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Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 97

Volume 43, Number 1 Whole Number 316

January – February 2001 IN THIS ISSUE

Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 2 USA Postcard: Full Face McKinley 51 Italy - THE SUMMER SURPRISE – THE PRIORITY POSTAL CARD [Reprinted from L’Intero Postale, No.71, September 1999 By Carlo Sopracordevole] Translated by Salvatore J. Rizza 3 General Society Suggestions 52 U.S Envelopes - THE 1½¢ CIRCULAR DIE REVALUED 6¢, by Dan Undersander 7 Falkland Islands and South Georgia - UNCOMMON AEROGRAMME, by Dr. Felix Martinez Dacosta 10 U.S. Postal Card - A SHORTPAID 1¢ POSTAL CARD TO ENGLAND, by Charles A. Fricke 11 UPSS Membership 12 Leeward Islands – ENVELOPES KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, by Wayne Menuz 13 A PROOF OF DIE 3 OF THE FIRST NESBITT ISSUE? by

Dan Undersander and Gary Starkey 55 Volume 43, Number 2

Whole Number 317 March - April 2001

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 18

ITALY’S "FIECCHI-RODE MARRIAGE" POSTAL CARD By Carlo Sopracordevole 65

President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 18 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM NORFOLK ISLAND'S FIRST POSTAL CARDS

AND NEW AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND STATIONERY, by Ian McMahon 19 SWEDEN POSTAL SCHOOL STATIONERY by Paul A.

Nelson 67 FIRST POSTAL STATIONERY EXHIBIT TO WIN FIP’S HIGHEST AWARD 22

U.S.A. POSTAL CARD: S4A AND S4C REVISTED, by Bill Hart 23

U.S. POSTAL STATIONERY MISUSE by Charles A. Fricke 72

UPSS US POSTAL CARD CATALOG UPDATES FOR YEAR 2000, By Terry R. Young 25

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Dominican Republic Tourist Postal Cards 26 USA Envelopes: 4c Dies 79 & 80 26 USA Postal Cards: MR5 - Second Dented Message

Vignette Card Found 26 Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 74 USA Envelopes: Size 23 26 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 74 USA Envelopes: The 2c Postal Treaty Letter Rate to

England. 27 NETHERLANDS INDIES – THE LUX SOAP CARDS, by

Stuart Leven & Wayne Menuz 76 Nicaragua: A 6c Reply Postal Card 27 THE 1933 VIEWCARDS OF BRAZIL, by Wayne Menuz 79 USA ENVELOPES: COUNTERFEITS OF STAR

DIES II, By Dan Undersander 29 THE U.S.A 1907-1919 OVAL DIE STAMPED ENVELOPES,

by Ross A. Towle 80 HONDURAS POST CARD: INVERTED CENTER, By Wayne Menuz 31 U.S. Postal Card Revalues 82

Volume 43, Number 3

Whole Number 318 May - June 2001

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 34 U.S. Envelope UC8a Forgery 84 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 34 U.S.A. Cinderella Postal Card 85 Marcus White Showcase CHICAGOPEX 01 34 U.S.A. 33c Official Envelopes 85 UPSS and International Future Exhibitions 35 Australia’s Printed to Private Order Envelopes, by

Wayne Menuz and Stephen Schumann 36 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM USA Postcard: UX14 foreign rate 50 USA Envelope: UC8A Forgery? 50 USA Postcard: UX27 Clipper rate 50

USA Postcard: Leavitt Cancel 51 USA Postcard: UX18 unravels Civil War Mystery? 51 USA Postcards: Faster Numbering suggestion 52

USA Envelopes: Earliest uses. 52


July - August 2001 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 53 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 53

THE AEROGRAMMES OF BECHUANALAND by Peter Thy 55 U.S. U.P.U. PIONEER POSTAL CARDS by Alex Gundel 60 AUSTRALIA’S PTPO ENVELOPES 62 LEEWARD ISLANDS ENVELOPES 64

US Postal Card, MR30 66 Illustration Quality 67

WHAT’S LISTABLE? by Joe Pryluck 68

Volume 43, Number 5

Whole Number 320 September - October 2001

IN THIS ISSUE:

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM

Stolen Hawaii Postal Card 83 The Missing 20th Century Envelopes 83 The Nineteenth Century Postal Stationery Catalogue – United

States of America 83 U.S.A. Postcard, Full Face McKinley 84 Postal Card Patent 84

U.S.A. S37e Last Day of Use 86 Russian Card – More Questions Than Answers 86

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U.S.A. “SMART” ENVELOPE, by Wayne Menuz 88 Tear Sheets Available 10 SHANGHAI VOLUNTEER CORPS POSTAL CARD,

by Wayne Menuz 90 U.S. – THE PORTOLA, CALIFORNIA REVALUED POSTAL CARD OF 1968, by Rocco Caponi 11 LITERATURE REVIEWS

Catalogo Especializado de los Enteros Postales de Espana, Colonias Espanolas, y Dependencias Postales 92

GREAT BRITAIN TELEGRAPH FORM – ANOTHER DISCOVERED AFTER 31 YEARS, by Steve Schumann 14

The Collectors’ Guide to Postal Stationery 93 UPSS Sales Circuits News 15 Webb’s Postal Stationery Catalogue of Canada and Newfoundland 94

THE TWO TYPES OF THE KING HUMBERT MESSAGE-REPLY POSTAL CARDS, by Salvatore J. Rizza 16

Volume 43, Number 6

Whole Number 321 November - December 2001

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 98

Stationery Catalog of Yugoslavia Area: Volume I/I Serbia 1873-1921 20

THE SAALBURG POSTAL STATIONERY OF GERMANY, by James Bowman 99

SWEDEN ENVELOPES FOR THE BLIND, by Paul Nelson 101 Obituary – Robert Samuel 102 US POSTAL CARDS WITH AUXILIARY

MARKINGS RELATING TO MAIL RECEPTACLES, by H.J. Berthelot 102 Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 25

US ANTHRAX ENVELOPES, by Ross A. Towle 104 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 25 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE S14 & S17 1902 LOUIS

SMITH COUNTERFEITS, by William Falberg 104 LIBERIA AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, by Wayne Menuz 27 NICARAGUA – UNUSUAL ENVELOPE USAGE TO

GAMBIA, by Neal West 109 THE NESBITT SEAL ON THE FIRST ISSUE OF U.S.

ENVELOPES, by Dan Undersander 30 US Postal Card Number Assignments,

by Terry R. Young 110 WHERE HAVE ALL THESE THORP NUMBERS GONE?

(I), by Allen Mintz 33 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM PTPO Austria Post Card Revisited 111 Envelope Catalog 35 Plating S4, S6 & S8 US Cards 111

112 112

A COLOMBIA POSTAL CARD MAJOR ERROR AND A POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTION REDISCOVERED, by Deborah Friedman 37

US Postal Card Revalues US Envelopes & Wrappers – Various US Envelopes – Earliest Known Uses 113

113 COMMENTS ON THE UPSS 19TH CENTURY CATALOG,

by E. Norman Lurch 41 US Airmail Rate During WWII RECENT AUSTRALIAN, NORFOLK ISLAND, AND

NEW ZEALAND STATIONERY by Ian McMahon 114 “UNCLAIMED” COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION POSTAL

CARD – WHY?, by Charles LITERATURE REVIEWS Victoria Postal Stationery 1869-1917 117 A. Fricke 44 FLOYD SALE OF US STATIONERY, by Wayne Menuz 119 S. AFRICAN ACTIVE SERVICE LETTER CARDS USED IN

BECHUANALAND, by Peter Thy 46 Volume 44, Number 1

Whole Number 321 January - February 2002

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 1 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 2 UPSS Conventions & Meetings 3 USA ENVELOPES: REPRINTS OF THE NESBIT

ISSUES, by Dan Undersander & Gary Starkey 4 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 51 NEW DANISH POST CARDS, by Paul Nelson 6 U.S. ENVELOPE DIE 12 FORGERY REVISTED, by Bill Lehr 53 First UPSS Lewandowski Award 9 GUATAMALA’S 10 CENTAVOS ENVELOPES FOR 1897

EXPO, by Wayne Menuz 54 2001 Marcus White Showcase Winners 9 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Palestine – How to Differentiate the Printings 9

U.S. 19th Century Envelope Catalog 10

LITERATURE REVIEWS, by Wayne Menuz Special Post 17 Postal Stationery Associated with Railways, Rumania 1928-

2000 18 Catalog of Belgium Postal Stationery with Advertising 19

FLOYD SALE OF U.S. STATIONERY 21

Volume 44, Number 2 Whole Number 323 March - April 2002

IN THIS ISSUE:

Revision of the 20th Century Stamped

U.S. POSTCARDS – PLATE TYPE MEASUREMENT TOPICS, by Bill Falberg 42

MORE NEW DANISH STATIONERY, by Paul A. Nelson 45

FAKE AND BOGUS STATIONERY ON EBAY, by Wayne Menuz 47

Volume 44, Number 3

Whole Number 324 May - June 2002 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 50

UPSS Membership, Obituaries 57

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Postal Stationery #387 November-December 2012 Page 199

FOLLOW UP ON THE LOUIS SMITH COUNTERFEITS OF US POSTAL CARDS, by Bill Falberg 58

BRITISH EAST AFRICA POSTAL STATIONERY; 1890-1902, George T. Krieger 108

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM U.S. Postal Card Measurements: Errata & Praise 62 The Postal Stationery of Natal 118 New York City Chapter? 62

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A Priced Catalogue of Postal Stationery of the Australian Colonies/States, Part One, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (further information) 119

Floyd Sale Report Errata Liberia: Airmail Envelope Error A New US Multiple Ad/Discount Card? 63

63 MICHEL, Bildpostkarten- und Motivganzsachen- Katalog Deutschland 2002 119 Another U.S.A. Anthrax Envelope

South West Africa Aerogramme 63 USA Precancelled Postal Cards 63 Hong Kong OHMS Card 64 PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION 2002 and UPSS CONVENTION 65 AUSTRALIAN DESERT FLOWERS AND OTHER NEW PSE’S AND NORFOLK ISLAND POSTAL CARDS, by Ian McMahon 65 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 122 NEW ZEALAND LOCAL ENVELOPES, by Ian McMahon 67

69 Newly Recognized Single Card Copies of M23 & R23 with 1952

Tickometer Surcharges, by Charles A. Fricke 126 UPSS MAIL BID AUCTION

Volume 44, Number 4 Whole Number 326 July - Aug 2002 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 74 The Smith Counterfeit S17 USA Cards, by Robert

Stendel 137 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 74 Errata for the Catalog of the 19th Century Stamped Envelopes,

Wrappers, Cut Squares and Full Corners of the United States 140 SOURCE OF 1870 USA ENVELOPE ESSAY, by Dan Undersander 76 AUCTION 02-2 141

Col. Carl Stieg Receives Research Award 77 AUCTION 02-1, PRICES REALIZED 148 SCANDINAVIAN STATIONERY, by

Paul A. Nelson 79 AUSTRALIA CENTENARY OF FEDERATION

PROJECT 90 LITERATURE REVIEWS, by Wayne Menuz

A Priced Catalogue of Postal Stationery of the Australian Colonies/States, Part One, WESTERN AUSTRALIA 90

91 USA Post Card - Interesting Similarity and a Short Changed

Variety, by Theodore H. Weiss 3 Ganzsachen Schweiz (Swiss Stationery) Postal Stationery of Ireland 92 Irish Telegram Forms and Pre-Decimal Registered Envelope

Survey Results, by Otto Jung, Barney Clancy & Wayne Menuz 5 THE FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN PHILATELIC LIBRARY DONATION 93

MAIL BID AUCTION 94


September - October 2002 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 98 98

Previously Unreported 1874 Plimpton Specimen Envelopes, by Dan Undersander 21 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III

MORE ABOUT U.S.A. ENVELOPE KNIVES, THE 1899 ISSUE DISCOVERIES, Howard Ness 99 Bolivia B15 with Earlier EKU, by Norman Lurch 24

FAKE GERMAN STATIONERY, Wayne Menuz 101 Literature Reviews, by Wayne Menuz TO CONSOLIDATE OR NOT TO CONSOLIDATE,

THAT IS THE QUESTION, Stanley Abel and Allen Mintz 105 L’Entier Aerogramme et ses Precurseurs dans le Monde en

France 26 THE PUZZLING SIDE OF CATALOG PRICING AND AUCTION PRICES, William Falberg 105 Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition 27

NESBITT TRIAL PRINTING METHOD? Wayne Menuz 106

LITERATURE REVIEWS, by Wayne Menuz

Volume 44, Number 6 Whole Number 327A

November - December 2002 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 122

Philakorea 2002, by Lewis E. Busse 123

The Puzzling Side of Catalog Pricing, by Bill Falberg 127 The Definitive Postal Stationery of the Italian Social Republic, by

Carlo Sopracordevole 128 The Handling/Mishandling of Two U.S. International Air Mail

Cards, by H.J. Berthelot 136

Volume 45, Number 1

Whole Number 328 January – February 2003

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 2 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 2

Obituaries: Jeanette Knoll Adams 9 John H. (Jack) Beachboard 9

2002 UPSS U.S. Postal Card Number Assignments, by Terry R. Young 10

Victoria Promotional Advertising Envelope Scheme, Wayne Menuz 11

Individuals Making Contributions to the UPSS during Calendar Year 2002 20

SHOEBOX & POSTAL STATIONERY FORUM 22

Overprints on British Stamps for Use Abroad 24 MICHEL, Ganzsachen- Katalog Deutschland 2002 25

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March - April 2003 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 30 Wukasch 98 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 30 US Administration of Cuba Envelopes USA -Registered Postal Card, by Robert Schlesinger 31 E. Norman Lurch 99 USA Envelope Promotion, by Howard Ness 31 Forged British Bechuanaland Newspaper Wrappers Indian States KGV 1A and 1A3P Envelopes, by

Ajeet Singhee 32 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Membership Report 36

36 Discontinue Listing USA Postal Cards S46-1, S44-12, S44-17, S44-

19 and S45-30?, Porter Venn 104 Marcus White Showcase Exhibitors The 1925 Santa Ana Provisionals, by Joe Pryluck 37 More on Postal Cards S46-1 & S44-1, Karl H. Klemmer 104 Bulgarian Form 243, by Ross A. Towle 43 UPSS Expertizing Service?, Jerry Phillips & Leroy P.

