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~ STJrIONBIl! III PUBLISHED BY

UNITED

POSTAL STATIONERY

SOCIETY

OFFICERS

President. , .. _. Dr Austin p, Haller, 4864 Southridge Av~ .. Los Angeles 43, Calit.

1st Vice pr~ldent . Dr. A, Philip Dinin, 50 Polo Road, Great Neck, L. I ., N. Y.

2nd Vice President Chariel' A. Fricke, 6127 Reach St., Philadelphia 11, Pa.

Secretary James H Booth. 2016 Avenue V. Ensley, Binningham 8, Ala.

Treasurer Viclnr A Ansorge. 141·39 73m Ave .. Flushinp: 67, N Y.

BOARD OF DIRECI'ORS

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SHRlll-Tbis issue was dela/ed,

due to conditions be/ond our control.

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NEW ISSUE CHRONICLE

AIRMAIL NEW ISSUES

UNITEO STATES (Aerogrammel 1961 (June 16). Increase in rate to

11e, effective July 1st. Stamp design jet plane and globe, dark red and 'blue air~ mail border. (7A-18) --. lle red and blue, blue .................................. .20 .10 First day cancellation ............ .50

BASUTOLAND (Aefogramme&) 1961. Change to decimal currency,

previous issue revalued in black. (7A·19) 6. 5c (black) on 6d green and brown,

white, blue overlay. . ............. 2.00 -_. Definitive issue. Same design -"Herd Boy with Lesiba" and Queen's head (7A-20). '

7. 5c green and brown, blue overlay . .25

BECHUANAI.AND PROTECTORATE (Aerogramme)

1961. Previous 6d aerogramme over-printed in hlack "5c" , change to deci-mal currency. (7A-21).

7. 5c (black) on 6d violet .50 .35 CHINA (REPUBI.IC) (ACI'ogramme) 1961. Increase in foreign rate, stamp

dc;, ;g-n as be-for

- -. 3d purple, light blue gray paper. a. 1st printing ..... --b_ 2nd printing .................... --

MALAYA (FEDERATION) (Aerop-ramr:nes)

-1961. A!i prevlOUS Issue except on buff unwatermarked paper with gray-blue outer overlay. (7A-25, 7A-26).

5. 25 CENTS red, green amI blue, l>ulf, blUe overlay ..................... 25

6. 30 CENTS violet and brown, bulf, blue ove-rlay . __ . ___ ._ ........ _. .35

MOZAMBIQUE (Aerogrammet) 1961. Stamp designs showing native

art objects, overlay on back showing produce of the country.

23. 1 $20 black and pink, blUe over-lay (7A-27) ............................... 20

24. 2 $50 black and buff, green over-Jay. (7A-28) ............................. 25

25. 3 $50 black and blue, brown over_ Jay. (7A-29) ............................. 40

NETHERLANDS (Aerogranune) 1961. Definitive issue, inscribed same

as previous issue. (7A-3DJ. 14. 30c blue, light blue .25

NIGERIA (Aerogranunes) 1961. Inland (3d) and overseas (6d)

issues with new designs for Indepen-dent Nigeria. 3rd sheet inscribed at bottom: FOR USE WITHIN NIGERIA ONLY.

1. 3d green, light greenish gray (Oyo carver).

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IiIOUTIlWEST AFRICA (A.~' 1961. New decimal CUtTellC'Y ami

stamp ~gn (ftamingo). On same type sheet as South AfrIca 5c Uon design. (7A-39). --, 5c purple, dark gray overlay.

.30 SWAZILAND (Aero(taD:UllfJ)

1961. Change to de'cimal currency, previous Issue revalued. in black. (7A· 40).

19. 5c (black) on 6d red and- black. .30

UNITED NATIONS (Aero(r'aIIlme)

1961 (JUne 26). Change in rate to lIc, e1!'ectlve July 1st. Stamp design: blue plane superimposed on white bird. Light blue inner and outer overJay, In-scriptions and aiTmAil bord~ gray-blue. Q'A-4ll. __ . l1e dark blue ............. 20 ,15

First day cancellation .......... .50

AIRMAIL NOTES GREAT BRITAIN. An aerogranune has appeared with Ceo. VI 6d octagonal

stamp on Ught blue ainnall paper with Gateway "M" watennark and Type "C' air-mail label. Presumabiy this is a pnnted-to-.private-order sheet.

