The Philatelic Communicator Quarterly Journal of Writers Unit 30, American Philatelic Society. Volume 27, Number 4, Whole Number 106. Fourth Quarter 1994.

Copyrights and the Writer By Daniel J. Siegel One issue that confronts and confounds writers is the duration to notice to registration. In addition, the final nature-of their protection under federal copyright law. chapter of the law creates a Copyright Royalty Tribimal This article gives ^ overview of the current, state of which has four main goals; (a) to make creative works copyright law, but it is not intended to provide specific readily available; (b) to give copyright creators a reason- information concerning,specific cases. It is always best to able return for their works and to give copyright users a review the specific statute or consult with an attorney fair income; (c) to balance the interest of copyright when particular questions arise. owners and users; and, (d) to reduce any disruptive The current Copyright Law becaipe effective on impact on currently established practice. January 1, 1978, and completely replaced Title 17 of the For writers, it is important to note that works created United States Code. In addition, under the Berne Conven- after January 1, 1978, are given statutory protection for tion Implementation Act, the United States (effective the life of the author plus 50 years. On works that are March 1, 1989) joins the many other countries that are done “ for hire,” as well as for anonymous or pseudony- signatories to the Ferae Conventioli of 1886". mous works, the new term of the copyright will be 75 The various amendments provide copyright protection years from the time of publication, or 100 years from the to works that previously had not been afforded such time of creation, whichever is shorter. For works that rights. The copyright law is divided into eight chapters already have copyright protection, the new law retains that cover everything from copyright ownership to Copyrights, Page 90.

The Philatelic Communicator has a new editor Reinstated Writers Unit 30 member Mark A. Kellner, “My goal is to continue the PC’s tradition ofvib^t a veteran of 22 years in journalism, has beep, named writing .while helping communicators set philately’s editor qf The Philatelic Communicator, WU30 President agenda for the next century,” Kellner said. “I have Charles J. Peterson announced. gained much from this hobby and am sad to see its Kellner, a resident of Foster City, California, was apparent decline in so many quarters. If we hash out Washingtoncorrespondent for Stamp CoZ/gcrornewspaper ideas and work together, we can ensure a bright philatelic from 1991 to 1993. He i^ currently both a working future for all, which in turn will mean additional outlets journalist and writer fof Wilsoh McHenry Company, a for our writing.” strategic business communications firm. Along with his 22-year membership in the APS, Kellner’s “ On Computers” column has appeared in Kellner is also a member of the Society of Professional The Washington Times since March 1991, and he has contri^ted articles and reviews to numerous computer Journalists and has contributed to its magazine. Quill. YI& publications. He also has written for Linn’s Stamp News, is also a member of the National Press Club and served Canadian Stamp News, The Stamp Wholesaler, Philatelic on its membership committee. Exporter, and Australia’s Stamp News magazine. In 1989, Kellner was elected to the Standing Commit- Kellner’s “ Stamp Scenes” column appeared iii daily tee of Correspondents in the Periodical Press Gallery for newspapers in New York City, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylva- the 101st U.S. Congress. nia, and Mesa, Arizona. Kellner said he plans to redesign the Communicator In 1974, Kellner founded the Club of Channel Islands to freshen its appearance. He will include more photo- Collectors, and the following year inaugurated its publi- graphs and illustrations, and expand publishing with cation, The Channel Islands Reporter. The club, one of the eventual Internet distribution of the publication. Camera- fastest-approved APS affiliates/ had a 20-ydar fexistence. New Editor, Page 90.

77 The Philatejiq Communicator Literature Exhibition Calendar ISSN 0147-3646 April 7-9, 1995 The Philatelic Communicator, quarterly journal of Colopex ’95, Columbus, Ohio. Information from Df. Writers Unit 30 of the American Philatelic Society, 2501 Drexel St., Vienna, VA»22180. Jason H.'Manchester, Literature Coordinator, P.O Box The Producer-Publisher is: 3128, Columbus, OH'432lB. Joe F. Frye May 4-7, 1995 P O Box 22308 Canada’s Third National Philatelic Literature Exhibition,- - Memphis TN 38122-0308 . . . (901) 327-8984 OttaWa, Canada. Information will be forthcoming. The journal is mailed by: Bulk Rate, permit 957, Memphis, TN, to U.S. ZIP code addresses; First Class May 10-15, 1995 ^ to Canada and Mexico; AO Airmail (Printed Matter rate) Finlandia. ^Helsinki, Finland. Information “from Roger to all others. Please report address changes to the Secre- Quinby, 5 Oak Tree Lane, Schenectady, NY 12309. tary-Treasurer ^ soon as known in order to avoid loss of June 24, 1995 issues. Writers Unit 30 has as its primary objective the New Zealand’s Fourth National Philatelic Literature encouragement and improvement of philatelic writing in Exhibitiofi. No fees or application -forms.. Submit one all of its various forms. copy only of each entry to Central Districts Philatelic All Writers Unit 30 business except' editorial matter Trust, P.O. Box 206, Palmerston North, New,Zealand. for this journal should be handled through the Secretary- Categories are (l)'Bodks and handbooks; (2) Periodicals Treasurer: George B. Griffenhagen (at least one year’s issues complete, preferably two 2501 Drexel Street years). Entries must arrive by April 30, 1995, and will Vienna VA 22180-6906 ..... (703) 560-2413 not be returned. Authors*or publishers may enter. Editorial matters should be handled with the Editor: August 24-27, 1995 Ken Lawrence STAMPSHOW 95, Saint Louis, Missouri. Information P O Box 8040 from American Philatelic Society, P.O. Box 8000, State State Collfege PA 16803-8040 Residence p h o n e ...... (814)-237-3095 College, PA 16803. Sometimes at APS/APRL Sepfember 1-10, 1995' during the d a y ...... (814) 237-J803 Singapore 95. Singapore. Information from Peter Iber, All submissions for publication, without exception, 9379 W. Escuda Drive, Peoria, AZ 85382. are subject to being edited. Opinions expressed in The Philatelic Communicator are those of their authors, but October 6-8, 1995 not necessarily of APS Writers Unit 30, its officers, or Sescal 95, Los Angeles, California. Information from agents. Letters received by the editor may be published Bob de Violini, Sescal Literature, P.O. Box 5025, unless labeled “Not for Publication.” Oxnard, CA 93031. Officers of Writers Unit 30, a non-profit corporation, in addition to the Secretary-Treasurer and Editor, are: November 17-19, 1995 Charles J. P eterso n ...... President Chicagopex ’95, Chicago, Illinois. Information from P O Box 5559 Chicagopex ’95 Literature Exhibition, P.O. Box A-3953, Laurel MD 20726 ...... (301) 776-9822 Chicago, IL 60690-3953. Alan W a rr e n ...... Vice-President, East -June 8-16, 1996 P O Box 17124 Philadelphia PA 19105 Capex ’96, Toronto, Ontario. For information write to E venings...... (215) 467-3730 Capex ’96, P.O. Box 204, Station Q, Toronto, Ontario, Robert D. Rawlins .... Vice-President, West Canada M4T 2M1. P O 'Box 981 July 18 - August 4, 1996 Healdsburg CA 95448 ..... (707) 431-1109 Olymphilex ’96, Atlaiita, Georgia. Literature class The ExecutiVsbiCommittee includes the officers plus Robert de Violini (immediate past president). devoted to books, catalogs, .and .periodicals relating to * .Council sports philately. Information from Olymphilex ’96, P.O. Dane S. Claussen Robert de Violini Box 1996, Lexington, GA 30648. Ernest E. Fricks Janet Klug October 4-6, -1996 Norma L. McCumber Augustine Serafini Sescal 96, Los Angeles,. California. Information from Russell V. SkavarilCharles J. G. Verge Bob de Violini, Sescal Literature, P.O. Box 5025, Oxnard, CA 93031. Send articles, reviews, and letters May 29-June 8, 1997 fdl' future issues to Mark A. Kell- Pacific 97, San Francisco, California. Infofmation from ner, 873 Carina Lane, Foster Pacific 97, Quinby Bldg., Top Floor, '650 S. Grand City, CA 94404-2866. . Ave., Los Angeles, CA 900f7-3878. □

78 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers-Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Volume 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. President’s Message getting releases with considerable more technical data; By Charles J. Peterson it’s apparent that they includejust about everything that’s known at time of writing. In conjunction. Stamp Manage- Farewell to an Editor ment is initiating new reporting forms to be filled in by For the past three-plus years I’ve had the distinct the stamp manufacturers, so that we will not only have pleasure and challenge of working with Ken Lawrence, the somewhat rudimentary planning information but also the editor of The Philatelic Communicator. He’s leaving the data on actual production. that post now; this is his last issue. I truly regret his Further, Rick Arvonio agreed to accept a consolidated departure, but I recognize that he’s got many other list of production data needs, going back to the 1991 demands on his time and I can only express my thanks information cut-off period. Those information gaps will that he’s given sb much of his energy to the unit. then be passed to the appropriate stamp manufacturers to When I first met Ken in my new capacity of presi- be filled in as best as possible from ejysting records. That dent-elect of WU30, I told him I wasn’t interested in consolidation is being prepared by the Bureau Issues reviewing the journal before it went to press, or in Association’s Plate Number ChecklisTteam of John L. otherwise looking over his editorial shoulder. I asked Larson and Kim D. Johnson, and is projected for comple- only two things: tion about the same time as I’m writing these comments. First, material in The Philatelic Communicator had Arvonio’s agreement extends only to those manufac- to focus on the art and craft of philatelic writing, not on turers with which the USPS currently has a contractual investigative reporting across the whole gamut of philate- arrangement, which leaves a number of issues uncovered because their manufacturers no longer have Postal ly and human relations. It could be the greatest story Service contracts. Charles Yeager has been particularly since the Duke of Windsor got tangled up with an helpful in plugging that hole, using the USPS offer and American divorcee, but if it didn’t have a philatelic a supplementary letter from me as a partial entree to writing/editing/publishing thrust it didn’t belong here. those former manufacturers. He’s already gained some Second, I didn’t want any surprises while I was in key information from American Bank Note Company, office. If the tone or content of something scheduled for with the prospect of more to come, and has made promis- thejournal was a potential cause of my phone ringing off ing contact with still other firms. It’s noteworthy that at the hook, I wanted to know about it before it went to least in one known instance Arvonio gave a former' press and I reserved the right to change it or cancel it. contractor positive encouragement to cooperate with As president, I was the one to worry about potential Yeager. embarrassment to the society, not the editor; conversely, All the information that is being developed through I would be the one to defend or take the rap for any such these efforts will be worked up by the BIA team for copy which I was aware of and let stand. general release. This has been a real exercise in getting It was a good working arrangement, with only one data from and through a major agency. Stay tuned for memorable lapse. There were a few other rough spots, further developments. □ but I think Ken was as surprised at those reactions as I was. For me—notwithstanding his fantastic energy, his Procedures for No-Fee strong writing skills, his editorial excellence in planning WU30 Critique Service the special emphasis of each issue and cajoling contribut- 1. For periodicals: Submit the most recent is- ing authors from throughout the society—Ken’s greatest sue(s)—if applicable, 3 or 4 consecutive issues. Include trait was his loyalty and honesty in upholding his side of postage equivalent to four times the first class mailing fee our agreement. for 'WU30 mailing expenses; any unused amoimt will be During many years as a personnel manager, I found returned. that one of the best measures of an employee is the 2. For books/book manuscripts; Inquire before former supervisor’s answer to the question: ‘‘Would you sending, with brief description of item; please include hire this person again?” In Ken Lawrence’s case, I have stamped, addressed envelope for reply. to say: ‘‘Yes, in a heartbeat, and with no questions 3. All submissions/correspondence to: Charles J. asked!” Peterson, Box 5559, Laurel, MD 20726. [Phone (301) Thanks very much, friend. 776-9822.] n The USPS and Philatelic Writers— Howard Gates Jr. A Continuing Story By Ken Lawrence When we last left our intrepid adventurers, we were The death of Howard Gates last August 23 has lefta looking at the questions of how to improve the technical void in the stamp hobby that will not be filled any time content of philatelic press releases and how to recover soon. He was a gentle, generous man with a rich sense plate production data on stamp issues from the ‘‘informa- of humor. tion black-out” years of 1991 through 1994. His playful nature determined his philatelic special- I’m pleased to report continued progress. From the ty—inscription omitted error stamps, which therefore USPS Media Relations side of the house, we’ve been *■ *■

