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May-June 2012 Volume 54, Number 3 Whole Number 384

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POSTAL STATIONERY Official bimonthly magazine of the UPSS

Vol. 54, No. 3, Whole No. 384 May-June 2012

Editor: Wayne Menuz Exhibition News Column: Gary Starkey, P. O. Box 621578, Littleton, CO

80162. [email protected]. (303) 279-4513 USA 19th Century Envelopes, Wrappers, etc. Column: Dan Undersander USA 20th Century Envelopes, Aerograms, etc. Column: Bill Geijsbeek

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USA 21st Century Envelopes, etc. Column: David Kandziolka 404 Sundown Road, Knoxville, TN 37934, [email protected] USA Postal Cards Column: Lewis Bussey [email protected] P.O. Box 18674, Denver, CO 80218, (303) 321-6036

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz........................................................ 78 President’s Message, Dan Undersander ......................................... 78 Liberia’s First Postal Card, Robert Shoemaker ............................ 79 Rediscovered Scott U447C UPSS 2743, Dan Undersander ........... 81 Use of Mails to Defraud – The Sterling Debenture Corporation

on USA S26, Patrick M. Crosby................................................. 82 Non-issued German Picture Postcards 1934 – 1941,

Prof. Dr. Michael Bockisch ........................................................ 84 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS

19th Century Envelopes, UPSS 2a & 899b-9, thick and thin paper, wrappers with corner cards, Nesbit defaced die ...................................... 87 21st Century Envelopes, 2012 new issues................................... 88 20th Century Envelopes, 150 years of envelope production ....... 91 Postal Cards, pioneer airmail cards, 2012 issues ........................ 92 Exhibitions & Awards Column, ............................................... 95

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Free Frank & Demonetized Stationery, Ross Towle ........................ 98 Corrections to Last Issue (Alan Warren article) ............................ 98 Cuba Envelope UPSS 5 with Double Overprint, Howard G. Kristol 99 Artur Lewandowski, Peter Fink ....................................................... 99 USA Envelope Watermarks 15 and 15A, Douglas A. Files............ 100 New Porto Rico Envelope U7 Discovery, Howard G. Kristol ........ 100 A Used Feudatory Jhind Postcard, Sandeep Jaiswal....................... 101 Divided Back Post Cards, Bill Hart, Cary Finder ............................ 101 USA Card S13/UX120 Paper Varieties, Bryan Kendal.................. 101 WW II Concessional Rate Aerograms, Jerry Kasper ..................... 102 Atchison Post Cards at 1-cent? Bill Geijsbeek .............................. 103

Second Printing of Honduras Card, Wayne Menuz................... 104 UPSS Mail Auction 2012-A2 ...............outer mailing wrapper & 105 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Privatganzsachen Berlin (West) ................................................... 107 The International Reply Coupons of Ireland ................................ 107 Catalog Current Postal Issues of the Russian Federation ............. 107

British East Africa Archival Stationery, George Krieger .......... 108 Market Report & Counterfeit and Bogus Report ..................... 110

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Editor’s Notes By Wayne Menuz

Every editor is grateful for those collectors who take the time to write articles, letters to the editor, or otherwise contribute to the content of a magazine. Especially appreciated are featured columnists who take pen to paper (OK, let’s say fingers to keyboards) every issue. When the editor’s position was handed to me in 2001 there were none. But, by the time the last issue was printed, we had three: Dan Undersander (USA 19th Century Envelopes), Bill Geijsbeek (USA 20th/21st Century Envelopes), Lewis Bussey, (USA Postal Cards), and Gary Starkey (Exhibitions). Starting with this issue, we welcome a fourth columnist: David Kandziolka. His special interest concerns the more recent issues of USA envelopes.

Accordingly, David’s column will be USA 21st Century envelopes, and Bill’s will concentrate more on the 20th Century. As before, there will be some overlap at the junctions, but if you have questions, comments, new finds, etc., please contact the column editor you think most closely covers your subject. Since there is a lot of communication behind the scenes in all cases, your subject will get to the right person with the knowledge.

As Dan’s message at right announces, the January 2013 issue with be the 400th for our magazine, if one counts the 12 issues of 1954. Dan had emailed me a while ago noting the anniversary, and suggesting that the society ought to do something special to celebrate it. He asked if I had any suggestions.

In pondering that question, I noted that the January 2013 issue will also mark the start of my 13th year as editor. So, I would like to celebrate too! There are many ways to commemorate anniversaries, and one that seemed most appropriate would be to publish a “special” edition of the magazine being celebrated. It would be one that is substantial larger than the 32-to-40 inside pages currently being printed (this issue, for example, is 40 pages.) That is the suggestion that I sent back to Dan.

The cost of printing and mailing the magazine is almost proportional to the number of pages, though the per-page cost does go down a little as the page count goes up. Since the society does not have the operational budget for this increased cost, we needed to find a solution. Of course, raising dues temporarily is an option.

However, at the Board of Directors meeting held in St. Louis last month, an innovative solution was adopted. The society’s funds include the Lewandowski bequest, whose purpose is the further the collecting of postal stationery by, among other things, by publications. Since this magazine is a publication, financing a larger than normal content would be an appropriate use of the funds. So, the Board voted to finance the special January issue, with all costs above the normal range being funded by a one-time use of the Lewandowski fund.

So, with the funding now set for a larger magazine, the next task is up to YOU. This will be the perfect setting for an article you’ve always considered writing. Contact me today for details.

President’s Column By Dan Undersander

We had a great annual meeting and show in St. Louis. Over 40 members were present, the postal stationery exhibits were out-standing, and dinner on Friday evening was great with about 20 members present. Marvin Platt gave a great presentation on the Columbian issue. His information on the design of that postal stationery issue, as shown by the essays, as well as manufacturing details was applicable to all 19th century issues.

We will have a similar gathering at APS STAMPSHOW in Sacramento in August and I encourage all to attend. We will have a table that members always gather round (please stop by), we will have a society dinner Friday evening (all are invited) and Ross Towle will give a presentation of development of envelope production in the first half of the 19th century based on his research and new findings. Please plan on joining us!

We now have 70% of past issues of Postal Stationery journal on website thanks, in large part, to Bob Thompson. This includes 278 issues from the first 17 years and the last 29 years. These journals can be a tremendous resource for anyone interested in finding what has been reported on a particular topic.

Including the 12 issues we published jointly with Covers and Postal Stationery in 1954, the 400th issue of the journal will be coming up soon. The board of directors voted to expand the 400th issue. We would like to include some articles that are broader in scope. If you have some thoughts or the potential to write such an article in the next few months, please contact our editor, Wayne Menuz.

We need to stimulate postal stationery collecting. We have had some outstanding contributions of time and knowledge by members to enhance the collecting of postal stationery but need all members to contribute in a three-pronged approach: 1) We now have easy to use U.S. catalogs – buy them, use

UPSS numbers and encourage others (especially dealers and auction houses) to use UPSS numbers.

2) The Board of Directors voted to promote the Society and publications. a. UPSS will have advertising in major journals and

catalogs. b. Members are encouraged to consider having a UPSS

table at your local show or, at least, “What is Postal Stationery” flyers with membership forms available.

3) The next generation of collectors uses electronic media much more than previous. a. We are issuing catalogs as e-Books, in addition to print

versions. b. We need someone to work with postal stationery on

Facebook and/or other social networking venues (please volunteer).

We are a strong philatelic society that, with your help, can grow and advance the collecting of postal stationery.

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Liberia’s First Postal Card By Robert Shoemaker

Authors Note: Very little information is recorded or known about some Liberian philatelic materials. Perhaps this is because of location (topical Africa) or because of political turmoil that has occurred within the country. The following is based upon observation of 75 PC1 cards in my collection.

Liberia issued its first postal card in 1882. Printed by Waterlow and Sons, London, the card, measuring 130 x 90 mm, was issued on cream (grayish) or buff stock (Figure 1). The stock of the early cards, including those with ‘SPECIMEN’, is of a three layer construction, the middle layer being a thick rough card with a quality paper glued to both front and back surfaces. Later, cards were printed on a single layer stock (the date of the change of stock is unknown). It is not known if the printing on the obverse side was done before or after the application of the paper to the rough stock. Over time, the layers of the first cards may have separated either partially or completely. With unused cards, the plain piece of paper from the reverse is often considered to be a ‘paper separator’ and is thrown away. With used cards, the separation of the different layers may result in the loss of the written message and the card appears as a ‘CTO’.

Figure 1. Full PC1 Card, Die II.

Figure 2. Shift in Gray color (see text).

Printing of the obverse side was done by at least two passes through a printing press. The outer Red Line design was applied in one pass, and the gray or blue-gray color of the frame design, wording and vignette in a second. In the printing of the blue-gray color (the frame design, wording and the vignette) it was applied in a single application rather than in multiple presses. This can be seen by the shift of the red and blue-gray features in both the frame and the vignette in the same way (Figure 2).

We do not know the size of the printed sheet, but some flaws can be detected on some cards that are constant, and thus likely are from a specific position on the sheet.

The red outside frame lines were apparently printed first. There are some variations at the corners where the lines meet, but no consistent variations for Plate Position designation could be determined. I have only one card in which part of the red line is missing.

Figure 3. Break in the top of the left and right columns.

The term Frame Design is here referred to as the gray or blue-gray color including the wording and the vignette. The breaks in the frame design at the top of the left and right columns below the corner squares (Figure 3) occur on all cards and are not variations that Plate Positions are based upon. Variations that occurred on limited cards were used to define Plate Position Types, and are describe below.

All measurements and characteristics below are located in the blue-gray frame design, etc. and not from the red frame lines.

Plate Position I – No drop of ink on bottom frame design, nor extra lines at two places in the frame design. (See Plate Positions II and III for Figure detail and description).

Figure 4. Ink spot in bottom Frame Design.

Figure 5 (left). Extra shading in top Frame Design.

Figure 6 (right). Extra line in top Frame Design.

Plate Position II – A drop of ink 48 mm from left frame edge on bottom frame design (Figure 4) and extra shading in upper frame design 70 mm from the left (Figure 5).

Plate Position IIIa - A drop of ink 48 mm from the left frame edge on the bottom frame line, an extra line occurs in the frame design 53 – 54 mm at top (Figure 6) and an extra frame line

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occurs in the bottom frame design 34 – 35 mm from the left edge (Figure 7).

Figure 7. Extra Line in bottom Frame Design.

Figure 8. Deterioration of ‘SS’.

Plate Position IIIb – Ink drop and lines with a deterioration of the ‘SS’ in ADDRESS (Figure 8).

Figure 9 (left two). Break in upper right column Frame Design.

Figure 10 (center) Breaks in lower right Frame Design.

Figure 11. (right). Breaks in upper and lower right Frame Design.

Plate Position IIIc - Ink drop and lines with a break in the outside frame design line 42 mm from the bottom on right column (Figure 9).

Plate Position IIId - Ink drop and lines with breaks in the outside frame design 18mm from the bottom (right column) and in the frame design 9 mm (Figure 10).

Plate Position IIIe – Ink drop and lines with breaks in the right frame design as in both IIIb and IIIc (Figure 11).

“SPECIMEN” OVERPRINTS – The “SPECIMEN” was applied by a press or stamp (not hand written) since different “SPECIMEN” types occur at the same angle degree and position on multiple cards. Three types are here described:

Figure 12a. Type I – SPECIMEN

Figure 12b. Type II - SPECIMEN

Figure 12c. Type III - SPECIMEN

TYPE I – Loop of ‘S’ is continuous, small hook at the top of ‘p’, script from ‘e’ stops at ‘c’, small hook in ‘c’, script between ‘c’ and ‘i’ is continuous (Figure 12a)

TYPE II – Loop of ‘S’ is continuous, large hook at the top of ‘p’, script from ‘e’ to ‘c’ runs into ‘c’, small hook in ‘c’, script between ‘c’ and ‘i’ stops before ‘i’. (Figure 12b).

TYPE III – Loop of ‘S’ is broken at top right side, no hook at the top of ‘p’, script from ‘e’ to ‘c’ stops at ‘c’, no hook in ‘c’, script between ‘c’ and ‘i’ is continuous (Figure 12c).

Thanks to Henry Chlanda for some of the material used in this study.

References: Rogers, H.H. 1965, A Century of Liberian Philately, K. Beleski, Winipeg,

Canada, p. 153. Shoemaker, R., 2009. Liberia Postal Card PC1 ‘Specimen Overprint’, Journal of

the Liberian Philatelic Society, 35(137): 18.

Manuscripts can be sent to the appropriate Editor, preferably in electronic media as an email attachment, on a CD, or inside the body of an email. (Word, WordPerfect, or most other formats OK). Items to be illustrated should be sent to editor for scanning, if of nominal value, and will be returned by the same method (ordinary, certified, insured, registered, etc.) at UPSS expense. For items of greater than nominal value, contact editor before sending. Or, electronic files of scans can be at sent via email attached file or CD. (If you embed illustrations in your text document, it is important that you also send separate files of the illustrations.) For items not needing magnification to show detail: 150 dpi minimum, otherwise 300 dpi minimum is needed. Save scan as a PDD, JPEG (jpg) or TIF file, MS Word picture, or other scalable object. Please contact Wayne Menuz prior to preparing manuscript for helpful hints to make your article and its illustrations print well.

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Rediscovered Scott U447C UPSS 2743 Apr 10, 2012

By Dan Undersander

Illustrated below is a Type 2 two-cents 1920 surcharge on Two Cents Carmine on white entire envelope Die 134(A). This item was known in 1920 as indicated by an accompanying letter from Philip Ward, a well known postal stationery collector of the era.

The next record of it is a letter from D. D. Berolzheimer, a prominent postal stationery collector of the 1930s, dated July 14, 1936 to F. B. McGowan who had sent him the envelope for expertizing.

The envelope has resurfaced after 76 years! It has received a favorable certificate from the Philatelic Foundation.

McGowan had found the item in Toledo among some 3¢ envelopes that had been overprinted in Chicago and sent to Toledo. He notes that the envelope bears a corner card of a Cleveland firm and states that the envelope was “no doubt mixed in the 3¢ envelopes by the manufacturers.” Berolzheimer felt that it was good and reported the item in Mekeels Nov 27, 1920.

We currently list surcharged Type 2 on Die 134A in the UPSS 20th/21st Century Catalog as UPSS 2743 with the note “known cut square only” and state that it is “considered to be a fake.” The note makes a mistaken reference, as the fake items are actually on Die 138(E). We still believe that the Type 2 overprint on Die 138 (E) cut squares, which have been offered in auctions, were made by a California stamp dealer and are fakes

Some confusion with the listing of the genuine surcharged envelope has occurred because Scott catalog previously listed this envelope as U447A and then changed the listing to the current U447C.

