123 Philatelic Society of Lancaster County View from the Veranda The James Buchanan Chapter (#173) of the American Philatelic Society American Topical Assn., Chapter 118 Member, NY Federation of Stamp Clubs Doors open at 6:30 pm; Wednesday, 14 February 2018 Volume 81, No. 2 Lucy on Roadshow Bourse at 6:30 pm, Business meeting begins at 7:00 pm; Lucy Eyster, Hostess List of signups to benefit the February, 2018 club Lundy Island The Veranda Chronicles Visitors are Always Happy February - We are coming a few stampless folded letters remaining lectures from February Welcome off a successful Winter Auction last from the 1820-1840’s. through April; the details of which nd month. Please take a minute or two We were also treated in January are posted on our website. PSLC meets the 2 Wednesday of the month (except August) at to thank our crack staff of auc- to two lectures, hosted by the This month, the Society is delight- the Bluebird Commons in tioneers and runners; all those that Chester County Historical Soci- ed to have Hal Klein presenting the Woodcrest Villa, 2001 Harris- submitted quality material; and our ety’s by incomparable postal first part of a series on the Overrun burg Ave, Lancaster, PA 17601 ambitious members that bid ener- historians Mark Schwartz on Countries entitled “The 1943 Over- at 7:00 pm. Dues are $10.00 a getically and won some great lots. “Colonial Postal History” and run Countries Series, Under a year. For club information call We were then delighted to support Tim O’Connor on “Postal His- Printer’s Loupe”. You can find his Paul Petersen at 717-299-5640 our friends at the White Rose Phila- tory as a Primary Source: Amer- informative and extraordinary ex- Website: LCPS-Stamps.org telic Society of York by attending ica Begins, 1675-1782”. As Tim hibit on the StampSmarter.com One-Page YORCOPEX at the York Expo O’Connor has stated in our con- website, with a hyperlink from our PSLC Officers and Board Exhibit Alert: The Center. I trust many of you were versations, postal history is Society’s website as well. Shortly President, Webmas- PSLC able to pick up some new additions history. I encourage all of you to after his lecture, I will upload his ter, & Designer: to your collection – I know I found try to attend at least one of the presentation to our website. CDi Charles DiComo, 914-450-3791 [email protected] Philately-101: Removing un-soakable stamps from paper. This will be held at the end of the meeting if 1 st Vice President: I wanted to take a few paragraphs in this month’s Veranda Chronicles to highlight another Society I am time allows. Bring in some of your troubling on-paper stamps for removal. Please sign up for the following if you can: John Hostetter, 717-394-9626 a Life Member of, i.e., the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society. I am sure many of you have heard me speak [email protected] of the USPCS, or have seen and read a copy of our publications I have left behind at the club. Dinner with Speaker Scott English on 14 March at Olive Garden, 4:15 p.m. nd In brief, the USPCS is a nonprofit association of people interested in the pre-1894 stamps and postal Participation at Lancopex (27-28 April), just a few hours of your time will make all the difference 2 Vice President: history of the United States. Our goal is to encourage philatelic research and the exchange of infor- Number of pages/frames for your stamp and cover displays at Lancopex Bill Greiner, III , 717-471-2354 mation among our members (currently 1200+ strong) and other philatelic organizations. We welcome Become a Lancopex Patron for just $5.00/person or couple [email protected] anyone interested in the classic era of United States philately to join. Over the past three decades, I have Secretary: held numerous positions, including but not limited to Secretary, Web Developer & Designer, Stamp & Program: The 1943 Overrun Countries Series Under a Diane Meek, 717-396-9262 Cover Repository & Analysis Program Administrator, and for the past two years Editor-in-Chief of the [email protected] 16+ page, quarterly members’ Newsletter, The Chairman’s Chatter. Furthermore, we publish The Printer’s Loupe as Presented by Hal Klein Treasurer: Chronicle of the U.S. Classic Postal Issues, a full color, over one-hundred page quarterly journal. Mi- Lou DiFelice, 717-295-5536 chael Laurence is our Editor-in-Chief and I have been the Editorial Proofreader for nearly 15 years. For [email protected] members, the entire text of all issues is downloadable from our website and is fully searchable. For non- Probably the most poorly planned Over the past three years, Hal philatelic public since 1943! members, all but the last twenty issues (rolling five years). CG International recognized The