The Philatelic Communicator Quarterly Journal of Writers Unit 30, American Philatelic Society.

Volume 26, Number 1, Whole Number 99. First Quarter 1993.

The Intellectual Legacy of The Essay-ProofJournal By Barbara R. Mueller In 1993 The Essay-ProofJournal will enter its 50th volume, and layout. This has resulted in a continuity of appearance that still a quality, professionally printed quarterly in substantially members seem to treasure. Efforts to “modernize” or even the same format and with the same look as Volume 1, Number economize are always shot down with pleas for maintaining 1, issued in 1944. Throughout this half century, six editors uniformity as a sort of emotional link to the past. (Clarence Brazer, Julian Blanchard, P. H. Thorp, Edith The numismatic influence on EPJ, which in my opinion, Faulstich, David Lidman, and myself) have struggled to eventually resulted in the decline of the society, was felt from maintain its status as a scholarly publication during great the very beginning, although foimding father Clarence Brazer changes in philately itself. himself was interested in currency only marginally. The Its thrust has always been the study of the artistic and attraction for him lay in the men, their companies, and their art, historical backgroimd of stamps. Paper currency was added to first evidenced through the production of paper money, and the mix almost from the start because of common connections then, in the 1840s, in postage stamps. And while he lived, the between the two by virtue of shared designs and producers. All numismatic segment never gained ascendancy; he kept it in its this has been carried out by a dedicated group that never place, as it were. approached the thousand mark but usually numbered half that But other influential members likeThomas F. Morris Jr. and membership. It seems that there have always been willing, Dr. Julian Blanchard, the latter eventually heading the society, generous, usually anonymous contributors to pick up the deficits contributed numismatic articles from the outset. Their benehcial when necessary as a service to philately. work was almost academic in quality but uninteresting to many The Journal has reflected the conservatism of the sponsoring philatelic members. I joined EPS in 1956 and as the years Essay-Proof Society, even shunning innovation in typography Essay-Proof. . . Page 20.

How’s Your Favorite Publication Doing? By Frank L. Sente Gross national product, gross domestic product, consumer debt burdens. In the short term the refinancing scenario may price index, labor productivity, unemployment rate, inflation have taken as many dollars away from the economy as it rate, and so on and so forth; the list of indicators available to generated for it. economists to describe and make predictions about the business In contrast to the national economy, there are very few data cycle and the nation’s economy goes on and on. But even with indicators available upon which to gauge the health or direction the seemingly endless streak of data, economists often disagree of the philatelic marketplace or the state of the stamp collecting about the direction of the economy. hobby. While there are not many measurable philatelic business Differing perceptions of consumer sentiment and interpreta- indicators available, predictions about the state of philately still tions about the interplay of various market forces and other abound. Most current predictions are doom-and-gloom and the factors affecting the economy lead different economists to figures doomsayers most often point to are the declining differing predictions. Sometimes consumer sentiment can be circulations of most stamp periodicals and the declining mem- more important than standard economic indicators in deter- bership totals of many societies. mining the outcome,of a particular economic event. For the record, here are the average annual paid circulation When mortgage interest rates began to tumble, many figures as provided on the annual USPS Statement of Ownership economists predicted^the rush to refinance at lower rates would Publication . . . Page 21. put billions of disposable dollars into the hands of homeowners who, in turn, would help fuel the lagging economy by eagerly spending the net savings on their mortgage payments. WU30 Spring Breakfast However, as recently reported in a New York Times article, The featured speaker will be Bill Bauer, on becoming many homeowners also opted for shorter term mortgages when they refinanced, with the net effect in such cases usually being a philatelic literature judge. Rochester, New York, increased monthly payments, meaning less disposable income to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 28, 1993. See Secretary- spend! Rather than spending their windfall, many other re- Treasurer report back cover. financers siihply applied their net savings toward reducing other

1 The Philatelic Communicator Literature Exhibition Calendar ISSN 0147-3646 March 6-7, 1993 The Philatelic Communicator, quarterlyjournal ofWriters Unit 30 Springpex ’93, Springfield, Virginia. For information write to of the American Philatelic Society, 2501 Drexel St., Vienna, VA Springpex ’93 Literature Chairman, P.O. Box 505, Springfield, 22180. VA 22150. The Producer-Publisher is; March 27-28, 1993 Joe F. Frye Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum’s Seventeenth Annual P O Box 22308 Philatelic Literature Fair. For information write to Joseph W. Memphis TN 38122-0308 ...... (901) 327-8984 Mullin, 235 Wellesley St., Weston, MA 02193. Thejournal is mailed by: Bulk Rate, permit 957, Memphis, TN, April 3-4, 1993 to U.S. ZIP code addresses; First Class to Canada and Mexico; AO Airmail (Printed Matter rate) to aU others. Please report address Colopex 93, Columbus, Ohio. Information from Gary D. changes to the Secretary-Treasureras soon as known in order to avoid Weaver, P.O. Box 1094, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068. loss of issues. April 30-May 2, 1993 Writers Unit 30 has as its primary objectivethe encouragementand Royal 93 Royale at Orapex, Ottawa. Canada’s Second National improvement of philatelic writing in all of its various forms. Literature Competition. For information write to Orapex, c/o R. AllWriters Unit 30 business except editorial matter for this journal A. Centre, 2451 Riverside Dr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIH should be handled through the Secretary-Treasurer: 7X7. George B. Griffenhagen May 7-9 1993 2501 Drexel Street Vienna VA 22180-6906 ...... (703)560-2413 Pipex 93, Vancouver, British Columbia. For information write to William Davidson, 1502 Harbour Dr., Coquitlam, BC, Editorial matters should be handled with the editor: Canada V3J 5V5. Ken Lawrence P O Box 3568 IP mO May 7-16, 1993 Jackson MS 39207 ...... (601) 969-2269 Polska 93, Poznan, Poland. For information write to Seymour Banchik, U. S. Commissioner, P.O. Box 8, Rockaway Park, All submissions for publication, without exception, are subject to NY 60304. being edited. Opinions expressed in The Philatelic Communicator are those of their authors, but not necessarily of APS Writers Unit 30, its June 1993 officers, or agents. Letters received by the editor may be published Third New Zealand National Philatelic Literature Exhibition, unless labeled “Not for Publication.” Palmerston North, New Zealand. Information from Central Officers of Writers Unit 30, a non-profit corporation, in addition Districts Philatelic Trust, P.O. Box 206, Palmerston North, to the Secretary-Treasurerand Editor, are: New Zealand. Charles J. Peterson...... President July 30-August 8, 1993 P O Box 5559 Brasiliana 93, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For information write to Laurel MD 20726 ...... (301)776-9822 John E. Lievsay, U.S. Commissioner, 20 Center Drive, Old Alan W arren...... Vice-President,East Greenwich, CT 06870. P O Box 17124 August 19-22, 1993 Philadelphia PA 19105____[Evenings] (215) 467-3730 STaMpsHOW 93, Houston, Texas. Information from American Robert D. Raw lins...... Vice-President, West Philatelic Society, P.O. Box 8000, State College, PA 16803. P O Box 981 Healdsburg CA 95448 ...... (707) 431-1109 September 22-26, 1993 Wapex 93, first Australasian National Philatelic Literature The Executive Committee includes the officers plus Robert de Exlfibition, Perth, Australia. Information from Central Districts VioUni (immediate past president) and Steven J. Rod (elected vice- president), both ex-officio. Philatelic Trust, P.O. Box 206, Palmerston North, New Council Zealand. Dane S. Claussen Robert de Violini October 1-10, 1993 JanetKlug GeorgeM. Martin Bangkok 1993. Bangkok, Thailand. For information write to Norma L. McCumber R. V. Skavaril Mary Ann Owens, U.S. Commissioner, P.O. Box 021164, William L. Welch Brooklyn, NY 11202-0026. October 8-10, 1993 Sescal 93, Los Angeles, California. Information from James A. Colping Up in 1993: Bowman, 3459 Township, Simi Valley, CA 93063. October 17-24, 1993 WU30 Elections Philtema Philatelic Literature Fair International, Milan, Italy. For information write to George Guzzio, U.S. Commissioner, 134 Berkeley Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217. . DEADLINES January 27-30, 1994 For receipt of copy by the editor: Hafiiia. Copenhagen, Denmark. Details to come. June 8-16, 1996 Second Quarter 1993 ...... March 20, 1993 Capex ’96, Toronto, Ontario. For information write to Capex Third Quarter 1993 ...... June 20, 1993 ’96, P.O. Box 204, Station Q, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4T 2M1. o

2 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. President’s Message show; you may be lucky and get an invitation, and at worst you’ve By Charles J. Peterson got your foot in the door for next year. Also, remember that apprentices get no reimbursement to defray travel and lodging Phi//tex was the major philatelic literature event of 1992. I expenses. It makes sense to look first at potential apprentice wishyou all could have attended, since itwas a first-class event. assignments at nearby shows. Over 600 items were entered, from 34 countries; 551 of those I wish you the best of luck! □ were in competition. In addition to the usual range of reference works, catalogs, periodicals and articles/columns, competitive Call for Nominations classes were provided for auction catalogs, unpublished manu- In accordance with Unitbylaws. Article IV, elections willbe scripts, slide presentations, video tapes and philatelic computer held this year for the following positions: President, Vice- programs. Next issue I hope to give you an insightinto how we President (East) and Vice-President (West) [must reside on their judged all those items—and how we managed to furnish substan- respective sides of the MississippiRiver] and Secretary-Treasur- tivewritten critiques on over 450 of them! er. These are two-year terms ofoffice. The exhibition catalog carries the full description of each Further, five (5) Council positionsare up for election. Council entry, with author, date and publisher, date of publication, members lOug, Martin, Skavaril and Welch will complete their number of pages, language, price and address for orders, and four-year term ofoffice in 1993; additionally, a Council seatwas short description. That’s a worthwhilebibliographic reference in vacated when AlanWarren accepted the duties of Vice-President itself. There may stillbecopies availableat $10from thePhilatel- (East) Steve Rod. ic Foundation, 21 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016. Jane King Fohn (Route 2, Box 352, Leander, TX 78645) has The entries were prominently displayed at the Javits Conven- agreed to act as nominations chairperson for the elections. All tion Center, in conjunction with ASDA’s Fall Mega-Event, and members wishing to be candidates for an elective position should visitors tookadvantage ofthe opportunityto browse. There were notifyher no later than April 30, 1993. The bylaws also provide six two-hour seminars, including the final day’s session devoted for nominations by petition of the membership, requiring the to audio-visualpresentationsand computerapplications. As a final signatures of at least ten (10) members to place another individ- highlight. Ivy, Shreve and Mader held a specialized auction ual’sname in nomination; suchpetitionsmust also be sent within devot^ entirely to philatelic literature. To my knowledge, and the above time frame. certainly within my lifetime, this was the most prominent The list of candidates will be published in the Second Quarter recognition of philatelic literature ever to take place in North 1993 Philatelic Communicator. The election ballots will be America, and appreciation is due the Philatelic Foundation, the included in the same mailing. If they so desire, candidates may Collectors Club (New York) and ASDA for conceiving the idea submit platform statements of no more than 150 words, for and making it happen. publication in the same issue. Platform statements may be WU30 Spring Meeting submitted with the nominations and/or sent directly to the Editor. □ The Writers Unit will meet at Ropex 93, site of this year’s APS Spring Meeting (March 26-28). As is traditional, our session Procedures for No-Fee WU30 Critique Service will t^ e the form of a Writers Breakfast. See the Secretary- 1. Submissions accepted only from WU30 members. Treasurer’s report fordetails. (The meeting is early thisyear, and 2. For periodicals: Submit the most recent issue(s)—if itmaywellhavesneakedup on youas itdidon me. Hopeyoucan applicable, 3 or 4 consecutive issues. Include postage equivalent be there.) to four times the first class mailing fee for WU30 mailing On Becoming a Hiilatelic Literature Judge expenses; any unused amoimt will be returned. Members occasionally ask how one becomes an accredited 3. For books/bookmanuscripts: Inquire before sending, with philatelicliteraturejudge. TheWritersUnithas nothing todowith brief description of item; please include stamped, addressed thatformal process; that’san American PhilatelicSociety matter. envelope for reply. If you’re interested, the obvious first step is to get a copy of the 4. All submissions/correspondence to: Charles J. Peterson, current Manual ofPhilatelicJudging from the APS and read (at Box 5559, Laurel, MD 20726. [Phone (301) 776-9822.] □ least) the general provisions as well as those pertaining to literature. TTienwrite the chairman of the APS Judges Accredita- Editor’s Bulletin Board tion Committee (William H. Bauer, P.O. Box 1449, Spring, TX By Ken Lawrence 77383-1449), state your desire to be ajudge, and request recogni- The Essay-Proof Journal will cease publication in its 50th tion as an apprentice. anniversary year, making our cover story by Barbara Mueller this The next step is to complete three assignments as an appren- issue a scoop, for which I’m deeply grateful. Members of the ticejudge satisfactorily. If you have a reasonably good awareness Essay-ProofSociety willget to read a more detailed and specific of current philatelic literature, and you’ve understood and reflection on their achievement, but you’re getting to read the digested the guidance in thejudging manual, there shouldn’t be essential overview here first. any great difficulty in successfully meeting the require- Wayne Youngblood is thenew editorof Scott Stamp Monthly. ments—except the problem of getting the three mandatory Congratulations, both to Wayne and to Scott! From the perspec- apprenticeassignments. The APS circulates thelistofapprentices tive of philatelic writers, we should expect to see significant to show committees, but does not arrange for any invitations to improvements in the magazine. judge. In some cases, the committees will take the initiative and Charles J. Peterson, our distinguished president, received a invitean apprentice, but for the mostpart it’sup to theapprentic- Silver Award for research in literature from Germany’s stamp es to contact appropriate show committees and indicate their hobby organization, Bund Deutscher Philatelisten. Congratula- desire to serve. tions, Charlie! There’s a limited number of shows that feature a literature MichaelLaurence, as depicted on his ‘‘stamp’’inthe Decem- class; you’ll find them listed in The Philatelic Communicator ber 21 Linn’s holiday greeting to readers, bears a striking section on upcoming events. Organizing committees try to select resemblance to Bret Harte on the U.S. 5-dollar stamp, notes an judges well in advance of the show, so it’s wise to look a year alert reader. Add specs to Bret and you’ve got Mike. What will ahead. But don’t let that deter you from asking about this year’s ► ►

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. 3 topical ciollectors make of that? I can hardly wait for the next euphemism for obscene: ‘‘In 1978, after some years producing commemorative cover sponsored by Joe Puleo. adult films, he [Morowitz] ... ” MichaelLaurenceandElaineBoughner sent Christmas letters StuartMorrissey, writing in theJanuary Scott StampMonthly, to Linn’s writers bearing wonderful news: ‘‘Despite a soft stamp called Morowitz ‘‘godfather of the Megashow.” Now there’s a market and aweak externaleconomy, weclosed 1992havingsold Hollywoodeuphemism for you,just what the stamp trade needs. 10,000 more advertising inches than 1991. This reverses a Itjust goes to prove that playing with words isn’t limited to our downtrendof more than a decade.” Great! When do we get our s i ^ l publication. raises? Philatelic Miracle I. At STaMpsHOW in August, Harry James A. MagruderII, publisher of Stamp Collector, sent out Hagendorf expressed his displeasure at my Third Carter 1992 aconfidentialreaders’ questionnairelastAugust, askingsubscrib- article on his Columbian cover, but also insisted that its prove- ers what they want to read in his paper. He hasn’t published the nance ‘‘is nobody’s business but mine,” and declined to permit results, butjudging by the past few months’frontpages, we can the item to be examined scientifically. He has not accepted my make a good guess: lots and lotsof articles by RobertRabinowitz offer to publishhis reply. and Stephen G. Esrati on every nuance of plate number coil PhilatelicMiracle 2. Norman Shachat’s article, ‘‘Out-of-Date collecting, as well as son^ flights of the fertile PNC imagination. Philadelphia Cancel on 1867 10 ‘Z’ Grill,” in the March-April I wish Michael Grera and Kyle Jansson had been so generous 1992 Collector’s Club Philatelist implicitlyquestions the authen- with space for PNCs six and seven years ago. ticity of the most yaluable United States stamp ($410,000 at a Lloyd A. de Vries is now the leader of the Stamp Collecting November 1986 auction). The article first appeared in the category on the GEnie computer information system. Lloyd sent November 1991Pennsylvania PostalHistorian. Foryearsexperts a card dianking me for requesting more information aboutrthis (I have been whispering to one another that the 1-cent Z grill is didn’t, actually), soI’m surehe’llhappily send ittoyou. Write to bogus, but stamppublishers seem tofear thatairingsuchopinions Lloyd A. de Vries, P.O. Box 145, Dumont, NJ 07628. in print will cause the entire stamp market to collapse. Toni Heisey’s letterofresignationfromtheAmericanRevenue Philatelic Miracle 3. Do you remember the May 2, 1840, Association includes this criticism of Ihe American Revenuer, Peimy Black cover that sold for 3.4 million Swiss francs at a 1991 directed to ARA President Richard Friedberg: ‘‘A member has a auction in Lugano, supposedly the closest thing to a first-day right to expect something for his money and if it wasn’t for cover ofthe firstpostagestamp? The perfect four-margin copy of (Michael) Mahler’s articles, there’d not be much to read. I see the stamphas thelettersH andI inthecomers, makingitthe93rd more articles regarding revenues in Linn’s than I do in The stamp on the pane of 240 figuring the normal way, or 72nd American Revenuer, the specialtypublicationfor theARA which counting from the nearest comer. That suggests that a surprising shouldbe running themajority ofrevenue articles, and you write numberofPeimy Blackswere used rightaway. Justimaginehow more for Linn’s than you do for your own publication.” Com- wonderful itwill be ifthose other covers mailed earlier alsohave ments, anyone? (Hint: ARA membership peaked at 1,766 in perfect four-margin Penny Blacks on them. Stamp auctioneers 1981, and was down to 1,357 in October 1992, the most recent could lead the world out of economic recession. figure published.) TheInternationalFederation ofPhilately (FIP) gives with the Jeffrey L. Needleman must be unhappy at the news from right hand and takes back with the left. Just as revenue stamps WindsorPalace. Hedid sowelladecadeagopromotingtheRoyal finally got their long overdue official acceptance from FIP, FIP Weddingstamp omnibus to investors thathemusthave anticipated (imanimously!) condemned the collecting of telephone cards, makinga real lallingon theRoyalDivorce stamps. Too bad, Jeff. among the most popular items issued by many postal administra- Maybe you could talk to Sam Malamud abouta Royal Affair set. tions these days. To add injury to insult, Mophila (modem Put some of thoseFergie photos on stamps, and M. Tetonwould philately of the last ten years) is being fiirther downgraded. From be your first customer for that Beguiling Orbs OfBeauty exhibit. now on, Mophila exhibits will be given awards based solely on While we’re on that subject, WU30 Council member Janet public balloting; they will not bejudged, and will not be eligible Klug has been working on a woman’s answer to Darrell Ertzber- for medals. This probably reflects FIP’s tacit admission that its ger (M. Teton) by focusing thematic attention on one element of judges are incorrigible elitists, willfully ignorant of modem male anatomy. Her favorite cover is from Howlong, Australia. I philately’s importance and rarities. wonder ifher exhibitwill fare as well as his in thejudging, the FIP’stiming couldn’thavebeenworse. The ban on telephone literature, and the courts ofhonor. cards was adoptedjust as Yvert et Tellier publishedits first, full Alexander D. Kroo of ASCAT senthis letter of complaint (see color, catalog of telephone cards of France, Andorra, Monaco, Letters, page 9) in an envelope franked with a Swiss stamp New Caledonia, and French Polynesia. Yvert thus joins Stanley depicting a turkey. Is he trying to drop me a hint, or is this just Gibbons and Michel as eager promoters of these collectibles. the season for outbursts of hematic indulgence in the stamp FIP President D. N. Jatia must have received his linguistic hobby? instmction from Lewis Carroll’s Alice: ‘‘It is tme that some of The PhilatelicFoundation has as its declared purpose, ‘‘to do the exhibits [at Granada 92] were housed in so-called tents, but it anything generally that will establish and maintain a standard of is a misnomer-to use the word tent. They were gigantic sheds American Philately of which the world may be proud.” Well, covered with a very special kind ofplastic sheets and were fully they got their thatS^d whiches right, at least. secured and air conditioned. ’’Dan Asmus should investigate this Liliana Rosende^ daughter of Roberto (both formerly on the architecture for future STaMpsHOW venues; imagine the money Philatelic Foimdation payroll), now works for Arthur Morowitz APS could save ifwe didn’thave to use expensive exhibitionhalls as the store manager of Champion Stamp Co. According toBarth and downtown hotels. Healey’s article in the December Scott Stamp Monthly, she’s a Numismatic News ran a series of three columns by David Disney collector, so I hope she prospers. Especially today, the Thompson in January and February exploring the links between New York philatelic community needs more of them. coin collecting and other hobbies. ‘‘Withjust a little imagination, Barth Healey is a stamp writer in whom we can all take pride, stamps offer numismatists some fascinating alternatives. .. . but I wish he’d leave some elements of The New York Times style Some of the greatest names in history have collected coins and sheet at home. My peeve of the moment, in the aforementioned stamps, and the twohobbieswere once rivals for the titleofmost Scott monthly article, concerns the sacrifice of an important popularin the world. Rivals in triumph, thesehobbies are now (or word, adult, to provide gutter service as the copy ^ ito r’s so the doom-mongers tell us) partners in adversity.”