The UPSS listing for this rediscovered entire envelope in the UPSS 20th /21st Century Catalog will be:

Wmk Size Knife Mint Used Notes Scott No.UPSS No.

No. On Two Cents Carmine on White, Die 134(A) U447C2743 19 13 80 40,000.00 1 mint copy reported; Die 138(E) cut

squares with this surcharge are considered to be fakes.

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Use of Mails to Defraud – The Sterling Debenture Corporation on USA S26 By Patrick M. Crosby

“The shapers of New York with itching palms may well as learn that they cannot satisfy their greed for money by bleeding the people of the United States by schemes through the mail.”1 Judge Anderson made this remark in 1914 while sentencing seven men to the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Georgia. The fallout included two others who had pled guilty and had not perjured themselves, and a postmaster who sold lots of stamps.

The Sterling Debenture Corporation The Sterling Debenture Corporation of New York City, New York (Sterling) promoted and sold bonds and stocks in both legitimate and illegitimate companies from about 1906 to 1913. It was formed in 1906 to sell stock by correspondence, and taken over by George Middlebrook and Frank Shumaker in the spring of 1907.2

Included in Sterling’s promotions was the use of S26 (Scott UX20) and S28 (Scott UX21) postal cards and perhaps others. S26 examples effectively utilized the left one third of the card face which was first allowed by postal regulations in 1907. Sterling cards can often be found in unused condition.

A considerable amount of the stocks sold by Sterling were legitimate, but an “enormous” amount was sold in companies that were worthless. Sterling typically retained for commissions about 10 percent of the sales of stocks in the legitimate companies, but retained 50 to 55 percent from the sale of bogus stocks.3 An early floatation was for the American Telegraphone Co. where they kept 80 percent of the $1 million offering.4 “Thoughtful provisions” in these offerings included buying on installment plans and limiting sales to individuals as to amount (i.e. $1,000) or the number of shares. For the Oxford Linen Mills Co. the “Last Chance” limit was 10 shares when the card shown was used for a promotion.

Front Side of Sterling Card

Trying to legitimize its promotions for the Oxford Linen Mills, Sterling boasted on the card shown, “There is now no community in the United States (and few foreign civilized countries) where there are not Oxford shareholders.” C.C. Moore, an early advertising manager for Sterling, said among the investors at Sterling “… were 2,200 bank officials, 1,400

railroad and steamship Directors, and 185 Stock Exchange members.” 2 Showing the contempt held at that time for companies who sold securities by mail a supreme court judge in April, 1909 referred to a suit brought by Sterling as “… the fable of the conversation between the pot and the kettle. Motion denied.” Sterling had sought to prevent another company (in the same office building) of using the name “Standard Debenture Corporation” because of “annoyance and similarity.”5

Reverse Side of Sterling Card

During 1911 and 1912 raids on companies selling securities by the mail were made by Post Office Inspectors resulting in at least 1,200 indictments with a conservative figure of $150 million being “filched from the American people”3. But none of these companies approached the magnitude of Sterling’s fraudulent sales. “The defendants had swindled milliners, saloon keepers, preachers, and school teachers”1. When promoter Clarence Smith was sentenced the charge was for use of the mails for sale of bonds in Oxford Linen Mills to persons who had already been “duped” by Sterling.6 Sterling’s mailing list was the envy of the industry with 3 million names culled from a list of 10 million.4 Enos Kimber was in charge of Sterling’s mailing department and testified that

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Sterling had a “sucker list” of about a million names, classified as to sex and profession, with particular attention being given to the ministers. Circulars were mailed continually and at times 20,000 were sent out every day.7 The Oxford Linen Mills The only means available to the U.S. government to prosecute corporate swindlers at the time was through the Post Office Department. Post Office Inspectors felt that the best case against Sterling could be made by using its connection to the Oxford Linen Mills of North Brookfield, Massachusetts (Oxford) and its subsidiaries, although Sterling had been “sailing near the wind” with companies such as the American Telegraphone Co., Boston Securities, the National Dictograph Co., and the Bartica Rubber Co. of British Guiana. Oxford was incorporated in 1907 and had two subsidiaries – the Eastbrook Co. of Gardner, Massachusetts and the Oxford Linen Mattress Co. of Winona, Minnesota, both being part of the sham. Although Oxford actually produced linen products, its demise had to do with its claims for methods of production and its promotions and sales of securities through the U.S. mails by Sterling. Post Office Inspectors estimated Sterling had made at least $1.2 million from sales of Oxford stock.2

Specially grown flax straw was to be treated by a process discovered by Benjamin Mudge where long fiber in the flax could be separated in a day. This is a process that required about 3 months of soaking at the time. Surprise, surprise! There was no such new process. The products being produced at Oxford, such as good quality linen towels and napkins, were using imported flax fibers and the usual foreign machinery.6

In 1907 Frank Winchell was earning $25 per week at Sterling to receive visitors when he was made president of Oxford. His salary became $5,000 per year and he was given $5,000 in Oxford stock as a bonus.8

The Oxford Linen Mattress Co. was part of the deception. In Winona, Minnesota the Mudge process would be used to treat the specially grown flax close to the fields where it was grown. Only long fibers would be shipped to the Oxford Mills in Massachusetts to be spun, saving on shipping costs. The remaining short fibers, known as tow, would be used nearby for mattresses. Although these plans never materialized, Sterling’s promotions said mattresses were being manufactured that would not absorb moisture or harbor germs.2

The Eastbrook Co. was to produce a new fiber, Ox-Wool (or Oxowool), which would be mixed with wool for wearing apparel of “great strength and durability.” Although a plant had not yet been constructed, it was reported that there were already contracts for all of the output9. The stocks of these two subsidiaries were used as “bait” and sweeteners for Oxford shareholders.3

The Raid and Trials Because of complaints, Post Office Inspectors had been watching Sterling for 3 or 4 years. When they raided the offices of Sterling the afternoon of December 20, 1912 they took with them six men who were arrested and had indictments for three others.2 The charge was conspiracy to use mails to defraud.10 Middlebrook, past president of Sterling, was arrested in Chicago where he had retired with “a fortune”. At the time of sentencing only Middlebrook was found to have any money left, so he was fined the $10,000 that was levied against Sterling, which had no money.1 Oxford had been adjudged bankrupt October 24, 1913, although the officers put up a front saying they intended to appeal.11

On April 6, 1914 Judge Anderson found seven defendants - directors of Sterling and the officials of Oxford - guilty of conspiracy to use the mails to defraud. Frank Winchell and Samuel Finley had already pled guilty and were used as witnesses in the four week trial. They were given lesser, but unknown sentences. Winchell testified that from the fall of 1907 literature spoke of the Mudge process, but by the following April there still was no process.8 The defendants had sworn they were penniless, but the judge said they had made millions and he also refused any requests for leniency citing perjury by each defendant and the enormous frauds involved. Their sentences were from 3 to 6 years in the United Stated Federal Penitentiary, Atlanta1, current home of Bernie Madoff.

Promoter Clarence Smith was tried separately and sentenced April 18, 1914 to 6 months imprisonment on Blackwell’s Island (now Roosevelt Island), New York. The charge against him was for actions with Benjamin Mudge, the inventor/president of Oxford, that took place after the Oxford irregularities had been exposed. He used the mails to defraud by selling $40,000 worth of “first mortgage bonds” on Oxford’s North Brookfield mills that already had a first mortgage. At the time the mills weren’t operating and were $300,000 in debt.6

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Cast of characters related to the Sterling Debenture Corp. and the Oxford Linen Mills Name Position Sentence George H. F. Middlebrook Sterling, president 6 years Atlanta Fed. Pen. $10,000 fineFrank W. Shumaker Sterling, secretary, ex-president 6 years Atlanta Fed. Pen. Harry H. Platt Sterling, assistant treasurer 6 years Atlanta Fed. Pen. Benjamin C. Mudge Oxford, chemist, inventor, president starting 1-11-1911 4 years Atlanta Fed. Pen. William S. Edwards Sterling, treasurer 3 years Atlanta Fed. Pen. Wilbur M. Stone Oxford, patent expert, director 3 years Atlanta Fed. Pen. Elwyn A. Barron Sterling, prospectus writer 3 years Atlanta Fed. Pen. Frank E. Winchell Oxford, president & general manager until 1-11-1911 unknown, pled guilty Samuel E. Finley Sterling, officer unknown, pled guilty Clarence M. Smith Oxford, promoter 6 mos. Blackwell’s Island Sidney Rosenbaum Sterling, attorney and Oxford, director unknown Harold A. Foster Postmaster, N. Brookfield, MA $300 fine

The Postmaster As postmaster of the second class North Brookfield, Massachusetts Post Office Harold A. Foster received a salary of $2,000 per year based on the business of the office. His salary was adjusted annually. To increase this amount he conspired with his associates to purchase large quantities of stamps through his post office for use in New York City by Sterling. North Brookfield is where the Oxford Linen Mills were located whose stock was being heavily and illegally promoted in the mails by Sterling. Foster was indicted in March, 1913 along with the treasurer, Edwards, and assistant treasurer, Platt, of Sterling and the president /general manager, Winchell, of Oxford by the Federal Grand Jury in Boston.12 The indictment was in two counts – conspiracy to defraud the United States and violation of certain provisions of the postal law.

The defendants pled not guilty, but subsequently withdrew their pleas and filed demurrers (objections) to the indictment. A court agreed with the defendants and said there was “…neither a conspiracy to defraud the United States nor to make a false return because the object of each conspiracy was to obtain only what Foster was legally entitled to; namely, an increase based upon the gross receipts of the office, and that it was immaterial how they were increased or for what purpose they were increased.”

Feeling that this decision was in error the United States used the criminal appeals act to review the decision and ultimately the judgment was reversed and the authority of the Postmaster General in these compensation matters was upheld.13 Foster was no longer a postmaster when he changed his plea to guilty and was fined $300 by the same court that had sustained the demurrers.14

Frank Shumaker, secretary of Sterling, during testimony in 1914 for Sterling’s defense pointed out the way the Post Office benefited from the large stock-selling campaigns of companies such as Sterling. He said in the case of Oxford 8,800,000 prospectuses were mailed to possible investors with an average postage cost of 3 cents, amounting to $260,000.15

Although the Sterling name can be found on postal cards promoting companies such as The Telepost (a fascinating story of long-time deception) and the National Dictograph Co., it is the Oxford Linen Mills that brought Sterling down and provided a measure of relief to many thousands of Americans who had been hoodwinked.

Endnotes: 1. “Sentenced in Stock Fraud,” New York Times, 8 April 1914 2. “Raid Men Who Stole $10,000,000 in Stock,” NYT, 21 December 1912 3. “F.W. Shumaker Gets Bail,” NYT, 22 December 1912 4. Dater, John Grant, “The Sterling Debenture Arrest,” Munsey’s Magazine,

October 1912, 834 5. “Case of the Pot and Kettle,” NYT, 6 April 1909 6. “Bond Seller Sentenced,” NYT, 19 April 1914 7. “Had 1,000,000 on Its List,” NYT, 7 March 1914 8. “Winchell Reveals Fraud,” NYT, 11 March 1914 9. “Note and Query,” American Wool and Cotton Reporter, 1 December 1910,

1815 10. “Linen Promoters Guilty,” NYT, 7 April 1914 11. “Oxford Mills Bankrupt,” NYT, 25 October 1913 12. “Sterling Officers in Court,” NYT, 22 March 1913 13. UNITED STATES, Plff in Err., v. HAROLD A. FOSTER, Frank E.

Winchell, William S. Edwards, and Harry H. Platt, 233 U.S. 515 (1914) 14. “Former Postmaster Fined,” Boston Evening Transcript, 10 June 1914 15. “Postage Cost $260,000,” NYT, 25 March 1914

Non-issued German Picture Postcards 1934 - 1941 By Prof. Dr. Michael Bockisch

Between 1925 and 1944 the German Reichspost issued some 3,000 view cards. These cards reflect the beauty of the country on the one hand and give an impression of the living conditions on the other. They also show a lot of buildings which do not exist as originals anymore because of destruction in World War II or that had been rebuilt. During the Nazi era life was in most aspects heavily influenced by the regime’s propaganda, but surprisingly not too much of this is seen on the view cards. During the years of the 3rd Reich there were four such cards that were not issued, with three of them – most likely – for political reasons. A short history of these three cards highlights the situation at that time.

Figure 1, the viewcard “Gera” from the 46th issue.

Normally nine cards went together in one impression on a plate. For the 46th issue of viewcards (June 1934, or one year after Hitler came into power), featuring the portrait of Hindenburg, the views of Gera (shown in Figure 2), Marburg, Markleeberg, Reichenbach, Reinsberg, Schweidnitz, and Bad Soden (x2) plus a ninth card was planned. The ninth card was to show a picture from the Bavarian Alps town of Obersalzberg, about 120 km southeast of Munich, near the border with Austria.

Figure 2 Berchtesgaden, Obersalzberg in 1936.

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Figure 3 Another picture, taken from a different angle

That picture was to be of Obersalzberg, a mountainside retreat above small community of Salzberg, part of the city of Berchtesgqaden since 1972. It was to show one of the three buildings located there, namely, the “Haus Wachenberg” (“Wachenberg House”). Hitler was fond of the Obersalzberg area, and in fact wrote part two of “Mein Kampf” in a small cabin located there. Starting in 1923, Obersalzberg was Hitler‘s holiday home. In 1928, he rented the Wachenfeld house, built in 1916 by the banker Herr Winter, for 100 Reichsmarks per month from a leather-ware industrialist‘s widow. In the summer of 1933, Hitler bought the house, financed with the royalties from his book “Mein Kampf”. He renamed the house “Berghof”. Beginning in 1933, Obersalzberg was transformed into a second – his personal – seat of government, next to Berlin. The small Berghof chalet was greatly enlarged and became a sprawling chateau over time.

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Figure 4 Document confirming production of view cards with the view Berchtesgaden, Obersalzberg

The existence of the card is proven - we have evidence from the official files that the Reichsdruckerei (State Printing Office) did print it. A photo of the document is shown in Figure 4. It confirms that a card sample with no postage imprinted had been sent for approval. Another document stated that approval had been given by phone. It is also certain that the card was printed, but was never sold. It is likely all were destroyed for political reasons. Hitler probably wanted to avoid too much focus on this location and too much pictorial material, anticipating an upcoming war, and so the view was not issued.

