The American Philatelist April 2020

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AMERICAN PHILATELIST
MONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Holocaust Remembrance
Featuring
Prisoner Mail System of
Concentration Camp Majdanek
Work Camp Lipowa 7
and
The Making of a Holocaust Exhibit

THE
AMERICAN PHILATELIST
APRIL 2020 Table of Contents
VOLUME 134 • NO. 4 • WHOLE NO. 1,431
PAGE 318 FOOD PACKAGES, ETC., SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO CAMP LIPOWA 7, BY JUSTIN GORDON
— An unusual preprinted address on a Lublin ghetto
request card led Justin Gordon to uncover details about
a little-known work camp, Lipowa 7: a subcamp of
Majdanek concentration camp.
PAGE 326 BLOCKERS YOU SAY?
COLLECTING COAST TO COAST,
BY WAYNE YOUNGBLOOD — We
continue our foray into modern
postal history to look at the nowstandard
ZIP Code barcodes – and
how post offices adapted to block
barcode errors as mail processing
became increasingly automated.
DEPARTMENTS
338 Adventures in Expertizing
334 APRL Notes
332 Buy and Sell
352 Classifieds
294 Editor’s Notes
351 Index of Advertisers
298 Letters to the Editor
330 Member Highlight
356 Membership Report
360 New U.S. Issues
PAGE 310 PRISONER MAIL SYSTEM IN KL
LUBLIN/MAJDANEK, BY J. S. SAWYER — The
tragedy and history of Konzentrationslager
(KL) Lublin, considered by its survivors to be
more deadly than KL Auschwitz, is told here,
illustrated by incoming and outgoing mail
from the camp.
PAGE 322 REMEMBRANCE, CONNECTION,
WITNESS: THE MAKING OF A HOLOCAUST
EXHIBIT, BY SUSANNA MILLS — In 2019,
the APS gained custodianship of Foxborough
Regional Charter School’s Holocaust Stamps
Project — 11 million stamps, stamp art collages,
and letters all compiled in the near-decade of
Foxborough’s Holocaust education project. In
June 2020, the American Philatelic Center will
open an exhibit that bears witness to the project
and the postal history of the Holocaust.
PAGE 365 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT,
BY APS STAFF — Our special Recognition Section
notes all of the many members who helped
the American Philatelic Society grow through
generous donations of money, materials, time
and expertise in 2019.
Front cover: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe — Berlin, Germany.
362 New World Issues
306 Our Story
342 Philatelic Happenings
292 President’s Column
346 Show Time
364 Worldwide in a Nutshell
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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN
BY ROBERT ZEIGLER
president | RZeigler@zcklaw.com
Be a Caretaker for the Future of Our Hobby
One of our great responsibilities as stamp collectors is
to act as caretakers and stewards of tangible philatelic
and postal history items. Many of us are custodians
of history – you will see many such examples in this
very issue, from philatelists who have taken on the responsibility
of preserving Holocaust-era postal history. By acting
as caretakers of this material, we agree to pass it on to new
generations, and that brings up a paramount goal for our
Society: recruiting new members to carry on our missions.
In the February issue of The American Philatelist, you
read about the 2020 Challenge; this year, our nearly 28,000
members are challenged to recruit two thousand and twenty
new members to the American Philatelic Society.
The main problem that the American Philatelic Society
faces in maintaining or increasing our numbers does not
stem from dissatisfaction among the members with what
we do. Rather, our major difficulties in keeping the Society
strong are death and disability in our membership. Our only
recourse is to pass on what we know and what we own to a
younger generation that has learned what stamp collecting
is all about, because we recruited them and taught them.
You might ask yourself, “How do I recruit?” A relevant
question, with much to gain if you become successful in this
task. In fact, the Society is offering rewards in the form of a
limited number of free life memberships. Only those who
excel in recruiting can win.
In my experience, the most effective recruiting is by word
of mouth. Michael Schweitzer, the president of our local Indiana
Stamp Club, and our treasurer, Bob Strantz, often take
the opportunity during Indiana Stamp Club meetings to
announce the availability of APS membership applications
and to encourage all attendees to join APS. As a result, the
percentage of individuals joining not just our local club, but
our national Society, is very high. Local club membership
and APS membership are effectively symbiotic, as each reinforces
the other. Local membership provides a steady communication
channel with other local club members, and often
provides information about local shows and events. APS
membership provides information on a national scale along
with multiple resources to aid the collector.
In addition to promoting membership at your local
clubs, you can take matters into your own hands by approaching
non-members and encouraging them to join
APS. We recognize that the pool of potential members consists
almost entirely of those who are already collecting but
have not actually joined the Society. We estimate that there
The key to any successful membership drive is the prize. In 1926,
APS offered a free trip to the APS Convention in New York City,
and $50 to cover expenses, to the lucky person who recruited
the most members.
The American Philatelist, May 1926, offers a new take on some
familiar philatelic vocabulary.
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are between one and two million “closet” collectors who
are interested in stamps and are collecting them, but have
not yet joined organized philately.
If a person to whom you suggest APS membership is
not familiar with The American Philatelist, lend him or her
some of your back issues. If you know a potential member’s
subject area, find an AP article relating to that subject.
The AP is searchable online, and if you can’t find an article
yourself, the talented staff of the American Philatelic Research
Library is able to assist you. The Library can provide
potential members with an enormous amount of information
regarding their collecting interests. If a prospective
member has doubtful items that need authentication,
point out that the APS can help them there as well. If they
are interested in a collecting area, topic, or theme, APS has
the connections to put them in touch with other collectors
with similar interests.
The choice to recruit is up to you. But recruiting will
not only help the APS; it will help you later on when it
comes time to dispose of your collection and you find that
there is still an active group of younger collectors. You will
have done your part to preserve the wonderful world and
hobby of stamp collecting, so that in Abraham Lincoln’s
immortal words, these important artifacts “shall not perish
from the Earth.”
Be a “GOT,” Not a “Get”!
In 1926, the American Philatelic Society launched — you
guessed it — a membership drive. Our goal then was to reach 5,000
total members, in time for the New York APS Convention in October.
A.W. (Bill) Bloss tells the reader in the April 1926 issue of The
American Philatelist:
… you, Mr. A.P.S. member, will get out of the society just
what you put into it. The A.P.S. wants and should have 5,000
members . . . It does not want every collector in America, but
every honest and serious collector of good character . . . Get behind
the Recruiting Committee and don’t stop with getting one
member, get ten. The writer got seven last month, and is after
seven more. If you know a man is of good character, don’t stop
until you sign him up.
Later in the April issue, we have a challenge from that very
same Recruiting Committee, written by R. L. Hustin (APS #7903):
Do you belong to the “Get a Member” crowd of the A.P.S. –
or have you joined the “GOT a Member” gang? Them’s the boys!
… Don’t keep “putting off” getting YOUR new member.
“Hell is paved with good intentions” says Henry W. Shakespeare,
or someone else. Don’t be a “Hell paver” but get into the
“Honorary Society of GOTs” as fast as you can!
Well said! We’ll amend Mr. Bloss and Mr. Hustin’s statements
slightly to offer this encouragement - when you meet an honest
man or woman of good character, don’t stop until you sign them
up! Join the “GOT a Member” club post-haste, and rest easy knowing
that you’ve fulfilled a decades-old imperative.
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EDITOR’S NOTES
BY THOMAS LOEBIG
chief content officer | tloebig@stamps.org
We could not do this without you!
Towards the back of this issue, right after
Bob Lamb’s renowned column “Worldwide
in a Nutshell,” there is a special section,
highlighting and recognizing our donors
and volunteers.
When I started last summer at APS, one of
the first events I attended was Volunteer Work
Week. A small army of members descended on
the American Philatelic Center to help us catch
up and clean up. Imagine a week where a team of organizational specialists showed up at
your front door, dedicated to doing the chores you’ve put off for a year! In that single week,
I met many volunteers who have been dedicating their time to the American Philatelic
Center for years. The cheerful atmosphere and energy in the building during Volunteer
Work Week was infectious.
We are also lucky to have Bellefonte-area APS members who are with us every day.
From sorting donated materials, filing in the library or putting donated postage on our
outgoing mail, they make it easier for APS staff to focus on the task of serving your needs.
Thank you.
Your donations are not meaningless. Instead, they carry our Society forward, while preserving
the vision of the American Philatelic Society’s founders: “The objects of this Association
are, to assist its members
in acquiring knowledge
in regard to Philately; to cultivate
a feeling of friendship
among philatelists; and to
enable them to affiliate with
members of similar societies
in other countries.”
What would the American
Philatelic Society and
American Philatelic Research
Library be without
your generosity?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Brilliant!
Dear Editor,
This issue was brilliant. Thank you for the extensive coverage
of Black History month, especially “The Earliest Depiction…”
Great combination of history and stamp scholarship.
Regards,
Gregory Frux,
Brooklyn, NY
Black Courage Context
To the editor:
Allow me to add some context to Bernice L. Fields’ article,
“Black Courage, African-American Soldiers in the War
of Independence” (February American Philatelist).
About one quarter of the troops in the Continental Army,
not the 10 or 15 percent Fields cites, were free blacks and
slaves who expected to win their freedom through military
service. Many of the latter fought in an all-black regiment
which bravely helped to defeat a combined force of British
Redcoats and Hessian mercenaries at the Battle of Rhode Island
in August 1778. Not all of the enslaved fighters were rewarded
with their freedom, but the battle showed that blacks
could fight.
At war’s end, the British evacuated about 3,000 former
slaves, not Fields’ 40,000, who had fled to their colors during
the war. When George Washington demanded their return
in 1783, the British commander in New York refused to dishonor
Britain’s pledge of freedom in exchange for the former
slaves’ loyalty. Most were resettled in Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick.