4 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. ExclusivelyForeign. JanBrandewiesaysthatdespiteoccasion- Grammar Police. I’m always annoyed that editors delete my al straying by some of her writers^ Global Stamp News will final serial commas, the ones that precede and, or, or nor in a continue to focus exclusively on non-U.S. stamps. She says the series of three or more words or phrases. Most of the time it requested and paid circulation at the end of 1992 was about makes no difference, but when it does, omitting the comma can 25,000 per issue, up from her claim of 16,000 to 17,000 a year introduceunnecessary confusion. At times it can add humor too, ago. If true, her paper has passed Stamp Collector and Scott as in this sentence clipped from a Pennsylvania paper by a sharp- Stamp Monthly. Onebitofevidencethatsupportsher claim is the eyed reader: ‘‘Nobleguests includedtheDukeofArgyll, Princess 1992 Linn’s Reader Survey, which showed that 10.5 percent of Lalla Hasna, thedaughterofMoroccanKing HassanII and ahost Linn’s readers regularly read Global Stamp News, as against 9.3 of German aristocrats.’’ percent for Stamp Collector and 6.7 percent for Scott Stamp New Stamp Publication 1. The United Nations Postal Admin- Monthly (but 27.5 percent for The American Philatelist). istrationnow publishes P/n7areIicRufortn, a small magazine, six Exclusively United States. According to Randy Neil, the times a year, replacing previous announcements circulated as November paid circulation of U.S. Stamps & PostalHistory was fliers and news releases. The first issue is cover dated January- 4,570, and still growing, nearing 5,000 at year’s end. February 1993. . More Circulation Data. Frank Sente’s superb front page New Stamp Publication 2. The Philatelic Foundation now article is the most useful circulation analysis I’ve seen, and publishes a newsletter called Philatelid^ocus, as a modest certainly more so than those based solely on our hobby’s press. successor to the defunct Philatelic Foundation Quarterly. The However, for those who desire a comparison with the figures I first issue is cover dated January 1993. assembled one year ago, read them and weep: Volunteer Needed. The next issue of The Philatelic Commu- nicator willbe wholenumber 100. It’stime we tookour publica- 1991 1992 tionmore seriously as a trove ofuseful informationgatheredover Linn’s Stamp News 75,203 71,490 many years. Whatweneed is avolunteerto compileacumulative The American Philatelist 55,665 55,333 index. Scott Stamp Monthly 20,511 19,332 Deadlines. Second Quarter, March 20 (a month later than Stamp Collector 18,547 16,895 previously announced). Third Quarter, June 20. O Stamps 13,733 8,645 Philatelic Writing from the Inner Self - Fiction Topical Time 6,696 6,606 By Robert W. Everett Jr. The Stamp Wholesaler 4,713 4,667 Mekeel’s Weekly Stamp News 4,293 4,294 There is a definiteplace forphilatelic fictionin stamppublica- First Days 3,680 3,566 tions. It helps to balance the many highly technical articles on stamps. It gives writers a wholenew area to explore. Fiction can Worst of all was Stamps, with a closest-to-filing figure of6,583. be used to give collectors new ideas about the hobby. Stamps might fall below Topical Time on next year’s chart. In 1991 Global Stamp News conducted a philatelic fiction Declining Circulation isn’t the only problem at theAmerican shortstory contest. The October 1991 issue showedan Australian FirstDay Cover Society. Advertising income is down, and steps stamp (Scott No. 945d) featuring a sergeant and asked readers to arebeing taken tolowercostsofprinting FirstDays, according to write a short story about the stamp. The first place winner was Alan Warren’s report of the AFDCS Executive Committee Ray E. Cartier, and his excellent story “The Passage” was pub- meeting. Maybe that explains why AFDCS Executive Director lishedin theDecember 1991 issue. This shows theinterest ofone Doug Kelsey has been spending most ofhis time latelypromoting stamp publication in philatelic fiction. meter collecting. Since 1988 I have had twelve short stories published. Stamp Your Editor would appreciate some thoughtful prose on Collector published two in 1988, First Days published one in whetherthephilatelicpress devotes proper, too little, or toomuch 1989, and Stamps published three in 1990, one in 1991, and five space to coverage of philately’s people, and of our stamp hobby as of May 1992. organizations. Michael Laurence has stated thatLinn’.rshouldn’t Starting inJanuary 1992, Stamps gaveme amonthlyphilatelic be reporting much on APS, and KeithWagner thinksL/nn’j has short story column titled “Filatelic Fiction.” It is my hope that already reported too much. What do you think? We all know that thiscolunmwill increase writerand reader interestinshortstories collectors and dealers, especially Robert Rabinowitz, like to see about stamps and stamp collectors. theirnames inprint, butdo they liketoread aboutothercollectors Philatelic short stories must relate to some area of stamp and dealers? (Clue: check the circulation figures of People and collecting. Illustrations always enhance a story. I have used National Enquirer before you answer, and guess how many of stamps relating to the theme ofthe story, drawings, and first-day your colleagues secretly enjoy this column before they fire off covers. The length of a story is most importantfrom the editor’s their poison pen letters.) view. A general rule is tokeep the story downto about sixand a Robert Rabinowitz, writing in his personal gossip sheet Coil half double-spaced letter-sized typed pages. This is equivalent to Number Expose, offered me a cease foe in our feud, now in its one printed page 10 inches by 13 inches. Unless you have an fifth year. That’s a tempting offer, but I already have several extraordinary story, anything longer than this may be rejected by complaints that The Philatelic Communicator is getting too tame an editor. and boring. It is supposed to be fun, isn’t it? Every writer develops his or her own working techniques. Stamp Kitsch Report. Hammacher Schlenuner sells matted, Here are the three segments I use in most stories: framed philatelic tributes (one mint single, one plate block, and 1. Introduction of main characters and general theme of oneFDC) to variousprofessions for $99.95 each—your choiceof story. This takes about six short paragraphs. I try to keep each law, medicine, banking, dentistry, CPA, pharmacy, architecture, paragraph down to four to six sentences for easier reading. nursing, education,journalism, and commercial aviation. Linn's 2. I tell the story in about fourteen paragraphs, letting my railed against this as a misleading promotion, but I found it hard main character interact with minor characters in the story. to shed a tear for the poor, victimized lawyers and bankers. 3. In the last five paragraphs I bring the story to a conclusion. Others would say the same aboutjournalists. Meanwhile, a bit I like to develop an O’Henry surprise twist in the last two lower on the food chain. Time Warner’s Sound Exchange offers paragraphs, but this is not essential. The final paragraph can a matted, framed Gone With The Wind mint stamp and postcard describe what happened to the main character as a result of his for $39.95. experience in the story.

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. 5 Most of my stories have developed from human interest new under the sun. Every artistic idea had its origin somewhere accounts in newspapers, magazines, and movies. I keep a noteor in thepast and subsequent interpretations of thatidea may indeed clipping file on any material that may prove useful in developing express a new direction or embellishment. a foture story. The Fourth Quarter issue of The Philatelic Communicator Forexan^le, a fewyears agoaLarry WaltersofLos Angeles carried an article about creativity by Robert W. Everett Jr. To wanted to fly. He attached 45 helium-filled weather balloons to refresh your respective memories, he talkedabouta moviecalled his lawn chair and ascended to eleven thousand feet. I substituted “ The Gods Must Be Crazy,” in which an isolated primitive a stamp collector for Larry Walters, and had him fly in a lawn culture is confronted with a Coca-Cola bottle. Everett used this chair carrying flight covers from his stamp club. unique and imaginative dilemma to write a story, substituting Personal experiences can generate many story ideas. I postage stamps for the Coke bottle. attended aweddingwhere heliumballoonswere used for decora- My question is this: Is his story original? Is it personally tion at the reception. I asked the host for two toy balloons to creative? Did the concept spring full-blownfrom his own mind? release at home. Stamped, self-addressed covers in plastic bags I think not. were attached to each balloon. Unfortunately, the two covers have Inspiration for philatelic articles is all around us and not solely not been returned. among the potpourri of stamps, covers, albums, and stockbool^ This experience generated a story published by First Days, we all contend with. March 1, 1989, “AnythingYou CanDo I CanDo Better.” Two I draw inspiration from my personal world and when some- teenagers make a bet they can fly their covers a greater distance. thing strikes a chord, my first question is, do I have relevant The O’Henry typeoftwistwas used. Each boy discovers thatthe philatelic materials? other had cheated by mailing similar covers to a relative who Perhaps a few examples arein order. A program givenatour returned them by mail. Only one flown cover was found and local herb society focused on com. Living in the com-and- returned. It was cut in half and shared by the two teenage soybean belt of Illinois and having a farmer son-in-law, I took collectors. special note. The speaker mentioned themyriad ways inwhich the Imaginationisprobablya moredifficultsource forstories. An Indians used com, and my curiosity was piqued. With the Illinois example ofthisis a storypublishedby Stamps, January 25,1992, com harvest drawing nigh, the timing was perfect. The fact that titled ‘‘Johnny StrongandtheUFO.’’Here are thesteps Iused in Columbus was involved in introducing com to the Old World and writing this story; the impending anniversary ofhis voyages added to therelevance. A. Original Idea: The story involves a 12-year-old stamp I discovered numerous com stamps in my “ Veggie-Fmits- collector, Johnny Strong, and his interest in UFOs. He tells wild Grains” stockbook and engaged in some modest research. The stories to his friends about UFOs. This establishes his non- result was a brief but informative article about com on stamps credibility early in story. (Linn’s, October 19, 1992). B. Original idea enlarged: Johnny encounters a UFO in a field Tripping over a very weird mushroom in my front yard on his way to a stamp club meeting. He exchanges stamps with prompted a pemsal of my ftmgi identificationbooks. I had a small the four aliens. They use mental telepathy to communicate with collection of mushroom stamps, appealing little things, so I Johnny. decided to explore the world of fungi for a piece about mush- C. Conflict: After the UFO departs, Johnny decides no one rooms on stamps (Scott Stamp Monthly, September 1992). will believe another of his wild UFO stories. He decides to tell no As a spinner-weaver, my foremost topical collectionis textiles one. He arrives at the club meeting late. Members ask why he on stamps. Sources for textile fibers include among other beasts was delayed. He said he met some fnends along the way and and plants the musk oxen. Not too many stamps available that traded stamps. As usual, no one believes him. show this wonderful relic of the Ice Age, but enough to write a D. Conclusion and twist: Johnny places the stamps from the short piece about their current status and the cloud-like hair they UFO aliens on the table. They glow in different colors and club produce (Linn's, March 11, 1991). members accuse Johnny ofgetting them from a,boxof cereal. At I could offer additional examples including similar articles that moment amental telepafliy message reaches everyone present I’ve had published about postcards. indicating that Johnny did have a meeting with four aliens from I believe my journalistic efforts are original insofar as the planet Crystal. anythingis totallynew today. I havenotnecessarily unearthed any Scientists verify the UFO stamps as authentic. Contacts are astonishing new information about these topics, but the impetus made between the United Nations and the aliens. This gives us for writing about them arose from my personal observations. vital scientific information and resolves many of our current Whether you put brush to canvas, hands to clay, or pen to world problems. Of course Johnny becomes famous as the first paper, you are drawing upon the world around you for inspira- human to prove his contact with a UFO. tion. By rights thatworld should includethenatural environment, Inwritingthis story, here are a fewofthe questionsI askedas historical events, people of renown, and personal experience. It my imaginationevolv^ the story: What isJohnny’sbackground? should not include the contemporary efforts of other artists. I How does he react when he first sees the UFO land? If he don’t have a problem with a potter using pre-Columbian pottery exchanges stamps^with the aliens, how willthis effect the ending as a source for design and fimction. I do have a problem with a of the story? Can me UFO stamps speak for themselves? Ques- writer taking the original concept of another writer and making tions like these help« writer in evolving the story. minor substitutions in the scenario. Some of the techniques used in philatelic story writing are RobertEverett welcomed input about creativity. Here is mine; applicable in article writing. Stories behind stamps enhance any Isincerelyhopeheisnotoffended. o philatelic article. I hope this article will prove useful to philatelic writers in whatever medium they are working. □ From*the News Bulletin to The Philatelic Communicator Inspiration, Creativity, and Originality By Barbara R. Mueller By Barbara L. Anderson EditorKen’s request forthisretrospectiveonmy editorshipof The illuminating spark of creativity that lies deep within all of the PC has proved beneficial to me, because it made me survey us who enjoy putting pen to paper is an ember to be nurtured. those eight years as a unit, 1981 to 1988. It seems that from the Originality is W d to come by and as they say, there’s nothing very outsetJoe Frye, my immediatepredecessor, was alwaysmy

6 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. strongrightarm, notonlytaking care oflayoutandproductionbut in writingJenny/, along with some good give-and-take aboutthe also generously giving encouragement and advice. proper spelling of premier(e) gravure by Susan McDonald and "Aat period was one of pr^uction experimentation, as Joe Henry Beecher. One ofthe 1987issues also carried eightpages of tried his hand at increasingly sophisticated methods of typesetting the FIP revised guidelines for philatelic literature competi- and ventured into computerized desktop publishing. Therefore, tions—which brings up a major concern: wenever really achiev^ theuniformityof ‘Took’’thatalleditors It seems to me that an inordinate amoimt of space was taken desire, norwerewewithoutfrustratingtypos anderrors inlayout. up with such competitions—announcements about forthcoming Aside from these externals, the other obvious change during events, lists ofwinners at past events. At the time I probably was my tenurewas inname—from the NewsBulletin to The Philatelic happy to get this copy to fill space but in an ideal world that space Communicator effective with the First Quarter 1987 issue. (And could have been better filled by truly practical material. There we also changed the dating system from a designation by month exists in my mind, at least, doubts about the WU30 role in tooneby quarters effectivewith the firstissue of 1984.) Forgive conq)etitive exhibiting. Is it incidental to our mission or is it the my boasting, butitis a fact thatthename changewas made atmy primary thrust? Is competitive exhibiting as presently set up insistence to better reflect what we, as a Unit, shouldbe doing. conducive to the improvement of the. craft? I tend toward a But in asking for this review, Ken specified comments on negative view. accomplishments and aggravations, as well as my methods of In thisvein, I proposed in the First Qllarter 1988 issue anew getting copy and filling up all those empty pages. Regarding the category for literature competitions, borrowed from the Numis- latter, I must compliment Ken for quickly establishing a system matic Literary Guild—“ the best portfolio of work in several of themes for each issue and setting firm deadlines for the media” in a given time span by one person. Such a portfolio submission of copy. After 30 years in non-profit philatelic wouldconsistof, perhaps, aserious study, alightcommentary for publishing, I can positively state that such a system is most the philatelic press, an article or column for the lay press, difficult to achieve. Volunteer writers, usually busy with other editorship of a periodical or book, authorship of a book, a slide philatelicactivities, are notusually not^ for punctuality. Since I program or video, a lecture, stillphotography, technical photog- neverwas ableto crackthewhipoverthem, Inever eventried for raphy, etc. I believe the existence of such a comprehensive the planned, thematic approach. I took what I got, all the while category would stimulate the development of more versatile lool^g forappropriatebits ofnews and hints aboutjournalism in communicators, and so my proposal still stands. general, culled fromeverything from The New York Times to The In that issue I also toyed with the idea of a “ member re- Model Railroader. source” feature, envisioning this on a free basis—no advertising Minewas an extemporaneous, ad hoc approach, with the only format or charges, no commercial offers of specific products or themes, ifthey may be called that, dealing with upcomingWU30 philatelic material—but a clearing house through which members events and exWbitions, togetherwith lists ofwinners at the latter. may direct requests for help in writing and research projects; Several times I tried to get something going on the theme of solicit technical aid in photography, graphic arts, or computer photojournalismbecauseI feltand still feel thatboth thecommer- services; and offer other services such as typing, indexing, etc. cial and society press are woefully lacking in this area. We need Again, that proposal still stands. some professional instruction in photographic reportage, aside Yet I am happy that the PC won some recognition during my from merely illustrating technical articles. Look at the Monday tenure, although I was never satisfied. By the time the last issue morning editions of metropolitan newspapers after a big football of 1988 came up, itwas obviousthata fresh outlookwasneeded. Sunday—crammed with pictures of game action. Yet too many Certainly, there was no mistaking the change—from my milque- philateliceditorspersist in the beliefthatnobody cares whatwent toast, don’t-offend-anyone approach to an aggressive, investiga- on at thisPex or that a week later. tive reporting style that immediately gain^ national attention And, ofcourse, with the rapid growthofcamcorderusage, we (which some felt was unwelcome) for the PC. As a former editor, need some good ideas on using these devices to create a new I can truly state thatI anticipateeach new issue, confident that in method of philatelic communication—the video. I recall seeing it will be some “juicy” reading. I don’t have the stomach for RonMitchell’s ‘‘Denver Eagles’’pioneeringvideoat theRompex 84 spring APS meeting and imme^ately resolving to cheerlead a controversy;it’sgoodthatKenhas. D drive for more ofthis. Butno luck. How to be An Editor—Part H In my initial issue. Fall 1981, we brought up the difference By Joe F. Frye between book reviews and book news. That elicited some immediate responses but no consensus. The book news-type Now to the basics of producing ajournal. I detest the term feature continuedwith “Browser’s Bookcase” and “Joe’s Paper newsletter. For one thing it wastes 30 percent of the space Pile.” Indeed, call them what you will, reviews continued to be compared to the shorter word. It has connotations of traveling an important part ofall my issues, as they do today. Whether they inside an envelope, for another. really are worth the space they take is another matter. My thesaurus in WordPerfect 5.1 includes ‘‘loathe’’as one of Atthesame timeI proposed a ‘‘ProductionLine’’typefeature the synonyms for detest. Perhaps Ken Lawrence will sic (as in and a survey of pay scales for philatelic writing. Both objectives instructing one’s canine to perform a fimction . . .) me—or were partially met. In late 1982 Dick Sinebegan the features on someone else—onto the usages of loathe with and without the e. word processing/computer use. In 1984 Bob de Violini took up No, Pigpen, we’re not discussing a loath ofbread. this subject, which still strikes a responsive chord among readers. The major problem I had as an editor of this or that was In 1984 and 1985 we p rin t^ transcripts of the lecture getting something to publish. Whether it was interesting to more presentationsmade atvariousWU30 seminars; somehowthrough than a few readers; of anything approaching value for an entire the years such projects seem to have fallen by the wayside. But week, much less archival; even if it carried the seeds of its own other practical info on “tools for the journalist” ranging from obscurity—something to fill that yawning white space was an authors’ guides to hints for mailers by Ken Trettin and Henry always present necessity. Beecher took up the slack. After the begging, pleading, arm-twisting, and write-nearly- The first issue of 1987 sported the new name with a plea to all-of-it-yourselfwas done, thenextacton thestagewasto choose make ours ajournal covering more thanjust print media. In that the sequence—the dramatis persorue of the text. year we had a major article by George Amick on his experiences ► >

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. 7 My choice usually ran to*Jjlacing the most obviously neces- Finding and acquiring manuscriptshas always been aprimary sary-to-publish informationon page one—imtil that category was responsibilityof the editorialboard. WhileI had been agovernor exhaust^; then(usuallythelongestfirst, andindescending order of the Collectors Club for a number of years, I stilldidnothave of size to the end) articles; with general announcements used as an extensive network of contacts who could be called upon for themortar to fillthechinksbetweenthebricks and smearoverthe articles. DonHaverbeck, a former CCP editor and member of the rough spots. editorial board, provided invaluable assistance in pointing me to After including everything from everyone else, it was time to potentialcontributors. Every new editor shouldbe so lucl^ as to write enoughfill tomake the issuean evensize. I remember only have such assistance! twice having to publish anything with more than a tiny spot of One source of materials became apparent. I began to keep “whitespace,” or, in my ownparlance, “ wasted” space. track of those who had exhibited and won significant awards. It When you begin the task of filling up space with your own seemed that these individuals would be interested in sharing the writings, give a bit of thought to the topic(s) you think might be results of their studies and discoveries. I soon foimd that only a of more than passing interest to your readers. small portion of this populationwas motivated in this direction, I can hold forth for several reams of valuable information, but of those, many would provide some of the memorable series general data, and down the scale to trivia on my lifelong interest that we have published. in f------s. (I won’t start another fightwith anyone by mentioning One of the areas that seemed to lack coverage was the that—much-maligned, almost universally-misimderstood, and extensive survey of particular subjects. I asked the question of favoritewhippingboy of the liberal media—word. I put the “s” these contributors: “ What is significant about your collecting on the end to avoid confusion with the deservedly infamous “ f- subject? Why would someonewant to collect yourarea?” Those word.”) Perhaps one percent of the readers would have some who responded were quite willing to share their enthusiasm. interestinwhatIhave to say on the subjectoff-----s. Theothers’ An early problem to be overcome was that of printers. One reactionwouldrangefromboredom—andomissionofperusal—to such thatwe had used seemed tohave lost interestin our account. downright crusading wrath and a pox upon my house. Quality had slipped, costs had escalated, and the owners seemed The point is that, while I have a subject on which I can write unconcerned. We tried a broker, who offered some editorial and prolifically, itisnot necessarily suitable to thepurposeunless the layout services as well as contracting out the printing. This journal where it will appear is at least slanted in the direction of resulted in many sleepless nights as meeting &e production f----- s. schedule was often a problem. While we never failed to meet a Give your readers a break. Write something they might be deadline, it was often a close-run thing. After the broker became interested in reading. If they benefit from it, fine. If they are occupied in a law suit, attention to our efforts waned. It was at entertained, even better. If they really enjoy it and mention it to this time we tried to promote wider disseminationof the magazine others in word or print, hallelujah! to news outlets and bookstores, with negligible results. Now we’ve filled as much space as is available with (1) the At the same time, we experience a significant mailing textcontributedby othersthanoneselfand (2)one’sownproduce. problem thatpersuaded me to moveproductionoutofNewYork. The next step is to put the thing in as neat and correctly- We would package up the magazine and cart it to the mail post spelled condition as reasonable effort will allow. office. At Ae time, it was mailed as a third class publication. The editing, assembly, proofreading, and camera-ready When a dock supervisor at the post office stuck out his hand for production will be the subject of my next column. □ a gratuity to ensure expeditioushandling, I knew it was time to move. Learning to Edit Takes Time About this time, Jim DeVoss enlightened me in the mysteries By Gene Fricks of second-class mailing. Postal charges were less and handling seemed to be faster. Although the paperwork to obtain and Joe Frye’sinvitation(challenge?) to describe our early efforts maintain a second class permit is a bitofa burden, the savings to to learn to edit struck a note, so I will rise to the bait. Having our membership have b ^ n substantial and well worth the effort. served atthehelmofthe Collectors Club Philatelist for almost 14 A fair portion of the cost of publishing the CCP is borne by years, I think I have encountered almost every situation that can our advertisers. Consequently, the care and feeding of a stable of face a wielder ofa blue pencil. However, each new situationhas advertisers represented a new experience for me. I determined provided an opportunity to learn something new. that our advertisers deserved a high quality vehicle to showcase When Alex Rendon asked me to assume the post, the CCPwas their offerings as well as a dependable, regular publication behind schedule and had experienced significant problems. My schedule. On a number of occasions we have run multicolored only experience had been publishing the New Jersey Postal ads; these taught me about color separations and the opportunities History Society’s journal, up to that time produced by mimeo. that offered to piggyback some iimovations in the articles. Going to a typeset magazine represented a quantum jump, Occasionally today the printer’s gremlin sneaks into the print- especially as I had no background. Fortunately, I had Dave shop. When I do notcatch him, the results havebeen embarrass- Lidman as mentor. At the time, Dave and I served on the APS ing and sometimes hilarious. As collector tastes have evolved, we Board ofVice Presidents andwe had many opportunitiesto meet. have tried to open our pages to subjects that represent a departure Dave first taught»me to size photographs, using some basic from traditional practice. Once in a while, we obtain a thematic proportional techmques. Only later would I learn about print article; I wish we had more. We put forth a standing offer to sizing wheels and theUseofcalculators. Gaining a sense ofgood co-printarticleswith the small specialists’journals, with the CCP layout andpage design took some time. Daveprovided me several picking up the tab for typesetting. books on the subject and pointed out examples to follow. Many editors, I suspect, have had to steal time from other Having been around for over 50 years, the CCP represented activities to produce their publications. Most ofus do not perform a proud tradition of serving a sophisticated philatelic audience. this as a full-time occupation. Most of us are fully employed; as Change comes slowly to institutions and this one was no excep- careers evolve and more responsibilities intrude, this b ^ m e s tion. The CCP has always had an editorial philosophy of serving more difficult. Learning time-management and using every up serious philatelic studies, often those that might have no other available moment productively has been a valuablelesson, at least outlets. The personal computer revolutionwasjustbeginning and in my case. Even during thatperiodwhen I was recalled toactive the proliferation of specialist groups’ publications was several duty for Desert Storm, work on the CCP continued, thanks in years in the future.