Whether the view on the card was to be more like Figure 2 or more like Figure 3 is unknown. In contrast to all other non-issued cards, neither a specimen of this card nor the proof, that has been mentioned in the documents, have been found so far. Also, all pictures and samples were removed from the German Reich files when they were transferred to the German Federal Republic archives.

Figure 5 the “Old Bridge and Castle”, Heidelberg.

The second non-issued card has a view of Heidelberg. It had been printed together with views of the cities of Saarbrücken, Bad Ems and four more Heidelberg views as the 183rd issue in 1941 (the last issue before the switch to the Hitler portrait for the imprinted stamp.) This card was never been issued due to a veto by the Reich Air Transport Ministry. Why stays unclear, as the card was simply depicting “Das Schloß oberhalb der alten Brücke“ (Castle above the ancient bridge), a view that on picture postcards had been spread all over the world a thousand fold. Figure 5, taken from one, shows the view that would have been seen on the card.

Figure 6, taken from the catalog of the 1952 NABRA exhibition.

A specimen card (DRUCKPROBE) was shown by the collector Mr. Junker at the occasion of the Stamp Exhibition NABRA in Wuppertal, Germany in 1952. However, its whereabouts is unknown since his death. Therefore, for now, only a fragment of the card taken from the show catalog can be illustrated.

Die Ostmesse Königsberg (The Konigsberg East Fair) was launched in 1920 as the first fair in Germany’s eastern parts. It had been opened in a ceremony by President Ebert. The buildings were completed in only one year, in the 1920’s-style designed by famous architect Hans Hopp. The fair grew fast and counted more than 200.000 visitors in 1937, a considerably large number taking into account the remote place and limited travel facilities. Soon, it became the second largest fair in Germany after Leipzig.

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For a better understanding, it has to be explained that a law existed from June 1940, that made it illegal to send picture postcards to countries outside of Germany or its occupied countries and allies. An article on this will be following soon.

In October 1941 the 29th and the last fair was held – with nobody knowing it would be the last. The 30th fair, planned for 1942, for which this picture postcard was meant, did not take place. The card, Figure 8, has the standard PROBEDRUCK (proof printing) handstamp. Although East Prussia was only invaded by the Red Army at the beginning of 1945, the basis for a fair in the east had eroded by this time. After the war, East Prussia was divided and given to Poland and the USSR. Today Königsberg is known as Kaliningrad and is the capital of the Russian enclave that is surrounded by the countries of the European Union, Lithuania and Poland

Despite all these precautions, and even though Heidelberg was spared major destruction, the bridge was destroyed, but not by Allied bombing, Nothing could prevent German military enginneers from blowing up the bridge on March 29, 1945 when they pulled back from the approaching US army. They blew up the 5th and 6th pillars of the Ancient Bridge, and the three arches that they supported collapsed (Figure 7). The following day, the 63rd US-Infantry division invaded Heidelberg with no resistance at all. The bridge was “taken” by a sole US private.

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Figure 7 the destroyed bridge.

Immediately after the end of WW II, Heidelberg rebuilt the bridge, funded by a donation campaign. It was reopened on July 26, 1947.

It is also due to WW II that a third card was never issued. It was intended to issue it in 1942 as cards #10, #11 and #12 of the 14th Viennese printing.

Figure 8, the non-issued East Fair card.

U.S.A. 19th Century Envelope Column

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Editor: Dan Undersander Reporting on 19th Century Envelopes, Wrappers, Letter Sheets, etc. Readers are encouraged to report to this column editor any new finds and discoveries, to ask questions, to help provide answers, to submit tidbits of history about these envelopes and their collectors, and whatever else they want to discuss.

New Listings for 2a and 899b-9 The new Catalog of 19th Century Envelopes, Wrappers and Lettersheets of the U.S. is out and has been well received. It is in color and has several changes to make envelope identification easier. There are a few new listings and a number of price changes.

We already have two new listings as a result of individuals comparing envelopes to the new catalog.

The first is a UPSS 2a without the Nesbitt seal. All UPSS 2a envelopes were made with horizontally laid paper having the watermark perpendicular to the laid lines (watermark type 1a) rather than at a 30 to 40o angle as all later envelopes. All known copies of 2a had a Nesbitt seal on the back flap (as do all early printings). This envelope is made of the same paper as UPSS 2a envelopes but without the Nesbitt seal.

The second find is a UPSS 899b-9 without specimen overprint. Watermark 9 was generally only used for special printings of envelopes that were overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ and utilized for non-postal uses, such as bidder samples. This is obviously an envelope that escaped the specimen overprinting. Nonetheless, it is a rare item and justifies the removal of “Known specimen only” from the catalog.

We encourage you to check your collection and, if you have an unlisted item, let one of the editorial committee members know so that its listing can be included in future editions.

Thin and Thick Paper. The catalog lists “thin paper” envelopes. These were generally issued to reduce total weight of letters carried, especially to the western U.S. Reay “thin” paper measures approximately 0.0030 to 0.0034 inches (0.076 to 0.086 mm) and “thick” paper is 0.004 to 0.0047 inches (0.10 to 0.12 mm). Paper thickness can best be determined with a paper micrometer. Thickness should not be confused with flexibility and opacity as both traits are due to sizing not paper thickness. This is why many 20th century “thick” papers were deleted from the last edition of the catalog. Samples purported to be “thick” were not thicker but simply more rigid or opaque (I checked over 200 “thick” papers”).

Postage Rates from 1883 Domestic postal rates were lowered from 3¢ to 2¢ per half ounce beginning October 1, 1883. This ended the production of 3¢ and 6¢ envelopes, since there was no postal rate requiring three cents. Uses of the 3¢ envelope after October 1, 1883 represent a 1¢ overpayment of postage.

The postal rate was further lowered by increasing the maximum weight of the first class single rate from half an ounce to one

ounce on July 1, 1885. However, the increased weight of a single rate was only for domestic postage; international mail rates remained at the rate of 5¢ per half ounce until Oct 1, 1907 when the 6th UPU Congress changed the rate to 5¢ per ounce.

Wrappers with Corner Cards Special request envelopes are those ordered in boxes of 500 with a printed name and address (termed a “corner card”) either vertically on the left side or (later) horizontally in the upper left corner of the envelope. This was done at no additional charge until 1912 on the premise of reducing the number of undeliverable envelopes being sent to the Dead Letter Office. According to the Postmaster General’s reports to Congress, 2,500, 10,000 and 12,000 wrappers with special request cards were printed in the fiscal years ending June 30, 1867, 1869 and 1870, respectively. These would all have been the 2¢ Blackjack wrappers with Dies 24 or 25 (U.S. POST). The corner card would, presumably have looked like the corner card shown at right (from an envelope of the era). Has anyone ever seen one of these? If you have one would you please send me a scan?

Nesbit Defaced Die Below are photographs a Nesbitt 3rd issue working die. This was the actual die used to produce 3¢ envelopes in 1861. This is working die type 2 used for knife 20, size 7 envelopes on both white and buff paper. The steel die is 4 mm thick and is mounted on a wooden block. The die has been defaced by damaging the bust of Washington and scratching the border and inscription. I won this die on eBay from someone in Greece. One wonders how this item got to Greece!

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U.S.A. 21st Century Envelope Column

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Editor: David Kandziolka Reporting on 21st Century Envelopes, Priority Mailers, Lettersheets, etc. Readers are encouraged to report to this column editor any new finds and discoveries, to ask questions, to help provide answers, to submit tidbits of history about modern envelopes, new issues of the USPS, and whatever else they want to discuss.

USPS 2012 New Issues As the new kid on the block and being, by default, 11 years behind on the 21st Century stationery issue updates, I’ve decided the only way to get caught up is to start with a little reshuffling of the numbers for some of the recent issues and also to present the 2012 releases. Hopefully, that will take the pressure off a little. After attending the St. Louis show, I’ve come to realize I truly am a novice. What a wealth of knowledge and support.

I started collecting stamps in the late 80’s with the goal of obtaining every US stamp ever issued. However, when I realized that would not happen, my curiosity lead me to collecting postal stationery. I had no idea what an entire was.. Sure, I’d seen post cards depicting exotic locations and panoramic scenes but I never envisioned the range and variety associated with this hobby. Now I’m hooked. I presently collect mint United States stamps and stationery, primarily those that are affordable as my Chief Financial Officer limits my funding. I want to keep my articles informative yet somewhat light-hearted and hopefully you’ll enjoy them. Enough of that - on to business.

For many years, one of the most distinguishing attributes we, as collectors, relied on for the identification of entires was the watermark. Well you can kiss that goodbye. However, the Postal Service has provided us with another means of identification – the Recycle Logo. Starting in 1992, the logos began with a simple recycle symbol and text format located on the back of the envelope in various locations. The recycle logos progressed over the years with different formats and verbiage. Then came the Elk, Seabiscuit and Liberty Bell issues which each produced 3 different logo arrangements, in different locations and from as many as 3 printers.

In 2011, a new version of the Liberty Bell envelope was issued containing yet another new logo arrangement. In all, this has resulted in a change to the numbering and identification of the Seabiscuit through Liberty Bell issues. The new numbering will be posted on the UPSS web site and listed in the next edition of the 20th/21st Catalog including the variations in the recycle logo. The Purple Martin recycle log is shown below.

On January 3rd, 2012, the USPS started the year off with the

soon-to-come postal rate hike $5.15 Sunshine Skyway Bridge priority mailer sold in minimum quantities of 5. This mailer replaces the New River Gorge Bridge issue that in turn replaced the Mackinac Bridge issue and illustrates another engineering marvel.

Not only is it an engineering and architectural wonder, it conveniently provides travelers a shorter drive from the St. Petersburg area to southern Florida and vice versa. The highway is 4.1 miles (6.6km) long.

The bridge is 431 feet high (131m) and the longest span along the highway is 1200 feet (366m) and has a clearance of 175 feet (53m) allowing commercial vessels and passenger liners access to the port. The original 2-lane bridge across the bay was completed in 1954 and replaced ferry service previously used in the area. A second roadway, constructed in 1969 and opened in 1971, paralleled the original bridge, turning the highway into a 4 lane North-South artery. The present-day bridge is now known as the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Shown at left is the artist’s and illustrator’s rendition of the bridge as depicted on the flap of the mailer.

There are some changes to the mailer itself. The design of the postal eagle emblem and lettering on the front remains the same but is smaller. The mailer is now called a “Flat Rate Mailing Envelope” with the word “Prepaid” removed, even though it still is prepaid. In addition, the text “Flat Rate postage regardless of weight, destination or type of mailable material enclosed. Domestic use only” was also deleted from the front and back. A new statement on the back now states, in part, “International Restrictions Apply:” This makes me wonder if this new issue may now be used for foreign destinations at the priority flat rate or does the international rate still apply, requiring additional postage.

On January 23rd, the Postal Service issued the non-denominated (45¢) Purple Martin “Forever” envelope and, for whatever reason, I think it is exquisite. It does appear strange though because the bird seems to be perched on only one leg and is not actually in a resting position.

The envelope design, shown above, features a female Purple Martin roosting on a tree branch and a second one soaring in the background. The female Martin is distinguished by a bluish-black color on the back, gray brown chest and a gray collar around the back of the neck. Males are entirely bluish-black and immature ones are similar to females but do not have as much blue on the back and their underbelly is white-like in color.

The Purple Martin is the largest North American swallow family member. It feeds on insects (and even drinks) while in flight. The Eastern Martin lives in what one might consider an apartment or condominium type house with multiple compartments whereas the Western Martin selects a tree hole or convenient cavity, including Saguaro cacti, as a home. Before the European settlers arrived, Native Americans would hang empty gourds for the birds to live and nest in. The majority of these birds are located in the eastern United States, extending up into southeastern and south-central Canada. They migrate there during the breeding season from their winter home in northern South America and Brazil.

These envelopes were produced in 3 sizes (UPSS Numbers 12, 21 and 23), both plain and window with water activated gum and pressure sensitive adhesive. The size 21 envelopes also include a security design printed inside. The word FOREVER is in microprint on the branch next to the bird’s claw. The recycle information on the back of all of the envelopes, shown on the previous page, is similar to the 2011 issue of the Liberty Bell envelope but has a 2011 copyright year in lieu of 2009.

Of particular note, for this issue, is the size of the indicia. On size 12 envelopes, the dimensions are 48 x 33 mm and for sizes 21 and 23, they are 50 x 35 mm. Based on this, Scott Catalogue has assigned these items separate numbers, U677 for size 10 and U678 for size 21 and 23. (Please note: Scott does not normally differentiate between significant attributes such as size, knife, gum, etc.). No problem though unless, of course, someone finds the size 10 printing on sizes 21 and 23 or vice versa. See table below for new UPSS numbers.

I’m looking forward to hearing your comments and ideas.

Table of UPSS and Scott Catalog Numbers.