Britain’s “Southern strategy” was to take control of the
Carolinas and Georgia, which seemed vulnerable, then
crush the rebellion in the North. The strategy first foundered,
not at the Battle of Cowpens in January 1781, but at
Kings Mountain, just inside South Carolina, three months
earlier. Several free blacks from Virginia were in the Patriot
ranks.
Historians of the American Revolution (including me)
consider Kings Mountain as the Revolution’s turning point.
Cowpens was an exclamation point. The back-to-back defeats
convinced the British to abandon their attempt to sever
the Southern colonies from the North. (I write about the
only black with the Loyalists at Kings Mountain, a former
slave, in The African American Odyssey of John Kizell.)
Slaves and free blacks joined one side or the other on
the basis of opportunity and on a calculation that they were
aligning themselves with the eventual winner. The British
had no intention of abolishing slavery in the American colonies,
but they were happy to use blacks who were prepared
to help their cause. As Ms. Fields points out, General Washington,
a slave owner, initially opposed using black troops.
Blacks were potential pawns. The British Parliament debated
whether to mobilize slaves into armed legions, which
might have won the war. Had they done so, the war would
have resulted in blacks fighting blacks. Likewise, South Carolina
twice rejected arming a slave regiment, deciding that
it would be unwise to put weapons in the hands of enslaved
black men.
Kevin Lowther
Springfield, Virginia
Collecting Inspection Stamps
The February 2020 issue of The American Philatelist was
outstanding in its content. I congratulate you and your staff
for this excellent issue. Of course, I greatly enjoy the magazine
every month, but this month was outstanding.
I have a collection on Black History of approximately 400
stamps. I am still collecting, but I am hoping that soon I will
begin to develop a thematic series of exhibits and adult education
courses based on my collection.
I write to request that you forward this to Mr. Peter
Schwartz. His article (with Calvin Mitchell) was superb.
What an original and exciting article that no one had ever
done before. Simply amazing research!
Mr. Schwartz — is it possible to purchase the three denomination
of the 1864 Inspection Stamps? I would love to
add them to my collection on Black History. Where can I
purchase? What would be the cost? I would much appreciate
your expertise in answering these two questions.
Sincerely yours,
Drew Kershen
Earl Sneed Centennial Professor of Law Emeritus
University of Oklahoma, College of Law
Norman, OK
(Editor’s Note: We were able to connect Professor Kershen
with Peter and Calvin, who suggested APS member and dealer
Eric Jackson as a resource. They also suggested becoming
a member of ESPER (Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and
Reflections) for more information.)
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Engaging Youth
We have all heard
and read the laments
of aging collectors
trying to get someone
in their family
interested in stamps
— hoping that they
will take over the
collection when the
time comes. I have
“struck out” in trying
to interest my three
oldest grandchildren.
I even tried to get one
of them to sell my
duplicates on eBay to
help her make some
spending money. It
didn’t work.
My failure with the first three has made me more determined
to get the fourth one interested. Marin is only three
and lives in the Virgin Islands. I make a point of sending her
a postcard with a commemorative stamp on it every week. I
also include a small packet of stamps for her when we send
parcels to her mother. She enjoys “gluing” these colorful, but
cheap “wall-paper” stamps to her papers.
Recently, after discovering the APS’ on-line educational
materials, I sent Marin one of the “pre-K” stamp activities.
Using this activity, she created her own short story.
“Once upon a time a man on a horse (Sharjah stamp) explored
with Queen Elizabeth (Great Britain stamp). They traveled
by train (two Romanian stamps) to Independence Hall
(Nicaragua stamp). Their favorite thing was flowers (Croatian
Cinderella stamp).”
From her photo, it looks like Marin thoroughly enjoyed
this philatelic activity. I am hopeful!
Terry Watson
Lithia Springs, Georgia
More Text on Stamps?
The February 2020 issue of The American Philatelist had
a discussion about the U.S. New issues. It has large photographs
of the Priority Mail stamp (titled “Big Bend”) and the
Priority Mail Express Rate stamp (titled “Grand Island Ice
Caves”).
Neither of these are among the most well-known
American National Parks and Preserves. For reasons
I cannot understand, the U.S. Postal Service
continues to print postage stamps having none or incomplete
text about the subject being depicted. In this case,
having more text that includes the state where the park is
located (Texas and Michigan) would do a lot to define the
exact locations, increasing the ability of stamps to educate.
The USPS “Mayflower 1620” Forever postage stamp, to
be issued later in 2020, will commemorate the British-Puritan
settlement at Plymouth, MA 400 years ago. Yet nowhere
does the text of the stamp note the 400th (1620 - 2020) anniversary.
Postage stamps provide a wonderful opportunity to educate
a nation’s people about their history and heritage. Until
the 1970s, the text on U.S. postage stamps clearly indicated
exactly the issue purpose as well as noting the anniversary
being celebrated. Also, many continuing stamp series honor
notable Americans with the honoree’s image and name, but
only rarely is there even a one-word text to note their field.
Sadly, USPS misses an opportunity to educate Americans.
At post offices, I often ask the postal clerks or customers
if they know the achievement for which “Person X” is being
honored on a postage stamp. 99% say they have no idea.
I have spoken with graphic artist acquaintances who are
also stamp collectors. They state that adding an additional
word (or two) to the stamp’s motif would certainly not interfere
with the general design. Does the Citizens’ Stamp
Advisory Committee have any input in this matter? If people
lobby to have a person or event honored on a postage stamp,
it would seem only logical that the reason for such an honor
should be clearly stated with text elements on the postage
stamp design.
In the last 15 years, I have written to the Postmaster General
about this failure of USPS stamp designs to help educate
Americans. I received a cordial reply, but the USPS stated
that adding words would “detract from the impact of the design.”
I found this reply incomprehensible, given my statement
that, without such text elements, USPS stamp designs
have NO impact at all.
Respectfully,
Fred Korr
Oakland CA 94602
Stamp Story and Robert Frost Fan
I enjoyed “My Stamp Story” by Don Neal (February
2020).
I have a connection to one of the stamps he used to hand
out to his students- that of Robert Frost. Among my many
areas of employment I lead many tour groups globally. Robert
Frost spent time in Key West, Florida, living in a guest
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cottage. The owners converted it into a Robert
Frost museum that I would take Elderhostel/Road
Scholar groups to see a short presentation. Unfortunately,
the property was sold about 5 years ago.
For many years I would take tour groups to
St. Augustine, Florida, and met many great folks
working in attractions, hotels, and such. Until
about four years ago the grandson, or great-grandson
of Robert Frost worked at the Spanish Military
Hospital Museum in St. Augustine, Florida.
Cheers,
Juan L. Riera
Thanks, Bill!
I was so happy to see that you have reinstated
the New World Issues section in the February 2020
issue. A big thank you to Bill Silvester for taking
it on. He has added information at the end where
you may obtain the stamps, which is useful.
Elaine Schofield
Andover, MA
Errata:
In the article “Carol Gordon, Cachetmaker” (March 2020
AP), the caption for figure 8 is incorrect. It should read: “Figure
8. World War II (Scott 2981). Gordon created six cachets for this
series. The 1995 cover features a skeleton holding a cross that
chronicles events and people of 1945. She drew on many sources
for the cachet. Quotes from the poet Saito Sanki and from Jeanette
Rankin, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, form the
border. The black and white figures are from a 1919 lithograph by
Kathe Kőllwitz titled Mothers. Hieronymus Bosch’s Messenger of
the Devil from his painting The Temptation of St. Anthony (c.1500)
appears in the lower right corner.”
The article “Good for WE — Good for Philately!” (March 2020
AP) was authored by the following contributors: Sheryll Ruecker,
Kristin Patterson, Ruth Caswell and Lisa Foster.
In “My Stamp Story: John Mascaro” (December 2019 AP),
we would like to correct the following editing errors. John collects
stamps from the Republic of China. His signed cover from
President Gerald Ford was an event cover. John also notes that he
served in Vietnam from 1966–1967. John, thanks for your service!
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OUR STORY
BY SCOTT ENGLISH
executive director | scott@stamps.org
Remembrance through Stamps —
A Reminder and Our Promise
In 1944, Jewish Italian chemist Primo Levi, who opposed
the fascist government of Italy, was transported
to Auschwitz. There he survived for 11 months before
Auschwitz was liberated by the Red Army and he returned to
Italy. Following the war, he wrote his account of Auschwitz,
entitled If This Is a Man (published as Survival in Auschwitz
in the United States). Levi would go on to write extensively,
not only about surviving the Holocaust, but novels and science
textbooks. More than four decades after he was liberated
from Auschwitz, Levi was asked to explain the Holocaust.
In his response he said, “Monsters exist, but they are too few
in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the
common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act
without asking questions.”
This issue of The American Philatelist commemorates
the Holocaust through stamp images and postal history.
This year, Holocaust Remembrance Day begins on the evening
of April 20 through April 21, marking the anniversary
of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on the Hebrew calendar (27
Nisan). There are still powerful voices among us who personally
experienced the Holocaust and continue to tell their
stories. As time moves on, the stamp collecting community
has worked to contribute to the preservation of this history
and advance Holocaust education through stamps.
In 2017, we made a significant contribution to the Holocaust
Stamps Project at the Foxborough Regional Charter
School in Massachusetts by giving them 750,000 stamps as
part of the project. Mystic Stamp Company followed with a
donation of one million stamps, and many APS members
from all over the country sent stamps, adding the more than
two million stamps needed for Foxborough to reach their
goal of 11 million stamps. The true value of the program was
its use of the collection of stamps as a “peer-to-peer” teaching
program about the Holocaust - the students were able to
research and teach each other through stamp imagery and
collages. Last fall, the APS agreed to take the collection and
use it as part of an exhibit at the American Philatelic Center
here in Bellefonte — the making of this exhibit is the subject
of “Remembrance, Connection, Witness: The Making of a
Holocaust Exhibit” on page 322 of this issue. Our dedication
of the completed exhibit
will be on Monday, June
22, 2020, as part of our
annual Summer Seminar
program.