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Vol. 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. 79 lacked value—and also the editorial style he brought to under FIP patronage. But the FIP Commission for The EFO Collector. In addition, he was an intelligentand Thematic Philately has dug in its heels. Commission principled scholar, conscientiously opposed to sharp president Giancarlo Morolli reported to the FIP Congress operators who sometimes prey on unwary EFO collec- in Seoul last August, “ As far as the utilization of reve- tors. nues/fiscal stamps is concerned, the Bureau has reaf- Howard’s published studies of the error market helped firmed that the definition of appropriate material as in the to demystify it, and thus to protect less sophisticated GREV makes provision only for those items which have collectors from becoming its victims. His final work, a been used postally. Other items, matching only partially the same definition, have to be justified as pertinent by price guide to U.S. philatelic freaks, oddities, and minor the exhibitor.” FIP’s Guidelines for Thematic Material errors, based on club auction realizations in 1993 and have been rewritten to specify that revenue stamps are 1994, was published posthumously in the magazine he “borderline” material, thus frowned upon. had nurtured so well, his final gift to us all. This “undesirable issue” won’t be black-blotted. Howard gave me plenty of encouragement personally, Monaco issued a 3-franc especially at times when powerful people in the-stamp commemorative in honor of hobby were trying to mute some of the writing in these ASCAT, the International pages. “ Laugh to yourself aboilt it,” he counseled. Association of Stamp Cata- “ Don’t abandon your principles just because someone log Editors and Publishers. else can’t see the fun of it, or the irony.” Between meetings to de- If ever we shall be able td recognize fun in philatelic nounce stamps issued by writing as a distinct category worthy of emulation, we other small countries and to could sHowit, and him, our Sue respect by bestowing the threaten Scott Publishing Howard Gates Jr. memorial award on the very best Company and The Philatel- examples. □ ic Communicator with lawsuits, ASCAT bigwigs Editor’s Bulletin Board are said to enjoy dining on By Ken Lawrence prawns and experiencing other joys of Monte Carlo, The American Philatelic Society now sponsors its so the stamp is a well-deserved tribute. own VISA credit cards. Among the first to apply was our ASCAT’s Alexander Kroo kicked up a fiiss at a executive director, Robert E. Lamb, who wanted one for meeting of the stamp censorship fraternity last April, himselfand one for APS. Both applications were reject- complaining that he had not received invitations to ed. The issuing bank. First USA, sent your editor, a participate in Hafhia ’94, Philakorea ’94, or Finlandia free-lance writer with no visible means of support, a ’95. TTie self-appointed Supreme Council of Philatelic VISA card by return mail. APS had considered an Propriety went on to dictate requirements for philatelic affinity card plan offered by MBNA America, but chose passports to be sold at future international exhibitions. First USA’s proposal as superior. Among the points summarized by FIP President D.N. The American Numismatic Association chose Jatia are these: “ Only stamps with the local rate of the MBNA, and now promotes MBNA investor services to respective country are allowed and the rates are to be its members, called the ANA GoldPortfolio, which printed in the passport on the respective page,” and includes GoldSavers money market accounts and “Unofficial agents or other people should not be allowed GoldCertificate certificates of deposit. Even though I’m to cancel.” To heck with collectors who want to choose all for member services,- and I’m glad to support propds- stamps they like, and fie upon those who want to include als that bring royalty revenue to the society, I hope APS stamps from countries that can’t spare a postal employ- doesn’t ever go that far. ANA looks less and less like a ee’s time and expense for this purpose. They call this hobby organization as its money-making schemes increas- promoting philately. ingly determine its policy agenda. American Stamp Dealers Association President National Stamp Collecting Month. Despite heaps of Arthur Morowitz, to his credit, has refused to take the hyperbole from'^PS marketing gefiiuses ever since the FIP-ASCAT-IFSDA pledge. “Oneproblem ASDA has is APS Spring Meeting in Sarasota, they fumbled U.S. that we cannot recommend that anyone sign these pledges philately’s Oktoberfest for the second year in a row. Not as they are (according to legal counsel) most likely in only was promotional literature unavailable; there was no violation of the American Anti-Trust Laws and restraint Stamps etc. catalog available during the entire month of of trade.” He added, “I am not sure there has been October. Also, changing the issue date for the 29-cent enough research done on some of the parts ofthe Code.” Wonders of the Seas‘stamps from October 1 to October On the other hand, Morowitz and Joe Savarese have 3 forced cancellation or postponement of scheduled taken an official stand that for the Postal Service to issue NSCM second-day ceremonies throughout the land. more than 150,000 panes of the original Legends of the The F6diration Internationale de PhilatSlie (FIP) West stamps would be undesirable, lest anyone get the gives with one handand takes back with the other. Most mistaken idea that ASDA has become the stamp collec- of us on this side of the water cheered when revenue tor’s friend. stamps were finally admitted to international exhibitions

80 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Volume 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. Posthorn International, the slick magazine published Stamp hobby products are turning up all over. by the International Federation of Stamp Dealers’ Associ- Autograph Times has a Philatelic Connection column. The ations, is “distributed individually to nearly every dealer cover of Cedco’s 1995 calendar catalog features “ Fasci- and major philatelic organization in the world.” Obvi- nating U.S. Stamps.” The Company of Women sells a ously the £5 per year subscription price reflects optimism full color poster of stamps showing “Women who have not matched by IFSDA retiring President Edward Proud’s changed the world!” unframed for $18, or $100 framed. complaint that “ cooperation from our member organiza- Nurses Station’s catalog offers two framed stamp prod- tions still leaves much to be desired.” Was that a poke at ucts that are illustrated on the front cover, one featuring Morowitz and ASDA? the 3-cent Clara Barton stamp of 1948; the other, a 2- IFSDA’s magazine haspicked up where ASCAT left cent Red Cross stamp of 1931 and an 18-cent Red Cross off, as the medium publicizing the FIP-ASCAT-IFSDA Centennial stamp of 1981, at $35 each. Not to be out- crusade against undesirable stamp issues, admittedly with done, the Smithsonian’s Holiday 1.994 catalog offers framed used commemorative stamp collections, one on somewhat more panache than when pursued by FIP Law (32 stamps), the other on Teachers (19 stamps), at President Jatia and ASCAT honchos Kroo and Jean $75 each, members’ price $67.50. Heroes of the Sixties Varga. Taking the high road. Proud announced last year seeks subscribers to its series of souvenir covers com- that IFSDA will present the Golden Mercury trophy memorating Vietnam, student demonstrations, freedom annually, starting this year, “ to the Postal Administration marches, women’s liberation, hallucinogens, .flower which is considered to have done the most to promote power, and free love—one cover per month at $15 each philately.” The winner will be chosen by an electoral postpaid. Finally, a third-page ad for 123 Disney Stamps college consisting of all postal administrations that are from Kenmore appeared in the supermarket tabloid members of the UPU and all major philatelic organiza- Weekly World News, stepchild of The National Enquirer. tions affiliated to the international bodies. If APS has cast After merger of the American Air Mail Society and a vote, no one has mentioned it to me. the Aerophilatelic Federation o f the Americas on Numismatic News has a better idea. “Just say no to January 1, only the AAMS name will remain, but both U.S. Olympic coins,” was its editorial advice to coin The Airpost Journal monthly and the quarterly Jack collectors last August 9. “ It is time to stop griping about Knight Air Log will continue to be published. commemorative coin proliferation and do something.” “Please help Linn’s improve the quality of the stamp Will that work? Who knows? But this approach has the images that we reproduce in our pages.” Columnists virtue of avoiding the threats and intimidation that are the were asked to evaluate an extensive series of images shame of international philately’s leadership. reproduced using different camera techniques and screen Best o f all was Ken Lake’s interview with Sam settings, printed in tabloid format on the same paper by Malamud, “ Disney, Dinosaurs, and Elvis,” in the July the same equipment that produces the weekly. It was Philatelic Exporter, which thumpingly refuted the FIP- plain that each type of material requires customized ASCAT-IFSDA rubbish. “ When people complain about treatment. I anticipate wonderful improvements to come. new issues, they don’t realize: if these don’t sell, it’s the Promises, promises. That was June; this is Novem- issuing governments that suffer, not the dealers. Admin- ber. “Just write to me. Either I’ll get you the information istrations want to create new collectors: even the Royal you request, or I’ll let you know promptly that I can’t get Mail issues topicals, because they know they increase it, and the reason why I can’t.” So spoke former journal- demand. ” (Royal Mail financially sponsored a meeting of ist James “ Call me Jim” Van Loozen at the last USPS the International Association of Philatelic Journalists, so meeting with writers in Washington. I’m still waiting for I doubt that AUP leaders who have supported the ban on information I requested at the meeting and in a follow-up undesirable issues would have allowed any British issues letter. I haven’t had the courtesy of an acknowledgment to be black-blotted, no matter how undesirable they might from Jim or his successor. seem.) Palmares, please. We would have been pleased to There are 100 million stamp collectors in the world report the winners of the so-called 1994 Latin-American according to the August 6, 1994, issue of Great Britain’s Philatelic Literature Competition, which closed Septem- ber 15, but no results have arrived here. Did anyone Daily Telegraph. The article in the Telegraph's supple- enter? Did anyone win? ment for young readers named Paul McCartney as a Dress codeforphilatelicjudges? Which male fashion stamp collector. Here in the colonies you’d never have merits codification in philately? "Hie Washington bureau- guessed that stamp collecting is one of children’s five crat’s costume? The Dallas businessman’s dresswear? favorite hobbies, along with football [soccer] cards, dolls, The parish priest’s Sunday best? As for the ladies, would toy cars, and comic books. we prefer evening garb chosen by the Boston 400 (and The mostpopular stamps to stamp collectors are not donated to Goodwill the following season) or that of a the most popular among the general public. The Colum- Honolulu hostess? Whatever your favorites might be, it’s bian souvenir sheets topped the Linn's and Stamp Collec- a bad idea. Take it from me, the worst judge is the one tor polls of their readers as the most popular 1992 issue. with the tightest collar. My anonymous caller, accus- But Wildflowers panes were most popular among all tomed..to a different kind of unjfofm, whispered that the postal customers, followed by World War II sheetlets in fellow who brought up the subject sleeps in his suit and second place. tie. I wouldn’t know.