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UPSS Size Knife Overlay Scott 44¢ Seabiscuit Water Activated Gum

Recycle Logo Type X 3882 12 70 3883 12 70w1 3884 12 70w2 3885 21 104A B 3886 21 104A C 3887 21 104Aw2 C 3888 23 115A 3889 23 115Aw1 3890 23 115Aw2

U668

44¢ Seabiscuit Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Recycle Logo Type X

3891 12 70 3892 12 70w2 3893 21 104A C 3894 21 104Aw2 C 3895 23 115A 3896 23 115Aw2

U668

44¢ Seabiscuit Water Activated Gum Recycle Logo Type XI

3897 23 115A 3898 23 115Aw2

U668a

44¢ Seabiscuit Water Activated Gum Recycle Logo Type XII

3899 12 70 3900 12 70w2 3901 21 104A C 3902 21 104Aw2 C 3903 23 115A 3904 23 115Aw2

U668

44¢ Seabiscuit Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Recycle Logo Type XI

3905 12 70 3906 12 70w2 3907 21 104A C 3908 21 104Aw2 C 3909 23 115A 3910 23 115Aw2

U668

UPSS Size Knife Overlay Scott Forever 2009 Liberty Bell Water Activated Gum

Recycle Logo Type X 3911 12 70 3912 12 70w 3913 21 104A C 3914 21 104Aw C 3915 23 115A 3916 23 115Aw

U667

Forever 2009 Liberty Bell Pressure S. Adhesive Recycle Logo Type X

3917 12 70 3918 12 70w 3919 21 104A C 3920 21 104Aw C 3921 23 115A 3922 23 115Aw

U667

Forever 2009 Liberty Bell Water Activated Gum Recycle Logo XII

3923 23 115A 3924 23 115Aw

U667a

Forever 2010 Liberty Bell Water Activated Gum Recycle Logo Type XII

3925 12 70 3926 12 70w 3927 21 104A C 3928 21 104Aw C 3929 23 115A 3930 23 115Aw

U667

Forever 2010 Liberty Bell Pressure S. Adhesive Recycle Logo Type XII

3931 12 70 3932 12 70w 3933 21 104A C 3934 21 104Aw C 3935 23 115A 3936 23 115Aw

U667

Forever 2011 Liberty Bell Water Activated Gum Recycle Logo Type XIII © USPS 2009

3937 12 70 3938 12 70w 3939 21 104A C 3940 21 104Aw C

U667b

3941 23 115A U667c 3942 23 115Aw U667b

Forever 2011 Liberty Bell Pressure S. Adhesive Recycle Logo Type XIII © USPS 2009

3943 12 70 3944 12 70w 3945 21 104A C 3946 21 104Aw C 3947 23 115A 3948 23 115Aw

U667b

Forever 2012 Purple Martin Water Activated Gum Recycle Logo Type XIII © USPS 2011

3949 12 70 3950 12 70w

U677

3951 21 104 C 3952 21 104w C 3953 23 115A 3954 23 115w

U678

Forever 2012 Purple Martin Pressure S. Adhesive Recycle Logo Type XIII © USPS 2011

3955 12 70 3956 12 70w

U677

3957 21 104 C 3958 21 104w C 3959 23 115A 3960 23 115Aw

U678

Priority Mail Mailers SU 8 $4.95 New River Gorge (see page 116) U675 SU 8 $5.15 Sunshine Skyway Bridge U676

The recycle logos have been reassigned new numbers from what was shown in the last issue of PS on Page 52, as follows: Figure 1 Type IXa = Type X Figure 2 Type IXb = Type XII Figure 3 Type IXc = Type XI Figure 4 Type IXd = Type XIII

Recycle Logo Type X - © USPS 2009

Recycle Logo Type XI - © USPS 2009

Recycle Logo Type XII - © USPS 2009

Recycle Logo Type XIII - © USPS 2009 Type XIII - © USPS 2011

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U.S.A. 20th Century Envelope Column

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Editor: Bill Geijsbeek Reporting on 20th Century Envelopes, Wrappers, Aerograms, etc. Readers are encouraged to report to this column editor any new finds and discoveries, to ask questions, to help provide answers, to submit tidbits of history about modern envelopes and their collectors, and whatever else they want to discuss.

A trip through 150 years of stamped envelope production. Most articles are written about the details of a specific postal stationery issue, but seldom does one stand back and look at postal stationery from a broad perspective. In the beginning, postal stationery issues tended to mimic the values of adhesive stamp issues. If there was a 30¢ stamp, there needed to be a 30¢ stamped envelope. Finally in 1899, the POD decided that the high value envelopes did not serve much of a functional purpose and we soon found ourselves only with envelopes that had a practical use – 1¢, 2¢, 4¢, and 5¢ values. As more years passed, only those envelopes for normal first class (2¢/3¢), those for third class (1¢, 1½¢, and 2¢), those for drop-letter rates (1¢/2¢), and those for airmail (5¢, 6¢, and 8¢) were issued. Likewise the plethora of envelope sizes was also reduced to a minimal number. The POD went from a record number of thirteen different sizes concurrently available for the 2¢ Mercantile Die issue to only two sizes available in 1965 with the new contract. Today we have stamped envelopes being produced in only one denomination, in three sizes, and with two types of sealing flaps. Customers also no longer have envelopes concurrently available in multiple grades of paper or several colors of paper. From 1912 to 1930 postal patrons could also specify envelopes with different styles of cut - high back or low back.

On top of all of this variety, we had envelopes being manufactured by an assortment of envelope machinery. As an example, in 1929 the envelope contractor was using the O’Connell press, the Huckins press, and the Harris press. With each press comes a distinctly different master die. Given the number of different sizes of envelopes, paper colors, paper qualities, styles of knives, and watermarks, one can end up with a large number of collectible envelope varieties in a short period of time. If you have a Thorp envelope catalog lying around (either the 1954 Century edition or the 1968 20th Century edition) take a look at how many 2¢ Die A [Figure 1] envelopes are known from the 1921-1924 contract (envelopes with watermarks 24 and 25). If you don’t have that catalog, I’ll send you the pages. There were 50 different 2¢ Die A envelopes produced in this four-year period. All of these came from just one type of press but in different sizes and formats and in four paper colors (there were no extra quality paper Die A envelopes). Can you imagine that

many different envelopes being issued now? Needless to say, envelope collecting was a far different hobby 80 years ago.

If you want to consider an extreme scenario, look at the 1929-1932 contract. 2¢ envelopes were issued during a 42-month period (until mid-1932) and two new watermarks were introduced (wmks 28a and 30a). Just counting the 2¢ envelopes issued in this 42-month period from all dies, we have 293 different collectible envelopes issued. That makes seven new 2¢ envelopes issued each month for 3½ years!

In 1944 as a wartime conservation measure, the POD drastically reduced the number of envelopes available by the elimination of a postal rate, eliminating envelope sizes, and limiting envelope paper to white. Since 1965 we have seen more changes in stamped envelopes. The first was the elimination of the old style knives that formed the shape of an envelope by cutting through stacks of paper. We now had straight line blades that formed the overall envelope shape by straight line cuts. Then along came fluorescent tagging – an innovation for today’s mechanized operations. Tagging was only applied to first class and airmail envelopes. At first tagging was applied as a vertical bar to the left of the envelope design. Then ink-tagged envelopes appeared with the tagging in the ink. We even had one “area-tagged” envelope (the Tennis envelope, U569) where the complete upper-right corner of the envelope was tagged. Ink tagging soon changed back to the use of bar tagging in order to reduce the excessive wear on printing dies caused by gritty tagging ink. This was replaced by rectangular tagging blocks at the left of the design (the 25¢ 13-star envelope, U611). Bar tagging then came back a few years later when it replaced block tagging on the 29¢ Star envelope - thus creating two varieties. The 33¢ Flag envelope first appeared with bar tagging at the left of the flag and then later with the bar tagging to the right of the flag – thus again creating two varieties.

Figure 1

Figure 2 With the exception of the high denomination bicolored envelopes of 1861, the first multicolored modern envelope design was the 8¢ ‘72 TRANSPO envelope [Figure 2] of 1972 (U565). The second multicolored envelope was the 10¢ Tennis envelope of 1974 (U569).

Another modern innovation was an additional design on the envelope that was not part of the stamp indicia itself. The first

use of this was the medallion designs printed on the left of the five 10¢/13¢ Bicentennial envelopes [Figure 3] issued in 1975 and 1976 (U571-U575). The next envelope to have a medallion-like imprint was the 15¢ Veterinary Medicine envelope (U595).

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Figure 3

In 1984, the USPS issued its first non-embossed envelope, the 20¢ Small Business envelope [Figure 4] (U606). This was also the first envelope to be issued with a “wrap around” design. Thus one type of security (embossing) gave way to another (wrap around printing). This would eventually lead to all envelopes being printed without embossing – wrap around printing or not. The last embossed regular stamped envelope issued by the USPS was the 33¢ Flag envelope in 1999 (U642). Because dies had already been made for earlier Official Mail envelope issues and thus could be reused, the 41¢ Official Mail envelope issued in 2007 was the last actual new embossed envelope to be issued.

Figure 4

In 1989 the USPS issued the first of nine different “patch” envelopes. Four were holograms – three of the Space Station (25¢ blue in PO size 7, 29¢ green in PO size 8, and 32¢ red in PO size 8). The fourth hologram was the 25¢ Lombardi Trophy envelope. Five envelopes were plastic patches – the 29¢ Magazine Industry the 29¢ Western American, the 29¢ Protect the Environment, the 29¢ Kitten, and the 32¢ Environment. In 1990 the first self-seal flap envelope appeared on a Passport Envelope. These flaps have now migrated to regular envelopes.

But soon most of this innovation gave way to economic realities. Patch envelopes disappeared. Wrap around printing disappeared. And even commemorative envelopes have disappeared – the last one, the 37¢ Nurturing Love envelope (U651), was issued in 2003. We collectors have seen quite a few changes over the 150 years of stamped envelopes.

U.S.A. Postal Card Column Editor: Lewis E. Bussey Reporting on postal cards, reply cards, exhibition cards, etc. Readers are encouraged to report to this column editor any new finds and discoveries, to ask questions, to help provide answers, to submit tidbits of history and past collectors, new issues of the USPS, and whatever else they want to discuss.

U.S. Pioneer Aeroplane Mail on Postal Cards In the UPSS 2010 U.S. Postal Card Catalog’s Forward (pg xxix), a number of cancellation collecting possibilities are noted, including Pioneer Air Mail flights, which occurred from 1910 through 1916, prior to the advent of scheduled air service. At that time, flying was still in its infancy. Aviators on the flying circuits often demonstrated their craft and ability at various fairs and expositions. They earned a living by being paid to “stunt” for the crowd, sometimes taking on passengers, and occasionally throwing out souvenirs.

The Post Office Department (POD) was certainly interested enough in this new way to possibly deliver mail. It followed that flight promoters petitioned the POD to authorize carriage (and cancellations) of letters and cards in what would be termed “experimental air mail routes”. Short flights were the norm, and early success rates were not assured, as flying machines broke down or crashed.

There were no airmail postage rates, but for a penny, a 1¢ card offered a truly economical souvenir versus 2¢ paid for an envelope. Fortunately for us a current 1¢ U.S. postal card was often utilized. Following the usual in-flight mail pouch drop, most mail would enter normal surface mail streams.

Pioneer Airmail Routes The American Air Mail Society (AAMS) Catalog recognizes ninety-three events (each having one or more flights) in its Pioneer section. The first listing is for a 1910 (an unsuccessful) ship-to-shore flight into New York, and the second is the celebrated VinFiz flight by “Cal” Rodgers in September 1911.

Fig. 1 - AAMS #3

America’s first “official” air mail thus began with an early aviation meet in New York (AAMS #3). The route was set up from Garden City Estates to Mineola, a distance of less then one mile. Of the ten events in 1911, the “International Aviation

Tournament” of September 25th to October 1st was the first to use a special cancel and cachet (Fig. 1).

In five flights, Aviator Earle Ovington – sworn in as the nation’s 1st airmail pilot – carried an amazing 43,247 cards and letters. Although no mail was flown on September 29th (or on October 1st), mail was still canceled on those days and delivered normally from the event. Over the course of 1912, fifty-two pioneer events were held, including the “Millbrook Driving Park Aviation Meet” in Portsmouth, OH on June 27th – 28th (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2 - AAMS #35

The Portsmouth route was POD designated as No. 631,001 (631 being for Ohio, 001 being the first event in Ohio for the year). Flying nearly three miles, Pilot Charles Walsh flew to near a Government Building dropping a pouch of mail each day. A total of some 5000 cards and letters were carried.

As the novelty (or interest or money) waned, only eleven events are listed for 1913, and only six events during 1914. The most extended of these took place between May 20th and September 7th, 1914 (AAMS #77), titled the “Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Service” and designated Route No. 607,004 (note straight-line marking) (Fig. 3). Four water landing locations around Chautauqua Lake, NY, one of which was Bemus Point, were connected by pilot Alfred Engle’s Curtiss Hydroplane. Only postal (and post) cards were flown.

Fig. 3 - AAMS #77

Of the eight listed events during 1915, a three-day festival occurred in Tucson, AZ. The “Southern Arizona Fair Grounds Aviation Meet” of 4-6 November featured daily airdrops near the Tucson post office (Route No. 668,001 - AAMS #89). Aviatrix Katherine Stinson carried only 200 cards (Fig. 4).

Fig. 4 - AAMS #89

Closeout of the Pioneer Period

Only five events are listed during 1916. The November 2nd “Aerial Post” mail event sponsored by the New York Times is the most notable (and last listing by AAMS). On Route No. 635,006, Pilot Victor Carlstrom – sworn in as a Mail Messenger - flew from Chicago to New York in three flight legs over a planned fourteen-hour period. A mid-journey delay due to engine trouble meant a night spent until the next morning, arriving on the 3rd.

Among the 95 letters and 600 cards carried were current 1¢ Jefferson cards that the Times printed with special cachets (Fig. 5). Some of the cards were franked with a 10¢ stamp, for special delivery mail. This one was addressed to Times publisher Adolph Ochs.

Fig. 5 - AAMS #93 (Front)

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Fig. 6 - AAMS #93 (Reverse)

The reverse of each card was printed with a slightly different cachet, along with a faint bi-plane image.

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The reverse message of a second card reads (perhaps a bit optimistically) in part: “A few months will see regular Chicago – New York aeroplanes on a ten hour schedule.” (Fig. 6)

Regular Flights - End of an Era The POD requested from Congress a $50,000 appropriation to further experimentation in 1912, but was rebuffed (some monies however were shifted from Steamboat accounts in 1916). 1917 apparently saw few if any events, likely due to WWI and the use of some pilots for the war effort. However enough airplane progress was made for the POD to announce, along with a $100,000 Congress appropriation, the beginning of a continually scheduled airmail service. Governmental service began May 15, 1918, with announced flights among Washington DC, Philadelphia and New York. The cost per ounce, even for postal cards, became 24¢, which included a 14¢ air rate and 10¢ for special delivery.

That isn’t to say special events didn’t continue. As other routes were being developed, the government relied on these flights to demonstrate reliability, increased distance and timeliness.

Just after the startup of POD airmail service, a flight on May 23rd 1918 was again flown from Chicago to New York (Fig. 7). Note the handstamp “Aerial Mail Service”, extra war rate postage, and the autograph of none other than Katherine Stinson, the first woman sworn in as a postal carrier.

Fig. 7 – AAMS # 102

Only 60 pieces of mail were flown. The back cancel is the typical New York airmail service hand stamp used as a receiver mark.

Postscript Pioneer airmail cancels and auxiliary markings on postal cards comprise a compact but diverse group worth collecting. Some AAMS events didn’t even fly due to weather or mechanical problems. Some events note only one or two examples known. And not every event even carried cards. Specialized air post collections containing these cards sell today with individual examples valued into hundreds of dollars. For postal historians, even this small sampling intrigues further research while helping document the earliest attempts at airmail delivery.