This is not the first
philatelic exhibit dedicated
to the atrocities
of the Holocaust. In
1978, Ken Lawrence, a
frequent contributor to
The American Philatelist,
began collecting material
to combat Holocaust
denial, a movement premised
on the idea that
the Holocaust never
happened. Ken collected
through the years and,
in 1992, began exhibiting
“The NAZI Scourge:
Postal Evidence of the
Holocaust and the Devastation
of Europe.” The
10-frame exhibit has
Czechoslovakia (now the Czech
Republic) issued a series in June
1967 showing Jewish relics
(Scott 1475-1480). Scott 1479,
the 1.40-koruna, yellow and
black stamp is a memorial for
concentration camp victims. The
names of the concentration camps
are listed on the stamp.
been shown at stamp shows in the U.S. and abroad. The
Philatelic Foundation produced a DVD of the exhibit and,
along with Mr. Lawrence, has given us permission to host
the DVD in our online education portal, C3a.
In 2007, the Spungen Family Foundation acquired Mr.
Lawrence’s original exhibit to preserve and use the philatelic
material as a permanent reminder of the atrocities of the
Holocaust. The Spungen Holocaust Postal Collection can be
found online at http://spungenfoundation.org/collection/.
We express our gratitude to the Spungen Family Foundation
for their commitment to preserving this remarkable
collection. Exhibits such as these are a powerful reminder
that our collecting, while considered a hobby, preserves rich
personal history and artifacts for future generations.
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Holocaust Stamps Project program leader, Jamie Droste, gave a
brief tour of the students’ stamp collages before entrusting the
project to the APS’ care.
• • • • •
How Can Our Members Help?
If you have appropriate material that you would like to
share, please contact our Education Department at education@stamps.org
for more information on the exhibit. This
can include postal history, family history, photographs, or
other material that will help us educate collectors and noncollectors
alike on the history of the Holocaust.
You can also donate stamps to two ongoing Holocaust
youth education projects in Stoughton, MA, and Silver
Spring, MD. Each program has the same goal of collecting
11 million stamps to commemorate the victims of the
Holocaust and the Nazi regime. In 2019, we launched both
programs with a donation of 1.5 million stamps, in remembrance
of the children who lost their lives during the Holocaust.
Additionally, we will help future youth education
programs that are interested in similar projects, by getting
the program off the ground with an initial donation, and
promoting it with our members.
Thank you to all the members who have contributed
their time, talents, and resources to support this critical mission.
We will continue to build on this program and hope
you will be able to visit us and see the exhibit first-hand in
the months and years ahead.
STAMP IT!
c/o Richard Sloane
803 South Belgrade Rd.
Silver Spring, MD 20902
Email: richard.l.sloane@gmail.com
Holocaust Stamp Project
c/o Jaime Regan
Stoughton High School
232 Pearl Street
Stoughton, MA 02072
Email: j_regan@stoughtonschools.org
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Prisoner Mail System
in KL Lublin/Majdanek
BY J. S. SAWYER
... in Majdanek itself we did not wear striped clothing. They gave us clothing of people who had been shot. We
always knew how many people had worn it before by the (number of) bullet holes...
— Judith Becker (a Jewish prisoner in KL Lublin), Yad Vashem Archives 0.3-9416
While the world is focused this year on the 75th anniversary
of the liberation of KL (Konzentrationslager)
Auschwitz, it is important to recall that
during the war there were several other concentration camps
built in Poland by the Germans. Among these were camps
erected primarily for extermination purposes only, e.g., Sobibor,
Treblinka, Bełżec, and Chełmno, none of which were
designed to have large, permanent inmate populations. KL
Figure 1. Soviet Army photo of prisoner barracks at KL Lublin as
they appeared shortly after liberation. U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum, Courtesy of Panstwowe Muzeum na Majdanku.
Auschwitz was a hybrid camp, engineered both as a vast murder
factory and, simultaneously, a provider of slave labor to
support various war-related projects. Another combination
concentration/extermination camp was built in the town of
Lublin in fall of 1941. At this time, the German armed forces
were fully committed to an ill-fated invasion of the Soviet
Union under the code name “Operation Barbarossa.” The
Russian soldiers captured in the early stages of this offensive
numbered over 3 million and became a logistical nightmare
for the Wehrmacht (German Army). Many of these Soviet
prisoners were subsequently shot, but many were marched
west into Poland and other controlled territories for internment
in the German camp system. SS (Schutzstaffel) Chief
Heinrich Himmler had actually drafted plans to build a prisoner
camp in the eastern city of Lublin before the invasion
of June 1941. This was in anticipation of the Germanization
of the captured eastern territories, a process that required
many workers and involved the displacement of the current
inhabitants, followed by resettlement of the vacant land with
German citizens. A site was chosen near the Lublin township
of Majdan Tatarski, from whence was derived the name
Majdanek, as the camp would be known after WWII, but the
original name of the new prisoner camp was Das Konzentrationslager
der Waffen-SS Lublin — The Concentration Camp
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Figure 2. Map of the
Majdanek concentration
camp. Courtesy of U.S.
Holocaust Memorial
Museum.
of the Weapons-SS Lublin, usually shortened to KL Lublin
(Figure 1). Since the end of the war, it has generally been
called the Majdanek concentration camp.
Due to the large number of Soviet prisoners of war
(POWs), the initial capacity of KL Lublin specified by Himmler
was 50,000 inmates, with a later expansion to include
an additional 200,000 inmates. Soviet and Polish POWs built
the original camp and became the first permanent prisoners.
Later, additional Polish POWs (mostly Jewish), political
prisoners, intelligentsia, and other “undesirables” were
incarcerated in the camp, similar to the permanent inmate
population at KL Auschwitz. The flimsy barracks built by the
Soviet prisoners were constructed of thin wooden planks
that provided no insulation and had windows set in the roof.
The camp was organized into numerous compounds, the
functions of which would vary as the war progressed (Figure
2). There was also a women’s concentration camp (Frauenkonzentrationslager)
established to house around 5,000 female
prisoners, and a section for prisoners working in the
SS-owned manufacturing factories. These were in addition
to half a dozen subcamps controlled through the main camp,
including the DAW (Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke — German
Equipment Works) subcamp on Lindenstrasse (Lipowa) in
Lublin, which is the subject of “Food packages, etc., should
be addressed to Camp Lipowa 7,” published on page 318 of
this issue.
Prisoners from over 30 nationalities would eventually
be interned in KL Lublin, including those from Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Greece, the Netherlands,
Norway, Sweden, and the United States. The Germans even
imprisoned Italian soldiers after the surrender of Italy to the
Allies. Over half of the camp’s population was represented
by Poles, with Soviet prisoners making up about 20% of the
total. As an extermination camp, KL Lublin was eventually
equipped with two gas chambers utilizing Zyklon B and a
total of seven crematoria, all fully operational by fall of 1943.
These were used primarily in the “processing” of Polish Jews
living in southeastern Poland. Ultimately, the camp became
notorious for its harsh conditions, and especially among the
Jewish prisoners, KL Lublin was considered a much worse
destination than KL Auschwitz. One survivor, Jewish prisoner
Rudy Vrba who was transferred from KL Lublin to Auschwitz,
recounts, “Nobody who stayed in Majdanek survived.”
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Overview
Like the other concentration camps under the German
IKL (Inspektion der Konzentrationslager), mail both to and
from the inmates in KL Lublin was officially sanctioned, as
was Schutzstaffel policy. Each camp had its own set of rules
and regulations regarding mail, but almost all of them allowed
the non-Jewish prisoners to write and receive letters.
This was in no way intended to be of benefit to the prisoners,
but was instead a device used by the SS to control the inmate
populations and manage public perception of the German
concentration camp system. The mail system facilitated the
cover story that the camps were perfectly benign and that
the prisoners were well-treated. By allowing the prisoners to
write censored letters, the SS furthered this illusion and at
the same time used the mail system to advance their goals
for mass murder.
At KL Lublin, like the other German camps, Jewish
prisoners were not allowed to write or receive letters except
during certain planned mail operations (Briefaktions), and
prisoners who were chosen for these operations were usually
murdered. These deceptive mail operations consisted of
forcing inmates to write cards that were later posted outside
the camps after the writers had already been sent to the gas
chambers. There appears to be no surviving mail from the
Soviet POWs who made up the early inmate population of
KL Lublin, so it is safe to assume that they were also under a
postal ban. The first mail observed in relation to KL Lublin
inmates is from February 1943. Prior to this time, KL Lublin
inmates (including the large initial population of Soviet
POWs) were not allowed to write or receive mail, a decision
likely made by the camp administration.
Surviving mail sent to and from KL Lublin is not plentiful
relative to some other camps in the German system,
as the window between the first mail observed in February
1943 and the evacuation of the camp in July 1944 was
only 17 months. Most mail sent by prisoners in KL Lublin
consisted of postal cards with innocuous messages and information
cards regarding the receipt of packages. Later in
the camp’s history, neutral letter sheets and envelopes were
also used. Other than the information cards, there was no
specific preprinted stationary, i.e., containing a printed camp
name, used as has been observed in other concentration
camps, such as KL Auschwitz.
