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~OSTAGE DUE •••• CE J"S VOLUME 39 NO. 4 4 NO. 39 VOLUME $5 Vol 39, No 4 Whole Number 232 If not delivered in FIVE DAYS. return to JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LifE INSURANCE CO. P. 0. BOX 111 WHOLE NUMBER 232 NUMBER WHOLE BACK BAy POST OFFICE BOSTON 17, MASS. Penalty Fee in addition PRSRT STD US POSTAGE to Postage Due PAID Permit No. 7419 Tampa, Fla. La Posta Publications 9''1"1Qe: 0~ 33470 Chinook Plaza, #216 OJ;~v~r..:t . J.< A . D lfBOI '!!' IIIIJO,. MI! O H .l.l l ~lliMQ Scappoose, OR 97056 UtU N lt. I..A.S I:IP.:'"A r ,,~ llii:l(lt).,".t~. Su.:rrbmffm:-_of- L1..1:10~ CouaW WiiCOJllliQ OUR 39TH YEAR OF PUBLISHING AMERICAN POSTAL HISTORY 1969-2008 September 2008 1 August - September 2008 Volume 39, Number 4 Whole Number 232 IN THIS ISSUE: Penalty Fee in Addition to Postage Due By Richard Martorelli ......... 9 La Posta: A Journal of New York City’s Early Numbered Postal Sub-Stations American Postal History By Dennis H. Pack .......... 19 Website: www.la-posta.com The Postmasters General of the United States Publisher: Richard W. Helbock XXXVII. William L. Wilson, 1895-1897 Associate Editors: By Daniel Y. Meschter .......... 28 Henry Berthelot Tom Clarke Rod Crossley Michael Dattolico Dennis H. Pack Robert G. Schultz Randy Stehle Securing Manifest Destiny: Forts of the West, 1840-1890 Advertising & Circulation Manager: Cath Clark Part 2 The Oregon Trail: Forts of Nebraska & COVER: Our cover image illustrates a small selec- Wyoming (continued) .......... 32 tion of late 20th century postage due covers show- ing penalty fees in addition to the postage due. It is intended to call attention to Rich Martorelli’s latest Philadelphia’s Postal Stations article discussing the subject of Penalty Fees in By Tom Clarke .......... 57 Addition to Postage Due. 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Currier Bernard D. Mayer Jr. Anita T. Sprankle Matt Dakin Larry McBride Stanley Spurgiesz STEVE DAVIS Doug Merenda John A. Steele Lee Drickamer Robert G. Metcalf Seymour B. Stiss Robert M. Ebiner Steven Miedziak Robert Stoldal Craig Eggleston Lynn I. Minneman Gregory H. Stone David M. Ellis Harvey Mirsky David L. Straight Norman Elrod Steven R. Morehead W. L. Strauss September 2008 3 Harold E. Richow (1929-2008) Harold Richow with Cath Clark and Wilma Richow on our 2003 visit to Harold and Wilma’s Sun City, CA, home in 2003. Our hobby lost another of its scholars and leading Once the new book was released, Harold surprised advocates. Harold E. Richow, originally of Racine, many in the postal history community by selling Wisconsin, but more recently a resident of Sun City, his entire RFD collection and turning his atten- California, passed away May 21, 2008. Harold is tion to a series of new subjects that included US survived by his wife Wilma, his former wife Rose- military postal history of WWI and WWII, US mary, seven children, four step-children, 25 grand- POW mail, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) children and 18 great-grandchildren. mail and Fraternal Organization (Lodge) mail. Harold was a life long postal history enthusiast, Throughout his later years he built major collec- and will probably be most remembered in our tions in each of these specialties. hobby for his pioneering Encyclopedia of R.F.D. It has been my privilege to know and work with Cancels, originally published in 1982. He was an Harold in our hobby for over four decades. He avid collector, and once he felt he had taken a sub- was always a good friend who was eager to share ject to its logical conclusion, he would change advice and information. He had a warm friendly course in order to pursue another new challenge. demeanor, a broad smile and high praise for vir- Such was the case with RFD cancels. After releas- tually all those he had come in contact with dur- ing his initial Encyclopedia, Harold became widely ing his many years in postal history. I know that I known as “Mr. RFD Cancel” and used his broad speak for many, when I say that we will all miss network of contacts nationwide to collect more data Harold’s presence, his wisdom and his guidance on the subject. Harold shared his new details in La in our hobby. Posta through the publication of a lengthy series Richard W. Helbock of updates during the mid-80s and early 90s. In 1995 he published a revised and expanded second edition of the original work. 4 Whole Number 232 Raymond Buse [Cincinnati & Clermont Co., OH p.h.] — [email protected] POSTAL HISTORIANS ON LINE James W. Busse [CA: San Diego Co. p.h.] — [email protected] Arden Callender [U.S.