SOUTH AFRICA. The 6d "lion" 'aerogranunes show two different cuts of the sheet. On the first type the diagonal of the 45 degree cut at upper right measures 23!'l1I1 (15/16") and the curves at right hand bottom and left hand top of the right Rap are continuous arcs to the edge. On the second type the diagonal is 3lmm (1%") and there are two curve'S to the edges of the right flap. The second sheet is somewhat I&nger and wider.

There are two distinct varieties of the 2"hc OVel'print on the third inland aero-gramme (rhino). On one the overprint measures 6mm high x 8mm long; on the other it is 4%nun high and 7%mm long. The small type is the much scarcer of the two. Walter Guthrie writes that on1y about 500 copies were located at various post offices in South Africa and none were available at the Philatelic Agency.

BASUTOLANB. '!be 6d aerogramrne revalued to 5c by black overprint is in the same category as the South Africa sheet. Walter Guthrie says that less than 500 sheets were so overprinted and that the sheet is now selling in London for arotmd flO.OO.

(As an editorial aside, we hope there are not aJl¥ II.naglings at the source of these overprinted issues of Africa-already some rumo~ to this effect are floating around. If they an legitimately in short supply then prices will hold and probably rise on these items, but it they are being unloaded a few at a time then the legiti~ mate dealers who are paying high wholesale prices tor them and consequently charg· lng accordingly to their customers will receive a lot of abuse when the items ' show up at much lower prices from other sources.)

CREDITS

All items not otherwise credited were received from Walter Guthrie of Tucson, Arizona. The British Forces air letters were received from LAVA of New York, the-Russian airmail envelopes from Bryant-Pollard Company of Proctorsville, Vt. South African revalued aerogrammes were first received from J. M. Weinstein of Pretoria, S. A., the new Netherlands aerograntme came> from J . H. Broekman of Bergen, Netheor-

Iltnds. Victor Anwrge sent the new U. N. aerogramrne.

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Air Post Stationery

All new Issues shown on this page are avai lable from our back-page advertiser By Arthur E. Lewandowski, better known liS "LAVA"

LAVA, P . O. Box 1. New York 40. N . Y.

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REGULAR NEW ISSUES

BELGIUM, Then! have ·been many new issues of Belgian postal stationery during the last few years. The Tates have changed rapidly and many provisional issues using up cards with outdated rates have appeared, with one or more meter impres-sions or additional imprinted stamps to make up the new rates. Many of these we have not seen and so, rather than to make a haphazard Iistln& of only the items we haVtl seen, we will print an up-to-date lis ting of all items that have appeared since those listed in the firs t edltion of the new German catalog appearing in 1955. This listing will appear in an early issue of POSTAL STATIONERY.

CONGO ('Leopoldvllle) (Postal Card) -- - . 5 (yen) green, gray and black. 1961. Belgian Congo 1.50 franc card

with black overprint CONGO (3* x 141.4..mml. (7-21).

- -. 1.50 franc. light blue, ivory. CUBA (Postal Card)

1959 (March 5) . Reduc tion in rate; previous 2c card overprinted in red in two lines: HABILITADA PARA I UN CENTAVO in foliated rectangular frame . (7-28). --. UN CENTAVO (red) on 2c

black ....................................... --FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA

(Postal Card) 19-. Stamp: Emile GenUI (s im. to

Scott A4) inscribed PRIX DE VENTE 1'25 (selling price 1.25 fr.l Two-line inscription and 11 lines for correspon-dence on back. (7-29).