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Vol. 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. 81 How much difference can one little R make? It Philatelic Insider is the publication of Shreves happens to be the precise distance between a pen-pal and Philatelic Galleries. To project an image of posh ele- an adulterer. In the October 9 Parade, Marilyn Vos gance, the newsletter is printed in brown and metallic Savant wrote of “the correspondent in a divorce case.” bronze ink on heavy ivory paper, with a lot of white Given the crass way she touts her claim to superior space. Having spent all that money on visual glitz, it’s a intelligence, I imagine this misspelling was an embarrass- shame Charles and Tracy didn’t pony up a bit more to ment to Mensa as well as to the author. By coincidence, secure some equally strong spelling, writing, and editorial that very same day I read in a philatelic publication about talent. someone’s “ corespondent,” probably destined for Insight 94 is a magazine guide to numismatics and recognition among the top ten spell-check howlers. philately in Canada, distributed free at major stamp Perhaps that’s why some non-collector spouses wonder if shows and events. The publisher is Trajan Publishing there’s any difference between a philatelist and a philan- Corp., owner of Canadian Coin News and Canadian derer. Stamp News. Evidently the folks north of the border We were the last to know. Collectors in the United recognized the opportunities for a stamp and coin shop- States did not learn about the scarce perforation variety per, and didn’t wait for a competitor to seize it. Insight on the 29-cent Hank Williams commemorative stamp is to be produced annually. until July, based on Richard Sennett’s letter to Wayne French Polynesia includes telephone card annoimce- Youngblood that the Postal Service distributed to writers ments in its new-issue philatelic mailings. Both stamps at the meeting in June. But the 1993 Lighthouse USA and telecards are issued by the Office of Posts and album page supplement already had included two variet- Telecommunications, the latter for use in any of the 242 ies of the single-design sheet stamp edition (Perf. 10 x public phones on the islands. Sales have advanced 10'/4 and Perf. 11 x ll'A [not quite right]) as well as the steadily: 186,600 in 1992; 237,500 in 1993; 221,000 se-tenant and booklet varieties. That’s because the scarce during the first six months of 1994, under the slogan, variety was included in Henhann Sieger’s new-issue “La Tel&arte de Tahiti, le Paradis a la Carte!” shipment, and was reported by Michel in February. “Love ’em or loathe ’em, it seems that phonecards Did anyone notice? In our Third Quarter issue, Steve are here to stay,” wrote the editor of The Philatelic Suffet imagined that the new book on domestic postal Exporter as introduction to Peter Snow’s October 1994 rates might become known as “ Beecher’s Bible,” a play inaugural Phonecard Universe colunm. It will be a on words and history. Henry W. Beecher’s 19th century feature every other month. Snow’s advice: “ Any aspiring namesake, the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, was a new dealers should treat jjrivately issued cards with fiery abolitionist preacher who raised money and shipped caution as they can swallow your cash very quickly. guns to support John Brown’s anti-slavery war in Kansas. Except for U.S. dealers, it is also necessary to be wary Brown’s supporters fondly dubbed the rifles “Beecher of too heavy an involvement in USA cards as there is Bibles.” such a proliferation of issuing companies there, and as Rip Van Esrati. Although Steve Esrati edits a publica- phonecard collecting is in its infancy in the USA.” tion called The Plate Number and Great Americans “Unlike the original phone cards o f Europe and Review, he evidently hasn’t read it in a while, nor has he Japan, however, most of these cards—nearly all of them, kept up with the last couple of years’ worth of new actually—are being targeted directly at the collector issues. In the November 1994 issue of his magazine, market. With their stunning graphics, popular themes, Steve and “TPNs intrepid staff’reported that this year’s and very limited production, most of the U.S. phone 29-cent Cardinal stamp is the first to be issued as a cards are designed with collectofs in mind. . . . Promot- Christmas ATM pane (page 131). He must not have read ers of the niw hobby see the potential for a lot of ‘cross- his report on page 134 about the withdrawal.oflast year’s over’ collecting from other more traditional areas—espe- Christmas Snowman ATM pane or Gerry Clark’s listings cially stamps, coins,- sports cards, comics and postcards. of both Snowman and Train ATM panes on page 146. There are many similarities. Phone cards, they like to Harold Brown,*editor of CoilLine, scooped everyone point out, offer the same beauty and themes of stamps, with his story on the new ECA Gard variable-denomina- the monetary value of coins and paper money, and the tion coil stamps vended in the Detroit area. My story was trading appeal and colorful glitz of modem sports and on press in Sidn^on November 22, when the December entertainment cards.” From the pilot issue of Phonecard 1 Coil Line arrived in the mail. So much for Steve Collector magazine. From the second issue: “The Esrati’s claim that Voil Line hasn’t ever bested The Plate collector base in this country is certainlygrowing, but it’s Number. Take a bow, Harold. certainly not big enough to support a monthly maga- Jacob von Uexkiill, a descendant of Baltic nobility, zine.” And later in issue two: “The downside is there’s represented the West German Green Party in the Europe- more being issued than there are collectors to absorb it.” an Parliament from 1987 to 1989. Since 1980, his Right Evidently the crooks have crossed over too. The Livelihood Foundation in Stockholm has awarded an associate editor of rival Moneycard magazine, Randy annual “ Alternative Nobel Prize” to honor unusual Moser, reported in its November issue, “During the past achievements in ecology advocacy. Third World advance- three months we’ve heard rumors of issuers bailing out, ment, and defense of human rights. Uexkiill began the leaving investors high and dry; issuers testing the waters foundation with money from the sale of his stamp by publicizing cards before they’ve been printed; collec- collection.

82 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Volume 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. tors who have paid for cards they never received; and Bill McAllister's ‘‘Marvin Runyon’s Stamp Act,” in cardholders with non-functioning cards.” Isn’t this new the July 10 Washington Post Magazine, is a devastating hobby fiin? critique of USPS managerial bungling. ‘‘If Runyon’s plan Sports card collectors may or may not be crossing seemed too good to be true, it was. The flaws would not over to other collectibles, but they are deserting their emerge for months, however. By then the Postal Service hobby. A survey by an Arlington Heights, Illinois, firm would be once again awash in red ink, and it wouljl be showed that 39 percent of adult sports card hobbyists too late to undo the damage.” Even the sidebar, ‘‘First have reduced their collecting because of strikes and labor Class Mess,” shouldbe required reading for every stamp problems in professional sports. But rare basketball cards writer and APS officer. are up. The key item is a George Mikan 1948-49 Bow- John L. Lesmk, the new editor of Stamj>s magazine, man card, worth $4,500, followed by Bill Russell 1957- has returned philately to the pages of that once-proud 58 Topps at $2,100, and Wilt Chamberlain 1961-62 Fleer periodical after a lengthy absence, "tan he rescue the at $1,300, according to Today’s Collector. former Lindquist flagship, or did he ap^ve too late? When it comes to postal history, though. Today’s Fred Ziemann of Owl and Esperanto thematic renown Collector’s writers are out of their depth. A chart of U.S. has a monthly column on stamp collecting in Wisconsin’s postcard rates, cribbed from the United Postal Stationery Wausau Daily Herald. His subjects have ranged from Society’s United States Postal Card Catalog and append- ‘‘What’s a PEX?” to ‘‘The Pony Express.” All of us ed to an article on postcard collecting, shows a 1-cent would-be copycats wonder, how did he do it? Congratula- postcard rate from May 1873 to November 1917. Actual- tions, Fred! ly that was a postal card rate only, until postcards Dennis Ranski, editor of The Astrophile, published a (private mailing cards, the subject of the article) were list of 21 articles now in his futures fileawaiting publica- authorized in 1898. tion, to ward offqueries from impatient authors. I predict Pay closer attention. USPS announcements must take it won’t work. They will continue to bug him. Mean- a long time to reach Kansas City, home of Falcon Books. while, envious editors of other stamp journals will This is from the Falcon’s December advertisement in wonder why the Space Unit’s monthly has it so e^y. Today’s Collector: ‘‘After learning that the U.S. Postal Bill Hornadge, the Cinderella Comer columnist for Service has no intention of ever issuing a postal stamp Stamp News of Australia, reported last February that portraying Marilyn Monroe, the Falcon decided to offer Scott Publishing Company would give full listings to Bela our many Marilyn Monroe customers these beautiful Sekula’s mid-1930s stamp issues for Tannu Tuva in its Marilyn Monroe stamps from St. Vincent, British West next catalog. Volume 5 for 1995 is at hand, but those Indies.” issues are not included. Where did Hornadge get his Not the 1-cent Z grill. If you are looking for a more information? Will he publish an apology? affordable hobby, try collecting vintage wine. Sotheby’s Joe Sullivan, the new editor of Philateli-Graphics, first wine auction in New York this fall grossed over describes himselfas ‘‘an average collector,” whose most $1.5 million, a record. A bottle of Chateau Lafite 1870 cherished memory is the 3-cent purple Thomas Jefferson sold for $17,250. A modem rarity, a case of Chateau stamps he clipped from envelopes as a youngster. The Petrus (12 bottles), was hammered down at $29,900. first issue under his editorship pictures the 3-cent Prexy On-line philately. Jim Helzer kept CompuServe stamp above himself. subscribers up to date on his Legends of the West James Bendon has a new book list of over 100 lawsuit, so modem mavens learned ofhis loss on the day philatelic publications. It is available from him free of thejudge ruled. More recently Prodigy’s stamp collecting charge, usually with stamps of Cypms on the envelope. bulletin board sizzled with to-and-fro debate over next Write to James Bendon Ltd., P.O. Box 6484, Limassol, year’s favorite U.S. issue: ‘‘Should the U.S. Postal Cyprus. Service issue a stamp honoring Richard Nixon and why? Robert Rabinowitz exposed a sinister Postal Service [or why not?]” Finally I begin to see what blessings the plot in a September 3, 1994, page one story for Stamp Internet will bring. Corny? Sure. The Postal Service Collector. The Pittsburgh post office had prepared an doesn’t take well to ribbing by this writer, but neverthe- estimated 20,000 souvenir covers franked with 20-cent less named its on-line service Rapid Information Bulletin Roberto Clemente commemorative stamps. ‘‘Dealers Board System, RIBBS. have found this a very difficult stamp to locate, and are For a mere $49 a month plus an hourly charge you willing to pay nearly $1 each for them,” wrote Bob. He can become a dealer on StampNet, with access via demanded to know, ‘‘Where did these 20,000 Clemente CompuServe or Telenet. Or, for $149 a month you can stamps come from?” and promised to investigate. First have 24-hour satellite access to StampNet. ‘‘1. Type in a he ought to check that inventory we all were given back buy/sell message on your computer. 2. Press a button. 3. in December 1988, which listed 205,000 20-cent Roberto You’re finished!!” According to the brochure. The Net Clemente stamps, item No. 772T, in Philatelic Sales grew from five members in 1982 to 3,500 today. Where Division inventory for possible future products. I can was I while all this was happening? Not even Marc hardly wait to hear the wailing when USPS taps into the Rousso made such fantastic claims. For information call 215,000 20-cent Babe Ruth stamps or the 2.5 million[!] 1-800-821-9275. 22-cent Wildlife stamps still in those vaults.