8 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. large part to Express Mail and a proactive, dedicated printer. One In the short time I’ve been involved with philately, I’ve learns to treasure the relationship with such people. noticed a lot gets glossed over by the stamps-are-fun people, The lessons continue and our publication continues to evolve especially in the knowledge area. along with philately. Like the maturing of fine wine, editing skill I like your writing and editorship of the Communicator. You is a combination of time and favorable conditions. □ seem to have quieted down some, I hope not to the point of inertia. After all, you are the younger generation and have to kick Letters some a*’"[George Bush word] at times. The old f"*** [guess again], old guard, older generationhave D’ Alexander D. Kroo: Nous avons remarqud a la page 77 du tomoveover. Whethertheylikeit ornot, new is comingat them. Philatelic Communicator T l . 98/1992 unbref article deM. Stuart I’m 50. Only in stamp collecting can that age be considered Morrissey, vice-prdsident de la Maison Scott Publishing Co., fortement offensant pour 1’ASCAT. young. Veuillez bien publier dans le prochain numero de votre Editor’s note: Right. I’m 50 too, going on 16. □ magazine la precision suivante: From Ken Stewart: The Philatelic Communicator ioh&the 1) les nouvelles de «source russe,» relatees par Otto Homung mostinterestingjournal I received. I usedto look forward to each dans le Philatelic Exporter de Septembre 1992, au sujet de la and every issue. Then the ‘‘say only goodj^gs and don’thave politique d’6mission de I’ex-URSS, diffuses au cours d’une an opinion” crowd got hold of the organization, and now The reunion de1’ASCAT, ont 6t&immidiatement dementies par toutes Philatelic Communicator is getting more boring with each issue. les parties concemdes et reportds par lapresse intemationale (voir The last issue was at the two-yawn stage, saved only by a little annexes). sarcasm in several places. ‘‘Everyone” screamed about all the 2) le commentaire finalesur ce sujet exprimdpar M. Morrissey, personal back-biting and how theywanted articles thatwouldhelp soit: «I smelled a rat because Otto had sourced the quote to a them leam to write. Well, all the how-to articles are nothing more recent ASCAT meeting. Scott is not a member ofASCAT, and its (with very few exceptions) than puffery and self-promotion. public opposition to ASCAT policies are a matter of record,* est Sorry, but thepersonal fightswere a lot more interesting and done tout-k-fait inutile, car parvd de tout fondement. heck of a lot more educational. The boring people of the world Ces ddclarations, dictees uniquement pour esprit de «protag- have won another round. onisme,* se rallient k la constante opposition de la Scott Publish- There was nothing in the last Philatelic Communicator that ing Co. vers toutes les initiatives de 1’ASCAT, mdme les meill- would attract anyone to the hobby, and therewas much thatwould eures et d’intdret international. encourage themto collect baseball cards. What insufferable snobs Tout en remerciant de votre attention, nous vous prions so many of the philatelic writers are. □ d’agrder nos sinckres salutations. Excerpted by permission from The Clermont Collector. □ [Translation follows.] From Barbara L. Anderson: I began a subscription to The From AlexanderD. Kroo: Wenoticed onpage 77 oftheFourth Philatelic Communicator late this past year, and I’m thoroughly Quarter 1992 Philatelic Communicator a brief article by Mr. enjoying the free give and take in its pages. I’ve published a total Stuart Morrissey, vice president of the Scott Publishing Compa- of 14 articles in the philatelic press in the last two years, not a ny, which is strongly offensive to ASCAT. large amount by some standards, but I’ve only put forth serious Wouldyoupleasepublishin thenexteditionofyourmagazine effort in the last few months. the following: I’ve also published numerous pieces in postcard publications, 1. The news ofa Russian source as stated by Otto Homung in the and I’m currently attempting to reach out to the non-philatelicand September 1992 edition of Philatelic Exporter on the subject of non-postcard press. □ theissues oftheex-USSR supposedlyemanating from an ASCAT From Stephen G. Esrati: I received a $25 check for my ‘‘Alien meeting has been immediately denied by all concerned parties and report^ by the international press. Ink” article in U.S. Stamps <6 Postal History. I wrote for the magazine after being told by Randy Neil at Chicago that it would 2. The filial comment on the subject by Mr. Morrissey, i.e., “I pay comparably to other plulatelic magazines. smelled a rat because Otto had sourced the quote to a recent On that assumption, I suggested several other ideas for ASCAT meeting. Scott is not a member ofASCAT, and its public possible publication. Butwhen the check arrived, I was rather put opposition to ASCAT policies are a matter of record,” is totally out and wrote John Hotchner that I found the payment inadequate, without foundation. mentioning what Linn's Stamp World used to pay. These statements have been made solely to antagonize and Hotchner replied by postcard, saying that he thought Stamp reinforce Scott Publishing Company’s constant opposition to World had overpaid, and, anyway, it’s academic since Stamp ASCAT’s initiatives, even those that are taken in the best World went belly up. international interest. □ For the record, I believe Stamp World went out of business Editor's note: Alexander D. Kroo is Secretary General of because it couldn’t break the system used for putting magazines ASCAT, The International AssociationofStamp CatalogEditors. on news stands, that being what its aim was. □ The ‘‘article’’and quotation he attributes to Stuart Morrissey are From Gene Fricks: Amen to ‘‘Cast Out the Whiches ” ! both clearly mine, not Stu’s. In the copy of my column Kroo I am not certain of the famous English writer who first attached to his letter, someone actually wrote in quotation marks observed that Americans did not know the difference between around my sentence, puttingit in Stu’s mouth. This, however, is which and that. However, it has raised my sensitivity to the the least of ASCAT’s recent affronts to sensibility. □ distinction. From Steve K ri^er: You wrote something about Roberto One of my most time-consuming tasks in editing the Collec- Rosende and thePhilatelic Foundation, but not in any detail. Does tors Club Philatelist is trying to catch all the whiches that don’t that kind of informationjust get around certain circles? I’m not fit. It is also interesting how many authors get bent and exercised necessarily looking for bad news; I would like to know what goes in my changing their grammar. □ on—all of it. From Kenneth Rowe: Itwas pleasant meeting you at PhiZ/Vexin Everybody says to get all the information you can, then they November. In the meantime I have taken your and Charlie’s act likeImowledge and research are dirty words. Stamp collecting suggestion and rejoined WU30. is supposed to be fun, fun, fun, and that’s all.

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. 9 AsI told Charlie, I resign^ several years ago duringaperiod Many of the biographies are accompanied by photos of the when WU30 and two other competing organizations were filling individuals. Just a few of the distinguished honorees profiled in dieir journals with criticisms of each other and the main aim of these pages are Nils Strandell, Alfred F. Lichtenstein, James each was to obtain free admission to any stamp exhibition! I hope Starr, HiramDeats, HenryRevellHarmer, J. Schmidt-Andersen, we don’t get into that sort of thingagain. Gerald E. Wellbum, Henry R. Holmes, MauriceBurrus, JohnR. I read your “ Cast Out the Whiches” and in response to Boker, Soichi Ichida, Enzo Diena, Enrique Martin de Bustamen- writers using which as a relative pronoun when that would be te, and Harry L. Lindquist. correct, I can only say that that that, that thatwriter used should The listing concludes with the five honorees named in 1989. havebeena‘‘which’’! o The entry forJamesR.W. Purvis, who signed in 1937, pointsout From RussellH. Anderson: I gotquiteachargefrom ‘‘CastOut that he was the youngest signer at the age of 36. The listing is the Whiches” and Joe Frye’s “Not Sold In Stores” follow-up. presented chronologically by the year in which the signers were The reason: I taught Industrial Arts for some 34-plus years and named, alongwith thelocationofthePhilatelicCongress meeting endured the taimts of what we called the ‘‘grammarmasters” that that year. The Congress itself was established in 1909 but was us “wood butchers, tin knockers, and grease monkeys couldn’t dissolved in 1976 tobe replaced, alongwith mostactivitiesofthe spell, let alone write.” I have however noticed thatI am one of BritishPhilatelicAssociation, by theBritishPhilatelicFederation. the very few (now retired) on a very large faculty that has been The Federation itself is now in deep financial trouble, and published. suspended publication of its journal Stamp Mail. The BPF is Obviously most of my articles are on Scandinavian subjects regrouping to decide whether it should continue and if so what its for Stamp Collector, a while back for Linn's, and a batch of purposes shall be. A brief glossary lists some of the major quarterlies and club papers. Most are concerned with promoting philatelicsocieties, and theme^ls and awards conferredby some die collection of Scandinavia and are in the popular vein rather of these organizations. The index presents the signatories than scholarly research. alphabetically so thatthe book is a quick reference to someofthe I do not fit into the group ofphilatelic writers whose income major players in the history ofphilately. depends at least in part on their writing. What littleI receive for The book is exceptionally well boimd and printed with clear occasional articles is a supplement to a reasonable (so far) illustrations. Author A. Ronald Butler was named to the roll in retirement income fi'om teaching, plus a very few minor invest- 1975. He specialized in Australia and served as librarian of the ments. RPS for twenty years. As a member of the Board ofElection of The review of U.S. Stamps & Postal History was of interest, the Roll he has been close to the process and has provided a as my first article for it appeared in the third issue. valuable reference source for philatelic historians. □ "^e Communicator is one of three incoming publications I read cover to cover. Time and Fitie Woodworking are the others. A New Session of Congress I just sent a photostat of “ How to Edit a Society Journal” to a by Charles J. Peterson The Congress Book 1992 [spine title: 58th American Philatelic club president in West Australia at his request. He is thinking of joining up. □ Congress Book\, edited by Michel Forand. 7 '4 by 10 inches, iii -1- 187 numbered pages, hard cover. ISBN 0-929333-16-0. From the American Philatelic Congress, % Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Russell V. Skavaril, 222 East Torrence Road, Columbus, OH Reviews 43214-3834. Nearly 70 Years of Distinguished Philately This is the first full year at the helm for editor Forand, who By Alan Warren took over from Barbara Mueller on the 57th edition, and he has acquitted himselfwith distinction. The Roll o fDistinguished Philatelists by A. Ronald Butler, 7 by Content is commendably diversified, by philatelic discipline 10 inches, hardboimd, 212 + xii pages. The British Philatelic as well as by geographic scope. The nine articles cover: postal Federation, London, 1990. £60 postpaid from James Bendon markings of Columbus, Ohio (Richard Graham); a timely and Ltd., P.O. Box 6484, Limassol, Cyprus. seminal examination of the cause of the U.S. 2-cent Columbian Since 1921 over 300 outstanding members of the philatelic “broken hat” variety (Thomas Corette); Varro Tyler’s compre- community have been invited to sign England’s Roll of Distin- hensive examination of Dumonteuil-produced forgeries of guishedPhilatelists. The firstofmany signatorieswas none other Colombia; Caribbean purser mail of the HAPAG Line (Roger dian His Majesty King George V. The list contains many familiar Schnell); Haiti’s Cap-Haltien provisional marking of 1889 (L. names as well as some thatare noteasily recognized. Tlieidea of Wallace Dean III); Janet King’s mini-monograph on Tonga’s starting a roll tohonor thosewhohadworkedhard to advance the Queen Salote definitives of 1920-49; an extensive listing and hobby of stamp collecting was conceived by Percy C. Bishop of identification of medical personalities commemorated by post- the London Stamp Club in 1919. marks and cachets from the USSRe/ief(GeorgeGriffenhagen and The honor contrasted with the medals offered by several other Adolf W. Schwartz); Russia’s 1914-15 semi-postals (George organizations. BisBep’s actual idea was to present a philatelic Shalimoffand Paul Blake); and the history/postal history of the order of merit with a suitablediploma. The firstjury considered 1881-84 Lady Franklin Bay polar expedition (Hal Vogel). While none appear to be “ reach out and grab you” pieces, there’s 91 philatelists for the honor and decided to confer the order of definitely no fluff or off-the-top-of-the-head fare—it’s all solid merit on 25 of them. At the outset a list of 43 distinguished research and reference material. philatelists were designated as “ foxmding fathers,” and their Layoutis attractive and appropriate; in fact, Forand hasmade names appear as a frame around the scroll. some thoughtful improvements. All articles start recto, with full Since 1921, from one to five philatelists were selected each physical separationofarticles. A bolderactionwas his movement year tojoin theranks ofdistinctionwiththeexceptionoftheyears of all Congress internal matters (annual report, chronologies, 1941 to 1945. The bulk of the text is devoted to capsule biogra- awards, patrons and sustaining members, etc.) from the front of phies ofthe signers, indicating their years ofbirth and death, and the book to the back. While the APC may have begunin 1935as country. The sketcheshighlighttheir collectinginterests and name an emulation of the British Philatelic Congress, it’s been a long various offices they held in organized philately. time sincethe primary emphasis hasbeen on personal presentation

10 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. and discussionofpapers at the annual meeting. Instead, the chief an “enhanced” table of contents that includes a descriptive sub- functionofthe APC has been thepublication ofphilatelic articles title for each article. (In the case of Piller’s, it is “The 3C 1857 in book form. Transforming the format of the current volume Type I Pair Imperforate Vertically.”) He has also continued the from that of seminar proceedings to one of a stand-alone book practice begun with number IV of including an index to the provides a long-overdue acknowledgment of reality. volume. Finally, the book is remarkably clean with respect to consis- Other Odenweller innovations are a “ meet the authors” tency of style and to misspellings/typos. I subjected it to a sectionat the endofthebookand abriefpreface aboutthe subject particularly close reading, and could only find fcee quibbles, ofeach articles. These “teasers” average about four linesbut in none ofwhich affected understanding. (In fact, they’re so easy to the case of the second of Roy White’s articles, “ Analysis of miss that I’ll identify the pages, and will send a philatelic reward Cancellation Inks as Determining Factors in Authentication of to the first reader to describe them to me correctly. There’s one Rare Covers,” the teaser requires ten lines. mistake, misspelling or typographical error on page 39, another Anotherauthor with multiplearticles in this volume is Jerome on page 65, and yet another on page 181.) Wagshal, who has a triple play with dissertations on types of the In summary, it’s a very good production, which I have no 10 1851-57 and a fake of the 100 1855!* In the introduction to hesitation in recommending to any serious philatelist. It’s also Wagshal’s “Plate Four—The UnfinishedJ^ork,” editor Oden- clear confinnation of Michel Forand’s prowess as a philatelic weller points out the truth that “ good research work is a continu- editor, and assurance that the Congress Book continues in good ing process” and that even such students as Neinken knew the hands. □ value of publishing findings that were admittedly not complete “as a pointof ongoing study for the studentswho follow.” It is Expertizing Adventures often very difficult to convince egotistical authors to publish By Barbara R. Mueller before they reach their lofty, usually imattainable, goal of having Opinions VI Philatelic Expertizing—An Inside View edited by the last word. Robert P. Odenweller. 714 by 1014 inches, 236 pages, hard In this volume of Opimo/w there are 11 “ foreign” articles, 19 cover. ISBN0-911989-25-0.Publishedby The PhilatelicFoimda- U.S., and two on general subjects, proportions quite in keeping tion, 213 E. 40th St., New York, NY 10016. $35 postpaid, $26 with the earlier volumes. Philatelic writers will, or should, recall for members. that the first five were recapped in the unusual volume Complete Abstracts and Index for the 187 articles in the series to that point. I consider myself a Clifton Fadiman-type reviewer, not an The abstracts, an innovation in philatelic publishing, are short, Edmund Wilson. In an interview published recently in the concise summaries of the major points of each article with Chicago Tribune,, Fadiman—the “ multimedia man of let- reduced photos of the key items discussed. ters’’—compared his approach to book reviewing with that of All six volumes plus the Abstracts comprise valuable shelf Wilson, his successor at The New Yorker, whom he called “ a references forthephilatelicjoumalistwho dealswiththetechnical greatcritic, whichI wasnot. He felthisjob was to say something aspects of stamps and postal history, especially U.S. material. profoundaboutabookthathappened tointeresthim. I thoughtmy There is littleof interest for thematicists, however. They may find job was to be a guide, to bring to the attention of readers whatever more in the American Philatelic Congress series of books. books were most lively and interesting, whether or not they Indeed, I do take issue with a statement made inAbstracts that appealed to me personally. ’’ “ there is probably no single series of works with more essential Well, Opinions VI is lively and interesting, and it does appeal information for the specialist or serious philatelist.” Yes, to me personally, so I am bringing it to your attention in a non- Opinions is great but the APC series should not be overlooked, technical review. If you need a review written as a critique of the either. For the past 40 years of their half-century-plus existence, specialized philatelic contents of each article, I refer you to Calvet the Congress books have offered just as great a variety of Hahn’s long discourse in the Collectors Club Philatelist of information and in much greater depth, with emphasis on November/December 1992. referencing and bibliography, not strong points in the Opinions The primary thrust of the Opinions series has always been book. expertizing and the close study it requires. The subject has been There is room for both series in philately. We can only hope dealt with from two viewpoints—the problems involved in that the recent difficultiesexperience by the Foundationwillnot expertizing a specific, individual item or “ patient,” as the impede the production of an Opinions W/. □ Foundation prefers, and general considerations related to the actual process of expertizing a given item. Opinions VI, like its What Happened to the Other Half, Clyde? predecessors, has some of each kind, with essays on the specific By Ken Lawrence items in the majority. Some of the 32 articles have appeared previously in other The Half—A Collection by Clyde Jennings. Booklet reprint of works. For example, Roy White’s “ Methods for Determining articles that appeared in The United States Specialist firom Physical Properties and Chemical Composition of Stamp Papers February 1991 through June 1992. 93 pages, 6 by 9 inches, in the Expertizing Process” (with emphasis on the U.S. 1894- saddle stitched, soft cover. Limited distribution by the author. 1909period)waspublishedinpartin The UnitedStates Specialist. Clyde Jennings is without peer as the stamp hobby’s premier “Reperforation” by the Expert Committee was u s ^ in the showman. Generations of U.S. stamp collectors have been enter- Autunrn 1991 issue of the Philatelic Foundation Quarterly. tained by Clyde’s presentations of awesome material, from his Wallace Beardsley’s “ Hawaiian Headache: Is This Stamp a “ centers of interest” featuring the most spectacular classic U.S. Genuine Imperf?” ran in the July/December 1989 and Janu- error stamps, to his display of rare and unique color cancels. ary/March 1990 issues of the Quarterly. And Stanley Piller’s For his part, Clyde has not been modest about his philatelic “Three Strikes and You’re Out” is essentially the same as the accomplishments, and his place in the hobby’s history has been article intheJanuary/June 1989 issue with some editorial touching secured at least as much by self-promotion as by obeying the rules up—“ occassions” to occasions, etc. Incidentally, the Philatelic (many of which, including the unwritten ones, he himself Foundation Bulletin became the Quarterly in January 1990. created). In short, when dealing with Clyde Jennings, stamp The title of Piller’s article is typical of too many in the showman, we really are dealing with a man who is a legend in his Opinionsseries—cutesy/cryptic and confounding to the searching own time. student. Fortunately, editor Odenweller has provided what I call >■ >

