5was the First USA Stamped Envelope Issued? Gary L. The First USA Envelope Issue Revisited, Starkey and Dan Undersander 59 Allen Mintz Canal 8Zone 1918 Registration Envelopes, Irwin J. Rediscovering the 42 Perf Grant , Gibbs 61 Patrick M. Crosby Ryukyu9 Postal Cards and the Pages To Mount Them On, Mafia Island Overprints, George T. Krieger Bill11 Fallberg. 65 Searching the UPSS Website, James Majka U.S.A.13 Special Usage Envelopes and Mailers, D. John Postal Stationery of Georgia, Theo Jansen Shultz18 69 Correction to Canal Zone Article in last Issue George22 H. Reay, James Logan 70 Bidder Specimen Family Update New and Rediscovered Great Britain Postal Stationery , Howard Ness Dr.23 Alan K. Huggins, FRPSL 75 Executive Director’s Membership Report Finland23 Post EasyMail Envelopes, Paul A. Nelson 76 Individuals Making Contributions to the UPSS During Plimpton and Morgan Issue of 1890, SPECIMEN Form Calendar Year 2003r 39 24Family (revisited), Howard Ness 77 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM South Australia Wrapper, Tom Herinckx Recent25 Zaire (Congo) Post Cards, E. Norman Lurch 80 Envelope Past-Ups, Charles Riley, Jr. USA 25Envelopes - Amber-manila Paper, Porter Venn 80 Australian Printed to Private Order, S.D. Schumann Russian25 Post Card Errors, V. A. Katranovsky 80 A Response Regarding Unlisted Official Envelopes, Catalog Error Regarding Envelope UPSS #1102, Keven Belmont 81 Cary Finder LITERATURE25 REVIEWS, Alan Warren, Jack Harwood and Card With Undecipherable Message, Peter Fowke Wayne28 Menuz Costa Rica Stationery Album Denmark’s28 Fri-Correspondance Kort 81 Special Indian Stationery, Paul Nelson Queensland28 Postal Notes 1880-1996 82 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Standard Catalogue of Malaysia Singapore Revenue Plusbrief Katalog Deutschland, 2nd edition Stamps28 and Postal Stationery 82 The Postal Services of the Gold Coast to 1901 83 Volume 46, Number 2 The Telegraph Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain 1851- Whole Number 335 1954 83 March - April 2004 The Postal Stationery of the Bechuanalands and Botswana 84 IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 30 Volume 46, Number 4 President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 30 Whole Number 337 The Story of the House of Nesbitt 31 July - August 2004 Geo. F. Nesbitt & Co. – Subcontractor to American IN THIS ISSUE: Bank Note Co. by Ross A. Towle Editor’s34 Notes, Wayne Menuz 86 Joint Issue Postal Stationery by Richard Zimmerman President’s35 Message, Leroy Collins III 86 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM The Many Faces of the Die 12 Forgeries, Bill Lehr 87 ______Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 201 Early Uses of the 1903 Hartford Postal Stationery, A World War I "ARSENAL" Slogan Postal Marking, Charles A. Douglas N. Clark, Nancy B. Clark, Ken Lawrence Fricke90 159 1¢ "PICTURE" Postal Cards, Charles A. Fricke SHOEBOX93 & STATIONERY FORUM SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM USA Envelope Earliest Dates, Stephen Schumann 160 Republish Old Articles?, William R. Geijsbeek UX1094 with Unknown Language, Karl Haas 160 U.S. Envelope Editor Needed, William R. Geijsbeek American95 Bank Note Co., Ross Towle 160 Wrapper, John Dempsey Danish95 and French Web sites, Paul Nelson 161 China Post Card, John Dempsey The Viewcards95 of Peru, Part 2: The 1900 Issues, Wayne Menuz 162 China Envelope, John Demsey UPSS96 Auction 04-4 170 Earliest Date for USA Card S20a, Raymond Hadley 96 Ryukyu Cards and Album Pages, Joseph A. DeSanzo 96 Volume 47, Number 1 Gene Fricks 96 Whole Number 340 USA Official Business Cards, Howard Ness 97 January - February 2005 More on the 42 Perf Grant Letter Sheet, Patrick Crosby 97 IN THIS ISSUE: Fake USA Colombian Envelope, Bill Lehr Editor’s97 Notes, Wayne Menuz 2 S. Richard Prothero, M.D. President’s97 Message, James E. Bussey 2 Modern Pakistan Stationery Envelopes, Jafar Used Full-Face McKinley Cards, Bill Falberg 3 (“Jeff”) H. Siddiqui and Wayne Menuz Revalued98 Stamped Envelopes of Chile. 1915-1929, Ross A. Towle 8 Executive Director’s Membership Report Thailand’s107 Provisional , Wayne Menuz 9 UPSS Auction 04-3 Mother108 Nature Fools Experts! Bill Lehr 10 04-2, Prices Realized Perkins112 Bacon Archive, Francis Kiddle 12 UPSS Election – Candidates’ Biographies Contemporary113 U.S. Envelopes – Why Collect Them?, William R. NAPEX Philatelic Literature Awards Geijsbeek113 14 Australian Official Perfin Stationery, Wayne Menuz The115 Viewcards of Peru, Part 3: Conclusion and Catalog, British Levant Stationery, Dr. Alan Huggins, FRPSL Wayne118 Menuz 16 Halves and Sides Revisited, Bill Falberg SHOEBOX118 & STATIONERY FORUM Some P.S. corrections, Cary Finder 20 Volume 46, Number 5 Possible U.S.A. Envelope editor, John C. Petersam 20 Whole Number 338 P.S. Delivery & Perfin of Australia, Jack Brandt 20 September - October 2004 2004 U.S.A. Postal Cards 21 IN THIS ISSUE: LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz Irish122 Postal Stationery Stamped to Order 23 President’s Message, Leroy Collins III A 122Guide to Modern Indian Postal Stationery 1947-2003 Multiplicity - A first Issue Postal Card, Vol. 1 Envelopes 23 Charles A. Fricke Catalogue123 des Entiers “Pret-A-Poster” de France et de Monaco 23 Listing of Australian Non-Denominated and Flat Rate Postal The Viewcards of Peru, Part 1: The 1899 Stationery 24 Issue, Wayne Menuz. Early124 Canada Post Cards 1871-1911 24 Russian Privately Printed Money Order Forms Thai Postal Stationery Catalog 2004 25 with Advertisements, George V. Shalimoff. Ecuador135 Postal Stationery Catalog, Part 1, Postal Cards, Letter Cards, Municipal Cards and View Cards 25 Plimpton Mfg. Co., James Logan. Zanzibar140 1895-1904 26 Sweden Postal Card No. 1 Albino, by Jim Burgeson Philatelic145 Atlas of British India 26 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Marcus White Showcase to be at NOJEX 27 USA Envelope Knife Listings, Stanley A. Snyder Exhibition145 Report – Espana 2004, Tim Bartshe 27 North Korean “Aerogrammes”, Wayne Menuz Classified145 Ads 28 Used Full-Face McKinley, Wayne Menuz 146 Executive Director’s Membership Report. 148 Volume 47, Number 2 Whole Number 341 Volume 46, Number 6 March-April 2005 Whole Number 339 IN THIS ISSUE: November - December 2004 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 29 IN THIS ISSUE: President’s Message, James E. Bussey 29 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz USA150 Postal Card S46-2b – The UPSS Catalog Note, Bill Falberg 31 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey USA150 Postal Cards - Those Pesky Press Printed Surcharges of The UPSS at SESCAL 1920151 , Lewis Bussey 32 2003 USA Postal Card Issues, Terry Young Individuals153 Making Contributions to the UPSS During the Fake and Bogus Australian Perfin Stationery, Wayne 2004 Calendar Year 34 Menuz Is “Extra155 Fine” in the Mind of the Beholder? Marvin Schiller NSW Government Punctures on Australian Postcards – a/k/a cutsquareguy 35 Buyer Alert, John Sinfield Executive155 Director’s Membership Report 36 ______Page 202 Postal Stationery #386 September-October 2012 Cuba’s Aerogrammes, Mark Piper Catalogue,37 Advertising and Agitational Postcards and Envelopes, Bands and Notes from Black Jack Envelopes and One-sided Postcards USSR 1924-1980 83 Wrappers, Jerry Summers Dutch45 Postcards During King Willem III 83 USA Scott UC-1 with Defective Watermark, Irish Aerogrammes and Airgraphs 83 Tony Conyers 47 Boyd’s Locals in Scott’s, John D. Bowman 48 Volume 47, Number 4 Comments on the UPSS 20th Century Catalog, Stan Whole Number 343 Anderson 48 July – August 2005 A Survey of a Danish Stationery Collection, E. IN THIS ISSUE: Norman Lurch Editor’s49 Notes, Wayne Menuz 85 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 85 Chinese Imperial Third-Issue Postal Cards Fall 200653 Board of Directors Meeting, Tim Bartshe 86 Las Tarjetas Postales de C. Galli Franco y Cia. USA Advertising Collars, Allen Mintz 86 Montevideo (1898-1906) A Capsule54 History of the UPSS, John Adkins 89 Michel Ganzsachen-Katalog Europa West 2003/04 US Postal54 Service Issues Letter Sheet 91 Michel Ganzsachen-Katalog Europa Ost 2004/05 Bands54 of Brothers, Part 1, Marvin Schiller 92 Ganzsachenkatalog der deutschen Privatpost 1873 bis NOJEX Wrap-Up 93 1914, Teil: Magdeburg bis Zwickau NOJEX55 2005 Awards List, Glen Spies 95 Katalog der Aerogramme von Australien und Ozeanien Tin Can55 Canadian Card, Wayne Menuz 95 Die Ganzsachen der Schwiz Republic55 of Trinidad & Tobago Postal Stationery, Dr. Reuben A. Ramkissoon 96 Volume 47, Number 3 UPSS Sales Circuit Department, Bob Combs 100 Whole Number 342 UX12/S14 Postal Card Varieties, Bill Hardy 101 May - June 2005 More About 4th Nesbitt Series Advertising Specimens, IN THIS ISSUE: Howard Ness 104 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz SHOEBOX58 & STATIONERY FORUM President’s Message, James E. Bussey Fake 58Perf T Tasmania Stationery, David McNamee 105 Can You Tell the Difference Between Gloucester, Mass. UX 48 Locally Surcharged to 9¢, Mike Davis 105 and Monument Valley? Bill Falberg Sweden59 Card with Second Albino Stamp, Jim Burgeson 105 Chilean Parcel Cards of 1920-1931, Ross A. Towle Tasmania60 1912 Registration Envelope, Malcolm Groom 105 Administrative Changes at UPSS S37/UX63 27-A Neglected Postal Card, Allen Mintz 106 UPSS Auctions – Prices Realized, sales 2004-A3, -A4 Envelope63 Double Impressions, Rocco Caponi 108 Die 12 Counterfeit Entire #2, Bill Lehr British64 Embossed Stamp Collars, Wayne Menuz 110 Great Britain’s North Eastern Railway Stamped Envelopes, Fred Taylor and Roger de Lacy Spencer 66 Volume 47, Number 5 Back door means of winning the game in 1909, Charles Whole Number 344 A. Fricke 68 September - October 2005 Essay Origins of UX17: The Full Face McKinley USA IN THIS ISSUE: Postal Card, Robert Stendel Editor’s69 Notes, Wayne Menuz 114 War Department Stamps on UO14 Official Envelope President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 