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May / June 2011
What Do These Share?
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May / June 2011
Vol. 27 No. 5
The ArtCraft Cover Society
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About the Cover
These seemingly unrelated objects share a
common thread. (Starkweather illustration) Heather Sweeting
Joseph F. Kalynycz: Stamps Are Forever.......20
Proposed Changes for Constitution.........24
Souvenir Sheet Commemorates Nunes..... 28
Advertising Manager & Financial
Previewing Ropex 2011................................. 30
George McGowan
Memorial Donations Help Insider.............32
P. O. Box 482, East Schodack, NY 12063-0482
Terry Miller’s U.S. Philatelic Quiz...............34
Potpourri: Stamp Albums — Part 1...............35
Deltiology: It’s A Grand Old Flag.............38
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President Pro Tem
Philateli-Calamity...................................... 69
Shows & Bourses...................................... 70–71
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Federation Meeting at Ropex................... 2
Editor’s Perspective
Federation and Insider Moving Ahead......4
Postal History Sketches:
Collecting Town Cancels................................6
British North America:
Canada’s Role in the War of 1812.............. 8
Seen at Auction:
Seeking New York Postal History...........10
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What Do These Share?..............................14
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Federation Meeting at Ropex
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s I write this message, we are preparing for our annual Federation meeting during
Ropex in Rochester. The meeting and election of officers will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, May
15 at the Monroe Community College Sports Centre, 2700 Brighton–Henrietta Town Line
Road in Rochester. I would like to thank the many Ropex staffers who have helped us with
scheduling and a meeting location.
If you have been to a Ropex in the past, then you already know that it is truly an
exceptional philatelic event. If you have never attended, please consider it and you
will not be disappointed.
It is extremely important that each member club send a delegate or proxy to act
on adoption of a revised constitution and to elect of officers. There will also be an open
discussion of revenue generating ideas to ensure that the Federation and the Stamp Insider
have a healthy future.
The candidates are Thomas Auletta of ESPHS, Fort Orange and Uncle Sam stamp clubs
for president, Bob Meegan of Buffalo Stamp Club for vice president, and George McGowan
of ESPHS, Fort Orange and Uncle Sam stamp clubs for treasurer. Meegan is former president of the Buffalo Stamp Club. McGowan is the SI’s advertising manager.
The streamlined constitution (see page 24) brings the document into line with the Federation’s current mission. It simplifies the original document and consolidates additions
and revisions of years past.
A New Member Club
We welcome our latest member, the Ticonderoga Stamp Club. Please take the time to see
their first report (page 63). They are a brand new organization and as such may have some
questions. I am sure they would like to hear from many of us.
Support Our Advertisers
During my many years as your advertising manager, I have had the duty and pleasure of working with our many advertisers. A large portion of the Stamp Insider
production and mailing costs comes from advertising. We could not continue to
bring such a quality publication to all of our members without them. Please consider
frequenting our advertisers as often as you can, and if you do, tell them that you appreciate their support.
If you can, please advertise with the SI and reach more than 2,000 serious collectors
in the northeast. Distribution of the journal not only goes to club members, but also is
distributed at major stamp shows such as Ropex. We have many subscribers who are not
club members, but find the SI valuable enough to sign up for a year at a time.
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Federation and Stamp Insider Moving Ahead
T
he nearly three months since John Nunes died have been extremely trying for those of
us involved in the day-to-day operations of the Federation and Stamp Insider, particularly for George McGowan who has taken over both as president and treasurer pro tem.
The latter task fell upon him after long-time Federation treasurer Steve Gray indicated
that he can continue no longer.
The Federation owes a major debt of gratitude to Gray, who served as eastern vice
president from 1980 to 2000 and treasurer beginning in 1989.
Both McGowan and I have learned a great deal about the inner workings of the finances for both the Federation and the Insider, chores previously known only to Nunes
and Gray who handled the jobs quietly and efficiently.
The good news is that McGowan has agreed to run as treasurer, combining Federation
and Insider financial management under one hat. He will also continue in the appointed
position of Insider advertising manager, being more involved in billing and collections
than in sales as well as being the point person for existing advertisers.
We Need Your Help
While I will continue to do double duties as Insider editor and advertising sales representative, I would welcome (read: need) a volunteer or volunteers who would make cold calls
and contact potential advertisers at shows and bourses. The job would be simply sales. I
would build ads for those who are unable or unwilling to provide camera-ready copy.
Although I have a good stock of feature articles in reserve for the Insider, I can always
use more. Speakers who make presentations at club meetings should consider turning
them into articles.
Joseph F. Kalynycz’ series on Forever stamps, which begins on page 18 began life as a program he prepared for the Utica and Rome stamp clubs. Maris Tirums has agreed to turn his
Propoaganda Postcards of the USSR talk into an article that will run later this year.
Welcome Ticonderoga Stamp Club
Stan Burdick, the Insider’s resident cartoonist, has formed a new club with a dozen charter
members. They already are a very active group with plans for growth and outreach. Please
take a moment to read their first column on page 63.
Burdick’s latest cartoon on page 69 is a must see. It is more than a cartoon. It is a mission
statement about attracting more youngsters to the hobby. He has graciously given permission to Federation clubs to use it as a cachet for Stamp Collecting Month or other events
promoting youth philately. A high resolution copy of the cartoon may be downloaded from
the Federation’s web site — www.nystampclubs.org/cny_downloads.html.
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S
ince almost every letter sent through the mails has some sort of designation showing
its origin, the collecting of town/city cancels offers a vast number of possibilities to the
collector. Perhaps the most common form of accumulation is the home town collection.
Seeking covers from one’s home town provides an excellent entry into the field of postal
history. Whether you live in a small hamlet or a large city, a search through dealers stocks
and the internet will provide a means of building a collection with personal significance.
I grew up in the small town of Belchertown, Massachusetts. Since high school, I have
sought out any and all items mailed from this small
town. Stampless covers and envelopes with enclosures
reveal interesting aspects of local history. Getting
items from each era has proved to be a challenge. Illustrated advertising covers show many of the businesses
that once existed. Like most townships, Belchertown
had two other villages which had their own Post Offices in the distant past. Finding the discontinued Post
Offices can prove to be challenging. Finding mail to or
from relatives is another challenge.
If you are a bit more adventurous, you might
choose to expand your collection to the entire county where your home town was located. While this certainly will allow you to
find more material beware for you are now
treading the path towards becoming a serious postal history collector.
Thankfully, this was a path I followed.
I had a wonderful time accumulating local material, and eventually expanded my
Belchertown Covers
collection to encompass the entire state
From top: A stampless cover with encloof Massachusetts! While this proved a bit sure rated with a 5 (due); cover franked
expensive, it lead to my career as a postal with Scott No. 114 circa 1869–1870; and
history dealer.
an airmail cover sent from Belchertown to
Next time: I will discuss some of the Ethiopia, the sender being the late Morgan
other collections that can be formed by Ryther, the man who introduced me to
postal history at the age of 12.
specializing in towns.
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Both sides knew the Great Lakes represented the balance of power. The St Lawrence
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In July 1813 the Americans at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania were putting the finishing
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Hazard Perry, was born in Wakefield, Rhode Island in 1785 into a large family of sailors.
The USS Chesapeake under Captain James Lawrence was destroyed in a battle off the New
England coast on June 1, 1813. During the fight, the mortally wounded Lawrence ordered
“Don’t Give Up The Ship.” His long-time friend, Perry added the words to his own battle flag.
On September 10, 1813, six British vessels from Amhurstburg, Upper Canada, engaged
nine American briganties from Put-In-Bay, Ohio. Perry’s flag ship, the USS Lawrence, was hopelessly damaged, forcing him to row to the nearby USS Niagara where he took command.
Perry immediately turned into the British line which enabled him to fire at two ships
at once. HMS Queen Charlotte and HMS Detroit soon struck their colors and all the other
British ships quickly followed, one of the few times in British naval history that an entire
squadron surrendered. As the magnitude of the victory slowly sank in, Perry scribbled the
words that would come to be almost as famous as those on his battle flag. To General William Harrison he wrote: “We have met the enemy and they are ours … .” A century later, in
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town is challenging, but finding one with a
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for an 1880 Pierrepont Manor fancy star cancel on cover. The starting bid was $6.98 and
sold for $15.50 after three bids.
The rather ordinary cover is addressed to Allegany County and franked with a threecent banknote. The star cancel is particularly light, but the circular date stamp is clear
showing a July 8, 1880 strike from the Pierrepont Manor post office. Even though the star
cancel is light, it is a desirable cover and makes an interesting addition to a postal history
collection of Jefferson County or a collection of fancy cancels. A dealer would list a similar
cover in excess of $20 and base his price on the fancy cancel.
Pierrepont Manor, a village on the railroad line from Syracuse to Watertown, was settled in 1805. Early in its history the principal landowner was William C. Pierrepont who
helped open the post office that is still open on November 29, 1843.
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The titling fonts used for the front cover promo and for
this article were inspired by Caxton. The main font is
1479 Caxton, which was inspired by the two fonts used
by the printer in the late 1400s. It was created in 2009
by French designer Gilles Le Corre, who added accented
characters and others not in use in Caxton’s time. The
ligatures and the few abbreviations for the Old English
language and Latin were present in the original fonts.