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. 11 However, as one ofClyde’s friends haspointedoutto me, he overprinted to reflect the new value, but an earlier attempt to is also expert at sidestepping the very standards he applies overprint envelopes already sold to the public had led to a fiasco, rigorouslytoothers’exhibits, andmanyofhispromotionalefforts so this time a stamp was issued.) are as much exercises in misdirectionas philateliceducation—not Clyde treats this usage as an afterthought, not as the stamp’s only drawing attentionto the strong points ofwhathe shows, but reason for existence. I asked one of thejudges who awarded it a also drawing attention away from serious weaknesses. Keep the gold and reserve grand how that could be. “ It’s probably audience laughing, with flieir eyes fixed on the magician’s common,” he said. “ It’s more important for him to show off scantily-clad nymphet helper, and they won’t ever notice as he rarities” (such as the large die proof, use on flown airship mail, slips the ace out ofhis coatsleeve, or the rabbit into his hat. Thus, and so forth). in evaluating philatelic literature, it’s important to differentiate Well, the truth is, the intended usage isn’t common, but between entertainment and instruction. ,philatelicjudges often know only as much about a subject as the The textunderreviewhere inpan^hletformwaswithoutpeer exhibitor tells them, so Clyde slid by on that one. But in a as the most popular series of articles that appeared in The United publication that claims to be complete, and does indeed include States Specialist during Charles Yeager’s editorship. In essence material that the author doesn’t own and can’t show, the reason it is a narrative account of Clyde Jennings’s exhibit of the same why this denomination came to exist in the first place ought to be title, entered in competitionunder his son Jay’s name. right there at the beginning. It isn’t mentioned. Theexhibithas garnered gold medals in nationalcompetition, That’s thebiggestomissionI noticed, butthereare acoupleof and even areserve grandaward last yearat IndypexinIndianapo- lis. Itwasinthe Court ofHonoratWorld ColumbianStampExpo analytical problems in the text also. Clyde shows a precanceled 2V4-cent stamped envelope with an added precanceled '/4-cent in Chicago. Benjamin F ra^lin stamp in the Liberty series, then discredits it In my opinion the exhibit might merit a high award, perhaps a vermeil medal, since it does include some scarce, important with the observation, “ There has never been a three-cent bulk- material. However, if this exhibit belonged to someone else, and mail rate for a single piece ofthird-class mail.” Clyde were tojudge it, he probably wouldn’tgive it more than a The statement is true, but the usage is legitimate. When the silver. A silver medal was the award given to this pamphlet rate rose from 2V^ cents to 2% cents, the only way to use up the version by the Colopex and Chicagopexjuries. oldpostal stationerywas to overpay thepostage, becausein those I haven’t been a member of anyjury thatjudged either the days false franking wasn’t allowed, mixing stamped paper and exhibit or the pamphlet, so I don’t know what criteria they meterswasn’t allowed, andsurplus special-orderpostalstationery applied. It is clear to me, though, that both are deficient in two couldn’t be returned for a reftmd. areas—completion, and philatelic knowledge—and I suspect Clyde has been unable to show a legitimate usage of the bi- Clyde knows it. color 'A-ceat postage due stamp of 1959, Scott No. J88. To solve TheHalfcovers ten United States and two Canal Zone 'A-ceat his exhibition dilemma, he placed a large display advertisement stamps. Clyde claims this makes the collection, the exhibit, and in Linn’s, offering a $500 reward “for the first cover sent to me the pamphlet about them “complete,” stressing that he’s a showing legitimate usage during proper time period,” and failed ‘‘purist’’in thatregard, having treatedeven a distinctcolorshade to get any takers, nor even any evidence that such a cover exists. as a separate stamp. That tactic overcame his concern that he’d be downgraded for This is strictly a postage and postage due stamp exhibit; it failingtoshowthe stamp properly used, butonce again, itdoesn’t includesno revenues. But Clyde has not explained anywhere why meet the more rigorous requirement of good literature. WTiyare the Vi-cent postage stamps of one foreign territory formerly there no covers bearing that stamp? is the author’s burden to governed by the United States, the Panama Canal Zone, shouldbe answer. included, while those of another, the Ryukyu Islands of Japan The one conceivable legitimate use for that V4-cent postage (Okinawa), should not. due stamp on cover—an imderpaid third-class mailpieceweighing I canhear theJeimings trademark critiquenow: “You should between two and four ounces (4'A-cent rate) delivered before have called it ‘U.S. Half-Cent Issues of North and Central January 7, 1963—is implausible, and it’s unlikely the stamp was America,’ or some such.” (Actually, thatwouldn’t work either, issued for that purpose. The recipient would have had to pay at since Clyde has included otily two of the Canal Zone’s three Vi- least a penny, receiving a Vi-cent definitive stamp in change plus cent issues, as other critics have pointedout. He omitted the ’/i- the canceled Vi-centpostagedue on cover, andbothofthesewere cent orange George W. Davis stamp of 1948, Canal Zone Scott stamps that had limited distribution from 1959 on. No. 136.) “You’llnever getagoldas longas mostofyour covers I think the last '/i-cent postage due stamp was issued for are philatelic souvenirs. Replace them with commercial usages. ’’ internal post office use, on bulk mail deposit account forms, at Personally, I’mnot fondofthe “gotcha’’school ofexhibition receiving post offices too small to qualify for postage meters. critiques—butClydeJennings is, soI think thesewould havebeen (Commercial minimum per piece third-class bulk rate was 2Vi fair points to make regarding his exhibit. They are of negligible cents until January 6, 1963.) Unlike business reply mail postage importance in evaluating plulatelic literature, though. If Clyde due receipts, which are presented to the account holder, these wantshispam phlet coverjust 12UnitedStatesandCanal Zone sheets would have been retained by the post office; the only way stamps, why should anyone complain? If philatelic covers make such usages would get out would be as waste paper. good illustrations, shbw them. Here again, exhibition requirements have interfered with the In other respects, the requirements of philatelic literature are discipline of good philatelic research and publication. Yet, as I stiffer than those for philatelic exhibitors. You can get a high wrote in the beginning, this text has been far more popular than award for your British Guiana exhibit even though it doesn’t any serious, scholarly material published in Ihe United States include the Penny Magenta, but you can’t omit it from the definitive monograph on the postage ofBritish Guiana. Specialist during the same period. The very first U.S. V4-cent stamp was the flat plate brown I suppose it all goes to prove that Clyde’s showmanship Nathan Hale definitive of 1925. It was issued for the specific displays deeper insights into the minds of collectors than many of purpose of revaluing 1-cent embossed stamped envelopes in us would like to acknowledge, whether it concerns exhibitingor possession of the public when the third-class minimum rate rose writing literature, and that even among specialists, entertainment fromonecent tooneandahalfcents. (Theunsoldenvelopes were value outweighs scholarly precision for most readers, whatever literature judges may think. □

12 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. Two “Thirds” ed. AvailablefromtheAmericanRevenueAssociation, Rockford, - By Janet King Iowa, 50468. $20 postpaid, $17 to members. U.S. Postmarks and Cancellations, The Philatelic Foundation Gene Kelly’s Catalog ofthe Fiscal Stamps of the Kantone and Seminar Series Textbook No. 3 edited by Scott R. Trepel. vii + Gemeinden ofSwitzerland. Vol. 5: Kanton ofBasel-Stadt and its 164 pages, 8V4 by 11 inches, soft cover. ISBN 0-911989-26-9. Gemeinden, by Gene Kelly. Looseleaf, plastic ring binding, 6 by $24.95 from The Philatelic Foundation, 21 East 40th Street, New 814 inches, 142 pages. From the author, Zelgstrasse 7, CH-8253 York, NY 10016. Diessenhofen, Switzerland, 40 Swiss francs or the equivalent postpaid ($28 U.S.; add $8.00 bank charges for checks). Linn’sHandbookSeries Volume 3, TheIntroductionto the Stamps In many respects, these two revenue books are similar. Both ofMexico by DalePulver. vi -I- 114pages. 8'/4 by 11 inches. $30 are quite specialized, both are authoritative, bothprovide roughly hard cover. ISBN 0-940403-48-X. $14.95 postpaid from Linn’s the same number ofpages, and both are in the same reasonable Stamp News, P.O. Box 29, Sidney, OH 45365-0029. pricerange. Andthere, forallpracticalpurposes, theequivalency It is very difficult to convince “ average” collectors to spend ends. The Combs publication does (almostXeverything right; the substantial dollars to buy the philatelic literature necessary to Kelly book does it wrong. expand their horizons and knowledge. This is why I applaud the Combs’s treatment of the subject is cleailj; laid out. He gives efforts of the Philatelic Foundation and Linn’s Stamp News in a thoroughpresentation of the historical and legal background to producing affordably-pricedhandbooks gearedtotheintermediate the embossed revenues in general and to the second issue in (alsoknown as ‘‘average’’) collector. Their twonewest offerings particular. This is followed by separate chapters on the papers, each represent the third installment in their respective series. the dies, the individual stamp values (by denomination, plus the rate stamps—covering characteristics of the primary stamp, the ThePhilatelicFoundation’s 17.S. Postmarks and Cancellations counterstamp, quantities, usage, unusual documents), types of beginswith a well thoughtout and attractively illustrated time line documents, usagecategories, and repeal ofvarious revenue taxes that paces postal developments within the greater context of with concomitant ending of the Second Revenue Issue period. historic events. A series of articles on the development and use of Eleven appendixes provide the text of applicable acts, notices and early postal markings, written by a variety ofauthors, follows the official letters, as well as statistical data on stamps shipped and on time line. These articles are edited transcripts of presentations hand. given by their authors at a seminar conducted by the Philatelic The book is extremely clean and attractive. Photography is Foundation in November 1990. The individual articles are nicely excellent; embossed images stand out in clear relief. Documen- illustrated and cover a variety of subjects revolving around the tation and sourcing are commendable. Typos seem to be non- theme of U.S. postmarks and cancellations. existent. (There is one likely misspelling: pages 15-16 show two The firstarticle, by Frank Mandel, traces the developmentof paper manufacturers, William [Wm.] Young andWilliam [Wm.] the handstamp from colonial times to 1900. Richard Frajola Duane. The probability in this case that “ Duane” is a transcrip- explains the private postal systems of the U.S. Richard Winter’s tion error is too high to let stand without amplification.) subject is exchange markings on Trans-Atlantic mails. Hubert If there is a systemic weakness in this book, it’s in the Skumer catalogs the cancellations and postmarks of New York stretching and redundancy which makes it seem bigger than it is. City from 1845to 1876. LouisGruninwrites aboutpostmarksand Of the XV-t-142 number^ pages, 13 are completely blank left- cancellations on adhesives. Henry Scheuer introduces the subject hand pages, and most end-of-chapter right-hand pages are less of early 20th century first day covers. The final two articles by than foil; type is 12 point on 14, with generous leading at sub- Scott Trepel involve fake fancy cancels and other markings. A chapters and sections. Additionally, a number of statements are helpful annotated bibliography follows each article. unnecessarily repeated. At worst, this is a distraction; certainly Because of the “seminar” format and the variety of authors, the author has given us an attractive, readable and definitive U.S. Postmarks and Cancellations contains some duplication and monograph, at a most reasonable and affordable price. overlapping of material. It is annoying when the book is viewed Gene Kelly provides unique, reliable catalog treatment of as a whole, but understandable if each article is considered as a Swissrevenues. Hehas researched the available officialdocumen- stand-alone presentation. tation, has an extensive reference collection, and can be safely Linn’s third entry in its handbook series is a wonderful considered as a (the?) leading authorityon this field. Unfortunate- introduction to collecting the stamps of Mexico. Dale Pulver’s ly, the catalogs themselves do not giveone a sense ofconfidence. text is extremely lucid, concise, and chock-full of helpful “how The current volume, like its predecessors, is produced by to” tips. Illustrations are plentiful, though farry in places. The photocopying typed text with paste-up illustrations (in Hawid- book is extracted in large part from Pulver’s Mexico column that style mounts). It’s a reasonably satisfactory method, and the appears regularly in Linn’s. reproduction quality is quite good. However, some illustrations The publication concentrates on definitive postage stamps have slipped, and space is not used effectively or aesthetically. fromtheearly, turbulentyears through themodem era. There are Text is set entirely in capital letters, and is not well spaced or sections onback-of-the-bookmaterial, postal history, and a useful aligned. The overall appearance is awkward and amateurish. appendix that serves as a checklist for the Exporta definitives, The book is riddM with misspellings, faulty grammar and 'j^ese fascinating stamps must surely rival Great Britain’s poor sentence structure. It also appears to suffer from typo- Machins for collectable varieties. graphical errors, although at times it’s difficult to tell what’s Pulver’s Introduction to the Stamps o f Mexico is a “ must incorrect writingand what’s a typo. Most German language terms have” for anyone who has even a slight interest in Mexican have been translated, but not all (e.g., Stempelmarken, Kontroll- philately, and it is interesting reading for those of us who simply bureau [alternatively, KontrolleBureau], Gantrodel); conversely, the English translation of the 1870 supplement to the Basel tax love stamps. □ regulations is clumsy as well as incorrect. Looking Twice at Revenues Comparison helps. All too often, authors and publishers (and by Charles J. Peterson reviewers as well) consider a printed work in isolation; if there’s any comparative evaluation, it involves the incremental changes Second Federal Issue 1801-1802: U.S. Embossed Revenue since the previousedition, or the challenge faced by the immol- Stamped Paper, by W.V. Combs. ISBN 0-945735-00-6. Hard ate competition for the same reader market. It’s instructive at boimd, 714 by 1014 inches, offset, xv -t- 142pages, well illustrat-

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99.- 13 times to look at somewhat comparable works in another field. In Norway’s Stamps the case of Combs’ study, good editing and production make it By Russell H. Anderson look even better—with Kelly’s catalogs, editing and production are deterrents, and undoubtedly prevent the works from getting Postens Frimerketjeneste (Norwegian Post Stamp Bureau, P.O. the serious attention they deserve. □ Box 3770, Gamlebyen N-0135, Oslo, Norway). U.S. and Canadian edition throughLighthousePublications, P.O. Box705, More French Pre-Adhesive Sea Mails Hackensack, NJ 07602-0705. By Ernst M. Cohn Six issues each year of this philatelic bureau publication Actualisation de Voutrage: Poste maritime prephilatelique - constitute a reference book on the new issues of Norway, Histoirepostale & catalogue -Editionde Mai 1990 (Updating of including both technical information and a detailed writeup about the book: Pre-stamp Maritime Post- Postal History and Catalog each stamp subject. The philatelic agency of the U.S. Postal —May 1990 edition) by Joseph Bergier and Vincent Pothion. Service would do well to subscribe, to glean ideas for use in its Englishand French text, softbound, saddle stitched, 8!4by 11M bimonthly catalog. The illustrations, price lists, and ordering inches, 38 pages. French francs 120, postpaid from Lucien system currently used by the U.S. Philatelic Sales Division falls Bridelance, 19 avenue du Chatelet, F-77150L6signy, France. far short of the ones found in this attractive Norwegian pamphlet. The original work on this topic was reviewed in the Third Regular customers ofnew issues automatically receive die six Quarter 1991 Philatelic Communicator. aimual pamphlets free from Norwegian Post. As with all Scandi- The inside front cover of this supplement contains the striking navian stamp bureaus, a great deal of effort has gone into the reproduction of a billboard sign from March 1786, advertising a design, writing, and provision of background material. At the slave sale at Kingston, Jamaica. moment, Norway seem^ to be in the lead, with a completely A large amount of additional material has evidently surfaced redesigned booklet starting in 1991. since publication of the 1990 book. Among the many items are The usual order blanks and new stamp descriptions are only early New Orleans postmarks and Carroll Chase’s comments on a part of the issues. The most recent issue, of example, has an that type of material; and a great many more comments on and extensive writeup of the world’s longest series of a single examples of prisoner-of-war mail, much of it coming from motif—thePosthom issues—in original basic colors, with helpful England. information for sorting. This is not an easy project for the Considering the age ofthe documents, it isnotsurprising that neophyte. some of them are difficult to read. Whereas most of the illustra- A subscriber stamp exchange is included—two and a half tions are quite clear, it would have been desirable to touch up a pages of personal ads. One or two short articles are usually few of the pictures to make the markings recognizable. included, and the fourth edition has a complete list of projected The Union Marcophile is doing a most commendable job in new issues for 1993 with dates of issue. Obviously material about publishing such original postal historical contributions as supple- philatelic products also is included, but is tastefully presented. □ ments to their journals, thus making them available at very reasonable prices. This is another truly worthwhile addition to Air Mail Byways; that series. □ Cinderellas, Etiquettes, and Aerograms Norway, the Country By Kendall C. Sanford By Russell H. Anderson New Zealand Air Post Cinderellas with Valuations compiled by History o fNorway by Ivar Libaek and Oivind Stenersen. Lavishly James A. Stapleton. Published by The Air Mail Society of New illustrated 184 pages, 8V4by 11 inches, hard cover. Grondahl & Zealand, 1992. 46 pages, A4 size, soft cover. $14.00 plus $2.00 Son Forlag A/S Oslo 1991. Theme sections prepared with the surface postage, available from Aerophil, 4 Ave. General support of the Norwegian Post Office Stamp Bureau. Available Guiguer, CH-1197 Prangins (Vaud), Switzerland. from Lighthouse Publications, P.O. Box 705, Hackensack, NJ Etiquettes: ParAvion -ByAirmail by Frank G. Jones. Published 07602-0705. by Frank G. Jones Associates, UK, 1992.56 pages, A4 size, soft This book is obviously not a philatelic production, however it cover. $18.00 plus $3.00 postage, available from the publisher is being distributed through the U.S. agent of Postens Frimerke- and Aerophil, 4 Ave. General Guiguer, CH-1197 Prangins tjeneste (Norway Post). (Vaud) Switzerland. The intent is to provide a popular history as background for Katalog derAerogramme von Australien und Ozeanien (Catalog collectors of Norwegian stamps. In that it succeeds. Tlie flyleaf, duplicated front and back, illustrates a wide selection of Norwe- of Aerograms of Australia and the Pacific) by Roggenkamper, gian stamps reprinted in original colors. Here and there pertinent Russ & Wiegand. Published by EAPC Aerophilatelic Club, issues are reproduced along with information about events and Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. 76 pages, soft cover. $10.00 plus personalities of Norwegian history. $3.00postage, available from thepublisherand Aerophil, 4 Ave. Photographs and reproductions of paintings predominate—in General Guiguer, CH-1197 Prangins (Vaud), Switzerland. color when possiMe. Old lithographs and some photographs are James Stapleton’sbookletis an updated and expanded edition inblack and white as originallyproduced. Thewriting on history ofthe original 1990handbook, whichwas 30 pages. It describes, is in a popular vein^rather than a dry recitation ofhistoric facts classifies, and shows all known airmail labels and airmail andfigures. Thehistoricrecord flowsfromapproximately 10,000 cinderellas issued in New 2^Iand, from 1898 (Great Barrier B.C. to 1990. Here and there a minor misuse ofEnglishappears Pigeongram Service) to the present. It includes labels issued by in the translation. the post office, airlines, and privately. New chapters cover the For writers on Norwegian stamp subjects, the book provides Pigeon Post Cinderella labels and “ Fastpost” labels. a wealth ofbackgroundinformation plus a list of recent English- The handbook also includes new discoveries and information language publications for further reference. Periodic maps on the other types of labels. Also new is a price estimate for each complete with statistics provide a fine picture of personalities, item. The printing was done by photocopy machine, so some of industries, and events, showing how Norway has entered world the illustrations are a bit poor. However, most of them are quite history. acceptable. This handbookwill be of interest to the collector ofair For collectors of Scandinavia, this is a fine reference vol- mail etiquettes and air mail Cinderella labels. ume. □

14 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. Frank Jones has compiled a study of air mail etiquettes—their use. Mail from the smaller countries also commands a premium. earliest use, different types, official and unofficial. The book Despite the greater number of Lisbon Box 506 covers, these explains the various uses of air mail etiquettes, from indicating command high prices because of their popularity. thataletterwas tobe carried by air, toadvertising andpromotion The authors list nearly 80 “ under cover” addresses in of airlines, new routes, etc. coimtries such as Argentina, Canada, France, Great Britain, the Many different types of etiquettes are shown, including some Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United in color reproduced on a color photocopy machine. It is not a States. Some of the South American coimtries had special catalog of air mail etiquettes, but is an excellent introduction to addresses for German spy activities. this often neglected aspect of aerophilately. This booklet, while not covering the subject in great depth, The book was presented to the Jack Kmght Air Mail Society will help collectors track down much of this type of postal history during Chicagopex 1992, and closely follows the author’s exhibit by identifying the specific addresses to look for in those dealer ofair mail etiquettes, whichwona silver medal and theAmerican boxes. □ Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Creativity Award. I highly recommend it to all aerophilatelists. World War II in French Somali Coast By ^ n d a ll C. Sanford The EAPC Aerophilatelic Club in Germany has produced another in a series of inexpensive handbooks, this one on aero- French Somali Coast — The Postal History 1939-1945 by A. R. grams of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific islands. Torrance. 24 pages, saddle stitched. ISBN 1-872744-07-9. Included are Australian military aerograms and “ On His Majes- Chavril Press, Bloomfield, Perth Road, Abemethy, Perth PH2 ty’s Service’’ aerograms. All items are shown and priced in 9LW, Great Britain. German marks. The text is in German, but each listing is short, French Somali Coast is another in the Chavril Press series of so with the aid ofa German dictionary, the non-German speaker excellent handbooks on various aspects of World War II postal can easily imderstand the listings. history. It covers the story of the transport of mail both to and This is a useful catalog for the aerogram collector or the from this African territory during the Second World War, which aerophilatelist interested in Australia, New Zealand, and the was to undergo six differentphases. It starts with an outline of the Pacific area. Q mail routes and censor devices employed from the outbreak of the war until Italy’s declaration in June 1940, and continues through Under Cover Covers the short-liv^ period when France was still free and Italy was By Alan Warren hostile. Under Cover Addresses o f World War II by Charles Entwistle. The story continues as French Somali Coast was aligned with 5% X 8*.4inches, 24pages, saddle stitched. ISBN 1-872744-01-X. Vichy France—initially to March 1941, when the collapse of Chavril Press, Bloomfield, Perth Road, Abemethy, Perth PH2 Italian East Africa led to the introduction of the “ blockade- 9LW, Great Britain. raimer” flights. The handbook lists these flights, both direct and The publishing firm of C & A Entwistle (Chavril Press) will indirect, as well as those intemipted due to the changing situation. be recognized as the source of a number of short pamphlets on The fifth phase commences when French Somali Coast censorship and military mails (see The Philatelic Communicator switched allegiance from Vichy to Free France, the last colony to Fourth Quarter 1991, page 65, and First Quarter 1992, page 15). do so. This cut communications with France, but allowed new In the present booklet the authors admit the subject of “under services to be establishedwith her colonies. The last phase covers cover” addresses used during the Second World War is not the reestablishment of services to liberated France. TTiehandbook completely documented here. However, they acknowledge the covers not only the routes, but also lists all known censor devices, assistance ofJohn Daynes and Tony Torrance inputting together postmarks, and cachets of the period, and many of them are this monograph. shown. “Under cover” addresses do not disclose the true destination There is no list of references used, which would have helped oftheletter, and one ofthe clues is thatthe country oforigin and collectors in pursuing related aspects. However, it should be of the return address seem to differ. From 1917 the British govern- interest to collectors of airmails, France and Colonies, and those ment authorized Thomas Cook and Sons to operate “ under interested in World War II postal history. n cover” addresses. In early 1940, Cook operat^ Box 601 in Amsterdam for mail to the U.K. Other box numbers designated Two Indexes and an Atlas mail intended for South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and by Charles J. Peterson Canada. In May of that year when Germany invaded the Nether- Cumulative Index o f “First Days” Volumes 1-36 edited by lands, the Cook operation was suddenly suspended. MargaretE. Monty. Paper, unbound, 11 by 8Viinches, offset, 90 By July 1941, P.O. Box 506 in Lisbonwas set up as another leaves printed two-up in landscape format (cover, preface. Part I Thomas Cook and Sons base. Cook advertised service was interleaf, pages 1-168, Part II interleaf, pages 1-172). Also available to many European countries, including eventually such available on 5'/4- or 3'/i-inch computer diskettes, MAC or DOS countries as Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, and Yugoslavia among versions. From AFDCS Sales, P.O. Box 1335, Maplewood, NJ others. POW andinternee mail were excluded. Letters were tobe 07040-1335, $14.95 postpaid for each format. sentin open addressed envelopes, accompanied by a postal money Cumulative Index to Japanese Philately, Vols. 1-45 (1946-1990) order for two shillings, and enclosed in an outer cover addressed compiledby SuneJohnson, KennethKamholzandJohnLudesJr., to the box in Lisbon. with computer assistance from Lois M. Evans-de Violini. Initially The authors also mention theuseofpostofficeboxes in Santa published as a supplement to Japanese Philately, Vol. 46, No. 6 Fe, New Mexico, for mail related to the Manhattan Project, and (Dec. 1991). Hardbound, 8V6by 11*4 inches, offset, 207 pages, a dummy metals firm in England for atomic bomb research ISSN 0146-0994. Availableat $15postpaid fromtheInternational correspondence to thatcoimtry. Cook also used perfins with their Society for Japanese Philately, % Mr. Lee R. Wilson, 4216 initials as well as forwarding labels. Jennifer Street NW, Washington, DC 20015. Theauthors use a pointsystem to assignvaluations to catego- ries ofenvelopes with “under cover” addresses. The Cook mail PhilatelistischerAtlas des Osmanischen Reiches (PhilatelicAtlas from the Amsterdam operation is rare due to the short period of o fthe OttomanEmpire), by AndreasBirken. Secondedition. 11% * *■