Government Flight Postscript The AAMS catalog starts government flight events at #101 in 1918, and ends at #405 in 1969 (moon covers). With 61 events

listed up through 1925, the catalog allows lots of room to add future found flights in between only 114 total listings. During the 20’s, flights morphed from experimental singularities into scheduled service. Such was AAMS #176 (Fig. 8).

Fig. 8 - AAMS #176

This card was flown on the first Chicago to New York night flight service on July 1, with stops at Cleveland OH, Bryan PA and Bellefonte PA (mail was flown along the same route in both directions starting the same day). This old S12 card, with an actual commercial message, was pressed into service with added postage paying the 10¢ zone rate. It is backstamped July 2 in New York (“Air-Mail Saves Time”) and bears a purple “winged US” cachet.

Cancels became more graphic after this, as they commemorated only first flights of regular airmail service, but the promise of faster mail delivery was ensured.

New Postal Cards Announced

On the heels of the second Pixar PPD (picture postal card) booklet of 20 coming out in late May, the USPS has announced two additional items for release.

The previously mentioned perforated sheetlet of four of the Sailboat card will be issued during the ATA convention in Lancaster PA on June 22nd.

Also in a June release will be a second set of ten Scenic American Landscapes, featuring some previous airmail stamp and other designs. These will be sold in a booklet of 20, with a 'forever' rate.

ELECTION NOTICE Following Article VIII of the UPSS By-laws, a slate of candidates for four officer and four director positions having terms ending in 2012 will be presented by a nominating committee. Independent nominations may be made over the written signatures of at least twenty-five (25) voting members of the UPSS that is submitted to the Secretary by June 1, 2012.

Ballots will be included in the July-August issue of PS with election results given at the Fall Convention.

Exhibitions & Awards News

Editor: Gary Starkey Reporting on exhibits of postal stationery at the local, national and international levels. Readers are encouraged to report to this column editor any award results not covered, to ask questions about exhibiting postal stationery, and whatever else they want to discuss.

The Saint Louis Stamp Expo was held on March 16-18, 2012 and was a resounding success for exhibits of postal stationery! There were 11 postal stationery exhibits with 5 competing in the Marcus White Showcase, 2 competing for the show Marcus White Award and 4 competing for a show Marcus White Single Frame award. All five exhibits in the Marcus White Showcase won show gold medals, which is unprecedented. The above picture was taken just after the crowd left the booth

area to attend the annual meeting. As usual, our stalwart membership manager Stuart Leven continued to man the booth.

The MWS winner was an exhibit of Canal Zone Postal Stationery 1907-1924 by Irwin J. Gibbs (which also won a United States Stamp Society Statue of Freedom award).

The other four exhibits in the MWS were: AQ Lettersheets of the Republic of Venice 1608-1797 by Art Bunce, U. S. Postal Stationery Usage by Dan Undersander, Chile “Presidente” Postal Stationery 1911-1929 by Ross A. Towle, and Library & Index-Signed U. S. Postal Cards by Lewis Bussey.

The show Marcus White Award (MWA) was won by The Columbian Envelopes of 1893 by Marvin & Judith Platt (which also won a show gold and the APS Medal of Excellence). This exhibit will compete in next year’s Marcus White Showcase. An additional multi-frame stationery exhibit was: U. S. 1907-1919 2¢ Oval Die Stamped Envelopes by Ross A. Towle (which won a show gold),

Finally the UPSS Marcus White Single Frame award was won by an exhibit of Private Advertising Officially Imprinted on Swiss Postal Envelopes by Harlan F Stone (which also won a show gold medal).

Additional single frame exhibits were: Library Uses of Melvil Dewey’s Postal Card by Larry T. Mix (which won a show silver), The Evolution of Switzerland’s Minimum Fee for Postal Money Orders by Harlan A. Stone (which won a show vermeil), and Shafts and Disselboom: The South African Republic Postal Cards 1914-1918 by R. Timothy Bartshe (which won a show gold.)

During the show there was some discussion of the confusion collectors and judges have between the Marcus White Award and the Marcus White Showcase. Based on this discussion, I have been seeking a new name for the Marcus White Showcase. The leading contender is the name “United Postal Stationery Society Champion of Champions” award for year xxxx. I would welcome any input for a new name. Above are two snapshots of the membership meeting, with

UPSS president Dan Undersander presiding over a lively give and take regarding the state of the society, ideas for improvement and for new projects.

We are indebted to Jonathan Topper who used his cell phone camera to take a few pictures, as your editor and others all seem to have forgotten to bring their cameras.

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A place to share your discoveries, ask questions, provide answers, discuss stationery trends, and report happenings.

A place to share your discoveries, ask questions, provide answers, discuss stationery trends, and report happenings.

Free Frank & Demonetized Stationery Free Frank & Demonetized Stationery Ross Towle writes: Ross Towle writes: In your reply to Behruz Nassre on page 65 of the last issue, you state that free franks on demonetized postal stationery are postal stationery. Do you really mean that? That means the US penalty imprints on postal stationery, the CSA imprints on USA stamped envelopes, the Guatemala telegraph envelopes (ex Central American Expo stamped envelopes), etc. are all postal stationery. What about the Argentina envelopes where the indicium is blacked out? What about the SIN VALOR overprints on Chilean registered envelopes or Argentine stamped envelopes? Ed replied: Yes, I believe they are. This is no different than the archive stuff made before the actual postal stationery. I believe there are three aspects that deserve recognition: 1. Archive material. This also includes prepared but not issued

items, that is items that got past the essay and printing stages but were never issued, reprints, and the like.

2. Issued Stationery (mint, used, usages, varieties, etc.) 3. Use of obsolete issued stationery by authorities, usually to

salvage the paper and production cost of the card or envelope stock, by demonetizing the stationery so it cannot be used for ordinary purposes.

Only item 2 material had postal value. If we exclude 3, we should exclude 1 too, as neither ever had any postal value. By including all three aspects, the full story of stationery can be told. Ross Towle replied: There is a distinction between what helps tell the complete story of postal stationery and what is postal stationery. Just because it helps tell the story does not make it postal stationery. I would argue that die proofs are not postal stationery but die proofs of postal stationery indicia help tell the complete story of the postal stationery. If die proofs (and equivalent items) are postal stationery then H&G, Ascher, UPSS envelope and postal card catalogs are extremely incomplete postal stationery catalogs since they did not include them. Your category 3 items are collectable. But are they really postal stationery? If penalty overprints on US envelopes are postal stationery then why are they not included in the UPSS envelope catalogs? I have some backs of some demonetized stationery without overprinting of any kind, such as Ecuadorian letter cards used as receipts. Are these still postal stationery? They do help complete the story of those letter cards. Ed replied: I agree that only item 2 stuff is “postal stationery”. I guess what I was trying to suggest is that the FIP needs to explicitly include items 1 and 3 in what is permissible in an exhibit of stationery. And, good stationery catalogs should include those too. Ross Towle replied: There is a difference between what is postal stationery and what is permissible in an exhibit of postal

stationery. Your category 1 items are definitely included by the FIP PS guidelines. Also category 3 items could be in an FIP PS exhibit but could not be exclusively an FIP PS exhibit. For example, one could include a few penalty overprinted circular die envelopes in a circular die envelope FIP PS exhibit. However, an exhibit of solely penalty overprinted circular die envelopes would not meet the FIP PS guidelines. My point was (and I think you agreed) your statement in PS in response to Behruz was about what was permissible but not a definition of postal stationery. Even though your sentence made it seem it was part of a definition. Corrections to Last Issue Alan Warren writes: That was rapid turn-around for my article in the last issue. Thanks for getting it into print but there is a problem with the figures. Figures 18 and 19 are the same, as are 21 and 22, so the text and figures do not agree at those points. And, I also just noticed the duplicate images are only part of the problem with the figures. Figure 17 is supposed to be the first day card to Chicago but shows the one to Hungary instead. Figure 20 is supposed to be to Switzerland. Figure 21 is also the wrong item. Figures 22-26 look okay. I probably should have requested a proof but then hindsight is always 20/20. Thanks for stirring me out of my 5-years lethargy to make good on my promise to write this article. [Ed replied: I am so embarrassed, and feel quite badly at the botched job I did. Below are corrected illustrations and captions.]

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Cuba Envelope UPSS 5 with Double Overprint Howard G. Kristol writes: I have found another envelope variety – this time Cuba – which you may (or may not) wish to have listed in the next revision of the Possessions catalog. The attached scan provides all the necessary details. The envelope is a variety of Cuba UPSS 5.

[Ed: I made two enlargements and electronically enhanced them to try to bring out the albino overprint. The “CU.” can be seen at the top left of the stamp, but it proved impossible to capture anything more as the remainder of the surcharge is faint. Artur Lewendowski Peter Fink writes: Enclosed is some information from my past about Mr. Artur Lewandowski. My first acquaintance with him was in 1981 when I bought from him many nice aerogrammes from all over the world. That year he went to the world stamp exhibition in Vienna, Austria, and we met there. I had picture taken of us in front of the exhibit hall (he is on the right.)

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In 1982 he spent a one week holiday at my place, and then continued on to Germany. I took the above picture at that time.

USA Envelope Watermarks 15 and 15A

Douglas S. Files writes: After cataloguing hundreds of U.S. mercantile die entires over many years I still have significant difficulty distinguishing between watermarks 15 and 15A. Our new catalog does not provide any text explaining these two similar watermarks. Perhaps the diagrams are sufficient for some collectors, but I find entires to contain every variation on the watermarks, and many seem to fall in between 15 and 15A. For example, some have the D halfway between the U and the S, but the tail of the 9 is not too long. Others have more distance between the 1907 numerals like in watermark 15A but the D is over near the U like in watermark 15. The length of the 9's tail is seldom useful since they are often long and slanted in both watermarks. Currently I use a Gestalt of the following characteristics: 1) how centered the D is, 2) how long and slanted is the tail of the 9 and 3) how far apart are spaced the numerals of 1907. Does anyone have a more reliable system? Do there exist other salient features for distinguishing between U.S. watermarks 15 and 15A? Thank you. [Ed: I have the same experience as you on these. Perhaps running this query in the Shoebox will elicit some better ways from a reader.] New Porto Rico Envelope U7 Discovery Howard G. Kristol writes: I am writing to report the discovery of a new envelope variety. All previously recorded examples of Size 13 Special Request envelopes with Porto Rico or Puerto Rico overprints are on Knife 74, as listed in the latest (2009) edition of the U.S. Possessions catalog. I recently found a Puerto Rico U7 (UPSS 8) envelope on Knife 77 for which I have received a Philatelic Foundation certificate. Having examined many of these envelopes over the years, I believe that the recently discovered example may be unique but would welcome reports by members if they should find any others. I believe that this envelope should be listed as a separate variety in the Puerto Rico section of the catalogue after Envelope 8, as noted below.

Then in 1986 I visited him at his home in New York, and again took a picture.

I believe that this form of listing is consistent with that used elsewhere in the catalogue and that the pricing, based on the absence of any other known examples, is justified. Please let me know if you have any questions. [Ed: George Krieger, the editor of the catalog, confirms it will be listed in the next edition.]

At the end of 1991 I did not hear from him any more. Are there any later stories about him? Best wishes from Switzerland.

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UPSS Scott Size Knife Wmk Overprint Description Qty ERP Mint Used 8A U7 13 77 13 Type 2 2¢ carmine on buff, die B 1 2/7/00 # $1.750

George Krieger replied: Great find! Thank you for letting me know. Interestingly, the base envelope (UPSS 1289) was overprinted for Cuba (UPSS 7) about the same time as UPSS 1288 was overprinted for Porto Rico (UPSS 8).

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A Used Feudatory Jhind Postcard Sandeep Jaiswal writes: I believe I have just acquired perhaps one of the greatest Indian Feudatory States postal stationery items: It is a Jhind postcard registered and uprated with two copies of Jhind 2 annas adhesive stamps, SG J10.

I believe this is the only known genuine example of this rare postcard commercially used. It comes with PF certificate - not that that really means much.[Ed: I have seen a number of “used” Feudatory Jhind (not to be confused with cards issued after it became a Convention State that used overprinted Indian stationery). This is the first one that I believe is legitimate. Congratulations!] Divided Back Post Cards Bill Hart writes: With regard to Cary Finder’s query in the last issue of PS, page 68, I authored the article "The Post Card Comes of Age, Post Card Postal History - 1893 to 1907". It will be found in the March 2009 issue of EXCELSIOR, the Journal of E.S.P.H.S. You will find related to Figures 22 and 23 details of the divided -back. In particular the P.O.D. amended Section 418 of the P.L.&R. with Order No.146, reported in the Daily Bulletin of March 4, 1907 allowing the face of the card to be divided by a vertical line with the left half to be used for a message. As Cary knows, it took until January 1908 to bring the current postal card to conform. Cary Finder replied: What you say is true; however, the US

Post Office informed the British Post Office that it would accept divided back postcards inbound from England without a postage due. Postcard dealers have no interest in this so it would be hard to find the earliest picture postcard mailed in the US with a divided back (either printed or with an ink line or just writing). http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=31124&p=2553417#p2553417 has an entry that states that the British Post Office had been informed prior to August 21, 1906 that no objection is raised by the Post Office of the United States to postcards having correspondence on the left hand half of the address side. This is more than 6 months prior to the postal order. It would be interesting to find a card in that interval USA Card S13/UX120 Paper Varieties Bryan Kendall writes: I have been studying the S-137/UX120, Bison Prairie, and have looked at these cards with a "Versalume" by Raytech, UV Longwave/Shortwave Light, and believe I have 6 different paper varieties with this one card. I have at least 2-cards of each of these luminescences. I know in the UPSS Postal Card catalog it is noted they are on two-different card stocks, "Florescent Paper”, and “Non-florescent paper." I am looking for more clarification... 1. I have the first card as a TOTAL Bright Florescent Bright

White Card Stock. 2. A second card is a NON Florescent Dark Card Stock--still

very white when looking at it in regular light. 3. The third card is with high quantity of blotchy Florescence,

but a grayish looking card under Long/short wave, but still very white stock under regular light.

4. The fourth card over is grayish card stock with very light flecks of florescence, and is still white under regular light.