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Vol. 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. 83 Rabinowitz’s subscribers are asking what ever hap- a steady flow of literature prizes going to the lucky pened to his quarterly Coil Number Expose. It has been wiimers. Nearly one fourth of those attending were more than a year since they last received an issue. recipients. Thanks to all those who made these donations Mussell Case, chairman of the G. P. S. Expertizing possible, especially Gini Horn and the American Philatel- Service, has surrendered all his bragging rights. In the ic Research Library, and also lies Winick and the October 1994 German Postal Specialist, Case announced Collectors Club of Chicago. that his committee’s opinions are no longer guaranteed, Charlie announced this year’s honorees who were fees are up, and his stamp insurance has been canceled. named to the Writers UnitHall of Fame. The sketches on “ Upon publication of this article, no coverage of loss the awardees will be found elsewhere in this issue. will be provided.” Michael Laurence, editor and publisher of Linn's Stamp Leo Corbett demanded that I publish his angry 22- News, was the only living recipient of this year’s award. page reply to my review of his Journal ofMEPSI Prob- Richard Winter was called up to accept the award for lems, ‘‘MexicanWar,” in the Third Quarter Communica- honoree Charles Starnes, and Anthony Wawrukiewicz tor. I declined, but offered him space for a 750-word was on hand to accept the award for the late Henry W. rebuttal. He rejected the offer. I would be pleased to send Beecher. The honorees’ names will be memorialized in a copy of his letter to any reader who requests it (but not, a plaque at the APRL in State College, Pennsylvania. as he insists, to foist it upon those who don’t wish to be Barbara Mueller chairs the HOF Committee. Nomina- bothered). However, I shall not circulate his nasty tions can be sent to her at any time (225 South Fischer follow-up, dated October 2, which contains potentially Ave., Jefferson WI 53549). libelous material. Those who want it should write to Cor- Charlie feterson then' introduced Kenneth Rowe of bett at Box 577, Stanton, CA 90680. Tell him I sent you. Canada who promoted Capex 96 in Toronto, which will Sedn R. Hanover's article, “ The Holocaust in have a literature category in addition to the philatelic Philately,” in the July 1994'iSsue of Global Stamp News competition. Charles Verge urged attendees to consider stated that covers from Dachau are more common and Canada’s Third National Literature competition that will less expensive than those from Auschwitz, which “ can be held May 6 and 7, 1995, in Ottawa. run as high as $150 to $200. ” Either he is uninformed or Nancy Zielinski Clark promoted Olymphilex ’96 that else he’s got a bunch of Auschwitz prisoner mail to sell. will be held in July and August 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. The true Scarcity ratio is the reverse of what he'wrote. She pointed out that Charlie Peterson was named General Charles J. Peterson has answered the quesHofl, “ Is Commissioner for the exhibition. Bill Welch, editor of there life after four years as WU30 president?” Yes! The American Philatelist, presented Ken Lawrence with Charlie has been named General Commissioner of the $1,000 Earl P. L. Apfelbaum award for the best Olymphilex ’96 by the Atlanta Committee for the Olym- article in the journal during 1993. Ken was recognized pic Games Cultural Olympiad, and just in the nick of for his article on the “The Great Americans Series.” time. They need someone who is handy with a spell- Plans are under way for the next Writers Breakfast, checker. In big-letters on the slick flyer for Olymphilex to be held during Scopex at State College, Peimsylvania, ’96: “World Stamp Exibition.” March 10-12, 1995, where the APS will host its Spring Janet Klug won’t have STaMpsHOW to kick around Meeting. □ any*more. Next year it will become STAMPSHOW. The Last Words I have acceptedMark Kellner's invitation to continue By Joe F. Frye this Bulletin Board column in future issues of The Philatelic Communicator under his editorship. So y’all This is being written at 7:40 p.m. Thursday, Decem- will still have Ken to kick around. Meanwhile, best ber 1, after Ken phoned corrections to the first proof a wishes to everyone during this holiday season, as you few minutes ago. Hope to mail the issue December 9th to work on articles, letters, and reviews for Mark’s first 12th, depending on how quick the printer does his thing. issue. □ I hope you will all note and cooperate with the boxed announcement at bottom of column one, page 78, inside Writers Unit Breakfast at STaMpsHOW 94 front cover this issue, concerning the change of copy By Alan Warren address and editor for The Philatelic Communicator. A record att^dance was on hand for the Writers New editor Mark Kellner says he can accept Macin- Breakfast in Pittsburgh on August 21, *with 105 members tosh diskettes with the Mac language as well as the usual and guests. WU30 President Charles Peterson acknowl- IBM-DOS, WordPerfea, or what-have-you. edged the help of the show chairman John Queiser and My warmest best wishes to you and yours for the his committee in making,everything run smoothly. In his holidays and 1995. 1994 has been a bit of a trial for report on the Writers Unit, Charlie pointed out that 26 me—both my computer and your “ producer” have had people Jiave t^ en advantage of the critique service over a bit of sickness—but all seems well now. the past three years. The current membership of WU30 For about a dollar more than the big blue bird, is just under 400. Federal Express delivered the first proof to Ken at APS The proceedings of the meeting were varied from headquarters about 18 hours after they picked it up at my time to time with the offering of many door prizes—a apartment door. Guess who won’t be carrying such for tradition of these breakfasts. Editor Ken Lawrence kept me any more. ... ' □

84 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Volume 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. Circulation History of Today's Top Nine United States Stamp Periodicals Average Paid Circulation

- 1960 1 97 0 1 98 0 1990 1991 1 99 2 1 99 3 1994

69.702 68,381 Linn's Stamp News 68,346 65,064 83,821 75,938 75,203 71,490 55,578 55,665 55.333 55,394 54,568 The American Philatelist - - 48,402 20,835 20,511 19,332 19,363 21,978 Scott Stamp Monthly - - - 16,479 16,447 (Western) Stamp Collector 35,292 27,452 23,473 20,003 18,547 16,895 6,781 6,696 6,606 6,521 6.449 Topical Time - 9,164 8.773 13,733 8,645 5,643 5,155 Stamps 34,316 30,828 22,668 13.654 ____ 4,542 The Stamp Wholesaler 7,794 9,092 7,929 4,955 4,713 4,667 4,442 4,072 Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News 17,817 12,457 7,515 3,824 4,293 4,294 4,038 3,785 3,801 3,680 3,566 3,671 3,332 First Days - 2,853