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99.' - 15 by 814 inches, 334 pages, card cover, hi German with English It consists of five sections: Japan; Japanese Territories; Ryukyu and Turkish translation. From theauthor/publisher. Dr. Andreas Islands; Other Countries; ISJP internal matters. Each sectionhas Birken, Kreienkoppel 3, D-2000 Hamburg 65, Germany, at DM its own list of major subjectheaders, with the greatest degree of 88; available in the U.S. at $50 postpaid from Peter R. Feltus, subject matter breakout given (understandably) to Japan; these P.O. Box 5339, Berkeley, CA 94705. lists of subject headers are provided immediately in front of the First Days has long been in need of a cumulative index. This actual index(es). Then come the 171 index pages, arranged one, which covers Volumes 1-36 (1955-1991), is a considerable alphabetically by primary subject heading and with as many as help but falls quite a bit below the ideal. It’s regrettable, since three further levels of sub-division. Citations are by subject, not there’splentyofpublishedguidance—generic, aswell asphilatel- by article title; if there are multiple subjects in a given article, ic-specihc—that could have shown the pitfalls and helped make each is indexed separately; thereis appropriateuse ofsee and see this index much better. also tags. Many indexes confuse and mislead, even if you know exactly whatyou want; this onewillhelp you, even ifyou’renot The work at hand has been done in two separately numbered sure what you’re look^g for. parts: the TitleIndex, and the AuthorIndex. Standard data fields for both parts are title, author, part (for installments of serial This is clearly a “ must have” item for anyone interested in articles), volume, issue number, and (starting) page. Notably Japanese philatelic matters, but I also commend it as a mod- absent is a separate field for “ subject.” el—and an inexpensive one, at that!—for anybody thinking of The Author Index is relatively straightforward and useful: doing a cumulative index. This book and Negus’ Philatelic alphabeticized by authors’ last names, with entries imder each Literature should be the philatelic indexer’s primary references. heading in chronological order. The Title Index, however, has For postal historians, a good map and accompanying gazet- problems. An attempt has been made to make the titles more teer are fimdamental tools. This is particularly true for wide- “indexable,” by inverting them where jmssible to bring key spread, complex postal administrations such as the Austro- words to the front and also to avoid indexing on “The ” ; but of Hungarian Empire, Germany in all its facets, or—in this case—the course the same logic shouldhave been applied to the lead word Ottoman Empire. “A.” Further, unless all titles were originally chosen to be This second edition of Birken’s atlas is a revised, expanded, descriptiveofthe contents, it’s impossible to construct a meaning- and more durable version of the loose-leaf sheets released ful index withoutannotations. For example, what is one to make beginning 1989 as supplements to the German Turkei-Spiegel. It of such entries as “ Army Game, The” or “ Cleverer . . . and covers the former Ottoman administrations from Bosnia to Cleverer’’or ‘‘LetdieBuyerBeware’’or ‘‘ThisandThat’’? Who Romania in thenorth, through Turkey and Asia Minor into Iraq, would look under “Editorials, Guest” for an article on official the Holy Land, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia. There definitions, or for thatmatter under “ H” for a mysteriouscitation are 90 map sheets showing the post offices and administrative to ‘‘Hark theLark’’? Theindex to the AFDCS Notebookis listed boundaries of the Empire and the Vice-kingdom of Egypt, well- under “ I, ” while the indexes to First Days are under “ F ” ; more executed, the majority at a scale of 1:1 million. There are also vexing, there are entries such as “ Award, Philip H. Ward, Jr. eight historical maps showing territorial changes from the Memorial” under “A” with counterpartssuch as “Ward Award a&rmath of the Crimean War to those resulting fromthe Second ... ” imder “W”—and of course no cross-referencing. Balkan War. The computerized version is essentially the same: it provides The accompanying index (140 pages on Ottoman postal sites, a self-executingprogram which(a) produces an ASCII textfileof 80 pages for the khedival Egyptian post) is alphabeticized by the PartsI andII and (b) anon-indexeddatabaseversion ofthe same official name in Western transcription, as found on postal (a dBase .DBF file). The latter has one large plus, of course, markings or in government listings; variants are also shown, and sinceusers can readily addan extra “subject’’field for their own cross-references are provided. Parallel columns give the name in use, SORT or set up their own .NDX lists, and manipulate the Ottomanscript, modem Turkishorthography oftheformername, resulting amended files as desired. The thoughtfulness which current name, location (sandjak or vilayet) and map reference. resulted in availability of the disketteversion is muchappreciated. For the khedival offices, the script of course is Arabic; “ current The index certainly is useful as is, and represents a lot ofwell- name” is omitted, and identification of serving postal route is intentioned work on behalf of first day collectors and students added. . . . but, oh, it could have been so much better if soimdly Those who have stmggled to identify 19th century Ottoman plaimed in advance! postmarks, or have tried to correlate Egyptian or Ottomanpostal By contrast. Bob Spaulding’s foreword to the Japanese names with those used by foreign agencies, will appreciate this Philately index cites it as ‘‘beyond doubtone ofthe bestandmost reference. It’s also not a bad model for anyone considering a complete indexes ever published for any philatelic periodical. ” I similar publication for some other part of the world. □ have absolutely no quarrel with that claim. A Thematic Perspective Japanese Philately is a major English-language source of information, and in fact is highly regarded internationally as a on Foreign Stamp Catalogs leader in Japane^philatelic literature. The index is designed to By MaryAnn Owens make that trove of reference material readily available. It has Michel Europa-Katalog West 1992/93 (A-L) and (M-Z), and virtually everything one could wish. Before getting to the index Europa-Katalog Ost 1992-93. Schwaneberger Verlag, Munich. proper, there’s a Wbliographic history of the journal: editors, 6 by7%inches, softcover. West2745 plusunnumberedadvertis- previous titles, examination of issue and volume and whole ing pages, ISBN 3-87858-274-9. East 1653 plus unnumbered numbers, comments on every other facet from international advertisingpages, ISBN 3-87858-273-0. Michel Catalogsmaybe numbers (ISSN, ISBN) to masthead and running heads and copy ordered from Lighthouse Publications, P.O. Box 705, Hacken- preparation and printing, etc., and concludingwith a checklistof sack, NJ 07602-0705. issues/pages/supplements and a list of libraries in the U.S. and Catalogue Yvert et Tellier. 1993 Tome 1, Timbres de France and abroad known to have holdings of thejournal. Cross-listings of 1993 Tome1bis TimbresdeMonaco,Andorre, Europa, Nationes journal supplements (in chronological order, by author, as well as Unies. 5% by 9 inches, softcover. ISBN2-86814-045-9, xxxviii by type) are at theback of the volume. plus 303 plus unnumbered advertisingpages. ISBN2-86814-047- Tlie index itselfreflects the sensitivity and long experience of 5,216plusunnumberedadvertisingpages. 1993 Tome 7, Timbres the late Sune Johnson, one of the world’s best philatelic indexers.

16 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. d’Outre Mer de VOcean Indian au Zululand (O-Z). 814 by 9*/4 IfIhad tochooseonlyonesetofforeignlanguage catalogs for inches, soft cover. ISBN 2-86814-043-2, 863 pages. Editions my thematic philatelic library, it would definitelybe every Michel Yvert et Tellier, 37, rue des Jacobins, 80036 Amiens Cedex 1, catalog that is available. Seeing more designs is preferable to France. fewer designs in color. The other (non-francophone rest-of-the- There are several ways to look at and use the catalogs issued world) Yvert catalog does not have the stamps in color. byother countries as a supplementto the information suppliedby □ the several Scott catalogs. One is from the thematic viewpoint. A Record of Records We all know that once Scott Publishing Company gets past the By Alan Warren United States, sets are frequently represented with only one or two illustrated designs. To Scott, logistics have dictated this The Guinness Book o f Stamps: Facts & Feats by James Mackay, practice or the catalogs would be even bigger than they are now, hardboimd, 225 pages, 7 by 9'A inches, ISBN 1-55859-432-9, or there would be more of them. Even with these abbreviated 1992 reprint by Abbeville Press, Inc., 488 Madison Ave., New listings, Scottwilladd a volume in 1994. York NY 10022, $19.95. On the other hand, both Michel in Germany and Yvert in This beautifully illustrated and bound volqme would be a nice France have decided to give additional information by issuing additionto any cocktail table. It is also fascinatmg to leafthrough, more catalogs, but not all of them in the same year. Michel recognizing that few will want to read this tome cover to cover. divides the world into nine main catalogs and about 30 specialized The book has appeared in two previous incarnations—the original or special subject catalogs and books. Yvert issues nine catalogs, edition in 1982 and the second edition in 1988, both published in with some on a five year cycle. Both use smaller illustrations than England. the size Scott likes to use. Now anAmerican press, known foritshigh qualitywork, has Michel catalogs are very useful for thematic collectors, seen fit to bring out the work so that it is readily available this side especially those who like to collect their topics or themes where ofthe Atlantic. The colorful dustjacket reproduces many stamps, they are a minor part or an incidental part of the designs of the primarily of recent vintage as the classic issues did not boast the philatelic items. Michel catalogs picture every design-different brilliant colors used in recent years by postal agencies around the stampforevery setfromevery country. For the thematiccollector world. whodoes nothave theopportunityto see the new issues at stamp Even the end papers of this book illustrate some lovely shows or from a dealer service, this is a big benefit. pictorial cancellations. The illustrations throughout the book are The factthatMichelcatalogsarewritteninGerman shouldnot first class, whether the many black and white ones found on be a deterrent to buying them. They come with a 12-page almost every page, or the group ofpages in brilliantcolors found ‘‘IntroductionforEnglish-speakingreaders,’’whichgreatlyhelps in the third chapter. those who do not read German fluently. Much of the text on the Author Mackay avoids the dull approach of simply furnishing catalog pages also is the same as in English-language catalogs. the reader with the facts. Each item discussed has a narrative There is no Englishhelp for the Yvert catalogs. They picture paragraph with it that holds one’s attention. The chapters cover more stamps than Scott does, but do not show complete sets the facts in specific areas. In the first chapter, on “ Postal either. Services,’’ the reader will learn about the oldest postal service in Only two coimtries are common to both of these 1992/93 the world, the earliest surviving letter, the oldest postal map, the Michel and 1993 Yvert sets of catalogs: Andorra (French) and earliest attempts to form a world-wide postal union, and the Monaco. smallest post office in the world (a distinction claimed by Andorra has no long commemorative sets; usuallyjust pairs, Ochopee, Florida). some threes and fours, and one six-design set. Without showing There are nearly 150 entries in this chapter alone, including all stamp designs, Andorra covers eight pages in Scott—pages fascinating facts almut mail service by land, sea, and air. The about twice the size ofthe other two catalogues. In full color, with Pony Express, disinfected mail, and Tonga’s Tin-Can Mail will all designs illustrated, plus additional information, Yvert devotes be foundhere. The nextsection deals withpostmarks (wouldyou 22pages to Andorra. In Michel Andorra takes 23 pages, with all believe the earliest postal marking is found on Egyptian letters c. designs shown and additional information. 2778 BC as record^ in the Cairo Museum?). The earliestpostal The difference in the number of designs and the amount of markings in Europe included the Latin cito and citissime, as well additionalinformationprovidedis more pronouncedwhenlooking as the French en diligence, which latergave rise to themail coach atMonaco. Scottdevotes 37 pages toMonaco. I findit surprising known as a Diligence. that Yvert, with stamps in full color, in a catalog issued primarily The Bishop mark and the earliest numeral obliterators are for Monaco, frequently shows only one stamp design for a set. described as well as the first machine slogan used in Britain Thenumber ofpages is 100. Michel, with more information than (1917). Meter franking machines are review^ and a 1922model Yvert and with every stamp design illustrated, gives Monaco 108 A Pitney-Bowespostagemeter is illustrated. Thebook is rightup pages. to date with illustrationsofautomatic letter facing, canceling, and Yvert’s France catalog is also in full color and does show sorting machines. every French stanq) design. It includes sections for postal The chapter on adhesive stamps discusses Sir Rowland Hill, stationery, first day cancels, tax stamps, postage dues, military, butpointsup the earliest use of a^esive postage for prepayment and overseas departments, among others. is claimed by France in 1653. However, no survivingexample of Yvert’s Monaco catalog, besides Monaco and Andorra, also these “ stamps” is known. A chronological table from 1840 to includes all three areas of United Nations stamps: New York, 1986 lists the countries of the world and when they introduced Geneva, and Vienna. They are followed by the Europa sec- commemorative, official, semi-postal, airmail, and postage due tion—the Europa common designs with a list of participating issues. cotmtries by years, then a representative stamp design for the As might be expected. Cape of Good Hope was the first common theme years and the list of coimtries. The 1992 Europa country to issue triangular stamps and Nova Scotia the first stamps on the theme of the 500th anniversary of the firstvoyage diamond-shaped one. The section on “Kinds of Stamps” delves to America by Christopher Columbus have one stamp of each into airmail, bisects, booklets, forgeries (first appeal^ in 1840 country’s set shown with the others described. >■ >■

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99.' 17 and recognized by Rowland Hill as a poor attempt to counterfeit argument. “ Yes,” he said, “ we believe in fostering competi- the Penny Black), late fee stamps, mourning stamps, and many tion. ’’The cynicism of this stance was revealed last August, when other types. GAO urged the Defense Department to consolidate its printing The chapter on technology goes into design, production, suppliers (thus reducing competition) to achieve savings. printing processes, color, paper, perforations, and security Since it wasn’t possible to resolve the differences at the 1991 devices. Postal stationery and philately have brief chapters of hearing, the subcommittee chairman. Rep. Frank McCloskey, their own, concluding the book. Althoughit is not specified, the request^ an audit. This GAO report is the result, presented % indexis one ofpropernames only. For example, thereisno entry the same manwho represented GAO back then, L. Nye Stevens, forperfins, so the utilityof the index comes up short. arguing the same point of view. Author James Maclay began collecting stamps when he was After reviewing the relationships among USPS, BEP, and four, and at the tender age of24 became curator ofthephilatelic privateprinters, GAO offered costcomparisons ofselected stanq) collections in the British Museum. He has a great deal of writing issues, concluding that private sector stanq>s are less costly than to his credit, including many entries in flie field of philately. It BEP stamps, but that &e Bureau should also continue to be a would be interesting for someone to challenge the author’s stableprovider of stamps. “However, because thePostal Service findings on the oldest, the first, the largest, etc. claims. In the is not required to purchase all or any of its stanq)s from the meantime, there is much informationhere to while away several Bureau, theBureau’s future as thenation’sstamp provider cannot hours with fascinating facts on all aspects of stamps and postal be assured.” (page 32) history. Highly recommended. □ That is really the key to the whole problem, though it has Editor’snote: James Mackay pleaded guilty to theft from the received no attention from the press, the public, or Congress. If royal collection more than 20 years ago, a fact omitted from his BEP ever stops producing stamps, costs won’t go down, they’ll publisher’s promotional materials. □ soar. It is the responsibilityofpublic officials to prevent that from happening, yet no one seems to be concerned about the possibility Stamp Production Costs ... But Who’s Counting? even after GAO has mentioned it in three separate reports. By Ken Lawrence Some of the comparisons and calculations that imderlie the Postage Stamp Production presented to committees of the United sanguine view of private-sector stamp procurement are odd, but States Congress, House of Representatives, by L. Nye Stevens, haven’t been questioned by reporters who have written about Director, Government Business Operations Issues, United States them. (Reports include those by Gary Griffith in the November General Accounting Office, October 1992. Report number 16,1992,Lmn’j and theDecember 1992 UnitedStates Specialist', GAO/GGD-93-18. 54 pages, 8Vi by 11 inches, saddle stitched. Mark Kellner in the November 14, 1992, Stamp Collector, and Singlecopy free fromU.S. GAO, P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg, Robert Rabinowitz in the December 5, 1992, Stamp Collector. MD 20877. While not focusing on specific problems with the GAO report, Prospectus o f American Center for Postal Developments by Rabinowitz did challenge its overall thrust.) JosephY. Peng, DonaldM. McDowell, andGordon C. Morison. Here are a couple ofexamples: 14pages, 8V4by 11 inches. Issued by ACPD, 5300 Manor Lake GAOcompared thecostper 1,000stamps ofselect (philatelic) Court, Rockville, MD 20353-1556. 29-centWood Duck bookletstamps produced by BEP with those The two documents under review are important materials for produced by KCS Industries, a service for which BEP charges a writers on modem postage stamps of any country, yet the scant premium that private-sector printers don’t. But for regular treatment they have received in the philatelic press has been production booklets, GAO compared the KCS 29-cent Wood superficial, imcritical, one-sided, and transient. Duck booklets with BEP’s 19-cent Balloon booklets. Why? The General Accounting Office report responds to concerns GAO’s comparison chart included one especially expensive raised duringaJune 5,1991, Congressionalhearing, reviewedby BEP stamp, the $8.75 Express Mail stamp, which cost the Postal BarbaraMuellerin theFirstQuarter 1992 Philatelic Communica- Service $16.75 per 1,000 (adjustedto $15. by GAO), compared tor, page 11. In essence, it supports the stamp procurement to American Bank Note Company’s $14 Express Mail stamp at policies thathad been adopted by the Postal Service, and attempts $7.26 per 1,000 (adjusted to $7.28). However, the BEP stamp to refute alternatives advanced by others, including myself. was printed on the web-fed combination intaglio/offsetD press, not intended for small runs of lightly used stamps, while ABN’s The American Center for Postal Developments prospectus is was ajob order printed on two sheetfed presses, and the quantity a document prepared by the three men most responsible for current USPS stampprocurementpolicies after thePostalService originally ordered from ABN was reduced by 80percent without had relieved them of those duties. In it they offered their services explanation. as consultants to foreign postal administrations. That comparison is even less valid than it seems, because GAO did not include any private-sector stamps at a high price Together the two documents present not only the strongest level similar to that ofBEP’s $8.75 Express Mail stamp. Perusing arguments for continuing those policies in this coimtry and the USPS Accountable Paper Shipped Recapitulation, Postal introducing them\slsewhere in the world, but also some of the Fiscal Year 1991,1hadno troublefindingone: The29-centTorch underlyingjustifications for them. The GAO report contains the ATM stamp cost $15 per 1,000. public rationale for these policies; the ACPD prospectus provides I imagine scrutiny of earlier private-sector gimmick stamps the reasons that are ordinarily hidden and often officially denied. would turn up some that cost even more than that. On the other Theprincipal issue at the 1991 hearing concerned thewisdom hand, GAO offered no cost comparisons of the most important, of procuring an increasing share of U.S. stamps from private- most widely used stamps—prime rate coil stamps. Here’s how sector printers, versus relying more heavily on the Bureau of EngravingandPrinting. Otherissuesincludedquestionsaboutone that comparison tallies, calculated from figures in the fiscal year particularprintingcontractor, Richard Seimett; therelativequality report: of BEP and private-sector stamps; and the desirability of the BEP’s 29-cent Flag stamps in coils of 100, the most widely Postal Service’s sponsorship of the 1992 Olympic Games. used stamps ofall, costUSPS $1.84 per 1,000. StampVenturer’s During a recess in thehearing, I told GAO’s L. Nye Stevens 29-cent Flower stamp in coils of 100, a record private-sector thatwhat he had presented as economicjustification for purchas- order at the time, cost $2.42 per 1,000. ABN’s 19-cent Fishing ing stamps from private printers was in reality an ideological Boat stamp in coils of500 cost $1.93 per 1,000.