Note the similarities between Le Corre’s rendition and
the 10p UK stamp from 1976.
The subhead was designed by Leslie Usherwood in
1981 for Letraset. Caxton is an old style design with a
large x-height, short serifs, and high-waisted capitals. It
is a text face intended for use in journals, books, and magazines, but its exuberant
personality may make it more useful for display.
Name Your Poison
“Since writing and paper need dampness for their very existence,
it follows that printers are justified in enjoying their wine and
beer.” — A saying from the late 15th century.
The same holds true for writers and editors. Among my
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label, and which pay homage to the American patriot,
brewer, and pamphleteer. His beers undoubtedly followed
the English brewing tradition and many of the offerings
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Scottish methods. Therefore, it is appropriate to pour an
American-made beer or ale into an English-made tankard.
Adams was honored on an eight-cent U.S. postal card in December 1973 as part of a series honoring Revolutionary War patriots (Scott No. UX66).
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with the sword Excalibur,” 31p: “Guinivere and Lancelot fleeing from Camelot,” and 34p:
Sir Galahad praying during his quest for the Holy Grail.”
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Houses of Lancaster and York. Six stamps depicted Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward
IV, Edward V, and Richard III. Rounding out the set is a miniature sheet, titled The Age of
Lancaster and York, which show the Welsh leader Owain Glyn Dŵr and Henry V’s victory at
the Battle of Agincourt (both first class); the Battle of Tewkesbury (the decisive Battle of the
Wars of the Roses), and the first use of printing in England by William Caxton (both 78p).
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orerunners of the U.S. Forever stamp
are the non-denominated issues. The
first was the two Christmas issues of 1975
(Scott No. 1579 and 1580) when the U.S.
Postal Service was uncertain of a first
class rate. The stamps were printed without the rate listed and were the last that
maintained the 10-cent rate.
Later issues during rate changes include the A–D eagle stamps and E–H
pictorial definitives.
Other issues that
were non-denominated include nonprofit organization,
bulk rate, presorted
first class, and even
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Cancer Awareness (Scott No. B1), 34 + 11-cent Heroes of 9/11 (Scott No. B2), and 37 + 8-cent
Stop Family Violence (Scott No. B3) are interesting types of non-denominated stamps.
All of these stamps, although not printed with a rate, maintain the original rate they
had when they were issued. Therefore, the 1975 Christmas issues are still valued at 10
cents postage, the E Earth stamps at 25 cents, etc.
The Liberty Bell Forever stamp, first issued on April 12, 2007,
(Scott No. 4125) and reissued annually afterwards cover a first
class rate, regardless of what price they were purchased. A Forever
stamp purchased in 2007 for 41 cents can now be used for the current first class rate. It can also be used in the future after the USPS
again raises the postal rate.
The idea of a forever stamp is not an innovation by the United
States, As with postage stamps in general, the first forever stamp
Stamps Are Forever — Continued from Page 18
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strictly domestic issues of 1989, the UK has issued definitive Machin varieties and
numerous commemoratives for first and second class rates.
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The second type is Economi Brev which is
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to three days. The final type is Förenings Brev,
the rate for not-for-profit organizations.
Other nations using NVI postage include Finland, Norway, southern Ireland,
Israel, Belgium, Monaco, France, and the
Czech Republic.
In the United States, a decision was
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Stamps could be produced in extremely high volumes and this helps
bring down production costs with a lower setup onset.
The design of the stamp can remain
uniform through various printings and
this also helps keep production costs low.
The USPS can utilize the money it makes
by selling stamps ahead of time and can
collect interest on this before needing it
for expenses.
Finally, there is no need for make-up rate stamps since the future rate changes are
automatically covered by the stamps maintaining a first class rate. This has already
occurred with the 41 to 42 cent and 42 to 44 cent rate changes in 2008 and 2010
respectively.
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Article 2 — Purpose
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philatelic knowledge of its members and promoting the benefits of the hobby to our communities. As such, it abides by all mandates required of an IRS 501(c)3 organization.
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organization.
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By Terrill S. Miller
1. This scientist’s interest in rocketry led him to the world’s first liquid propellant
rocket in 1926.
2. Although he failed at most everything he tried, this soldier became the head
American general during the Civil War and later U.S. president.
3. The only Southern senator who stayed loyal to the Union, this unpopular Jackson
Democrat succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president.
4. Born in Maine, he is best known as the poet who wrote about Paul Revere, Miles
Standish, Evangeline, and the village blacksmith.
5. These two brothers founded the most famous hospital in the midwest that still exists.
6. One of our great naturalists, his studies of conservation led to the formation of
Yosemite National Park and many other preserves in the west.
7. This Greek physician’s medical studies led to the detection of more than 90 percent
of cervical cancers and eliminated the deaths from these by half.
8. His writings in a serial called The Oregon Trail were the most descriptive of the
early west around 1850.
9. One of the greatest polar explorers, he and Matthew Henson discovered the North
Pole in 1909 after more than 20 years of searching.
10. An Army general, he is best known for chasing Pancho Villa in Mexico in 1918 and
fighting in France during World War I. Unfortunately, he never found Villa.
11. This Spanish nobleman landed at St. Augustine, Florida in March 1513, seeking the
Fountain of Youth. Today the state is still full of old folks still looking for it.
12. A noted pilot, he was killed with humorist Will Rogers near Point Barrow, Alaska on
August 15, 1935.
13. Known as the Hoosier poet, he was hired by the Indianapolis Journal to give his
poems an Indian dialect.
14 Governor of New York and Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State, this lawyer from
Auburn is best known for the purchase of Alaska in 1865.
15. One of our greatest newspaper editors at the St. Louis Post Dispatch, his will
endowed the Columbia University School of Journalism and prizes for journalism,
letters, and music still in force.
16. A tough South Carolina-born president, he fought the Indians, British, Bank of the
United States, among others, he was the last president to preside over a debt-free
America.
17. This American composer made his living traveling up and down the Mississippi
River playing ragtime music in the late 19th century.
18. An aide to George Washington, he was in almost every important battle of the
Revolutionary War. A fort named after him is synonymous with wealth.
Answers on Page 65
Stamp Albums — Part 1: The Beginnings
P
hilately began fairly soon after Great Britain’s Penny Black appeared in 1840. By the 1870s,
there were enough issues and collector interest that albums were needed to organize and display them. Many cost only a dollar or a few dollars; some were given away as premiums. When
you see these early albums with all their color and graphic illustrations, you can see why collectors seek to acquire and display them. Early albums were quite different from those of today,
usually being much smaller, as fewer stamps were issued, and much more ornate.
Duke’s Postage Stamp Album is a good example of a typical pre-1900 album. The colorful
cover has nice graphics (top). The interior has fancy illustrated borders along with illustrations
of representative stamps for each country. It was prepared by J. Walter Scott of New York City
in November 1889 for W. Duke, Sons and Co. who were leading manufacturers of collectible
cigarette cards — some of which used genuine postage stamps in their design. This album did
not illustrate U. S. stamps, as the laws at that time prohibited their reproduction.
Other pre-1900 albums had embossed covers and were even bound in leather. The Empire Postage Stamp Album (below) was published in London around 1899. A multicolored
map of the World, British Empire, Europe, Asia, Africa, American, and Oceania are included, along with illustrations of “Rare and Obsolete Postage Stamps.”
Pre-1900 stamp albums did not distinguish between regular and commemorative issues. Their graphic or blank spaces seemed to encourage collecting back-of-the-book material including revenues and cut squares.
Next: Stamp albums from the early 1900s to the 1960s, including some that many of
today’s collectors used when they began collecting.
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It’s A Grand Old Flag
O
n June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved a design for a national flag: “Resolved,
that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white,
that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation.”
In 1885, B. J. Cigrand, a Wisconsin schoolteacher, began to advocate for the observance
of June 14 as Flag Birthday. George Balch, a New York City teacher initiated the idea of a
New York commemoration, an idea adopted by the State Board of Education. Enthusiasm
continued to grow and in 1894 New York Governor Roswell P. Flower ordered the flag to be
flown on all public edifices. In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14. While the day was celebrated in various communities
for years after Wilson’s proclamation, it was not until August 3, 1949, that President Harry S.
Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14 as National Flag Day.
Most communities don’t spend much time observing Flag Day, but a very prominent exception is the celebration in Troy, New York. Known for having the largest Flag Day parade in
the nation, with tens of thousands of viewers lining the streets each year, the city also overflows
with live music, food, vendors, children’s rides, etc. on the Sunday closest to June 14.
Flags are popular subjects for postcards, from depictions of the legendary Betsy Ross
sewing the first American flag to the modern chromes, an example of which is shown here.
(Editor’s note: The proper term should have been half staff, as half mast is reserved for
naval usage.} Most flag cards sell for only a dollar or two, although exceptional ones will
bring higher prices, such as the Living Flag card showing 2,000 school girls in formation in
front of the New York Capitol Building on October 7, 1909. The early 20th century had many
examples of living pictures, often being captured on postcards. Such formations are usually
seen in recent decades during opening and closing ceremonies of Olympic Games.