114 – a New Discovery, Dr. Dennis W. Schmidt Article74 Follow-Ups, William Falberg 115 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Post Card Libel, Dale Speirs 119 Correction to Article in #340, pg 10, Bill Lehr Belgium75 Stop Smoking Cards, Wayne Menuz 123 Danish stationery Article in #341, Paul Nelson A Mostly75 Illustrated Brief History of US Postal Stationery, Bill Lehr 124 Discovery of Unissued British Bechuanaland Wrapper, SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson Comments76 about Locally Surcharged USA Postal Queensland Registration Envelopes, Wayne Menuz Cards,77 Ken Martin LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Chuck McFarlane Die Postkartenheftchen der Schweizer Post 1912-1992 Comments80 about 1913 Registration Envelopes, Bernard Beston 129 Die Bildpostkarten P132 und ihre Klischeeunterschiede Library80 Size Postal Cards Used As Forerunners to the Les Entiers Postaux de France et de Monaco 2005 Airmail Card of 1949, Charles A. Fricke 130 7th Edition 80 Envelope Embossing Press 131 Catalogul Intregurilor Postale Romanesti 81 Weihnachts Ganzsachen Katalog, 12 Lieferung (2003) UPSS81 Mail Auction 05-1 133 Cartoline e Biglietti Postali Militari in Franchigia, Edizioni di Stato e Private, Catalogo Specializzato 2000 81 Volume 47, Number 5 Specialized Catalogue of Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery Whole Number 345 of Latvia, 10th edition, 2004 82 Specializovany Katalog 2001 Slovensko, 1939 – 1945 a November - December 2005 1993 –2000, Postove znamky a celiny 82 IN THIS ISSUE: Katalog Slovensko 1993 – 2002, postovych znamak, celin Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 141 a filatelistickych materialov President’s83 Message, Lewis E. Bussey 141 ______Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 203 Certificate Topics, Bill Falberg Editor’s142 Notes, Wayne Menuz 34 Overprinted on British East Africa, 1902, President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 34 George T. Krieger Why145 the Extra Line?, Brady Hunt 35 UPSS 2005 Literature Award Census149 of Mercantile Envelopes, Jerry Summers 39 Stationery Exhibit Awards at Houston Show The149 Kolomyia Provisional Postal Cards of 1941, Ingert Kuzych 40 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM The Allentown Adpostals on S33 & S37, Bill Fallberg 43 Correction: Author’s name SHOEBOX149 & STATIONERY FORUM USA card S14 Varieties, Bill Hart Unusual149 S54b Plate Variety, James Majka 45 Color In Postal Stationery magazine Swiss Post Internet Post Cards, Wayne Menuz 45 Board of Directors Decision 20th 149Century Catalog Discrepancies, Porter Venn 46 Comments: Jim Napier, Bob Thompson, Gene Feicks, Existence of Amber-Manila Envelopes, Porter Venn 46 Jack Harwood, Jack Brandt 1Nesbitt49-150 Newspaper Ad, Tim Burgess 47 Dutch Language, Jack Brandt Philatelic150 Foolishness #1, Porter Venn 47 Philippine Exhibition and Donation Request, A. Alcala Philatelic150 Foolishness #2, Porter Venn 47 APS Sales Examiners, Thomas W. Horn 2005150 USA Postal Card Issues 48 Statue Identification on Exposition Card, Heiko Deckert Additional151 Postal Card S7 Varieties, John Hardy 52 China Card used, Wayne Menuz LITERATURE151 REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Subscription Site for Indian Stamp News, Paul Nelson Ecuador:151 The Philately of the Seebeck Era 56 Finnish New Issues, Paul Nelson History151 of Portuguese Military Postal Service 56 USA Card S37/UX27 Questions, Bob Watson Aerogrammes151 of the Union of South Africa 1942-1961 57 USA Envelope Articles on Website, Fran Adams Postal151 Stationery Associated with Railways, Asia 1893-2000 57 Follow-up to the Article Follow-ups, Bill Falberg Indian152 Airmail Letter Cards with Ads and Slogans 58 More About SPECIMEN Forms, Howard Ness Indian154 Inland Letter Cards with Ads and Slogans 58 Varieties on S37/UX27, Richard Gluckman Indian158 Inland Post Cards with Ads and Slogans 58 The 1874-1875 Envelope Bid Forms, Wayne Menuz The159 Stamps of Barbados, Vol I and II. 58 The Prepaid Letter Envelopes MICHEL168 Ganzsachen- Katalog Deutschland 2005 59 MICHEL Bildpostkarten- und Motivganzsachen- Katalog Volume 48, Number 1 Deutschland 2005/2006 59 Whole Number 346 Ganzsachenkatalog der deutschen Privatpost 1873 bis January -February 2006 1914, Teil: Duren bis Lubeck 59 IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2 Volume 48, Number 3 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 2 Whole Number 348 The Hartford 2¢ Recuts Revisited, Allen Mintz 3 May - June 2006 UPSS Board of Directors Meeting at Atlanta Show 3 IN THIS ISSUE: Great Britain’s First Stationery Post Card, Mike Layne Editor’s4 Notes, Wayne Menuz 62 20th Century Catalog Discrepancies?, Bob Thompson President’s5 Message, Lewis E. Bussey 62 Unlisted GB Official Letter Sheets, Wayne Menuz A Non-existent6 30¢ International UPU Surface Postal Card SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Rate, Charles E. Fricke 63 Prepaid Priority Mail Envelope, Charles A. Fricke Seychelles,11 a Rediscovery, Wayne Menuz 64 USA tagging and Other Errors, Wil Thornthwaite American11 Bank Note Company Archival Specimens for USA Card Used from Marshall Islands, Charles A. Fricke Hawaiian11 Postal Cards: A Beginning, Request for Mulready Ads Information, Tom Slemons Dr.11 Elizabeth J. Nettles and David L. Straight 64 More UX27 varieties, Dick Borkowski Hawaii12 Postal Stationery, Catalog & Prices 68 S14 Dented Frames, John Hardy G. B.12 Official Lettersheet, Addendum, Wayne Menuz 69 St. Vincent Registration Envelope, Wayne Menuz More12 about Advertising Specimen Envelope A-59 Markings, Membership Report Howard13 Ness 70 Denmark: Letter Card Essays 1888, Lars What Really Happened With These Cards?, Bill Falberg 72 Engelbrecht Watermark15 Orientations and Printing of Bechuanaland and Many Faces of the Die 11 Forgeries, Bill Lehr Botswana17 , Peter Thy, Jerome Kasper, and John Bands of Brothers, Part 2, Marvin Schiller Inglefield-Watson19 74 Newspaper Clipping reveals "Football Free-for-All”. in Two S10 Postal Card Varieties, John T. Hardy, Jr. 77 1905. Charles A. Fricke Barbados22 Reg. Envelope Error, Wayne Menuz 78 UPSS Auction 06-1, SHOEBOX23 & STATIONERY FORUM UPSS Auction 05-1, Prices Realized USA 32Postal Card S8 Flaw, Ken Higgins 79 Fake USA Envelope Surcharge, Bill Lehr 79 Volume 48, Number 2 ERP for Postal Card S46-2?, Stephen E. Cooper 79 Whole Number 347 India’s Meghdoot Post Cards, Stephen Schumann 79 March - April 2006 Br. North Borneo Proof Post Card, Stephen Schumann 80 IN THIS ISSUE: LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz ______Page 204 Postal Stationery #386 September-October 2012 British Postal Orders U.S. Postal81 Card Catalog Price, Wayne Menuz 136 Afghanistan Revisited Zanzibar81 Inverted Specimen, Ronald Strawser 136 1d Red, Kangaroo and Map Series U.S.A.81 20th/21st Century Column, William Geijsbeek 137 The Pneumatic Post in Vienna, U.S.A.82 Postal Cards, Bill Falberg 138 Filagrano I. P. 2006-2007, XXVI Edizione Watermarked82 Chilean Formular Cards, Ross Towle 141 Katalog der Privatganzsachen Deutschland bis 1945 The S683 Miscut Postal Cards Charles A. Fricke 144 UPSS Auction 06-2, UPSS84 Auction 06-3 145 UPSS Auction 06-1, Prices Realized UPSS92 Auction 06-2, Prices Realized 151

Volume 48, Number 4, Whole Number 349 Volume 48, Number 6, Whole Number 351 July - August 2006 November - December 2006 IN THIS ISSUE: IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz Editor’s94 Notes, Wayne Menuz 154 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey President’s94 Message, Lewis E. Bussey 154 Washington 2006 Show Report UPSS95 Convention in San Jose 155 The 10+10 Øre Red Double Postal Cards of Sweden Marcus White Showcase 155 1890-1905, James Burgeson USA 97Card S37/UX 27 Revisited – Again, Allen Mintz 156 Afghanistan: Fakes and Unlisted, Wayne Menuz Carpatho-Ukrainian100 Postal Stationery, 1939 and 1945, Ingert Fall 2006 UPSS Convention Tim Bartshe Kuzych101 and Jay Carrigan 157 Finds and Comments on UX18/S22, John T. Hardy The102 Beginnings of the Envelope Industry In Springfield, Mass, Membership Coordinator’s Report James105 Logan. 162 New Membership Coordinator Appointed Membership105 Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 169 New Postal Stationery Column Editors Appointed Many106 Faces of the Die 9 Forgeries, Bill Lehr 170 U.S.A. 20/21st Century Column, William Geijsbeek U.S.A.107 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 173 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander U.S.A.108 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 175 In Memoriam: Ted Bozarth U.S.A.109 Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 176 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM U.S.A. S66b Miscut or Double Print? Wil Thornthwaite Turkish109 Envelope Error, Wayne Menuz 176 How to Determine Measurement of S37, Ladd Faszold U85109 & U86 Specimens, Ron Demery, Howard Ness 177 Negative Number Cancels, Art Ranta UPSS109 Publications Receive Awards, Harold Stral 177 Perforated S57 Card, Josh Furman Mounting110 Postal Stationery in Album, Dr. Kenneth Kornblum and Cover Mounts Needed, Alberto Alcala Lewis110 Bussey 177 Typewriter Post Cards, Paul Nelson Postal110 Stationery Journal Dates, Ross Towle and Larry Parks 178 Barbados Registration Envelope, John Hardy Unusual111 1½ ¢ Surcharge, Wayne Menuz and Jerry Summers 178 Philatelic Ponzi Scheme, Glen Stephens 1996111 Lewandowski Awards, Larry Parks 178 SA7/UXC7 Errors, Randall Frank Australian111 Post Card Miscues, Wayne Menuz 179 Negative Number Cancels, Art Ranta LITERATURE111 REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz U.S. Air Letter Sheets Returned to Sender, C. Fricke Charity112 Letters Bearing Advertisements for the Benefit of Orphans (1898- Newly Discovered Wada Tourist Sheet for Forged 1901) 182 Wrappers, Ron Casey The 113Postal Issues of Syria, Lebanon and the Alaouites 1919-1945 183 Cape of Good Hope Perf Error, Wayne