Outgoing Mail
The scarce generic preprinted postal card depicted in Figure
3, unusual in that it has been found used only from KL
Lublin, features a standard list of IKL rules, including ones
specifying the sending and receipt of letters and parcels, e.g.,
“Money, photographs, and pictures in letters are forbidden”
and “Obscure or illegible letters will be destroyed.” The name
and address of the camp are not printed on the card, but the
CDC (circular date cancel) reveals its origin as Lublin. The
Polish Red Cross (PCK) cachet stamped on the front, commonly
seen on KL Lublin mail, was not placed by the camp
administration but added later to outgoing mail by the Polish
Red Cross. The PCK was mostly involved with the delivery
of food parcels to KL Lublin, which was allowed by the
SS in part because there was simply not enough food in the
camp to support the inmate population. Why they added a
cachet to outgoing mail is unknown, but the SS probably allowed
it as a “seal of approval.” The PCK cachet is unique
to KL Lublin. The 12 Gr (groschen) stamp paid the General
Government (Generalgouvernement, the military government
of the Polish-occupied territory) postal card rate.
The reverse of the card in Figure 3 features a KL Lublin
censor mark. Note that the text is written in Polish, which
was generally not allowed in any of the camps, as German
was usually required. This deviation from IKL regulations
has been observed on many KL Lublin inmate mail objects
and is peculiar to this camp. It was also a privilege allowed
only to political prisoners. This card was posted to the city
of Lublin and written by Stanisław Zelent, a bridge and road
engineer who fought first in the Polish Army and then as a
partisan. He was arrested in March 1942, sent by the Gestapo
Figure 3. Generic KL postal card with CDC (circular date cancel) of March 7,
1944, sent by prisoner Stanisław Zelent to the city of Lublin.
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(German Secret State Police) to Pawiak prison in Warsaw,
and was later transferred to KL Lublin. He escaped the
camp shortly before it was evacuated in 1944. Zelent was
involved with the camp resistance organization, and was
especially commended after the war for the aid he gave
sick or injured Jewish prisoners.
More commonly observed from KL Lublin are information
cards such as the one in Figure 4. These were generally
used to confirm the receipt of packages inside the
camp and inform family members outside that the prisoner
was “well.” The front has a mark applied by Censor 4
and a typical cachet indicating the frequency for the sending
of letters (once a month in this example) and parcels.
The camp administration became more lenient about the
delivery of parcels as the war progressed because of constant
food shortages. The reverse is printed in Polish, and
additional text was not allowed except on the blank lines.
The word blacked-out in the upper left-hand corner is
“Majdanek”; the strike-through of the name “Majdanek”
specifically has been observed often enough on information
cards that I deduce that the administration at times
preferred that the camp only be called KL Lublin.
Regular official government postal cards were also
used by the prisoners, as they were in most of the German
camps. The card in Figure 5 was written by a female inmate
and sent to the small town of Landsmierz in southern
Poland. The black ink on the reverse likely indicates
the date of arrival, November 28, 1943. Figure 6 shows
a postal stationary card sent to Sniatyn, Kolomyia, now
part of western Ukraine, but at the time within the General
Government. The prisoner, Roman Langert, was born
Figure 4. Information card confirming package receipt sent by a
prisoner on January 22, 1944. Note the return address of Konz. Lag.
der Waffen-SS Lublin I, and the use of lightning bolts in place of “SS.”
Figure 5 (left). Official postal card sent by
female inmate Sofia Kotecka with CDC of
November 25, 1943.
Figure 6 (right). Postal stationary card
sent by inmate Roman Langert with CDC
of December 14, 1943.
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in Lviv, Ukraine, and was arrested for his
involvement in the resistance movement.
He was evacuated to other concentration
camps before the liberation of KL Lublin
but managed to survive the war.
The neutral postal card in Figure 7,
sent at the regular 6 Pf (pfennig) rate, was
used as part of the ongoing Briefaktion des
RHSA (Juden) — Mail Action of the Reich
Main Security Office (Jews) — that began
in August 1942 and also included Jewish
inmates at KL Auschwitz. This card was
written by a Jewish Czech inmate and
originally addressed to a relative in the
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia,
but later was routed to a new address in
Austria. The card was cancelled on June 4,
1943, and the cachet indicates that replies
should be sent only to the Jewish Office
in Berlin. Note that the return address
is Majdanek Lublin I Arbeitslager (work
camp) and does not include “KL” or
“Konzentrationslager.” This is typical of Briefaktion mail, and
similar return addresses are observed from KL Auschwitz
using imaginary camp names such as “Arbeitslager Birkenau”
(Labor Camp Birkenau) or “Am Waldsee.” The prisoner who
wrote this card had likely been sent to the gas chambers well
before the cancel was applied in Berlin.
Figure 7. Official postal card written by Jewish inmate Jarka Červinka in Majdanek Lublin I
“Arbeitslager,” sent at the normal German 6 Pf rate, and cancelled on June 4, 1943, as part
of an SS Briefaktion. Image from the collection of Gianfranco Moscati, Italy.
Besides information and postal cards, preprinted lettercards
were also used by the prisoners in KL Lublin. Figure 8
is an example of the common preprinted lettercard used in
many of the German concentration camps, written by a prisoner
in subcamp Waffen SS Lindenstrasse DAW. This subcamp
was originally established in Lublin as a work camp
Figure 8. Generic KL lettercard with CDC of June 1, 1944, written by inmate Br(uno) Franckiewicz in subcamp (Lublin
KL g.g.) Waffen SS Lindenstrasse DAW.
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for Jews in 1939 and later
came under the administration
of KL Lublin.
The prisoner who wrote
this lettercard, Br(uno)
Franckiewicz, was likely
a replacement transferred
to Lindenstrasse
DAW from either KL
Buchenwald, Dachau, or
Sachsenhausen in early
1944, after the Jewish inmates
of the camp were
murdered in the Aktion
Erntefest mass-killings.
Aktion Erntefest (Operation
Harvest Festival),
initiated by the SS on November
3, 1943, resulted
in the deaths of approximately
42,000 Jews in the
Lublin area, including
those in the Lindenstrasse
DAW. Almost all of the Jews in Lublin were rounded up
and killed during Harvest Festival; many were forced to lie
in open trenches dug at one end of the main KL Lublin
camp and then were machine-gunned where they lay. Loud
marching music was played by the SS guards to cover up
the screams. Operation Harvest Festival was the worst single
day for loss of life during the Holocaust.
The generic lettercard in Figure 9 was written in German
by a Norwegian prisoner and posted on July 21, 1944, two
days before the liberation of KL Lublin by the Soviet Army.
In addition to censor marks on both sides, this lettercard was
also marked along the bottom front edge with a partial German
OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht — High Command
of the Armed Forces) censor cachet for mail addressed
outside Das Reich. This is somewhat unusual, as KL Lublin
was a Waffen-SS camp, and normally foreign mail would be
censored through an SS Feldpost office. This lettercard has
also been treated on both sides with chemical swipes to check
for the presence of text written in secret ink, e.g., lemon juice,
which was standard APB (Auslandsbriefprüfstellen — Foreign
Mail Inspection) procedure used for foreign mail. This lettercard
is currently the latest prisoner postal object observed
from KL Lublin.
Figure 10 shows the inside of another example of the
common KL lettercard with a special label pasted at the top.
These labels are occasionally seen on concentration camp
mail and are usually the result of a change in rules regarding
the receipt of mail and packages. The one known special
Figure 9. Generic KL lettercard with CDC of July 21, 1944, one day
before evacuation of KL Lublin, written by Norwegian prisoner Knud
Jensen. This prisoner had previously spent time in subcamp Waffen
SS Lindenstrasse DAW, but was transferred to the main camp before
evacuation.
Figure 10. Generic KL lettercard written by a Polish political prisoner
in KL Lublin on March 13, 1944 and featuring an attached special
label.
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label used at KL Lublin was unusual in that it was printed
in Polish on one side and German on the reverse. It lists
rules regarding time periods for the sending of letters and
packages, and instructions concerning packing material.
This card was written in Polish, almost certainly by a political
prisoner.
Incoming Mail
Incoming mail has also survived from KL Lublin. The
parcel receipt shown in Figure 11 is a typical example of
a surviving piece and is evidence of the large number of
food packages delivered to the camp during its existence.
The Polish Red Cross was instrumental in the negotiations
that led to the camp administration allowing an expanded
delivery of parcels to KL Lublin. By some estimates, between
March 1943 and May 1944, over 100,000 parcels
were delivered to the camp.
Cards and letters mailed to prisoners in the camp
have also been observed, but far less than outgoing mail,
in part because preserving letters in the harsh conditions
of the camps was difficult. In some camps the prisoners
had to hand in their old letters in order to receive new
ones. Of particular interest is the incoming postal stationary
card shown in Figure 12, which is addressed to Irena
Iłłakowicz, who was a Second Lieutenant of the NSZ (National
Armed Forces) Polish resistance movement and an
intelligence agent (Figure 13). Both Irena and her husband
Jerzy Iłłakowicz joined the Polish resistance movement in
1939 and spent the next several years dodging the Gestapo
in Poland, with Irena adopting the nom de guerre “Barbara
Zawisza.” She was eventually arrested by the Gestapo
on October 7, 1942, and sent to Pawiak prison in Warsaw.
Because of the dangers associated with Pawiak, her
husband bribed the guards there and had her transferred
into a group of non-political prisoners being sent to KL
Lublin, thus deflecting attention from her intelligence activities.
Sometime after receiving the card in Figure 12,
Irena made a daring escape from the camp with the help
Figure 11. Parcel receipt for package posted to a Polish prisoner in
KL Lublin, January 13, 1944. The cachet applied in the middle reads:
“delivery fee paid.”
Figure 12. Incoming postal stationary card addressed to prisoner
Irena Iłłakowicz with city of Lublin CDC of February 23, 1943, and
no return address. This card was written in Polish by her mother
and probably posted in Lublin by partisan operatives to protect her
whereabouts from the Gestapo. The censor mark confirms that the
card was accepted into the camp.