Collins 104 Costa Rica – New Post Card 46 Recent New Zealand and Ireland Propaganda Post

Cards, by Wayne Menuz 47 Russian Essay Envelopes, Jean Walton 105 Albert Daggett, by Ray Johnston 49 More Editing Needed, Jack Harwood 105 UPSS Auction 03-1 50 Canada Post Discounting, Wayne Menuz 106

Volume 45, Number 3

Whole Number 330 May - June 2003

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz 58 President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III 58 Update: UPSS 19th Century Envelopes Catalog 59 Australia and New Zealand New Issues, by Ian McMahon 63 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 114 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM U.S. Postal Card “wild hair” varieties, Hal Taylor 67

67 Zanzibar – Overprinted Postal Stationery of India, George

T. Krieger 116 U.S. S46-1 Postal Card, Hal Taylor “Postal Card”, “Post Card”, “Entire”, Cecile Gruson 67 A Long Time Ago (Part 2), Bill Falberg 121 U.S. Post Office Penalty Stationery, Allen Hopkinson 68

68 Soviet Union Payment-by-Mail Rent Forms with Advertisements,

George Shalimoff 124 Arthur Woodward’s death, Kirk & Else Wolford Railway Theme Stationery, Don Lewis 68 Italy’s Cavallini’s: True and False, Erich von Hungen 128 Bulgarian and Other Phonecards, Lazar Lazarov 68 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Lack of References in Articles, Richard D. Zallen 68 APS Summer Seminar 132 An Insider’s View of those “False-Franked” Hugo Cards, by James Majka 70 A German Fieldpost “Use” of USA Card S1?, Roger Rhodes 132 UPSS Auction 02-2, Prices Realized 74 Indian Watermark, Ajeet Singhee 133 U.S. Envelope “Accidental” Fakes, by Bill Lehr 77 Postal Card Used as Check, John DeStefanis & Charles Thrower 133 CHICAGOPEX 2003 77 LITERATURE REVIEWS, by Wayne Menuz

Indonesia Postal Stationery, Japanese occupation 1942-1945, Republic Indonesia 1945-1949 78 Postcards of India – 2002, Ranes C. Chakravorty 137 The Postal Stationery of Iran 79

80 More Accidental Fakes, and an Accidental Forgery, Too!, Bill Lehr 140 Hellas 2003

Handbook of Modern Ukrainian Philately 81 Privatganzsachen Katalog 2002 82

A Philatelic Footnote to History, by Charles A. Fricke 83



Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 86 "Yours truly," with "SAMPLES" as requested, President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 86 by Charles A. Fricke 143 A 30-Year Challenge, Charles A. Fricke 87 Merry Christmas, by Irwin J. Gibbs 144 Thailand's WWII Provisional Stationery, Al Shumsky 88 Executive Director’s Membership Report 151 Discovery of 1873 Chilean Envelope, Ross A. Towle 91 A Long Time Ago Part 3, by Bill Falberg 152

A Long Time Ago. (Part 1), Bill Falberg 92 Queensland – A New Discovery, Wayne Menuz 95 Correction to May-June 2003 Article 97 Solving A Goldsmith "Riddle", Kenneth C.

Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson 102

USA Envelope Idea Jerry Phillips & Leroy P. Collins 104

Soviet Use of Russian China Envelope, Edy Pockele & George Shalimoff 106

UPSS MAIL BID AUCTION 108


September - October 2003 IN THIS ISSUE:

President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 114

Unlisted Official Envelopes, Stanley Snyder 132

Content of Postal Stationery, Patrick Crosby 133 Bidder Samples – Revised: The 1890 Postal

Stationery Contract, Howard Ness 134

Volume 45, Number 6


IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 142 President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 142 Obituary: Bill Maisel 142

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The 100th Anniversary of the Floral Postal Stationery of Italy, by Carlo Sopracordevole 154 Leewards Islands Size F Envelopes, Barry Friedman 40

LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Katalog Prangko INDONESIA 2001 159 Card with Secret Message, Charles Riley, Jr., Ross Catalogo Especializado de Enteros Postales de Cuba de la Epoca Socialista, Edicion 2000 159 UPSS Literature, Stephen Schumann 42 Sobres Postales usados en el Peru, 1875-1902 160 Additions to Article, Bill Falberg 42 Cjeline Jugoslavije Katalog 2002 161 Gibraltar Wrapper – New Discovery, Wayne Menuz 42 Plus Ganzsachenkatalog Deutschland, 1998-April 2002 161 U.S. Postal Card Auction Sale Topics By Bill Falberg 43

UPSS Auction 04-1 163 Corrections 45 UPSS Auction 03-2, Prices Realized 167 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz

Volume 46, Number 1


IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2 President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 2 New ERP/EKU’s for Postal Cards S4ab and S58-2,

John Hardy 3 Trinidad & Tobago Issues Prepaid Envelopes,

Dr. Reuben A. Ramkissoon 4 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 58 Leewards Islands - The “Size F” Envelope,

Wayne Menuz 5 When was the First USA Stamped Envelope Issued? Gary L. Starkey and Dan Undersander 59 The First USA Envelope Issue Revisited,

Allen Mintz 8 Canal Zone 1918 Registration Envelopes, Irwin J. Gibbs 61 Rediscovering the 42 Perf Grant Letter Sheet,

Patrick M. Crosby 9 11

Ryukyu Postal Cards and the Pages To Mount Them On, Bill Fallberg. 65 Mafia Island Overprints, George T. Krieger

Searching the UPSS Website, James Majka 13 18

U.S.A. Special Usage Envelopes and Mailers, D. John Shultz 69 Postal Stationery of Georgia, Theo Jansen

Correction to Canal Zone Article in last Issue 22 George H. Reay, James Logan 70 Bidder Specimen Family Update

Howard Ness 23 New and Rediscovered Great Britain Postal Stationery ,

Dr. Alan K. Huggins, FRPSL 75 Executive Director’s Membership Report 23 Finland Post EasyMail Envelopes, Paul A. Nelson 76 Individuals Making Contributions to the UPSS During

Calendar Year 2003r 24 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM South Australia Wrapper, Tom Herinckx 25 Recent Zaire (Congo) Post Cards, E. Norman Lurch 80 Envelope Past-Ups, Charles Riley, Jr. 25 USA Envelopes - Amber-manila Paper, Porter Venn 80 Australian Printed to Private Order, S.D. Schumann 25 Russian Post Card Errors, V. A. Katranovsky 80 A Response Regarding Unlisted Official Envelopes,

Cary Finder 25 28

LITERATURE REVIEWS, Alan Warren, Jack Harwood and Wayne Menuz Card With Undecipherable Message, Peter Fowke

Costa Rica Stationery Album 28 Denmark’s Fri-Correspondance Kort 81 Special Indian Stationery, Paul Nelson 28 Queensland Postal Notes 1880-1996 82 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Plusbrief Katalog Deutschland, 2nd edition 28

Standard Catalogue of Malaysia Singapore Brunei Revenue Stamps and Postal Stationery 82

Volume 46, Number 2


IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 30 President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 30 The Story of the House of Nesbitt 31 Geo. F. Nesbitt & Co. – Subcontractor to American

Bank Note Co. by Ross A. Towle 34 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 86 Joint Issue Postal Stationery by Richard Zimmerman 35 President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 86 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM

New Italian Handbook, Vittorio Coscia 40

New Postal Stationery Book, Peter Thy 40

Towle, Jonathan Topper, Robert Beasecker 41

Postcards of Hitler’s Germany, James Bender 46 The Nile Post, Joseph H. Chalhoub 46 Paraguay Postal Stationery Catalogue, Brian Moorhouse 47

UPSS Auction 04-2 46 UPSS Auction 04-1, Prices Realized 56

Volume 46, Number 3


President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 58

Plimpton and Morgan Issue of 1890, SPECIMEN Form 39 Family (revisited), Howard Ness 77


Catalog Error Regarding Envelope UPSS #1102, Keven Belmont 81

The Postal Services of the Gold Coast to 1901 83 The Telegraph Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain 1851-1954 83 The Postal Stationery of the Bechuanalands and Botswana 84

Volume 46, Number 4

Whole Number 337 July - August 2004

IN THIS ISSUE:

The Many Faces of the Die 12 Forgeries, Bill Lehr 87

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Early Uses of the 1903 Hartford Postal Stationery, Douglas N. Clark, Nancy B. Clark, Ken Lawrence 90

A World War I "ARSENAL" Slogan Postal Marking, Charles A. Fricke 159

1¢ "PICTURE" Postal Cards, Charles A. Fricke 93 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Republish Old Articles?, William R. Geijsbeek 94 UX10 with Unknown Language, Karl Haas 160 U.S. Envelope Editor Needed, William R. Geijsbeek 95 American Bank Note Co., Ross Towle 160 Gibraltar Wrapper, John Dempsey 95 Danish and French Web sites, Paul Nelson 161 China Post Card, John Dempsey 95 The Viewcards of Peru, Part 2: The 1900 Issues, Wayne Menuz 162 China Envelope, John Demsey 96 UPSS Auction 04-4 170 Earliest Date for USA Card S20a, Raymond Hadley 96 Ryukyu Cards and Album Pages, Joseph A. DeSanzo 96

Gene Fricks 96 USA Official Business Cards, Howard Ness 97 More on the 42 Perf Grant Letter Sheet, Patrick Crosby 97 Fake USA Colombian Envelope, Bill Lehr 97 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2

S. Richard Prothero, M.D. 97 President’s Message, James E. Bussey 2 Modern Pakistan Stationery Envelopes, Jafar

(“Jeff”) H. Siddiqui and Wayne Menuz 98 Revalued Stamped Envelopes of Chile. 1915-1929, Ross A. Towle 8 Executive Director’s Membership Report 107 Thailand’s Provisional Aerogram, Wayne Menuz 9 UPSS Auction 04-3 108 Mother Nature Fools Experts! Bill Lehr 10 04-2, Prices Realized 112 Perkins Bacon Archive, Francis Kiddle 12 UPSS Election – Candidates’ Biographies 113

113 Contemporary U.S. Envelopes – Why Collect Them?, William R.

Geijsbeek 14 NAPEX Philatelic Literature Awards Australian Official Perfin Stationery, Wayne Menuz 115

118 The Viewcards of Peru, Part 3: Conclusion and Catalog,

Wayne Menuz 16 British Levant Stationery, Dr. Alan Huggins, FRPSL Halves and Sides Revisited, Bill Falberg 118 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM

Volume 46, Number 5


IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 122 Irish Postal Stationery Stamped to Order 23 President’s Message, Leroy Collins III 122 A Guide to Modern Indian Postal Stationery 1947-2003

Vol. 1 Envelopes 23 Multiplicity - A first Issue Postal Card, Charles A. Fricke 123

Listing of Australian Non-Denominated and Flat Rate Postal Stationery 24 The Viewcards of Peru, Part 1: The 1899

Issue, Wayne Menuz. 124 Early Canada Post Cards 1871-1911 24 Russian Privately Printed Money Order Forms

with Advertisements, George V. Shalimoff. 135 Ecuador Postal Stationery Catalog, Part 1, Postal Cards, Letter Cards, Municipal Cards and View Cards 25

Plimpton Mfg. Co., James Logan. 140 Zanzibar 1895-1904 26 Sweden Postal Card No. 1 Albino, by Jim Burgeson 145 Philatelic Atlas of British India 26 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM USA Envelope Knife Listings, Stanley A. Snyder 145 Exhibition Report – Espana 2004, Tim Bartshe 27 North Korean “Aerogrammes”, Wayne Menuz 145 Classified Ads 28 Used Full-Face McKinley, Wayne Menuz 146 Executive Director’s Membership Report. 148

Volume 46, Number 6


IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 150 USA Postal Card S46-2b – The UPSS Catalog Note, Bill Falberg 31 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 150

151 USA Postal Cards - Those Pesky Press Printed Surcharges of

1920, Lewis Bussey 32 The UPSS at SESCAL 2003 USA Postal Card Issues, Terry Young 153 Individuals Making Contributions to the UPSS During the

2004 Calendar Year 34 Fake and Bogus Australian Perfin Stationery, Wayne Menuz 155 Is “Extra Fine” in the Mind of the Beholder? Marvin Schiller

a/k/a cutsquareguy 35 NSW Government Punctures on Australian Postcards – Buyer Alert, John Sinfield 155 Executive Director’s Membership Report 36

USA Envelope Earliest Dates, Stephen Schumann 160

Volume 47, Number 1


IN THIS ISSUE:

Used Full-Face McKinley Cards, Bill Falberg 3

Some P.S. corrections, Cary Finder 20 Possible U.S.A. Envelope editor, John C. Petersam 20 P.S. Delivery & Perfin of Australia, Jack Brandt 20 2004 U.S.A. Postal Cards 21 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz

Catalogue des Entiers “Pret-A-Poster” de France et de Monaco 23

Thai Postal Stationery Catalog 2004 25

Marcus White Showcase to be at NOJEX 27

Volume 47, Number 2

Whole Number 341 March-April 2005

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 29 President’s Message, James E. Bussey 29

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Cuba’s Aerogrammes, Mark Piper 37 Catalogue, Advertising and Agitational Postcards and Envelopes, One-sided Postcards USSR 1924-1980 83 Bands and Notes from Black Jack Envelopes and

Wrappers, Jerry Summers 45 Dutch Postcards During King Willem III 83

USA Scott UC-1 with Defective Watermark, Tony Conyers 47

Boyd’s Locals in Scott’s, John D. Bowman 48 Comments on the UPSS 20th Century Catalog, Stan

Anderson 48 A Survey of a Danish Stationery Collection, E.