18 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. Ifthe audit’saim was a legitimatecomparison ofprocurement that as a refutation of my charges. If so, it’s the first time that costs, why were the most important naailgtream stamps, the ones postal inspectors have investigated allegations I’ve made without that constitute the largest portion of the stamp budget, omitted ever asking for my evidence and witnesses. And when they did from the calculations? ask in another case of official wrongdoing, I gave them my Evenmore importantthan thecostofmailstream stamps is the evidence and they got their man. supplier’s reliability, and here the private sector’s performance is It is true, though, that there weren’t many people at USPS abysmal. As I demonstrated in the March 16, 1992, Linn’s, of headquarters who would dare to tell what they Imew about their eightdifferentBEP coilstamps, fivewere issued on schedule, one superiors’ misdeeds back in the summer of 1991. Today, all that was a month late, one was two months late, and one wasn’t has changed, and now it’s hard to find anyoneat L’EnWt Plaza anticipated, so can’t be figured. Of seven private-sector coils, who willput in a good word for their former bosses. That’spart none was delivered on sch^ule. One was a month late; one, three ofthereason whywenowhavecopiesoftheAmerican Center for months late; two, four months late; one, six months late; one, 11 Postal Developments prospectus. months late; and one not anticipated. Postal Serviceemployees delivered copiesoftheACPD docu- The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is required to deliver ment toreporters; no one disputesthat. The only disputeconcerns postage stamps to every post office in the United States, and does how they obtained it. The most interesting story making the soreliably. Private sector printers must ship to onlya fewplaces, rotmds says that Peng, McDowell, and Morislftb faxed a copy to a prospective client half way around the globe, and that the andhave a spottydelivery record. Including these factors together recipient (in China, says the story teller), % then engaged in with price comparisons of the most widely used stamps would have yielded the opposite conclusion to the one drawn by GAO. negotiations with a different U.S. stamp consultant, “ a Northern That, however, is just the beginning of the important, Virginia contractor,’’faxed iton to him, andhe arranged tohave tmreported story. it disseminated to the media. This Shakespearean scenario seems to hint that even Richard Sennett has fallen out with his former In reality, cost savings were not considerations when the benefactors. decision was made to divert stamp printing contracts to private The more mundane versions say that someone swiped it from suppliers. In the mid-1980s, BEP had plans to acquire a modem McDowell’s desk or from Peng’s briefcase. It’s possible that all state-of-the-art gravure press, capable of faster, less expensive, these surmises are true, and it’s certain that there were at least higher quality stamps. "Hiose plans were canceled in 1987, after two separate simultaneous leaks to reporters. Furthermore, if Gordon Morison sent BEP a letter saying he wanted to give all reporters had realized that McDowell was citing the GAO report gravure stamp printingorders to his private supplier (at that time to promote his own private business before ithadbeen issued, the itwas Richard Sennett at ABN). The result is thatBEP’s gravure news might have been even more sensational than it was. presses were obsolete, and that the private sector’s equally According to the document. Cost Recovery Advantage is a obsolete equipment remained competitive. From either supplier, phrase trademarked by the ACPD trio of stamp procurement the quality of U.S. stamps remained lower than what the world experts. Its meaning, stressed several times, is that stamp has come to expect. collectors can be soaked to pay for new stamp technologies, Readers of this quarterly will recall that Richard Sennett making the tests profitable even ifthey turn out to be ill-conceived became a central figure inthis controversy because ofhis criminal failures. “ Example: a retail test can be a philatelic revenue conviction on a federal conflict-of-interest charge from the time success independentof thetest.’’Two specific examples describe when he was a BEP assistant director. At the June 1991 hearing, the potential for special editions of stamps ‘‘to generate philatelic itlookedas thoughSennettwas washed up as a stamp printer, but revenue in addition to use in testing ... ” shortly afterward he mounted a successful public-relations Part of the pitch stresses that “Full imderstanding of [Peng, comeback, aided by Gary Griffith ofLinn‘s (August5,1991) and McDowell, and Morison’s] successes—and their failures— Mark Kelhier of Stamp Collector (August 10, 1991). enhances yourchances forsuccess.’’Unfortunatelythebiographi- Ofthetworeports, Gary’s wasworse. He wrote, “ [In 1978], cal summaries neglect to say whichpointswere the successes and Sennett was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with which the failures. conflict of interest, involving advice given to ABNC about a Peng claims credit for having developed ATM stanqjs and currency presswhilehewas a Bureau employee.’’Thus it seemed hologram stamped envelopes, and for having reduc^ the as though Sennett had committed a minor technical violation; percentage of skips—uncanceled stamps in the mailstream—“to neither Linn’s nor Gary Griffith ever corrected that erroneous nearly zero.” Both he and McDowell claim to have re-invented report. the postage stamp, and McDowell boasts that his strategic In reality, while he was still a top BEP official, Sennett had thinking brought about “ the emergence of a private-sector reached anagreement toaccept a positionwith ABN. Atthe time, industry in the United States to augment the U.S. Government’s BEP was attemptingto return some faulty Magna presses to ABN, stamp manufacturing facility”—an interesting claim in light of reftising to purchase them because they had failed to meet Morison’s testimony that the search for private suppliers was a specifications. reaction to BEP’s reluctance to print stamps. Morison’s bio The indictment charged Seimett with using his influence at asserts that he “leveraged the supplying ofpostage stamps from BEP for ABN’s benefit, and then lying about it. Count three being a cost to the Postal Service to being a profitable venture” alleged “ that Seimett falsely denied that, at a meeting at BEP on through soaring philatelic revenups. or aboutJuly 28, 1977, he expressed vehement opposition to the Itwill takea whilelonger, perhaps a year or two, before we’ll return of the Magna presses to American Bank Note Company.” know for certain whether these documents are merely ofhistorical Once the two stamp weeklies had obscured this aspect of significance, useftil to understand our stamps of the past two Sennett’s past, his company’s fortunes prospered. decades, or whether they will also shed light on the future. First The GAO report stated, “ A July 1991 U.S. Postal Inspection indications are that major changes are in store, but they couldbe Service investigation of the integrity of the stamp procurement illusory. process found no evidence to support allegations of tainted Eiftier way, though, these documents are important, much relationships among companies or of improprieties associated more important than stamp writers have yet acknowledged, and with the solicitation and award of private sector stamp manufac- our scholarship regarding modem stamps will fall short until we appropriate them for our needs, odd as it may be to contemplate, turing contracts.” (page 16) as philatelic literature. □ In the November 16, 1992, Linn’s, Gary Griffith interpreted

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. , 19 ► ► Essay-Proof. .. from page 1. considered to be thepremier authority onU.S. essays andproofs, passed I, too, became increasingly irritated by the heavy numis- should revise Brazer’s original catalog, incorporating new matic slant of their articles, which were Greek to me at the time. informationand the addenda ttiat ran in.Journals 20-23 (1948-49) Indeed, when I became editor in 1963 and was given several and in The American Philatelist from March 1942 to January numismatic manuscripts and reprints, I was hard pressed to edit 1947. thembecause, as I said, allI knew a^ut paper money was how This project was never completely successful for two reasons: First, in the course ofa household move, all ofFalk’sphoto files to spend it! Be that as itmay, dienumismaticcontentofEPJ is a treasure were lost, so we had to improvise, even making illustrations out to be mined by philatelic students seeking more knowledge about of old copies of the original catalog. The results were so poor that traditional intaglio printing processes and their effect on stamps. the often minute differences between different states of essays That content may be divided into three categories: reprints of were not discernible. Second, Falk’s health began to decline, so rare, out-of-print, 19thcaitury treatises on banknoteengraving; he ended the serialization after 18 Journals, with the Trans- biographies and autobiographies of famous designers and Mississippis. Nopublishing in book formwas even contemplated. engravers; and original studies about specific issues of paper Fortunately for the hobby, A1Hoch of Quarterman Publica- tionswas able to reprint the original Brazer catalog in 1977, using money, especially Aeir vignettes as related to stamp design. his outstanding reproduction methods that yield^ good illustra- One of the reprints that troubled me greatly at the begiiming ofmy editorshipwas Cycloidal Configurations or The Harvest o f tions. He got permission from APS to include theAP supplements Counterfeiters by the maverick American engraver Waterman but made no attempt to integrate them into the basic catalog. Lily Ormsby. “ What the dickens is a cycloidal configuration,” Unfortunately, hostile elements in EPS would not help him or I wondered, as I tried toprocess themanuscript senttomeby Dr. even allow him to include information from the Journal. Blancha^. (It’s an o u s te d term for mechanically engraved Significant “ offprints” from ‘‘‘EPJ'’ throughtheyearsinclude patterns, such as “lathework.”) Another Ormsby work, simply “AHistorical CatalogofU.S. StampEssays &Proofs—The 1847 titled Bank Note Engraving, ran in six installments in 1957-58, Issue” by Brazer. 'Hiis 32-page article was originally part of while “ counterfeit detectors,” 19th century handbooks that Journal 14 ofApril 1947, anunusually largeissue commemorat- helpedbusinessmensortoutrealmoneyfromf^e, werereprinted ing the centennial of the 1847 issue and Cipex, and is still the definitive work on the subject. (However, later writings of Dr. complete with plates as recently as 1990. Most such numismaticworks were serialized, usually over the Stanley Bierman on the 1-El and 2-El essays have left some course of many issues. Serialization is characteristic of EPJ, muddied waters.) including original articles but most especially catalog-type A 28-page reprint ftovnJournals 71 and 72 of 1961 by Foster listings. Inde^, one of the originalpurposes of the Journal was Wild Rice titled “ Antecedents of the American Bai^ Note tocarry onthe catalogingworkbegimby Brazer withthepublica- Company of 1858” also remains definitiveand in some respects is more accurate than the officialhistory ofthe concern. Riceleft tion of his Essays for U.S. Adhesive Postage Stamps in 1941. BNA specialists are familiar with the many listings of essays and an impublished manuscript of page-by-page corrections and additions to the latter; perhaps, despite his demise, it is time for proofs of their area which eventually culminatedin the 200-page book The Essays and Proofs o fBritish NorthAmerica by Kenneth iSa.QJournal to print it for posterity. One can sense a changing emphasis over the years, as more Minuse and RobertH. Pratt. Not so many are familiar with a truly spectacular work of and more interest has been shown in ephemeral essays, even cinderella-type material. For example, a minor and incidental breathtaking dimensions thatbegan in the very first issue, “U.S. Postal Card Essays and Proofs.” Initially written by Brazer and piece describing the famous George Turner bookplate with its then by George Slawson, this series ran in 49 issues, over 25 engraved replicas of famous stamps gave birth to at least halfa years, although not all consecutive. It is a shame that this series dozen more substantial articles on the creator of the bookplate, has not been reprinted in book form. Members of the United engraver H. L. Peckmore. Before these articles on “ Peckmore- Postal Stationery Society have expressed interest in such a project iana” ran their course, such writers as Pat Herst, George Brett, but the lack of the original artwork and photos has stymied them. and Philip Rochlin analyzed much of Peckmore’s amazing imitations and outright inventions, ranging from the special Another little-known serialization dealt with Swiss essays md proofs, writtenby George Caldwell over a span of 37 issues. Like Homan, Krassa Christmas card designs to the much-loved by the postal card catalog, these Swiss installmentswere notjust one thematicists but consistently misdescribed George Washington or two pages each, but usually ran to five or more. The 68 “specimen stamp” from Dennison’s. installments of die Sol Glass chronicle of contemporary U.S. Somehow, there is the feeling that all the “serious” res^rch essays, models, and proofs, on the otherhand, usually took only has been done, especially since Scottnow includes essays in the a page or two, if that much. Fred Scheuren’s “Essay-proofhis- Specialized Catalogue o f United States Stamps. That this is not tory of the 1869 issue” ran in eight sections before its eventual true has been proved by Jack Rosenthal’s rec^t studies on the publication in book form in 1974 by the Collectors Club of Columbian and Trans-Mississippi essays and George Brett’s on- going analysis ofthe 15-cent 1869 dies. There is also much scope Chicago. for work on the proofs; the listingsneed considerable input from Cooperatively financed between EPS and the author was The contemporary collectors. Lifeand Workof^omasF. Morris, 1852-1898, the 19thcentury Yet, if one can indulge in some pessimism for the future, it U.S. stamp and bank note designer, written by his son. The seems that very few of ttiem care to put forth the effort. Most serialization began in Journal 89 and finished in number 98, an wantinstantgratification. There areexceptions, ofcourse—Larry entire 48-page issue devoted to the climax of the story. The Weiss and Gary Griffith in 20th century U.S., for example. But subsequent 160-page soft cover book featured photographs and inmy opinion,thegoldenageofEPS and EPJ is over. Essays Md additional data not in the original installments. Of course, the optimistically named “ Catalog of Essays and proofsareanacceptedpartofthehobby, andj^ple seemtothink Proofs Seen by the Essay-Proof Society Catalog Committee,” that the book is now closed, particularly with the rise of new computer-aided design and pre-press procedures that eliminate grandiosely conceived to cover the world, never achieved that goal. It ran sporadically from Volume 1, Number 2 in 49 collectible specimens. So, as a sort ofvaledictory, I can sumup installments and randomly covered countries from Abyssinia to the intellectual legacy of &e Journal thus: Uruguay but mainly BNA. Other than the BNA catalog, nothing No other puWication of its era presented this branch of philately exclusively or related it to another collecting hobby. substantive came of it. In 1975 EPS decided that Falk Finkelburg, at that time Although its several editors left the “ stamp” of their personal

20 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. collectingbiases, all tried and succeeded to a great extentto make Modern Bride 396,095 344,033 -13.1 it a thinIHng hobbyist’s magazine. Proof can be seen in the Sassy 511,079 681,237 -h33.3 impressive list of Vocational institutions that subscribed to it, Seventeen 1,173,440 1,815,521 -t-54.7 fromuniversitylibraries tostatehistorical societies tothe Swedish Coins Postal Museum and the Public Library of Johannesburg, South The Numismatist (ANA) 31,193 28,475 -8.7 Africa. Coin World (Amos Press) 85,543 73,180 -14.5 Because of the way philatelic literature competitions are set Computers up, the society hierarchy felt that ^!aaJournal, with its numismatic Byte 450,144 445,112 -1.1 content, could not compete successfully with purely philatelic Lotus 276,911 254,217 -8.2 publications. Rather than settle for a minor award thatwouldnot enhance its reputation, EPS chose to stay on the sidelines. As a Sports & Outdoors result all too few people became familiar with EPJ. (The recent Amer. Hunter (NRA) 1,411,156 1,205,791 -14.6 large silver awarded at Phi/frex has proved their assumption to be Amer. Rifleman (NRA) 1,419,971 1,329,806 -6.3 false.) Someday, when it is defunct, this Journal will be a hot Astronomy 165,754 155,091 -6.4 item at auction sales and much in demand for philatelic libraries Boy’s Life 1,439,494 1,357,173 -5.7 ... an all too familiar scenario in the world of philatelic litera- Field &Stream 2,032,202 2,018,298 -0.7 Flying 320,592 32?t890 -1-2.3 ture. I’m afraid.□ Golf Magazine 1,072,560 1,125,000 -t-4.9 Golf Digest 1,343,536 1,357,087 -1-1.0 Publication . . . frompage 1. Motor Trend 776,632 892,930 -H5.0 andManagementReport for the major general stamp publications Outdoor Life 1,513,017 1,512,464 -0.0 and the publications of some societies. Peterson’s Hunting 336,885 350,667 -t-4.1 Road &Track 700,655 735,301 -1-4.9 1989 1992 % Change Shooting Times 203,671 176,667 -13.3 Linn’s Stamp News 75,316 71,490 -5.1 Sierra 399,551 514,526 -1-28.7 Stamp Collector 20,779 16,895 -18.8 Ski 447,084 447,186 -1-0.0 Stamps 19,213 8,645 -55.0 Sports Illustrated 3,771,389 3,220,016 -14.6 Mekeel's 2,785 4,294 -1-54.2 The Sporting News 729,113 694,434 -4.8 American Philatelist 55,336 55,333 0.0 Food Topical Time (ATA) 6,784 6,696 -1.3 Food &Wine 823,763 818,165 -0.7 First Days (AFDCS) 4,044 3,566 -11.8 Gourmet 784,559 899,549 -H4.6 U.S. Specialist (BIA) 2,011 2,108 + 4.8 Bon Appetit 1,349,396 1,255,006 -7.0 Figures for 1989 and 1992 have been used to show the Cooking Light 711,781 962,087 -1-35.2 changes thathave occurred since the onset ofour current national Other General Circulation Publications: economic woes. Commentary about these figures, at least for the BaseballCards 193,000 304,675 -f57.9 stamp weeklies, abounds elsewhere in the philatelic press. Rather Baseball Card News 43,000 83,706 -I-94.7 than add to that commentary or attempt to compete with others’ New Yorker 608,138 615,260 -fl.2 editorial spin, it may be useful, instead, to compare the data with New Republic 101,747 94,060 -7.6 circulation trends for some national general circulation publica- Trains 95,187 95,295 -1-0.1 tions. Model Railroader 200,524 214,933 + 1.2 The followinglistings are quite arbitrary. They include some Workbench 875,202 862,985 -1.4 magazines to which I subscribe and some whose data I was The Atlantic 469,420 471,977 •fO.5 interested in noting. Others were selected after perusing the Antiques 62,756 61,807 -1.5 magazine racks at a local book store. Data for the tabulations Harper’s Bazaar 710,050 749,006 -1-5.5 comes from the Gale Directory o f Publications and Broadcast Architectural Digest 636,531 631,718 -0.8 Media. Village Voice 147,529 142,006 -3.7 First let’s see how some big name publications have fared: Yankee 1,000,962 1,008,522 -1-0.8 1989 1992 % Change With few bright exceptions most national magazines lost National Geographic 10,829,328 9,921,479 -8.4 ground between 1989 and 1992. In fact, according to Gale the Smithsonian 2,324,112 2,204,298 -5.2 total number of general circulation periodicals published in the Readers Digest 16,434,254 16,264,547 -1.0 United States has decreased from 11,092 in 1989 to 10,857 in Good Housekeeping 5,114,774 5,152,521 -t-0.7 1992, a 2.1 % decrease. Calculating based upon the high point of Ladies Home Journal 5,117,712 5,001,739 -2.3 11,556 in 1988 magnifies the percentage decrease to 6.0%. Popular Science 1,826,156 1,807,540 -1.0 Despite massive television and print advertising; sneaker Popular Mechanics 1,688,784 1,651,064 -2.2 phones, free blooper tapes, and other such geegaws; direct mail Saturday Evening Post 570,929 479,525 -16.0 discount offers; telephone solicitations; and other so-called News Publications: high-tech marketing techniques, name publications such as Time, Newsweek 3,288,453 3,211,958 -2.3 Newsweek, Barron's. Sports Illustrated, and The Sporting News Time 4,393,237 4,094,935 -6.8 all suffered losses from 1989 to 1992. U.S. News/World Rpt 2,303,328 2,311,534 -t-0.4 Considering national trends, the losses experienced in the Business Publications: philatelic marketplace may be as much a reflection of national Barron’s 247,756 241,319 -2.6 trends as any other reason. Sometimes recessionary periods have Business Week 1,002,572 1,004,809 + 0.2 had positive effects on the hobby. The great surge of interest in Forbes 739,856 744,191 -t-0.6 stampcollecting during theDepressionofthe 1930shasbeenwell documented, but at present it appears that the stamp market and Men’s Interest: the health of the stamp collecting hobby seem to be more closely Playboy 3,657,904 3,547,165 -3.0 mirroringournationaleconomy. Consumer sentimentperhapshas Penthouse 2,088,445 1,501,821 -28.1 caused many people to be more cautious with discretionary Figure these out? expenditures such as for magazine subscriptions and leisure Brides 479,335 323,818 -34.4 pursuits. In the past two years the number one reason, after

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. 21 health, givenby those resigning from the APS has beenjob loss its virtualmonopoly toproducebaseball cards in 1981. Sincethen or other economic difficulty. therehas been an endlessnumberofcard manufacturers andthere While antiques, coins, and stamps have all had difficulty, are now more than thirty magazines available for card collectors. circulation for Model Railroader, published by Kalmbach However, ina recent issue ofFolio’sPublishing News, associate Publishing, increased from200,524to 214,933between 1989and editor Lome Manly reports in an article about the sports card 1992. Tracking (no pun intended) their growth more closely, I craze that many magazines in that hobby now are scrambling to found ithas notbeen withoutinterruption. From a circulationof position themselves in a declining market. Some magazines have 123,481 in 1970 they rose steadily to 185,457 in 1980, then already folded, others have consolidated, and others are trying to steadily declined to 167,907 in 1987. Since &en they have been hold their base by expanding their coverage to topics other than increasing steadily. baseball cards. When I asked its editor, Russ Larson, “ To what do you So what does this all tell us about where philately may be ascribe your current success: editorial shift, price change, new headed? Is it about to collapse? Is it poised for an upswing? Are marketing strategy, loss of competition, etc.T’, he responded, weenteringa period ofste^y decline? Orhavewereached a flat “ None of those, and we haven’t a clue.” He did indicate that plateau? While I personally believe that as long as there are many individuals who were first introduced to model trains as stanq)s and postal systems, there will be people interested in youngsters in the 1940s and 1950s were now returning to the collecting and studying them, the interplay of unpredictable hobby. Basically, according to Larson, “ Model trains are hot factors seems too great to make meaningful long range predic- rightnow,’’and &epeople coming into thehobby havenotbeen tions. Considering the difficulty economists, with endless data at greatly affected by the current recession. The strong prices that theirdisposal,haveinagreeingaboutwhereournation’seconomy choice rare stanq)s have garnered in recent months suggests the is head^, I am particularly leery when I hear predictions about stamp hobby, too, has a large base of participantswho have not the stamp hobby that are based solely upon current circulation been much affect^ by the current recession. trends or any o&er single factor. The hobby industry phenomenon of the 1980s was baseball In themeantime, howdidyour favoritepublicationfareduring cards. Theboomseems tohavebeenprecipitatedwhenToppslost the past three years? O