an area that may not control its destiny, as frivolous and 1994 Circulation ill-considered Postal Service policies t^ e their toll in the of U.S. Stamp Hobby Publications short term. Despite these wounds. I’m confident the By Ken Lawrence culture of FDC collecting is deeply rooted and will survive. The big winner in this year’s circulation derby is Scott Stamp Monthly, up 13.5 percent. The chart tells only part Gleanings from a Door Prize of the story, however, because Scott’s nearest-to-filing By Alan Warren date paid circulation had soared to 29,036. Drawings for door prizes are an importantpart of the Congratulations to Stuart Morrissey, Wayne Young- programs of the Writers Unit Breakfasts at the APS blood, their staffs, and their writers. It will be interesting spring and annual shows. WU30 is grateful to those to see whether other stamp editors and publishers emulate donors who enable us to continue this tradition. A the secrets of their success. Partly it owes to creative bountiful supply of literature door prizes was on hand at retooling and up-to-date graphic design, partly to vigor- the breakfast during STaMpsHOW 94 in Pittsburgh, and ous promotion and free monthly giveaways, and partly to nearly a quarter of the slightly more than 100 attendees bold pruning of an outmoded package that had failed. were lucky winners. Bigger factors, in my opinion, were identifying and I was one of the fortunate ones and obtained a copy providing space for Scott’s best in-house talent, and then of a small booklet titled The 1851-1860 Issue U nit^ paying top dollar to outside writers who are qualified to States Stamps by Frank E. Goodwin. When I got home provide the best quality writing, scholarship, and illustra- I examined it more closely and learned that it had sold tion material in a popular style, proportionally balanced originally for fifteen cents (!), and was published in 1913 among U.S. and foreign-subjects, old and new. by none other than the George W. Linn Company, which If the heyday of stamp weeklies is past, perhaps was located in Columbus, Ohio, at the time. monthlies will overtake themjust as the weeklies beat out The publication was remarkable for its time, and the the daily stamp papers in the 1890s. author acknowledged the help of John N. Luff and Dr. The Stamp Wholesaler and Mekeel's Weekly Stamp Carroll Chase. Each chapter is devoted to-one of the News reversed recent declines and registered praisewor- values of the 1851 series and provides the stamp image thy modest gains over the past year. The rest of the top size, description of the design, the number of plates used, nine continued to see their numbers gradually drop. the deliveries, the color shades found, and a detailed Circulation of The American Philatelist, tied to APS discussion of the types. membership, fell slightly less than Frank Sente had Additional chapters toward the end of the book predicted as a consequence of last year’s dues increase. describe perforation and paper varieties, cancellations, By next year we should know if innovations such as and proofs and reprints. The final chapter lists current increased use of color in the AP, an abbreviated member- prices from two major dealers (Scott and Powers) as well ship application form, and acceptance of credit card as at auction. The text is pr&eded by 25 black-and-white payments will bring renewed growth. figures on glossy paper, which illustrate a number of the Stamps magazine has grown somewhat since John varieties. Leszak took over as editor, but not even the 5,581 paid However, I was just as interested to look over the subscribers at the nearest-to-filing date were sufficient to advertisements at the back of the booklet. Ads are an reach last year’s level, which was a record low at the important source of information for the literature search- time. Leszak may have arrived too late to resuscitate the er. This is especially true in a periodical when one wants magazine after so many years of neglect have taken their to determine when a publication was first offered, or toll. when a dealer first established business and took paid The other worrisome number is the 9.2 percent drop ads. Some journals today even have advertising indexes in First Days circulation. While most specialty societies in each issue (one that comes to mind is First Days, pub- have experienced healthy growth in recent years, this is lished by the American First Day Cover Society).

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter J994. Vol. 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. 85 Such an index helps track down when a particular beset our society since last fall.” He wrote, “ Perhaps item was first advertised. Wouldn’t it be nice to have an because Mr. Nassar is Haitian, he was treated as an advertising index for a complete run of a journal?! illiterate ‘boat person.’ ” As one might expect, some of the items advertised at Actually, since Nassar had accused the board majority the back of Goodwin’s book are other publications by of “cronyism,” had written of “the strong rotten stench George Liim. I learned that Goodwin’s book was actually that this affair now emanates,” and the “web of deceit” the third in a series of philatelic handbooks that Linn surrounding the board’s vote, and had likened his critics offered. In the citation that WU30 President Charles to “ a pack of mad dogs,” I doubt that anyone considered Peterson read at the Pittsburgh breakfast meeting, him illiterate, even ifhe might not be their first choice as announcing that Linn’s current editor Michael Laurence the society’s poet laureate. was being placed in the WU30 Hall of Fame, Charlie In defending the editor, the Board majority wrote, pointed out that Laurence played an important role in “ President Jeannopoulos has never fully accepted this bringing out many of the publications released in recent democratic majority decision and has continued to harass years by his firm. Thus the tradition of important mono- the Board, demanding explanations and justifications of graphs sponsored by George Linn and his successors can our decision. He has call^ one or the other of all ofus be traced back over eighty years. hypocrites, deceitful, irresponsible, collusive and, most Several stamp dealers also took ads in the Goodwin recently, liars. He neither understands nor abides by the booklet, but one (presumably paid) advertisement espe- Society Constitution and Bylaws, and has continually cially caught my attention. It was taken by the Associa- abused his Presidential trust.” tion for Stamp Exhibitions which had been incorporated This dispute will probably be resolved by the HPS the preceding year in 1912. The ad announced the election of officers scheduled for December, but bad International Stamp Exhibition to be held in the fall of blood seems likely to persist for the foreseeable future 1913 in New York. This war the first official internation- regardless of whose side prevails in the balloting. □ al stamp show to be held in the' U.S. The Association’s executive committee included some prominent names Letters from the early days of philately, still recognized to this From Bill McAllister: I hope you’ll stay with the day—J. W. Scott, Eugene Klein, John N. Luff, and J. Communicator. It needs your sense of outrage these M. Bartels. The ad solicited participation in the guarantee days. □ fund. The sponsors sought at least $4,000 which they estimated would be about one-fourth of the cost needed From Richard Stambaugh: Holy Cow!!!! TheMeter to bring off the show. Stamp Society Bulletin is mailed with retro-stampsl The point of all this is that the printed text of a book Yes ... . The shame of it. or periodical is the “ meat” that most of us seek when we The fact is that it is ekpensive to rent a meter for our buy the publication. But don’t overlook those advertise- small needs: four mailings of 300 to 350 per year. We ments—some of .them are real gems of information, n did it for a few years, but it added about $200 per year to our budgfet for the privilege. And custom slogans cost Haitian Troubles about $75 each. By Ken Lawrence A harder fact is that one of the few attractions attached to the tedious job of printing and mailing is the The Haiti Philatelic Society, APS affiliate No. 81, is opportunity to use up a lot of excess postage one accumu- in crisis. For more than a year, HPS President Peter C. lates in the pursuit of plate number coils. So we don’t Jeannopoulos has been feuding with Gerald L. Boarino, force the use of a meter on the production and mailing long-time editor of the society’s quarterly, Haiti Philate- manager. We let him do it any way he wants to. ly, over the form and content of the journal. The HPS There may be a new ‘‘look” to our franking starting board,of directors has backed Boarino in the dispute. with the next issue. We just changed production and In the fall of 1993, pursuant to a decision to improve mailing managers. □ the appearance of the journal by adopting desktop publishing technology, Abdel Nassar, a supporter of From Brian C. Baur: I accept with gbod graces my Jeannopoulos and a graphic arts professional, was asked double spanking in the Second and Third Quarter PC in to assist in production. In the editor’s and the board’s regard to my errot concerning the Gjori press and its opmion, Nassar attempted not only to transform the birthplace. appearance of the journal, but also to encroach on the \^ e n doing the research about stamp production for editor’s responsibilities. After two issues produced under these stories, I came across many references to the this arrangement, Nassar was dismissed. “ Giori press out of Germany,” and perpetuated this The issues that Nassar designed were much more myth without further investigation. My making the same attractive than any earlier issues, but so is the most recent mistake in the July Scott Stamp Monthly article was due issue produced by Boarino without Nassar’s assistance. to having sent that story out before I saw your reference In my opinion, many of Nassar’s criticisms of to the Giori press error in the Second Quarter PC. Boarino’s editorship were legitimate, but there should As a relatively new philatelic writer, I appreciate have been no question that, legitimate or not, the deci- having any errors, omissions, and inconsistencies in my sion-making power belonged, first to the editor, and then articles and books pointed out. This is the main reason I when disputed, to the board majority. joined WU30, so that I could improve my philatelic Jeannopoulos wrote, “I have lost confidence in writing and reporting. Rest assured that those mistakes [Boarino’s] abilities.” He blamed Boarino “ for the great won’t happen again. n majority,'if not all, the embarrassing problems that have

86 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Volume 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. From Donald J. Sundman: Thanks for sending me I’m enclosing the latest Mail Coach along with a The Philatelic Communicatony/ith the Mystic mention. I complete volume 30 and a copy of one of my books. I would like to read it on a regular basis. read with interest about the door prizes at the Writers Your point is well taken. I’ve thought about adding Breakfast at STaMpsHOW 94. It’s a pity I did not know the inverted Jenny, and we discussedjhe “Z grill.’’What of this previously, as I would have sent these earlier. other dream stamps should be added? Do you have other Maybe you can offer them as door prizes at your next suggestions on how to improve the book? breakfast. Last year all our color work was destroyed and we One thing you can be sure of is that I will definitely were forced to re-create the entire catalog. Improvements be attending Pacific 97 at San Francisco, one of my included showing the stamps larger and showing perfs on favorite places in the U.S. There is a lot of interest here most stamps. Many of our old pages showed, the type in New Zealand in this exhibition. only, with the perfs stripped out. o Next February our Postal History Society of New From Terence Hines: Toni Heisey’s advocacy of Zealand will sponsor Post X ’95, with entries in Postal multiple submissions of articles to different philatelic History, Aerophilately, Postal Statiogery, and Social publications would cause real problems for not only Philately. We have over 350 framesallocated, with editors, but also for future researchers in the philatelic entries mainly from New Zealand, Australia, and the literature. U.S. I plan on putting five frames of Czeslaw Slania in Suppose Heisey submits the same article to,-say, the the Social Philately section. Journal ofEast New Jersey Philately and the Bulletin of Keep up the good work. □ the Mafia Collectors ’ Society. If she informs the editors of both these journals that she has submitted the article to Reviews the other, both should reject the article. If she does not An East Europe Postal Stationery Catalog inform these editors, there is a good chance that the By Charles J. Peterson article will be publishfcd in both journals. Michel Ganzsachen-Katalog Europa Ost 1994/95. First This will not only clutter up the philatelic literature, edition. Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, Munich, Germa- but enrage the editors when they find out about the au- thor’s deception. I have been the editor of two philatelic ny. ISBN 3-87858-623-X. 6 by 7% inches, soft cover, 568 pages, in German, well illustrated. Available in the journals {Modern Postal History Journal and State U.S. from Lighthouse Publications Inc., P.O. Box 705, Revenue Newsletter) and I refused as a general policy to print previously published articles when they were Hackensack, NJ 07602-0705. submitted by the authors. The only exception was to The new Michel catalog of the postal stationery of reprint very old and significant articles that modem Eastern Europe is an important general reference for its readers would not generally have access to. field. At the same time, it has some peculiarities and In the area of academic and scientific writing, multi- shortcomings that will undoubtedly confuse U.S. readers. ple submissions and “ recycling” previous articles are Both the Michel and the Higgins & Gage postal considered professional misconduct, akin to plagiarism. stationery catalogs are lineal descendants of Ascher’s Philatelic editors should view these practices in the same two-volume Grosser Ganzsachen-Katalog of 1926-27 and way. the subsequent serialized production of the Neuer Ganz- To compare submitting an article to multiple editors sachen-Katalog (NGK). Michel’s now standard catalog of to sending a job application to multiple potential employ- German postal stationery made its maiden appearance in ers is simply absurd. All editors should adopt the practice 1971, and the first edition of the Michel stationery that George Griffenhagen proposes. o catalog of Europe was published in 1978. The latter work was an innovation. Instead of listing From John Campbell: In our August Mail Coach I published a list of contributors. It is interesting to note stationery by type (i.e., first all the postal cards, then all that of the 80 persons listed, only about 40 are members the envelopes, etc.), as Ascher, NGK and Higgins & Gage'did, it arranged‘items primarily according to the of the society. I have written two books on the Boer War, as well as design of the imprinted stamps and only secondarily by being editor of The Mail Coach for the past six years or type. Thus a collector first looked for the illustration, and then for the letter card or money order or whatever other so. Illustrated Postcards and Covers of the Anglo-Boer War is really a long time'effort and interest of this topic. genre of interest. Although unconventional, this approach was helpful to postal stationery beginners and had a I’ve photocopied all the pages, a few books at a time, certain philatelic validity, especially when considering all and have given away or sold about 50 copies. I am not planning a reprint, and have only about another six to the look-alike definitive imprints that had been the norm eight copies left. up to then. For various reasons, several subsequent stand-alone The other one. The Place ofStones (Mafeking Siege stamps and banknotes) I published in two editions, and editions were devoted to Western Europe, but none to printed about 200 copies. The second edition is gone; I Eastern until this current one. For most countries, the sent the last three to Philakorea and was awarded a pre-1970’s listings are prefty much unchanged, with Silver-Bronze medal. 1 plan on a third edition including exception of prices; later issues are generally well new material and a new chapter on forgeries. After covered, including those of the newly or once-again dabbling in this topic, I will set this third edition on independent countries such as Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, computer and get the illustrations printed. Due completion Lithuania, Slovakia. No German occupation issues are date is the middle of next year in time for Singapore ’95. treated here; they are handled in Michel’s German postal

