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PS Me POSTAGE STAMP MEGA-EVENT StampExpo400.org Stamp HUDSON • FULTON • CHAMPLAIN Insider www.nystampclubs.org September / October 2009 Plan To Attend The Stamp Show of the Year Journal of the Federation of New York Philatelic Societies Colorful… Historical UNITED STATES Commemorative Album Pages by Featuring illustrated display frames for singles of all commemoratives since the 1893 Columbians, this sectional album also has background stories that place the stamps in their historic perspective. And, to highlight the stamps, there’s a distinctively designed border with the multicolored pictorial illuminations that have become a White Ace trademark. There’s more to White Ace than meets the eye: the heavy album page card stock is acid-free — your assurance of long lasting freshness; and the looseleaf style provides flexibility, so the album can grow with your collec- tion. What’s more, with annual supplements it will always be up-to-date. 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Matching Border Blank Pages Pack of 15 ................... 7.75 Gold-Stamped Deluxe Binder.................................... 23.50 Binder Dust Case ...................................................... 16.95 ON MAIL ORDERS White Ace album pages are available for commemorative … please add $6.50 packing blocks, plate blocks, regular issues and many other nations. charge (foreign by weight) Ask for a complete White Ace Price List. The Washington Press PUBLISHERS FLORHAM PARK, NEW JERSEY 07932 Toll Free: (877) 966-0001 • Internet: www.washpress.com September / October 2009 Contents Vol. 26 No. 1 o ion f Ne President’s Viewpoint ................................... 4 at w r Y e o Editor’s Perspective......................................6 d r e k F George Fekete’s Pondering Philately: S ta m p . P . An Application You Can Afford ...............8 h c i n la I George McGowan’s Collecting: t s, el ie Insider ic Societ Collecting New York Flag Cancels ........10 www.nystampclubs.org Alfred Carroccia’s Seen at Auction: A Couple of Bargain Inverts ....................12 Editor H. James Maxwell: Albert W. Starkweather Preparing an Exhibit Title Page ..............16 5520 Gunn Hwy. Apt. 1406, Tampa, FL 33624-2847 Countdown To StampExpo 400 813-962-7964; [email protected] www.starkweatherdesign.com Stamps Open Pages of History ................ 22 The 1909 Hudson–Fulton Issue .................. 30 Associate Editor Heather Sweeting About the Cover 14329 Victory St., Sterling NY 13156-3172 This is the obverse of the antique gold ver- 315-947-6761; [email protected] sion of the StampExpo 400 medallion Contributing Editor Estus Edits The Vermont Philatelist .........34 George T. 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