Norman Lurch 49 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 85 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz

Chinese Imperial Third-Issue Postal Cards 53 Fall 2006 Board of Directors Meeting, Tim Bartshe 86 Las Tarjetas Postales de C. Galli Franco y Cia. Montevideo (1898-1906) 54 Michel Ganzsachen-Katalog Europa West 2003/04 54 US Postal Service Issues Letter Sheet 91 Michel Ganzsachen-Katalog Europa Ost 2004/05 54 Bands of Brothers, Part 1, Marvin Schiller 92 Ganzsachenkatalog der deutschen Privatpost 1873 bis 1914, Teil: Magdeburg bis Zwickau 55 Katalog der Aerogramme von Australien und Ozeanien 55 Tin Can Canadian Card, Wayne Menuz 95 Die Ganzsachen der Schwiz 55 Republic of Trinidad & Tobago Postal Stationery, Dr.

Reuben A. Ramkissoon 96 Volume 47, Number 3


Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 58 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM President’s Message, James E. Bussey 58 Fake Perf T Tasmania Stationery, David McNamee 105 Can You Tell the Difference Between Gloucester, Mass.

and Monument Valley? Bill Falberg 59 Sweden Card with Second Albino Stamp, Jim Burgeson 105 Chilean Parcel Cards of 1920-1931, Ross A. Towle 60 Tasmania 1912 Registration Envelope, Malcolm Groom 105 Administrative Changes at UPSS 63 S37/UX 27-A Neglected Postal Card, Allen Mintz 106 UPSS Auctions – Prices Realized, sales 2004-A3, -A4 63 Envelope Double Impressions, Rocco Caponi 108 Die 12 Counterfeit Entire #2, Bill Lehr 64 British Embossed Stamp Collars, Wayne Menuz 110 Great Britain’s North Eastern Railway Stamped

Envelopes, Fred Taylor and Roger de Lacy Spencer 66 Back door means of winning the game in 1909, Charles

A. Fricke 68 Essay Origins of UX17: The Full Face McKinley USA

Postal Card, Robert Stendel 69 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 114 War Department Stamps on UO14 Official Envelope

– a New Discovery, Dr. Dennis W. Schmidt 74 Article Follow-Ups, William Falberg 115 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Correction to Article in #340, pg 10, Bill Lehr 75 Belgium Stop Smoking Cards, Wayne Menuz 123 Danish stationery Article in #341, Paul Nelson 75 A Mostly Illustrated Brief History of US Postal Stationery, Bill Lehr 124 Discovery of Unissued British Bechuanaland Wrapper,

Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson 76 77

Comments about Locally Surcharged USA Postal Cards, Ken MartinQueensland Registration Envelopes, Wayne Menuz

LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Die Postkartenheftchen der Schweizer Post 1912-1992 80 Comments about 1913 Registration Envelopes, Bernard Beston 129 Die Bildpostkarten P132 und ihre Klischeeunterschiede 80 Library Size Postal Cards Used As Forerunners to the

Airmail Card of 1949, Charles A. Fricke 130 Les Entiers Postaux de France et de Monaco 2005 7th Edition 80 Envelope Embossing Press 131 Catalogul Intregurilor Postale Romanesti 81

81 UPSS Mail Auction 05-1 133 Weihnachts Ganzsachen Katalog, 12 Lieferung (2003) Cartoline e Biglietti Postali Militari in Franchigia, Edizioni di

Stato e Private, Catalogo Specializzato 2000 81 Specialized Catalogue of Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery

of Latvia, 10th edition, 2004 82 Specializovany Katalog 2001 Slovensko, 1939 – 1945 a

1993 –2000, Postove znamky a celiny 82 Katalog Slovensko 1993 – 2002, postovych znamak, celin

a filatelistickych materialov 83 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 141

Irish Aerogrammes and Airgraphs 83

Volume 47, Number 4 Whole Number 343 July – August 2005

IN THIS ISSUE:

President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 85

USA Advertising Collars, Allen Mintz 86 A Capsule History of the UPSS, John Adkins 89

NOJEX Wrap-Up 93 NOJEX 2005 Awards List, Glen Spies 95

UPSS Sales Circuit Department, Bob Combs 100 UX12/S14 Postal Card Varieties, Bill Hardy 101 More About 4th Nesbitt Series Advertising Specimens,

Howard Ness 104

UX 48 Locally Surcharged to 9¢, Mike Davis 105

Volume 47, Number 5


IN THIS ISSUE:


Post Card Libel, Dale Speirs 119


Chuck McFarlane

Volume 47, Number 5


IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 141

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Certificate Topics, Bill Falberg 142 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 34 UGANDA Overprinted on British East Africa, 1902,

George T. Krieger 145 Why the Extra Line?, Brady Hunt 35 UPSS 2005 Literature Award 149 Census of Mercantile Envelopes, Jerry Summers 39 Stationery Exhibit Awards at Houston Show 149 The Kolomyia Provisional Postal Cards of 1941, Ingert Kuzych 40 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Correction: Author’s name 149 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM USA card S14 Varieties, Bill Hart 149 Unusual S54b Plate Variety, James Majka 45 Color In Postal Stationery magazine

Board of Directors Decision 149 20th Century Catalog Discrepancies, Porter Venn 46 Comments: Jim Napier, Bob Thompson, Gene Feicks, Jack Harwood, Jack Brandt 149-150 Nesbitt Newspaper Ad, Tim Burgess 47

Dutch Language, Jack Brandt 150 Philatelic Foolishness #1, Porter Venn 47 Philippine Exhibition and Donation Request, A. Alcala 150 Philatelic Foolishness #2, Porter Venn 47 APS Sales Examiners, Thomas W. Horn 150 2005 USA Postal Card Issues 48 Statue Identification on Exposition Card, Heiko Deckert 151 Additional Postal Card S7 Varieties, John Hardy 52 China Card used, Wayne Menuz 151 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Subscription Site for Indian Stamp News, Paul Nelson 151 Ecuador: The Philately of the Seebeck Era 56 Finnish New Issues, Paul Nelson 151 History of Portuguese Military Postal Service 56 USA Card S37/UX27 Questions, Bob Watson 151 Aerogrammes of the Union of South Africa 1942-1961 57 USA Envelope Articles on Website, Fran Adams 151 Postal Stationery Associated with Railways, Asia 1893-2000 57 Follow-up to the Article Follow-ups, Bill Falberg 152 Indian Airmail Letter Cards with Ads and Slogans 58 More About SPECIMEN Forms, Howard Ness 154 Indian Inland Letter Cards with Ads and Slogans 58 Varieties on S37/UX27, Richard Gluckman 158 Indian Inland Post Cards with Ads and Slogans 58 The 1874-1875 Envelope Bid Forms, Wayne Menuz 159 The Stamps of Barbados, Vol I and II. 58 The Prepaid Letter Envelopes 168 MICHEL Ganzsachen- Katalog Deutschland 2005 59

Volume 48, Number 1

Whole Number 346 January -February 2006

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 2 The Hartford 2¢ Recuts Revisited, Allen Mintz 3 UPSS Board of Directors Meeting at Atlanta Show 3 Great Britain’s First Stationery Post Card, Mike Layne 4 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 62 20th Century Catalog Discrepancies?, Bob Thompson 5 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 62 Unlisted GB Official Letter Sheets, Wayne Menuz 6 A Non-existent 30¢ International UPU Surface Postal Card

Rate, Charles E. Fricke 63 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Prepaid Priority Mail Envelope, Charles A. Fricke 11 Seychelles, a Rediscovery, Wayne Menuz 64 USA tagging and Other Errors, Wil Thornthwaite 11

11 American Bank Note Company Archival Specimens for

Hawaiian Postal Cards: A Beginning, USA Card Used from Marshall Islands, Charles A. Fricke Request for Mulready Ads Information, Tom Slemons 11 Dr. Elizabeth J. Nettles and David L. Straight 64 More UX27 varieties, Dick Borkowski 12 Hawaii Postal Stationery, Catalog & Prices 68 S14 Dented Frames, John Hardy 12 G. B. Official Lettersheet, Addendum, Wayne Menuz 69 St. Vincent Registration Envelope, Wayne Menuz 12 More about Advertising Specimen Envelope A-59 Markings,

Howard Ness 70 Membership Report 13 Denmark: Letter Card Essays 1888, Lars

Engelbrecht 15 17 19

Watermark Orientations and Printing of Bechuanaland and Botswana Aerograms, Peter Thy, Jerome Kasper, and John Inglefield-Watson 74

Many Faces of the Die 11 Forgeries, Bill Lehr Bands of Brothers, Part 2, Marvin Schiller Newspaper Clipping reveals "Football Free-for-All”. in

1905. Charles A. Fricke 22 Barbados Reg. Envelope Error, Wayne Menuz 78 UPSS Auction 06-1, 23 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM UPSS Auction 05-1, Prices Realized 32 USA Postal Card S8 Flaw, Ken Higgins 79

Volume 48, Number 2


IN THIS ISSUE:


The Allentown Adpostals on S33 & S37, Bill Fallberg 43

Swiss Post Internet Post Cards, Wayne Menuz 45

Existence of Amber-Manila Envelopes, Porter Venn 46

MICHEL Bildpostkarten- und Motivganzsachen- Katalog Deutschland 2005/2006 59

Ganzsachenkatalog der deutschen Privatpost 1873 bis 1914, Teil: Duren bis Lubeck 59

Volume 48, Number 3


What Really Happened With These Cards?, Bill Falberg 72

Two S10 Postal Card Varieties, John T. Hardy, Jr. 77

Fake USA Envelope Surcharge, Bill Lehr 79 ERP for Postal Card S46-2?, Stephen E. Cooper 79 India’s Meghdoot Post Cards, Stephen Schumann 79 Br. North Borneo Proof Post Card, Stephen Schumann 80 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz

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British Postal Orders 81 U.S. Postal Card Catalog Price, Wayne Menuz 136 Afghanistan Revisited 81 Zanzibar Inverted Specimen, Ronald Strawser 136 1d Red, Kangaroo and Map Series 81 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, William Geijsbeek 137 The Pneumatic Post in Vienna, 82 U.S.A. Postal Cards, Bill Falberg 138 Filagrano I. P. 2006-2007, XXVI Edizione 82 Watermarked Chilean Formular Cards, Ross Towle 141 Katalog der Privatganzsachen Deutschland bis 1945 83 The S6 Miscut Postal Cards Charles A. Fricke 144 UPSS Auction 06-2, 84 UPSS Auction 06-3 145 UPSS Auction 06-1, Prices Realized 92 UPSS Auction 06-2, Prices Realized 151

Volume 48, Number 4, Whole Number 349


Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 94 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 154 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 94 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 154 Washington 2006 Show Report 95 UPSS Convention in San Jose 155 The 10+10 Øre Red Double Postal Cards of Sweden

1890-1905, James Burgeson 97 USA Card S37/UX 27 Revisited – Again, Allen Mintz 156 Afghanistan: Fakes and Unlisted, Wayne Menuz 100

101 Carpatho-Ukrainian Postal Stationery, 1939 and 1945, Ingert

Kuzych and Jay Carrigan 157 Fall 2006 UPSS Convention Tim Bartshe Finds and Comments on UX18/S22, John T. Hardy 102