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s a youth during the early 1950s my uncle worked at an
importing–exporting business in Brooklyn. I had just
begun collecting stamps and was the first in my family to do
so. Every time Uncle Jim would come to visit he would provide
me with an envelope filled with stamps — mostly from South
America. Being only 10 at the time, I had no idea from where
many had come. My mom helped me a bit and with my social
studies book we were able to figure out many of them.
As my collection grew I began getting a number of stamps
from Europe and I quickly found out that many of them were
difficult to identify. At the same time, I began dabbling in approvals, especially with the H. E. Harris Company. They offered a Stamp Finder booklet and I quickly sent for my copy.
I became a bit more sophisticated through its use, but it
was still difficult to use for me. Remembering that fact, I try to help my students of my youth
stamp club in Sidney by creating some simple identifiers for the countries they most often encounter. My first attempt was one for Europe. If any youth advisors are reading this article,
feel free to e-mail me at the address above and I will send you a simple to use identifier that I
produced this year for my 7–10 year olds. It is for Europe only. My old Harris identifier was
not in color and there were very few illustrations. That would have made things easier for me.
Imagine being a 7–10 year old trying to identify the origin of some of the following
stamps from Europe and you will see the value of creating some simple identifier for your
budding philatelists as they come across some foreign stamps.
Being a member of a youth stamp club is something I did not have as I became involved
in stamp collecting. Incorporating Google searches of stamp images can help children quite a
bit as well. Simply type in “Norway stamps” and see the many images that pop up. An internet
search such as this can also help children identify the source of many of their stamps.
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Fillmore the Filatelist
First Day Coverage
David A. Kent
P. O. Box 127
New Britain, CT 06050-0127
Glenn A. Estus
P. O. Box 451
Westport, NY 12993-0451
[email protected], 518-962-4558
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
A Sullivan Philatelic Challenge
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n interesting challenge is to assemble
a complete set of Sullivan Expedition
stamp of 1929 first day covers (Scott No.
657). The expedition was a Revolutionary War campaign to deter the central and
western New York Indian tribes from helping the British.
Given the wide scope of the campaign,
the stamp was officially issued simultaneously in 15 different cities: Auburn, Binghamton, Canajoharie, Canandaigua, Elmira,
Geneseo, Geneva, Horseheads, Owego, Penn Yan, Perry, Seneca Falls, Waterloo, Watkins
Glen, and Waverly. In the days of the Model T and unpaved country roads, it must have
been a challenge to get to all 15 cities before the post offices closed for the day. It is the
longest list of official first day cities in the era before the Depression encouraged the Post
Office Department to limit official ceremonies (mostly) to just one city.
An even bigger challenge, today, is to find cacheted covers from each city. First day
cachetmaking was just coming of age, and there aren’t a lot to choose from. I find this
wandering map design (partly obscured by the machine cancel from Auburn) to be
one of the more common. I see it credited to a cachetmaker named Blue Goose, but
cannot find anything else about that firm. Can any reader contribute more information about them?
After the Revolutionary War the government granted or sold large amounts of land in
the area that the Expedition had covered to veterans and their families. Among those taking advantage of this opportunity was Nathaniel Fillmore, the son of a Green Mountain
Boys veteran from Vermont. The land he bought was in Cayuga County, south of Owasco
Lake, and here his wife Phoebe gave birth on January 7, 1800, to a son whom they named
Millard. Within a few years, however, Nathaniel lost the farm because of legal faults with
the title, and he moved the family farther north in Cayuga County, where he farmed a tract
of land in the village of Niles. The fact that various sources give different locations for Millard’s birthplace make me wonder if we don’t really know exactly where the original farm
was. I do know where Niles is, for our family had a summer home there.
Another ponderable: Did Millard perhaps decide to enter the legal profession, and eventually politics, in a reaction to his father’s legal problems with the title to his farm?
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Canada’s Official First Day Covers
I
have decided to make 2011 the year that I concentrate on first day covers of Canada.
In my January column I looked at Royal Visit FDCs from Newfoundland and in
March 2011 at FDCs of the 1937 Canadian Coronation stamp. Until 1971, many of
the same cachet makers that produced designs for U.S. stamps printed cachets for
Canadian stamps.
However, beginning with The Maple in Spring stamp issue of April 14, 1971, Canada
Post Office, the old name for Canada Post, began to produce an Official First Day Cover
(OFDC) in competition with private cachet makers.
According to the insert in the OFDC, Canada Post Office was “planning to introduce
attractive, tastefully designed Official First Covers, as a regular service in the near future. …
Harmoniously styled covers will be offered with the other stamps in the series The Maple
in Four Seasons.” Maple stamps were issued for the other three seasons throughout 1971.
Cost of the OFDC was 26 cents — 20 cents over the face value. (Note: Currency is in
Canadian dollars for its postage rates and OFDCs.) Canada Post Office printed 50,000
copies of the first official first day cover. This new venture must have reached a willing
consumer since by the time The Maple in Winter stamp, the fourth stamp in the series, was
issued on November 19, 1971, 75,000 covers were produced in a limited edition.
This proved to be the beginning of the end of private cachetmakers in Canada. Within
a few years, most private cachet makers had left the Canadian marketplace. Today, OFDCs
cost only $1 over the face value of the stamp. Since the basic domestic postal rate is 59
cents for a letter up to 30 grams (or a little more than one ounce), an OFDC costs only
$C1.59, quite a bargain.
Currently in the United States, the common Artcraft FDC is priced at US$2.80 for a
single of a 44 cent commemorative, or $2.36 over the face value of the stamp. No private
cachet maker could stay in business trying to match the price of the OFDC.
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John Nunes’ Trademark Smile
I
met John Nunes about seven years ago at one of my shows in Clayton. I enjoyed his shows
in Albany and Rochester and I’ll miss seeing him there. I was always impressed by the
amount of material he brought to a show and how tirelessly he and his helper worked to assemble his bourse. He reminded me of that bunny on TV, he just kept going and going and
going. John’s trademark was his smile and kind words when he greeted you.
Other dealers at my shows would always ask whether John was coming and I would
say his table space was set up for him. Sure enough always later that day John would come
strolling in with that smile on his face and a pleasant welcome.
To me John was the stamp person of excellence; there will never be another like him.
He was a walking, talking most knowledgeable person on stamps and postcards. John isn’t
alone, he’s in heaven organizing all those stamp dealers into one heavenly show, going, going, and going. I will miss my old friend.
— George A. Mingle, Clayton, New York
A Very Touching Memorial
The March–April Stamp Insider is a very touching memorial to John Nunes. Thanks for a
great issue for a great man!
— Cheryl R. Ganz, Ph.D., Chief Curator of Philately
Smithsonian National Postal Museum and the William H. Gross Stamp Gallery
A Friend, A Colleague, A Fellow Philatelist, and a Mentor
I personally will miss John Nunes greatly. He was a friend, a colleague, a fellow philatelist,
and a mentor.
When we moved into the area from Long Island six years ago and sought to establish our
business in a new location, he went out of his way to help me — introducing me to dealers
and collectors, encouraging people to visit my Round Lake shop, stopping by my table at a
slow show to make a major purchase — helping to make our transition a pleasant one.
I will always remember his vast knowledge of philately — not only of major areas, but
obscure ones — and his willingness to share this with everyone.
Most of the capital district philatelic community realizes the huge void that now exists
for us with his passing. It was amazing that one person could have contributed so much
to the hobby.
Our condolences go out to his wife Alice, his daughters Jill and Robin, and to all his
family and friends. The world was indeed a better place with John Nunes in it.
Thomas Auletta, Round Lake, New York ◾
www.asc-stampclub.org
Meets at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month
at Crandall Library, City Park, 251 Glen St.
Joseph Kopczak, 44 Surrey Fields Dr., Queensbury, NY 12804-8708
Adirondack Stamp,
Post Card &
Ephemera Club
A Busy and Interesting Year So Far
T
he ASC has had a busy and interesting year so far. After canceling our January
meeting because of snow, we held an auction in February. We then had a presentation in March by Gene Slavin on his well organized collection of Cinderella Stamps. He
had spent a full year organizing three binders with hundreds of old cinderellas from
all over the world.
April was to be another auction and a chance to see an exhibit by the World Awareness Children’s Museum (WACM) also on display at the Glens Falls Library, our usual
meeting place. In May, we will have Tom Noonan back to show us his collection of
Wheelchairs on Stamps. Late last year he surprised us with how extensive his collection
of Motorcycles on Stamps is.
Our membership continues to increase after most of our past members confirmed
their confidence in our programs by renewing their dues. We now have more than 20
registered members.
With the assistance of Noonan, we are in the process of accumulating information
about the philatelic interests of members so we can better share our expertise. As soon
as the information is available, it will be distributed to registered members of the club. If
you haven’t provided a list of your collecting interests, please give to Noonan or Maggie
McClure at our meetings or send them to me at the above address.
We are looking forward to participating in the official opening of the WACM new
building at 89 Warren Street in Glens Falls this summer; see more details in the next SI.