GERMANY (BuntJearepubllk) (Postal Cards)

1961. 10 pf. Heuss n view cards (Lernt Deutschland Kennen!) with change of inscription. Last word of in-scription under lines for sender's ad-dress " Postfachnummer" instead of "Postschliessfachnummer". (not iJlu.'>-tratecil. --. 10 (pO green (views in brown

at left) .... _. . .................. . INDIA (Registration Envelope)

1960 (?). Increase In rate-registra-t ion 50 n.p .. postage US n.p. (7-30>. --. 50 NAYE 'PAISE (reg.), 15

NAYE PAISE (postage). IRELAND (EIRE) (Letter Card)

1960. As previous issue but Cel tic inscriptions now in roman type. (7-31) . --. 3p. blue, Jight Ivory --NOTE : The current 2p green postal

card with Gaelic printing now appears on white card-instead or light ivory.

(Newswrapper) 1961. Increase in rate. (SeE'" 7-311. - . 2p green. buft ........ -

JAPAN (Postal Cards) 1961. Summer Greeting C8rd.~. S~amp

design cic.ada (locust) and leaves. Two different sketches on back. (7-32) .

Picture on back a. cormorant b. bellllower

1961. (Sept. 1). Old People's Day issue. Stamp design of folding fan with pIne trees, symbol of good lUck. (7-33) .

5{yen) g rayish brown and green

NIGERIA (Envelope) 1961. Stamp design "Oyu Carver" on

whIte paper with gray Inner overlay or diagonally crossed wavy lines. (7-34) .

1. 3d green ................ .15 .15 (Registration Envelope)

1961. Stamp Seal of the new country. inscriptions light blue. McCORQUO-DALE & CO. under flap. (7-35). Size G2.

1. NINE PENCE blue, Ugbt Ivory, .35

PAKISTAN (Envelopes) 19---. New stamp design. (7-36). --. 1 1k as dark green, buff

.15 .10 1960 (!1. Increase In rate, stamp de-

s ign as before. . --. 2 As purple, butt.

1961. Change to new currency- prev-ious issue revalued in black. --. 13 I PAISA ('black ) on 2 As

purple .. _ . ............ ........ . a. Error: "13 / PASlA" (7-37)

7.50 (Pos tal.cards)

1961. Stamp design banana trees, in-scriptions in 4 (!) d ifferent languages. (7-381.

--- '. 5 PAISA green, dark I!: ray. .10

(reply . c;r~ ~ .. :..~.~~.~ ... ~=~.' ~:;k gr.ib RUSSIA (Envelopes)

1961. New s tabilized rouble currency. Previous issue revalued by 3-line rubber han:J-stamped note a t left o r stamp. (7-391.

9' KOP on 40 kopek -blue, blue .. _._ ._ .... ..... .... ......... ......... ___ 1.00 New ~;tamp design Incorporating 1961 . (7-401.

Oght

date-

I cO .... ".UO:D ON NEXT "" "' C I

- _ , 4 KOP red, light blue .35 .35 SAUDI ARABIA (1) (Envelope)

1913 (1) Stamp designed as (7-41). Printed iit blue with gray.black circular hand stamps, preswnably a control marking. Blue inner overlay inscribed ELEGANT in reversed letters.

1. lP blue ............................. 1.75 NOTE: Just what country issued this

envelope I am not sure-it was repre-sented .to me as of SaUdi Arabia. Can any reader advise differently? .EAF.

SOUTH WEST AFRICA (RegistratiOn Envelope)

1961. Same stamp design as prevIous issue but in decimal currency. Bilingual

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text, THOMAS DE 'LA RUE & CO., LTD. under flap. (7-42). --. 5c blue, ivory G ......... 35

(Postal Cards) 1961. View cards in decimal currency.

Stamp: Herers War Memorial. 20 dif· ferent views in green at left, heading and -bilingual inscriptions in green (7· 43).

-_. 1 !he brown and green .10 .10 SWITZERLAND (Postal Card)

1961. Shorter line under heading, no vertical address line, larger view 'at left (55 x 52nun), size of card 149 x l05mm. (7-44).