Menuz British118 East Africa, Stamps, Postal Stationery & Cancellations 183 Election – Candidates’ Biographies 119 Volume 49, Number 1, Whole Number 352 Volume 48, Number 5, Whole Number 350 January – February 2007 Sept-Oct 2006 IN THIS ISSUE: IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz President’s122 Message, Lewis E. Bussey 2 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey Southern122 Florida Wetland Postal Cards, Lewis E. Bussey and Bill Bidder Sample Specimen Samples, Specimen Code and Geijsbeek 3 Contracts, Howard Ness 2006123 USA Postal Card Issues, Lewis E. Bussey 4 Advertising on Wrappers - The Centennial of the The 1889 Swedish Reply Card, James Burgeson 8 Incorporation of Syracuse, Allen Mintz Zanzibar131 Overprint Variety, George Krieger 10 Bands of Brothers, Part 3, Marvin Schiller Essays132 for 1888 British Bechuanaland Newspaper Wrappers, SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson 10 Washington 2006, Wayne Menuz U.S.A.133 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 12 Boston negative cancels, Gene Fricks U.S.A.133 Stationery 2007New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 13 Boston negative cancels, Roger Rhodes UPSS133 20th Century Envelopes, etc. – New Issue Catalog Perforated S57 Card, Hank Berthelot Numbers134 , D. John Shultz 14 Perforated S57 Card, Joe Prylock Official134 Use of non-Official Postal Cards, Cary Finder 18 Typewriter Post Cards, Leroy Collins SHOEBOX135 & STATIONERY FORUM U.S.A. Double Stamp Impressions, Rocco Capon, Bill ______Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 205 Geijsbeek, and Wayne Menuz Classic19 US Postal Stationery, Ken Lawrence 68 Higgins & Gage bought by Christoph Gaertner, USA Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 70 Wayne Menuz 19 British East Africa ‘On India’ Postal Stationery; New 39¢ Franklin Envelope Flaw, Rafael Gijon y Robles 20 Discoveries, George T. Krieger and John Minns 71 U.S.A. Multiple Ad & Discount Card Handbook, Bill Falberg Ceylon20 Envelope Used with Indian Stamp, Sandeep Jaiswal 72 U.S.A. Reply Card UPSS #MR23-1b, Bill U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 73 Falberg China20 Card Breaks Record, Wayne Menuz 74 Ceylon Airgraphs, Wayne Menuz 20 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Specialized Catalog of the Postal Stationery of Spain, UPSS New Envelope Listing, Stanley A. Snyder 75 Colonies and Dependencies Responses:24 D. John Shultz, Wayne Menuz 75 An Illustrated Trial Listing of Imperial Reply Coupons & Bechuanaland Stationery Book Offer, Peter Thy 75 Commonwealth Reply Coupons USA 24die AM-9 Die Differences, Robert Beasecker 76 Gibraltar Postal Stationery Southern25 Florida Wetlands Card Update, Bill Geijsbeek 76 The West Berlin Postal Stationery Card of Berlin’s Tempelhof Canadian Stationery, Howard Ness 76 Airport 25 UPSS 2004 Financial Statement, Porter Venn 77 UPSS Auction 07-1 26 UPSS Auction 06-3, Prices Realized Switzerland’s32 Postal Cards 1870-1905, Harlan Stone 78 In Memoriam (John R. Weimer) 81 Volume 49, Number 2, Whole Number 353 Buyer Beware, Bill Geijsbeek and Porter Venn 82 March - April 2007 Pseudo Stationery Part 2, Wayne Menuz 83 IN THIS ISSUE: UPSS Auction 07-2 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 34 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 34 Never Issued USA Special Delivery, Robert Markovits 35 Volume 49, Number 4, Whole Number 355 Switzerland’s Postal Wrapper Bands 1871-1902, Harlan July-August 2007 F. Stone 36 IN THIS ISSUE: U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 39 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 98 UPSS Election Results 39 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek UPSS40 Convention and Marcus White Showcase at Boxborough 99 New Chile Surcharge Discovery, Ross A. Towle APS 42Acknowledgement 100 The Serial Numbers on Bechuanaland Air Letter Sheets, U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 101 Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson 43 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 101 UPSS Spring 2007 Convention, Tim Bartshe 46 EXPONET Virtual Philatelic Exhibition, Bill Geijsbeek U.S.A.47 Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 103 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Bechuanalands Postal Stationery in Public and Archival New ERP for S99?, James H. Carmack, Jr., M.D. Collections48 , John Inglefield-Watson and Peter Thy 103 USA Card Surcharged on Reverse, Rodney A. Juell Membership48 Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 106 New USA Postal Cards, Hank J. Berthelot Postal48 Buddy Change of Address Card Essays, Jim Knoll and Sale of Classic Philatelics, Patricia Feiner Wayne49 Menuz 107 Ceylon 50¢ Airgraph, Jerome V. V. Kasper 49 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Lewandowski 2006 Awards, Eddie Bridges 50 French Postal Rate Correction, John Jennison 115 Lewandowski 2006 Awards, Eduardo & Luis Barreiros 50 Certificate Extensions, Allen Mintz 115 USA International Rate Cards, Henry Fisher 50 Availability of Florida Wetlands Cards, Richard Parslow 115 Epirus Post Cards, Wayne Menuz Response:50 Bill Geijsbeek 115 Albania Post Card, Wayne Menuz Pseudo50 USA Post Cards. Bill Lehr 115 USPS Philatelic Orders, Hans Hilbers Special51 Delivery Essay, Gene Fricks 116 USA 2¢ Sesquicentennial Envelope Printing Flaw, SA7/UXC7 Errors. Ben Adams 116 Raymnd Longobardi 51 Pseudo Stationery, Wayne Menuz The Airmail52 Envelopes of the U.S. Envelope Company, Bill Individuals Making Contributions to the UPSS During Geijsbeek 117 Calendar Year 2006 Official63 Printed-to-Private-Order Cards For Two Millers in Zurich, By Harlan F. Stone 119 Volume 49, Number 3, Whole Number 354 Pseudo Stationery Part 3, Wayne Menuz 123 May - June 2007 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz IN THIS ISSUE: Bulgarian Postal Stationeries Catalogue, Part 1, Postcards 128 The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, Volume IX. 128 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz Catalogue66 des Cartes Postales Précurseurs de France et des Colonies 129 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey Postal66 Stationery Associated with Railways, Latin America and the West Indies 129 Has the USPS Gone Too Far??, Bill Geijsbeek 67 ______Page 206 Postal Stationery #386 September-October 2012 Iran Classic Philatelic Reference, Vol. 1 – Qajar Dynasty Geijsbeek129 168 Katalog der modernen Privatpost Deutschlands, Band 2, Chasing the Ogden 2000 to 2007, Bill Falberg 171 Ganzsachen 130 An Illustrated Guide to Imperial Reply Coupons & U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 173 Commonwealth Reply Coupons U.S.A.130 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 174 Handbuch der ArGeAlliierter Kontrollrat 1946-1948 e. V, 2, “Die Ganzsachen SHOEBOX130 & STATIONERY FORUM Spezialkatalog der provisorischen Postwertzeichen der Republik Corrections and Errata – Lebanon, Jerry Kasper 176 Belarus 1991-1995, Band 1, Stadt Minsk Corrections131 and Errata – Gibraltar, Larry Parks 176 Study of postal Stationery [of China] (Vol 2) Fake131 PRC Envelopes, Wayne Menuz 176 Pseudo Russian Stationery, George Shalimoff 177 Volume 49, Number 5, Whole Number 356 Paper Making & U.S.A. Card S1h, Josh Furman 177 September-October 2007 Folded Typewriter Cards, Rob Bell 178 IN THIS ISSUE: Pseudo Postal Stationery, Part 5, Wayne Menuz 179 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 134 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 134 Volume 50, Number 1, Whole Number 358 EDUs - UPSS Letter to APS 135 January – February 2008 EDUs - APS Response 135 IN THIS ISSUE: The Specimen Code 1, 2, 3, & 4 Confusion, Edmund Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2 McGovern President’s136 Message, Lewis E. Bussey 2 Switzerland's Postal Envelope Essays and Proofs, Harlan UPSS First Day Cachets, Bill Hart 3 Stone 137 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 6 Togo Occupation – Postal Stationery, The One Penny U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 7 “Error”, Gernot H. Reiners 138 Colombia’s Registration Envelopes, Wayne Menuz 8 United States Postal Card Catalogue, Lewis Bussey 141 2007 USA Postal Card Issues, Lewis Bussey 14 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 143 UPSS Auction 08-1, 18 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 144 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM First USA Postal Card Issue Topics, Bill Falberg 145 Salvador Post Card Overprint, Edy Pockele 27 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Swiss Envelopes Article Correction, Harlan Stone 27 Postal Stationery Delivery Dates, Howard Ness 148 Pseudo Stationery, Robert Bracken 2007148 Lewandowski Award, Larry Parks 27 USA Airmail Envelopes Article, Bi-colored Airmail Borders, Robert Hunt 27 Correction, John Peter Mattila USA148 “Stationery”?, Bernard Rio 27 Mike Davis 148 Pseudo Stationery, Pt. 6 (Conclusion), Wayne Menuz 28 Swiss Article Correction, Harlan Stone 148 Discovered GB PTPO Card, Dave Britton Postal148 Card Collecting - An Appreciation, Allen Mintz 35 Wrappers with Legal Notices, Cemil Betanov 148 Great Britain P. O. Recognized Error, Wayne Menuz 150 Volume 50, Number 2, Whole Number 359 Zanzibar Overprint Variety, George Krieger 151 March - April 2008 USA 26¢ Reply Cards, Michael Marks Cohen 151 Unlisted Seirra Leone Aerograms, Jerry Kasper 152 IN THIS ISSUE: Gibraltar Provisional Does Exist, Wayne Menuz Editor’s152 Notes, Wayne Menuz 38 Pseudo Postal Stationery, Part 4, Wayne Menuz President’s153 Message, Lewis E. Bussey 38 Zauzibar, an Overprint Error, George Krieger U.S.A.159 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 39 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 39 Volume 49, Number 6, Whole Number 357 U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 40 November - December 2007 British Artillery Company Envelopes, Wayne Menuz 40 IN THIS ISSUE: Pseudo Pseudo Stationery, Wayne Menuz 