We are hoping to share how stamps of the world can help them with their mission of introducing local children and tourists to other world cultures.
The ASC will be working on a display about Dancing on Stamps for the opening of
the WACM building. We are in need of additional stamps from countries other than
the U.S. with a theme of dancing, if anyone has any they are willing to donate to this
project. Major contributions will be acknowledged and recognized in the final exhibit.
Please send donations to our club president, Thelma VanDerzee, 17 Rockland Drive,
Lake George, NY 12845.
Welcome Ticonderoga Stamp Club
The ASC welcomes the Ticonderoga Stamp Club to the Federation. Stan Burdick, one of
our loyal members, is the organizer of this club. We look forward to sharing many philatelic activities in the east central part of New York with this fine club. TSC’s first column
appears on page 63.
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American Topical Association Executive Director
Vera Felts, P. O. Box 8, Carterville, IL 62918-0008
Alfred Carroccia, 152 Windmill Road, West Seneca, NY 14218-3776
ATA Study Unit: Graphics Philately Association
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Show Day: Val Ignatjew, left, and George Gates man the club table. Dealers prepare for the opening of the bourse.
Bufpex Successful Again
B
ufpex 2011 is over and was a great event for the club! The annual exhibition and
bourse was held March 5 and 6 at the Leonard Post. This year Bufpex celebrated the
50th anniversary of the first U. S. manned space flight. The club had heavy traffic most
of Saturday and although the weather may have dissuaded a few Sunday was also steady.
All in all, dealers were pleased. Lots of enthusiastic collectors were searching and finding
their hidden treasures and empty spot fillers.
Thanks to all those that helped with the Friday setup of tables, chairs and frames and the
tear down on Sunday. Members came out to maintain the club hospitality table and act as
BSC goodwill promoters. Special thanks to the judges for their time to review and critique
the exhibits. Exhibitors benefited from their suggestions to make future exhibits better.
Award Winners
Founder’s Award for Best in Show, and: Great Britain: The Early Cancellations,
Rodney Paige; also Best Foreign Exhibit, Foreign Award, and Walter Grotke Award
for Best Great Britain or British Colonies.
Dan Cunningham Award for Best U.S.: USA Overrun Country Issue, 1943–1944,
Alfred Carroccia.
Best Topical Exhibit: Angels, Alice Johnson; also Bredl Award for Best Covers Exhibit.
Joseph Romito Award for Best Exhibit of Cancellation and Usages on U.S.:
Alfred Carroccia photos
he Graphics Philately Association (GPA) was conceived
in 1975 when Robert Ritterband, a printer in California,
and Mark Winnegrad, a librarian in New York, discovered
a mutual interest in printing on stamps through their ATA
memberships. More interested people were located, and a
charter membership of 30 was established by December 31,
1975. Affiliation with the ATA and APS followed.
Originally the GPA had printing as its primary focus. Active
printers, hobbyists, and those retired from the trade made up
a large percentage of its membership. During the past three decades, however, both the scope of the unit and its membership
have grown. While many printers and librarians remain members, other professionals in the fields represented by this topic have also joined. Some members
are involved not at all in those fields, except for an interest in the stamps that illustrate them.
The GPA promotes the collection and study of all philatelic material pertaining to
graphic communications, especially the history of the book as a physical object; the study
of graphic communications as represented philatelically; the study of various techniques
and processes used in the production of stamps and postal stationery; and the sharing
among members of any available information on these subjects.
Sometimes called “the book as an artifact” or “historical bibliography,” members collect stamps on specific topics, such as prehistoric records–cave paintings; manuscript
books and illuminations; the histories of papyrus, parchment, and paper; Gutenberg and
other notable printers and printing houses; printing presses, related equipment and processes; stamp design and production; and newspapers and periodicals.
The GPA published the third edition of Printing on Stamps in January 1989 and has
since published quarterly new issue updates in its journal, Philateli-Graphics.
GPA officers are Winnegrad, president; Larry Rosenblum, vice president–treasurer;
Bruce L. Johnson, secretary–editor; and Joseph Sullivan and Paul Horton, directors.
Membership is $15 in the United States, $25 elsewhere. Patron memberships are available for $25 in the United States, $35 elsewhere. Contact the secretary at 115 Raintree
Drive; Zionsville, IN 46077-2012, [email protected].
Visit the GPA web site at www.graphics-stamps.org.
— Bruce L. Johnson, ATA Director of Study Units ◾
Foxes, Theresa Meegan.
Ernie Schuster Award for Best Exhibit for Travel or Transportation:
America’s Space Transportation System, Pieter Metz.
Single Frame Award: The Big Three, Alan Davis.
Larry Manno Award for Most Popular Exhibit: Man and Microbes, Victor Potter.
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T
he program at a recent CVSC meeting was a follow-up to Heather Sweeting’s “Some
Postal Fun Facts” in her January–February Stamp Insider column. There are some
very interesting fun facts to be found when viewing www.usps.com/communications/
newsroom/postalfacts.htm.
Our members had a good time estimating and guessing the answers. The answers to
the following questions are rounded off on a daily basis; a–j are in the millions; k–u are in
the thousands:
a. How much revenue is received by the USPS?
b. Average number of mail pieces processed and delivered?
c. Average number of first class mail processed and delivered?
d. Average number of advertisement mail processed and delivered?
e. Dollars paid to postal employees in salaries and benefits?
f. Miles driven by letter carriers and truck drivers?
g. Number of people who visit www.usps.com?
h. Number of people served at post offices?
i. Number of postage stamps cancelled on automatic equipment?
j. Number of e-mails received?
k. Number of vehicles in the USPS fleet?
l. Number of gallons of fuel used in the USPS vehicles?
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. What percent of the nation’s population moves every year?
n. Number of address changes daily?
o. Number of addresses added daily?
p. Number of passport applications accepted?
q. Number of money orders issued?
r. Number of post offices in the United States?
s. Amount of money customers spend on the website www.usps.com?
t. Number of career employees at present?
u. Number of pieces of mail processed each minute?
No peeking at the answers until after you have made your guesstimates.
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Answers
a. 225; b. 584; c. 276; d. 273; e. 150; f. 4.1; g. 1.1; h. 7.0; i. 105; j. 16; k. 219; l. 403; m. 14;
n. 155; o. 3,050; p. 24,100; q. 446; r. 36,400; s. 608; t. 596; u. 405.
Varieties, The Spice of Life, Can Drive You Nuts
By Andy Doback
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ne of my collecting specialties is flocked cachets — those fuzzy, felt ones. The three major
producers of flocked covers were August Dargis (Velvatone), Robert Rank (Texture Craft,
Rank II), and H. R. Wilk (Flok). All made color varieties, and in some cases, design varieties.
Dargis’ first flocked cachet was for the Everglades National Park stamp (Scott No. 952)
of 1947. He stopped in the late 1960s and began again in 1982. His second era ended with
his death in 2000 with the Claude Pepper definitive (Scott No. 3426). In addition to U.S.
issues, he made cachets for UN and Canada.
After working with Dargis to hone his skills, Rank began his flocked cover making in 1955
with the New Hampshire issue (Scott No. 1068) — a Texture Craft cachet with color varieties.
His Rank II cachets were add-ons done in the early 1970s to covers that Rank had serviced in
the 1950s but had not cacheted. These are usually a bright, fluorescent type of flocking — more
felt-like than fuzzy. Rank also made UN and Canada as well as some foreign topical issue items
such as Dag Hammarskjold from Panama, Congo, Jordan, etc. and Malaria from Turkey, Haiti,
Canal Zone, Thailand. He also created flocked space event covers throughout the 1960s.
Wilk began his Flok line in 1954 with the George Eastman stamp (Scott No. 1062) and ended
with the Fort Ticonderoga stamp (Scott No. 1071). Most of his cachets have color varieties. I
don’t know of any with design differences. His cachets are often misidentified as Velvatones.
The King of Varieties was Dargis. For example, I have 22 different color combinations
on the 1957 Hamilton (Scott No. 1086). Six are illustrated here. Color and design varieties
also present a good philatelic hunt for the collector. The Alaska Statehood issue (Scott No.
2066) of 1984 is an example of how Dargis created color and design varieties.
I have approximately 2,500 flocked covers … and my friend, Bill, has even more — including a near complete run of Velvatone. It can be hard on the old eyes and memory!
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Poughkeepsie, New York
Meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first & third Mondays at the Friends
Meeting House, corner of Hooker Avenue & Whittier Boulevard
Cliff Foley, 3 Short Court, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590-3515
Elmira, New York
Meets at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6) the third Tuesday
at Steele Memorial Library, 101 E. Church St.
Stamp Circuit Available
Alan Parsons, 809 Holley Road, Elmira, NY 14905-1212
Elmira Stamp Club
When Are the Olympics Returning To New York?
Members Should Attend Ropex
very four years there
are Winter Olympics.
The first were held in
Chamonix, France, in 1924.
Four years later they were
in St Moritz, Switzerland.
In 1932 the winter games
came to North America for
the first time and were held
at Lake Placid, New York.