5. The fifth card is grayish with just "like strings of Florescence/light flecks, again still a white card.

6. The sixth card has a yellowish card stock with no florescence, but white under regular light.

Do I have something here worth mentioning? Or is it just being picky, or flyspecking and they all really still either qualify as either "Floresce", or "Not to Floresce?" And I still only have 2-different cards? I just know that if you don't ask, or tell, you don't learn, and find... Lewis Bussey replied: S137 (and MR49), the Bison & Prairie 15¢ cards are recognized in the catalog line listings as printed on fluorescent ("a") and on non-fluorescent ("b") card stock. Note "c" in the S137 listing indicates the later printings are "lower level fluorescent or inert card stock." By 1987, card stock was bought on the open market, using a set of required pulp content, thickness, finish, etc. criteria. There was a wide variety, however printings on fluorescence was limited. Variation in UV was predictably widespread. Looking at "Modern Postal Card Papers 2" in the Foreword indicates S137a as printed on a "fluor varies" and on "hi-brite", and that 137b is indicated as "non-fluor". Also noted in the Foreword section of Fluorescent Card Stock is that S137 (and its message reply cousin MR49), along with S138-Blair and SA23-Douglas DC3 were the last announced cards printed intentionally on Hi-Brite stock.

How bright is bright? We tend to use S138 as a benchmark, because it is totally printed on Hi-Brite stock, loaded with optical brighteners. The brightness overwhelmed the automatic mail processing equipment (probably the facer-canceller that rotates cards accurately for cancelling using UV detection). A change in papers was justified, so S137b came into being, probably around July 1988, printed on a new off-white inert paper. How many total press runs did S137 have is speculative, but with one billion cards printed over three years, I think there were a minimum of three.

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Because of the 1st Day delay on MR49a, fewer of these cards were cancelled versus MR49b. We can bracket (somewhat) the Hibrite card production to March - July period, and non-fluorescent production to July 1988 onward. This July time period for change also matches well with SA23 printings. Judging the fluorence also depends on how close the UV light is to the card. A very close light will make even an inert card look like there is some - and thus probably is - fluorescent content. I usually hold the UV light from 6 to 12 inches away, and use reference cards at the same time to judge intensity. The resulting color of these "inert" cards is a dull whitish to deep purple color. I believe your S137 cards exhibit the full range of fluorescence from the production period. A write-up by you would make a good article for PS, and in that regard, I've sent a copy of this email to Wayne Menuz (if he likes it, we can then send the images). Please let me know if I can help further. WW II Concessional Rate Aerograms Jerry Kasper writes: Attached is a scan of an item like the one you mentioned in your call. This airletter is datelined 16 Feb 46 and the airletter is postmarked 19 Feb 46 at BPO #662. It was sent by a member of the 6th Armoured Division Equipment Park while stationed at the UK base. It was forwarded at Greylingstad on 4 Mar 46 and received by the addressee on 6 Mar 46.

Why the Concessional rate? During April 1945, the British Army Postal Service introduced free airmail postage for servicemen in the Middle East and Italy. To qualify for this, the letter had to be addressed to any Empire country (including South Africa) and could not exceed one ounce in weight.

However, the South African Military postal authorities did not institute such a rate and continued to require the normal airmail postage to be paid. South Africa was the only Dominion which did not have a free airmail service for its personnel. South African personnel were able to take advantage of the concessional rate by posting their letters at a British Field Post Office. The item had to be in some way endorsed "Concessional Postage Personnel from South Africa". Some FPO's provided a special handstamp to make it easier for the South African personnel and the handstamp was applied to all such mail from that FPO.

Also attached is a scan of an airletter posted 22 Nov 45 at FPO 642 in Italy to Pietersburg South Africa. This has only the handwritten endorsement "Concessional Postage for S.A. Personnel". Thus copies are known with only a handwritten endorsement, only a handstamped endorsement, and with both. By the way, the Concessional airmail rate was free only up to 1 oz as postage of 6d was required for each additional ½ oz above 1 oz.

New Zealand had a "concessional" rate for XMAS 44. The attached airletter has a purple handstamp "Free Xmas / Concessional to / New Zealand only." This was postmarked

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"New Zealand Army Base PO - UK" #2 on 23 NO 44 to Invercargill, NZ. This is a very rare handstamp and I only recall seeing a second copy of it, but will have to hunt more when my stamina returns. Hope that this note is of help to you. Atchison Post Cards at 1-cent? Bill Geijsbeek writes: His is a scan from THE PHILATELIC MONTHLY, Vol. 11, #11, November 1885.

At that point in time, commercial post cards (i.e. non-US POD postal cards) required 2 cents postage whereas the post office issued cards were only 1 cent. Thus the local P.O. must have waived that requirement and allowed mailing with 1 cent stamps. I have not seen one, but maybe one of our readers has?

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Second Printing of Honduras Card By Wayne Menuz

For 1896 Honduras needed to replace its stock of stamps and postal stationery after the termination of its contract with the Hamilton Bank Note Company (Seebeck), who had supplied the 1895 issues. That is because the arrangement had been that each year Seebeck would supply products that contained that year’s date, and the following year those products would become invalid for postage, and Seebeck would then be free to sell remainders and reprints to philatelists. Thus, by January 1, 1896 Honduras had to demonetize its existing material and replace all its postal products or risk the importation of Seebeck stock that was being sold below face value.

The result was a new issue of postal cards, though they decided against continuing stationery envelopes and wrappers. It features the bust of Carlos Céleo Arias López (1835–1890) who President of Honduras from July 1872 until January 1874. His presidency was dominated by the invasion of Honduras by both Guatemala and El Salvador. In spite of putting up a strong resistance Arias was forced to give up the presidency; he was considered an important Honduran patriot. The issue consisted of 2c black and 3c brown single and reply cards, H&G 25-27. These cards were demonetized on August 1, 1898 when replaced with H&G29-32.

Above are shown mint and used examples of the 3c card intended for the foreign rate, H&G 26. The used card is

cancelled February 16, 1898, and is in a different shade than the mint example, which suggests it is of a different printing. However, the most striking difference is that it employs a modified stamp indicium.

Shown above are 350% enlargements. The numeral 3 on the used example is not surrounded by a circle, although a trace of it can be seen at the 10 o’clock position. Even more unusual, the currency is spelled CENTAVO, that is, missing the “S”. It also has shorter letters and is centered to the top of the white panel. I am aware of an example used also from Santa Barbara on April 6, 1898 to Paris. It is probable this variety is a second printing. Perhaps the 1c was used to make another plate by erasing the “1” (and circle) and entering “3”, but leaving CENTAVO unchanged. Or, that one position on the original plate was damaged and recut. If readers have other used examples of this interesting type, especially one used in 1897, place let me know.

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UPSS Auction 2012-A2 Foreign Material This auction is listed on the outer mailing wrapper sent with this issue, and is also on the UPSS website. Below are some illustrated lots. Most lots can be viewed on the website:

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Privatganzsachen Berlin (West) (Private {Stamped to Order} Stationery of Berlin). Published 2011 by the Berliner Ganzsachen-Sammler-Verin [Berlin Postal Stationery Collectors Society] under the name Neuer Ganzsachen-Katalog, authored by Karl-Heinz Göpfert and Norbert Sehler. Perfect bound softcover, 5.7 x 8.1 inches, 446 pages, black and white illustrations, priced in euros. It is in German. Available from Norbert Sehler, [email protected] for €28.00 postpaid. PayPal accepted at [email protected], and Mr. Sehler is fluent in English.

The victorious Allies divided Berlin into four zones, administered by the Russians, British, French, and Americans. The three western powers unified their zones into one entity in 1949, which lasted until German re-unification in 1990. During that time, it issued its own stamps and stationery, and offered a STO facility whose products are the subject of this catalog.

This catalog follows the Michel catalog system, whereby the main division is by type of stationery (envelope, post card, wrapper, etc.), then by stamp design, then by stamp denomination, then a letter designator for whatever else is printed on the item (e.g., A1=blank, C1=with a year date somewhere in the design but without the organization’s name, C2= the same but with the name, D1=with a full date, etc.), then a catalog number sequence, followed if necessary by a suffix. An example is Berlin “PU58 D2/002”, where “PU” indicates Privat Umschlage (German for “STO Envelope”), “58” is the Michel catalog number for the 50 pf green “avoid accidents” stamp design, and “D2/002” is the second catalog number under the D2 types.

Almost every item is pictured, which is the main reason it takes such a large catalog to cover the field. It begins with a list of abbreviations and an illustrated table of flap types. Then follows a list illustrating every stamp design and denomination, followed by the types of stationery using it and the page number where the listing of that type begins. In the listings, the main details are described, though the pictures are probably indispensable to enable identification as there are often hundreds of items with the same stamp design and denomination. In addition, the special cancel, if any, is noted, as well as the First Day of Issue. The price of each item is noted, though of course virtually all “used” items are CTO or philatelic. The price of all items tends to be in the $7 to $15 range. Since the vast majority of Berlin STO postal stationery was created by, and sold to philatelists to raise money for various philatelic events and societies, the $7 lower limit probably reflects a realistic acknowledgement that the face value was often a minor component of the sales price.

There are probably only few collectors today who strive to collect each item of STO German stationery, as the field is so vast, but even if one specializes on a specific issue, this catalog is a good reference. The publishers are to be commended for continuing to document new items, and especially, to provide a comprehensive catalog at a remarkably low price.

The International Reply Coupons of Ireland, A Research Collection. Published 2011 by FAI, edited by Hans Bergdolt. Soft cover saddle stitch, 8.3 x 11.7 inches, 56 pages, color illustrations, unpriced. It is bilingual in English and German. Available from Eire Philatelic Association, Timothy O’Shea, 58 Porter St, Granby, MA 09033-9516, [email protected].

The well-received catalogs of Irish postal stationery published by the FAI (see reviews in PS #325, 340, and 380) do not include the IRC’s. This work fills that void, though, unlike the other publications, 2it does not include a valuation guide or prices. It begins with a Preface, a Table of Contents, a List of Abbreviations, and an Introduction. The listings are in a standard format and layout used by most IRC catalogs, namely, by “design”. As they state: “The design of each new IRC form is developed by the office of the UPU and fixed during the following UPU Congress. Complete new lay outs of IRC are called designs, they are called after the venue of the respective congress during which this new design was approved. Amended designs, e.g., with some minor changes in the lay out or the text on the front or reverse, are called “types.”

The overall catalog is well done, with excellent illustrations, enlargements of varieties, and full technical details of each type. Bilingual text can sometimes be a deterrent to easy use of a catalog, but that problem is overcome here by placing the German text in the left column of each page, and the English in the right. This is another quality product from the FAI.

Catalog Current Postal Issues of the Russian Federation 2005 79 pages 2007 79 pages 2005 127 pages 2006 79 pages 2008 112 pages Perfect bound softcover, 5.5 x 7.8 inches, color illustrations, unpriced. It is in Russian. Available on occasion on eBay.

The USSR issued postal stationery in prodigious quantities, as it saved the cost of printing stamps. They issue stamped picture post featuring scenic areas, and envelopes celebrating all types of communist heroes, holidays, achievement, etc. After the breakup, the remaining state of the Russian Federation continues that tradition, and has added stamped stationery with Christmas cards, and many other types. These are issued and used in great quantities by the general population, and not for philatelic reasons. Many hundreds of items are issued each year.

These catalogs list, illustrate, and provide the technical production and design details of each. While the Russian language, and the Cyrillic alphabet demand some facility with them, the catalogs are so well laid out, and the illustrations and composition so well arranged, that much can be gleaned by even those without that ability.

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British East Africa Archival Stationery By George T. Krieger

Imperial British East Africa Company Registered Letter Envelopes Three examples of IBEAC Registered Letter Envelopes (RLEs) are now recorded with a perforated ‘SPECIMEN / BW & Co / LONDON’.

In the 2006 edition of his book, British East Africa, The Stamps, Postal Stationery and Cancellations, John Minns reports that two “F” sized RLEs are known with these perforations: 1. The Bradbury Wilkinson archives contained an example of

RE1b (H&G C1 variety), perforated ‘SPECIMEN / BW & Co / LONDON’ and dated ‘29 DEC. 1893’.

2. A printer’s file copy of RE1cb (H&G C1b) exists, dated 22 JAN 1895 and perforated ‘SPECIMEN / BW & Co / LONDON’.

The illustration in Figure 1 is an example of the F size.

We can now report a RE2a (H&G C1d), “J” sized RLE, shown in Figure 2, with the same perforated ‘SPECIMEN / BW & Co / LONDON’. On the RE2a the R of REGISTERED starts to the left of the first E in LETTER and the printing is in a darker blue than the earlier RE2. For comparison a used example of RE 2 (H&G C1c) is shown in Figure 3. The R of REGISTERED starts above the first E in LETTER and the printing is in a lighter and brighter blue. (Both J size RLEs are illustrated at 75%).

John Minns reports in his book that no record was found of the quantities of the RLEs supplied by Bradbury Wilkinson to the Imperial British East Africa Company. On the face of the SPECIMEN perforated RE2a there is a notation in pencil:

Figure 1 (100% size)

Figure 2

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Figure 3

250 29th Dec 1893. If this is taken as the quantity produced and sent to the IBEAC, and that the quantity of these envelopes overprinted with the Protectorate Handstamp, RE4 (H&G C4, was 200 (as reported by Minns) the result is that only 50 of these RLEs (RE2a; H&G C1d) were sold. It is possible that there were other printings of RE2a and thus a larger quantity sold but this has proved (to me) to be the most elusive issue of the IBEAC; it is only the fourth J size (excluding those overprinted) I have seen in over 15 years of searching; the others being a mint and two used examples of RE2 (H&G C1c).

British East Africa Wrapper Essays Illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 are essays for the two wrappers first produced in late 1896 by De La Rue for British East Africa after the IBEAC turned control over to Crown Agents on July 1, 1895.

Figure 4

These essays were first offered in the De La Rue archive auction held by Robson Lowe on 28 July 1976 as lot 1023 estimated at £100. The lot was not sold. Out of sight for 35 years, I was able to obtain them in 2011.

Figure 5

The essays were prepared by pasting the corresponding stamp and postal card values printed on a thick paper to wrapper blanks with only the admonishment printed. The essays are initialed, probably by an official of the Crown Agents.

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e hammer price.