41 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz Individuals162 Making Contributions to the UPSS During Calendar President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey Year162 2007 43 UPSS Publications Preview, Bill Falberg 1997163 Love Swans Postal Card Errors Surface.Lewis E. Bussey 44 Switzerland’s Postal Envelope Production 1867-1886, The Danish Letter Cards of 1964-1965, E. N. Lurch 46 Harlan F. Stone Hindsight164 Is 20-20, The 2¢ Postal Card Rate, Charles E. Doll, Jr. 48 Surcharge Essays and Proofs of Stationery Issues for Spring 2008 UPSS AGM and MWS, Timothy Bartshe 49 1958 Rate Increase, Dan Undersander and Bill Many Faces of the Die 10 Forgeries, Bill Lehr 50 ______Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 207 South African “Easy Letter”, Wayne Menuz Chile53 Envelope Double Surcharge, Ross Towle 82 British Aerogram Essay, Jerry Kasper & W. Menuz Somali54 Coast’s Only Stationery, Wayne Menuz 82 A really, really short communication, Charles Fricke LITERATURE55 REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Officially Imprinted Advertising on Swiss Postal Postal Cards of Japan 1873-1874 84 Envelopes, Harlan F. Stone Cent55 Ans de Coupons-Reponse en France 1907-2007 84 Sobres Postales usados en el Perú 1875-1902 84 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Entiers Postaux Prét-á-Poster émis en France depuis 85 Pseudo Stationery 1, Paul Nelson 58 The Postal Stationery of the British South Africa Company 1890-1924 85 Pseudo Stationery 2, John Jennison 59 Poland 1918 Locals 86 Parcel Cards, John Tollan Postal59 Stationery Associated with Railways Where to List What, Jack Brandt 60Africa 86 Does USA Card S59-1a Exist?, Charles Doll 60Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific 86 New UX24 Card Variety, Gary Blackmore 61Southern Europe 86 Local Troy Bilt 1¢Surcharge on UX153 Turkish61 Stamps & Postal Stationery Catalog 2007 87 Local Harris 1¢Surcharge on UX153 Neuer62 Ganzsachen-Katalog, Afrika 2007 87 New Multiple Ad USA Postal Card, Edy Pockele Amtliche62 Ganzsachen mit privaten Zudrucken der SBZ / DDR 87 O6/UZ6 Used Card, Wayne Menuz Filagrano63 I. P. 2008-2009, XXVII Edizione 88 Double Envelope Die Error, Wayne Menuz Interitalia,63 il nuovo nuovo Pertile 88 Slime Spots, Bill Geijsbeek Ganzsachenkatalog63 der deutschen Privatepost 1873 bis 1914: Magdeburg Indian Overprint Error, Wayne Menuz 63bis Zwickau 89 Collect British Postal Stationery 89 Volume 50, Number 3, Whole Number 360 Catalogue of Singapore Stamp & Postal Stationery 90 May-June 2008 Specialized Catalogue of Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery of Latvia 90 IN THIS ISSUE: Catalog of Ukraine Postal Cards 1991-2006 90 Stamped Envelopes of Ukraine 2003-2006 90 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz Franked!66 The Official Mail of Victoria 18964-1902 90 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey Victoria66 The 1895 Havelock-Foster’s Postcard 91 USA Wrappers: Analysis of Relative Scarcity, Sales Prices and Market Size, John K. Courtis 67 Volume 50, Number 4, Whole Number 361 Cinderella Airmail Postal Stationery, Bill Lehr 70 July-August 2008 Two Countries on One Card, Wayne Menuz 70 IN THIS ISSUE: UPSS Auction 2008-1, Prices Realized 71 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 94 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 72 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 94 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 73 Analysis of US Wrappers Bearing Private Printing, John K. U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 74 Courtis, 95 When What You See Is Not what You Get, Bill Falberg 74 Swiss Postal Envelope Production Errors, Harlan F. Stone 100 Foreign Postal Stationery Societies 75 S8 – An Interesting Plate Variety, Walter Manson 102 UPSS Election – Candidates 76 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 103 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 103 Meaning of message on USA card S1, Larry Parks 77 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 104 USA Swans Postal Card Error Article, Lewis Bussey 77 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM India Post Card Surcharge Error, Sandeep Jaiswal Spanish77 Essay?, José Manuel Rodríguez 105 UPSS Philippines Catalogue, Stephen T. Taylor UX24/S3377 Broken Line, Walter Manson, Walter Taggart 105 British Aerogram Essay Error, Timothy Burgess Pseudo78 Japanese Stationery, Leroy Collins 106 Wayne Menuz 107 The 2¢ USA Postal Card Rate, Charles E. Doll 78 What’s Listable? (part 2),Joe Pryluck 109 Postal vs. Post Card, Ellen s. Peachy, Lewis Bussey, Civia Modern USA Card Values, Walter Taggart 110 Tuteur, and Wayne Menuz S22 Variety?,78 Walter Manson 111 USA 1920 Envelope Surcharge Errors, Chris Masters Peru ’s79 Notice, German Baschwitz 111 USA 4¢ over 5¢ Oval Die Envelope, Bill Geijsbeek, Wil Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Thornthwaite, Jim Schmelz, Don Koontz, and Gary Matthews Collection, Jerry Kasper 112 Blackmore UPSS79 Auction 08-2, 115 UX 24/S33 Broken Line, Gary Blackmore, Karl Klemmer 80 Fake USA Airmail Envelope Surcharge, K. David Steidley, Volume 50, Number 5, Whole Number 362 Porter Venn, Bill Geijsbeek 80 September – October 2008 Pseudo Japanese Stationery, Jack Brandt 81 ______Page 208 Postal Stationery #386 September-October 2012 IN THIS ISSUE: Bechuanaland Post Card Essays, Peter Thy 167 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz SHOEBOX126 & STATIONERY FORUM President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey Mexican126 Card Printing Varieties, Peter Bamert, Roberto Liera, Wayne Menuz 168 UPSS Annual Meeting USA Rates for Card S85, Alan Crosby 169 UPSS election results 127 UPU Specimen Stationery, James Bendon 169 Marcus White Showcase 127 USA UX41/S57k Information Sought, Charles Doll 170 Lewandowski Award 127 USA Envelopes, correction, Samuel Liss, Bill Geijsbeek 170 Annual General Meeting 127 USA Card S8 Missing Leaf Variety, Anthony Fandino, Larry Parks 170 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Shoebox Communications, Walter W. Manson 171 U.S. Card S8 Missing Leaf Variety, Wil Thornthwaite Indian128 Card with Reversed 4, Sandeep Jaiswal 171 Ed Ferber, Anthony Fandino, Lewis Bussey Cochin128 Envelope Error, Deepka Jaiswal 172 Swiss Folded Typewriter Card, Wayne Menuz Surface129 Rate Card w/ Airmail Border, Chuck McFarlane 172 Dr. Winfried Leist 130 New Multiple Advertising Postal Card, Cary Finder 173 U. S. Card UX154/S167 for Elvis Ballot, Terry R. Young 130 UX24/S33 Broken Line, Larry Grafton Selected130 British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Modern Postal Card Values, Henry Fisher Matthews131 Collection, Part 2, Jerry Kasper 174 Domestic Postal Card Rates Note for S85, Bill Falberg A Mexico132 – New S. Wales Connection, W. Menuz 176 Auction Realizations, Porter Venn 132 Chinese Post Card, Jim Parmiter 132 U.S. Card S26a Cracked Plate, Terry Young 133 Volume 51, Number 1, Whole Number 364 S. W. Africa Error, Francis Kiddle 133 January - February 2009 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 134 IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 135 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 2 U.S. Envelope AM-5 Watermark 30, Michael Davis 136 US Postal Card S57k – The Diagonal Surcharge Errors, Lewis The 1969 7 Paisa Card of Pakistan, Jeff Siddiqui 137 Bussey 3 Br. Central Africa – Rhodesia Mix-up, Wayne Menuz 139 USA 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 7 All the way for only 2¢, Charles A. Fricke 142 New US Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers Paper Color Chart, Demonetized Reply Cards, Wayne Menuz Kirk142 Wolford 7 Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. USA 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 8 Matthews Collection, Part 2, Jerry Kasper 143 USA Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 10 Historical Catalog of U.S. Postal Card Essays and Help Needed! New USA Possessions Catalog 10 Proofs, Bill Falberg 149 Mexico -An Unrecorded Private Card, Gerhard Haas 11 Meet Clifford Washington Kissinger, Bill Falberg 150 A Collectible by Marriage, Charles A. Fricke 12 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Folded Typewriter Postcards Financial151 Report, Porter Venn 13 MICHEL Ganzsachen- Katalog Deutschland 2007 Varieties151 of the New Zealand 2d King George VI Social Size Catalogue des Entiers Postaux Belges avec annonces Envelope151 , Bob Watson 14 Die Victoria National Invaliden-Stiftung 152 Columbian Envelopes of 1893, Marvin & Judith Platt 16 Volume 50, Number 6, Whole Number 363 US Aerogram Color Changeling-UC16b, Bill Lehr 17 November - December 2008 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM IN THIS ISSUE: Romania PTPO Envelope, Larry Parks 17 Lewandowski 2008 Award, Franco Filanci, Carlo Sopracordevole, and Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz Domenico154 Tagliente 17 President’s Message, Dan Undersander USA154 Card S8 Missing Leaf variety, Larry Parks 17 A New Canal Zone Postal Card Variety, Bill Falberg U561155 Inverted Surcharge, Bill Geijsbeek 18 Locally revalued US cards, Lewis Bussey 18 UPSS Auction 2008-2, Prices Realized 156 1920 Surcharge on S33, Gary Blackmore 18 Gerald W. King and Pseudo Postal Stationery, Japanese Card Forgeries, Wayne Menuz 18 Harold M. Stral Czechoslovakia156 Misspelling, Wayne Menuz 19 Black Jack Forgeries: 4th Nesbitt 2¢, Bill Lear Swedish159 Railroad Cards, Paul Nelson 19 Indian POW Card, Wayne Menuz Bundi161 Essay Post Card, Sandeep Jaiswal 20 US Envelope AM-10, Howard Kristol 20 The 1925 USA Surcharge on a Philippine Envelope, Marcus White Award, Josh Furman 20 William Oliver 163 Stationery Bands, Michael Moore 21 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander Mexico164 Registered Wells Fargo, Francis Kiddle 21 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek Selected166 British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A.

______Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 209 Matthews Collection, Part 4, Jerry Kasper A Revalued22 Canada Reply Postal Card, Dale Speirs 66 UPSS Auction 09-1 U.S.A.24 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 67 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 68 Volume 51, Number 2, Whole Number 365 U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 69 March -April 2009 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM IN THIS ISSUE: Leavitt Machine Cancel, Ray Hadley 70 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz Postal30 Card Album, David Reps, Lewis Bussey 70 President’s Message, Dan Undersander USA 30Envelope Double Impressions, Tom Lera 70 Br. E. Africa Reg. Letter Envelope with Protectorate Turks Island SPECIMEN error, Wayne Menuz 70 Handstamp – a New Discovery, George Krieger USA 31MR27c and MR28Ac, Bill Weiss, Lewis Bussey 71 USA MR26e, Bill Weiss, Lewis Bussey 71 Persia Official Envelope, Behruz Nassre New 33Zealand KG VI Envelope, Ian McMahon 72 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander Postal33 Stationery Electronically?, Leo Warda 72 UPSS General Meeting at PIPEX 2009 Varieties34 of Cuban 1880 - 1882 U.P.U. Postal Cards, Robert U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek Littrell34 and Octavio Cabrera 72 U.S. Postal Card Catalog Update, Lewis Bussey New 37Information about Cook Island Postal Cards, Robert E. Shoemaker 74 Elizabethan-era Election Envelopes of Canada, Dale Spears Selected38 British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Part 6 Jerry Kasper 78 USA Airmail Card SA3 – Purple Lozenges and Reconstructions, Lewis Bussey LITERATURE44 REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Thai Postal Stationery Catalog 81 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Postal Stationery of Russia and Dependencies (1845-1922) 81 Jefferson's Vision on S17, Anthony Fandino Geuzendam’s46 - Postal Stationery of The Netherlands 82 Digital Philately, Fran Adams The Postal46 History of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Unique Swiss Postal Card Essay, Harlan F. Stone and New46 Guinea and after the Japanese Occupation 82 S8 -Missing Leaf Variety, Anthony Fandino Air Mail47 Letter Sheets of Ceylon/Sri Lanka 83 S22 variety?, Larry Parks Michel47 Postal Stationery Catalog of Europe to 1960 83 Michel Pictorial Postcards and Thematic Stationery Catalog 84 Unlisted Mauritius Envelope?, Peter Bamert 47 The Postal Stationery of Belgium 84 Leo Warda USA U198 & U199, (North)47 Korea 84 Canal Zone/Panama Registration Env., David Zemer Austrian47 Postal Stationery Catalog 85 Brazil Essay?, Lars Englebrecht China48 Letter Sheets 85 A New Member’s Questions, Ray Choan The British48 Postal Service in Morocco 85 Indian Money Order Essay, Sandeep Jaiswal Malaya49 Postal Stationery 1937 to 1947 86 New Zealand PTPO Envelope, Stephen Schumann 50 Leavitt , Steve Freed 50 Vol. 51, No. 4, Whole No. 367 Gibraltar Registration Envelope, Wayne Menuz 50 July – Aug 2009 USPS Stationery Issue Dates, Leo Warda 51 IN THIS ISSUE: Folded Swiss Typewriter Card, Robert Bell Editor’s51 Notes, Wayne Menuz 90 USPS Charge for Stationery Paper, Penny A. Puskas 51 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 90 PRC PTPO Stationery, Leroy Collins 51 Canadian “Lobster” Card, Mike Sagar USA 52Postal Cards Revalued at the Local Level, Cary Finder 91 Dubai and Yemen Fakes?, Richard Zimmerman A. F. 52Stahl and the First Postal Cards of Iran, Behruz Nessre 94 Algeria Card Error, Wayne Menuz Patriotic53 Cachet on Philippine Postal Stationery, Allen Mintz 100 Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Argentina Stamped Wrappers 1878-1887: The National and Matthews Collection, Part 5, Jerry Kasper American54 Bank Note Co. Issues, Ross Towle & Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven Wayne56 Menuz 100 Contributors to UPSS 2008 SHOEBOX59 & STATIONERY FORUM Levitt Cancels, Larry Parks 103 USA Envelope Scott U2 ERP?, William A. Greenebaum 103 Volume 51, Number 3, Whole Number 366 USA Card S12 with Overprint, Gary Blackmore 103 May - June 2009 USA Grant Letter Card with Advertising, Gary Blackmore 104 IN THIS ISSUE: Japan Pseudo Stationery, Michael Barie 104 New South Wales Cards & Wrapper, Jack Brandt 105 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 62 USA Card SA1 Paper Color, Anthony Fandino 106 President’s Message, Dan Undersander Determining62 an ERP, Bill Lehr 106 American Bank Note Co. & George F. Nesbitt & Co. USA Envelope #20, Chris Masters 107 Stamped Envelopes, Ross A. Towle Special63 Mailing to APS Members, Roger Rhodes 107 The First Postal Cards of Costa Rica, Ross A. Towle Literature65 Reviews Corrections, Stephen Schumann 108 Electronic Postal Stationery , Doug Files 108 ______Page 210 Postal Stationery #386 September-October 2012 Postal Stationery by Email, Gary Watson U.S.A.108 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 154 2009 Lewandowski Award UPSS108 Meeting at Pittsburgh 155 Demonetized Indian Registration Envelopes, Wayne Menuz 109 Vol. 51, No. 6, Whole No. 369 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 110 Nov-Dec 2009 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 111 IN THIS ISSUE: Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey Editor’s113 Notes, Wayne Menuz 158 Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. President’s Message, Dan Undersander 158 Matthews Collection, Part 7, Jerry Kasper USA114 Envelope Die 88b (Cap On “2”) - Another Look, USA Multiple Ad and Discount Postal Cards – Another Thomas Galloway 159 Hudson River Group Card, Dave Nussmann Indian119 Discoveries , Sandeep Jaiswal 161 USA Card SA3 – Purple Lozenges and Reconstruction, Vol. 51, No. 5, Whole No. 368 Lewis Bussey 163 Sept. - Oct 2009 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 166 IN THIS ISSUE: Liberian Airmail Envelopes, Robert Shoemaker 168 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 122 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 172 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 122 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 174 Identifying U.S. Postal Notes of 1883-1894, Charles Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 174 Surasky 123 Update to Catalog of 20th Century Stamped Envelopes of 1968 3¢ Echeverría envelopes S22 and S23, Mark Piper 126 the USA, Bill Geijsbeek 175 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 128 P. R. of China Recalled Card, Wayne Menuz 178 A New US Mercantile Issue Die?, Ross A. Towle 129 U.S. Postal Card Updates, Responses and Other Stuff, The 1897 UPU Overprinted USA Envelopes and Lewis Bussey 180 Wrappers – Seeking Help with a Study, Howard Ness 130 An Australian Discovery–1d Star Die PTPO Envelope, Union Active Service Letter Card Used 1944 in Gary Watson 181 Serowe, Peter Thy 132 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM USA Locally Revalued Card, Josh Furman 182 USA Envelope U2 ERP?, Raymond Longobardi Errata133 and Corrections: Iranian Card Article, Jack Brandt 19133th Century Envelopes, #368 pp 143, Paul Nelson, Undersander 182 New South Wales Official Cards, Jack Brandt, Larry Parks New133 Mercantile Die, #368 pp 129, Paul Nelson, Ross Towle 182 Lewandowski Award, Pieter P. Bonsen US134 Postal Notes, #368 pp 123, Charles Surasky 182 Additional USA S2 Multiple Ad Cards, Larry Parks Leavitt134 Cancel, #368, pp 141, Bob Wilderman, Larry Parks 182 S I P S Overprint on S2, David Mayo, Bill Hart, Albert Postal Notes, Charles Surasky, Gilbert Paul Michel, Paul Nelson 182 Aldham, USA Soldier Use of Italian Card, Enio Spurio 184 Joe Prylock, Richard Handler, Larry Parks, R. T. Stiehl, Another Swiss Typewriter Card, Robert Bell 184 Bill Lehr, K. David Steidley, Wil Thornthwaite, Edward Australia Registration Envelope Inverted Back, Tom Herinckx 185 LaFountain, Lauck Walton Cuban135 Envelopes, Octavio Cabrera 185 Postal Stationery in Color, Jack Brandt, Bob Wilderman, Pieter Italian Card with Inverted Back, Wayne Menuz 186 P. Bonsen, Kevin Doyle, Bob Summerell, Howard Ness, Wil Discovery of Unused USA Card S44-19, Karl Klemmer 186 Thornthwaite, Cemil Betanov, Sam Liss, Leroy Collins, Jack Harwood, Walter Taggart, Scott A. Shaulis, Steve Pacetti, John Identifying Aerogram Reversed Die Cuts, Doug Files 186 Jennison, R. T. Stiehl, Byron Mitchell, Jerry Kasper, Larry Scotts Catalog Die Illustration Error, Bill Geijsbeek 186 Parks, Rodney A. Juell, Lewis Bussey, U. S. Precanceled Postal Cards Revisited, Josh Furman 187 Van S. Vangor, David Mayo, Darlene Thomas, Richard Zimmermann, Allen Mintz, Jim Napier, Albert Aldham 136 Replying to article authors, Howard Ness 138 Vol. 52, No. 1, Whole No. 370 Locally Revalued USA Postal Cards, Joe Pryluck 138 Jan-Feb 2010 A used USA S26 Double Print Card, Bill Salisbury 139 IN THIS ISSUE: Scott’s Catalog and Postal Notes, Jack Harwood, James Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2 Kloetzel, Wayne Menuz President’s139 Message, Dan Undersander 2 Combination Austria-Bavaria PTPO Card, Jamie Gough U.S.A.141 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 3 Leavitt Catalog , Gilb ert Paul Michel, Larry Parks 141 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 4 New USA Flag Cancel Catalog, Wayne Menuz 141 0Ceylon “used” airgraph, Gary Watson SHOEBOX142 & STATIONERY FORUM USA Cards SA1b and S17, Anthony Fandino 4 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 143 USA Card S22 with Printing Flaws, Ed Ferber 5 UPSS Members Win APS Service Awards Swiss144 Card Misspelling, John Jennison 5 Koi and Corinthian Card Identifiers, Lewis Bussey 145 Letter Sheet or Letter Card?, Wayne Menuz 6 UPSS Auction 2009-A2 148 ______Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 211 2009 USA Postal Card Issues, Lewis Bussey Homemade9 Post Card Album, Walter Taggart 63 USA Letter Sheet and Special Use Envelope Issues , Bill USA Seabiscuit Envelope Errors, Stuart Leven 63 Geijsbeek Pressure15 Sensitive Envelope Gum, Tim Dudek 64 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz USA “Cancelled” Card, Steve Blair 64 Airmail Stationery Used by POW & Internees during USA 25¢ Christmas Envelope Cachet?, Dr. Paul G. Abajian 65 World War II Koi Card20 Numbering, John Mattila 65 Postal Stationery Associated with Railways: Eastern and St. Pierre-Miquelon Envelope Error , Jean-Jacques Tillard 65 Northern Europe Uganda20 Triple Overprint Card, George Krieger 65 Bulgarian Postal Stationeries Catalogue, Part II, Prepaid Index to Postal Stationery, Howard Ness 66 Envelopes U.S.A.20 Card UXC-1/SA1, Patrick Crosby 66 New Zealand