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Vol. 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. • 87 stationery catalog. Also, because of Cold War vagaries, or add information on new discoveries. The descriptive Yugoslavia and its related states show up in the Western text for each cachet is telegraphic and easy to read. Europe volume, which has the odd geographic result of Advertisements, scattered throughout the pages, do not Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania appearing in intrude, and are a fact of life among many catalog Eastern Europe and Greece, Turkey, Slovenia, Serbia, publishers, as a means to keeping the costs of the works Montenegro, etc., all being considered as Western under control so that more collectors can afford them. Europe. As a result, Balkan enthusiasts will need both Barry Kaplan’s work on those special cachets pro- catalogs. ducedby the House ofFamam is awork oflove, butwill While the stamp imprint arrangement worked reason- serve as a useful reference for those who collect this ably well for earlier issues, it seems to have lost much of material and who seek to be as complete as possible. its rationale during the modem period of commemora- Collecting one cachetmaker has become quite a specialty tives; collectors will have problems with the layout. among FDC enthusiasts. Kaplan begins with the cachet Michel also isn’t able to cope with all the illustrated for the Tipex souvenir sheet of 1936 and runs through covers and cards, leaving those for specialized treatment May 1994. within their countries of origin. Still, there’s a good deal With this listing there are no illustrations to help of detail in the new edition, and postal stationery collec- identify the cachets but the descriptions are detailed tors will be glad to have this reference after a 16-year enough to pinpoint each cachet for the collector. The dry spell. Now what we need is a true multi-volume author assigns a “ catalog” number based on his own catalog that reassembles Europe on an alphabetical basis simplified numbering system, e.g., BNK-52. He does not rather than along outdated geopolitical lines. □ use Scott numbers but simply numbers the issues chrono- logically. He does not assign dollar values to the cachets. First Day Cover Reference Tools The cachets for ordinary and commemorative stamp ' By Alan Warren issues are followed by those for airmail, postal stationery, Mellone's Planty Photo Encyclopedia o f Cacheted First and the Canal Zone. Many cachetmakers produce covers Day Covers, Volume 1 1901-1928, Volume II 1928-1929. for special events and Kaplan lists those for Famam 112 pages each, illustrated, perfect bound, stiff covers, together' with their inauguration covers. Some of the F.D.C. Publishing Co., Box 206, Stewartsville NJ special listings towards the rear of the catalog include 08886, 1994, $14.95 each plus $2.50 shipping from the color proof sets, limited edition material, and counterfeit publisher. cachets. House o f Farnam Varieties by Barry N. Kaplan, 58 This book could have been made even more interest- unnumbered pages (one side only), stiff covers, comb ing with a summary of the House of Famam history bound, privately printed, 1994. Available for $20 post- including the principals involved and the recent history of paid from the author, 188 Church Street, White Plains, the name as it has been taken over by several firms. On NY 10601. technical matters, Kaplan’a work is sadly lacking. The work has no introduction, no table of contents, no index, The Mellone-Planty catalog has been the “bible” of and the pages are not even numbered. Despite these short- cachet identification for first-day cover collectors ever comings, it is a useful tool for the cachet specialist. □ since it began to appear in sections in 1976. Section 10 appeared in 1984 and covered cachets of U.S. stamps up to 1939. Moneycard Collector Magazine Now this important reference work is being reprinted By Terence Hines and updated. Many sections of the original work had Moneycard Collector, published monthly by Amos Press, been out of print, although some effort was made to Sidney, Ohio. $4.95 per issue, $14.95 for one year from provide updates to the original catalog in a series of, Moneycard Collector, P.O. Box 59537, Boulder, CO articles in the American First Day Cover Society’s 80323-9537. journal First Days. One of the beauties of this catalog is that every cachet is illustrated, in black-and-white. Interest in the collecting of phone cards, credit-card The original catalog began with stamps issued in sized cards used to pay for telephone calls, has grown 1923. This new edition takes us back to special souveijir astronomically .over the past several years. Phone card post cards used at the Pan American Exposition in 1901. dealers have, for example, recently been allowed to join Such cards mailed on May 1, 1901, are valued at $6,000. the American Stamp Dealers Association. Thus, it was The illustrations l|(e much larger in this new edition with only a matter of time before a magazine devoted to this about half a dozen covers shown per page. Since the collecting area appeared. pages are S'A by 11, it is easy to identify the cachets. There are two striking aspects of this magazine. The first is the distinctly odd title. The term “ moneycard” is The numbering system is consistent with the earlier usually used to refer to automatic teller machine cards. catalog and utilizes the Scott number for the stamp The contents of the magazine deal almost exclusively followed by the Planty (PL) number for the cachet. This with phone cards. The only mention of anything other numbering system is commonly used by first-day cover than phone cards comes in the editor’s colunrn, where dealers and auction houses. The listings are chronological debit cards get a brief mention. with definitives and commemoratives as they appear in Interestingly, no mention is made at all of credit most other catalogs and albums. Airmail issues and postal cards, even though these are usually the same size as stationery appear at the back of the catalogs. The editor has carefully left some blank spaces phone cards and are collected by a small number of throughout the volumes so that collectors can make notes collectors. The probable reason for this lack of editorial interest in credit cards will b e discussed further below.

88 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Volume 27, No. 4, 'Whole No. 106. The second striking aspect of the magazine comes card expired) but even then selling or trading it would be from a perusal of the contents. When phone cards were risky as the account number would still be present. first introduced about 20 years ago, they were intended As noted above, there is an active group of credit to be used solely for payment for phone calls. Some were collectors. But, since there is no opportunity for made- issued by private phone companies and some by govem- for-collector credit cards (affinity cards are not the same ment-run phone companies, often associated with national thing), the fast-buck boys can’t get into this area and postal administrations. In both cases, there was no make a killing. Thus, I suspect that 50 years from now thought that these cards would be collected. noone will remember much about phone card collecting, How that has now changed! It, is obvious from the but credit card collecting will still, be a continuing, contents of the magazine that the v ^ t majority of phone althoughminor,branchofnumismatics. D cards are issued to be sold to collectors. There are even hints that some so-called phone companies that issue 1994 Writers Hall of Fame Inductees cards have been set upjust to sell cards to collectors, not to provide phone service. Hoping that collectors will Michael Laurence . never use the cards, these firms count on pocketing the The commercialphilatelic press in the U.S. has always been vast share of proceeds and not having fo provide any dominated by strong individualists apd entrepreneurs. Indeed, actual phone service. Reading between the lines, one many are already enshrined in our Hall of Fame. The successor gathers that such schemes have not worked well in at to two ofthem—GeorgeW. Linn and Carl Rueth—is a towering least a number of cases. force in contemporary philatelicjournalism, a defacto voice of The philatelic equivalent of the proliferation of phone the hobby to the outside world. For the past 12 years, Michael cards with pretty pictures issued to be sold to collectors Laurence, through his editorship of Linn's Stamp News, has would be if, by 1860, 20 years after the first postage consistently furnished a thorough and dependableweekly record stamp was issued, 98 percent of issued postage stamps of current events plus complementary features. were high value commemoratives and souvenir sheets. Michael Laurence’sphilatelic skills were honed in the field As one veteran phone card collector notes in an of classic U.S. Known for his gold-award-winning collections interview in the magazine, there will always be serious of the 1869 series, he was section editor for that period in the Classics Society Chronicle, edited The U.S. Mail and Post- collectors interested in the early “ classic” cards that Office Assistant reprint and contributed to the Opinions series were issued to pay for phone calls. But it seems to me of books and 1869 Times. A former trustee of the Philatelic that the tidal wave of pretty picture cards will kill off the Foundatfon, he received the Brookman and Perry Cups of the interest of most collectors. As such, phone cards may Classics Society for his work. turn out to bejust another flash-in-the-pan collecting fad, A cum laude graduate of Harvard, he began his journalistic much like sports cards. career as a sports writer for major Boston and Memphis The editor Md publisher of the magazine are trying newspapers. Joining Playboy Enterprises in 1963, he rose to manfully to counter this impression, but simply looking various editorships and ultimately a vice-presidency. In 1982, through the magazine with its dozens of ads shows the he converted his hobby into his profession and became editor proliferation to be on a scale unimaginable to stamp of Linn's, shortly thereafter becoming its publisher and also a collectors. We’re not just talking too many 29-cent vice-president of Amos Press. stamps here, folks! In addition to building Linn's as the largcst-circulation TTie average card seems to go for about $10, and philatelic publication in the U.S., in 1983 he launched the there is no limit on the number of cards that can be highly regarded L i n n U.S. Stamp Yearbook series. Since that issued or the number of companies that can be set up to time over 30 titles have been added to Linn's Library of issue them. A few examples will give the flavor of the Knowledge, giving permanence to special features he brought into the newspaper. He also developed the graphics-oripnted choices the collector faces: booklet on basics called Linn's Stamp Collecting Made Easy, A firm called ConQuest (now there’s a minor phone now in its eighth printing, with over 350,000 copies already company if ever I heard of one) is offering 11 sports sold. cards (topicals are the only game in town here) for This group of ancillary publications has filled a woeful void $43.75—all “limited edition” cards, of course. Ameri- in philatelic literature, making available colorful, lively books Vox (who?) is peddling 13 cards on various Americana on a wide variety of subjects ranging from traditional treatments themes for $114. For $30 a year you can join their of stamps and covers to personal reminiscences and biogra- collectors’ club (only $60 for a charter lifetime mem- phies. For such services to philatelic communication. Writers bership-such a deal). A set ofcards showing each ofthe Unit 30 of APS responds by placing Michael Laurence in its 60 U.S. federal duck stamps is being released at $5 a Hall of Fame. card, $300 for the set. Charles J. Starnes, 1912-1993 One gets the very strong whiffofTulipomania and the Postal history pursuits seem to produce philatelic individual- South Sea Bubble from the pages of Moneycard Collec- ists, too few of whom pass on their accumulated knowledge tor. through the written word. Fortunately, however, the recently Now, why no interest in credit card collecting? I deceased Charles J. Starnes did communicate his experiences suspect it has to do with the fact that, by their very gained over a three-decade period of activity with the U.S. nature, credit cards can’t be produced in large numbers Philatelic Classics Society. for sale to collectors. Very few people would pay an Fascinated by the complexities of foreign postal rates of the annual fee and then risk thousands of dollars in credit to classic period, he began publishing his Endings in the Classics be able to sell or trade the newly-acquired credit card. Society Chronicle as an associate editor of the foreign mails And remember that each individual card would carry section. After nine years of working with Walter Hubbard, such a risk! At best, one would have to wait until the ►►

