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Pennsylvania Postal Historian May 2011 Whole No. 187 Vol. 39, No. 2 PENNSYLVANIA POSTAL HISTORIAN THE BULLETIN OF THE PENNSYLVANIA POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY Inside this issue: Unlisted Blood’s Handstamps; Are They Real? Livingston, Wells & Co., Bankers. Paris to West Chester, Pa. French – U. S. American Packet Mail, Mid-1850’s Elephant Wars Wales, Chester County, Pa ? I Do Not Think So… A “Betsy Ross Flag House” Picture Postcard Converted to an Advertising / Distributor Postcard The Reformation and the Dillers; a Physician’s Untimely Death PENNSYLVANIA POSTAL HISTORIAN The Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Postal History Society ISSN – 0894 – 0169 Est. 1974 PENNSYLVANIA POSTAL HISTORIAN The bulletin of the Pennsylvania Postal History Society Published quarterly by the PPHS for its members Volume 39 No. 2 (Whole No. 187) May 2011 APS Affiliate No. 50 Member of the Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations www.PaPHS.org The PPHS is a non-profit, educational organization whose purposes are to cultivate and to promote the study of t he postal history of Pennsylvania, to encourage the acquisition and preservation of material relevant and necessary to that study, and to publish and to support the publication of such knowledge for the benefit of the public. The views expressed by contributors are their own and not necessarily those of the PPHS, its Directors, Officers, or Members. Comments and criticisms are invited. Please direct your correspondence to the Editor. OFFICERS and DIRECTORS APPOINTED OFFICERS OFFICERS President Richard Leiby, Jr. Historian Editor Norman Shachat 1774 Creek View Dr. 382 Tall Meadow Lane Fogelsville, PA 18051 Yardley, Pa 19067 Secretary Norman Shachat Auctioneer Robert McKain 382 Tall Meadow Lane 2337 Giant Oaks Drive Yardley, PA 19067 Pittsburgh, PA 15241 Treasurer Richard Colberg Publicity To be appointed. P. O. Box 10082 Lancaster, PA 17605 Catalogs Thomas C. Mazza DIRECTORS 1301 Ave. of the Americas Room 2300 2011 R. Colberg, R. Leiby, D. Telep New York, NY 10019-6092 2012 T. Clarke, R. McKain, S. Roth 2013 J. Boyles, G. Spector, S. Washburne) 1 HISTORIAN Vol. 39, No.2 (Whole No. 187) May 2011 PRESIDENT’S LETTER Your Society had a very productive meeting at the Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition in Oaks, PA. Our meeting minutes can be found on page 4. Of particular interest is the ratification of the changes to our bylaws. Norm has put out the continuing plea for articles for the Historian . We have a great journal which we want to continue to improve. We are always looking for interesting material to publish and assist authors in publishing. At recent meetings we have been debating the costs versus benefits of upgrading our journal in a number of respects. This is a difficult debate, in that other societies that have varying levels of membership, are able to produce professional looking journals including the use of color. What costs can we bear without pricing ourselves out of the market? Is there a member out there with the skills and time to assist Norm in creating a better journal and holding down the publishing costs? Your input is desired. Since the 150 th anniversary of the start of the Civil War occurred on April 12 th of this year, I include the following cover from Camp Silfer in Chambersburg, Pa. which was posted a little over a month after the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter. Camp Silfer was named for Eli Silfer the th Commonwealth Secretary. Company G, “the Washington Rifles”, of the 10 regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry was recruited from Wilmore in Cambria County and was assigned to Camp Silfer at the time. The very light manuscript “Camp Silfer” appears just above the stamp. Have a great summer. May you find that cover you’ve been pursuing. Rick Check Out Our Fabulous Web Site www.PaPHS.org For input, questions, or comments contact our webmaster Steve Roth at: [email protected] HISTORIAN Vol. 39, No. 2 (Whole No. 187) May 2011 2 EDITOR’S COMMENTS Thanks to Joe Crosby (# 445) for finding our “lost member” Tom Stasney. Using Google, Joe was able to find Tom’s address and phone number. I called Tom, one of our earliest members (# 13) and our first life member, who indicated that he is alive and well and now living in Johnsonville, SC. Needless to say, it is a pleasure to reinstate Tom in this issue. We have another reinstated member, # 312 Gordon Mathis, who I signed up at PNSE 2011. Gordon dropped out of our Society many years ago and requested reinstatement with his original number which he remembered. He showed me a book which he recently published on the Postal History of Warren County. Early indications from PNSE President, Steve Washburne, indicate that PNSE 2011 was a success in all regards. Attendance was up from last year, most of the dealers appeared to be satisfied, and the show remains financially solvent despite the fact that there were significantly fewer dealers than last year. The exhibits were excellent, although we as a Society did not participate significantly (see page 5). Several of our members showed excellent non-PA material, and