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Fight and Martyrdom designed by Auschwitz survivor Wiktor Tolkin and built on
grounds of Majdanek State Museum in 1969. Photo credit to Lukas Plewnia, courtesy
www.polen-heute.de.
Irena Iłłakowicz, code-name: “Barbara.” Courtesy of
Archiwum i Muzeum Pomorskie Armii Krajowej oraz
Wojskowej Służby Polek, the Pomeranian Archives and
Museum of the Home Army and the Military Service of
Polish Women.
of a group of NSZ partisans. Using falsified documents and
Gestapo uniforms, they brazenly came to the camp gates and
demanded custody of prisoner Irena Iłłakowicz for transport
back to Warsaw and further interrogation. It is highly likely
that the card in Figure 12 was in Irena’s pocket as she walked
out the main gate; otherwise, its survival is difficult to explain.
Irena then resumed her work with the NSZ, becoming
involved with surveillance operations against the Soviets,
who planned to bring all of Poland under their control after
the war. On October 4, 1943, Irena was murdered in Warsaw
at age 37, possibly by the NKVD (Soviet secret police) or the
PPR (Polish Workers Party). Her husband and mother, to
avoid identification and arrest by Gestapo agents, attended
her funeral disguised as cemetery workers.
Liberation
On July 23, 1944, KL Lublin was liberated by elements
of the 8th Tank Corps of the Red Army (Figure 14). Evacuation
of the main camp and the subcamps had begun several
months earlier, with prisoners dispersed by rail transport
to KL Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Gross Rosen, Natzweiler,
Plaszow, and Ravensbrück. There were only about 500 Soviet
POWs left in the camp at liberation. This was the first German
concentration camp liberated during the war, and the
Russians were mystified as to its function, believing that they
had liberated a simple POW camp.
The exact number of people killed at KL Lublin is still
controversial, with estimates ranging from 78,000 to 300,000
or more. Because many Jews killed in the gas chambers were
never officially registered into the camp, it is impossible to
establish the actual death toll, but it was clearly significant
for a camp that operated for only three years. Currently, the
best-accepted estimate is 79,000, of which 59,000 were Jewish.
At least half the camp, including some of the original
crematoria, is still standing today, and in 2016 the Majdanek
State Museum received over 200,000 visitors.
It is important to recognize that each of the KL Lublin
postal objects shown in this article is bound up with the
fate of a single individual. We know for certain that some
of these prisoners did not survive the war. These cards and
letters typically reside in family archives for many years, and
then, for a variety of reasons, find their way to the philatelic
market or the occasional museum. Not surprisingly, I have
found that the best custodians of this material are stamp
collectors, who seem to have an innate appreciation of the
important history they embody. Letters from prisoners interned
in the German concentration camps are like small
bits of stone that, when combined, help form a large bedrock
of evidence of Nazi crimes committed during the twelveyear
reign of the “Thousand-Year Reich.”
References and Further Reading
Lørdahl, Erik. German Concentration Camps, 1933–1945, History
and Inmate Mail (Tårnåsen, Norway: War and Philabooks Ltd.;
Version 6, 2012).
Marsałek, Józef. Majdanek: the Concentration Camp in Lublin (Warsaw:
Verlag Interpress; 1986).
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. https://www.ushmm.org/
Weinmann, Martin. Das nationalsozialistische Lagersystem
(Frankfurt/M., Germany: Verlag Zweitausendeins; 1990).
The Author
J. S. Sawyer is a cancer researcher living in New
Mexico. He collects, exhibits, and writes about the mail
system in the German concentration camps, 1933–1945.
He is a member of the Society of Israel Philatelists.
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Food packages, etc.,
should be addressed to Camp Lipowa 7
BY JUSTIN GORDON
In my forty years of collecting and researching
Holocaust-era postal items, I have found only
one ghetto request card with a printed address
(Figures 1 and 2). Collectors of Holocaust-era philately
will know that the overwhelming majority of
cards sent from the ghettos contained very neutral
messages; a standard request card from the ghetto
was preprinted by the ghetto government and directed
to a family, requesting packages, food and
money be sent to their relative in the ghetto. Usually,
ghetto request cards did not have a preprinted
address, but a written address. This unusual card led
me to discover a little-known subcamp of KL Lublin
(Majdanek), a concentration camp commonly held
to be as deadly as Auschwitz, and the topic of “Prisoner
Mail System in KL Lublin/Majdanek” on page
310 of this issue. This address is Lipowa 7, which
was a park in the Polish city of Lublin before it was
turned into a labor camp by the Schutzstaffel (SS) in
1939.
On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany attacked
Poland, effectively beginning the Second World War.
Poland’s ill-equipped army was no match for the
overwhelming power of the Wehrmacht. On September
18, German forces entered the eastern city of Lublin,
meeting with minimal resistance. Within days,
the city succumbed to the German forces. Hundreds
of Polish soldiers were taken prisoner, many of them
Jews. The Nazis took 7 Lipowa Street, (Figure 3), at
that time a large park and athletic field, and created
a forced labor camp (Lipowa Street was renamed
Lindenstrasse). In October, several hundred Polish
and Jewish prisoners of war were forced to build
a camp on Lipowa Street with barracks and workshops.
A ghetto was organized in another part of
Lublin into which all Jews were forced to move, and
an administrative body, the Judenrat (Jewish council),
was established to “govern” the ghetto under the
Nazi authority.
In November, SS-Gruppenführer Odilo Globocnik
(who would be executed after the war for war
crimes) took control of the ghetto and organized
the workshops and factories at Lipowa 7. The workshops
consisted of tailors, shoemakers, carpenters
and watchmakers. In addition, small factories were
erected to make tulle (fine mesh net fabric) and boxes.
The laborers initially lived in the ghetto and com-
Figure 1. This ghetto request card from the Judenrat (“Jewish council” -
the ghetto governing body) in Lublin is addressed to the Hirszfeld family
in the Litzmannstadt ghetto (formerly, Łódź). The handwriting in green
says “They received the card, are well.” The stamp was torn off to look for
hidden messages.
Figure 2. The reverse side of the request card in Figure 1. The writing in
green is a name, Lili, and specific address. The translation reads:
To the family Hirszfeld Litzmannstadt
Hirszfeld, Marceli-Oskar is now located in Lublin, he is healthy and he
greets you via our agency.
Letters, Money transfers, food and clothing packages, etc., should be
addressed to the Judenrat Lublin, Camp Lipowa 7.
Lublin, Feb. 7, 1941.
Judenrat in Lublin. Reporting and Information Office
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Figure 3. A picture post card of the park and athletic field at Lipowa
7 before WWII.
muted to the camp, taking their own tools with them. However,
in the summer of 1940, the SS confined the laborers to
the camp barracks, because many of the workers did not show
up to work when they were supposed to or sent someone in
their place.
First and foremost, Lipowa 7 was a work and penal camp
for Polish and Jewish prisoners. Lipowa 7 also occasionally
functioned as a transit camp where Nazis gathered slave laborers
before shipping them off to other labor outposts. Due
to overcrowding, some transports arriving at the camp resulted
either in immediate work-selections or death for the
prisoners not fit to work. Only prisoners capable of working
were allowed to stay in Lipowa.
In December 1940 the SS Company Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke
(DAW — German Equipment Works) or DAW
Lindenstrasse (Lipowa Street) took over Lipowa 7. DAW was
a German defense contractor with headquarters in Berlin,
owned and operated by the Schutzstaffel. It consisted of a
network of factories and camp workshops across Germanoccupied
Europe, exploiting the prisoner slave labor from
all Nazi concentration camps. This firm maintained the
craft workshops in Lipowa 7. The slaves in Lipowa were also
farmed out to other SS factories for work.
In July 1941, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler visited
Lublin. One result of this visit was the transfer in October
1941 of several hundred prisoners from Lipowa 7 to work
on the construction of the concentration camp at KL Lublin.
Another group of Lipowa camp inmates was employed at the
construction of the Flugplatz (Airfield) labor camp. After the
commencement of Aktion Reinhardt, in which mass-killing
extermination camps, including Treblinka and Bełżec, were
built in Poland, Lipowa laborers had to unload and sort the
goods brought directly from death camps. Aktion Reinhardt
was a result of the Wannsee Conference in January 1942,
which developed the “Final Solution”: the wholesale destruction
of Jewish people in Europe.
Poor access to provisions within Lipowa 7 forced prisoners
employed outside the camp to attempt to smuggle food
inside. There were also incidents of stealing from the camp
warehouses which, when detected, were punished by execution.
The meager provisions available to Lipowa 7 inmates
were to some extent supplemented with parcels sent to individual
families within the ghetto, which stopped arriving
after the outbreak of the Soviet-German conflict in June of
1941. In May and June of 1941, 2,550 and 2,316 parcels respectively
were sent to Lipowa 7. In August, only 335 packages
were received. The entirety of Lublin’s correspondence,
postal orders, and parcels were delivered by the Postal Department,
which was operated by the Lublin Judenrat under
Nazi direction.
Supplies and money were very hard to obtain in the
ghetto. The Judenrat had to reach outside the city to help
supplement the supplies. As with other ghettos, the Judenrat
administration of the Lublin ghetto sent out post cards to
family members in other towns and cities asking for funds
or packages to be sent to ghetto inmates. As printed on the
card in Figures 1 and 2, packages would be received at the address
Camp Lipowa 7. The sender of the request card, Marceli
Hirszfeld, from Łódź (renamed Litzmannstadt in 1940), had
been a soldier in the Polish army. At the time of his writing,
he had been captured and sent to Lipowa 7. The request card,
addressed to Marceli’s family in the Litzmannstadt ghetto, is
preprinted with a neutral message. Translated, the preprinted
text reads:
To the family
_________ is now located in Lublin, he is healthy
and he greets you via our agency.