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22 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. Gold Stanley Gibbons - Great Britain Vo! 1 - Queen United States Specialist, VoL 62, Bureau Victoria Specialized Stamp Catalogue, Stanley Issues Assn. Anatolia, Menachim Max Mayo. Gibbons Publications. Western Express, Western Cover Soc. Canada's Small Queen Era, 1870-1897, V. The Louise Boyd Dale/Alfred F. Lichtenstein Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 1 - Graves Greene Phil. Research Foundation. Collections, Vols III, IV, H. R. Harmer, Inc. British Commonwealth, VoL 2, Countries J-Z, Cana!Zone Stamps, Richard H. Salz. The Chronideofthe U.S. ClassicPostalIssues, S. G. Publns. Cyprus 1353-1986, Christie's Robson Lowe. Susan M. McDonald. Large Silver______Fundamentals of Philately, L. N. Williams. Postal History, Postal History Society (Great Gold Fever, Kenneth J. Kutz. Britain). The Bermuda Packet Mails and the Halifax- The Large Queen Stamps of Canada and Their PostalHistory Journal, Harlan F. Stone. Bermuda Mail Service 1806 to 1886, The Use, 1868-1872, V. Graves Greene Phil. Re- 57thAmerican PhilatelicCongress, Michel For- Postal History Soc. Great Britain. search Foundation. and. British F'ostai Rates to Europe, 1836-1876, North Atlantic Mai!Sailings 1840-75, Richard Vermeil ______The P.H. Soc. G.B. F. Winder. Canadian Military Posts, VoL 3, operations in ThePhilatelic andPostalHistoryofHongKong TheAirMails ofEgypt, J. Sears. NATO, U.N., and Canada, 1947 to 1989, W. and the Treaty Ports o f China and Japan, Australian Mails via Suez, 1852 to 1926, The Bailey and E. Toop. Patrick Pearson. Postal History Society (Great Britain). Guatemala Philately, 1971-1990 Issues & Postal Censorship in Imperial Russia, John H. British Empire Campaigns and Occupations in Special Studies, Int'l. Soc. of Guatemala Col- Otten. the NearEast 1914-1924, Christie's R.L. lectors. • ThePostalServiceofSierraLeone—ItsHistory, British Stamp Booklets (Parts 1-6), G.B. Phil. The Guide to the Postal Stationery o f India, Stamps and Stationery until 1961, Royal Soc. VoL 4, Aerogrammes AJqlandLetter Cards, D. Philatelic Society, London. Also jury's felicita- The Cancellations o f the 1841 Penny Red, Lang and R. Saunders. Philatelic Imprint, w/felicitations. tions. The Inverted Jenny: Mystery, Money, Mania, Cilicie - Occupation MUitaire Frangaise, M. G. Amick. Sehs Classicos de Relevo de Portugal, Nucleo Mayo. New Zealand - A Philatelic Miscellany, A. Filatdiico do Ateneu Comercial do Porto. With Classic United States imperforate Stamps, J. special prize —FESOFI. Berry. Rose. Nome Gold, K. Kutz. Stamps andPostalHistoryof Tasmania, Royal The Foreign Post Offices in Palestine 1840- The NorthA tiantic Catapult, R. Stanley-Smith. Philatelic Society, London. 1918, World Phil. Cong, of Holyland. Northwest Territories Postal Cancellations Philatelic Literature: Compilation Techniques Historia Postal y Filatelica del Peru, H. Moll. 1907-1986, K. O'Reilly. and Reference Sources, James Negus. History o f the Post in Derby 1635-1941, H. Philatelic Forgers: Their Lives and Works, V. Catalogue of the Crawford Collection ofPhila- Wilson. Tyler. telic Literature at the British Library, The Print- Ligne Mermoz, G. Collot, A. Cornu. The PostalHistory of Fiji 1911-1952, J. Rod- er's Stone Ltd. / British Library. Linn's Plate Number CoilHandbook, Ken Law- ger. Luchvaart en Luchtpost Encyclopedia, dee! 7, rence. The Postal History of the Cayman Islands, P. tot en met 1935, J. L. C. M. TSchroots, Manual de Filatelia Temitica, N. Ferr6. McCann. H.H.C. TSchroots-Boer. With AAMS special Mashonaland 1890-1896, Christie's R.L. Paste, Host!e Peste a Pavia, G. Migliavacca. prize. The New York Postmaster's Provisional, S. The Postmarks of SierraLeone 1854 to 1961, Lombardo-Veneto 1854-1858, Starphiia S.A. Piller. F. Walton. Catalogue of the Revenue Stamps ofthe Unit- 19th Century Cleveland, Ohio, Postal Mark- Russian Postmarks - An Introduction and edKingdom, Isle ofMan, ChannelIslands, and ings, T. Allen. Guide, A. Kiryushkin, with felicitations. Eire, Roger G. Booth, with special prize—best Opinions VI, R. Odenweller. Sarawak: The Issues o f 1871 and 1875 - in section. Paquetes a Vaporpara o Brasil (1851-1877), Plating Studies and PostalHistory, W . Watter- Nucleo Filatdiico do Ateneu Comercial do Postage Stamp Auction Catalogues, Sothe- son. by's, with felicitations of the jury and special Porto. Seebeck -Heme o Villano? D. Mueses. prize. Philatelie a la Frangaise, The Philatelic Founda- Los Sellos de la Confederacion Argentina, R. TheLondonPhilatelist, Royal Philatelic Society, tion. Oreste. London. With special prize—best in section. PostalHistoryandPostmarksoftheA udiencia Historia Postal de la Tripulacion de!Acorazado o f Quito, Dr. G. Maier S. Admiral GrafSpee, Scniiohter - Spinetto. 55th and 56th American Philatelic Congress The Postal History of the P&O Service to the Book, Barbara R. Mueller. Malta Study Circle Study Papers, Nos. 2, 11, Peninsula, R.P.S., London. 16, 22, 32, 39, 44, Malta Study Circle. Large Vermeil The PostalMarkings of the Cana!Zone, L. Ent- The Pacific Steam Navigation Company, wistle. R.P.S., London. Capitulaciones de SantaFe, Sociedad Filatelica Subsidies para a Historia do Correio Maritime Granadina. The Queen Bizabeth // Waterlow " Castle" Portugues, N. F. do A. C. do Porto. High Values 1955-1958, G. Bater and the Lord CentralAmerica:PostalHistoryandaListingof Timbresde Franceau Type Merson, Storch and Pre-PhilatelicPostmarks, Leo J. Harris. Spens. Frangon. Selecciones RIatelicas, Argentine Phil. Soc. Chile first Issues o f Postage Stamps 1853- U.S. Postmarks & Cancellations, The Philatelic 1867, Gerhard Blank. Foundation, with felicitations. Selos de Recurso Circulados em Portugal CorreosMaritimosEspanoles, Francisco Garay Continental, NOcleo F. do A. C. do Porto. UPUSpecimen Stands, J. Bendon. "Town" Cancels of British Honduras, 1880- Unibaso. Ediciones de la F.A.E.F., Federacidn Argentina Ecuador: Postal History and a Listing of Pre- 1973, E. Addiss. de E. F., with felicitations. Panama: The 1885 Stampless Period, Dr. J. philatelic Postmarks, Loo J. Harris. Porte de Mar, K. Sohimmer. Great Britain: The De La Rue Years 1878- Helme and F. Brid. The Birth o f the Penny Black, J. Grimwood- Venezuela Sigh XIX, EmisionlaEfigiedel 880 1910, VoL 2, Stanley Gibbons Publications. Taylor. de Simon O liver y sus Falsificaciones, A. G. R.L, Christie's Robson Lowe, with felicita- A Census of United States Classic Plate Moratti. tions of the jury. Blocks, 1851-1882, J. Chapin. The Pence Issues of Newfoundland, 1857- Exposicion Mundial de Filatelia Granada 92 British Post Office Notices 1666-1899, VoL 5 1866, V..Graves Greene Phil. Research Fdn. Colecciones Iberoamericanas, E. Escalada- (1850-1859), M. Raguin. A PostalHistoryoftheJapanese Occupation of Goicoechea. Philatelic Literature: A History and a Select the Philippines, 1942-1945, E. A. Garrett, with Organizacion de los Servicios Filatelicos, J. C. Bibliography from 1861 to 1991, M. Amrhein. special prize of the FIAF and felicitations of the Saenz. Sixty-YearIndex to the United States Special- jury. American Stampless Cover Catalog, VoL /, D. ist, Bureau Issues Assn. Sanitary Fairs ... A Philatelic and Historical Phillips. Surveys o f the Confederate Postmasters' Study o f Civil War Benevolences, A. and M. Catalogo Especializado de Sellos de Espana y Provisionals, F. Crown. Kantor, with special prize FilCaracas and felici- Dependencies Postales, 1991 (2 Vols.), Edifil Korean Kingdom and Empire Philatelic Catalog tations of the jury. S.A. and Handbook, J. Kerr. The Small Queens of Canada, Christie's Rob- Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 1 - Postal Markings of United States Expositions, son Lowe. British Commonwealth,; Vo! 2, Great Britain W. Bomar. The Stamps & Postal History of the Gambia, and CountriesA-l, S. G. Publications. The Post-War Provisional Issues of Northeast Christie's Robson Lowe. Catalogo Historico dos Selos do Imperio do China, Manchurian LocalOverprints, Vo!I- The Swedish Letter Rates to Foreign Destinations Brasil 1843-1889, M. G. da C. Studart. Mukden Types, Dr. G. T. Luzitano. 1855-1895, Lauson H. Stone. TheAmerican Revenuer, K. Trettin. United States Internal Revenue Tax-Paid United States Telegraph Stamps and Franks, British Caribbean Philatelic Journal, M. Swet- Stamps Printedon Tin-Foiland Paper Tobacco Wrappers, J. Hicks, with felicitations. George Jay Kramer. land and M. Forand. Catalogo de Perforaciones Classicas y Mo- Marcas VFechadores de MadridHasta 1900, The GBJournal, Great Britain Phil. Soc. Ramon Cortes de Haro. India Post, India Study Circle. dernas en los Sellos de Correos de Espana, F. Annotated Bibliography o f Cuba Philatelic Japanese Philately, Int'l. Soc. for Japanese Rodriguez. Literature, Ernesto Cuesta. Philately. Catalogo dos Carimbos Mudos do Brasil, J. American Stampless Cover Catalog, VoL II, Revista Tematica Filatelia e Culture, Brazil Botelho. David G. Phillips. Assn, of Thematic Philately. Catalogo Historico Hlatelico Columbia, L. Catalogue of Egyptian Revenue Stamps, Peter The Journal of the Rhodesian Study Circle, C. Garcia. R. Feltus. Hoffman. > *■

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. 23 Catalogo Permanente da Tematica Ferroviaria La Compagnie de Chemin de Fer Qudbec Cen- Bale Catalogue of Israel Postage Stamps, M. Filatelico-Postal da Espaha desde 1883, S. tral: Ftude des Marques Postales Utlliseds a Bale. Lopez. ^rddes WagonsPostaux (1879-19711, Jean- Central Lithuania: Specialized Stamp Cata- Catalogue das Obliterations das Colonies Pierre Forest. logue, Dr. A. Pachoiczyk, with felicitations. Frangaises, Tome I, las Possessions du Paci- The Confederate States Two-Cent Red-Jack GreatBritainCommemorativeLabelsR e-1950, fique, B. Sinais and G. Venot. Intaglio Stamp, B. Green. A Catalogue, The Cinderella Stamp Club. Handbookof Cuba, Parts l-lll, W . Jones and R. Ei Correo Iberoamericano, su Evolucion en The Revenue Stamps ofPeru, VoL /, H. Moll. Roy. Einco Siglos, W. Bose. Selos Postals de Portugal, Agores, Madeira, Priced Catalog o f the Revenue Stamps of The Crown Colony o f Wei Hai Wei 24 May Macau e Pre-Rlatelicos, N.F.A.C. do Porto. Cuba, W . Jones. 1898 to 1 October 1930, R.P.S. London. Filasta Auction Catalogues Nos. 109-113, Great Britain Stamps and Postal History, Czechoslovakia Revolutionary Stamps and Filasta S.r.l. Christie's R. L. Overprints, 1944-45, LocalIssues, J. Grau. GeorgeAlevizos SaleNumbers 65, 69, 71, 73, P.S.,A QuarterlyJournalof PostalHistory, R. Estudio de! sello commemorative del Cuarto 77,80, MadagascarUPUSpecimens, G. Alevi- Harris and D. Da Blois. Centenario delDescubrimento de Puerto Rico, zos. R. F., Revista de FUateiia, Edifil S.A. 1493-1893, 0 . Davila. Great Britain Auction Catalogues, Phillips Son Timbroscopie, Timbropresse. The Rve Cents Beaver Stamps o f Canada & Neale. TheAirpost Journal, J. Graue. 1859 to 1868, R.P.S. London. Ivy, Shreve St Mader Selected PhilatelicAuc- Atalaya Hlatelica, Seville Phil. Soo. The Garfieid-PerryStamp Club 1890-1990: A tion Catalogs, 1989-92, I.S.M. Auctions. Boletim do Clube Hlatelico de Portugal, Portu- BriefHistory, D. Pulver. MichaelRogers 1990-91 Auctions, M. Rogers. gal Phil. Club. Guia Didactica de RIatelia, J. Santanelli. Auction Catalogue, Soler& Llach S.A. British Journal of Russian Philately, Brit. Soo. Historia de la Sociedad RIatelica Sevillana, Auction Catalogues, S. Gibbons Ltd. of Russ. Phil. Seville Philatelic Society. Torres St Galeria Catalogos de Subasta Inter- The Bulletin of the British Society ofAustralian Matasellos Utiiizados en las Estafetas Ambu- nacionales, Torres & Galeria. Philately, Br. Soo. Austral. Phil. lantes Ferroviarias, Argentina 1865-1892, J. China Phil. Soo. of Sammler, O Informative de Colecionador, JournalofChinesePhilately, Ceriani. P.Meyer and R. Meyer. London. Mauritius: To PayManuscript andHandstamp Barbara R. Mueller. Stamp Magazine, R. West. The Essay-ProofJournal, Markings 1860-/6; MaritimeMail 1815-1868, The Anglo-Boer War Philatelist, The A-B War E!Filatelico, Dominican Republic Phil. Soo. Indian Ocean Study Circle. Phil. Soc. JournalofRanee &ColoniesPhilatelicSociety, The Riong Stamp and Postal Stationery Cen- F. & Cols. Phil. Soc. (G.B.) Apuntes RIatelicos, Circulo Filatelico de Liniers tennial May 1, 1991, Assn. Stationery Collec- A.C. Hong Kong Study Circle Journal, H.K. Study tors in Finland. Circle. Boletim RIatelico, Seccao Filatelica da U.B.P. The Souvenirs o f the 1897 Universal Postal Bull's Eyes, Brazil Phil. Assn. Mexicana, E. Nissen. Congress, J. Bruns and J. Weimer. The Penny Post, The Carriers and Locals Soc. Canadian Re-entry Study GroupNewsletter, R. f^SC Journal, Postal Hist. Soc. of Canada. Los Sellos Relacionados con /a Exposiclon de Trimble. Sevilla de 1929, Seville Phil. Soc. PostalStationery, J. Weimer. Chile RIatelico, Sociedad Filatelica de Chile. Vuelos Postales Uruguayos de Bartolomeo The China Clipper, D. Alexander. The Posthorn, G.Lesney. Cattaneo, Aerophilately Group Uruguay. RevenueJournal of GreatBritain, C. Akerman. The Cinderella Philatelist, L. N. Williams. Cahlers de L'Academie, Opus IX, AQEP. Civil Censorship Study Group Bulletin, T. Tor- Astrofilatelia, J. Duran. Falsificaciones de Venezuela, 1906Apoteosis Canadian Stamp News Columns, I. Robertson. rance. de Miranda, A. Moratti. The Czechoslovak Specialist, Soc. for Cz. Phil. FUateiia an el Universal, H. Rengifo, with spe- M. cial prize—best in section. Ranco-Thurn & TaxisAccountancy Marks, A RIatelia, Seccao Fil. Bombeiros Voluntarios Stempien. Stamps, R. Mitchener. International Mail, 1699-1869, M. Stempien. de Sintra. Stamps, Barth Healey. E. Rl-ltalia, Italy & Cols. Study Circle. Philatelic Chronicle. Kleiner Grenzverkehr vom belagerten Paris, Cronica Filatelica, Cohn. Rrst Days, B. Newton. Silver German Postal Specialist, German Phil. Soc. The Royal MintArchives: Ireland 1922-1954, Hellenic Phil. Soc. of N. Collins. H.P.S.A. News Bulletin, Advanced Stamp Collecting: A Serious Col- Bureau Issues Association Plate Number America. lector's Guide to the Collection and Study of Checklist, Plates 1-20,000, B.I.A. Les lies Normandes, Channel Islands Special- Postage Stamps and Related Materials, B. Bureau Issues Association Plate Number ists' Society. Krause. Checklist, Plates 20,000-41,303, B.I.A. The Interleaf, G. Korn. AirMaii... An IllustratedHistory, 1793-1981, Checklist o f Rrst Day Covers and Earliest The IsraelPhilatelist, Dr. 0 . Stadtier. D. Holmes. Documented Covers 1847-1931, S. Ripley, Kiku Shimbun, ISJP (U.K. Chapter). British Empire Civil Censorship Devices, Wprid with felicitations. Machine CancelForum, B. Billings. War a. United Kingdom, T. Torrance. NCPHS Newsletter, North Carolina P.H. Soo. The Canadian Map Stamp of 1898 -A Plating Cumulative Subject Index (to the British Jour- nal of Russian Philately, Rossica Journal, and OPAL Journal, Oriental Phil. Assn, of London. Study, W . Bradley. The Orange R ee State Bulletin, The O.F.S. The Channel Islands Sub-Post Offices and five other Journals), British Soc. of Russian Philately. Study Circle. Their Postmarks, D. Gurney. La PhilatdiieRangaise, Federation des Societes Confederate Patriotic Covers and Their Usag- The Harris Index to Philatelic Literature 1879- 1925, J. Negus. Philateiiques Frangaises. es, B. VVishnietsky. Philatdiie Qudbec, F. Brisse. The Echoes That Remain, H. Schwab. An Index to RevenueArticles WhichHaveAp- Falkland Islands Mails, The Kosmas Years peared in SerialPublications, R. Riley. Posiedon, J. Gomez-Aguero. index to The Cinderella Philatelist 1961-1985 The Quarterly Circular, Egypt Study Circle, J. 1880-1900, J. Howat. Grimmer. Glider Mail, S. Short. and to The Private Post 1977-1985, The Great Britain: The Penny Lilac, Part 2, G.B. Cinderella Stamp Club. The Sarawak Journal, B. Cave. Phil. Soo. LexiconvoorU.S.A.-Rlatelie,AmerikaanseTer- Scalpel & Tongs, Dr. R. Chakravorty. HistoirePostaledesliesKerguelen 1772-1945, men Vertaald, A. van Herk. Journal of Sports Philately, M. Maestrone. P. Couesnon. Opinions i-V; The Complete Abstracts and The Springbok, D. Palmer. Japanese Occupation Postmarks o f Malaya, Index, A. Menaker. U.S.C.S. Log, R. Rawlins. Christie's R. L. Philatelic Periodicals of the United States and The Vermont Philatelist, R. Henson. OverlandMai! via the Syro-lraqui GreatDesert, Canada, G. Van Cott. Gibbons Stamp Monthly, S. Gibbons Pubs. N. Collins. Timbrodico, Timbropresse. The Philatelic Foundation Quarterly, The P.F. Palestine Mandate Issues 1921-1948, The EXFIME '90, S. Culla. PHSCJournal (SpecialIssue), P.H. Soc. Cana- Crown Agents Requiqhion Books, N. Collins. Exposiclon Filatelica Gracia, Gracia Philately da. Quandles Classiquesae Ranee et de Colonies and Numismatics. Investigacion Sobre RIatelia Argentina, J. Francaises Nous Sont Contes, Timbropresse Catalogo de Espaha y Dependenclas Postales, Fernandez. SA. 1993, Edifil S.A. Recapitulaciones, S. Rubio. RoyalHousehold Mail, G. Morgan. Catalog of New Jersey Railway Postal Mark- Los Sellos de Correo de Mexico, I. Monroy. £/ Servicio Postal y RIatelico en ei Peru, C. ings, F. MacDonald. Stamps, E. Davis. Nicoletti. Catalogo de Sellos de Cuba, 1992, Edifil S.A. Bibliophilately and the Bierman Philatelic Li- TerritorialAssiniboia and Saskatchewan, The Catalogo Oficia! AnfU Sellos de Espaha, An- brary, S. Bierman, M.D., with special Westhaver-Thompson Collection, R. Gray. dorra, Correo Espahol y Frances. Tema Ameri- prize—best in section. The Transportation Series and Other Plate ca. Europa C.E.P.T., Anfil, S.A. Thailand OverprintIdentifier, G.Van Cott, with Number CoilIssues, J. Agris, M.D. Catalogo RuUer-91, Selos do Brasil 1843- special prize—best in section. Western Roundup, The Philatelic Foundation. 1900, J. Ruller. EXFILNA .87, Soc. Fil. Gerundense. The World's Greatest Stamp Collectors and Doane-Thompson Catalog of U.S. County and OLYMPHILEX'83, Sebastian Culla. More o f the World’s Greatest Stamp Collec- Postmaster Postmarks, K^. Gilman, with felici- Prefilatelia de Honduras, N. Bendeck. tors, S. Bierman, M.D. tations. Newfoundland Specialized Stamp Catalogue, Ceylon, The Camps for Boer Prisoners of War DurtandStandardPlate NumberCatalog, B.j.A. 2nd Edition, J. Walsh and J. Butt. 1900 to 1902, TheirPostalHistory, 3. Stroud. AFA Specialized Catalog 1987-88, Scandina- The Overprinter, R. Peters. Chiu's Supplement - Silver Yuans, M. Rogers. vian Phil. Foundation.