105 The Beginnings of the Envelope Industry In Springfield, Mass,

James Logan. 162 Membership Coordinator’s Report New Membership Coordinator Appointed 105 Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 169 New Postal Stationery Column Editors Appointed 106 Many Faces of the Die 9 Forgeries, Bill Lehr 170 U.S.A. 20/21st Century Column, William Geijsbeek 107 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 173 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 108 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 175 In Memoriam: Ted Bozarth 109 U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 176 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM U.S.A. S66b Miscut or Double Print? Wil Thornthwaite 109 Turkish Envelope Error, Wayne Menuz 176 How to Determine Measurement of S37, Ladd Faszold 109 U85 & U86 Specimens, Ron Demery, Howard Ness 177 Negative Number Cancels, Art Ranta 109 UPSS Publications Receive Awards, Harold Stral 177 Perforated S57 Card, Josh Furman 110

110 Mounting Postal Stationery in Album, Dr. Kenneth Kornblum and

Lewis Bussey 177 Cover Mounts Needed, Alberto Alcala Typewriter Post Cards, Paul Nelson 110 Postal Stationery Journal Dates, Ross Towle and Larry Parks 178 Barbados Registration Envelope, John Hardy 111 Unusual 1½ ¢ Surcharge, Wayne Menuz and Jerry Summers 178 Philatelic Ponzi Scheme, Glen Stephens 111 1996 Lewandowski Awards, Larry Parks 178 SA7/UXC7 Errors, Randall Frank 111 Australian Post Card Miscues, Wayne Menuz 179 Negative Number Cancels, Art Ranta 111 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz U.S. Air Letter Sheets Returned to Sender, C. Fricke 112 Charity Letters Bearing Advertisements for the Benefit of Orphans (1898-

1901) 182 Newly Discovered Wada Tourist Sheet for Forged Wrappers, Ron Casey 113 The Postal Issues of Syria, Lebanon and the Alaouites 1919-1945 183

Cape of Good Hope Perf Error, Wayne Menuz 118 British East Africa, Stamps, Postal Stationery & Cancellations 183 Election – Candidates’ Biographies 119

Volume 48, Number 5, Whole Number 350 Sept-Oct 2006

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 122 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 2 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 122 Southern Florida Wetland Postal Cards, Lewis E. Bussey and Bill

Geijsbeek 3 Bidder Sample Specimen Samples, Specimen Code and Contracts, Howard Ness 123 2006 USA Postal Card Issues, Lewis E. Bussey 4

Advertising on Wrappers - The Centennial of the Incorporation of Syracuse, Allen Mintz 131 Zanzibar Overprint Variety, George Krieger 10

Bands of Brothers, Part 3, Marvin Schiller 132 Essays for 1888 British Bechuanaland Newspaper Wrappers, Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson 10 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM

Washington 2006, Wayne Menuz 133 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 12 Boston negative cancels, Gene Fricks 133 U.S.A. Stationery 2007New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 13 Boston negative cancels, Roger Rhodes 133

134 UPSS 20th Century Envelopes, etc. – New Issue Catalog

Numbers, D. John Shultz 14 Perforated S57 Card, Hank Berthelot Perforated S57 Card, Joe Prylock 134

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Typewriter Post Cards, Leroy Collins 135 U.S.A. Double Stamp Impressions, Rocco Capon, Bill



Marcus White Showcase 155



January – February 2007 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2

The 1889 Swedish Reply Card, James Burgeson 8

Official Use of non-Official Postal Cards, Cary Finder 18

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Geijsbeek, and Wayne Menuz 19 Higgins & Gage bought by Christoph Gaertner,

Wayne Menuz 19 20 British East Africa ‘On India’ Postal Stationery; New

Discoveries, George T. Krieger and John Minns 71 39¢ Franklin Envelope Flaw, Rafael Gijon y Robles U.S.A. Multiple Ad & Discount Card

Handbook, Bill Falberg 20 Ceylon Envelope Used with Indian Stamp, Sandeep Jaiswal 72 U.S.A. Reply Card UPSS #MR23-1b, Bill

Falberg 20 Ceylon Airgraphs, Wayne Menuz 20

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Specialized Catalog of the Postal Stationery of Spain,

Colonies and Dependencies 24 Responses: D. John Shultz, Wayne Menuz 75 An Illustrated Trial Listing of Imperial Reply Coupons &

Commonwealth Reply Coupons 24 USA die AM-9 Die Differences, Robert Beasecker 76 Gibraltar Postal Stationery 25 Southern Florida Wetlands Card Update, Bill Geijsbeek 76 The West Berlin Postal Stationery Card of Berlin’s Tempelhof

Airport 25 UPSS 2004 Financial Statement, Porter Venn 77 UPSS Auction 07-1 26 UPSS Auction 06-3, Prices Realized 32 Switzerland’s Postal Cards 1870-1905, Harlan Stone 78



Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 34 UPSS Auction 07-2 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 34 Never Issued USA Special Delivery, Robert Markovits 35 Switzerland’s Postal Wrapper Bands 1871-1902, Harlan

F. Stone 36 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 39 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 98 UPSS Election Results 39 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 40 UPSS Convention and Marcus White Showcase at Boxborough 99 New Chile Surcharge Discovery, Ross A. Towle 42 APS Acknowledgement 100 The Serial Numbers on Bechuanaland Air Letter Sheets, Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson 43

46 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 101 UPSS Spring 2007 Convention, Tim Bartshe EXPONET Virtual Philatelic Exhibition, Bill Geijsbeek 47 U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 103 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM New ERP for S99?, James H. Carmack, Jr., M.D. 48

Bechuanalands Postal Stationery in Public and Archival Collections, John Inglefield-Watson and Peter Thy 103

USA Card Surcharged on Reverse, Rodney A. Juell 48 Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 106 New USA Postal Cards, Hank J. Berthelot 48 Postal Buddy Change of Address Card Essays, Jim Knoll and

Wayne Menuz 107 Sale of Classic Philatelics, Patricia Feiner 49 Ceylon 50¢ Airgraph, Jerome V. V. Kasper 49 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Lewandowski 2006 Awards, Eddie Bridges 50 French Postal Rate Correction, John Jennison 115 Lewandowski 2006 Awards, Eduardo & Luis Barreiros 50 Certificate Extensions, Allen Mintz 115 USA International Rate Cards, Henry Fisher 50 Availability of Florida Wetlands Cards, Richard Parslow 115 Epirus Post Cards, Wayne Menuz 50 Albania Post Card, Wayne Menuz 50 USPS Philatelic Orders, Hans Hilbers 51 Special Delivery Essay, Gene Fricks 116 USA 2¢ Sesquicentennial Envelope Printing Flaw,

Raymnd Longobardi 51 52 The Airmail Envelopes of the U.S. Envelope Company, Bill

Geijsbeek 117 Pseudo Stationery, Wayne Menuz Individuals Making Contributions to the UPSS During

Calendar Year 2006 63 Official Printed-to-Private-Order Cards For Two Millers in Zurich, By Harlan F. Stone 119

Volume 49, Number 3, Whole Number 354 May - June 2007 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 66 Catalogue des Cartes Postales Précurseurs de France et des Colonies 129 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 66

7

Postal Stationery Associated with Railways, Latin America and the West Indies 129 Has the USPS Gone Too Far??, Bill Geijsbeek 6

Classic US Postal Stationery, Ken Lawrence 68 USA Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 70

U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 73 China Card Breaks Record, Wayne Menuz 74

UPSS New Envelope Listing, Stanley A. Snyder 75

Bechuanaland Stationery Book Offer, Peter Thy 75

Canadian Stationery, Howard Ness 76

In Memoriam (John R. Weimer) 81 Buyer Beware, Bill Geijsbeek and Porter Venn 82 Pseudo Stationery Part 2, Wayne Menuz 83


July-August 2007 IN THIS ISSUE:

U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 101

Response: Bill Geijsbeek 115 Pseudo USA Post Cards. Bill Lehr 115

SA7/UXC7 Errors. Ben Adams 116

Pseudo Stationery Part 3, Wayne Menuz 123 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz

Bulgarian Postal Stationeries Catalogue, Part 1, Postcards 128 The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, Volume IX. 128

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Iran Classic Philatelic Reference, Vol. 1 – Qajar Dynasty 129

Surcharge Essays and Proofs of Stationery Issues for 1958 Rate Increase, Dan Undersander and Bill

Geijsbeek 168 Katalog der modernen Privatpost Deutschlands, Band 2,

Ganzsachen 130 An Illustrated Guide to Imperial Reply Coupons &

Commonwealth Reply Coupons 130 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 174 Handbuch der ArGeAlliierter Kontrollrat 1946-1948 e. V, 2,

“Die Ganzsachen 130 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Spezialkatalog der provisorischen Postwertzeichen der Republik

Belarus 1991-1995, Band 1, Stadt Minsk 131 Corrections and Errata – Gibraltar, Larry Parks 176 Study of postal Stationery [of China] (Vol 2) 131 Fake PRC Envelopes, Wayne Menuz 176


September-October 2007 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 134 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 134 EDUs - UPSS Letter to APS 135 EDUs - APS Response 135 The Specimen Code 1, 2, 3, & 4 Confusion, Edmund

McGovern 136 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 2 Switzerland's Postal Envelope Essays and Proofs, Harlan

Stone 137 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 6 Togo Occupation – Postal Stationery, The One Penny

“Error”, Gernot H. Reiners 138 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 7

United States Postal Card Catalogue, Lewis Bussey 141 Colombia’s Registration Envelopes, Wayne Menuz 8

U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 143 2007 USA Postal Card Issues, Lewis Bussey 14

U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 144 UPSS Auction 08-1, 18

First USA Postal Card Issue Topics, Bill Falberg 145 Salvador Post Card Overprint, Edy Pockele 27 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Postal Stationery Delivery Dates, Howard Ness 148 Swiss Envelopes Article Correction, Harlan Stone 27

Pseudo Stationery, Robert Bracken 148 2007 Lewandowski Award, Larry Parks 27 USA Airmail Envelopes Article, Correction, John Peter Mattila 148 USA “Stationery”?, Bernard Rio 27 Mike Davis 148

148 Pseudo Stationery, Pt. 6 (Conclusion), Wayne Menuz 28 Swiss Article Correction, Harlan Stone Discovered GB PTPO Card, Dave Britton 148 Postal Card Collecting - An Appreciation, Allen Mintz 35 Wrappers with Legal Notices, Cemil Betanov 148 Great Britain P. O. Recognized Error, Wayne Menuz 150 Zanzibar Overprint Variety, George Krieger 151 USA 26¢ Reply Cards, Michael Marks Cohen 151 Unlisted Seirra Leone Aerograms, Jerry Kasper 152 Gibraltar Provisional Does Exist, Wayne Menuz 152 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 38 Pseudo Postal Stationery, Part 4, Wayne Menuz 153 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 38 Zauzibar, an Overprint Error, George Krieger 159 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 39

Volume 49, Number 6, Whole Number 357 November - December 2007

IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 162 162

Individuals Making Contributions to the UPSS During Calendar Year 2007 43 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey

UPSS Publications Preview, Bill Falberg 163 1997 Love Swans Postal Card Errors Surface.Lewis E. Bussey 44 Switzerland’s Postal Envelope Production 1867-1886,

Harlan F. Stone 164 Hindsight Is 20-20, The 2¢ Postal Card Rate, Charles E. Doll, Jr. 48

Chasing the Ogden 2000 to 2007, Bill Falberg 171 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 173

Corrections and Errata – Lebanon, Jerry Kasper 176

Pseudo Russian Stationery, George Shalimoff 177 Paper Making & U.S.A. Card S1h, Josh Furman 177 Folded Typewriter Cards, Rob Bell 178

Pseudo Postal Stationery, Part 5, Wayne Menuz 179

Volume 50, Number 1, Whole Number 358 January – February 2008

IN THIS ISSUE:


UPSS First Day Cachets, Bill Hart 3


Bi-colored Airmail Borders, Robert Hunt 27



U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 39 U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 40 British Artillery Company Envelopes, Wayne Menuz 40 Pseudo Pseudo Stationery, Wayne Menuz 41

The Danish Letter Cards of 1964-1965, E. N. Lurch 46

Spring 2008 UPSS AGM and MWS, Timothy Bartshe 49 Many Faces of the Die 10 Forgeries, Bill Lehr 50

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South African “Easy Letter”, Wayne Menuz 53 Chile Envelope Double Surcharge, Ross Towle 82 British Aerogram Essay, Jerry Kasper & W. Menuz 54 Somali Coast’s Only Stationery, Wayne Menuz 82 A really, really short communication, Charles Fricke 55 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Officially Imprinted Advertising on Swiss Postal

Envelopes, Harlan F. Stone 55 Cent Ans de Coupons-Reponse en France 1907-2007 84

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Pseudo Stationery 1, Paul Nelson 58 The Postal Stationery of the British South Africa Company 1890-1924 85 Pseudo Stationery 2, John Jennison 59 Poland 1918 Locals 86 Parcel Cards, John Tollan 59 Where to List What, Jack Brandt 60

6 Africa 86

Does USA Card S59-1a Exist?, Charles Doll 0 Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific 86 New UX24 Card Variety, Gary Blackmore 61 Local Troy Bilt 1¢Surcharge on UX153 61 Turkish Stamps & Postal Stationery Catalog 2007 87 Local Harris 1¢Surcharge on UX153 62 Neuer Ganzsachen-Katalog, Afrika 2007 87 New Multiple Ad USA Postal Card, Edy Pockele 62 Amtliche Ganzsachen mit privaten Zudrucken der SBZ / DDR 87 O6/UZ6 Used Card, Wayne Menuz 63 Double Envelope Die Error, Wayne Menuz 63 Slime Spots, Bill Geijsbeek 63