On January 25, 1932 the
post office issued the twocent stamp commemorating
the first winter games in the
U.S. (Scott No. 716)
The stamp is pictured on a Dutchess Philatelic Society cover that contains a special postmark on February 5, 1980, during that year’s torch run. After 48 years the winter games had
come back to Lake Placid. The U.S. issued a set of four stamps (Scott No. 1795–1798) to
recognize the games.
A Special Relay Station
There was special significance to the Olympic Torch Relay Station being located at the
Franklin D. Roosevelt grave site in Hyde Park. Back in 1932. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, soon to be President of the United States, lit the Olympic torch that opened the
1932 games.
The torch runner in 1980 turned in at the Roosevelt home and lit the torch held by the
next runner. They both lit a torch at the FDR grave which remained burning during the
Winter Games. In addition to issuing the cacheted cover, the Dutchess Philatelic Society
had a philatelic exhibit at the Roosevelt museum.
Of course there have been many stamps and covers issued for the various winter and
summer Olympics and many collectors specialize in this area. But wouldn’t it be nice to
have the Winter Olympics back in New York State. Doing the calculations: 1932 until
1980 was 48 years so can we expect them in another 48 years or 2028? Maybe we should
begin working on stamp designs now.
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lub members should plan to attend Ropex National Stamp Show on May 13–15 at
the Sports Centre at Monroe Community College, just off I-390 and south of the
Rochester City line. For show hours and admission prices, visit the RPA web site —
www.rpastamps.org/ropex.html.
Ropex provides upstate collectors with their best opportunity each year for viewing
exhibits and for shopping in the philatelic marketplace.
New Club Members: William Moran of Canisteo and Doug Williams of Owego have
joined the club. Both collect U.S. Bill attended his first meeting in March; Doug was present at the February meeting and joined then. Welcome to both!
One Page Exhibits: Nine days after Ropex closes, the club holds its annual one-page
exhibit night. Members bring one page of stamps or covers to hang on a line in the
meeting room. Each exhibitor talks briefly about his or her one page. This is not a
contest and all pages are welcome. The May meeting is on the fourth Tuesday, not
the third.
Stepex 2011: Show cards are available now at club meetings for area distribution. Onepage, one-frame (16 pages), and multiframe exhibits are needed to fill 60 frames at Stepex,
especially from club members but others are welcome as well. Stepex exhibiting information and entry forms are available at club meetings, along with literature on exhibiting.
It’s never too early to start an exhibit!
Programs
May 13–15 — Ropex 2011, Rochester
May 24 (fourth Tuesday) — One-page exhibits and auction night
June 2 — APS slide program: 70 years of Firsts on First Day Covers
Meeting Notes
February 2011 — 14 attended. Theme for Stepex 2011 is the 100th anniversary of the flight
of the Vin Fiz, being announced along with other details for this year’s club-sponsored
show. President Mike Breed showed the APS slide program The Story of the Penny Black to
conclude the meeting.
March 2011 — 17 attended. Following opening announcements, Breed called an auction
of 61 lots. He was assisted by auction teller Wayne Nyre and lot facilitators Dom Romeo
and Gordon Stratton. A total of 28 lots sold for a total of $91.75, including two club lots
for $3. Members consigning lots went home with $82.75 and the Club gained a total of
$11.88 from commissions and club lot sales.
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POSTAL HISTORY Membership info: George McGowan
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By David E. Williams
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hile many collectors of New York State postal history collect specific towns or counties, there are those that like to collect specific types of cancels on cover. These may
include stampless markings, Doane cancels, flag cancels, or fancy cancels. One type of
fancy cancel to be examined here is the star cancel.
One type is probably a misnomer, since to date there have been more than 80 design types of
star cancels reported from New York State. They range from the simple five-pointed solid star
to very ornate, intricate designs. Many were handmade and can be fairly crude looking. They
are found mostly from the mid 1860s to the beginning of the twentieth century, although they
are known both before and after these dates. They also exist in combination with both county
and postmaster cancels. They are found in a wide range of colors and shades.
The bible for star cancel collectors is Star Cancels of New York State edited by Dave
Proulx and published in 1987 by the Empire State Postal History Society. Proulx listed
70 star types and more than 600 New York post offices that used star cancels. When one
takes into consideration different combinations of post office, star type, color, and year of
use, more than 900 collectible varieties were listed.
Since its publication nearly 25 years ago, another 500 plus new records of star cancels
from New York State have been reported and documented.
These consist of many previously unreported post offices, an additional dozen new
star types, as well as newly reported combinations of post office, star type, color, and year
of use. New finds are made quite often. The existence of the Internet and eBay, with its
wide diversity of postal history material, makes new discoveries much easier than ever to
find. It is an interesting facet of postal history for the collector looking for something different in which to specialize.
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e enjoyed our annual Kiloware Scramble
at our first March meeting. Members
searched a large collection of stamps the club
purchased, taking as many as they wished.
The cachet and pictorial postmark commemorating Abraham Lincoln’s whistle-stop
in Clyde 150 years ago, sponsored by Galen
Historical Society and the club, is available for
$2 and a No. 10 sase from the Galen Historical Society, P. O. Box 43. Clyde, NY 14433. We
produced FDCs for the jazz and two Civil War
stamps. They are available for $2 and a No. 10
sase from James Darnell, 136 Lock St., Clyde,
NY 14413. Helen Hayes and Gregory Peck FDCs are also in the works.
Programs
May 11 — Member presentations
May 25 — Annual banquet
June 8 — Auction
June 22 — APS slide program: Owney, the Traveling Dog
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Albany, New York
Fort Stanwix Stamp Club, P. O. Box 734, Rome, NY 13442-0374
Patricia A. Hash, 315-339-1019
Maris Tirums, P. O. Box 5475, Albany NY 12205-0475
FORT
Meets at 7 p.m. on the fourth Thursday, except
January and February, at Rome Municipal Building, Second Floor
STAMP
Meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second & fourth Tuesdays
at Bethany Reformed Church Community Center,
760 New Scotland Ave.
STANWIX
Rome, New York
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Learning About V-mail
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n February 8, member Maris Tirums presented a
program titled V-Mail. Because of the large number
of American service men and women serving abroad on
two fronts, the amount of mail in both directions was enormous. The U.S. military and the Post Office Department
collaborated on this program to reduce the weight and volume of mail to create more space for vital supplies.
The program, in place only six months after Pearl Harbor, operated by photographing letters, shipping only the
film, and printing the letters at the destination. Not all mail
went V-mail, and no enclosures were allowed. It was estimated that the programs savings was a factor of 15.
Postal History Finds: At our February 22 meeting, new
members Elwyn and Anne Doubleday reminisced about interesting postal history finds. He described the details of some
notorious finds by some now famous people and some of his
personal experiences. He stressed the importance of networking and letting people know what it is you collect.
Early Aviation Postal History: On March 8, John
Nunes’ travel partner and helper Wayne Hillison spoke on early aviation postal history.
He displayed many examples to be passed around and answered the occasional questions
that these interesting bits of history stimulated.
Hitler Head Obliterations: On March 22, Carl Blazejewski,a recently retired stamp
dealer who did business as B Trading Company, spoke on Hitler Head Obliterations. From
May 1945 to May 1946, primarily in the Russian sector, German postage stamps with
Hitler’s portrait were obliterated before being affixed to letters. “Every postal clerk, at his
own discretion, was allowed to cover the face of Hitler.” Examples were corks, overprints,
and even inked thumbprints. The letters were then canceled in the usual way. There are
many genuine and many suspicious examples, but, they seem to be difficult to locate in
dealers’ stocks and on the internet.
Programs
May 10 — Sherlock Holmes by Tom Auletta
May 24 — Annual Meeting and Banquet (location TBA)
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Examining a Press Sheet
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n 2000, the USPS issued 15 high value Space Achievement & Exploration postage stamps
(Scott No. 3408–3413) consisting of five souvenir sheets and an uncut press sheet containing all 15 stamps. There were only 305,000 uncut press sheets offered by the USPS.
The design of the sheet is non-repetitive with four different space exploration designs
and the fifth that of planet Earth. It also has six rectangular, five pentagonal, and four holographic stamps. Especially interesting is the round holographic animation of the Earth
(Scott No. 3412) which allows the viewer to see the planet rotate 25 degrees east and west.
My son, Craig, bought the uncut sheet plus a frame and a special protective glass to
frame this eye appealing stamp display and mount it on the wall. This is a fantastic display
as can be seen in the attached illustration of a non-framed sheet.
— Don Luczak
Stamp Exchange
In May the club will have a stamp exchange among members. In June we will have a slide
presentation on “The Stamps and Postal History of Guatemala 1871–1947.”
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Cooperstown, New York
Plattsburgh, New York
Meets at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday, except January
and February, at the Tillapaugh home, 28 Pioneer St.
Meets at 1 p.m. on the second Saturday in the second floor
meeting room of Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St.
Ellen Tillapaugh, 80 Beaver St., Cooperstown, NY 13326-1202
Glenn A. Estus, P. O. Box 451, Westport, NY 12993-0451
North Country
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Club Happy To Resume Meetings
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t was nice to meet again on March 3 after our winter hiatus. We discussed reciprocal
joint meetings with the Tri-County Club of Sidney during the summer and thought a
swap fest and auction would be great.
