Postal History Journal NUMBER 151 FEBRUARY 2012 P OSTAL H ISTORY J OURNAL, N O. 151, F EBRUARY Advertised Postmarks on U.S. Stampless Soviet Famine 1921 2012 1919 U.S. Peace Commission Antigua to Maine 1774 Bomber Mail South Pacific 1944 Ticonderoga P.O. Mural Postal History Journal Published by the Postal History Society APS Affiliate No. 44 issued February, June, October. Annual dues $35 U.S., $40 Canada and Mexico, $50 rest of world, 869 Bridgewater Drive, New Oxford, PA 17350-8206, U.S.A. http://www.stampclubs.com/phs/index.htm For this journal, the editors have been awarded the American Philatelic Congress Diane D. Boehret Award 2004; gold medal & Prix d’Honneur, Canada’s Seventh National Philatelic Literature Exhibition 2005; Grand Award Colopex 2005; gold medals Napex 2009, Colopex 2007, Chicagopex 2011, APS Stampshow 2009. NUMBER 151 ISSN 0032-5341 OCTOBER 2012 Editors: Diane DeBlois & Robert Dalton Harris, P.O. Box 477, West Sand Lake NY 12196, U.S.A. <
[email protected]> Editorial Board: U.S. Associate Editor: Douglas N. Clark, P.O. Box 427, Marstons Mills MA 02648, U.S.A. Foreign Associate Editor: Joseph J. Geraci, P.O. Box 4129, Merrifield VA 22116, U.S.A. Michael D. Dixon; Yamil H. Kouri; Roger P. Quinby; Harlan F. Stone; Stephen S. Washburne. Advertising Manager: Yamil H. Kouri, 405 Waltham St., #347, Lexington MA 02421, U.S.A. CONTENTS © Copyright Postal History Society 2012 RESEARCH FEATURES ADVERTISED POSTMARKS on U.S. STAMPLESS COVERS by James W. Milgram, M.D. ............................................................................................ 2 NEW HAVEN, VERMONT: a WELL READ TOWN by David L.