3 Ganzsachenkatalog der deutschen Privatepost 1873 bis 1914: Magdeburg

bis Zwickau 89 Indian Overprint Error, Wayne Menuz 6

Volume 50, Number 3, Whole Number 360 May-June 2008 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 66 Franked! The Official Mail of Victoria 18964-1902 90 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 66 Victoria The 1895 Havelock-Foster’s Postcard 91 USA Wrappers: Analysis of Relative Scarcity, Sales

Prices and Market Size, John K. Courtis 67 Cinderella Airmail Postal Stationery, Bill Lehr 70 Two Countries on One Card, Wayne Menuz 70 UPSS Auction 2008-1, Prices Realized 71 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 72 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 94

U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 73 President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 94

U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 74 Analysis of US Wrappers Bearing Private Printing, John K. Courtis, 95

When What You See Is Not what You Get, Bill Falberg 74 Swiss Postal Envelope Production Errors, Harlan F. Stone 100 Foreign Postal Stationery Societies 75 S8 – An Interesting Plate Variety, Walter Manson 102 UPSS Election – Candidates 76 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 103 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Meaning of message on USA card S1, Larry Parks 77 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 104 USA Swans Postal Card Error Article, Lewis Bussey 77 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM India Post Card Surcharge Error, Sandeep Jaiswal 77 Spanish Essay?, José Manuel Rodríguez 105 UPSS Philippines Catalogue, Stephen T. Taylor 77 UX24/S33 Broken Line, Walter Manson, Walter Taggart 105 British Aerogram Essay Error, Timothy Burgess 78 Pseudo Japanese Stationery, Leroy Collins 106

The 2¢ USA Postal Card Rate, Charles E. Doll 78 What’s Listable? (part 2),Joe Pryluck 109 Postal vs. Post Card, Ellen s. Peachy, Lewis Bussey, Civia

Tuteur, and Wayne Menuz 78 USA 1920 Envelope Surcharge Errors, Chris Masters 79 Peru Postmaster’s Notice, German Baschwitz 111 USA 4¢ over 5¢ Oval Die Envelope, Bill Geijsbeek, Wil

Thornthwaite, Jim Schmelz, Don Koontz, and Gary Blackmore 79 UPSS Auction 08-2, 115

UX 24/S33 Broken Line, Gary Blackmore, Karl Klemmer 80 Fake USA Airmail Envelope Surcharge, K. David Steidley,

Porter Venn, Bill Geijsbeek 80 Pseudo Japanese Stationery, Jack Brandt 81

Postal Cards of Japan 1873-1874 84

Sobres Postales usados en el Perú 1875-1902 84 Entiers Postaux Prét-á-Poster émis en France depuis 85

Postal Stationery Associated with Railways

Southern Europe 86

Filagrano I. P. 2008-2009, XXVII Edizione 88 Interitalia, il nuovo nuovo Pertile 88

Collect British Postal Stationery 89 Catalogue of Singapore Stamp & Postal Stationery 90 Specialized Catalogue of Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery of Latvia 90 Catalog of Ukraine Postal Cards 1991-2006 90 Stamped Envelopes of Ukraine 2003-2006 90


July-August 2008

IN THIS ISSUE:

U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 103

Wayne Menuz 107

Modern USA Card Values, Walter Taggart 110 S22 Variety?, Walter Manson 111

Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Jerry Kasper 112


September – October 2008

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IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 126 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM President’s Message, Lewis E. Bussey 126 Mexican Card Printing Varieties, Peter Bamert, Roberto Liera,

Wayne Menuz 168 UPSS Annual Meeting UPSS election results 127 UPU Specimen Stationery, James Bendon 169 Marcus White Showcase 127 USA UX41/S57k Information Sought, Charles Doll 170 Lewandowski Award 127 USA Envelopes, correction, Samuel Liss, Bill Geijsbeek 170 Annual General Meeting 127 USA Card S8 Missing Leaf Variety, Anthony Fandino, Larry Parks 170 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM U.S. Card S8 Missing Leaf Variety, Wil Thornthwaite 128 Indian Card with Reversed 4, Sandeep Jaiswal 171 Ed Ferber, Anthony Fandino, Lewis Bussey 128 Cochin Envelope Error, Deepka Jaiswal 172 Swiss Folded Typewriter Card, Wayne Menuz 129 Surface Rate Card w/ Airmail Border, Chuck McFarlane 172 Dr. Winfried Leist 130

130 New Multiple Advertising Postal Card, Cary Finder 173 U. S. Card UX154/S167 for Elvis Ballot, Terry R. Young UX24/S33 Broken Line, Larry Grafton 130

131 Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Part 2, Jerry Kasper 174 Modern Postal Card Values, Henry Fisher

Domestic Postal Card Rates Note for S85, Bill Falberg 132 A Mexico – New S. Wales Connection, W. Menuz 176 Auction Realizations, Porter Venn 132 Chinese Post Card, Jim Parmiter 132 U.S. Card S26a Cracked Plate, Terry Young 133 S. W. Africa Error, Francis Kiddle 133 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 134 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 135 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2

U.S. Envelope AM-5 Watermark 30, Michael Davis 136 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 2

The 1969 7 Paisa Card of Pakistan, Jeff Siddiqui 137 US Postal Card S57k – The Diagonal Surcharge Errors, Lewis Bussey 3

Br. Central Africa – Rhodesia Mix-up, Wayne Menuz 139 USA 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 7 All the way for only 2¢, Charles A. Fricke 142

142 New US Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers Paper Color Chart,

Kirk Wolford 7 Demonetized Reply Cards, Wayne Menuz Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Part 2, Jerry Kasper 143 USA Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 10 Historical Catalog of U.S. Postal Card Essays and Proofs, Bill Falberg 149 Help Needed! New USA Possessions Catalog 10

Meet Clifford Washington Kissinger, Bill Falberg 150 Mexico -An Unrecorded Private Card, Gerhard Haas 11

LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Folded Typewriter Postcards 151 Financial Report, Porter Venn 13 MICHEL Ganzsachen- Katalog Deutschland 2007 151

151 Varieties of the New Zealand 2d King George VI Social Size

Envelope, Bob Watson 14 Catalogue des Entiers Postaux Belges avec annonces Die Victoria National Invaliden-Stiftung 152

Columbian Envelopes of 1893, Marvin & Judith Platt 16 Volume 50, Number 6, Whole Number 363


Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 154 Lewandowski 2008 Award, Franco Filanci, Carlo Sopracordevole, and

Domenico Tagliente 17 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 154 USA Card S8 Missing Leaf variety, Larry Parks 17 A New Canal Zone Postal Card Variety, Bill Falberg 155 U561 Inverted Surcharge, Bill Geijsbeek 18

UPSS Auction 2008-2, Prices Realized 156 1920 Surcharge on S33, Gary Blackmore 18 Gerald W. King and Pseudo Postal Stationery,

Harold M. Stral 156 Czechoslovakia Misspelling, Wayne Menuz 19 Black Jack Forgeries: 4th Nesbitt 2¢, Bill Lear 159 Swedish Railroad Cards, Paul Nelson 19 Indian POW Card, Wayne Menuz 161 Bundi Essay Post Card, Sandeep Jaiswal 20

The 1925 USA Surcharge on a Philippine Envelope, William Oliver 163 Stationery Bands, Michael Moore 21

U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 164 Mexico Registered Wells Fargo, Francis Kiddle 21 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 166 Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A.

Bechuanaland Post Card Essays, Peter Thy 167

USA Rates for Card S85, Alan Crosby 169

Shoebox Communications, Walter W. Manson 171


January - February 2009 IN THIS ISSUE:

USA 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 8

A Collectible by Marriage, Charles A. Fricke 12

US Aerogram Color Changeling-UC16b, Bill Lehr 17 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Romania PTPO Envelope, Larry Parks 17

Locally revalued US cards, Lewis Bussey 18

Japanese Card Forgeries, Wayne Menuz 18

US Envelope AM-10, Howard Kristol 20 Marcus White Award, Josh Furman 20

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Matthews Collection, Part 4, Jerry Kasper 22 A Revalued Canada Reply Postal Card, Dale Speirs 66 UPSS Auction 09-1 24 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 67

Volume 51, Number 2, Whole Number 365 March -April 2009

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 30 Postal Card Album, David Reps, Lewis Bussey 70 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 30 USA Envelope Double Impressions, Tom Lera 70 Br. E. Africa Reg. Letter Envelope with Protectorate

Handstamp – a New Discovery, George Krieger 31 USA MR27c and MR28Ac, Bill Weiss, Lewis Bussey 71

Persia Official Envelope, Behruz Nassre 33 New Zealand KG VI Envelope, Ian McMahon 72 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 33 Postal Stationery Electronically?, Leo Warda 72 UPSS General Meeting at PIPEX 2009 34

34 Varieties of Cuban 1880 - 1882 U.P.U. Postal Cards, Robert

Littrell and Octavio Cabrera 72 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek U.S. Postal Card Catalog Update, Lewis Bussey 37 New Information about Cook Island Postal Cards, Robert E.

Shoemaker 74 Elizabethan-era Election Envelopes of Canada, Dale Spears 38

USA Airmail Card SA3 – Purple Lozenges and Reconstructions, Lewis Bussey 44 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Jefferson's Vision on S17, Anthony Fandino 46 Geuzendam’s - Postal Stationery of The Netherlands 82 Digital Philately, Fran Adams 46 The Postal History of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Unique Swiss Postal Card Essay, Harlan F. Stone 46 and New Guinea and after the Japanese Occupation 82 S8 -Missing Leaf Variety, Anthony Fandino 47 Air Mail Letter Sheets of Ceylon/Sri Lanka 83 S22 variety?, Larry Parks 47 Unlisted Mauritius Envelope?, Peter Bamert 47 The Postal Stationery of Belgium 84 USA U198 & U199, Leo Warda 47 Canal Zone/Panama Registration Env., David Zemer 47 Austrian Postal Stationery Catalog 85 Brazil Essay?, Lars Englebrecht 48 A New Member’s Questions, Ray Choan 48 Indian Money Order Essay, Sandeep Jaiswal 49 Malaya Postal Stationery 1937 to 1947 86 New Zealand PTPO Envelope, Stephen Schumann 50 Leavitt Postmark, Steve Freed 50 Gibraltar Registration Envelope, Wayne Menuz 50 USPS Stationery Issue Dates, Leo Warda 51 Folded Swiss Typewriter Card, Robert Bell 51 USPS Charge for Stationery Paper, Penny A. Puskas 51 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 90 PRC PTPO Stationery, Leroy Collins 51 Canadian “Lobster” Card, Mike Sagar 52 USA Postal Cards Revalued at the Local Level, Cary Finder 91 Dubai and Yemen Fakes?, Richard Zimmerman 52 A. F. Stahl and the First Postal Cards of Iran, Behruz Nessre 94 Algeria Card Error, Wayne Menuz 53 Patriotic Cachet on Philippine Postal Stationery, Allen Mintz 100 Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Part 5, Jerry Kasper 54

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Argentina Stamped Wrappers 1878-1887: The National and American Bank Note Co. Issues, Ross Towle & Wayne Menuz 100 Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven

Contributors to UPSS 2008 59 Levitt Cancels, Larry Parks 103


May - June 2009 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 62 USA Card SA1 Paper Color, Anthony Fandino 106 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 62 Determining an ERP, Bill Lehr 106 American Bank Note Co. & George F. Nesbitt & Co.