Joint Meetings Discussed
The meeting in Sidney may possibly be sometime in July. Tri-County members Steve
McCarthy and Spike Paranya are hoping to put together a program on the Washington–Franklin issues. The return meeting tentatively would be held in Cooperstown
on August 4.
Dues Reminder
Payment of dues for 2011 were to be paid at the March meeting. Members who have not
done so should make payment as soon as possible.
“We are the best deal in town—only $3 for the year,” says Ellen Tillapaugh. “That’s
right,” she adds, “for that amount you receive our newsletter and a subscription to the
Stamp Insider so you can stay up to date on all the stamp happenings in our area.”
Programs
May 5 — Significant Date Cancels by Albert Keck
June 2 — Volunteer needed for program
July — TBA
August 4 — Tentative: Leatherstocking Stamp Club hosts Tri-County Club
September 1 — Volunteer needed for program
October 6 — Steroid Hurdles by Albert Keck
November 3 — Volunteer needed for program
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Constitution — Continued from Page 26
responsibility is to prepare a slate of candidates for the next election. A slate of candidates
must be presented to the current officers at least 30 days prior to an officer election, which
must take place at least 30 days prior to a new fiscal year. An Elections Chairman will also
be appointed by the officers to independently coordinate the voting procedures and count
votes. Only Club Representatives may cast votes in officer elections. Ties are to be broken
by the Nomination Chairman.
Article 11 — Dissolution
Section 1: Upon dissolution of the Federation all financial and tangible property is to be
distributed to another 501 (c) 3 organization(s) as determined by the officers.
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North Country Shows Its Colors
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s we commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War over the next few years, let us
look at two postal items from the North Country directly involved with that conflict. The
initial battle of the Civil War took place with the April 1861 attack on Fort Sumter in the harbor
of Charleston, South Carolina. By the time you read this, the USPS will have issued a souvenir
sheet honoring both Fort Sumter and the First Battle of the Bull Run fought in July 1861.
Emotions ran high at the time. Men from both the north and south answered the call
to arms to either “Defend the Union” or “Defend our Homeland,” depending on their
sympathies. Almost as soon as the conflict began, printers sold special envelopes imprinted with patriotic designs. These ranged from the very simple, such as envelopes bordered
in red and blue, to ornate designs showing caricatures, heroes, and battles.
This patriotic envelope sent from Peru, New York in Clinton County to Illinois shows a
simple flag design, but there is no mistaking the sentiment: certainly pro-Union. The flag
is not an actual reproduction of a 1861 flag as there are only 31 stars instead of 34. This
would date the flag from the 1851 to 1858 period. Also, there was no American flag with
six rows of stars until 43-star flag of 1890. (Insets show 31- and 34-star flags.)
Just south of Peru lies the town of Keeseville, in both Clinton and Essex Counties.
Charles P. Allen, who was Keeseville postmaster from 1860–1882, showed his support for
the Union cause by using a special patriotic killer, US in a circle.
The covers cannot be dated accurately as neither has the year date in the town mark and the
contents are missing. However, we know that the covers are after September 1861. In August
1861, the Post Office Department replaced the previous issue of postage stamps with a completely new issue to make sure that the Confederacy couldn’t make use of the old issue.
Pictorial Cancel: There is a possibility that all 18 towns in Essex County will be commemorating the response to Lincoln’s Call to Arms with a unified pictorial cancel sometime in the next few months. I will keep you informed as I learn more.
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Olean, New York
Oswego, New York
Meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second Monday
at Bethany Lutheran Church, 6 Leo Moss Drive
Meets at 6 p.m. on the fourth Monday, except July and August,
at Faith United Church, 12 Mark Fitzgibbons Drive
Ronald J. Yeager, P. O. Box 774, Bradford, PA 16701-0774
Leigh LeClair, 212 Murray St., Oswego, NY 13126-4032
Oswego Found on eBay
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Robert W. Schaumleffel — 1928–2011
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obert W. Schaumleffel, 82, of 417 East State
Street, a long-time member of Olean Stamp Club,
died March 9 after a brief illness. History was one of
Schaumleffel’s passions. He had created a series of
Olean History Notebooks containing memorabilia, photographs, and postcards.
He was born July 25, 1928, in Olean. Schaumleffel was a graduate of Olean High School and attended
St. Bonaventure University, studying chemistry. He
was also a graduate of Capital Engineering Institute, of
Washington, DC.
He was employed by the Bureau of Standards in Washington before joining the Army where he picked up an
interest in geology. After Military Service he worked for Robert Schaumleffel
Acme Electric until retiring because of family illness.
Schaumleffel later became interested in the antique business. While working for
the U.S. government, he was involved in the Apollo space program.
Schaumleffel was an amateur radio operator whose call sign was WA2IKS. He was
presented with an Antique Wireless Association award for his radio museum. The
AWA is based in Rochester.
Schaumleffel was a Past Master of Enchanted Mountain Masonic Lodge and Past
Grand Royal Matron for Order of Amaranth. He was a member of Olean Rotary Club
and Olean Stamp Club. He was well known for his philanthropy in supporting many
local organizations.
He was a seasoned world traveler, having interests in archæology, lepidoptery, entomology, and photography.
He is survived by his wife, Marjorie, who he married on August 25, 1978.
Memorial donations may be made to Christ United Methodist Church, SPCA, or
Joyful Rescues.
New Newsletter Editor
Club secretary Edward (Ted) Isaacs is the new editor of the Olean Stamp Club newsletter, which he has given a bold new look. One of the publication’s popular features is the
inclusion of lots for the monthly auction.
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Looking Forward To the ‘Real’ Spring.
T
he Oswego Stamp Club is eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the real spring, even
though the calendar shows the season began on March 20! It is hoped that with nicer
weather approaching the annual end of year picnic event can take place soon.
Recent activities have included swapping Australian duplicates, looking at circuit
books, and discussing trips to stamp shows.
A nice find at a recent post card show was an advertising postal card (Scott No. UX5)
for McCarthy’s China Hall in Oswego. It was mailed in Oswego September 16, 1881 at
4 p.m. It was received in New Haven and struck with a nice New Haven, Oswego Co.
NY on the same day — a nice example of exceptionally speedy delivery!
What makes the card even more interesting is the written message:
Dear Mother,
Uncle Lorenzo informed me this morning that Aunt Agnes
was at his house. She came last night. They want you to come
out and visit with her. Can you come and stay over Sunday?
There was a heavy fire there last night. The west cove government buildings part of islands by west pier burned.
H. S. D.
I searched the internet for information about this fire
and have found no information about it. I may have to read
old copies of predecessors to the Oswego Palladium-Times
on microfiche to learn more. I did however find an auction
listing for a James McCarthy stoneware jug made in Oswego around this time.
Many McCarthys still reside in town today.
— Heather Sweeting ◾
Ronald K. Ratchford, 1105 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308-2805
Thomas M. Fortunato, 28 Amberwood Place, Rochester, NY 14626-4166
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and July–August, at Union Presbyterian Church, 1068 Park Ave.
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Meets at 7 p.m. on the second & fourth Thursdays except July and
August at Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church, 1200 S. Winton Road
Schenectady, New York
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New Life Members
Rick Kase played host at the annual banquet at Keenan’s Restaurant on March 25.
Three of the five new life members attended — Kelly Armstrong, left; Elli Steeb, right;
and Tom Clark. Congratulations also to Joe Doles and Bob Seargent.
Time for Ropex Again
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t’s time for Ropex. We hope all collectors throughout western and central New York
get the chance to visit. We have plenty of new dealers this year and some world-class
exhibits as well.
Live Auction
It has been a while since the the association had a live auction, so we have one scheduled for our May 26 meeting. Members are limited to a maximum of five lots to sell,
with 10 percent of the hammered price going to the club. We welcome collectors
from other stamp clubs throughout the region to join us that night. Come and pick
up some bargains!
Strawberry Festival
Our stamp season comes to a close June 23 with the traditional Strawberry Festival. By the
way, it’s never too early to pay your 2011–2012 dues.
Programs
May 12 — Meeting at Ropex, Sports Centre at MCC
May 13–15 — Ropex, Sports Centre at MCC
May 26 — Live Auction
June 9 — Annual business meeting
June 23 — Season end Strawberry Festival
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y father, George Kenneth Ratchford,
had been a stamp collector beginning
perhaps back in the 1930s or maybe even a
little earlier.
It probably was largely through him
that I had become a youthful philatelist
in the 1950s. I particularly collected United States postage stamps — especially
plate number blocks — even trying to assemble matched position sets for specific
plate numbers.
I became acquainted with the Main
Post Office in the downtown area of my
city and also with various neighborhood
stations of the Schenectady Post Office.
One such facility, known as Station No. 8,
was located in a building along Baker Avenue in the area of the Upper Union Street
business district of the city.
Recently I located a May 30, 1963 story from the Schenectady Gazette concerning the closing of that post office station
where I had occasion to buy stamps for
my collection.