Letters, Money transfers, food and clothing packages,
etc., should be addressed to the Judenrat Lublin,
Camp Lipowa 7.
Other surviving pieces of postal history from Lipowa 7
tell familiar stories for Holocaust-era historians. Figure 4
shows a package response card sent from Lipowa 7 by Rachmiel
Spring, a Polish soldier from Łódź, to RELICO indicating
that he received the parcel of food. RELICO (Relief Committee
for the War Stricken Jewish Population) worked with
the International Committee of the Red Cross on a number
of relief efforts during World War II and after. One of
RELICO’s efforts was to send food packages to many Polish
ghettos and cities from its headquarters in Geneva. Included
in each package was a preprinted reply card, which when
returned would acknowledge receipt of the package and indicate
that the recipient was alive.
Figure 5 is a parcel receipt card addressed to Lipowa 7.
The package, addressed from the city of Tuchów, Poland, was
sent to Lindel Gzunberg, who was also a Polish soldier captured
and sent to Lipowa 7. The parcel receipt card informs
the addressee of an incoming package. The card in Figure 5
is dated August 25, 1941. By this time, incoming parcels to
Lublin were few, and supplements to the rations within the
ghetto and Lipowa 7 camp were trickling to a near-standstill.
In the early hours of the morning on the 3rd of November
1943, Aktion Erntefest (Operation Harvest Festival) was
carried out at KL Lublin and other camps in the Lublin area,
including the work camp on 7 Lipowa Street. The camps
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Figure 4. An acknowledgement post card from Lipowa 7 inmate, Polish
soldier Rachmiel Spring. This card, mailed back to the relief organization
RELICO, indicates that the addressee received the package. In lower left,
note the hand stamp from the Judenrat in Lublin.
were surrounded by SS officers who marched the Jewish
prisoners out to the killing fields and arranged them in rows,
where they were forced to dig ditches for their own graves.
Then the soldiers shot the slave laborers. At the end of the
operation, over 42,000 Jews were killed.
As a result of the mass murder committed on Jewish prisoners,
Lipowa 7 was left devoid of a work force. In effect, the
production had to be halted, but previous work contracts
were still binding. Therefore, the DAW Company was reorganized
throughout the entire area of the Generalgouvernement
(General Government — the German zone of occupation).
In Lublin, only the workhouses at Lipowa 7 were reactivated,
and the camp was renamed as a branch of KL Lublin. It was
redesigned to serve as a workplace for 250 skilled craftsmen
and 1,500 unskilled workers, among them many French citizens.
The first transports of prisoners to be used as forced
labor for the newly reactivated camp were sent at the end
of January 1944 from concentration camps Sachsenhausen,
Dachau and Buchenwald. On February 1, 1944, camp production
officially restarted. Wooden and metal items as well
as baskets for grenades were manufactured here.
For the last months of its existence, Lipowa Camp was
an outer camp of KL Lublin with only a small group of prisoners
working there. On July 22, 1944, the camp was liquidated.
The remaining 229 inmates were sent to Auschwitz,
where they were murdered. Only one day later, July 23, 1944,
KL Lublin was liberated by the Red Army. The last concentration
camp would not be liberated until May 9, 1945, nearly
a year later.
Holocaust philately does not offer solace, nor does it
provide easy explanations to those who seek answers to this
tragedy. A single post card can only offer a small piece of insight
into the unique journeys of victims of the Nazi reign of
terror. Marceli Hirszfeld, Rachmiel Spring, Lindel Gzunberg.
Figure 5. This parcel receipt card is addressed to Lipowa 7;
receipt cards were used to alert the addressee of a package.
The card was mailed from Tuchów bei (at) Tarnów and dated
August 25, 1941. Note the double ring hand cancel, the
Brühl Palace, Warsaw, Generalgouvernement stamp, and the
“General Gouvernement” 50 Gr (groschen) overprint (1940)
on the Polish Edward Rydz-Śmigły 1937 definitive stamp.
The heavy responsibility of preserving and remembering
these lives is in our hands.
References and Further Resources
Webb, Chris. “Lipowa Street Camp.” Last modified July 2006. http://
www.deathcamps.org/lublin/lipowa.html
“Memorial to the Victims of the Lipowa 7 Labor Camp.” http://chelm.
freeyellow.com/lipowa7.html
Chmielewski, Jakub. “Work Camp for Jews at 7 Lipowa Street in Lublin.”
Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre Centre. http://teatrnn.pl/lexicon/articles/work-camp-for-jews-at-7-lipowa-street-in-lublin/
Minars Esther (trans). “Lipowa Camp Labor Camp and Camp for
Jewish Prisoners of War in Lublin.” Last modified June 2011.
https://kollublin.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/lipowa-camp-laborcamp-and-camp-for-jewish-prisoners-of-war-in-lublin-netazytomirski-avidar/
“Lublin — The Labour Camps.” Holocaust Education & Archive Research
Team. Last modified 2007. http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/ghettos/lublinlabourcamps.html
Acknowledgements
Thank you to my friend Howard Weiss for his help with translation
and editing.
The Author
Justin Gordon started collecting stamps at age nine.
The cantor who taught Justin his Bar Mitzvah was a survivor
of Auschwitz and told him about his experiences. When
Gordon finished his training as an optometrist he started to
collect again. While attending a Chicago stamp show with
an exhibit on mail of the General Government of Poland,
Gordon saw mail from Warsaw Ghetto and Auschwitz, and
since then has collected Holocaust postal history. Gordon
published Holocaust Postal History: Harrowing Journeys Revealed
through the Letters and Cards of the Victims in 2016.
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Remembrance, Connection, Witness:
The Making of a Holocaust Exhibit
“The Lord is rebuilding Jerusalem; he gathers in the scattered sons of Israel. It is he who heals the broken in
spirit and binds up their wounds, he who numbers the stars one by one.” — Number the Stars qtd. Psalms 147: 2-4.
In 2009, Charlotte Sheer’s fifth grade students at Foxborough
Regional Charter School read the best-selling children’s
book Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, in which a
young Danish girl helps smuggle Danish Jewish families out
of German-occupied Denmark during WWII. A key line in
the book, “[The Lord] gathers in the scattered sons of Israel . .
. he who numbers the stars one by one,” spurred a project that
would span eight years and bring together
thousands of people in a common goal:
honoring the innocent lives destroyed by
the Nazi’s reign of terror with stamps.
The students began with a goal of collecting
6 million stamps, to represent the
6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust,
and then revised their goal to 11 million
postage stamps. The number, reports
Charlotte Sheer, “represents 6 million
Jews, including 1.5 million children, and
5 million others in 21 European countries
who were annihilated by Hitler’s ruthless
regime in Nazi Germany.”
Charlotte Sheer’s class planned to collect
the stamps as an enrichment activity.
The Holocaust Stamps Project quickly became
a shared project for the entire school
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community of kindergarten through grade
12 students – and the response was overwhelming.
Volunteers in the Foxboro,
Massachusetts, community, donated thousands
of hours of time to helping to cut stamps off paper, and
individuals and organizations from 48 states and 24 countries
gathered and donated used postage stamps.
Not only did the Foxborough students collect 11 million
stamps, but they also designed and created 18 (the numerals
of which in Hebrew also spell chai, “life”) stamp art collages.
The collages were paired with civics and history lessons that
Foxborough students of all ages collaborated on 18 stamp collages. Each represents
a different unique story. Kristallnacht commemorates the Night of Broken Glass, an
organized attack on Jews carried out on November 9, 1938. Kristallnacht is considered by
many to be a trigger event for the Holocaust.

Immortal Butterfly honors the memories
of those who suffered and died in
the Terezin, Czechoslovakia, ghetto/
concentration camp. The poem “The
Butterfly” is inscripted on the collage –
its poet, Pavel Friedman, did not survive
the Holocaust.
familiarized students with the events of the
Holocaust and its impact, which spread like
a wave across the world.
In 2017, Foxborough Regional Charter
School received final donations that pushed
them over their 11-million stamp goal. By
2018, with their project completed and 18
collages finished, the school celebrated the
accomplishment of visually representing,
and honoring the memories of, the six million
Jews and five million other ‘enemies of
the Nazi state’ who were killed.
And now the finished Holocaust Stamps
Project has found a new home at the American
Philatelic Society.
A New Home — Creating an Exhibit
In the fall of 2019, APS Executive Director Scott English
and Chief Content Officer Thomas Loebig traveled to
Massachusetts to meet the Foxborough students and Jamie
Droste, who worked with Charlotte Sheer to coordinate the
Holocaust Stamps Project after Sheer’s retirement. Their trip
is the subject of Scott English’s “Our Story” column from December
2019. When Scott and Tom returned to the American
Philatelic Center in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, their van
was filled with nearly half of the 11 million stamps and artworks;
a second trip by Building Manager Fred Fox brought
the remainder back.
The American Philatelic Society formed a Holocaust
Stamps Project committee, under the direction of Education
director, Dr. Cathy Brachbill, which would design and put
together a permanent exhibit for the Holocaust Stamps Project,
preserving the successful completion of a truly unique
educational initiative, honoring the students’ goal to gain a
deeper understanding of acceptance, tolerance, and respect
for diversity in their own daily lives, and preserving also the
11 million stamps in storage from Foxborough Regional Charter
School. The stamps will be displayed behind a large glass panel at
the center of the exhibit.
stories of every person who was moved to donate in support
of the Project.
The committee also developed a second, parallel goal: to
shape the exhibit around the history of the Holocaust, using
resources that are unique to the American Philatelic Society.