one of them, Mark Schwartz was awarded the Reserve Grand. Congratulations Mark! This issue contains several questions, some answers with which you may agree or disagree, but hopefully they will elicit some responses. I hope you enjoy it. (Continued on page 17) MEMBERSHIP SUMMARY Total Membership as of 1/15/11 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 115 Reinstated ----------------------------------------------------------------- +2 # 13 Tom Stasney (Johnsonville, SC) Life Member # 1 # 312 Gordon Mathis (Warren, PA) Deceased --------------------------------------------------------------------- -1 # 229 Francis Ogle (Medford, NJ) Total Membership as of 4/15/11 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 116 (includes 4 life members) (2 unpaid*) * Dues have not been received from the following members. They will be dropped from our mailing list if dues are not received before the end of September. # 420 Robert H. Hoover (Blairsville, PA) # 584 Donald Mackowski (Enola, PA) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 HISTORIAN Vol. 39, No. 2 (Whole No. 187) May 2011 Minutes of the Annual PPHS Membership Meeting at PNSE 2011 Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Oaks, PA, April 2, 2011 Attendees: Ed Andrews, George Ashman, Carl Barna (guest), Tom Clarke, David Crossland, Neal Erkes, Suzanne Haney, Rick Leiby, Gordon Mathis (guest), Harvey Mirsky, Larry Pettinger, Bob Rufe, Norm Shachat, Gus Spector, and Steve Washburne The meeting was called to order at 2:05 PM by President Rick Leiby with 13 members and 2 guests present (12 members required for a quorum). The minutes of the Annual Meeting at Balpex 2010, published in the November 2010 Historian, were unanimously approved. The membership unanimously reelected Jim Boyles, Gus Spector and Steve Washburne to serve the Society as the 2013 Class of Directors. The by-law changes recommended by the Board of Directors at the Balpex Meeting and which were published in the last two issues of the Historian (Nov. 2010 and Feb. 2011) were unanimously approved by all the members present. Secretary Norm Shachat reported that he received nine proxies from members who were unable to attend. Eight of the nine voted to approve all of the recommended changes. One proxy voted to approve the changes to Article VII (1) and Article III (4d) but voted against approval of the changes to Article II (2) and Article III (4a). The latter two are the changes which eliminated term limits. Suffice it to say, the changes were overwhelmingly adopted by the membership. Our Treasurer Dick Colberg could not attend this meeting because he was in France. He did supply a year end report which Norm recalled indicated that our bottom line was between 6 and 7 thousand (actual $6,579 as of 12/31/10). Susanne Haney requested help from the membership to put together an exhibit to be presented to the Civil War Consortium which meets at the Union League in Philadelphia. Anyone who wishes to participate with exhibit pages or photocopies of exhibit pages should contact Suzanne ([email protected] ). Rick indicated that the problem we have been encountering with updating our website is attributable to the lack of service by our current host. Rick and our webmaster Steve Roth are currently searching for a new host which will provide the needed service. The continuing slow depletion of our membership and various ways to publicize our Society were discussed. The need for a Publicity Chairman was emphasized as well as the need to keep our website fresh. Norm indicated that the dues ($22.50) of our current membership of ~115 (with 7 currently unpaid for 2011) does not fully pay for the 4 issues of the Historian which currently costs ~$3000 to print and distribute. Contributions and ad fees currently bring us close to breaking even with our current membership. The meeting was adjourned at 3:15 P. M. Respectfully submitted, Norm Shachat, Secretary HISTORIAN Vol. 39, No. 2 (Whole No. 187) May 2011 4 Awards to Pennsylvania Exhibits at PNSE 2010 Competitive Single-Frame Silver: Norm Shachat “Philadelphia Hotel Markings, 1841-1851 Non-Competitive Single-Frame (Complimentary Gold Medals) Bill Schultz “Role of Advertising covers, West Chester, Pa., 1852-1909 Bill Schultz “Sharples Cream Separator Advertising Postcards” Awards to PPHS Members Not Exhibiting PA Material Mark Schwartz, Reserve Grand and Gold , “The Postmarks of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1740-1851” Also: U. S. Philatelic Classics Soc. Medal and Postal History Society Grand Award Steve Washburne, Gold, “200+ Years of Madeira Postal History” Vermeil , “Portuguese Commercial Air Mail Rates, 1934-1948” Ed Andrews, Gold, “Classically Illegal: The Use of U. S. Postage as Revenue Stamps, 1862-1883” Also: American Philatelic Congress Award, U. S. Stamp Soc. Statue of Freedom Award, and Best Revenue Exhibit Award Gold , “Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck: The Events and Times that Molded the Man” Also: Best Military Exhibit Award Next Year’s Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition Scheduled to be Held March 30 to April 1, 2012 Thus our next Annual Meeting would be on Sat.
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