I seem to recall even being able to obtain the blue 30 cent transport airplane airmail
that had been issued in the 1940s, but was still available locally until perhaps well into
the 1960s.
It is interesting to note that the ground floor of that same building still serves for commercial use. I decided to photograph that place of philatelic memories — the same one
depicted in the newspaper from almost four dozen years ago.
— Ronald K. Ratchford, Club Historian
Programs
May 1 — End of season banquet at Petta’s Restaurant
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Elkland, Pennsylvania
Staten Island, New York
www.stampcampusa.org
Conducts youth-oriented activities and adult leader workshops
throughout the United States and Canada
www.sistamps.org
Meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first & third Monday, except July and
August, at Messiah Lutheran Church, 195 Jefferson Blvd., Annadale
Cheryl B. Edgcomb, 117 Court St., Suite A, Elkland, PA 16920-1447
Charles R. Carlson, 30 Hopping Ave., Staten Island, NY 10307-1219
Meet Our New Board Members
C
heryl B. Edgcomb, who has retired as CEO in an attempt to work more behind the
scenes, is serving as board secretary and assisting with the transition to a new CEO. We
have a qualified person in mind, but additional time was needed to put a compensation
package together. The board was expected to discuss this at its April 12 meeting.
New Board Members
Alan R. (Bob) Goodrich, principal of Wesley Academy in Elkland, has many talents from
administration to education. He has a talented family who support his efforts, and it is not
uncommon to see many of his children and family members helping out as needs arise.
Thomas M. Fortunato of Rochester, brings not only philatelic, exhibiting, and judging
skills, but also communication and creative ones.
Rev. David Hackett, superintendent of Christian Hope Center of Painted Post, New York
and long-time stamp collector brings with him education, administrative and philatelic skills, and a willingness to help with daily tasks — sorting through donations,
compiling auction Stamp Camp lots for sale at Elmira Stamp Club meetings.
Marilyn Constable, a supervisor of Central Susquehanna Head Start in Milton, Pennsylvania, was a key advocate for the development of our preschool curriculum and helped with
the Pennsylvania test pilot, which has now been completed, providing the sound structure
for its development. This first-of-its-kind philatelic curriculum geared for children aged 3 to
kindergarten will help interest children in stamps, while helping to improve their skills in
six key educational domains, all meeting Pennsylvania State Education Standards.
Stamp Camp has a cadre of board members that have remained to see continuity of mission
continue, including Cindy Tackett from U.S. Postal Service headquarters, Allison Wickens from
the National Postal Museum, and Gretchen Moody from the American Philatelic Society.
Continue to check in at our web site for our events. It is being updated on a regular basis by Fortunato and webmaster Michael Gee. Stamp Camp USA will move ahead in 2011,
continuing its mission of teaching children using worldwide postage stamps.
“As for me,” says Edgcomb, “I guess the title of founder is one that will remain intact,
though I humbly recognize it has been many great people that have brought us to this
point in our formation of Stamp Camp USA
“I have been truly blessed to have been a part of this for so long. As I begin to outline my
memoirs, I come to realize this is one title I shall always hold near and dear to my heart…
along with the special friendships that it has brightened my life with. Hopefully, 2011 will
bring many, many more. Happy Collecting!”
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Staten Island
Philatelic Society
A New Member and a Visitor With an Agenda
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t the SIPS we have received a potential new member, and a visitor looking to sell a grandfather’s collection. Grandpa collected a lot of miscellaneous garbage. I’m sure most of you
know what I mean. It was all random kids’ junk, disorganized, low values of common foreign
stuff, and most painfully — sheets of U.S. three- and four-cent commemoratives.
I hate telling people that grandpa’s treasures are hardly worth the cost of gas to drive to SIPS.
Worst of all, grandpa’s stuff had been kept in a damp basement. It was a big box and we kept
digging, unearthing a folder of the 1951 UN definitive sheets without the 50 cent or dollar values
and some early commemoratives — not gold, but interesting and not stuck to each other.
Bonanza! The lady told me grandpa once had six volumes of Austria, none of which
could be found, but a folder held Lombardy Venetia and Austrian offices in the Levant
on old Scott pages. All of it was in great condition. Although not complete, it was good
stuff,with a few choice cancels.
Grandpa was a SIPS member from the 1950s to the 1970s. There were old club sheets
from auctions and invoices from major NYC auction houses. Grandpa had been a very
active buyer, of good stuff. But where was it? They said they have more boxes and lots of
Scott albums, so on their next visit I hope for real treasures.
At SIPS we spend a lot of time complaining about the USPS — too many issues, very
poor designs, poor quality printing, and no engraved stamps. I’m not completely in love
with the self stick stamps, but that seems to be the way of the future.
One member, who works at a large USPS facility in Queens, tells us a lot about the efficiencies of the sorting machines and the millions of pieces of mail processed there. I get
mostly next day delivery within the city or local counties. Okay, the post office’s job is to deliver the mail, not sell pretty stamps. The USPS apparently hates stamps and sees collectors
only as a source of revenue for stamps that will never have to provide a service.
I must compliment the USPS for one of its innovations, the signature service delivery system. The one APS wants us to use when handling circuits, which APS says has reduced losses of
circuits in transit. I bought a couple of items from a dealer in Chicago in February. Nothing big,
but one $15 item was not as advertised, so I returned it via signature service.
I waited a month without hearing from Chicago, then called USPS with my signature service number. Within minutes they told me it had been delivered, and they sent me a copy of
the signature of the guy who signed for the package. I wrote to the dealer asking for a check,
please. The next day my AMEX statement came, with a credit from the dealer, so everything
is fine, but I have to write to the dealer cancelling my letter, with apologies.
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Organized 1919
APS Chapter 50
Syracuse, New York
Ticonderoga, New York
www.syracusestampclub.org
Meets at 8 p.m. the first & third Fridays at the Reformed Church
of Syracuse, 1228 Teall Ave.
Meets at noon on the fourth Wednesday
at Ti-Pi Pizzeria, 2 Wayne Ave.
Stan Burdick, 129 The Portage,
Ticonderoga, NY 12883-1414
Allen Swift, P. O. Box 593, East Syracuse, NY 13057-0593
Syrapex 2011 Plans Moving Ahead
A New Stamp Club Is Launched
lans are on schedule for Syrapex on November 12 and 13 at the Holiday Inn,
Carrier Circle. Ralph Lind, Show Chairman,
announced that the show’s theme will be
Syrapex Remembers Syracuse China.
Bourse Chairman Ed Bailey is planning for
15 or more dealers. Once again we will promote stamp collecting for the typical collector.
Exhibits are requested to display the fun to be
had in the hobby. Serious exhibitors are also
welcomed and will have an excellent opportunity to win prizes. The show prospectus and exhibit entry forms are available at the club web
site or mailing address shown above. The show
banquet where exhibit prizes will be awarded
will be on Saturday evening at the hotel.
Taft Road Post Office Exhibit
In April and early May we are displaying an exhibit that we expect will attract the general public and especially children at this regional post office. The colorful pages display
stamps of animals, insects, marine life and flowers in beautiful settings (above). If this
display can attract one person to enjoy the hobby, it will have been a success. Post office
employees have always showed enthusiasm over our exhibits.
Show and Tell
The program for the next meeting on May 6th provides an opportunity for all members to display and discuss one of their favorite philatelic pieces to club members. Please take advantage
of this meeting to dazzle your friends and highlight your interests in the hobby.
Programs*
May 6 — Bring item for Show and Tell
May 20 — Auction
June 3 — Swap and Shop with pizza and drinks
June 17 — Auction
July 1 — Stampo
* Remember that the club auctions off 10 lots every meeting night.
osh, where does one begin? Here I am,
a new scribe for this worthy, wordy
publication, wondering what to say of some
literary merit. I’m also the regular cartoonist
for this jaunty journal, a former owner of a
cartoon museum here in Ticonderoga, and a
somewhat long-in-the-tooth philatelist.
Simply stated, our big Charter Day for
the new Ticonderoga Stamp Club was held
on March 23, when TSC was born with a
membership of a dozen studious souls, all
anticipating some productive social intercourse in their pursuit of our common hobby.
Our meeting schedule and contact information appears at the top of this page.
Speaker was Albany-based Conrad Novick,
notably the recent StampExpo 400 chair and
Conrad Novick
a Federation spokesman. Visiting also was our
Glens Falls club visionary expert, Joe Kopczak, and Glenn A. Estus of the North Country Stamp
Club in Plattsburgh and Vermont Philatelic Society. Both are honorary members of TSC.
A word about me: It was the January–February 2009 issue when editor Al did a breezy
bio of me in his column and used my first stamp cartoon. My miserable mug again tarnished the November–December 2010 issue when I made news by donating my 60-year
passion, the Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum, to the ToonSeum of Pittsburgh.
My diligence as a pack-rat collector of all things tangible has few boundaries. But as an
aging somewhat closeted hobbyist, I often wonder what, if anything, we’re doing to recruit
our younger generation into our beloved avocation. “Stamp collecting, what’s that?” This
month’s cartoon on page 69 could be blown up to poster size or used as a cachet to promote youth philately. My poster that appeared on the Adirdondack Stamp Club page in
March–April may give youngsters an incentive to explore philately in addition to the nonstop texting, gaming, and cell-phoning that so typifies today’s social-networking activity.