Whereas the Holocaust Stamps Project represents remem-
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This space in the American Philatelic Center, Bellefonte,
will be devoted to the exhibit of Holocaust-era
postal history items, many of the stamp collages by
Foxborough students, and a display of the 11 million
stamps. Visitors will be guided through the exhibit with
the help of informational displays.
The Holocaust Exhibit planning committee meets in late February.
Committee members include APS volunteer Darlene Bloom, APS staff
members Dr. Cathy Brachbill, Erin Seamans, Marian Mills, Susanna Mills,
Heidi Rhoades, Kathleen Edwards, and Fred Fox, and Content intern Jo
Chen (Penn State University).
brance, recognition, and a present-day pledge to combat
intolerance, the American Philatelic Society is uniquely situated
to provide evidence and education in the form of irrefutable
postal history. The committee reached out to prominent
Holocaust-era philatelists, including Justin Gordon, Keith
Stupell, and Ken Lawrence, and drew upon philatelic exhibits,
books, and articles to develop a postal history exhibit
that would complement the Holocaust Stamps Project materials.
The committee also worked with local Jewish leaders
and historians from Penn State University to develop guidelines
for the exhibit.
These two purposes for the exhibit shaped many of the
committee’s decisions that followed. Visitors to the American
Philatelic Center after the exhibit’s opening in June will
witness that unfathomable tragedy as represented by the 11
million stamps that were collected by the Foxborough Regional
Charter School students. You will see a timeline of
the events of the Holocaust and the spread of concentration
camps and ghettos across Europe, with postal cards, information
cards, and other surviving remnants of postal history
connected to the dates and locations. You will bear witness
to individual victims of the Nazis, many of whom would die
in the concentration camps, through a single piece of paper
that may be the only remaining evidence of their lives. You
will also see this history carried forward into the future,
through the connections forged by Foxborough students
with survivors, family and friends of Holocaust victims, and
individuals moved by the project to contribute.
To that point, below are a few excerpts from the letters
received by Foxborough students in the course of their project.
It may come as no surprise to you that many of the stamp
donations were paired with testimonials of even greater value
to the students – and now, to us.
Dear Students,
My great aunt, Mindl Kotel, was killed by the
Nazis in front of her home, along with her husband
and three children ages 11, 8 and 5.
I saved five of the prettiest stamps and am putting
them with a page showing the truncated family
tree.
Thank you for remembering Mindl, Pinya, Vladimir,
Abram and Bronya, along [with] the other 11
million killed in the Holocaust.
S. Radbil
Dear students,
. . . Some [stamps] are from my piano teacher . .
. [Her name] was Gabriella Kottler and I will never
forget the number burned on her arm from when she
was in the camps. One Christmas, she came to our
house for dinner with her husband and ended up
telling us her story. I vividly remember her telling us
how they wanted to break her as she was a strong
woman. Gabriella persevered, even when they took
her shoes and made her stand in line in the snow.
There was not a sound around the dinner table for
over an hour.
J. Flynn
Hello,
I am sending you 100 Australian stamps, in
memory of my maternal grandparents, Dolec and
Jozefa Lurie. Both were survivors of concentration
camps, and along with Dolec’s brother, were
the only members of both families combined to live
through the Holocaust. They were newly-weds before
the war, and were reunited afterwards in a
displaced person’s camp in Trani, Italy. They chose
to emigrate to Australia, and lived there the rest of
their lives.
M. Cole
Last summer, I learned that my great-uncle Dan
had helped liberate Belsen. He had about ten photographs
from within the camp with him, which he
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Figure 6. These stamps were donated by a woman whose family tree was broken by the Nazis;
each stamp represents a family member.
showed me briefly.
Later last summer, Uncle Dan was put in hospital due
to dementia. No one seems to know what became of his
belongings.
There is one photo in particular that haunts me — that
of a very pretty young woman, naked and twisted, dead on
the ground.
Now — am I the only one who can remember her?
Who was she? Who were her family? Are they still looking
for her? Where will she go if I too forget her? When I
die — will she die again, too? What was her name?
What was her crime?
K.
My Lord
I pray that these never end,
The sand and the sea,
The rush of the waters,
The light of the heavens,
The prayer of the heart.
Over the course of nine years, the students of Foxborough did
more than just collect 11 million stamps — they created a movement
that touched the world community. The American Philatelic Society
is grateful for their work, for those who freely shared their stories, and
for the responsibility of preserving — and building upon — these efforts.
We hope you will join us at the American Philatelic Center and
bear witness to these stories with us.
The poem “A Walk to Caesarea,” also known as Eli Eli, was
written by Hannah Szenes, who was killed in 1944 after
refusing to give up details about her mission to rescue
Hungarian Jews from deportation to Auschwitz. The
English translation is at left.
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COLLECTING COAST TO COAST
BY WAYNE YOUNGBLOOD
Blockers You Say?
I’ll apologize in advance for the fact this month’s column
may not be as visually interesting as most have been in
the past, but I felt it important to call attention to a fairly
short-lived and almost unknown form of postal history that
is all but ignored by modern specialists, yet represents an
important stepping stone in the modernization of the mail
system. I’m speaking of the all-but-forgotten barcode blocker.
Almost without exception, technological advances bring
new challenges and obstacles that must be overcome. This is
certainly no different in the world of mail processing.
By the late 1980s, the United States Postal Service’s stated
goal was to have all mail barcoded by 1995. Barcodes, which
appear at the bottoms of envelopes, are a series of tall and
short lines that contain encoded binary information that
spells out the delivery address of a mail piece in ZIP Code
form (both five-digit and the more specific ZIP+4). Although
ZIP+4 was introduced in 1983, it was not popular
with most customers, so was never required (unlike the fivedigit
ZIP), but it did allow for much more specific targeting
of a delivery address, as does the later ZIP+4+2, which takes
a piece to the delivery point.
When an envelope travels through a multiline optical
character reader (MLOCR), the ZIP Code is read, encrypted
and applied to the envelope in the form of the barcode (usually
by ink jet). This level of automation allows an item to
travel through the mail with minimal manual handling to its
(hopefully) correct destination. But things happen.
As the USPS moved closer to universal barcoding in its
march towards postal progress, businesses began printing
their delivery-point barcodes on envelopes that were to be
returned to them. This greatly sped up delivery. But when
these envelopes were recycled for other purposes it caused
mail delivery issues.
The 1993 cover shown in Figure 1 was created as a window
envelope for billed payments sent to the Rochester (N.Y.)
Gas and Electric Corporation. Intended as a convenience
for consumers, the barcode was preprinted. The individual
who used this envelope to send mail to a different address
thought to cover the address window, but left the barcode
untouched. As a result, it didn’t matter what the handwritten
address said: the envelope was delivered to Rochester Gas
& Electric. Once there, it was opened at top and right to extract
the non-existent payment. Once it was determined the
mail was destined elsewhere, the cover was taped shut and
the “Missent” handstamp added. The printed barcode was
marked out and the cover went on its way where (this time)
the handwritten delivery ZIP Code was encoded on a label
applied over the scribbled-out marking.
Similarly, the 1995 cover shown in Figure 2 took a detour
to the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), an organization
that was known to send out stamped return envelopes for
many years as a means of soliciting donations. In this case,
the sender placed labels over the printed address, but did not
obscure the barcode. So, like the Figure 1 cover, this item
took a detour. It was sent to Cincinnati (DAV headquarters),
opened, resealed, printed ZIP Code blacked out, marked
with a handstamped DAV “Opened by Mistake” marking
and re-mailed. In this case the cover was delivered without
Figure 1 (above). This 1993 envelope with a printed
barcode was used for a different purpose. Because
the user didn’t obliterate the barcode, it was
delivered in error to the company that created the
envelope.
Figure 2 (right). DAV envelopes bearing stamps
have frequently been used by recipients to send
other mail. Unless the barcode is obliterated, those
envelopes end up in the DAV mailroom, where they
are opened, resealed and marked.
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Figure 3. The simplest form of barcode obliteration is to simply
mark through an improper barcode.
Figure 5. Many of the simplest barcode blockers are opaque
handstamped markings.
an additional ZIP label being applied. As a side note, the cover
also picked up a fantastic alphabetical (A-Z) sprayed-on
inkjet postmark in Cincinnati.
It is somewhat telling that both organizations had enough
problems with non-intended use of their preprinted envelopes
(with barcodes) that they created their own private
auxiliary markings to explain the problem. They definitely
were not alone, as I’ve seen a number of similar examples
over the years.
But what about other mail processing problems, such as
improper ZIP Codes applied by mailers or other mail material
that was undeliverable for various reasons? As greater
numbers of sectional centers and large offices began using
more automated equipment, a problem began to develop:
Without something to block out bad barcoded ZIPs, mail
pieces could cycle endlessly through automated equipment.
After all, automated equipment is incapable of reading
“pointing finger” handstamps, and most offices found it too
labor-intensive to hand mark-out the offending barcode on
each piece, as was done on the 1989 postal card shown in
Figure 3, where the bar code is crossed out and the auxiliary
marking added.
From roughly 1989–96 or so, many different types of
barcode blockers were employed so that mail could be properly
handled and delivered or returned. The majority of barcode
blockers I’ve seen were applied to undeliverable mail,
allowing items to be kicked out of automated equipment and
handled manually. These markings are of specific interest to
us this month (rather than entire covers, although there are
other interesting markings as well), and therefore only the
markings themselves will be shown in most of the following
illustrations.
Obviously, the most direct form of barcode blocker is
simple obliteration, such as has been done by a grease pen
marking and returned to sender handstamp, both shown in
Figure 4.
Figure 5 shows a group of blockers that are nothing
more than what appears to be pieces of inked rubber, some
salvaged from other handstamp devices, and others looking
more like bits of repurposed inner tubing. The marking
shown in Figure 6 integrates the plain obliteration with an
auxiliary marking as well.
