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Postal Stationery September-October, 1969 Volume 11, No Cl).... -0 z IJJ ' ,.J 0 · ~- -0 z IJJ ~ ,.J 0 > POSTAL STATIONERY SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1969 VOLUME 11, NO. 11 EDITOR Paid and Donna von Stein Cbeeter, N. J, 07930 M80C~atc Ediw: New ••••• Bben A. Farna•onh P.o. Box 101 POSTAL STATIONERY Cornish Flat, N.H. OS74C OtfJclal bimonthly• journal of tbe United PoetaJ Aa•odarc Ed.iw: Ai,..il Joerph L. Etaendntb Stationery Society. Entered as 2nd Class matter 350 N. Deere Part Dr. on Nov. S, 1968 at the Post Office, Cheater, N.J. Highland Park, W. 0003S 1.'7930. (Act of Oct. 23, 19t.2.) Sllhacriprlon price Included in dues of 'JP ~ ~ members. $1.00 pet' A.. ociJttc Sdil41r. P•cal ~ (3e'lrtte M. Mart1ll u•ry for non·mt!mbers. 1120 La.ceon Buildlni Y111dma, Waah. 98901 ,, ;1vertlslng nte card Clr • t:.-queat from Editor". Cto11lng date for all copy 1:~ the first day of tbe Aaacw:~c. Ed.iw: U.S. E .- ~ , .,,::,. WWtalt'. H. Malael n·:onth of pubUcatlon; Jan., Mar., May, luly, Sept. 1507 Norman A'NIIue and NoY. Mate all chec:Jca payable to tile UPSS. LutllentJie, Md. 2100E SOt.1F.rY OFFICZk.' UNITED PJtiiiiDENT GordO•• ~ . Mortaor• POSTAL STATIONERY lOS WbUe VU!age Dr. SOCIETY Rochl!llter, N.Y. 14tl:.l ~ dt-•o•« , .. tht- FIRST VICE PRE&'Il'ENT ADVAHCEMENr OF POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTING Dr. Cbulea L. Wwlsc~ StiCOND VICE PRESD)EN7 Fonned in 19·i') 1-y a <nerJtC:f ol lht' ao~rt 8. WarUct POSTAL CARD SOC:ETY OF AMERICA (J89JJ !i!CUTAilY .ao1o.l the: E.dwtn F. Ball itl1ERHATIOHAI... POSTAL i 'AiiOHERY SOCJETY(I9J91 61!3 lCenlhmrrb Av'!. iUvertlale, MD. 206-on 'fhe United Postal Statllmery Society, ita journal, 111.EASURER " rvatal Statlone~, alld otner projects are not Dr. Paw K. &erg .....n lduc:ted for profit. 'ihe offtc:era, edltor and all p. (1, l:lo1 42 ·.lt l':~ra sene •itbout corapenaation. Membership SU.ten t~nd, N.\' ••v :.•·• -:lu.~•. rec:elpra from aaentablg,andothercontrt­ EXHiBITION CHAJP..\IA.;., 'JtJtiona are usedfortbe1mpi'Oftllleatofira jeurnt:, Dr. R.ocltiC!Y L. Mort 1 oater &Del tbe promotlol'l of cnUecdJ!g polltlllau • 29 Ht.mtlton Streer :: •'rtel'J of tbr. world at. " :10bby. Every elton 1a HamU:on, N.Y. l33.f6 r~:~de bylt8 eclttora toa.•-.· t~~accuracyiDtbe COr•• I.IM4,laL\N .e'lt8 of tbla journal llM t!le Sodety ud/or itr. R1dlard D. Scllamt.et c.dltora auume n0 ni8~nalbWcy for laconea 21714 Teoay Matenaenta of contributors. Q~•'*-• 18. 48U"i SALFA, IMKAGD .,ll coueapondence ·on SoclelJ affaln ud all C!ariM D. ROGC C:..npe of acklreu ellould be 8Ubm1nled ro tile IM~eWay SecretU'J, Edwin P. Ball, 671S ICerdlwonb Aw•• ·o.n..er. Colo. 10209 IU'Mrdale, MD. 20140. DIUC'I'OIIS Cluk H. Stetena, Chnlr. Manuacdpt8 m118t be C)jJii\Wi:IUea .ad ID double WIWamH.~uer •pece. PubUcadou lot' nme., ...dan CGPJ b' lklllen D. Corl;ela -~·· aiiDald be •• (prior to *cleH­ ~A.Pdcb Une, 1M day of ·monc1a of pullllc.dolt, 10: EcHaora. Dr. -'-18 P. HaUer Paid ud l)oua tw SCeln, C~, N.J. 07930. c-bJUnaon Pnllk B. Sthnoo SEPTEMB.ER·OCTOBER, 1969 ...... eoa.a, Zlftle VOLUME lJ I NO. ll, WHOLE NO. 138 No. 1138 POSTAL STATIONERY ~. .. 297 Many of our members wrote per­ sonal letters (pleas. • .) to the Post­ master for a Centennial Postal Card (Robert Dalton Harris, Dr. Rodney L. WE MISSED THE BOAT Mott, Clark H. Stevens, Gordon c. Two major worldwide events too.tc Morison, etc. etc. • • • we could fUl place during the past few weeks and a book) but all with no action. prior to their occurrence, we, the Here are two great events in our postal stationery devotees, tried, vainly era in which we have been deprived of to commemorate these two memorable sharing the ·fee.llng --NOT THE GLORY dates. - - of accomplishment, by the issuance MAN ON THE MOON- July 20, 1969. of a United States commemorative piece The United Nations Postal Administra­ of postal stationery--whether it be a tion sought to commemorate this valiant postal card, envelope, aerogramme, or feat by lssulngaspec1allypreparedU.N. other. As everyone knows, postal sta­ postal card (the 13c airmail postal card tionery IS USED, whether commemora­ written up on page 103, and Ulustrated tive in nature or not -- so are stamps. in. full color on page 113, of POSTAL The 'cry' of our brothers, the adhesive STATIONERY, July-August,l968issue) collectors, is 'Why so many commem­ to be deposited on moon's Tranqu.ility orative issues of stamps'? The CRY Base with othe.r messages from 90 should now belong to ~. the postal different nations--U.N. Secy.Gen'l U stationery enthusiast, •wHY NOT ISSUE Thant sending the postal card. COMMEMORATIVE