- to(e) dark green, buft

REGULAR ISSUE NOTES

SWITZERLAND. Felix Ganz of Olicago, who sent the new . card advises that there are 64 different cards in a set, although there are only 56 views, since 8 views appear twice in the set. Mr. Ganz writes that no reply cards of this type have yet appeared nor any booklets of cards with Jeft side or top and bottom perforated. None are planned as yet.

CREDITS, The Ireland items were received from A. F:. Roots of England, the Japan cards came from Y. Sugiyama of Tokyo; Pakistan envelopes were from Bryant and Pollard as were the Russian and Saudi Arabia envelopes. Nigeria, Pakistan and S.W.A. items came from Walter Guthrie; the Cuban and French Equatorial Africa cards were found in approvals.

SCHWEIZERISCHER GANZSACHEN SAMMLER

VEREIN This Swiss group, publishing in Ger·

man only, is similar to our organization and to the Berliner Ganzsachen Samm· ler Verein and to the French-Belgian ACEP. Overseas dues are Fr. 13.50. In-formation can be dbtained from the so-ciety president, Hobert Hurlimann, Re-benweg 36, Pieterlen b. BieL Switzer-land.

B&YANT- POLLARD CO

PROCTORSVILLE.

VB KMONT

MEMBERSHIP TOTAL HITS NEW HIGH

As of October 1st the total member. ship of the United Postal Stationery Society had reached 'a figure of 476. In September letters were sent to non· member subscribers of this magazine, advising them that the magazine would be distributed only to members. and tllat unexpired portions on any subscrip-tions was cancelled. The bulk of the new members are fanner non·member subscribers.

WANTED - WANTED WANTED I

PRECANCELLED POSTAL CARDS from any Southern State and the Mid· Western States. Please send list of dup-licateS Y

...... SECRETARY'S REPORT

ON NEW MEMBERS ADDRESS CHANGES

AND DEATHS by: James H. Booth, 2016 Avenue V • Ensley, Binnlngham S. Alabama

~ ROJ;lINSON, ROBERT (C-45), Box 13, Thomaston, Conn. Collects U, S. entires-

and cut squares, mint and used. GOERTH, LEO F. '(237), 3207 Debbie Drive, Orlando, ,Fla. Specializes in

French Colonies for over 20 years. Also air letter sheets up to 1950. PAVLINA. STEVE (422), 208 Allegheny Ave., Cheswick, Penna. S~ializes in

U. S. postal cards and all Philippine Islands postal stationery. LYONS, WHLIAM H. (848), 211 Center Drive, Honolulu 18, Hawaii. Collects

all foreign postal stationery, both mint :and used; cut squares used; essays, proofs, specimens, 'Penalty o'prints, cancellation, precancels, surcharges and officials. Also collects postal cards with stamps added used; cancellations. Specializes in Costa Rica only.

AXTElLL, DONALD C. (849), 315 So. Second Street, Leesburg, Fla. Collects all U. S. air mail mint and used; cut squares mint 'and used; specimens 'and officials. U. S. letter sheets, both regular and air mail mint and used; U. S. postal cards and newspaper wrappers, mint and used; cut squares of wrappers mint and used. Also collects· all foreign air mail postal stationery. Likes air mail postal stationery.

NELSON, LARRY (850-J), P. O. Box 175, Ruthven, Iowa. Age 15. Collects all U. S. postal stationery; mint entires only. Also all foreign postal stationery in mint entires only.

KREGLER, WILLIAM A. (851), 1234 Morris Avenue, New York 56, N. Y. Collects all U.S. regular ·and air mail entires mint; U.S. regular and air letter sheets and postal cards mint only. Also ,all foreign postal stationery of the following coun-tries: British Colonies of King George VI and Queens Elizabeth n, United Nations, Canal Zone, Ryukyu Islands and Japan. All air mail postal stationery of the above countries in mint only. .