Postal Notes 1886-1986 UPSS21 1965 General Meeting, Gordon Morrison 67 Postal Stationery of British India 1856-1947 Switzerland’s21 Domestic Postal Money Order Forms, Harlan F. Vandmaerke Krone i danske helsagskonvolutter Stone22 67 Privatpostkarten Katalog Band II, Bayern und Update to Catalog of 20th Century Envelopes. Bill Geijsbeek 72 Wurttemberg Selected22 British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Handbuch der Zudrucke auf amtlichen Ganzsachen Matthews22 Collection, Part 9, Jerry Kasper 74 MICHEL Ganzsachen- Katalog Deutschland 2009 Individuals23 Making UPSS Contributions Calendar Year 2008 76 Ganzsachenkatalog der deutschen Privatpost 1873 bis

1914, Band 1: Aachen bis Dresden 23 Fischer Katalog, Tom II, Polskich Znakow Pocztowych Vol. 52, No. 3, Whole No. 372 2006 23 May-June 2010 Filagrano I. P. 2010-2011, XXVIII Edizione 24 IN THIS ISSUE: Rakousko 1861-1918, II. Dil – Celiny Editor’s24 Notes, Wayne Menuz 78 Katalog Prangko INDONESIA 2009 President’s24 Message, Dan Undersander 78 Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Fakes of USA Envelope 1920 Provisional Surcharges, Bill Lehr 79 Matthews Collection, Part 8, Jerry Kasper 26 British Post Offices in French Morocco, Wayne Menuz 82 UPSS Auction 10-1 U.S. Postal29 Card Essays and Proofs Revisited, Bill Falberg 86 Iran (Persia) Unlisted Post Card, Behruz Nassre 87 Vol. 52, No. 2, Whole No. 371 Found a Foldover or Two, Ed Ferber 88 Mar-April 2010 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 90 IN THIS ISSUE: U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 91 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 42 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 92 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 42 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM USA S83 Locally Revalued at Dana Point, Cary Finder Great43 Britain Official Envelope Discovery, Larry Parks 94 Two Australian STPO Envelopes Discoveries, Wayne Portuguese STO Envelopes?, Stephen Washburn 94 Menuz Iranian43 Postal Cards, Sassan Pejhan 95 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander Queensland45 Post Card Discovery, Gary Watson 95 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek An Old46 Error in USA Envelope Catalog, Porter Venn, 96 New Issues Paper47 Varieties on USA Envelopes & Wrappers, Marvin Schiller 96 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey USA 48Private Precancelled Cards, Roland Austin 97 Two New Zealand Discoveries, Stephen Schumann 98 Postal Stationery Essays Presented to the 6th UPU Guam Guard Mail Stationery, Alan Grossman 98 Congress in Rome, or The Birth of the IRC, Peter U.S. Stationery Overprinted GUAM, Alan Grossman 99 Bamert 49 Great Britain Envelope Used as a Wrapper, Andrew Reid 99 USA Card SA3 – Purple Lozenges and USA Envelope Used Outside the , Joe Pryluck 100 Reconstruction (revised), Lewis Bussey USA 56Official Envelope with “ZIP + 4”, Hans Hilbers 100 UPSS Income & Expense 2007 & 2008, Porter Indian Card with Misaligned Overprint, Edy Pockelé 100 Venn USA 57Card S83 Printing Oddities, Raymond Longobardi 101 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM UPSS Members Only Web Site, Mike Davis 101 Exhibitions Information, Thomas Duszak Bundi59 Post Card, Sandeep Jaiswal 101 U.S.A. Card S57f, Richard Gluckman Swiss59 Article Correction, Harlan Stone 102 Random Observations, Dade Luckett U.S.A.60 Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 102 Jhind Used Cards, John Warren Membership60 Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 103 Bundi “Official” Card, John Warren 60 Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. U.S.A. Envelope Paper Colors, Leo Warda 61 Matthews Collection, Part 10, Jerry Kasper 103 U.S.A. Envelope “Plate Cracks”, Dave 61 Binding Problems, Jack Harwood UPSS61 Auction 2010-1, Prices Realized 107 Date U.S.A. Cards Allowed Writing on Front, Steve Kaplan 62 The Drunken Postmaster, Dale Speirs 62 ______Page 212 Postal Stationery #386 September-October 2012 Vol. 52, No. 4, Whole No. 373 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 145 July-August 2010 U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 146 IN THIS ISSUE: Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 147 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 110 2010 Lewendowski Award 147 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 110 USA “Canceled” Postal Cards, Cary Finder 148 Copycard C-Mail Sheets and Postal Cards, Robert Bell 111 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey Another112 “Troy Bilt” Card, By Kirk Wolford 149 A Ceylon – India Die Proof, Wayne Menuz SHOEBOX115 & STATIONERY FORUM U.S. Envelope Fake RF Overprints, Bill Lehr Pseudo,117 Watercolor and Mourning Questions, Jack Brandt 150 A British STO Envelope Discovery, Wayne Menuz Expertizing120 of USA Stationery, Steve Frumkin 151 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander Hong124 Kong Postal Money Orders, Jack Harwood 151 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek New125 ERP for USA Card S28f Type I Four-Arcs, Lewis Bussey 152 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM British Post Offices in French Morocco, David Stotter 152 On Airgraphs, Peter Thy Cuba126 S2 with Missing Grommet, Jonathan Topper 153 Used Indian Telegraph Form, Sandeep Jaiswal Uruguay127 Official Envelopes, Jonathan Topper 153 New UPSS Member’s Impressions, Paul Bezanker More129 on Paper Folds, Raymond Longobardi 154 A USA S28 Card Find, Chris Masters 129 India Used Telegraph Form, John Jennison 154 Two USA S8 Cards with Flaw, Harald Hirnschal 129 Mexico Stationery Catalog, Paul Bezanker 155 May-June Issue, Leo Warda 129 Australian Registration Envelope Overprints, Tom Herinckx Chinese130 Stationery Market, Wayne Menuz 155 Foldover USA Postal Cards, Lewis Bussey Rhodesia130 Waterlow Sample Card, Wayne Menuz 156 USA Die 88 Envelope, Lew Gray North131 Korea Stationery, Wayne Menuz 157 Great Britain STO Post Cards, Don Heller FIP 131Postal Stationery Commission, Wayne Menuz 157 First USA Use of Airmail Border, John D. Ciko 131 Reprint Request Cards, Robert Bell 157 A USA “Catfish” Koi Card, Eliot Landau 132 Paper Varieties on USA Envelopes and Wrappers, Joe Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 158 Pryluck UPSS132 Auction 2010-2 160 Australia Stamped to Order Envelope Listing, Lex Neville 132 Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Morocco Agencies, Larry Parks 132 Matthews Collection, Part 11, Jerry Kasper 169 USA Precancelled Card, Robert May 133 Cuban Post Card US2 S2b,Robert May 133 Afghanistan Provisional Aerograms, Jerry Kasper 133 POSTAL STATIONERY USA Embossed Lettersheets UPSS #84 & 85, Wayne Menuz 134 Vol. 52, No. 6, Whole No. 375 Persian Card H&G F1, Larry Parks 134 Nov.-Dec. 2010 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz IN THIS ISSUE: Swiss Postal Stationery (Zumstein) Editor’s136 Notes, Wayne Menuz 174 Handbook of Swiss Post Cards 136 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 174 Government stationery with private printing of West Berlin 137 Swedish Railroad Post Cards The137 Digital Future of the UPSS 175 Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalogue, Vol. I & II U.S.137 Postal Card Catalog Addendum #1, Lewis Bussey 176 Directory of OVERPRINTED BRITISH POSTAL ORDERS RF Fakes,138 Frauds, Fabrications and Forgeries on U.S. Stamped Orange Free State Philately, Vol. 3 Stationery138 – An Additional Look, Lewis Bussey 177 Malaysia and the Federation of Malaya – Their Stamps and Postal Stationery, Vol. 1 Zanzibar139 Overprinted Half Anna Indian Postal Stationery Catalog of the Stamps of Brazil Envelope139 , George Krieger 181 Yang's P. Stamp and Catalogue of Hong Kong On Folded139 and Mailed Airgraph Forms, Peter Thy 182 Korean Catalogue 2009-2010 U.S.A.140 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 186 From the History of the Saint Petersburg Post 1703-1914 140 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 188 POSTAL STATIONERY Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 189 UPSS Sales Circuit 101 189 Vol. 52, No. 5, Whole No. 374 Bogus Chinese Card, Wayne Menuz 191 Sept.-Oct. 2010 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM IN THIS ISSUE: Ascher Stationery Catalog, Bill Geijsbeek 192 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 142 Waterlow Sample Cards from Uruguay, John Sinfield 192 President’s Message, Dan Undersander Liberia142 Stationery Cut Square?, Jack Brandt 193 The Ringer - A Nepal Card, Dr. Frank Vignola Cuba143 S2 with Missing Grommet, Lewis Bussey 193 New ERP for USA Official Card O1a, Terry Young 193 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 144 Japanese Card with Unusual USA Censor Mark, Jack Brandt 194

______Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 213 USA Card S96 with Misplaced Tagging, Terry Young USA194 Postal Card S63e Variety? Terry Young 24 Turkish Trial Color Postcard, Anonymous Unlisted194 Romanian Stationery, Edwin de Korte 24 Reprint Request Cards, Pieter Bonsen, Ian McMahon Afghanistan195 Reply Card? Ferry Luijbe 25 French Military Post Card, Paul Bezanker 196 One more “Troy Bilt” Card, Ed Ferber 25 USA Military Cards, Robert Meyerowitz 196 USA Card S8 Cracked Plate, Ray Longobardi St. Pierre-Miquelon197 , Jean-Jacques Tillard 26 Indian Philately Web Site, Paul Nelson UPSS197 Possessions Catalog Wins Award, George Krieger 26 Grant Letter Card Gumming, Ron Demery Another197 Locally Surcharged USA Postal Card, Steve Blair 26 Mint USA Card S26a Cracked Plate, Terry Young UPSS198 Auction 2011 A1 outside mailing cover, pages 27 & 32 Seeing Catalog Numbers and Valuations, Robert Nevraumont 198 USA Postal Card Auction Results 28 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Vandmaerke Krone i danske helsagskonvolutter US Envelope198 Knife 106 vs. Knife 116, Bill Lehr 31 United Nations Postal Stationery 1952-1984 199 Catalogue Mondial des Coupons-Résponse, Tome 1, Histoire, types, généralités, Pays de “A: à “H” 199 POSTAL STATIONERY Precanceled Postal Cards 1874-1961 199 Vol. 53, No. 2, Whole No. 377 Locally Printed Forces Air Mail Letter Cards of East Mar-April.. 2011 Africa in World War II 200 IN THIS ISSUE: Malaysia and the Federation of Malaya – Their Stamps Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 34 and Postal Stationery, Vol. 2 200 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 34 Die lokalen Not-Ganzsachen der amerikanischen und englischen Zone aus P900 bis P905 Census200 of US Postal Cards Showing New York Exchange Western Express (magazine) Office201 Until 1879, Alex Gundel 35 Ceylon/Sri Lanka Postal Stationery, Part II, Postal Cards, U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 40 Letter Cards, Letter Sheets, Wrappers, P.T.P.O. Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 41 Wrappers U.S.A.201 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 43 Handbuch der Schweizer Postkarten SHOEBOX202 & STATIONERY FORUM Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. 2010 USA Postal Card Correction, Lewis Bussey 45 Matthews Collection, Part 12, Jerry Kasper Boy202 Scout Merit Badge, Wayne Menuz 45 Unverified USA Envelopes, Dan Undersander Netherlands205 Pseudo Stationery from the USA, Wayne Menuz 46 Meaning of “Reverse Die Cut”, Robert Littrell 46 POSTAL STATIONERY Linn’s Reads Postal Stationery, Bill Geijsbeek 46 Vol. 53, No. 1, Whole No. 376 Grant Letter Sheet (Card) Gumming, Patrick Crosby 46 Non-denominated Stationery to Foreign Countries? Michael Marks 47 Jan.-Feb. 2011 A New USA Multiple Ad Postal Card? William Tatham 47 IN THIS ISSUE: USA Card overprinted Saipan Mariana Is., Steve Blair 48 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz Corrections2 to Last Issue’s page 16, Ed McGovern 48 President’s Message, Dan Undersander Two Unlisted2 GB STO Cards, Wayne Menuz 48 Puerto Rico Overprinted Post Cards, Wayne Menuz 50 What should be listed in a U.S. Postal Stationery Catalog? Early 3TV Memories Error Alert, Lewis Bussey 53 Market Report 55 2010 USA Postal Card Issues, Lewis Bussey 4 August 23, 1886 – The First Day of Sale for the 2-cent Grant Post Coach Indicium Envelopes of Bulgaria, Richard Letter Card, Henry Scheuier 61 Stevens Counterfeit8 and Bogus Stationery, Wayne Menuz 62 The Discovery of the Blue Paper Envelope (UC6a/AM28) Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 67 – A Once in a Lifetime Experience, Robert B. Hopler 14 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 16 POSTAL STATIONERY Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 16 Vol. 53, No. 3, Whole No. 378 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 17 May-June 2011 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM IN THIS ISSUE: Correction to last issue’s back page Editor’s22 Notes, Wayne Menuz 70 Correction to last issue Page189, Bob Combs President’s22 Message, Dan Undersander 70 Japanese Card with Unusual USA Censor Mark, Joe Pryluck UPSS22 Annual Meeting (photographs) 71 Personalized Postal Stationery, Peter Bamert Exhibitions22 & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 72 Full Sheets of S1 and S2? Roger Rhodes ‘‘I’ll 23Be Seeing You’’ – A Revue of Salesmen’s Postal Cards, USA Returned Aerogram, Edgard Pockelé Alan23 Mintz 73 Overprinted Bolivia Envelope, David Chang U.S.A.23 19th Century Envelope Column, Dan Undersander 77

______Page 214 Postal Stationery #386 September-October 2012 U.S.A. Postal Card Column, Lewis Bussey USA78 Envelope Paper & Watermarks, Joe Pryluck 129 U.S.A. 20th & 21st Century Envelope Column, Bill Precancelled USA Cards, Josh Furman 129 Geijsbeek Unused81 Exhibition Postal Card EX5, Alex Gundel 130 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Rare Australian Cards, Tom Herinckx, John Sinfield 130 Grant Letter Cards, Howard Ness Contents83 of PS, Dave Nussmann 130 Grant Letter Cards, Alan Warren USA83 Card UX50c S68c, Wil Thornthwaite 130 Puerto Rico Fake Overprints, Byron Mitchell Is It a83 Meter or Postal Stationery? Wayne Menuz 131 ERP Info on Wikipedia, Robert Littrell Market83 Report 134 Mariana Islands Precancelled Postal Card, Scott Shaulis Counterfeit83 and Bogus Stationery 134 Identification of a Peruvian Card, Kenneth Grant UPSS84 Auction 2011 A1, Prices Realized 135 Multiple Ad Card?, David Naussmann 84 Nordia Exhibition, Paul Nelson 84 Vol. 53, No. 5, Whole No. 380 Cards with New York Exchange Office Marks, Lauck September-October 2011 Walton 85 IN THIS ISSUE: Website with Canadian Stationery, Leroy Collins Editor’s87 Notes, Wayne Menuz 138 New 20th and 21st Century Catalog, Stanley Snyder President’s87 Message, Dan Undersander 138 Unlisted British STO Post Cards, John Jennison USA Envelopes88 –The World of Errors – Double Trouble, Thomas CANCELLED USA Postal Cards, Ed Ferber Galloway88 139 Great Britain Sample Aerogram, Jerry Kasper More 88USA Card S8 Plate Varieties, Raymond Longobardi 141 USA Postal Cards S44-19, S110a, etc., Karl Klemmer New and89 Old Bechuanaland Essay Finds, Peter Thy 144 New Zealand Double Embossed Envelope, Stephen U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS Schumann 19th90 Century Envelopes, 1) Changes to 19th Century U.S. Catalog , Australian Sample Aerogram, Jerry Kasper and90 2) Precancelled stationery 148 Some Australia P. O. Issued Cards, Wayne Menuz 20th91 & 21st Century Envelopes, FDC, part 2 149 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Exhibitions & Awards Column, MWA & MWS 150 Die Bildpostkarten der Schweiz 1924-1964 Motivhanduch Nicaragua:93 A Reprinted Card?, Wayne Menuz 152 Sierra Leone Registration UPSS93 Mail Auction 2011-A3 outer mailing wrapper & 153 Catálogo de Enteros Postales de México SHOEBOX94 & STATIONERY FORUM Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. UNTEA Aerograms, Leon G. Stadtherr 156 Matthews Collection, Part 13 (Conclusion) Jerry Kasper Another95 USA Multi-ad card, Allen Mintz 156 South Australia Commonwealth Wrapper, Cemil Betanov 156 Market Report USA98 Envelope with CANCELLED overprint, Lew Gray 157 Auction, Foreign Material 2011-A2 outside mail wNigeriarapper Aerogram FG5,W Menuz & Jerry Kasper 157 More Salesmen’s Calling Cards, Tony Fandino 158 Canal Zone Christmas Cards, Irwin Gibbs 158 POSTAL STATIONERY A New Years Card, Cary Finder 158 Romanian Stationery, Jack Brandt 158 Vol. 53, No. 4, Whole No. 379 Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons Postings, Robert Litrell 159 July - August 2011 South Australia View Card, Wayne Menuz 160 IN THIS ISSUE: Storage of Stationery, Loyd Grafford 160 New Zealand Lazi-Letter (Letter Sheet), Jerry Kasper 161 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz Danish106 Philatelic Production Ceases. President’s Message, Dan Undersander Danish106 Private Stationery? Paul Nelson 162 Tina Modotti and the Julio Antonio Mella Cuban Postal Indian Unlisted Surcharged Card Varieties, Sandeep Jaiswal 162 cards of 1965-1986, Mark Piper USA107 Cards in Sheets, Loyd Grafford 163 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS Unlisted India Envelope Die, Sandeep Jaiswal 163 th UPU Specimen Postal Stationery, James Bendon 163 19th Century Envelopes, Changes to 19 Century U.S. Two types of USA Envelope Die 182? Bill Geijsbeek 164 Catalog Indonesian113 Postal Card, Rick Stambaugh 164 th st 20 & 21 Century Envelopes, First Day Covers, Part 1 Market114 Report & Counterfeit and Bogus Report 166 Postal Cards, Modern Essays LITERATURE115 REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Provisional Leavitt Machine Cancel, Raymond Interitalia Italian Postal Stationery Specialized Catalogue 2011 170 Longobardi Treasured117 Letters, New Zealand POW Air Letter Cards 1941-1945 170 Nepal Postal Card Proof of the Two Paisa Horse & The Postal Stationery Catalogue of New China,, 2011 171 Rectangular Sri Pashupati Issue of 1935-1939, Frank Postal Stationery of Ireland, supplement from 2001 to 2006 171 Vignola Persiphila118 Iran Postal Stationeries Reference, 1878-1979 171 Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 172 Identification of USA Envelope Centennial Special Printings, Dan Undersander and Porter Venn 122 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Vol. 53, No. 6, Whole No. 381 Correction to last issue, Wayne Menuz 128 November – December 2011 Additional local postmaster’s surcharged cards? Howard IN THIS ISSUE: Ness Editor’s128 Notes, Wayne Menuz...... 174

______Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 215 President’s Message, Dan Undersander ...... 2011.174 USA Postal Card Issues, Lewis Bussey ...... 17 Officially Sealed USA High Value Envelopes, Wayne SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Menuz...... 175Syria O.M.F. Envelope, Yavuz Corapcioglu ...... 21 Swiss Money Orders via Telegrams, Harlan F. Stone ...... 178Cilicia Registration Envelope, Jack Harwood ...... 21 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS USA Wrappers, Cemil Betanov...... 22 Australian Stationery with Views, Tom Herinckx...... 22 19th Century Envelopes, Collector Questions about 1853 More Jewish New Year Cards, Larry Parks ...... 23 Nesbits ...... 180 Storage of Postal Stationery, Tom Herinckx ...... 23 Exhibitions & Awards Column, ...... 1South81 Australian OHMS Wrappers, tom Henrickx...... 24 Postal Cards, “Forever” Cards and New Rates...... 1Cameroons81 Aerogram with Double Overprint, Jerry Kasper ...... 25 Sultan Seyyid Hamid-bin-Thwain Stationery of Information Requested, Ashley...... 25 Zanzibar 1896-1898, George T. Krieger...... International.182 Reply Coupons in Exhibitions, Keith Hanman ...... 26 Why Isn’t My Item Listed in the Catalog? Joe Pryluck...... LITERATURE.185 REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Malaysia and the Federation of Malaya – Their Stamps and Postal S22 Plate Varieties, Ed Ferber...... 187 Stationery, Vol. 3 ...... 27 USA 5¢ Lincoln Die 182, Jim Schmelz ...... 187Die Bildpostkarten Osterreichs ...... 27 Die Bildpostkarten des Deutschen ReichesBohmen und Mahrens, sowie Unfortunately It’s Not Postal Stationery, Lars Engelbrecht...... 187 der Freien Stadt Danzigs ,...... 27 R. T. Stiehl Voided USA Envelopes, ...... 18Costa8 Rica, Targetas Postales de 1923, Tarjetas de Propaganda al Café. Double USA Envelope Article Doubles, Kay Hoke, R. T. Vistas de Limon ...... 28 Stiehl 188 Market Report, USA Possessions sale...... 29 USA Envelope U34 in Brown, Sam Liss...... 188 Canal Zone Christmas Postal Cards, Irwin Gibbs...... 189 Postal Notes and Postal Money Orders – Stationery or Revenues? Wayne Menuz & Dave Elsmore...... 189 Surcharge Error on USA Envelope U562, Nancy Clark ...... 190 Vol. 54, No. 2, Whole No. 383 Nicaragua Post Card #12, Bryan Kendall...... 190 March-April 2012 Ukraine Postal Stationery?, Wayne Menuz & Ingert Kuzych...... 191 IN THIS ISSUE: Nicaragua 1900 Issue Envelopes with Overprint, Wayne Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz...... 38 Menuz & Mike Schrieber ...... President’s.191 Message, Dan Undersander ...... 38 Japanese Lettersheet, William C. Walton ...... Sweden’s.194 1897 Jubilee Postal Card, Alan Warren...... 39 Hawaii Card S4, Harold Weiner...... 194 Great Britain Letter Card Essay, Wayne Menuz...... U.S.A..195 FEATURE COLUMNS USA Card S8 Plate Varieties, Bryan Kendall...... 