POSTAL STA­ The U.N. 13c airmail postal card TIONERY? displayed, on the front, six adhesive.s issued by the U.N.; the reverse carried * * * * * the Charter of the United Nations. This will be the LAST issue of the The postal card reached Cape Ken­ UPSS journal •posTALSTATIONERy• nedy too late to be placed aboard the to be sent from Chester, New Jersey. Apollo XI capsule. Paul von Stein has officially retired! POSTAL CARD CENTENARY No, not from the philatelic world-- by October 1, 1969. The one-hundreth NO means ••• but from his previous anniversary of the first postal card profession a.s a COnsulting Chemical issued in Austria, and conceived by Engineer (in the Metallurgical field). Dr. Emmanuel Hermann, did not war­ Paul will now make his hobby his full rant celebration in the United States time profession (U.S. Classic dealer) by issuance of a centennial postal card. and we will be visiting you in all parts As early as September, 1968, many of, not only the u.s., but the worlcL members of UPSS signed petitions and We shall be joi.ningmanyotherUPSS wrote letters to the Postmaster Gen­ members (including UPSS Chairman of eral urging the issuance of a postal the Board, Clark Stevens) in Florida-­ card in the United States to celebrate our new home is being built in Dunedin this centennial.(See Nov-Dec.'68,pg.l50) just 4 miles north of Clearwater, FLA. We have heard •through the grape­ on the Gulf Coast. vine• that the P .O.D. wished to reserve Therefore, this bit of information this celebration until the lOOth anniver- is sent as a 'warning' that the next sary of the First United States Postal (Nov.-Dec. ' 69) l88ue may not quite be Card--19731 •on schedule• ••• but you will get it! THIS ISSUE IS DEVOTED AS A "SALUTE" TO THE POSTAL CARD! f»ap 298 POSTAL STATIONERY 1be followiog letter was "rinea fore been able to afford tbe rigors and co the Pos1111811eer General on Sept. rates of letter wr1tlng found tbe inex­ 26, 1968 .. co no anil. Good try! pensive and informal nature oftbeopen "Dear Sir: form of tbe postal card suited to tbelr On 1 October 1869, the world's means and educal:.lon. But tbe card wu first postal card went on sale. Though used, too, by tl.e- previous letter writers many were responsible for Its early who felt that their message did not need dev.elopment, recognition foT tbe postal to be couched l.l the formal structures card's final adoption must go to Dr. of a letter and imprisoned behind a seal Emanuel Herrmann and the post office of wax. Of .course, the postal card did department of the Austro-Hungarlan not •single-handed!~ revolutionizethe Empire: Herrmann's analysis of the relationship between the masses and the postal system andcontemporarymodes merchants, but it certainly waa a posi­ of correspondence (written for a Vienna tive force expres1lng the democratic paper early in 1869) prompted the pro­ tendencies afl!lwer at the time. And duction of this card for sale in Austria­ once introduc€:1 in Austria in 1869, Hungary 1 October 1869. Because oftfie only a decade had elapsed before moat universal impact of this postal innova­ countries of t ee world had their own tion, tbe centenary of the event should postal cards. Tlle United States issued be commemorated. her first cards tn May of 1873 and, in •Today we may not be so able to expression of t he general popularity appreciate the significance i mcumbent of the postal -.::ard everywhere, sold upon the postal card because of ~ he very t>i.xty million the first six montbs. changes its existence has he.lped to • 1 October 1. ~69 will mark the cen­ create and express. But bef:·re the tenary of the :·~rst postal card. T1·ue, postal card; to communicate through the United St.>.ren was not first, but tbe posts involved writin!l' a lE-tter in those days a1 " gone when a nation tbe formal manner of thE' day, often could afford nr; l.? recognize and appre ­ sealing the back nap with wax l!nd then ciate what w2s ·; liversal in the accom­ transmitting this message at Mlletter plishments of ·· rrs. We miSsea com­ rates. The cost of sending a letter from memcraring t h~ .;•..mtenary of the post­ Vienna to Prague in 1869 (botl: Vienna age s tamp In 19 tO -- let's not exhlhit and Prague were then within the .; ustro­ the same insul:· ·tty in 1969. What would Hungarian Empire) was five Kr. Just be more appro ;) r! .o~.te than, on 1 OctuC.o:or to send a letter across ViennA cost three 1969, the Unite.! States issuing ~ pvct.ll Kr. Yet the postal card could be trans­ card commemr, ..td ng the centa;vr;· .;:' mitted anywhere within the <!mpire for the first postai .:.
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