MARKET REPORT This is place to record recent retail, auction, and eBay sales of postal stationery. In general, the items shown here were sold based on their worth as postal stationery rather than having added adhesive stamps, special postal history or

rare cancel premiums. Prices are shown in US$, converted at the time of sale if sold in another currency. Some prices are exclusive of an additional buyer’s auction commission, and/or sales tax or VAT which can add 15-30% to th

USA Possessions Auction Sale In October 2011 the auction firm of H.R. Harmer of Irvine, California sold an estate that contained a large holding of USA possessions postal stationery. Robert Hoge was an avid collector of this area, and his collection contained many gems that are seldom on the market. The Postal Stationery of the Possessions and Administrative Areas of the United States of America was published by the UPSS in 2009, and the catalog prices for many rarities were based on best estimates or sometimes extrapolations of recorded sale prices of long ago. The Hoge sale establishes a new base line for prices of possessions stationery, and in the following sale reports, comparison of the price realized to the UPSS catalog price is noted. The sale, unfortunately, used Scott catalog numbers as its prime reference, and only included UPSS numbers sporadically, and especially if the UPSS number carried a higher catalog price than Scotts. Therefore, if an envelope, for example, has more than one watermark, size and/or knives shape, it will have one Scott number but two or more UPSS numbers. If only the Scott number was given, the UPSS number cannot be determined except, sometimes, in the case of size

Hawaii (continued from PS #383)

Wells Fargo Frank on envelope Scott U8, UPSS 14a $1300, sold for $826.00.

Wells Fargo Frank on envelope Scott U8, UPSS 14a $1300, sold for $3,540.00.

Wells Fargo Frank on envelope Scott U8, UPSS 14a $1300, sold for $5,015.00.

Wells Fargo Frank on USA envelope Scott U222, sold for $413.00.

Wells Fargo Frank Myer Harris Type 331on USA envelope Scott U222, sold for $189.00.

Wells Fargo Frank Myer Harris Type 333 on USA envelope Scott U189, sold for $248.00.

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Wells Fargo Frank Myer Harris Type 333 on USA envelope Scott U189 CTO, sold for $1,062.00.

Wells Fargo Frank Myer Harris Type 323 on USA envelope Scott U190, sold for $384.00. Philippines

Post card UPSS 1 $3,000, sold for $4,130.00.

Post card with double impression, one inverted, UPSS 1f $7,000, sold for $4,425.00.

Post card UPSS 2 $2,000, sold for $865.00

Post card with error in spacing “POST AL”, UPSS 4a $1,500, sold for $442.00.

Message Reply card UPSS 5a $500, no message, sold for $165.00.

Lot – “Philippines Postal Stationery Collection, consisting of hundreds and hundreds of items, both mint and used, Postal Cards, Entires of all sizes (lots of 4¢ values), Wrappers, O.B. overprints, and even mint and used Air Letters and Aerogrammes, from earliest 1899 period on through the Japanese Occupation period, there is much here to sort through and many thousands of dollars worth, the uses are too numerous

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to detail, viewing is highly recommended, Fine-Very Fine. Estimate $2-3,000.00.” Sold for $7,080.00.

Post card UPSS 8aA, sold for $330.00.

Post card UPSS 11, sold for $177.00.

Message Reply card UPSS 17 $2,500, sold for $590.00.

Reply card UPSS 17r $800, sold for $502.00.

Message reply card UPSS 18 $2,500, no message, sold for $590.00.

Registered post card Scott UX2 plus adhesives #213, 214 & 215, UPSS S2 $30, sold for $1,475.00.

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Post card Scott UX3 $1350, UPSS S3 $1,350, sold for $1,239.00

Post card UX4 $800, UPSS S4 $800, sold for $885.00.

Post card Scott UX4 $700, UPSS S4 $700, sold for $248.00.


Post card UX4 $700, UPSS S4 $700, sold for $509.00.

Post card Scott UX5 unpriced, UPSS S5 unpriced, sold for $260.00.

Post card with illustration of a tobacco field in sepia printed on back and handstamp “La Yebara Cigar Factory Manila” at lower left on front in purple, Scott UX5, UPSS S5a $950, sold for $560.00.

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Post card Scott UX8 $2,000, UPSS S8 $2,500, sold for $2,006.00

Post card Scott UX8 $1,500, UPSS S8 $1,500, sold for $620.00.

Post card Scott UX8 $1,500, UPSS S8 $1,500, sold for $944.00.

Post card Scott UX12, UPSS S12 $28, sold for $118.00.

Post card with Italian postage due, UX9, UPSS S9 $8.00, sold for $100.00

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Post card with Japanese forwarding label pasted on front, Scott UX12, UPSS S12 $28, sold for $118.00.



Post card Scott UX21 $650, UPSS S24 $1,000, sold for $944.00.




Post card with variety “no stop after SIDE” and handstamp in center, Scott UX22 $285, UPSS S25 $550, sold for $2,714.00.

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Wanted: US postal cards advertising fresh produce; fruits, vegetables, grower, wholesale, grocer, etc. David N Cook, 5252 Breakers Way, Oxnard, CA 93035 [email protected] [384M]

WANTED: Illustrated U.S. Governmental postal cards (1873-1898 and postally used trade cards or private mailing cards of the same era that were meant to be mailed. Bruce Nelson, P.O. Box 3565, Portland, ME 04104. (207) 799-7890. [385P] FOR SALE: airmail postal card collection. Inventory available. Allen Mintz. email rubyfay@ verizon.net for info [385M]

Members Free Classified Ads Policy Free Classified ads are available to UPSS members, subject to the following conditions: 1. One ad per issue per member.

Post card Scott UX22 $550, UPSS S25 $800, sold for $620.00. 2. Ad will run for 4 issues unless fewer are requested. 3. Limit of 30 words plus name/address/email. . (to be continued) 4. Ads must relate to postal stationery. 5. Buy, sell, trade, or information sought OK

U675 SU8a (See page 90)

Classified Ads Ad Rates: $4.00 for one insertion of up to 6 lines of text (each max 3.5 inches wide of Arial #8 font.) $1 per line over 4. . Multiple insertions: $6.50 for two, $ $8.50 for three, $10 for four. Mail copy, with check (payable to UPSS)to: UPSS Editor: 1659 Branham Lane, Suite F-307, San Jose, CA 95118-2291. Or, email ad to [email protected]. WANTED: 19th century U. S. Official envelopes/covers and penalty clause envelopes/cards. I will pay all postage costs. Buy or trade. Dennis Schmidt, 4325 Smallwood RD., Paris, TX 75462 or [email protected] [384M] WANTED: 1. Reprint Request Cards where one academic is asking another for a recently published article. 2. Folded Typewriter postcards (mainly Europe - a few were PTPO postal stationery items). 3. Copycard C sheets and UX 38 US Postal cards used with them. (See Postal Stationery # 371 July-August 2010, Page 111 for details). Robert Bell, Box 3668, Sedona, AZ 86340 [email protected] [384P] WANTED: US 2¢ Mercantile envelopes for exhibit/collection. Essay/proof material. July/Aug 1907 uses. Alaska to UK or Germany uses. Interesting destinations. EFOs. What do you have to offer? Ross A Towle, 400 Clayton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117. [email protected] [384M]

Turn your duplicates into extra cash!

Consign excess postal stationery, single items and collections, and related items such as books, posters, catalogs, etc. to the UPSS Mail Bid Auctions, to be held about 3 times per year. There is a sellers’ commission charged for all lots sold. The rate (per lot, not the total value of the consignment) is: 15% on lots realizing up to $300, 10% from $300 to $500, and 7% on lots over $500. The minimum value of lots accepted is $5. This is the estimate of true value, not catalog value. The auctioneer reserves the right to refuse any part of, or an entire consignment. The auctioneer may combine lots to bring the estimated value to $5. The auctioneer makes final decisions on the lotting of items.

Sellers are expected to correctly describe their own lots. For better sales, USA entire envelopes and cards should be identified with their UPSS catalog numbers. All material submitted must have a detailed inventory together with an estimated or catalog price.

Consignor’s reserves are acceptable if they are realistic, and approved by the auctioneer. Payment on items sold will usually be within 45 days following the sale.

Do not send any material prior to contacting auctioneer.

Send your consignments, insured, to:

USA and Possessions Material Edward. Ferber

P.O. Box 5901, Wilmington, DE 19808 [email protected]

Foreign Material George Krieger

25791 Tierra Grande Drive, Carmel, CA 93923 [email protected]

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RARE AND UNUSUAL STATIONERY #70 New Zealand Telegraph Form

H&G (Not Listed) Samuel HA-1

A New Zealand Post Office notice of December 2, 1907 stated: “TELEGRAPH FORMS embossed with a sixpenny stamp are shortly to be issued. They will be bound up in books of twenty forms, interleaved, and are for sale to the public at 10s per book. For accounting purposes they will be dealt with in the same way as postage stamps. . . . . . . . . .Should a message on one of these forms exceed 6d in value, the additional amount must be made up by affixing thereto the difference in ordinary stamps.”

There was one printing of 16,000 forms (800 booklets) and they were issued on January 9, 1908. Their sales were meager at best, and on March 1, 1913 they were withdrawn from sale. Since this was a time when the collecting of postal stationery was unpopular, none of the dealers bothered to buy any for stock. Today, only four mint examples are known. The example above is shown at 93% size, with an enlargement of the stamp indicium to better show its details. The back is blank, though it is handstamped with a purple oval handstamp “GENERAL POST OFFICE NEW ZEALAND.

Telegraph forms are not normally known used because, being private and confidential, the post office was obligated to destroy them once the waiting period for confirming the telegraph’s receipt was up. However, used stamps were sometimes cut out of forms and sold to dealers, and from that source, two used cut-outs exist. Additionally, a cut-out is known on a cover used in 1911. While the stamp was valid for postage as a cut-out, the cover was created by a philatelist

UPSS MAIL BID AUCTION (Foreign Postal Stationery)

George Krieger 25791 Tierra Grande Drive, Carmel, CA 93923

[email protected]

SALE: 2012-A2

CLOSING DATE: 9 July 2012, 5:00 PM PST Conditions of Sale

This auction is open to members of the United Postal Stationery Society only. The placing of a bid will constitute acceptance of the conditions of sale. Bids will be accepted by mail, phone, or website/email. All bids are per lot number as listed. A bid sheet is attached as a cover to this magazine. The right is reserved to withdraw any lot or lots and to group two or more lots. Lots are sold to the highest bidder at one advance over the second highest bid. There is no buyers’ commission.

Bid intervals are listed below. Bids not conforming to this schedule will be reduced to the next lowest bid increment. $ 5.00 to 30.00 $ 1.00 75.00 to 150.00 5.00 400.00+ 25.00 32.00 to 70.00 2.00 $ 150.00 to 400.00 $ 10.00 In the case of duplicate bids, the earliest postmark or e-mail date will prevail. The auctioneer shall regulate the bidding and in the event of any dispute the auctioneer’s decision shall be final. Unrealistic bids and bids believed not to be made in good faith will be respectfully declined. Unless indicated otherwise, there will be a $55.00 minimum bid on each lot.

Successful bidders will be notified of lots purchased and must remit before lots are delivered. Payment is due upon receipt of invoice in U.S. funds. Make checks payable to United Postal Stationery Society Auctions or UPSS Auctions. Buyer pays all postage, insurance, handling. Lots will be sent by First Class or Priority Mail, unless otherwise requested. California residents must pay sales tax.

All lots, values and specific catalogs used are as described by the consignor. For specific lot information, email the auction manager so that questions may be resolved prior to the end of the auction. Bidders are responsible for their bids. Ask questions first! Any lot that is incorrectly described may be returned within five (5) days from receipt. Lots graded “average” or below, lots listed “as is”, and lots containing more than five (5) items cannot be returned because of condition. Illustrated lots are not necessarily to scale.

Many lots are illustrated on the UPSS website www,UPSS.org.

DESCRIPTIONS USED: ** Mint Only markings would be light pencil marks. * Unused printed address and message, but no evidence of having passed through the

mail. *a printing is on the stamp side only. *m printing is on the message side only.

O Used Bears an address, postmark and/or receiving mark. Precancelled stationery may not have a postmark, but will be addressed.

/uf unfolded (Aerograms and reply cards have been folded unless indicated otherwise.) /wcc with corner card, i.e., printed return address at upper left /waa with added adhesive SUP Superb. Post office fresh – as perfect as exists. VF Very Fine, has no detracting qualities unless noted. F Fine possibly some minor faults as noted. Avg average will have faults as noted. Toned brown or yellowish markings resulting from age or poor storage conditions MB Minimum Bid Est. Estimated net price

Catalogs used: H&G Higgins & Gage H&B Huggins & Baker Mic Michel Fil Filagrano Kes Kessler Ya Yang Catalog Go Godinas Sak Sakura

Lot H&G / Michel Description

Min Bid $

Australia 101 C14 U ASC R12, to London England 99

Bahamas 102 FG6 U no message 5

Barbados 103 B1 U used to Germany 1888 10 104 10 U MR, no message, likely CTO with added address 5 105 9 U no message, to Ulm, Germany 5 106 8 U no message, to Barbados 5

Bavaria

107Mi

P9III01 U CTO, not addressed 5

108Mi

P9III02 U registered & uprated 25 British Central Africa

109 C1 M 35 110 C3a M 50 111 C3a U missing stamps, from Zomba 50

British East Africa 112 B1a M Minns E1 35 113 B2 M Minns E2, only 1400 printed 50 114 3 M Minns PC3, only 1200 printed 40 115 3 U Minns PC3, only 1200 printed, no message 40 116 4 M Minns PC4, only 1500 printed 40 117 C1a M Minns RE1 50


Min Bid $

118 C4 U Minns RE7, Kisumu cds 30 NO & 1 DE 03 90119 C4 M Minns RE7S, SPECIMEN, 750 sent to UPU 60120 C4 M Minns RE7 30121 C4b M Minns RE8, 30122 7 M Minns PC8S, SPECIMEN, 750 sent to UPU 50123 8 M Minns PC7S, SPECIMEN, 750 sent to UPU 50124 10 M Minns PC10 20125 9 M Minns PC9 20126 8 M Minns PC7 5