24 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. Silver-Bronze Specimens of Stamped Envelopes and Wrap- The Revealer, Eire Phil. Assn. pers of the UnitedStates, J. Weimer. Revista RIatelia, F. Lombardi. British Columbia Post Offices, W . Robinson. T.P.O. Postmarks o f Great Britain 1962-1990, Revista Riatelica Argentina, O. Corres. British Postal Rates, 1635 to 1839, The P.H. T. P.O. and Seapost Society. Seaposter, Maritime Postmark Soc. Soc. (G.B.) EXFILNA-'90, Asociacion Filatelic Zaragozana. Thai Philateiy, G. Van Cott. Collecting Stamps for Pleasure and Profit, B. WritingAbout PostalHistory, E. Cohn. Themescene, M. Morris. Krause. Germany Philatelic Society 40th Anniversary 1969-1991, 22'/>-Year Anniversary Nether- The Domestic Packets between Great Britain Anthology, D. Manchester. lands Philatelists o f California, N.P. of C. and Ireland, 1635 to 1840, The P.H. Soc. Stanley Gibbons - Stamp Collecting - Philatelic NJPHNo. 100, N.J. Civii WarPatriotic Covers, (G.B.). Terms Illustrated, S.G. Publns. NJ Postal History Soc. Handbook on Transatlantic Mail, J. Arnell Stanley Gibbons - CollectButterflies and Other FDC Viewpoints, G. Dunaier. Islanders Deported, Part ii, R. Harris. Insects on Stamps, S.G. Publns. The Judging and Exhibiting Column, C. Verge. TheLeewardIslandsAdhesiveFees Stamps, E. Stanley Gibbons- CollectRailways on Stamps, Mystery Shopper, S. Olson. Toeg. S.G. Publns. Postal History.Comments, E. Cohn. Philatelic Horses & Horse Relatives, R. Wet- Catalogo de Estampillas de Colombia (1859- This 'n That, J. Foley. more. 1992) A. Barriga. Articulos, Diaria de Burgos. ThePost Office on PriceEdwardIsland (1787- Estampillas de Colombia-America 500 Anos Emisiones Peruanas, H. Rengifo. 1900), G. Murray. 1492-1992, L. Garcia. E!Mundo delos Timbres, A. Grossmann. Postage Paid Franks and Cancellations of the Mystic's U.S. Stamp Catalog, Mystic Stamp Noticiero RIatelico, P. Pasquinelli. Channel Islands, G. Morgan. Co. Postmark Lancaster, R. Colberg. SenatorJamesA. Calders Complete Platingof The New Herst-Sampson Catalog, A guide to Stamp Corner, P. McCarthy. the Canada 17C Jacques Cartier from the 19th Century •■United States Postmarks and Stamp Facts, R. Fredett^k. 1859 Cents Issue, C. Veerge. Cancellations, K. Gilman. ListMaker, M. Jackson. SilverJubilee ofKing George V- Stamps Hand- U. S. Cancels 1890-1900, Sol Salkind. The Great Britain Window Booklet Identifica- book, A. Ainscough. Chile en la RIatelia Extranjera, R. Boizard, M. tion Guide, 1987-1991, L. Rosenblum. The Sporting Spirit: Perceptions in Philatelic Marino. Bronze Art Iconography and Sports Philately 1896- Postanski saobracaj - Kataiog Posebnosti (Postai Sergvice Catalogue for Specialties), Z. Movies on Mail, P. Wolff. 1974, Dr. M. Herndon. Boskovic. 20th Anniversary Publication, World Philatelic Stamp Collecting: An Illustrated Guide and Stanley Gibbons Stamp Cataiogue Part 7 - Congress o f Israel, Holy Land and Judaica Handbook forAdult Collectors, B. Krause. Germany, S. G. Publns. Societies, A. Ben David. TheZeppelin Stamps, M. Rogers. Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 10 - £/ Ajedrez y la RIatelia en Linares, Phil. & Anatomias y a!Sigh XIX, E. Prada. Russia, S.G. Publns. Numis. Circle, Linares. British Levant Study Papers 5 and 6, R. Malim. British Virgin Islands: Stamps andPostalHisto- British Occupation o f ^ r m e r Italian Colonies- Switzerland Catalogue, The Amateur Collector Ltd. ry of the Reign of King George VI, G. Miglia- Postage Stamp Issues, Great Britain Overprints Cavendish Philatelic Auction Catalogues, Ca- vacca. Soc. vendish Phil. Auctions Ltd. The Cancel Used by the Corte Post Office Carimbohgia do BrasHClassico, As Agendas Colonial Stamp Company Public Auctions, Administration on the Rrst Day of Circuiation Plataforma - Purificacao, R. Koester. Colonial S.C. of the Buli's Eyes, I. Rosario. Channel Islands Revenues, O. Simpson. Leilao RIatelico, N.F. do A.C. do Porto. A Concise Postal History of Persia, G. Miglia- Chu Kwang TowerIssues of Taiwan, D. Alex- Selected Auction Catalogues, Harmers of vacca. ander. London. IllustratedDirectoryofNew Jersey 1847 Issue The De La Rue Punch Book, R.P.S. London. U.S. Covers and PostalHistory, D. Phillips. Covers, B. Arch. Estampillas y Buques en la Historia Maritima Cuadernos RIatelicos Uruguayos, J. Oberti. The Influence of the United States Navy upon del Peru, F. Angulo. Jorna!do Selo, R. Beltrame. the Panama Railroad(1849-1904), J. Grigore. Estudio Sobrelos DistritosPostales y elCodigo AirMailNews, British Aerophil. Federation. Introducing Thematic Collecting, A. Lee. Postal, Philatelic and Numismatic Circle of ALFINUM - Alcanar RIatelic L Numismatic, Introducing Postal History, V. Sussex. Linares. Alcanar Philatelic & Numismatic Society. NYBRA's Triple Crash and Outlaw Covers and Extremadura en !a Filatelia, J.-Ledn Martinez. TheAstrophiie, Space Unit. Postal Markings, J. Grigore. Extremadura en los Sellos de Espaha, J.-Le6n Austria, Austrian S.C. of G.B. The Penny Postage Jubilee 1890, W. Bausch- Martinez. Austria BuHetin, Austria Phil. Soc. of NY. ke. The Reid Post of the Czechoslovak & Allied B.E.A., the Bulletin o f the East Africa Study Portugal e Colombo, F. DaSilva. Forces in Russia 1918-1920, W . Page. Circle, R. Dunstan. The Postal Services of UNFICYP, J. Ertughrul. La RIatelia - Que y Como Coleccionar, F. Ar- The ^ue Lamp, R. Holdeman. Statue o f Liberty Stamps & Postmarks, D. acil. Boletin Aeropostal, Argentina Aerophil. Soc. Brenke. The Furness Line to Bermuda, M. Ludington The Burma Peacock, Alan Meech. Articles, M. Sommer. and M. Rego. The Canadian Connection, J. Peebles. Articulos deArte, A. M. P. de Simonelli. Great Britain - The Stamps o f the Circular The Carto-Philatelist, The Carto-Philatelists. La Colombiana U.S.A., Dr. E. Simonazzi. Delivery Companies and Their Forgeries, C. £/ Cenachero, Philatelic & Numismatic Circle, Die Columbus - Ausgabe der U.S.A., Dr. E. Harman. Malaga. Simonazzi. Malayan PostalHistory as Recordedin Official The CentralAmerican Newsletter, M. Birks. Falsificaciones de Venezuela, Selloslocales de Documents to 1939, W. Reeves. Cercle Informacio de RIatelia, Barcelona Phila- Guayana, A. Moratti. Matasellos Mudos y Pariantes en el Peru, J. telic & Numismatic Circle. Falsos Postales de Venezuela, A. Moratti. Lozada. Chile News, Prof. J. West. Les Gares de la ViUe Lumiere, J.-P. Forest. £/ Correo de! Oeste, Ituzaingo Philatelic & Terror by Mail / Terror by Mail Revisited, M. MaximofUia, M. Monterrey. Sommer. MoroccoAgencies/Tangier- The Overprints on Numismatic Circle. The Cuban Philatelist, Cuban Phil. Soc. of Tintinnabulation, J. Zonay. the King Edward VIII Issues of Great Britain, Typing of U.S. Postai Stationery Die 5, Group G.B. Overprints Soc. America. The Cyprus Circular Post, Cyprus Study Circle. 1 ana Group 2, J. Weimer. ThePostageRatesofGermany 1906-1923, D. Bibliography ofPeriodicalsDevoted to Philatel- Manchester. Czechout, A. Knight. £/ Exphrador RIatelico, Philatelic Club of ic Literature, B. Birch. Seychelles: AirmailHistory, 1917-1938; Civil Scouts and Guides. Check ListofPostage Stamps aboutMusic, A. Censor Markings, 1939-1945, Indian Ocean Grimsey. Study Circle. The Ragstaff, King George V Silver Jub. Study Circle. Catalogos Exposiciones RUMBO a! 92, Socie- The TRANSORM Letter Sorting Machine, Forerunners, W . Brooks VI. dad Filatelica Sevillana. 1931-1981, M. V-Oostra. Ice Cap News, Amer. Soc. Polar Philatelists. OLYMPEX '88, D. Speirs. DeAtenas a Barcelona, S. Culla. Informacidn RIatelica (IF), Info. Fil. Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition Show Feldpost Codes, I. Griggs. The Kiwi, A. Berry. Program, R.’ DeGraw. The First U.S. PostalMuseum, Paragon Publ. The Lancashire & Cheshire Mail, P.H. Soc. Stanley Gibbons - Collect British Stamps, S.G. Prisonersof Warand Civilian InterneesinJapa- Lane. & Cheshire. Publns. nese-Occupied Netherlands Indies, M. Hardja- The LatinAmerican Post, P. Steen. British Post Office Santa Mai! Service, G. sudarma. Long Island PostalHistorian, L.l. P.H. Soc. Morgan. TheRisingSun OverInsulinde, M. Hardjasudar- Maple Leaves, D. Sessions. Catalog o f Locally-Issued USPS Souvenir ma. Menelik's Journal, H. Gagnon. Cards, M. Padwee. UNEA: The 7-Cent Postal Card, M. Hardjasu- 0.£. 78, Irish Airmail Soc. The Eisenhower Philatelic Catalog, E. Krohn. darma. The Perfin Society Bulletin, Mrs. M. Smith. LetterBoxes on Stamps andPostalStationery, Usage of the Dai Nippon-Kreisier Postcard on The Petro-Philatelist, F. Papa. G. Morgan. Java in 1943, M. Hardjasudarma. Philandorre, P. Louviau. Meniniu voku Katalogas 1950-1990, K. Alek- Libraryof the British Society of Russian Philat- Philatelic Paraphernaiia, V. Short. synas. ely: Catalogue 1991, Part 1 - Alphabetical PostalMechanisation Study CircleNewsletter, Stanley Gibbons - GreatBritain Concise Stamp Listing, B. Soc. of R. Phil. A. Nixon. Catalogue - New 1992 Editiion, S.G. Publns. Scandinavan Collectors Club 1993 Library The Quill, D. Lang. Saskatoon Stamp Centre Private Treaty Cata- Index, Dr. W. Melberg. logues, Saskatoon Stamp Centre.

The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Vol. 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. 25 Newsletter o f the Australian States Study Chicagopex '92 Group, Australian States S.G. The Last Words The Baton, I. Lawford. By Joe F. Frye Boletin Informativo Santista, Santos Phil. & Gold Please remember that what you write Numis. Club. The PostalMarkings of the Cana!Zone - Sec- Boletin Informativo, Alminar Collectors Assn. ond Edition, L. P. Entwistle. will likely have to be read. Carnal Post, Sudan Study Group. Use at least eleven-point type, with Espaha, Spanish Study Circle. Sanitary Fairs - A Philatelic and Historical The Falling Leaf, The Psywar Soc. Studyof CivilWarBenevolences, A. R. & M. S. double-spacingbetween Imesandone-inch Gabriel (Faith and Philately), P. Greening. Kantor; special award. Handbook Class. margins all around for all letters to the Great Britain Collectors Chronicle, T. Current. U.S. Postmarks and Cancellathns, S. Trepel. editor and articles sent for publication. Helvetia Philatelic Society Newsletter, Holv. PostalHistory Journal, H. F. Stone. My plea for direct response to my Phil. Soc. of G.B. Vermeil Judaica Collector, Judaica Phil. Soc. ‘‘How to be An Editor’’columns brought Korean Philately, Dr. J. Kerr. AFA Specialized Catalog 1987-88, S. Mejdal. Gene Fricks to his keyboard (page 10). The Ulliput, J. AitcNson. You are all welcome to respond—and Malta Newsletter, Malta Study Circle. 19th Century Cleveland, Ohio, fhstal Mark- ings, T. F. Allen. I ask thatyou do. Maneapa, Frank Caprio. Opinions VI, R. Od,enweller. The Masonic Philatelic Club, The M. P. C. I presume the Medi Theme, T. Wilson. The Qudbec Central Railway Company: A effort is accept- Pacifica, B. Jones. Study oftheRailwayPostOffice CancelsUsed able to some of Philateliography Canada, P. Burega. Aboard Mai! Cars, Jean-Pierre Forest. Philateli-Graphics, D. Apgar. SchweizerLuftpost-Handbuch, R. Kohl. you—since brick- Revista Nacional RIat, Circle of Friends of Via Airmail, An Aerophilatelic Survey o f bats have been Philately. Events, Routes, andRates, S. Short. n o t a b l y a b - The Scottish Post, Scottish P.H. Soc. Mexicans, E. Nissen. sent—and will The Springfield Stamp Club News, P. Martin. The Philatelic Foundation Quarterly, H. Stone. thereforecontinue S-T'A'R'S,?. Wolff. Silver The State Revenue Newsletter, P. Martin. it. Sussex Post, D. Padgham. The Foreign Post Offices in Palestine 1840- Your attention Tee Time, S. MacKenzie. 1918 Vol. a, A. Steichele, N. Collins, L. Dick- is drawn to Bar- The Texas Philatelist, Texas Phil. Assn. stein. Torch Bearer, Soc. of Olympic Collectors. bara Mueller’s Transatlantic MailStudy Group, J. Arnell. The Half - A Collection, C. Jennings, C. Yea- article on her The Journal o f the W aterhw Study Circle, ger. experience as our W.S.C. Irish Crash Airmails, R. Vogt. Windmill Whispers, Windmill Study Unit. The North Atlantic Catapult, Part 1 & 2, R. editor, page 7, WPC Newsletter, A. Bon David. Stanley-Smith. this issue. It was a real challenge, educa- The Colombo Chronicle, G. Guzzio, and M. The PlaceofStones, 2nd edition, J. Campbell. tion, andpleasure towork withdiatdistin- Owens. Scandinavian Collectors Club 1993 Library guished lady during her term ofoffice. Riilatelic Literature News International, PIN index, W. Melberg. I welcome response to part one in the Inti. TheZeppelin Stamps, D. Lehmhuhl, J. Gerlach. Colaboraciones para el boletin CeRPuDe y TheAirpost Journal, J. Graue. Fourth Quarter 1992issue, parttwo inthis otros, Centro Filatelico Puerto Oescado. TheAstrophiie, R. Burton. issue, and any future columns—direct to Nuestro Desvan RIatelico, H. Bermudez. me or to the ^ ito r as you prefer. The President's Message, J. Foley. Rrst Days, B. Newton. Topics and Themes, Mary*Ann Owens. Forerunners, W. Brooks VI, and special award. This has been one of the—if not Venezuela Sigh XIX, H. Bermudez. The Mail-Coach, J. Campbell. the—largest keyboarding jobs for this Antartida, N. Querol. Postal Stationery, J. Weimer. journal. Over 400,000 bytes, over 31,000 Los Sellos de la Confederacion Argentina, R. Silver Bronze Oresta. words. A Memento from theRock, M. Hardjasudarma. The Compulatelist, R. de Violini, with felicita- That little cut at the top ofthis column Starton Stamps, P. Wolff. tions. would be far more applicable to almost Whatto Collectin Scandinavia When YouHave Etiquettes: ParAvion - ByAirMail, F. Jones. anyone else. If you’d like a cut to app^r Run Outof Things to Collect, R. Collin. Handbook of BasketballPhilately, G. Killian. with regular features—or one-of-a-kind Noble's Catalog o f Cacheted Presidential History o f the Calgary Philatelic Society, D. Inaugural Covers, E. Krohn. Speirs. items—tell Ken. Yorkshire's Post, A. Dent. Here’s one that does fit me rather Forty-three additional entries received IllustratedPostcardsand Coversof theAnglo- Certificates of Participation. Boer War, J. Campbell. neatly. I suspect that many—if not Thirty-five entries failed to arrive. Japan Airlines First Flight Cover 1954-1990, most—ofour members couldaccurately be S. Nakano. so identified. 1992 Lidman Competition The Philatelic Foundation's New York City on My read- Stamps, M. Owens and G. Guzzio. (Awarded at Phi//fex) ing m atter Specimens of Stamped Envelopes and Wrap- includes a 1992 David Lidman Prize (and Gold) for pers of the United States, J. Weimer. philatelic writing in non-philatelic publications Jack KnightAirLog&AFA News, F. Weliman. wide range of (an engraved plaaue and $500 cash) to David Luftfahrt, Mitteilungsbiatt der Mag Luftfahrt, topics. My V. Tilton of Florida for his weekly “Stamps" Motiv-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Luftfahrt, W. f a v o r i t e column in the Fort Myers News-Press. Fischer. fiction au- Gold O.E.78, K. Winkelmann. Zeppelin, J. Duggan. thor’s most Barth Healey, New York Times stamp col- recent paper- umn. W Bronze back brought Ken Lawrence, stamps and stamp collect- Basketballon United States Postage Stamps, several edit- ing sections of 1992 Collier's Yearbook and J. Danner. 1992 Funk and WagnaU's Yearbook. ing gaffes. Maybe I am learning a little The Influence of the United States Navy upon Silver about how to proof read and just notice the Beginnings o f the Panama Railroad, J. such things more, I don’t know! Paul Hennefeld, article in Christopher Grigore. Street magazine (with felicitations). NationalAirMail Week-May 15-21, 1938, J. Ijoin^ Bob de Violini’sgroupwhose Fred Greene, stamp column in DallasMorn- Drabyk. journal is the Compulatelist. Informative, ing News. CAMS, The Bulletin o f the Chicago Air Mail helpful, and worfii the $10 annual fee. Gayle Turim, stamp article in Americana Society, S. Neulander. Send him a number 10 SASE—Box 5025, Magazine. The Philadelphia Philatelist, D. Siegel. Oxnard, CA 93031, and ask for an appli- Bronze Phiiamath, R. Woodward. Space PhilNews, Vorstand GWP. cation form. If you’re a computer maven Edward J. Davis Jr., weekly stamp column (Ken Lawrence’s favorite word—hw in Providence Journal-Bulletin. Zeppelinpost Rundbrief, Zeppelinpost-Arbeits- Peter Martin, article in ESGRam magazine. gemeinschaft. □ spousejust acquired a PC!), you’ll won- derhowyougotalongwithoutit. 13

26 The Philatelic Communicator, A.P.S. Writers Unit 30, First Quarter 1993. Volume 26, No. 1, Whole No. 99. Secretary-Treasurer . . . From page 28. 0686 Charles F. Nettleship Jr., 7500 North Calle SinEnvida, Apt. 1204, Tucson, AZ 85718. Reported by Betsy Towle, 1662 Alvin Kantor, 1088 Bluff Road, Glencoe, IL 60022. executive director. Postal History Foundation. Co-Author: The Sanitary Fairs. Sponsor: Ken Lawrence. 1663 Lawson P. Entwistle, 10000 Broadway, Tucson, AZ Resignations. 85748. Author: Postal Markings o f the Canal Zone (1982, 0192 Alfred “ Tag” Boerger, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 1992); Catalogue o f Cristobal Precancels (1987). Sponsor: C. 0283 J. D. Hiisak, Sun City; AZ. J. Peterson. 0391 Kit Schonbrun, Arnold, MD. 1664 Larry W. Graf, P.O. Box707, Clark, NJ 07066.Free- 0541 V. E. Engstrom, Clearwater, FL. lance writer: First Days (American First Day Cover Society). 1391 R. L. Maurer, Carlsbad, *CA. Sponsor: Kai Lawrence. 1458 E. T. Superson, Panama City, FL. 1665 Dr. GuyJ. L. 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Sponsor: Monbership Dues Payment for 1993. C. J. Peterson. 1671 W. A. Reeves, 88 Kensington Avenue, Thornton On December 1, 1992, membership dues notices were Heath, Surrey, CR7 8BZ England. Authorofseveralbooks on mailed, and 280 members had paid their dues by January 15, Malayan philately. Sponsor: C. J. Peterson. 1993. A second—and final—notice was sent on January 15, 1993, to 63 members whose dueshad not yet been received, and 1672 Richard F. Winter, 6657New Chandler Court, Burke, VA 22015. Author: North Atlantic Mail Sailings 1840-1875 (U. 23 of these have since paid. S. Philatelic Classics Society); Section Editor: Chronicle o f U.S. For the 40 members whose 1993 dues remain impaid, this Classic Postal Issues. Sponsor: C. J. Peterson. will be the last issue of The Philatelic Communicator they will receive unless their membership dues are received during Reinstatements. February. 0209 Kenneth Rowe, 5280 Lakeshore Road, Apt. 502, Burlington, Ontario, Qmada L7H 5R1. WU30 Publicity During 1992. 1332 Peter MosiondzJr., P.O. Box 1847, Laurel Springs, NJ Alan Warren, WU30 Vice-President, East, has tabulated 08021-8847. publicityprovided us by philatelicperiodicals during 1992. They include: Changes and Corrections. The American Philatelist...... November. 0086 Barbara B. Ray (formerly Barbara B. Fosdyke), P.O. L in n 's ...... Jime 22, August 3, September 14. Box 4986, Covina, CA 91723. Philatelic Literature R eview ...... Fourth Quarter. 0293 Joseph E. Foley, P.O. Box 183, Riva, MD 21140-0183. Stamp C ollector...... Aug. 15, 29; September 19. Reassigned his original WU30 membership number. Stamp Lover ...... December. 1643 Carolyn A. Weber, P.O. Box 2542, Oxnard, CA93034- Stam ps...... April 18, September 5, October 17. 2542. (Incorrect ZIP code listed page 92, Fourth Quarter, 1992 United States Specialist ...... October. issue of The Philatelic Communicator.) 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Secretary-Treasurer’s Report (As ofJanuary 30,1993) Table of Contents Articles Writers Unit 30 Breakfast Becoming a Philatelic Literature Judge ...... 3 The traditional breakfast of the American Philatelic Society From the News Bulletin to The Philatelic Communicator...... 6 Writers Unit 30 willbe held at the 1993 spring meeting of the How to be An Editor—Part II ...... 7 How’s Your Favorite Publication D oing?...... 1 American Philatelic Society in conjimction with ROPEX ’93 in Inspiration, Creativity, and Originality ...... 6 Rochester, New York, beginning at 8:30 a.m., Simday, March The Intellectual Legacy of The Essay-ProofJournal...... 1 Learning to Edit Takes Time ...... 8 28, 1993, in the Tiffany Room of the Downtown Holiday Inn, Philatelic Writing from the Iimer Self- Fiction...... ! ...... 5 Genesee Plaza, 120 East Main Street, in Rochester. Departmoits Tickets are available at $10.00 each, and should be ordered Call for Nominations—WU30 1993 Election...... 3 from WU30 Secretary-Treasurer George Griffenhagen, 2501 Coming Up in 1993 ...... 2 Critique Service ...... 3 Drexel Street, Vienna, VA 22180. Checks payable to “Writers Deadlines ...... 2, 5 Unit 30.” Editor’s Bulletin B o ard ...... 3 The Last Words ...... 26 Welcome. We welcome these new members ofWU30 since our Literature Exhibition Calendar ...... 2 September 21, 1992, report: President’s M essage...... 3 1654 Dr. John S. Blakemore, F.O. Box 2248, Bellingham, Secretary-Treasurer’s Report ...... 28 Volunteer N e ed e d ...... 5 WA 98227-2248. Author of articles in Ihe American Philatelist WU30 Spring M eetin g ...... 3 and The Philatelic Exhibitor. Sponsor: Thomas Current. Letters - From: Barbara L. Anderson . -...... 9 1655 Dr. Allan Hauck, P.O. Box 115, Somers, WI 53171- Russell H. Anderson ...... 10 0165. Editor: Reply Coupon Collector; Columnist: Global Stamp Stephen G. Esrati ...... 9 News and Topical Time. Sponsor: Ken Lawrence. Gene F rick s...... 9 Steve K rieger...... 9 1656 Marvin D. Hunewell, P.O. Box 190047, St. Louis, Alexander D. Kroo ...... 9 MO 63119. Free-lance writer: The Posthorn, Luren, and The Keimeth Rowe ...... 9 Ken Stewart...... 9 Philatelic Shopper. Sponsor: Alan Warren. Literature Awards 1657 Jonathon W. Rose, 4970 Owens Drive, Apt. 622, American Philltelic Congress 1992 ...... 22 Pleasanton, CA 94588. Author: Classic United States Imper- Chicagopex’9 2 ...... 26 Colopex ’9 2 ...... 22 forate Stamps; Columnist: Stamp Collector. Sponsor: Ken 1992 Lidman Competition...... 26 Lawrence. Hii/itex 9 2 ...... 22 Sescal ’9 2 ...... 22 1658 Eric Knapp, 3510 East 80th Avenue, Anchorage, AK Reviews 99507. Editor: Anchorage Philatelist (Anchorage Philatelic Air Mail Byways...... 14 Society). Sponsor: George Griffenhagen. Expertizing Adventures...... 11 Looking Twice at R evenues...... 13 1659 Donald Bak^ Littlefield, 111 Stonehenge, Lafayette, More French Pre-Adhesive Sea M a ils...... 14 LA 70503. Author: United States Booklet Pane Postage Stamps Nearly 70 Years of Distinguished Philately...... 10 1900-1980; co-chairdian. Booklet Pane Committee, Bureau A New Session of C ongress...... 10 Norway’s Stamps ...... 14 Issues Association. Sponsor: Charles J. Peterson. Norway, the C o u ntry ...... 14 A Record of R eco rds...... 17 1660 Gary Dunaier, 67-18 Parsons Blvd, Flushing, NY Stamp Production Costs . . . But Who’s Counting?...... 18 11365-2959. Author: The Beginning Collector: Stamps (Mallard A Thematic Perspective on Foreign Stamp Catalogs...... 16 Press, New York, 1992). Sponsor: Charles J. Peterson. Two Indexes and an A tla s ...... 15 Two “Thirds ” ...... 13 1661 Jeffrey M. Forster, 18080 Arlee Drive, Monte Serano, Under Cover Covers ...... 15 CA 95030. Columnist: 1869 Times (U.S. Philatelic Classics What Happened to the Other Half, C lyde?...... 11 World War II in Freifch Somali C oast...... 15 Society). Sponsor: Ken Lawrence. Secretary-Treasurer—Page 27.

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