, KLEIN, THOMAS G. (852),40-37 77th Street, Elmhurst, N. Y. Collects all U. S. postal stationery, ,mint and used ep.tires; rpint and used cut squares, .surcharges and ·officials. ,All U.N. postal stationery, min~ and used entires, essays, proofs, specimens, cancellations, precancels, surcharges and officials. Collects all Hawaii, mint and used entires, essays, proofs, speciID.ens, cancellations, precancels, surcharges and officials. Also collects all Austria, mint and used entires, essays, proofs, specimens, cancellations, surcharges 'and officials. Specializes in U. N., Hawaii and Austria only.

ARTHUR, THERON E. (853), 211 No. SecoDQ Avenuel Logan, Iowa. Collects all U. S. regular and air mail entires, mint and used. Also U. S. regular and air mail letter sheets, mint only; U. S. postal cards, mint and used. Specializes in U. S. stamps, Canada, Europa, France and British Empire.

GREEN, H. C. (854),30 Sherman Terrace, Madison 4, Wisconsin. Collects U.S. 19th .century, postal stationery, ,mint and used. entires; .mint and used cut squares; essays, proofs, specimens, caricellations, officials. Also Western ' ·Express, U. S., and Mexican postal stationery; also advertising collars. Also 6c Reay and Plimpton enve-lope-sot the 19th century entires. Specializes in. 19th century entires. die types. West-ern Express, U, S., and Mexican postal stationery.

CROWELL, EDWARD E. (855), 3604 Shenandoa Street, Dallas 5, Texas. Col-leCt~ U. S. entires, mint and used; all foreign postal stationery. mint and used entires. Also all miIltary cards and letter sheets of all countries. Specializes in U. S., U. S. Possessions, Germany, British Empire, and the Far East (Japan, Korea). , MINSKER, JOHN H. (856), 104 Maple Road, East Aurora, N. Y. Collects U. S. regular and air mall entires in mint only, and U. S. air letter sheets in mint only. Also air letter sheets of Japan, mint and used, with all Japanese stationery.

RAUBENHE~R, LUDWIG P. (857), 95 Cranford Avenue, Cranford, N. J. Collects U. S. air mail entires and air letter sheets, mint and used entires. Also foreign air mail envelopes and postal cards, and air letter sheets in mint and used.

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KEt1SCH, R. B. (Buck) (858), P. O. Box 39021, Cincinnati 39, Ohio. Collects all U. S. postal stationery. mint regular air air mail entires; also all foreign air letten In mint only. '

I..EECH, HUGH B. (859), 630 26th Avenue, San 'Francisco 21, ca1if._ Collects all China only. All regular envelopes mint and used and specimens, cancellations and officials of same; aJso registration envelopes mint and used; letter cards and sheet mint and used, also specime~. Also wrappers mint and used entires. Postal cards. mint and used entires, also specimens and surcharges of the same. .

THE GARFIEL'D-PERRY STAMP CLUB, INC. (860), Manger Hotel, Cleve-tand I, Ohio.

FINSTER, DR. EHRHARD (861), Rudolf Vogt Strasse 9, Wiesbaden, Germany. Collects U. S. and Possessions, mint and used.

MALLE'IT. FRANK McLEAN (862,>, 314 Oakland Park Ave., Columbus 14, Ohio. Collects U. S. regular entires mint; cut squares used; penalty o'pnnts, sur-charges and officials. Also collects all CaMdi'an entires mint. Specializes in identifi-cation of working dies of all U. S., regular and air mail entires.

BEYER, FRITZ A. (863), Krahenberg 14, Hamburg-Blankenese, Gennany. Collects U. S . Postal Stationery, Foreign Postal Stationery. Specializes in Gennany, Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, China, Japan, Netherlands, Indies, Iran, and other Asian countries, including Israel.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS Rafael Gijon, 497 VaUadolid Street, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Daniel B. Sibbet, 6510 Ocean View Avenue, Calsbad, calif. John H. Beerman, 800 Hinman Street, Evanston, m. H. D. Bregman, USASSCA, APO 44, New York, N. Y. Mort D. Turner, 1101 Sunset Drive, Lawrence, Kansas. Kurt L. Rutter, 3061 Edwin Avenue, Fort Lee, N. Y. Ralph Van Heerden, 1538 Filbert Street, San Francisco, calif. A. E. Lewandowski, LAVA, P. O. Box 1, New York 40, N. Y. Howard B. Rea. 361 Avenida Madiera, Sarasota, Fla.