So what’s new at TSC? Tune in next time for the lowdown, in addition to some rambling by me on my world-wide adventures in stampdom.
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Meets at 7 p.m. on the first & third Wednesdays, except
June–August, at Renehan’s Pub and Grill, 499 2nd Ave., North Troy
Terrill S. Miller, 604 Sand Creek Rd., Albany, NY 12205-2435
Robert Finnegan, 10 O’Neill Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820-1154
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Meets at 7 p.m. on the third Monday, except January and February,
September–June at Sidney Civic Center, 21 Liberty St., and
July–August at Sidney Memorial Public Library, 8 River St.
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A Quiz and a Game
Auction and Quiz Popular With Members
he start of the 2011 portion of our philatelic year started with a Grading of Stamps quiz
put together by Bob Rightmire in which club members were asked to grade stamps
according to the new scale being applied.
The March meeting also involved members being placed onto two teams in a game
titled Philatelic Tidbits put together by club treasurer, Bob Finnegan. Members were testing their knowledge of philately, geography and American history. All had a great time.
Learning About Owney
Our April meeting was a glimpse at Owney via a slide presentation of the APS. Owney is
being commemorated on an upcoming United States issue. Most members were unaware
of Owney’s significance to United States postal history and our dog lovers of the group
now know of another canine in history.
Club To Host Youth Night
The upcoming meeting of the club in May will be its annual hosting of the Sidney Elementary School Stamp Club members in a night of philatelic activity in which our budding
stamp collectors can add to their collections.
Robert Finnegan’s school club has 29 members from the third to fifth grades. The
group has been meeting since early January.
Annual Dinner
The club will be having its annual dinner in June with no real business being done, only a
night of social interaction and good food.
Joint Meeting in the Works
The club is developing plans with the Leatherstocking Stamp Club for a joint meeting
sometime in July. Steve McCarthy and Spike Paranya are hoping to put together an interesting program on the Washington–Franklin issues.
The club is also hoping for a stamp swap via preprinted pages of inexpensive stamps
that members of each club would bring to the joint meeting. More news will be forthcoming in the July–August issue of the Stamp Insider.
Editor’s note: The Leatherstocking Stamp Club has tentatively scheduled a reciprocal meeting in Cooperstown on August 4.
Return of the Snowbirds
The club is hoping that all of its snowbirds will have returned by the May meeting
and that they enjoyed a warmer climate than we experienced this lengthy winter in
upstate New York.
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n February 16, members gathered for our annual club
auction. Although the turnout was low, those in attendance had much philatelic fun.
Another annual event, much better attended, was
the Terry Miller Philatelic Quiz. We have been doing
this for a very long time, yet Terry seems to come up
with original material of all varieties of history and
stamp collecting.
From time to time, portions of Terry’s 25 question quiz
appear in the pages of the Stamp Insider, and even a club in
North Carolina requests a copy each year.
On March
Terry Miller
16, Maris Tirums, a Fort Orange Stamp Club member,
gave a wonderful presentation on Russian
Propaganda Post Cards. Maris’ knowledge of
Russian Postal History added to the interesting and unusual, but not unexpected variety
of post cards. Many collectors didn’t realize
that in Russia at that time the government
controlled all printing, including picture
postcards, and therefore, as one might expect, they had a very socialist slant.
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Programs
May 5 — The American Indian on Stamps by Charles Eson
May 18 — Spring Banquet at Renahan’s Pub and Grill.
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Philatelic Quiz Answers
1. Robert Goddard, 2. Ulysses S. Grant, 3. Andrew Johnson, 4. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 5.
William and Charles Mayo, 6. John Muir, 7. George Papandreau, 8. Francis Parkman, 9. Robert
Perry, 10. John J. Pershing, 11. Ponce de León, 12. Wiley Post, 13. James Whitcomb Riley, 14. William Seward, 15. Joseph Pulitzer, 16. Andrew Jackson, 17. Scott Joplin, 18. Henry Knox
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Spencerport, New York
Meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday, except January and February, at
New Hartford Town Library, 2 Library Lane; stamp circuits available
http://westernmonroephilatelicsociety.blogspot.com
Meets from 6:30–9 p.m. on the second Tuesday
at Ogden Farmers’ Library, 269 Ogden Center Road
Jerome F. Wagner, 160 Proctor Blvd., Utica, NY 13501-6119
315-732-0219
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Gary Musante, 107 Sherwood Drive, Brockport, NY 14420-1451
585-637-9091, [email protected]
Losing One Aspect of Cover Collecting
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he USPS is now issuing all first class postage stamps as Forever stamps. At first I
was a little disturbed. I had started a collection of first class stamps on covers representing transition periods, whereby the cover
had postage at the previous rate plus other
stamps to cover the current increase.
Editor’s note: For another viewpoint on
Forever stamps, see the first article in a series
An Omen of Forever
by Utica and Fort Stanwix stamp clubs mem- Alphabet and alphabet makeup rate stamps
ber Joseph F. Kalynycz that begins on page 18. foreshadowed the non denominated ForIn addition I also wanted the stamps to ever issues. A 1998 FDC bears a 22-cent
be coils with the plate number on one of second-ounce stamp (Scott No. 3259), a one
cent makeup rate stamp (Scott No. 3257)
the two stamps.
and a 33-cent H stamp (Scott No. 3260).
Rate changes have been occurring over
the last 15 years quite frequently on a two- to three-year cycle. Prior to this, the first
class rates of two cents, three cents, and four cents lasted abut 60 years. With the
advent of the Forever stamps there will be no need for additional stamps, i.e., one to
three cents.
As stamp collectors we always have a surplus of mint stamps. During the 1940s
collecting sheets of stamps was in vogue. Unfortunately when one wanted to dispose
of these holdings, selling them to a dealer meant that your could get, in most cases,
only 50 percent of face. The alternative was to use the stamps for postage. This
would mean that you would need 14 three-cent stamps and additional two cents for
a first class letter.
With the new Forever stamps you should always get face value if you sold them and if you
decide to use them for postage, you will need only one stamp regardless of the rate.
Sadly though, it will eliminate an aspect of collecting as first class covers will not display a uniqueness in the postage used to pay for service.
— Wayne Turkowski
Donations for Wounded Veterans
Bill Arthur has been collecting donations of surplus stamps from club members. These
are being sent to a veterans association for wounded service personnel.
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Club Celebrates 50th Anniversary
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n February we celebrated the 50th anniversary of our club’s founding. Our membership is still strong and our meetings have remained well attended even during
this past heavy winter.
In February John Rogers gave us a humorous overview of his recent journey into the
varied world of precancels. Like many people who start collecting something new, John
found out quickly that the more he learned the more he had to learn. Fellow members had
given John copies of catalogues and other help in his exploration of precancels.
Terry Blum gave a presentation on Postal and Fractional Currency in March. Most collectors
may have seen one or two of these over the years but few of our members really knew anything
about them. At the start of the Civil War people started to hoard metal and coins soon disappeared. People began to use stamps as coins, but because stamps are not made the same way as
paper money, the stamps quickly soiled and after just a short time they were no longer usable.
They are called postal currency for two reasons, because they were first intended to be used to be
redeemed for stamps in the future and they had stamp vignettes on them.
Only stamps from the first set of issues are listed in Scott’s because only the first
of five issues used stamp designs on them. Some of the first issues can also be found
perforated like stamps.
The last four issues are also called Fractional Currency because in fact they are
paper money, but all had denominations below one dollar. For security reasons the
front and backs of the issues were printed by different companies. These were officially in use from 1862 until 1876.
More information on these items can be found at www.myfractionalnotes.com,
www.fractionalcurrency.net, and www.rebelstatescurrency.com/page8.html.
The club is planning its annual banquet for May; details will be posted on our web site. ◾
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Meets biannually to conduct Federation business
Secretary
Ronald K. Ratchford, 1105 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308-2805
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not be remailed due to the additional cost of an envelope and $1.88 additional postage.
Accordingly, please supply your new mailing address to our editor not later than the first
day of the month before the issue date. For example, in order to ensure proper delivery of the
July–August issue, the address change should be received not later than June 1.
For the March–April Stamp Insider issue, 16 copies were returned postage due with
temporarily away markings. Thus, the postage due expense was $24.96 based upon 16
times the old $1.56 rate. With the April 17 new first-class mail rates for mailings more
than a single ounce, the $1.56 postage due cost jump to $1.68 per copy.
We need your help to limit needless expense for our journal.
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Ithaca Philatelic Society
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7:30 p.m. in Morrison Hall Room 384, Cornell University.
Putnam Philatelic Society
Drew A. Nicholson, 18 Valley Drive, Pawling, NY 12564-1140, [email protected], is
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tax revenues, employment opportunities, and cash inflow would be greatly welcomed. Since
the energy crisis in the 1970s we have known of our dependence on foreign oil and done little
about it. It is easier to clean up an oil spill than a nuclear disaster. Until we all demand different
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