Stamped Envelopes, Ross A. Towle 63 Special Mailing to APS Members, Roger Rhodes 107 The First Postal Cards of Costa Rica, Ross A. Towle 65 Literature Reviews Corrections, Stephen Schumann 108

U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 68 U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 69 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Leavitt Machine Cancel, Ray Hadley 70

Turks Island SPECIMEN error, Wayne Menuz 70

USA MR26e, Bill Weiss, Lewis Bussey 71

Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Part 6 Jerry Kasper 78

Thai Postal Stationery Catalog 81 Postal Stationery of Russia and Dependencies (1845-1922) 81

Michel Postal Stationery Catalog of Europe to 1960 83 Michel Pictorial Postcards and Thematic Stationery Catalog 84

(North) Korea Stamp Catalog 84

China Letter Sheets 85 The British Postal Service in Morocco 85

Vol. 51, No. 4, Whole No. 367

July – Aug 2009 IN THIS ISSUE:



USA Envelope Scott U2 ERP?, William A. Greenebaum 103 USA Card S12 with Overprint, Gary Blackmore 103 USA Grant Letter Card with Advertising, Gary Blackmore 104 Japan Pseudo Stationery, Michael Barie 104 New South Wales Cards & Wrapper, Jack Brandt 105

USA Envelope #20, Chris Masters 107

Electronic Postal Stationery , Doug Files 108

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Postal Stationery by Email, Gary Watson 108 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 154 2009 Lewandowski Award 108 UPSS Meeting at Pittsburgh 155 Demonetized Indian Registration Envelopes, Wayne

Menuz 109 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 110 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 111 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 113 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 158 Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Part 7, Jerry Kasper 114 USA Envelope Die 88b (Cap On “2”) - Another Look,

Thomas Galloway 159 USA Multiple Ad and Discount Postal Cards – Another Hudson River Group Card, Dave Nussmann 119 Indian Discoveries, Sandeep Jaiswal 161

Vol. 51, No. 5, Whole No. 368 Sept. - Oct 2009

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 122 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 172 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 122 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 174 Identifying U.S. Postal Notes of 1883-1894, Charles

Surasky 123 Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 174

1968 3¢ Echeverría envelopes S22 and S23, Mark Piper 126 Update to Catalog of 20th Century Stamped Envelopes of the USA, Bill Geijsbeek 175

Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 128 P. R. of China Recalled Card, Wayne Menuz 178 A New US Mercantile Issue Die?, Ross A. Towle 129 U.S. Postal Card Updates, Responses and Other Stuff,

Lewis Bussey 180 The 1897 UPU Overprinted USA Envelopes and Wrappers – Seeking Help with a Study, Howard Ness 130 An Australian Discovery–1d Star Die PTPO Envelope,

Gary Watson 181 Union Active Service Letter Card Used 1944 in Serowe, Peter Thy 132 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM USA Envelope U2 ERP?, Raymond Longobardi 133 Errata and Corrections: Iranian Card Article, Jack Brandt 133 19th Century Envelopes, #368 pp 143, Paul Nelson, Undersander 182 New South Wales Official Cards, Jack Brandt, Larry Parks 133 New Mercantile Die, #368 pp 129, Paul Nelson, Ross Towle 182 Lewandowski Award, Pieter P. Bonsen 134 US Postal Notes, #368 pp 123, Charles Surasky 182 Additional USA S2 Multiple Ad Cards, Larry Parks 134 Leavitt Cancel, #368, pp 141, Bob Wilderman, Larry Parks 182 S I P S Overprint on S2, David Mayo, Bill Hart, Albert

Aldham, Joe Prylock, Richard Handler, Larry Parks, R. T. Stiehl, Bill Lehr, K. David Steidley, Wil Thornthwaite, Edward LaFountain, Lauck Walton 135 Cuban Envelopes, Octavio Cabrera 185

Postal Stationery in Color, Jack Brandt, Bob Wilderman, Pieter P. Bonsen, Kevin Doyle, Bob Summerell, Howard Ness, Wil Thornthwaite, Cemil Betanov, Sam Liss, Leroy Collins, Jack Harwood, Walter Taggart, Scott A. Shaulis, Steve Pacetti, John Jennison, R. T. Stiehl, Byron Mitchell, Jerry Kasper, Larry Parks, Rodney A. Juell, Lewis Bussey, Van S. Vangor, David Mayo, Darlene Thomas, Richard Zimmermann, Allen Mintz, Jim Napier, Albert Aldham 136

Replying to article authors, Howard Ness 138 Locally Revalued USA Postal Cards, Joe Pryluck 138 A used USA S26 Double Print Card, Bill Salisbury 139 Scott’s Catalog and Postal Notes, Jack Harwood, James

Kloetzel, Wayne Menuz 139 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 2 Combination Austria-Bavaria PTPO Card, Jamie Gough 141 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 3 Leavitt Catalog , Gilb ert Paul Michel, Larry Parks 141 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 4 New USA Flag Cancel Catalog, Wayne Menuz 141

142 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM 0Ceylon “used” airgraph, Gary Watson U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 143 USA Card S22 with Printing Flaws, Ed Ferber 5 UPSS Members Win APS Service Awards 144 Swiss Card Misspelling, John Jennison 5 Koi and Corinthian Card Identifiers, Lewis Bussey 145

148 Letter Sheet or Letter Card?, Wayne Menuz 6

UPSS Auction 2009-A2


Nov-Dec 2009 IN THIS ISSUE:

President’s Message, Dan Undersander 158

USA Card SA3 – Purple Lozenges and Reconstruction, Lewis Bussey 163

U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 166 Liberian Airmail Envelopes, Robert Shoemaker 168

USA Locally Revalued Card, Josh Furman 182

Postal Notes, Charles Surasky, Gilbert Paul Michel, Paul Nelson 182 USA Soldier Use of Italian Card, Enio Spurio 184 Another Swiss Typewriter Card, Robert Bell 184 Australia Registration Envelope Inverted Back, Tom Herinckx 185

Italian Card with Inverted Back, Wayne Menuz 186 Discovery of Unused USA Card S44-19, Karl Klemmer 186 Identifying Aerogram Reversed Die Cuts, Doug Files 186 Scotts Catalog Die Illustration Error, Bill Geijsbeek 186 U. S. Precanceled Postal Cards Revisited, Josh Furman 187


Jan-Feb 2010 IN THIS ISSUE:


USA Cards SA1b and S17, Anthony Fandino 4

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2009 USA Postal Card Issues, Lewis Bussey 9 Homemade Post Card Album, Walter Taggart 63 USA Letter Sheet and Special Use Envelope Issues , Bill

Geijsbeek 15 Pressure Sensitive Envelope Gum, Tim Dudek 64 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz

Airmail Stationery Used by POW & Internees during World War II 20 Koi Card Numbering, John Mattila 65

Postal Stationery Associated with Railways: Eastern and Northern Europe 20 Uganda Triple Overprint Card, George Krieger 65

Bulgarian Postal Stationeries Catalogue, Part II, Prepaid Envelopes 20 U.S.A. Card UXC-1/SA1, Patrick Crosby 66

New Zealand Postal Notes 1886-1986 21 UPSS 1965 General Meeting, Gordon Morrison 67 Postal Stationery of British India 1856-1947 21

22 Switzerland’s Domestic Postal Money Order Forms, Harlan F.

Stone 67 Vandmaerke Krone i danske helsagskonvolutter Privatpostkarten Katalog Band II, Bayern und

Wurttemberg 22 22

Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Part 9, Jerry Kasper 74 Handbuch der Zudrucke auf amtlichen Ganzsachen

MICHEL Ganzsachen- Katalog Deutschland 2009 23 Individuals Making UPSS Contributions Calendar Year 2008 76 Ganzsachenkatalog der deutschen Privatpost 1873 bis

1914, Band 1: Aachen bis Dresden 23 Fischer Katalog, Tom II, Polskich Znakow Pocztowych

2006 23 Filagrano I. P. 2010-2011, XXVIII Edizione 24 Rakousko 1861-1918, II. Dil – Celiny 24 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 78 Katalog Prangko INDONESIA 2009 24 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 78

Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Part 8, Jerry Kasper 26 British Post Offices in French Morocco, Wayne Menuz 82

UPSS Auction 10-1 29 U.S. Postal Card Essays and Proofs Revisited, Bill Falberg 86

Vol. 52, No. 2, Whole No. 371 Mar-April 2010 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 42 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 92 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 42

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM USA S83 Locally Revalued at Dana Point, Cary Finder 43 Great Britain Official Envelope Discovery, Larry Parks 94 Two Australian STPO Envelopes Discoveries, Wayne

Menuz 43 Iranian Postal Cards, Sassan Pejhan 95 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 45 Queensland Post Card Discovery, Gary Watson 95 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 46 An Old Error in USA Envelope Catalog, Porter Venn, 96 New Issues 47 Paper Varieties on USA Envelopes & Wrappers, Marvin Schiller 96 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 48 USA Private Precancelled Cards, Roland Austin 97

Postal Stationery Essays Presented to the 6th UPU Congress in Rome, or The Birth of the IRC, Peter Bamert 49 Great Britain Envelope Used as a Wrapper, Andrew Reid 99

USA Card SA3 – Purple Lozenges and Reconstruction (revised), Lewis Bussey 56 USA Official Envelope with “ZIP + 4”, Hans Hilbers 100

UPSS Income & Expense 2007 & 2008, Porter Venn 57 USA Card S83 Printing Oddities, Raymond Longobardi 101

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Exhibitions Information, Thomas Duszak 59 Bundi Post Card, Sandeep Jaiswal 101 U.S.A. Card S57f, Richard Gluckman 59 Swiss Article Correction, Harlan Stone 102 Random Observations, Dade Luckett 60 U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 102 Jhind Used Cards, John Warren 60 Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 103 Bundi “Official” Card, John Warren 60

61 61

Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Part 10, Jerry Kasper 103 U.S.A. Envelope Paper Colors, Leo Warda

U.S.A. Envelope “Plate Cracks”, Dave Binding Problems, Jack Harwood 61 Date U.S.A. Cards Allowed Writing on Front, Steve Kaplan 62 The Drunken Postmaster, Dale Speirs 62

USA Seabiscuit Envelope Errors, Stuart Leven 63

USA “Cancelled” Card, Steve Blair 64 USA 25¢ Christmas Envelope Cachet?, Dr. Paul G. Abajian 65

St. Pierre-Miquelon Envelope Error , Jean-Jacques Tillard 65

Index to Postal Stationery, Howard Ness 66

Update to Catalog of 20th Century Envelopes. Bill Geijsbeek 72

Vol. 52, No. 3, Whole No. 372 May-June 2010

IN THIS ISSUE:

Fakes of USA Envelope 1920 Provisional Surcharges, Bill Lehr 79

Iran (Persia) Unlisted Post Card, Behruz Nassre 87 Found a Foldover or Two, Ed Ferber 88 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 90 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 91

Portuguese STO Envelopes?, Stephen Washburn 94

Two New Zealand Discoveries, Stephen Schumann 98 Guam Guard Mail Stationery, Alan Grossman 98 U.S. Stationery Overprinted GUAM, Alan Grossman 99

USA Envelope Used Outside the Mails, Joe Pryluck 100

Indian Card with Misaligned Overprint, Edy Pockelé 100

UPSS Members Only Web Site, Mike Davis 101

UPSS Auction 2010-1, Prices Realized 107

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Vol. 52, No. 4, Whole No. 373 July-August 2010 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 110 2010 Lewendowski Award 147 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 110 Copycard C-Mail Sheets and Postal Cards, Robert Bell 111 USA “Canceled” Postal Cards, Cary Finder 148

Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 112 Another “Troy Bilt” Card, By Kirk Wolford 149

A Ceylon – India Die Proof, Wayne Menuz 115 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM U.S. Envelope Fake RF Overprints, Bill Lehr 117 Pseudo, Watercolor and Mourning Questions, Jack Brandt 150

A British STO Envelope Discovery, Wayne Menuz 120 Expertizing of USA Stationery, Steve Frumkin 151

U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 124 Hong Kong Postal Money Orders, Jack Harwood 151

U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 125 New ERP for USA Card S28f Type I Four-Arcs, Lewis Bussey 152

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM On Airgraphs, Peter Thy 126 Cuba S2 with Missing Grommet, Jonathan Topper 153 Used Indian Telegraph Form, Sandeep Jaiswal 127 Uruguay Official Envelopes, Jonathan Topper 153 New UPSS Member’s Impressions, Paul Bezanker 129 More on Paper Folds, Raymond Longobardi 154 A USA S28 Card Find, Chris Masters 129

129 India Used Telegraph Form, John Jennison 154

Two USA S8 Cards with Flaw, Harald Hirnschal May-June Issue, Leo Warda 129 Mexico Stationery Catalog, Paul Bezanker 155 Australian Registration Envelope Overprints, Tom Herinckx 130 Chinese Stationery Market, Wayne Menuz 155 Foldover USA Postal Cards, Lewis Bussey 130 Rhodesia Waterlow Sample Card, Wayne Menuz 156 USA Die 88 Envelope, Lew Gray 131 North Korea Stationery, Wayne Menuz 157 Great Britain STO Post Cards, Don Heller 131 FIP Postal Stationery Commission, Wayne Menuz 157 First USA Use of Airmail Border, John D. Ciko 131

132 Reprint Request Cards, Robert Bell 157 A USA “Catfish” Koi Card, Eliot Landau Paper Varieties on USA Envelopes and Wrappers, Joe

Pryluck 132 UPSS Auction 2010-2 160 Australia Stamped to Order Envelope Listing, Lex Neville 132

132 133

Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Part 11, Jerry Kasper 169 Morocco Agencies, Larry Parks

USA Precancelled Card, Robert May Cuban Post Card US2 S2b,Robert May 133 Afghanistan Provisional Aerograms, Jerry Kasper 133 USA Embossed Lettersheets UPSS #84 & 85, Wayne Menuz 134 Persian Card H&G F1, Larry Parks 134 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Swiss Postal Stationery (Zumstein) 136 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 174 Handbook of Swiss Post Cards 136

137 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 174 Government stationery with private printing of West Berlin Swedish Railroad Post Cards 137 The Digital Future of the UPSS 175 Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalogue, Vol. I & II 137 U.S. Postal Card Catalog Addendum #1, Lewis Bussey 176 Directory of OVERPRINTED BRITISH POSTAL ORDERS 138

138 RF Fakes, Frauds, Fabrications and Forgeries on U.S. Stamped

Stationery – An Additional Look, Lewis Bussey 177 Orange Free State Philately, Vol. 3 Malaysia and the Federation of Malaya – Their Stamps and Postal

Stationery, Vol. 1 139 139

Zanzibar Overprinted Half Anna Indian Postal Stationery Envelope, George Krieger 181 Catalog of the Stamps of Brazil