Bechuanaland 127 7 M MR card complete 6

British Guiana 128 M Pack of 10 x 2c QE II postcards with original band 20

British Honduras 129 M RLE QE II, 4c+5c, Size G 5

Burma 130 FG2 U registered and uprated to Bombay, India 10

Ceylon 131 54 M 12.5132 64 M 12.5

China

133 M 10 diff view cards of Mt. Tai-East in original folder, each w/spec. cancel 5

134 M Booklet of 20 postcards promoting fire safety 10135 M 10 Tibet views in original folder, A/M rate 5

136 M 10 views of West Lake in Hang Zhou in original folder. A/M rate 5

137 M 10 views of West Lake in Hang Zhou in original folder. Domestic rate 5

138 M 10 views of Gansu in original folder. Domestic rate 5139 M 10 views of Mt. Lushan in original folder. A/M rate 5

Cook Is. 140 1a M 5

Cyprus 141 E8 U Mi S8, to Perabedi 25142 2 M 5143 3 M 5

Fiji


Min Bid $

144 M RLE QE II, 8c+4c, Size G 5 Great Britain

145 DB12 U House of Common seal embossed on flap 7.5 146 KE8 U H&B WS11, PTPO, foxed 5

Grenada 147 M RLE, KG VI, 6c, Size F 5 148 M RLE, QE II, 6c, size F 5

Germany

149 MMoney order forms, 10pf, 15pf, 20 pf blue, 20pf blue violet 5

150 M money order forms- 25pf,40pf, 50pf 5 151 M money opder forms- 10pf,15pf,20pf 5

Germany Danzig 152 Mi A1 M 20pf money order form 5

Germany. Allenstein 153 Mi A4 M 40pf money order form 5

Gold Coast 154 B1 M SPECIMEN overprint 10

Guatemalia 155 B8 M 7

Hong Kong 156 M RLE, QE II $2.00, size G 8

Indian Expeditionary Force 157 17 M MPC7 20 158 18 M MPC8, MR card complete 40 159 19 M MPC9 60

India 160 B10 M EN26 20 161 B5 M EN17 10 162 9 M PC9 5 163 9 U PC9 to Germany, commercial usage 5

India, Native States, Patiala 164 B7 U to Delhi 5 165 4 U OC 19 90 cds 5

Ireland 166 M St. Patricks Day postcards, 5 postcards, 1 lettercard. 5

Italy 167 Mi P2A U Reply half used with long message 5


Min Bid $

Jamaica 168 M postcard, KG VI, 1d red brown on buff 5

Japan 169 M 50 diff. advertising postcards issued about Feb. 1982 5170 M 50 diff. advertising postcards issued about Mar. 1982 5171 M 50 diff. advertising postcards issued about May 1982 5172 M 50 diff. advertising postcards issued about June 1982 5173 M 50 diff. advertising postcards issued about Aug. 1982 5174 M 50 diff. advertising postcards issued about Mar. 1983 5175 M 50 diff. advertising postcards issued about June 1983 5176 M 50 diff. advertising postcards issued about Aug. 1983 5177 M 50 diff. advertising postcards issued about Sept, 1983 5178 M 50 diff. advertising postcards issued about Nov. 1983 5179 M 50 diff. advertising postcards issued about Dec. 1983 5

Kenya & Uganda 180 M 25c military aerogramme 50

Lagos 181 2 U no message 5

Liechtenstein

182 M booklet of 11 diff. domestic rate view cards, note below Mi P63 5

Malaya 183 M Malaya Japanese Occupation 4 sen tin dredge card 5

Malta 184 C3a U no adhesive stamps, to Bremen 7.5

Mauritius 185 C4 M 5186 C5a M 5187 B8 M 15

New South Wales 188 DB8a M 5189 DB1 M 5190 DB6 M 5191 DB7 M 5192 DB10 M 5193 B8 M 5194 B4 M 5195 23a U to London, Xmas Greetings with RR bridge view 25


Min Bid $

196 20 M MR 5 197 19b U House of Commons view to Coolamon 25 198 18 M 5 199 M 1d fleet card with original interleaving 60

New Zealand 200 E2 M Samuel FA 29 30

Panama 201 17 M Postcard B/0.02 in red unused 5

Papua & New Guinea 202 FG1 M 5

Portugal.

203Mi P142 II M Boas Festas postcards, Nos. 238-245, 8 diff. 5

204Mi P142 II M Boas Festas postcards, Nos. 230-237, 8 diff. 5

205Mi P142 I M Boas Festas postcards, nos. 198-205, 8 diff. 5

206 Mi P126 M Popular education, set of 6 in blue 5

207 Mi 145 MSet of 24 postcards depicting military uniforms, CV 90 Euros 20

Russia 208 Mi P5 U to Berlin 8

S. Rhodesia 209 C4 U Queque cds 8 Sep 47, to Sussex, England 5

Saar 210 Mi K3 I M lettercard. 15pf. 5

San Marino 211 Mi P38 M Postcard L.30/L.25, CV 450 Euros 50

Seychelles 212 11 M MR card $c surcharged "Local 3 cents" 5 213 B1 M 5

South Africa 214 M Set of 20 X 1.5c view cards with original band 7

Spain 215 Mi P41 M unlisted printing on reverse 30

216 MPTPO,public housing request form- inward and reply envelopes 10

St. Lucia


Min Bid $

217 M Reg. Env.,Although no ‘stamp’, price included the registration fee 5

South West Africa 218 10 U Quik P61, addressed to Swakopmund 10

219 C10 U Quik R15 Ba, No stop after BRIEF,forwarded to Germiston 5

220 C11 M Quik R15 B 13221 FG4 M Quik A26 5222 FG8 M Quik A31 5223 FG8 U Quik A31, to Grenden, England 5224 FG9 M Quik A33 5225 FG9 U Quik A33, to Grenden, England 5226 FG11 M Quik A35 5227 FG11 U Quik A35, to Grenden, England 5228 FG13 U Quik A28, to Johannesburg 5229 IFG 18 U Quik A20, to Johannesburg 5

Switzerland 230 Mi P206 M 1961 set, 64 view cards, 10c in original envelopes 20

Tanganyika 231 C4 U to Germany from Tanga 1928 15

Tasmania 232 C2a M 10

Thailand/ Siam 233 M 5 diff. modern postcards, 4 x 25 Satang, 1 x 1 Baht 5

Transvaal 234 HG G1 M The unissued letter sheet 10

Trinidad 235 C7a U adhesive stamps missing, to London 5

Uganda 236 B1 U registered & uprated 20

Uruguay 237 1,5 &15 M 5

Victoria 238 M 1d fleet postcard 50

Wurttemberg

239 Mi U17 U "Carl Wanner, Ulm A.D." embossed corner card, stamp offset on reverse 7

240 Mi P29? U to Virginia USA, message half 3/22/95 10


Min Bid $

Zanzibar 241 B1a M Krieger E1c, black op, no stop 20 242 B1 M Krieger E1, blue op, no stop 10 243 B4 M Krieger E4, blue op, with stop 15 244 C1 M Krieger RE1, blue op, no stop 10 245 C5 U To Belin 1913 25 246 12 M 5 247 15 M 10 248 16 M 15 249 17 M 5 251 17 U CTO?, no message 5 252 B6 M 5 253 E4 M 5

Literature

254 M

Postal Stationery back issues, qty 10; your choice from existing UPSS inventory. Estimated shipping: US $3, Foreign $13 20

Postal Stationery

ADVERTISING RATES Number of issues: 1 3 6 12 Quarter Page $ 52. 141. 250. 437. Half Page 83. 224. 398. 697. Full Page 145. 392. 696. 1,218. Inside cover, front & back* 185 500 888 1,554. 2-page Spread 295. 797. 1,416. 2,478.

*both presently subscribed. Note: There are 6 issues per year. Send ad and check (made payable to UPSS) to editor Wayne Menuz. Ads should be sent as paper printout, or sent as typed text files with separate graphics files, or a MS Word file, on floppy disk or CD, as an email attachment, or original item(s) can be sent for scanning by the editor.

UNITED POSTAL STATIONERY SOCIETY AUCTION (Foreign Postal Stationery)

George Krieger

25791 Tierra Grande Drive, Carmel, CA 93923 [email protected]

MAIL AUCTION BID SHEET

SALE: 2012-A2 CLOSING DATE: July 9, 2012, 5:00 PM PST

Bidders Name: _________________________________________________________ Street Address: _________________________________________________________ City, State & Zip Code: __________________________________________________ UPSS Number: ____________ Date: ________________ Please buy the following lots for me at prices not exceeding those shown. I have read and agree to the “Conditions of Sale” of the UPSS Auctions. Bids are in US dollars.

Lots are sold to the highest bidder at one advance over the second highest bid. There is no buyer’s commission. Minimum bid: $5.00

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$5.00 to $30.00 1.00 $32.00 to $70.00 2.00 $75.00 to $150.00 5.00 $150.00 to $400.00 10.00 $400.00+ 25.00 Please send your bid sheet to above postal or email address. The entire auction with photos of most lots is on the UPSS Website www.upss.org.

UNITED POSTAL STATIONERY SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS and SUPPLIES May 2012 PRICES

(Price in bold indicates publication has color illustrations.) Retail Member U. S. Postal Card Catalog (2010), Lewis Bussey.................................................................................... Bound Hard Cover $ 72.00 $ 57.60 .................................... Loose Leaf*.... 60.00 48.00

1920’s Surcharged Postal Cards (2009) [to easily determine city types] ................................Acetate Overlays.... 10.00 8.00 Printer’s Rules & Roulette Gage for MR Cards (2009) .......................................................................Acetate Overlays...... 4.00 3.20

Historical Catalog of U.S. Postal Card Essays and Proofs (2006), Bill Falberg and Dan Undersander (Includes free integral CD with all illustrations in color) .......................................................... Bound Hard Cover.... 66.00 53.00 Revised edition** (2010), plus image library, plus Slawson Postal Card Collection .............................. Flash Drive.... 30.00 24.00

**(only available in electronic format) ..........................................................................................DVD.... 25.00 20.00 U.S. Domestic Postal Card Regulations 1874 to 1885 (2010) Robert Stendel ............................ Perfect Bound Soft Cover.... 45.00 35.00 Contemporary Account of the 1st U.S. Postal Card (1973), Charles A. Fricke ........................... Perfect Bound Soft Cover.... 13.00 11.25 U. S. Multiple Advertising and Discount Postal Cards (2007), Bill Falberg.......................................... Bound Hard Cover.... 67.00 54.00 Transitive Relationship to Family Tree of Proofs (1973), Charles A. Fricke ..........................................................Booklet...... 3.50 2.50 Plating of the U.S. International Single Cards 1879, ‘97, ’98 (1974), Charles A. Fricke ............Saddle Stitch Soft Cover...... 8.00 6.50 Thomas Leavitt - His History & Postal Markings 1875-1892 (2000), Robert Payne............................. Bound Hard Cover.... 46.00 37.00 Handbook of the Postal Cards of the World's Columbian Exposition (2005), Ken Wukasch .............. Bound Hard Cover.... 57.00 46.00

(Note: The following USA envelope catalogs also include newspaper wrappers, letter cards, lettersheets and aerogrammes.) 19th Century U.S. Envelopes (2012), Dan Undersander NEW................................................ Bound Hard Cover.... 55.00 44.00 ...................................................................................................................................................... Loose Leaf*.... 45.00 36.00 20th & 21st Century U.S. Envelopes (2011), Dan Undersander ............................................................... Bound Hard Cover.... 69.00 55.20 (Note: A 1-page chart of USA envelope sizes is on the UPSS website as a free printable PDF file.) Loose Leaf*.... 59.00 47.20 U.S. Specimens: Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers (1991), John Weimer .................................................... Loose Leaf*.... 13.00 11.00 The Essays and Proofs of the Envelopes of the United States (2003), Dan Undersander (Includes free integral CD with all illustrations in color).................................................. Bound Hard Cover.... 50.00 40.00 Commemorative Stamped Envelopes 1876-1965, (1974) F. Ellis & W. Maisel ..........................Saddle Stitch Soft Cover...... 2.50 1.50 Actual Size Illustrations of Cutting Knife Handbook (2010).......................................................................... Spiral Bound.... 45.00 36.00 Precanceled Envelopes of the United States.3rd Edition (2003), D. W. Smith ..............................Saddle Stitch Soft Cover.... 22.00 20.00 The Postal Stationery of the Possessions & Administrative Areas of the USA (2009), George Krieger ....... Spiral Bound.... 65.00 52.00 CD ... 25.00 20.00 The Postal Stationery of the Canal Zone (2009), Irwin Gibbs & George Krieger .......................Saddle Stitch Soft Cover.... 26.00 21.00 Note: This contains the identical pages in the Canal Zone section of the above book. Published jointly with the Canal Zone Study Group.

Postal Cards of Spanish Colonial Cuba, Philippines and Puerto Rico (2010), Robert Littrell............. Bound Hard Cover.... 59.00 47.20 Propaganda Advertising Postal Cards of the USSR 1927-1934 (2002), G. Shalimoff & G. Shaw................ Spiral Bound.... 57.00 46.00 Postal Stationery of Peru (1999), Herbert H. Moll .......................................................................................... Spiral Bound.... 20.00 16.00 What is Postal Stationery? ........................................................................................................Soft Bound 40 page booklet...... 7.00 5.50

Cover Corner Mounts ........................................................................................Retail Member 1¼ inch, gummed paper backing........................................1 pack of 100 14.50 12.50 3 packs of 100 ......... 39.00 35.00 Archive Quality Plastic Sleeves 112A (4.062 x 6.875 inch) for FDC .................................... pack of 50......$18.60 $15.50 pack of 500 ....... 132.50 110.00 113A (5.25 x 7.875 inch) for foreign covers ..................... pack of 50........19.20 16.00 pack of 500 ....... 142.20 118.50 114A (4.625 x 10.375 inch) for UPSS envelope size 23 ....... pack of 50........21.60 18.00 pack of 500 ....... 160.20 133.50 115A (6.375 x 8.375 inch) for unfolded USA MR cards .... pack of 50........24.40 17.00 pack of 500 ....... 151.80 126.50 116A (4.75 x 6.375 inch) for foreign post cards................ pack of 50........18.00 15.00 pack of 500 ....... 124.20 103.50 125A (4.625 x 10.875 inch) for UPSS envelope size 25 ....... pack of 50........22.20 18.50 pack of 500 ....... 167.40 139.50

UPSS Member’s Permanent Name Badge .................................................................................................... .................... ........ 2.00 Postal Stationery magazine back issues.......................................................................................................................... each...... 8.00 4.00

SEND ORDERS TO Bob Wilderman, Manager .............................u p s s p u b s @ a o l . c o m Publications Office P.O. Box 3982, Chester, VA 23831 OR order directly from UPSS website: www.upss.org.

*Note: These loose leaf pages are 8½x11 inch size, punched for a standard 3-ring binder (not included) For orders shipped to USA addresses, the prices include free shipping & handling. Virginia residents add 5.0% sales tax For international orders add $14 to appropriate book price – contact Publication Manager for specific rates for two or more publications. Payment may be made by dollar check drawn on a USA bank, or via PayPal to: p o s t s t a t @ g m a i l . c o m . For quantity orders of 5 or more, contact Publications Manager for discount schedule.

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