OBITUARY WALTER BECKHAUS Walter Beckhaus, 70, died July 9,

1961. Dr. Beckhaus by his contributions to the art and the literature of postal sta. tionery collecting, has been a corner-~tonc of our philatelic specialty.

The 1924-1926 Ascher catalog, the 1938 Beckhaus-Aschcr catalog, and the current B~khaus production of the Berliner Ganzsachen Sammler Verein, are enormouS achievements that need no formal description.

Many of us have in our al'bums" items addressed to Dr. Beckhaus that he had sent to himself from odd comers of the world. In this aspect, Dr. Beckhaus has bt.~n a sorely needed modern Kinderlein. Without such people, we .would find that many items that are hard to come by would be rare.

Advice and long letters could be ob-tained from Dr. Beckhaus freely. as your editor can testify. His scholarly and infinite knowledge will be missed.

DECEASED

C. HOWARD NASH, Cf.9

H. S. DICKINSON, 682

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RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The U. S. Post Office Department has had tor sale tor a lona: time an International Postal Card for surface transportation, and

WHEREAS, The U. S. Post Office Department has had for sale, since January 10, 1949, an Ainnail Postal Card mailable in the U. S., Its possessions, terri-tories, APO oftl~. Canada and Mexico, and

WHEREAS. The U. S. Post Office Department has had for a long time an Air Mail Letter Sheet which may be mailed to all countries for ten cents. and

WHEREAS, The sale of 25,000,000 Air Letter Sheets annually, Indicates the extent of international requirements, and .

WHEREAS, There is no U. S. International Ainnail Postal Card which does not require additional postage to be atruced, and .

WHEREAS, Expanded business activities and increased tourism on the international level continues to show ever-increasing gains, with the concommitant need for brief, swift and eoonontic exchanges of messages, and

WHEREAS, The U. S. Post Office Department must be interested in functioning more economically and efficiently in providing international correspondence facilities which would be lighter in weight than any other comparable method, and -

WHEREAS, The printing and distribution of an International Ainnail Postal Card has the enthusiastic endorsement of no less a body (90 countries) than the Universal Postal Union, and

WHEREAS, On the occasion of a world tour by the sponsor of this measure, Milt Forrest, public relations counsellor of Hollywood, California, 56 letters of endorsement were obtained from Postmasters General, Airline Executives, Chambers of Conunerce, Travel Agents, etc., of many countries, and

WHEREAS, Widespread surveys assure an immediate market for an International Ainnail Postal Card, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED

That this body goes on record as 'approving and co-sponsoring (with per-mission to list our name with other co-sponsoring groups) the proposed U. S. International Airmail Postal Carel. That the U. S. Post Office De-partment cause to be printed such a card within the purvue of the follow-ing recommendations:

1. That the size be between 3" x 5" and 314" x 5%". 2. That it be made ot white card stock of minimwn weight without

sacrificing the requirements of minimum rigidity. 3. That both surfaces be suitable for ink, pencil and typewriting. 4. That the imprinted postage stamp be of distinctive, beautiful and

historical design. 5. That the face of the card be printed in two colors, With a border of

alternating blUe and red parallelograms, and a dividing vertical center line as now appears on the new U. S. Airmail Postal Card.

6. That the price of the U. S. International Airmail Postal Card be 11 cents.

7. That the U. S. Post Office Department reconunend at the next meet-ing ot the Universal Postal Union in India in '1962 the adoption of a similar measure by thc Postal Arlministrations of all member coun-tries of the Union.

This resolution was prepared by Milt Forrest, A.B., B.S.C., Public Relations ())unsellor, 1113 North La Brea Avenue, Hollywood 38, California.

