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The Philatelic Foundation 341 West 38th Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10018 (212) 221-6555 www.PhilatelicFoundation.org 2 La Posta Third Quarter 2014 La Posta The Journal of American Postal History Vol. 45, No. 3 Whole No. 259 Third Quarter 2014 Publisher and Editor Contents Peter Martin ‘A Knife in the Back’ POB 6074 The 1915 San Diego Panama California Exposition Fredericksburg, VA 22403 By Charles Neyhart ...................................................................................... 7 [email protected] A Leather Postcard From Yosemite By Peter Martin ............................................................................................ 25 Office Manager Confederate Postal History: An Aristocratic Planter Goes to War Advertising Manager By Patricia A. Kaufmann .............................................................................. 27 Joan Martin Souvenir Card Documents End of Florex in 1999 POB 6074 By Peter Martin ............................................................................................ 31 Fredericksburg, VA 22403 The Earliest Documented Use of a [email protected] Government Postal Card in Alaska By Don Glickstein ........................................................................................ 32 Associate Editors U.S. Auxiliary Markings: International ‘Form of Mail’ Problems Jesse Spector By John M. Hotchner .................................................................................... 38 Alan Warren The Mystery of Station D By Peter Martin ............................................................................................ 43 © 2014 La Posta: The Journal A Form Postal Patrons Were Not Supposed to See of American Postal History. By Russ Ryle ................................................................................................ 44 Postcard Pursuit: Eddie’s Postcard to Frances Cost Her a Penny! By Charles A. Fricke .................................................................................... 46 Opinions expressed in articles The Canon on Ritual appearing in this journal are By Jesse I. Spector and Robert L. Markovits ............................................... 47 those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of North Dakota Post Offices the publisher. By Steve Bahnsen ......................................................................................... 54 Columns La Posta: The Journal of Publisher’s Page By Peter Martin .................................................................... 5 American Postal History is Letters ............................................................................................................... 56 published four times a year with In The News ...................................................................................................... 57 issues mailed on or about the 15th of March, June, September Index of Advertisers ......................................................................................... 62 and December. Subscription information is available from: La Posta: The Journal of American Postal History La