Chronicle and released series of stamps in U.S. has been working with Keith You’ll see errors and varie- Past President: with their annual award for promoting the presentation of philatelic knowledge in print and digital for- post office history, The Overrun Lichtman, discovering new er- ties including: broken type; Douglas Milliken, 717-330-4062 mat. Finally, the USPCS website3 supports a wide variety of platforms and includes society news, a Countries Series, is comprised of 13 rors and varieties that are now press-side corrected type; rotary [email protected] being published in Lichtman’s and engraved plate scratches; growing number of censuses of classic postal history, a collection of award winning exhibits, a large stamps, issued in tribute to countries Publicity: plate cracks; war paper types downloadable and other research material on classic philately. In 2012 after I launched the redesigned, overrun and occu- series of books Len Kasper, 717-723-1864 expanded website, we were humbled to win Vermeil in the 2013 APS Web Competition. If any PSLC pied by the Axis on these issues. and the problems caused; gum [email protected] member is interested in joining the USPCS, please see me and I will pay for your first year’s member- powers, as follows: They are cur- varieties; gum discoloration; ship and be your reference. Applications are available from me or on our website4 Poland, Czechoslo- rently working misprints; color shifts; plate Membership & ATA: . vakia, Norway, Lux- together on damage; “how to” identify a Lucy Eyster, 717-735-2586 [email protected] CJD embourg, Nether- Book 7, the left- from a right-side plate; 1 lands, Belgium, France stamp “how to” identify the different Newsletter Editor, die varieties that replaced the http://www.lcps-stamps.org/presentations/exhibits France, Greece, Yu- and its varieties. Programs, and APS Rep: plate numbers; pole varieties; / goslavia, Albania, Austria, Den- Hal’s presentation will show you Paul Petersen, 717-299-5640 plate hickeys; double impres- [email protected] 2 mark, and Korea. Hal’s presentation the newly discovered original http://www.stampsmarter.com/learning/album_Overrun_home.html (part 1) of the Overrun Countries U.S. Patent drawings that finally sions, and more. •Most im- 3 Series gives you a view from what’s reveal “How” this stamp was portantly, you will learn “how Save the Dates: seen through a 12x printer’s magni- produced by The American to” identify a “normal”, from a https://www.uspcs.org/ Lancopex, F/S 27-28 April Farm & 4 fying loupe. Bank Note Co., a secret kept “reverse”, from a “partial re- Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road https://www.uspcs.org/join-us/ from the philatelic media and verse” printing of these stamps! 123 Page 2 Philatelic Society of Lancaster County Chester Co. His- January 2018 Minutes and Treasury torical Society Paul Petersen, Acting Sect’y and Lou DiFelice, Treasurer Opening: At 7:05 President going to the PSLC treasury. club received written letters of ap- It had been some forty years since the colony, one of the oldest in Kentucky, Charles DiComo convened Sign-Ups: Paul Petersen passed preciation from Vera Felts, Execu- had been founded by John and his brother William “Big Bill” Hardin, who laid out plots using nothing more than the meeting and welcomed around a sign-up sheet for 2018 tive Director of ATA and Scott • Sarah Mylin and I just finished an attendance report of PSLC for the year 2017. an 18th-century ax and local vines. It was located below the “Falls of the Ohio,” along Sinking Creek, some 12 members and guests. He English, Executive Director of APS Meeting Snacks (Round-2). Next We did not take into account those who attended the picnic or the holiday dinner. miles from where the mighty Ohio River meanders on a southwest trek to where a thanked the membership for thanking members of PSLC for the month he will have sign-ups for From the sign-in sheets at the 10 meetings at WCV these 7 people were there for all 10. Deb and John split forms the Tennessee. After defeating the Shawnee Indians, the brothers and their friends built a crude fron- their confidence in electing donation of stamp packets for the •Lancopex volunteers, •Frames Ehleiter, Truyde and Bill Greiner, David Hunt, Paul Petersen, Fred Sargent. tier log fort and log house colony from the vast reserves of surrounding trees. him president, as he hopes to education programs for their respec- for the Stamp and Cover displays Attending 9 of the 10 meetings were Lou DiFelice, Lucy Eyster, Aaron Heckler, Chuck Kilgore, Bob live up to all expectations and tive societies. for the show, and •Dinner with Kramer, Mike Marino, Sarah Mylin, Jim Savage, Dennis Shumaker, Dick Shaefer, and Jim Ziogas.