PRE DATED

POSTAL CARDS by George C. Slawson

Every once In a while some postoffice releases a commemorative adhesive stamp a few days early, and immediately there is a furor of sorts in the philatelic press. This furor always boils down to a conclusion that can be summed up as an "Done without authority; no philatelic value", which seems to be about as effective a means of disposing of the question as' can be obtained. But what most collectors never seem to realize is that there were no such thing as "first day covers" until comparatively recently, and that first day covers as such did not receive a start until the first day airmail covers, on tbe first official ainnaiJ fiight in May 1918. Until that time, most postofJices placed stamps in service when they received them, or when they had ex-hausted supplies of the previous issue. Hence, wbat might be a first day usage in one town would vary considerably (aii much as a couple of months) from first day usage in another town. Probably the worst offender in the adhesive field was the 3c of 1861. which had first days in varic-us offices ranging from August 1861 until late in Decem-ber of that year-and in this case there was pressure to put the stamps in service immediately upon receipt, since the old issue (1957) was still in large supply in southern postoffices, and many were "liberated" to the north at tractions of face value. On postal cards, however, first day of issue meant mighty little prior to the last ten years (at which time UX38 was issued) . However, pre-issue dates are known even in this limited field . Just recently the writer saw a copy of UX22 dated in August 1909 . . which is an impossibili ty since the card was not even designed until after UX21 (with shaded background) was found to be unsatisfactory, and it was decided to make dies omitting the shading from the background. This decision took place on April 2nd, 1910, with the first such cards being issued on April 30th. And just to make the situation even more complicated, the master die for UX21 (the card with the shaded backgroundl was not received by the Government Printing Qffice until February 18th, 1910, and even though electrotytle die~ were immediately made {these take only a few minutes to produce I it was impossible to iiiiiue even UX21 prior to February 18th (and the writer ha.

_ .. THE BI-coLORED BORDER AIRMAIL CARD ...

It is not the fUrpose 01 this column to delve too deeply Into the ftelds of essays, proofs, intrlclties 0 production, and other advanced phases 01 postal card collection. But It might be worth whi'le to note In passing that only recently has the author been able to ascertain the "why" behind the little known fact there is a distinct difference in the stamps appearing on the 5c airmail card without border (UXC2) and the same card with the bl-colored borde!' (UXC3). Without going .Into technical details, it Is a little publicized tact (in tact, it never seems to have previously appeared In print) that the stamp itself on UXC3 is noticeably smaller, with all the features of UXC2 reduced in size. There are' nwnerous other dl1ferences, of coutse, such 3l> the shading in the clouds, etc., but the outstanding difference is in the size of the stamp Itself. And It might also be worthy of note that UXC3 is the only postal card ever issued by the United States that does not use 'the words Postal Card, and which gives no restrictions whatsoever as to which portion is for the address only, and which portion or the ~tamped side may be used tor correspondence.

UPSS GIVES AWARDS AT CHICAGO

The Diamond Jubilee of the Chicago Philatelic Society and the American Philatelic Society brought some fine ex-hibits of postal stationery to Chicago in August. Dr. Charles L. Wunsch, who won a UPSS award and a gold medal, presented a beautiful exhibit of Ne~bitt and Reay entires. The plating and examples of use of the Nineteenth Om-LUI), U.S. international postal cards won a UPSS special projects award and a silver meclaJ for Frank B. Stratton and Charles A . Fricke. Herbert F. Brand-ner's exhibit of Sardinia's 1819 and 1820 letter sheets, later uses, and reissues won a gold medal and a UPSS certifi-cale: Recut and original dies of the 1903-4 two cent U . S. envelopes shown by John C. Badenoch, was awarded a bi·onze medal and a UPSS certificate. Fine examples of postal stationery were also shown in several other award win-lIin(! exhibits.