19Postal5 Cards Folded Postal Cards...... 43 Lewandowski Award for 2011 ...... 196 32¢ Sailboat Postal Card Press Sheet ...... 46 UPSS Auction 02-2, Prices Realized...... 1919th6 Century Envelopes, Pasteups ...... 47 A Cache of Illustrated Wrappers of USA, Dr. John 20th & 21st Century Envelopes, Dept. of Defence Envelopes..... 49 Courtis ...... 19Exhibitions7 & Awards Column, ...... 50 Even More USA S8 Plate Varieties and Printing Errors, Thoughts on Nesbitt 1853/1863 Envelopes, Edmund McGovern . 51 Ed Ferber...... 201 USA Seabiscuit and Liberty Bell Envelope RecycleText, Dave New Type of 1891 Nicaragua Reply Card, Michael Kandziolka...... 52 Schreiber...... 203 USA Specimen Envelopes, Howard Ness...... 58

View Cards in Europe, Prof. Dr. Michael Bockisch...... 60 Vol. 54, No. 1, Whole No. 382 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM UPU Specimens?, Peer Bamert ...... 63 January – February 2012 FIP Postal Stationery Commission, Lars Engelbrecht ...... 64 IN THIS ISSUE: Official Postal Stationery, Dan Undersander ...... 64 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz...... Iranian...2 Service Envelopes, Behruz Nassre ...... 64 President’s Message, Dan Undersander ...... Philippines...2 Card S2 Missing Grommet, Bryan Kendall ...... 66 Bogus Abu Dhabi Aerograms, Wayne Menuz...... USA...3 Prepaid Forever Priority Mail Envelopes, Hans Hilbers ...... 66 Weed Sewing Machine Co. and other Things, Howard USA Bulk Mail Envelopes, Bryan Kindall...... 66 Ness ...... USA...6 FDC Stationery, Patrick Crosby ...... 66 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS Hyderabad Envelope Used to London, Sandeep Jaiswal ...... 68 When Divided Back Postcards became OK, Cary Finder ...... 68 19th Century Envelopes, 1890 Annual Report ...... 8 Market Report...... 69 Exhibitions & Awards...... 9 Membership Manager’s Report...... 75 Postal Cards, 29¢ Common Terns Press Sheets ...... 10 Individuals Making Contributions to the UPSS 2011...... 76 20th & 21st Century Envelopes, FDC – Part 3 ...... 1 1

UPSS Income & Expense 2009 & 2010, Porter Venn...... 16 ______Page 216 Postal Stationery #386 September-October 2012 Vol. 54, No. 3, Whole No. 384 21st Century Envelopes, Catalog Number Corrections, UPSS 3850, May-June 2012 Underfranked Envelopes, Identifying Used WAG & PSA, Major vs. Minor Catalog Numbers, The Knife Shapes of Recent Envelopes ...... 126 IN THIS ISSUE: Postal Cards, “Folded Forensics” on U.S. Cards – Part II...... 131 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz...... 78 Exhibitions & Awards...... 135 President’s Message, Dan Undersander ...... 78 Election – Candidates’ Biographies...... 138 Liberia’s First Postal Card, Robert Shoemaker...... 79 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Rediscovered Scott U447C UPSS 2743, Dan Undersander...... 81 USA Envelopes AM105-49A and OM-2-18, Davor Sutija ...... 139 Use of Mails to Defraud – The Sterling Debenture Rediscovered Great Britain Card, Wayne Menuz...... 139 Corporation on USA S26, Patrick M. Crosby ...... USA.82 Envelope Watermarks 15 and 15A, Ross Towle...... 139 Non-issued German Picture Postcards 1934 – 1941, USA Envelops – New Listings?, Kirk Wolford...... 140 Prof. Dr. Michael Bockisch ...... Full.84 Face McKinley Card Update, ...... 141 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS Well-traveled Colombian Envelope, George Krieger ...... 141 19th Century Envelopes, UPSS 2a & 899b-9, thick and thin USA Envelope UPSS 11A with Nesbitt Seal, Larry Parks...... 142 paper, wrappers with corner cards, Nesbit defaced die ...... 87Moving Forward, Robert Bell ...... 142 st Paul Nelson, John Birkinbine II 21 Century Envelopes, 2012 new issues...... Katherine.88 Stinson Flight, ...... 142 Surcharged Card #6 Variety, Stephen Schumann ...... 143 20th Century Envelopes, 150 years of envelope Cuban Envelope with Albino Overprint, Robert Litrell ...... 143 production ...... 91 Paper Color of Envelope U499 3163-3164, Lowell Handberg ...... 143 Postal Cards, pioneer airmail cards, 2012 issues ...... Specimen.92 Stationery, James Bendon ...... 143 Exhibitions & Awards Column, ...... Jamaica.95 Aerogram Errors, Jerry Kasper...... 144 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Unusual GB Registration Stamp, Wayne Menuz...... 144 Free Frank & Demonetized Stationery, Ross Towle...... More...98 USA Postal Card S-8 Printing & Plate Varieties, Corrections to Last Issue (Alan Warren article) ...... 98Raymond Longobardi ...... 145 Cuba Envelope UPSS 5 with Double Overprint, Howard G. Market Report & Counterfeit and Bogus Report ...... 148 Kristol...... Membership...99 Manager’s Report...... 153 Artur Lewandowski, Peter Fink...... 99 USA Envelope Watermarks 15 and 15A, Douglas A. Files...... 10LITERATURE0 REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Study of Crown Watermarks in Danish Postal Stationery Envelopes ... 154 New Porto Rico Envelope U7 Discovery, Howard G. Kristol...... 100 Ganzsachenkatalog der deutschen Privatpost, Teil: Düren bis Lübeck .154 A Used Feudatory Jhind Postcard, Sandeep Jaiswal...... 101 Michel Ganzsachen-Katalog Europa ab 1960, Westliches Europa 2011 154 Divided Back Post Cards, Bill Hart, Cary Finder...... 10Handbook1 of the Post Cards of the World’s Columbian Exposition...... 155 USA Card S13/UX120 Paper Varieties, Bryan Kendal...... 101 Vol. 54, No. 5, Whole No. 386 WW II Concessional Rate Aerograms, Jerry Kasper ...... 102 September-October 2012 Atchison Post Cards at 1-cent? Bill Geijsbeek...... 103 IN THIS ISSUE: Second Printing of Honduras Card, Wayne Menuz...... 104 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz...... 158 UPSS Mail Auction 2012-A2 ...... outer mailing wrapper & 105 President’s Message, Dan Undersander ...... 158 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz King George V “Admiral” 1½d Privatganzsachen Berlin (West)...... 107 Letter Card, Keith Brodovcky ...... 159 The International Reply Coupons of Ireland...... 107 Catalog Current Postal Issues of the Russian Federation...... An.107 1881 North Bridgton, Maine Precancel, Charles A. Fricke.. 161 British East Africa Archival Stationery, George Krieger ...... 108U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS Market Report & Counterfeit and Bogus Report...... 11019th Century Envelopes, The Postal Rate Reduction of 1883 162 th 20 Century Envelopes, What is a die anyway?, Envelope die Vol. 54, No. 4, Whole No. 385 nominclature...... 163 July-August 2012 Postal Cards, Digital Color Postmarks ...... 165 IN THIS ISSUE: Exhibitions & Awards...... 168 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz...... 118The Mystery of the 1942 Burma Moulmein Triangle, President’s Message, Dan Undersander ...... 118Richard Warren...... 169 Expanding the Space on a Swiss Postal Card, Harlan F. USA Post Card S63 Varieties Revisted, John W. Allen...... 171 Stone...... EFO.119 Forensics - How did that happen?, Thomas Galloway...... 173 ST. Lucia’s “Lion Brand” Postal Stationery, Color and Other Varieties of the 34¢ Eagle Envelope U646 Guy Kilburn & Wayne Menuz ...... 120James C. Carmack, Jr.., James D. Parmiter, Larry Parks...... 174 A New Liberian Postal Card?, Robert E. Shoemaker...... SHOEBOX.122 & STATIONERY FORUM Elusive British Lettercard, Wayne Menuz...... 178 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS USA Exhibition Cards, Kenneth Wukasch ...... 178 19th Century Envelopes, New Nesbitt Discoveries, USA Specimen Envelopes, Ed McGovern ...... 178 & 179 Specimen Envelopes ...... 123Errata in Previous Issue, Sam Liss...... 179 th 20 Century Envelopes, An In-depth Look ...... 124Philippine Unlisted Envelopes, Howard Ness...... 179

______Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 217 20th-21st Century Envelope Catalog Corrections, Lowell 20th Century Envelopes, the 6¢ monoplane airmail 1949 watermark 204 Handberg...... 18121st Century Envelopes, First Day cancels ...... 206 Great Britain STO Envelopes Found, Wayne Menuz...... 181Postal Cards, Uses in the Spanish-American War Period ...... 207 USA Card UX7 with Flaw, Charles Wallis ...... 182 Exhibitions & Awards...... 212 FIP Postal Stationery Commission, Lars Englebrecht ...... 182 Australia Sports/Postal Cards, Wayne Menuz...... USA.183 Specimen Letter Sheets, Howard Ness ...... 212 2012 Lewandowski Award, ...... Two.185 21¢ UPU Airmail Cards to Saudi Arabia, Charles Fricke . 213 2012 Election results, ...... SHOEBOX.185 & STATIONERY FORUM LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz, Jack Harwood USA Bulk Rate Envelope with Uprate, Paul Nelson...... 214 Rückblick auf die Ganzsachen der DDR Dauerserie “Walter Australia Wrappers, Jan Kosniowski ...... 214 Ulbricht” 185 (North) Korean Stamp Catalogue 2012 ...... 185A Used New Zealand “Speediegram”, Jerry Kasper ...... 214 Postal Orders & Savings Certificates of Pakistan & British India ...... 186Reversed Die Cut of UC55 Aerogram, Sam Liss...... 215 Pre-printed Postal Stationery of New Zealand Printing & Panama Viewcard with Color Missing, Wayne Menuz ...... 215 Stationery Department ...... 187 Filagrano 2013-14 Interi Postali ...... 187Unlisted Great Britain Official Envelope?, Wayne Menuz...... 215 UPSS Meeting in Sacramento ...... 188Peru Wrapper Variety, Wayne Menuz...... 216 USA Fake Boxed 6¢ Air Mail Surcharges, Bill Lehr ...... 190Chile “Proofs” on eBay, Wayne Menuz ...... 216 USA Envelope with Manuscript Surcharge, Joe Pryluck ...... 194USA S23 with Broken Text, Don Nash ...... 217 Market Report & Counterfeit and Bogus Report...... 195Folded Typewriter Cards, Robert Bell ...... 217 USA Card S37 with Specimen Perfin, Ed McGovern ...... 217 Vol. 54, No. 6, Whole No. 387 Liberia’s First Two Airmail Envelopes, Robert Shoemaker ...... 218 November-December 2012 UPU Archival Markings on Postal Stationery from the Cape of Good Hope, Peter Thy ...... 219 IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz...... 198Cut Squares of USA Postal Cards, Cary Finder ...... 222 President’s Message, Gary Starkey...... 1981915 US Stamped Envelope Contract and Schmidt “Diagonal” Envelope Machine, Ross A. Towle...... 224 German East Africa: Stamped to Order Postal Stationery during WWI, George Krieger ...... 199Market Report & Counterfeit and Bogus Report ...... 230 Spanish STO Folded Typewriter Postcard, Robert Bell...... Membership.202 Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven ...... 236 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS 19th Century Envelopes, Production Samples...... 203

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