The Philatelic Communicator. A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Vol. 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. 89 he assumed the editorship, regularly contributing in-depth lished works that existed on the date the new copyright law quarterly reports for 17 more years. During that time he served became effective also are covered. ThoSe works, if not yet in as a consultant and advisor for such works as Letters of Gold, the public domain, will generally have the life plus 50 years Baker's U.S. Classics, North Atlantic Mail Sailings. He protection. Once a work has gone into the public domain, the also wrote the section on transatlantic mails for Simpson's U.S. new law does not restore those copyright privileges. Postal Markings. The new law also permits the author or certain specified Finally, in 1982, using his own massive archives on rates heirs to terminate rights which they had transferred at any time and forming his own interpretations of the treaties that produced beginning at the end of 56 years from the date the copyright those rates, he wrote the now-standard reference on the sub- was originally secured, or January 1, 1978, whichever is later. ject—United States Letter Rates to Foreign Destinations 1857 A copyright holder is entitled to exclusive use of all the to GPU-UPU. In 1989^i he enlarged and revised it. For this material copyrighted. This includes permission for the owner to landmark work he was given the Luff Award of APS, and the reproducecopyrighted works in any manner; to prepare related Classics Society conferred on him its Ashbrook and Brookman or derivative works; to lend, lease or transfer ownership; and Cups as well as its Distinguished Philatelist citation. to perform or display the material publicly. Charles Starnes has been characterized by those who knew The most important exception to the exclusivity rule is the him well as a very private person who enthusiastically encour- “ fair use” principle. This permits materials to be reproduced aged young writers. He insisted on accuracy, relevance, and for such items as criticism, commentary, news reporting, technical honesty, attributes consistent with his profession as an teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholar- analytical consultant in organic chemistry with Dow Chemical ship or research. To determine whether “ fair use” is being Company. Stubborn and unyielding in his quests for truth, properly applied, the copyright office will consider the purpose nevertheless he remained generous with his answers to collect- and character of the use, the nature of the copyrighted work, ors’ queries, conducting a great volume of invigorating corre- the portion used in relation to the copyrighted material as a spondence. Therefore, Writers Unit 30 of APS is pleased to whole, and the effect ofthe use on the potential market for the place Charles J. Starnes in its Hall of Fame. product read. In addition, libraries and archives may make single photo- Henry W. Beecher, 1918-1992 copies for non-commercial purposes. In order to not infringe, the library or archive must open the collection to the public or Henry Beecher marched to a different drummer—and for that philately ean be thankful. His distinctive drumbeat gave us to all persons doing research in a particular field. The Berne Convention is also very important because, a body of literature that will stand for decades as an indispens- able reference. This oeuvre climaxed posthumously in 1994 previously, publishers who wanted to sell their books outside with the publication of the book U.S. Domestic Postal Rates the United States had to publish a book simultaneously in all of the Berne Convention countries to obtain copyright protection. 1872-1993, through which he continues to educate us on the Under the changes, such simultaneous publication is no longer meaning of the franking on our covers. What preceded it revealed Henry's philatelic persona. The necessary. public first became aware of the sage of the Oregon mountains It should be noted that registration of the copyright remains a prerequisite to any claim of copyright infringement involving through his ubiquitous letters to the editor that invariably a work published in the United States, but is not required if the corrected or added to some recently published postal history work is published elsewhere. It is not necessary to include a article, often by a highly respected student. From the outset he copyright notice as an element of an infringement suit but it is concentrated on U.S. rates and usages, especially modem and useful to include the notice to prevent the defense of innocent contemporary. infringement. Underthe 1992 CopyrightRenewal Act, automat- For a time, this activity had a dampening effect on writers ic renewal for 47 years was granted to copyrights between who didn’t have the stomaeh to tangle with Henry, for he was not hesitant to assert himself. But gradually he was coaxed into January 1, 1963, and December 31, 1977. The law also made infringement of a copyrighted work a felony. the philatelic mainstream. His first definitive writings appeared Finally, the copyright of a work made “for hire” belongs in 1976' in the Bureau Issues Association’s United States to the employer and not to the employee. The test to determine Specialist, when he responded to its editor’s challengeto put up this is whether the work was done by an employee or by an or shut up. From that point on, he became less contentious and independent contractor. Control over the final product docs not melded into the establishment, all the while amassing the data determine whether the work was made “ for hire.” The best ultimately ineorporated into his eneyclopedic book. way to deal with the issue of “ for hire” matters is for the Indeed, initially people wondered where this fellow came employer and creator to specify their rights in writing and not from, with his lawyerly knowledge of arcane government to make an agreement after the fact, which may not be enforce- regulations. A maverickwesterner, a Stanford graduate, a Navy able. veteran ofacknowledged left-leaning views, he did not have the In summary, the key here is for persons desiring copyright resources to own a great, conventional collection. Instead, he protection to file the appropriate documentation with the Office compensated by epileeting faets of use to others and writing of Copyrights and, when for hire, make certain that the rights about them in a reaBable, interesting style. among the parties are specified in advance. □ His work, put ipto publishable order by Dr. Anthony Wawrukiewicz, is a model in detail and organization. Those who knew the bearded patriareh regret that he did not live to ► ►New Editor, From page 77. see it and hear the well-deserved plaudits it is reeeiving. It is ready copy will be delivered to producer Joe Frye, who will for this magnum opus that the Writers Unit 30 of APS is continue to print and mail the quarterly. pleased to enshrine Henry W. Beecher in its Hall of.Fame. □ The new editor, emphasized his interest in hearing from WU30 members and others about ideas and contributions for ► ►Copyrights, From page 77. the publication. His mailing address is 873 Carina Lane, Foster the present term of 28 years from the date of first publication City, CA 94404-2866, and his telephone number is 415-345- but increases the holding period for the second or renewal term 7632. to 47 years. Kellner also can be reached via the Internet at Thus, copyrights in their first term must be renewed in [email protected]; [email protected]; order to receive the maximum 75-ycar term permitted. Unpub- [email protected];or [email protected]. O