Mid-West Chapter Meeting held by Frank Stratton and had attendance of about 40 or more members and pros-pects and the meeting, decided to form a Mid-West Chapter of UPSS, and a committee appointed to draft plans for Mid-West Chapter with Jos. Eisendrath, Chairman, Dr. Chas. Wunsch and Brad Horton. The Chapter will be formed and in act jon within three months. Further information can be had by writing to Cha irman Jos. Eisendrath.

T\..,.o weeks after the APS-CPS con-vention, the Society of -Philatelic Ameri-eans 'held their convention in Topeka, Kansas. M. L. Ricketts won 1'1 si lvcr merinl in the Foreign Section of th i~: show with his exhibit of Nepal post3J carris. It is encouraging to sec pos1al ~tationcry winning awards in these na-I~(}nf\l ~hows .

FRICKE PRESENTS PAPER Member Charles A .Fricke presented

a paper "The First Postal Card of the United States-Three Related and Origi-nal Studies", at the American Phila· telic Congress, Hotel Adelphia, Phila-delphia, Pa., on November 3rd to 5th, Information on the American Philatelic Congress or on the Congress Book which will contain the study, may be obtained from its secretary, Robert B. Brande· berry, 58 West Salisbury Drive, Wilming-ton 3, Delaware.

TWO U.N. ISSUES ARE NOW OFF SALE

Two postal stationery items of the United Nations are now reported as no longer on sale ,and are now COliectOl's' items. The 4c air mail post carn, and the 4c plus 1c revalued air mail post card have been exhausted and are no longer available.

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WINDY CITY POST CARD CLUB

Raymond W. Milling DAC, Pacific Stars and Stripes, APO 94, San Fran-cisco, invites members of the UPSS to join the Windy City Post Card Club which concentrates on U.S. and foreign cards. The annu(l"l membership dues are $2.00 and further information to-;.:ether with application form, can be obtained from UPSS member Milling.

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postallitationery only, Canal Zone, CUba.. Danish West Indies, Hawaii, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Ryukyu. Trade, buy, sell. List 25c refunded. Largest selection known. E. D. SKEEN, Walkerton, Ind. ,««"«.;.".)""-:.".:,.(O++,,.;.+-:--:--:-«++,,,..,*~

"FOR SALE" _ Scarce 1958 Re-Valued Envelopes 3796-E-7-51W-Wh-46. 30c or 4 for $1.00. Or will trade with 70 vari-eties 1958 He-Valued Envelopes for Pre-cancel Postal Cards or State and Local Tax Stamps. Charles H. Hermann, 10124 Somoa Ave., Tujunga. Calif. C.D.F.

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QUARTERS WHICH CAN BE REACHED BY WRITING TO

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PRECANCELLED POSTAL CARD by Frank J. Penar

For the first time In the history of our ·P.D.D., the government has precancelled postal cards. According to reports in the philatelic press, this is merely a 9O-day test period which began on September 15 ot this year. Phi'ladelphia, Pa., was selected as the site for this experiment. 15 million single cards and 10 million cards In sheet fonn were supplied to the main postoffice in Philadelphia to be sold to business firms making large maUings, thus eliminating the extra handling of sending these large mailings through the cancelling machines.

( THI$$ICEOFCARD IS FORADCRESS)

, U the experiment proves successful, no doubt this procedure will be extended

to ather large cities, and perhaps eventually, to any postoffice requesting these cards. Reports indicate that individuals may purchase these cards as "regular" postals, and these would, of course, be run through the cancelling machine upon mailing by the individual. Only when used by firms in large mailings would they be processed with-out being cancelled.

The WTiter seriously doubts that this experiment, successful or otherwise, will affect the mailers' postmark pennits In any w~y, at least not for many years to come. But, of course, anything can happen, and we can only wait and see what the final outcome will be. In any event, this experiment by the P ,Q.D. has stilTed up renewed interest in precancelled 'postal cards; thus giving the hobby a much-needed boost. Anyone wishing to purchase any of these cards may write to: Postal Service Division, Room 220, Main Post OIDce, Philadelphia 4, Penna. Good luck and good hunting.

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