Yang's P. Stamp and Postal History Catalogue of Hong Kong 139 On Folded and Mailed Airgraph Forms, Peter Thy 182 Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue 2009-2010 140

140 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 186 From the History of the Saint Petersburg Post 1703-1914

POSTAL STATIONERY Vol. 52, No. 5, Whole No. 374

Sept.-Oct. 2010 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 142 Waterlow Sample Cards from Uruguay, John Sinfield 192 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 142 Liberia Stationery Cut Square?, Jack Brandt 193 The Ringer - A Nepal Card, Dr. Frank Vignola 143 Cuba S2 with Missing Grommet, Lewis Bussey 193

U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 144 Japanese Card with Unusual USA Censor Mark, Jack Brandt 194

U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 145 U.S.A. Postal Stationery New Issues, Bill Geijsbeek 146 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 147

British Post Offices in French Morocco, David Stotter 152

Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 158

POSTAL STATIONERY

Vol. 52, No. 6, Whole No. 375 Nov.-Dec. 2010

IN THIS ISSUE:

U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 188 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 189 UPSS Sales Circuit 101 189 Bogus Chinese Card, Wayne Menuz 191 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Ascher Stationery Catalog, Bill Geijsbeek 192

New ERP for USA Official Card O1a, Terry Young 193

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USA Card S96 with Misplaced Tagging, Terry Young 194 USA Postal Card S63e Variety? Terry Young 24 Turkish Trial Color Postcard, Anonymous 194 Unlisted Romanian Stationery, Edwin de Korte 24 Reprint Request Cards, Pieter Bonsen, Ian McMahon 195 Afghanistan Reply Card? Ferry Luijbe 25 French Military Post Card, Paul Bezanker 196

196 One more “Troy Bilt” Card, Ed Ferber 25 USA Military Cards, Robert Meyerowitz USA Card S8 Cracked Plate, Ray Longobardi 197 St. Pierre-Miquelon Lettercard, Jean-Jacques Tillard 26 Indian Philately Web Site, Paul Nelson 197 UPSS Possessions Catalog Wins Award, George Krieger 26 Grant Letter Card Gumming, Ron Demery 197 Another Locally Surcharged USA Postal Card, Steve Blair 26 Mint USA Card S26a Cracked Plate, Terry Young 198 UPSS Auction 2011 A1 outside mailing cover, pages 27 & 32 Seeing Catalog Numbers and Valuations, Robert Nevraumont 198 USA Postal Card Auction Results 28 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz

Vandmaerke Krone i danske helsagskonvolutter 198 US Envelope Knife 106 vs. Knife 116, Bill Lehr 31 United Nations Postal Stationery 1952-1984 199 Catalogue Mondial des Coupons-Résponse, Tome 1,

Histoire, types, généralités, Pays de “A: à “H” 199 Precanceled Postal Cards 1874-1961 199 Locally Printed Forces Air Mail Letter Cards of East

Africa in World War II 200 Malaysia and the Federation of Malaya – Their Stamps

and Postal Stationery, Vol. 2 200 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 34 Die lokalen Not-Ganzsachen der amerikanischen und englischen Zone aus P900 bis P905 200

201 Census of US Postal Cards Showing New York Exchange

Office Postmarks Until 1879, Alex Gundel 35 Western Express (magazine) Ceylon/Sri Lanka Postal Stationery, Part II, Postal Cards,

Letter Cards, Letter Sheets, Wrappers, P.T.P.O. Wrappers 201 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 43

Handbuch der Schweizer Postkarten 202 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A.

Matthews Collection, Part 12, Jerry Kasper 202 Boy Scout Stamp Collecting Merit Badge, Wayne Menuz 45 Unverified USA Envelopes, Dan Undersander 205 Netherlands Pseudo Stationery from the USA, Wayne Menuz 46


Jan.-Feb. 2011 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 2 Corrections to Last Issue’s page 16, Ed McGovern 48 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 2 Two Unlisted GB STO Cards, Wayne Menuz 48

What should be listed in a U.S. Postal Stationery Catalog? 3

2010 USA Postal Card Issues, Lewis Bussey 4 August 23, 1886 – The First Day of Sale for the 2-cent Grant Letter Card, Henry Scheuier 61 Post Coach Indicium Envelopes of Bulgaria, Richard

Stevens 8 The Discovery of the Blue Paper Envelope (UC6a/AM28)

– A Once in a Lifetime Experience, Robert B. Hopler 14 U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 16 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 16 U.S.A. 20th/21st Century Column, Bill Geijsbeek 17 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Correction to last issue’s back page 22 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 70 Correction to last issue Page189, Bob Combs 22 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 70 Japanese Card with Unusual USA Censor Mark, Joe Pryluck 22 UPSS Annual Meeting (photographs) 71 Personalized Postal Stationery, Peter Bamert 22 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 72 Full Sheets of S1 and S2? Roger Rhodes 23 ‘‘I’ll Be Seeing You’’ – A Revue of Salesmen’s Postal Cards,

Alan Mintz 73 USA Returned Aerogram, Edgard Pockelé 23 Overprinted Bolivia Envelope, David Chang 23 U.S.A. 19th Century Envelope Column, Dan Undersander 77

POSTAL STATIONERY

Vol. 53, No. 2, Whole No. 377 Mar-April.. 2011 IN THIS ISSUE:


U.S.A. 19th Century Column, Dan Undersander 40 Exhibitions & Awards Column, Gary Starkey 41

2010 USA Postal Card Correction, Lewis Bussey 45

Meaning of “Reverse Die Cut”, Robert Littrell 46 Linn’s Reads Postal Stationery, Bill Geijsbeek 46 Grant Letter Sheet (Card) Gumming, Patrick Crosby 46 Non-denominated Stationery to Foreign Countries? Michael Marks 47 A New USA Multiple Ad Postal Card? William Tatham 47 USA Card overprinted Saipan Mariana Is., Steve Blair 48

Puerto Rico Overprinted Post Cards, Wayne Menuz 50 Early TV Memories Error Alert, Lewis Bussey 53 Market Report 55

Counterfeit and Bogus Stationery, Wayne Menuz 62 Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 67


May-June 2011 IN THIS ISSUE:

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U.S.A. Postal Card Column, Lewis Bussey 78 USA Envelope Paper & Watermarks, Joe Pryluck 129 U.S.A. 20th & 21st Century Envelope Column, Bill

Geijsbeek 81 Unused Exhibition Postal Card EX5, Alex Gundel 130 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Grant Letter Cards, Howard Ness 83 Contents of PS, Dave Nussmann 130 Grant Letter Cards, Alan Warren 83

83 Is It a Meter or Postal Stationery? Wayne Menuz 131 Puerto Rico Fake Overprints, Byron Mitchell ERP Info on Wikipedia, Robert Littrell 83 Market Report 134 Mariana Islands Precancelled Postal Card, Scott Shaulis 83 Counterfeit and Bogus Stationery 134 Identification of a Peruvian Card, Kenneth Grant 84 UPSS Auction 2011 A1, Prices Realized 135 Multiple Ad Card?, David Naussmann 84 Nordia Exhibition, Paul Nelson 84 Cards with New York Exchange Office Marks, Lauck

Walton 85 Website with Canadian Stationery, Leroy Collins 87 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 138 New 20th and 21st Century Catalog, Stanley Snyder 87 President’s Message, Dan Undersander 138 Unlisted British STO Post Cards, John Jennison 88

88 USA Envelopes –The World of Errors – Double Trouble, Thomas

Galloway 139 CANCELLED USA Postal Cards, Ed Ferber Great Britain Sample Aerogram, Jerry Kasper 88 More USA Card S8 Plate Varieties, Raymond Longobardi 141 USA Postal Cards S44-19, S110a, etc., Karl Klemmer 89 New and Old Bechuanaland Essay Finds, Peter Thy 144 New Zealand Double Embossed Envelope, Stephen

Schumann 90 19th Century Envelopes, 1) Changes to 19th Century U.S. Catalog , and 2) Precancelled stationery 148 Australian Sample Aerogram, Jerry Kasper 90

Some Australia P. O. Issued Cards, Wayne Menuz 91 20th & 21st Century Envelopes, FDC, part 2 149 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz

Die Bildpostkarten der Schweiz 1924-1964 Motivhanduch 93 Nicaragua: A Reprinted Card?, Wayne Menuz 152 Sierra Leone Registration 93 UPSS Mail Auction 2011-A3 outer mailing wrapper & 153 Catálogo de Enteros Postales de México 94 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM

Selected British Forces Aerograms from the Thomas A. Matthews Collection, Part 13 (Conclusion) Jerry Kasper 95 Another USA Multi-ad card, Allen Mintz 156

Market Report 98 Auction, Foreign Material 2011-A2 outside mail wrapper Nigeria Aerogram FG5,W Menuz & Jerry Kasper 157



Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz 106 Danish Philatelic Production Ceases. President’s Message, Dan Undersander 106 Danish Private Stationery? Paul Nelson 162 Tina Modotti and the Julio Antonio Mella Cuban Postal

cards of 1965-1986, Mark Piper 107 USA Cards in Sheets, Loyd Grafford 163

U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS 19th Century Envelopes, Changes to 19th Century U.S. Catalog 113 Indonesian Postal Card, Rick Stambaugh 164 20th & 21st Century Envelopes, First Day Covers, Part 1 114 Market Report & Counterfeit and Bogus Report 166 Postal Cards, Modern Essays 115 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz

Provisional Leavitt Machine Cancel, Raymond Longobardi 117 Treasured Letters, New Zealand POW Air Letter Cards 1941-1945 170

Nepal Postal Card Proof of the Two Paisa Horse & Rectangular Sri Pashupati Issue of 1935-1939, Frank Vignola 118 Persiphila Iran Postal Stationeries Reference, 1878-1979 171

Identification of USA Envelope Centennial Special Printings, Dan Undersander and Porter Venn 122

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Correction to last issue, Wayne Menuz 128 Additional local postmaster’s surcharged cards? Howard

Ness 128 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz...................................................... 174

Precancelled USA Cards, Josh Furman 129

Rare Australian Cards, Tom Herinckx, John Sinfield 130

USA Card UX50c S68c, Wil Thornthwaite 130


September-October 2011 IN THIS ISSUE:

U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS

Exhibitions & Awards Column, MWA & MWS 150

UNTEA Aerograms, Leon G. Stadtherr 156

South Australia Commonwealth Wrapper, Cemil Betanov 156 USA Envelope with CANCELLED overprint, Lew Gray 157

More Salesmen’s Calling Cards, Tony Fandino 158 Canal Zone Christmas Cards, Irwin Gibbs 158 A New Years Card, Cary Finder 158 Romanian Stationery, Jack Brandt 158 Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons Postings, Robert Litrell 159 South Australia View Card, Wayne Menuz 160 Storage of Stationery, Loyd Grafford 160 New Zealand Lazi-Letter (Letter Sheet), Jerry Kasper 161

Indian Unlisted Surcharged Card Varieties, Sandeep Jaiswal 162

Unlisted India Envelope Die, Sandeep Jaiswal 163 UPU Specimen Postal Stationery, James Bendon 163 Two types of USA Envelope Die 182? Bill Geijsbeek 164

Interitalia Italian Postal Stationery Specialized Catalogue 2011 170

The Postal Stationery Catalogue of New China,, 2011 171 Postal Stationery of Ireland, supplement from 2001 to 2006 171

Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven 172

Vol. 53, No. 6, Whole No. 381 November – December 2011

IN THIS ISSUE:

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President’s Message, Dan Undersander ........................................174 2011 USA Postal Card Issues, Lewis Bussey ................................ 17 Officially Sealed USA High Value Envelopes, Wayne

Menuz........................................................................................175 Swiss Money Orders via Telegrams, Harlan F. Stone .................178 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS

19th Century Envelopes, Collector Questions about 1853 Nesbits ...................................................................................................180 Storage of Postal Stationery, Tom Herinckx ..........................................23 Exhibitions & Awards Column, ..............................................181 South Australian OHMS Wrappers, tom Henrickx..............................24 Postal Cards, “Forever” Cards and New Rates..........................181 Cameroons Aerogram with Double Overprint, Jerry Kasper .................25

Sultan Seyyid Hamid-bin-Thwain Stationery of Zanzibar 1896-1898, George T. Krieger..............................182 International Reply Coupons in Exhibitions, Keith Hanman ............26

Why Isn’t My Item Listed in the Catalog? Joe Pryluck..............185 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM S22 Plate Varieties, Ed Ferber........................................................187 USA 5¢ Lincoln Die 182, Jim Schmelz ........................................187 Die Bildpostkarten Osterreichs .....................................................................27 Unfortunately It’s Not Postal Stationery, Lars Engelbrecht.............187 Die Bildpostkarten des Deutschen ReichesBohmen und Mahrens, sowie

der Freien Stadt Danzigs , ..................................................................... 27 Voided USA Envelopes, R. T. Stiehl..............................................188 Costa Rica, Targetas Postales de 1923, Tarjetas de Propaganda al Café. Vistas de Limon .................................................................................... 28 Double USA Envelope Article Doubles, Kay Hoke, R. T.