90 The Philatelic Communicator,-A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Volume 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. Medical History Through Postage Pitcairn Island: The First 200 Years, Literature Awards Stamps, Ishiyaku EuroAmerioa, Inc. Bounty Sagas. MedicalNumisphilately, Parts I, II, III, Dr. Seashells on Stamps, Renato Moscatelli. Cardinal Spellm an Philatelic Adolf W. Schwartz. Spacecraft Astronomy Index, Astro- M useum 1 9 9 4 Philatelic The Mediterranean Mails, Philatelic Spe- Space Stamp Society (Great Britain). Literature Fair: cialists Society of Canada. The Stamp Auction Directbry and Col- The North Atlantic Catapult, Parts 1 and Books lectors Guide, Droege Computing Ser- 2, Pier Point Publishing. vices. Gold NYRBA's Triple Crash and Outlaw Flight Walter G. Crosby, Philatelic Cachet Spe- Covers and Postal Markings, Julius Gri- British Letter Mail to Overseas Destina- William H. Stroeljel. gore Jr. cialist, tions 1840-1875, Jane and Michael Postage Stamps o f Russia 1917-1923, Women on Stamps, Volqme three, Amer- Moubray. Vol. 4, Dr. R. J. Ceresa. ican Topical Association. Chicago's Crabgrass Communities, Col- Poste Aux Arm ies et Courrier dans ie World War II Envelope Art o f Cecile lectors Club of Chicago. Golfe, Gerard Schmidt. Cowdery, USM Inc. ^ Encyclopedia o f Rare and Famous La Poste en Haute-Loire, Pierre Jam es Silver-Bronze Stamps, Volume 1: The Stories, David and Andre Bajard. The Artist-Signed PoStcard Price Guide, Feldman SA. The Posts of Sevenoaks in Kent, Archie Histoire Postale de la Principautd de Donald. J. L. Mashburn. Monaco Des Origins A 1885, Monaco Los Sellos de la Confederacion Argen- British Postal Mechanisation: A Hand- Collections. tine, Dr. Enrique Oreste Rosasco. book, Section 1, Postal Mechanisation Imperial Eagles o f MaximiHian's Mexico', Stamping Our History, Carol Publishing Study Circle. Mexico Philatelic Library Association. Group. Checklist of Dog Postmarks, Anton J. M. Ireland's Transition, MacDonell Whyte Die Stempei der Repubiik China Unter Reuvers. Ltd. Besonderer Berucksichtigung der Tag- Depression Era Post Offices in Oregon, The Korean Postal History 1884-1305, esstempel, Rudolf Munch. Oregon Territory Postal History Society. Meiso Mizuhara. Tax-Percue Stempei der VR China, Carla Do You Know Your British Stamps?, Jack Military and PostalHistory o f the Revolu- Michel Lodders. C. Goodwin. tionary Armies in the West o f France Venezia Per L'ltalia, Venezia Le Vie Della Dressing Up Your Philatelic Mail, David H 791-1802), Stanley J. Luft. Posta, Franco Rigo. C. Lapan. The 1993 Congress Book, American Volksrepublik China, Postorte Sowie 1816 Georgia Post Offices, Georgia Philatelic Congress, Inc. Inlandspoststempel Seit Mitte Dere 50er Postal History Society. Overland Mail via the Syro-iraqi Great Jahre, Klaus Heinzel. Exposing Stamps o f Another Coin, The Desert, Holyland Philatelic Society. War Dates, 1911-1950, Theo Van Dam. Weisungen Mao Tse-Tungs und Das South African Numismatic Society. The Postal History o f British Air Mails, Rrst Returns Received from Georgia Post Proud-Bailey Co. Ltd. Chinesische Postwesen Zur Zeit Der Kulturrevolution, Carla Mich'el Lodders. Offices 1789-1818, Georgia Postal His- Les Sources de L'Histoire Postale, Tomes tory Society. I et II, MusSe de la Poste. Silver Forged Postage Stamps o f Europe and Storia Dei Servizi Postal! Delia Somalia The Best of Herst's Outbursts, Herman Colonies, Albania to Greece, H. Bynof- itaiiana Dalle Origin! A i 1941, Edizioni Herst Jr. Smith. Vaccari. Butterfly and Moth Motifs, 1994 edition. Whang's Illustrated Collection o f the Forged Postage Stamps o f Europe and Jack R. Congrove.s Colonies, Hungary to Ukraine, H. Bynof- Large Dragons o f China 1878-1885, Century of Happiness, The Royal Phila- Smith. Jam es B. Whang. telic Society of Victoria. French Somali Coast, The Postal History Vermeil Collect GB First Day Covers 1994, First Day Publishing Company. 1939-45, A. R. Torrance. The Cancellations of Kenya, 1890-1963, Directory Alaska Postcards 1897-1940, Illustrated Cat Stamp Checklist, Domes- East Africa Study Circle. John H. Grainger. tic Cats 1930-1993, Ladd Publications. Civil and Military Censorship During L'ElectricM et le Timbre-Allemagne de An Introduction to U.S. Railroad Postage World War // Postal History, H. F. Stich 1849 a 1945, Tome I, Philt'EG National. Meter Slogans, Howard L. Lucas. and J. Specht. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Stamps of Limoges d Travers La Philatblie, Jean- Collect British Postmarks, Sixth Edition, The United States 1933-45, Brian C. Louis Dutreix. Dr. J. T. Whitney. Baur. Postal Administrations o f the World, The Cumulative Index to The Perfins Handbook o f Fish and Game Stamps, George Saqqal. Bulletin 1945-1992, The Perfins Club. State Revenue Society. Postal History o f Burlington, Vermont, EastAfrican Airmails to 1939, Pier Point A History o f Britain's Post, Yodng Library Donald B. Johnson. Publishing. Ltd. Postal Insignia, Jam es R. Mundy. De Fatsificaciones y Faisficadores, Danilo A History of Israel Through Her Postage The Postal Guide to U.S. Stamps, 18th A. M ueses. Stamps, Society of Israel Philatelists and 19th editions. United States Postal Educational Fund. Die Freimarken der Repubiik China, Ru- Service. dolf Munch. Hong Kong Registration Labels, Ming W. Tsang. The Postcard Price Guide, J. L. Mash- Die Ganzsachen der Volksrepublik China, burn. Wolfgang Textor. The Influence of the United States Navy upon the Panama Railroad, Julius Grigore Primary Recovery Ship Cover Handbook, Guia Para la Reconstruccion de las Pian- Ray E. Cartier. chas de la Emision Estruch y Mision Jr. Publishers' Trademarks Identified, Delti- Condor de Bolivia, Marcos G. Escalier. Insects on Stamps of the World, Ameri- can Topical Association. ologists of America. A Handbook o f Guatemalan Telegraph the Royal Mail Stamp Advisory Com- Stamps, International Society of Guate- Lifeline of a Lonely Island - The Ships of mala Collectors. Tristan Da Cunha, Rozell C. Smith. mittee Review, Royal Mail. Handbook o f the Issues o f the Jewish The Local Posts of the Midland Counties Scotland's First Philatelic Society, Scot- to 1840, The Midland (GB) Postal History National Fund, Education Department, tish Philatelip Society. Society. Jew ish National Fund of America. Word Search Puzzles for Stamp Collec- The Masonic Specialist, Christopher Leo tors, Gary Denis. / Corrispondenti Postali: Italia e Area Murphy. Mediterranea,'Luc\ano De Zanche. Morocco Agencies: The Overprinted Bronze Irish Crash Airmails, Ronny Vogt. Edward VIIIssues of Great Britain 1SOT- British Special Stamps 1985-86, Royal Les Machines a Affranchir en France, IBIS, GB Overprints Society. Mail. 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94 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, Fourth Quarter 1994. Volume 27, No. 4, Whole No. 106. Diane D. Boehret Award Handbook: John Lindholm, Scandinavian Collectors The Postmarks and PostalHistory of the Archie Donald, The Posts of Sevenoaks Club, The Posthorn. Cameroons under British Administration in Kent, A.D. 1085 to 1985-6; Journal: Silver-Bronze 1916-1961, R. J. Maddocks and M. P. The Penny Post (Gordon Stimmell, edi- Bratzel Jr., authors. Leo Martyn, Nepal and Tibet Philatelic tor. □ The Prexies, Roland E. Rustad, author; Study Circle, Postal Himai. Leonard Piszkiewicz, editor. Sescal '9 4 Bronze Silver Section A - Handbooks and Dale Speirs, Calgary Philatelic Society, The AMG Story, Harry W. Wiicke, au- Special Studies Calgary Philatelist. thor. Joann Thomas, United Postal Stationery Vermeil Cumulative index - Th'e Perfins Bulletin Society, The Pantograph ofPostalStatio- 1945-1992, Rudy Roy, editor. Brian C. Baur, Franklin D. Roosevelt and nery. Duriand Standard Plate Number Catalog, the Stamps of the United States, 1933- Section C - Articles 1994 edition, George V. H. Godin, editor. 1945. Silver-Bronze ^ Leo V. Corbett, The Imperial Eagles of Vermeil MaximiUian's Mexico. William E. Mooz, Why is This Stamp (The Koehier-Girsch Expo M 'ew & Plating A. D. Jones, Aerial Mail Service: A Chro- 2 cent Washington, Scott 2 1 1 B) Not UX10, Robert C. S ten dd, author. nology o f the Early U.S. Government Air Rare? The Chronicle of U.S. Postal Is- Postal Markings o f the North Carolina Mail, March-December 1918. sues, August 1993. Railroads, Tony L.‘ Crumbley, author; Vernon S. Stroupe, editor. Richard Pratt, Imperial China, History of Silver the Posts to 1896. The German Handbook, A Guide for the William E. Mooz, The Special Printings of Silver English-Reading Collector, Jerry Jensen, the Five Cent New spaper and Periodical author. Regis Hoffman, World War i in East Afri- Stam p, The Chronicle o f U.S. Classic Bronze ca: The Indian Expeditionary Force. Postal Issues, Novemhet ^993. □ Nishioka Tatsuji (Translated and edited Dressing Up Your Philatelic Mail, David by Scott G ates and Robert Elliott), 65 C. Lapan, author. Years in Stamps - A Philatelic History of Chicagopex '9 4 Periodicals the Showa Period. Rudy Roy, Cumulative index to the Per- Special Awards to Authors and Vermeil fins Bulletin. Editors - Handbooks. British Caribbean Philatelic Journal, Mi- Stephen S. W ashburne, Postal History The Postmarks and Postal History of the- chel- Forand, editor, British Caribbean Journal Cumulative index 1957-1993. Cameroons under British Administration Philatelic Study Group. Silver-Bronze 1916-1961, R. J. Maddocks and M. P. Forerunners, Bill Brooks, editor. Philatelic Bratzel Jr., authors. Society for Greater Southern-Africa. Douglas A. Kelsey, Pictorial Meter Ukrainian Philatelist, Dr. Ingert Kuzych, Stamps of the United States. Special Awards to Authors and editor, Ukrainian Philatelic and Numis- Martin Sellinger, Sellinger's inverted matic Society. Center Stamps of the World Catalog. Editors - Periodicals. Ukrainian Philatelist, Dr. Ingert Kuzych, Silver Section B - Periodicals editor, Ukrainian Philatelic and Numis- The Heliograph, Dane S. Claussen, edi- Gold matic Society. tor, Postal History Foundation. Charles J. Peterson, U.S. Philatelic Clas- Literature — Handbooks ice Cap News, Arthur A. DuMont, editor, sics Society, The Chronicle o f U.S. Clas- American Society of Polar Philatelists. sic Postal Issues. The Congress Book 1994, Michel For- The Mail Coach, John Campbell, editor^ and, editor. Vermeil Postal History Society of New Zealand. Finland: The Color and Printing Identifi- The Posthorn, John Lindholm, editor, Mark C. M aestrone, Sports Philatelists cation o f the 1875 Issues IVgl i & II), Scandinavian Collectors Club. International, Journal o f Sports Philately. Herbert Oesch, author: Kauko I. Aro, Gordon Stimmell, Carriers and Locals translator. Silver-Bronze Society, The Penny Post. Vermeil Old German States' Notes, John R. Gil- John Weimer, United Postal Stationery gis, editor. Old German Enterprises. Aerial Mail Service, A. D. Jones, author. Society, Postal Stationery. Postal Himai, Leo Martyn, editor. The Definitives o f Canada: The Last Quarter Nepal and Tibet Philatelic Study Circle. Silver Century H967-1993), Joseph Monteiro, Arthur A. Dumont, American Society of author; Samuel Rock, editor. Bronze Polar Philatelists, ice Cap News. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Stamps of Calgary Philatelist, Dale Speirs, editor, John Campbell, Postal History Society of the United States 1933-1945, Brian C. Calgary Philatelic Society. □ New Zealand, The Mail Coach. Baur, author; Donna O'Keefe, editor.

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