Stiehl 188 USA Envelope U34 in Brown, Sam Liss........................................188

.189 Canal Zone Christmas Postal Cards, Irwin Gibbs..........................Postal Notes and Postal Money Orders – Stationery or

Revenues? Wayne Menuz & Dave Elsmore...................................189 Surcharge Error on USA Envelope U562, Nancy Clark .................190 Nicaragua Post Card #12, Bryan Kendall........................................190 Ukraine Postal Stationery?, Wayne Menuz & Ingert Kuzych............191 Nicaragua 1900 Issue Envelopes with Overprint, Wayne

Menuz & Mike Schrieber ..........................................................191 President’s Message, Dan Undersander ......................................... 38 Japanese Lettersheet, William C. Walton ........................................194 Sweden’s 1897 Jubilee Postal Card, Alan Warren........................ 39 Hawaii Card S4, Harold Weiner......................................................194

.195 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS Great Britain Letter Card Essay, Wayne Menuz..........................USA Card S8 Plate Varieties, Bryan Kendall..................................195 Postal Cards Folded Postal Cards...................................... 43

Lewandowski Award for 2011 .....................................................196 UPSS Auction 02-2, Prices Realized ............................................196 19th Century Envelopes, Pasteups ................................................... 47 A Cache of Illustrated Wrappers of USA, Dr. John

Courtis .......................................................................................197 Exhibitions & Awards Column, ............................................... 50 Even More USA S8 Plate Varieties and Printing Errors,

Ed Ferber .................................................................................. Thoughts on Nesbitt 1853/1863 Envelopes, Edmund McGovern . 51 .201

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USA Seabiscuit and Liberty Bell Envelope RecycleText, Dave Kandziolka.................................................................................. 52 New Type of 1891 Nicaragua Reply Card, Michael

Schreiber....................................................................................20

Vol. 54, No. 1, Whole No. 382 January – February 2012

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz...........................................................2 Iranian Service Envelopes, Behruz Nassre ....................................... 64 President’s Message, Dan Undersander ............................................2 Philippines Card S2 Missing Grommet, Bryan Kendall ................... 66 Bogus Abu Dhabi Aerograms, Wayne Menuz .................................3 USA Prepaid Forever Priority Mail Envelopes, Hans Hilbers ......... 66 Weed Sewing Machine Co. and other Things, Howard

Ness ...............................................................................................6 USA FDC Stationery, Patrick Crosby .............................................. 66 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS

19th Century Envelopes, 1890 Annual Report ................................... 8 ..... 9 Market Report................................................................................ 69

Exhibitions & Awards ....................................................................Postal Cards, 29¢ Common Terns Press Sheets ................................. 10

Membership Manager’s Report.................................................... 75

20th & 21st Century Envelopes, FDC – Part 3 ............................ ..1. 1 Individuals Making Contributions to the UPSS 2011................. 76

UPSS Income & Expense 2009 & 2010, Porter Venn....................16

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Syria O.M.F. Envelope, Yavuz Corapcioglu .................................... 21 Cilicia Registration Envelope, Jack Harwood .................................. 21 USA Wrappers, Cemil Betanov........................................................ 22 Australian Stationery with Views, Tom Herinckx............................ 22 More Jewish New Year Cards, Larry Parks ...........................................23

Information Requested, Ashley .............................................................25

Malaysia and the Federation of Malaya – Their Stamps and Postal Stationery, Vol. 3 ...................................................................................27

Market Report, USA Possessions sale .................................................29


March-April 2012 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz........................................................ 38

32¢ Sailboat Postal Card Press Sheet ........... 46

20th & 21st Century Envelopes, Dept. of Defence Envelopes..... 49

USA Specimen Envelopes, Howard Ness....................................... 58 View Cards in Europe, Prof. Dr. Michael Bockisch ...................... 60 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM UPU Specimens?, Peer Bamert ...................................................... 63 FIP Postal Stationery Commission, Lars Engelbrecht ...................... 64 Official Postal Stationery, Dan Undersander .................................... 64

USA Bulk Mail Envelopes, Bryan Kindall....................................... 66

Hyderabad Envelope Used to London, Sandeep Jaiswal .................. 68 When Divided Back Postcards became OK, Cary Finder ..................68

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

IN THIS ISSUE: Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz.........................................................78

8 Exhibitions & Awards .............................................................. 135 President’s Message, Dan Undersander ..........................................7Liberia’s First Postal Card, Robert Shoemaker.............................79

..SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Rediscovered Scott U447C UPSS 2743, Dan Undersander......... .81 USA Envelopes AM105-49A and OM-2-18, Davor Sutija ................... 139 Use of Mails to Defraud – The Sterling Debenture

Corporation on USA S26, Patrick M. Crosby ...........................82 USA Envelope Watermarks 15 and 15A, Ross Towle ................... 139 Non-issued German Picture Postcards 1934 – 1941,

Prof. Dr. Michael Bockisch .........................................................84 Full Face McKinley Card Update, ............................................... 141 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS

19th Century Envelopes, UPSS 2a & 899b-9, thick and thin paper, wrappers with corner cards, Nesbit defaced die ............................87 Moving Forward, Robert Bell ...................................................... 142 21st Century Envelopes, 2012 new issues....................................88

Bermuda Surcharged Card #6 Variety, Stephen Schumann ............ 143 20th Century Envelopes, 150 years of envelope production .....................................................................................91 Paper Color of Envelope U499 3163-3164, Lowell Handberg ....... 143 Postal Cards, pioneer airmail cards, 2012 issues .........................92 Specimen Stationery, James Bendon .............................................. 143 Exhibitions & Awards Column, ................................................95 Jamaica Aerogram Errors, Jerry Kasper....................................... 144

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM Free Frank & Demonetized Stationery, Ross Towle.........................98

8 More USA Postal Card S-8 Printing & Plate Varieties,

Raymond Longobardi ............................................................... 145 Corrections to Last Issue (Alan Warren article) .............................9Cuba Envelope UPSS 5 with Double Overprint, Howard G.

Kristol ...........................................................................................99 Membership Manager’s Report.................................................. 153 Artur Lewandowski, Peter Fink........................................................99

.10LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz USA Envelope Watermarks 15 and 15A, Douglas A. Files............ 0 Study of Crown Watermarks in Danish Postal Stationery Envelopes ... 154 New Porto Rico Envelope U7 Discovery, Howard G. Kristol.........100 Ganzsachenkatalog der deutschen Privatpost, Teil: Düren bis Lübeck .154 A Used Feudatory Jhind Postcard, Sandeep Jaiswal........................101 Michel Ganzsachen-Katalog Europa ab 1960, Westliches Europa 2011 154

Divided Back Post Cards, Bill Hart, Cary Finder .............................101 Handbook of the Post Cards of the World’s Columbian Exposition ...... 155 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 Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz...................................................... 158 UPSS Mail Auction 2012-A2 ............... outer mailing wrapper & 105 President’s Message, Dan Undersander ....................................... 158 LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz Privatganzsachen Berlin (West) ....................................................107 Southern Rhodesia King George V “Admiral” 1½d

Letter Card, Keith Brodovcky ................................................ 159 The International Reply Coupons of Ireland.................................107 .107 An 1881 North Bridgton, Maine Precancel, Charles A. Fricke.. 161 Catalog Current Postal Issues of the Russian Federation.............

British East Africa Archival Stationery, George Krieger ...........108 U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS Market Report & Counterfeit and Bogus Report ......................110 19th Century Envelopes, The Postal Rate Reduction of 1883 162


July-August 2012 IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz.......................................................118 8

The Mystery of the 1942 Burma Moulmein Triangle, Richard Warren......................................................................... 169 President’s Message, Dan Undersander ........................................11

Expanding the Space on a Swiss Postal Card, Harlan F. Stone..........................................................................................119 EFO Forensics - How did that happen?, Thomas Galloway ...... 173

ST. Lucia’s “Lion Brand” Postal Stationery, Guy Kilburn & Wayne Menuz ..................................................120

Color and Other Varieties of the 34¢ Eagle Envelope U646 James C. Carmack, Jr.., James D. Parmiter, Larry Parks.......... 174

A New Liberian Postal Card?, Robert E. Shoemaker ..................122 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS

19th Century Envelopes, New Nesbitt Discoveries, Specimen Envelopes .............................................................................123 Errata in Previous Issue, Sam Liss................................................. 179 20th Century Envelopes, An In-depth Look ..............................124

21st Century Envelopes, Catalog Number Corrections, UPSS 3850, Underfranked Envelopes, Identifying Used WAG & PSA, Major vs. Minor Catalog Numbers, The Knife Shapes of Recent Envelopes ....... 126 Postal Cards, “Folded Forensics” on U.S. Cards – Part II ............... 131

Election – Candidates’ Biographies ............................................ 138

Rediscovered Great Britain Card, Wayne Menuz........................... 139

USA Envelops – New Listings?, Kirk Wolford.............................. 140

Well-traveled Colombian Envelope, George Krieger ..................... 141 USA Envelope UPSS 11A with Nesbitt Seal, Larry Parks........... 142

Katherine Stinson Flight, Paul Nelson, John Birkinbine II ............... 142

Cuban Envelope with Albino Overprint, Robert Litrell ................. 143

Unusual GB Registration Stamp, Wayne Menuz............................ 144

Market Report & Counterfeit and Bogus Report ..................... 148

Vol. 54, No. 5, Whole No. 386 September-October 2012

IN THIS ISSUE:

20th Century Envelopes, What is a die anyway?, Envelope die nominclature ................................................................................... 163 Postal Cards, Digital Color Postmarks ........................................... 165 Exhibitions & Awards................................................................ 168

USA Post Card S63 Varieties Revisted, John W. Allen.............. 171

Elusive British Lettercard, Wayne Menuz...................................... 178 USA Exhibition Cards, Kenneth Wukasch ..................................... 178 USA Specimen Envelopes, Ed McGovern .......................... 178 & 179

Philippine Unlisted Envelopes, Howard Ness .............................. 179

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20th-21st Century Envelope Catalog Corrections, Lowell Handberg.....................................................................................181

Great Britain STO Envelopes Found, Wayne Menuz......................181 USA Card UX7 with Flaw, Charles Wallis .....................................182 FIP Postal Stationery Commission, Lars Englebrecht ....................182 Australia Sports/Postal Cards, Wayne Menuz.................................183 USA Specimen Letter Sheets, Howard Ness ............................... 212

2012 Lewandowski Award, .........................................................185 Two 21¢ UPU Airmail Cards to Saudi Arabia, Charles Fricke . 213 2012 Election results, ...................................................................185 SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM LITERATURE REVIEWS, Wayne Menuz, Jack Harwood Rückblick auf die Ganzsachen der DDR Dauerserie “Walter Ulbricht” 185 Australia Wrappers, Jan Kosniowski .............................................. 214 (North) Korean Stamp Catalogue 2012 ....................................................185 A Used New Zealand “Speediegram”, Jerry Kasper ...................... 214 Postal Orders & Savings Certificates of Pakistan & British India ............186 Reversed Die Cut of UC55 Aerogram, Sam Liss........................... 215 Pre-printed Postal Stationery of New Zealand Printing &

Stationery Department ........................................................................187 Panama Viewcard with Color Missing, Wayne Menuz .................. 215 Filagrano 2013-14 Interi Postali ...............................................................187 Unlisted Great Britain Official Envelope?, Wayne Menuz............. 215

UPSS Meeting in Sacramento ......................................................188 USA Fake Boxed 6¢ Air Mail Surcharges, Bill Lehr ..................190 USA Envelope with Manuscript Surcharge, Joe Pryluck ...........194 Market Report & Counterfeit and Bogus Report ......................195 Folded Typewriter Cards, Robert Bell ........................................... 217

Vol. 54, No. 6, Whole No. 387 November-December 2012

IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, Wayne Menuz.......................................................198 Cut Squares of USA Postal Cards, Cary Finder ......................... 222

President’s Message, Gary Starkey...............................................198 1915 US Stamped Envelope Contract and Schmidt “Diagonal” Envelope Machine, Ross A. Towle..................... 224

German East Africa: Stamped to Order Postal Stationery during WWI, George Krieger ..............................199 Market Report & Counterfeit and Bogus Report ..................... 230

Spanish STO Folded Typewriter Postcard, Robert Bell.............202 Membership Manager’s Report, Stuart Leven ........................... 236

U.S.A. FEATURE COLUMNS 19th Century Envelopes, Production Samples...................................203

20th Century Envelopes, the 6¢ monoplane airmail 1949 watermark 204 21st Century Envelopes, First Day cancels .................................... 206 Postal Cards, Uses in the Spanish-American War Period ................. 207 Exhibitions & Awards................................................................ 212

USA Bulk Rate Envelope with Uprate, Paul Nelson...................... 214

Peru Wrapper Variety, Wayne Menuz............................................ 216 Chile “Proofs” on eBay, Wayne Menuz ......................................... 216 USA S23 with Broken Text, Don Nash ......................................... 217

USA Card S37 with Specimen Perfin, Ed McGovern .................... 217 Liberia’s First Two Airmail Envelopes, Robert Shoemaker ...... 218 UPU Archival Markings on Postal Stationery from the

Cape of Good Hope, Peter Thy ............................................... 219

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