Another style, represented by the group of markings
Figure 4. Examples of manual barcode blocking
accomplished with grease pencil (top) and an auxiliary
marking.
Figure 6. This barcode blocker integrates a message with a plain
obliteration.
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Figure 7. A number of barcode blockers included a series
of vertical lines.
shown in Figure 7, includes series of bars tall enough to negate
the barcode. The widths of the devices vary, but they
were apparently effective. The right two items in Figure 7
show a slight variation, a boxed series of bars and a fence
design. Neither of these have appeared as frequently.
Similarly, the markings shown in Figure 8 feature fields
of several rows of continuous “XXXX” or “XIXIXI” markings
to block the barcode. A variation of this type — again,
less frequently seen — is shown in Figure 9. The pattern here
incorporates the words “INCORRECT ZIP / BARCODE
PROCESS MANUALLY.”
Arguably, one of the most interesting types of barcode
blocker is seen in the examples in Figure 10 — a simple continuous
squiggly line handstamp, of which several types are
known.
But the most specific type used on undeliverable mail includes
the various examples shown in Figure 11 — an “OCR”
contained in a universal ban symbol, with lines between to
obliterate the improper barcode. As you can see, a large variety
of these markings exist as well, including two variants,
shown at bottom. One simply includes an “X” in the ban
symbol, rather than the “OCR;” the other features an “OCS,”
which apparently stands for “optical character sorter.”
These markings were even advertised in various catalogs
that catered to post offices in the early 1990s. One could
order self-inking “bar-code cancelers,” such as is shown in
Figure 12.
But all good things must come to an end. As early as the
Figure 8. One of the more commonly used forms of barcode
blockers is a device made up of varying numbers of rows of a
simple repeating “X” or “XI” pattern, such as these.
Figure 9. A slightly more sophisticated version of the
Figure 8 marking included wording as well as the
repeating “XIXIXI” pattern.
Figure 10. A repeating squiggle design, typified by these
markings, proved to be an effective barcode blocker.
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Figure 11. Variations of a specific form of marking containing (usually) an “OCR” inside a universal ban
symbol. These were also commercially marketed.
late 1980s some sectional centers began using labels with “MUM” designators. MUM
stands for “Miszipped Unzipped Mail,” to include everything with an improper barcode.
These labels, such as the one shown on the Figure 13 cover, were applied by automated
equipment and contained the correct destination address and ZIP (when available) and
correct barcode, making the item machinable. The adhesive on these labels is similar to
that on Post-it notes so they could be cleanly removed from the envelope.
In the short term, these labels began replacing barcode blockers, but they, too, were
ultimately replaced by the remote barcode system that now applies a corrected (again,
peel-able) label over the improper barcode and a fluorescent pink barcode on the reverse
of the cover showing the destination ZIP Code, whether it is corrected or returned to
sender. A recent example of one of these is shown in Figure 14, where the piece was
returned as non-deliverable, with the label containing the full 11-digit encoded address
of the sender (me).
If you have an interest in modern postal history, you may wish to begin a search for
examples of barcode blockers. While most will be very inexpensive, they are now more
challenging to find than you might think.
Figure 12. An advertisement from
a 1992 catalog that marketed
postmarking devices to post offices
features a “Barcode Canceller.”
Figure 13 (left). Although they existed simultaneously
for several years, the need for barcode blockers was
partially eliminated by automated MUM (Miszipped
Unzipped Mail) labels.
Figure 14 (right). Modern misdirected and nondeliverable
mail is handled by the USPS’ remote
barcode system that reads the address, corrects
the destination ZIP (or applies the return
address) and sends the mail piece on its way.
APRIL 2020 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 329

My Stamp Story: Brian Rogers
In 1960, I was the band director at a junior high school
in a rapidly growing Detroit suburb. A social studies
teacher colleague had a small philately business that
included subscriptions to a first day cover service.
I enrolled and got a cover of every new United States issue
from then until I left the district in 1963. The accumulated
covers subsequently lived quietly and undisturbed in a
home filing cabinet for more than half a century.
Life, you see, came along, manifested in children, a career
change, and a couple of dwelling changes. Before I knew
it, it was 2015 and I had retired. I was looking for things to
do.
Simultaneously, my mobility had become severely restricted
by arthritis. I was able to get around only with an
electric mobility device, or “scooter.”
I had also developed a tremor that made my handwriting
nearly indecipherable. I needed to find an activity I could
perform seated, and I needed to find exercises that would
help me regain some of the fine muscle control in my hands.
I got a mail order handwriting practice book and a fountain
pen with a cartridge ink supply. Before long, by doing
the exercises in the workbook, my handwriting was becoming
a bit more readable. At times, dare I say, it could even
pass for attractive.
One day about this time, I came across the stack of first
day covers in the filing cabinet. I saw again they bore cachets
of varying appeal.
What might happen, I thought, if I tried combining my
developing penmanship skills with making cachets for first
day covers? At least I could add to the cover collection that
hadn’t gained new material since 1963.
I practiced handwriting every day, and when a new
stamp was issued by the United States Postal Service I ordered
a booklet or two from the USPS website. I began affixing
handwritten cachets to blank covers. Sometimes I’d scrap
some before I made one I thought was good enough to put a
stamp on and send to Stamp Fulfillment Services in Kansas
City for cancelling and return.
I wrote my name and address on removable labels for the
USPS to return the covers, so they’d be unaddressed when
placed in an album.
I began making covers for memorable events, too, for
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example, the air mail centennial in 2018. I
made several with one of the commemorative
stamps issued for the event that year.
My handwriting still is not great; and my
covers, I’m sure, will never be valuable. But
producing them has brought me the satisfaction
of making something historic, something
the sight of which might recall someday a person
or event worth remembering.
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Scott # Unused Used
1 $125.00
3 $75.00
3a $75.00
3b $200.00
4 $300.00
5 $275.00
5a $275.00
6 $800.00 $150.00
8 $220.00 $16.00
pen ccl $2.75
9 $60.00 $8.00
pen ccl $1.40
9a $20.00
9b $100.00
9c $27.50
20 wtrmk $2,000.00
10 $160.00 $40.00
pen ccl $1.40
10a $40.00
10b $160.00 $40.00
11 $67.50 $40.00
pen ccl $1.50
12 $40.00 $15.00
pen ccl $1.50
12a $32.50 $21.00
12b $17.50
13 $160.00 $70.00
pen ccl $6.75
14 $80.00 $20.00
pen ccl $1.50
14a $80.00 $20.00
14c $90.00
15-19 $370.00 $61.00
pen ccl $6.50
20-24 $100.00 $15.25
25-36 $121.00 $50.00
29a $10.00 $1.90
37-38 $2.20 $0.70
39-45 $35.50 $9.05
46-49 $1.65
50 $1.25 $0.75
50a $32.50 $24.00
50b $60.00
50c $90.00
50d $90.00
51-56 $18.90 $4.25
57 $2.60 $0.50
58 $0.50 $0.30
59 $0.50 $0.40
60 $0.60 $0.35
60a $20.00 $20.00
61 $2.25 $0.60
61a $50.00
62 $7.00 $4.50
63 $100.00
64 $0.70 $0.40
65 $11.00
66 $25.00 $10.00
67 $130.00 $0.70
67a $3.00
68-78 $35.00 $15.80
79-82 $6.20 $2.25
83-95 $20.50
83-97 $124.50
98-112 $180.85 $25.60
113-23 $23.80 $3.60
124 $0.60 $0.35
125 $17.50 $0.80
Back of the Book
Scott# Unused Used
AR1-5 35.00 65.00
Rev ccl 1.75
AR6-9 13.00 50.00
Rev ccl 3.00
AR10-12 7.50 11.00
Rev ccl 1.05
B1-2 8.00 4.00
B2a 10.00
B3-4,CB1-2 4.00 1.40
B5 0.60 0.35
B6 0.75 0.35
B7 0.40 0.35
B8-10 1.25 1.00
C1-5 375.00
C1 50.00
C3 75.00
C5 75.00
C6-8 152.00
C6 0.75 0.35
C6A 1.00 0.35
C6B 4.25 0.80
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Scott # Unused Used
126 $10.00
127-141 $119.35 $6.55
131a $1.25 $0.35
134a $1.75 $0.35
139a $50.00 $1.00
141ftnte $25.00
143-144 $0.80 $0.70
145 $2.00 $0.40
146-153 $25.75 $6.90
154 $2.00 $0.60
155 $1.40 $0.35
156 $0.60 $0.35
157 $0.35
158 $1.00 $0.35
159 $5.00 $0.35
160 $0.45
161 $9.75 $1.90
162 $0.35 $0.35
163 $0.50 $0.35
164 $2.00 $0.35
165 $0.35
166 $5.75 $0.35
167 $0.95 $0.35
168 $0.75 $0.35
169 $0.65 $0.35
170 $3.00 $0.35
171 $2.75 $0.35
172 $4.25 $0.35
173 $0.35
175-80 $11.95 $3.85
181 $1.00 $0.35
182 $1.50 $0.40
183-4 $1.75 $0.70
185 $1.60 $0.35
186-97 $35.70
198-209 $4.50 $4.20
210 $0.60 $0.35
211-5 $6.85 $5.00
217-27 $5.20 $3.50
228-32 $7.00 $5.90
233-7 $3.10 $1.95
238-9 $1.20 $0.70
240-3 $2.50 $1.65
244 $0.50 $0.35
245-6 $0.70 $0.70
247-8 $2.20 $0.80
249 $0.40 $0.35
250 $0.35 $0.35
251 $0.35 $0.35
252 $0.35 $0.35
253 $0.35 $0.35
254-5,C124 $155.00
254 singles $25.00 $25.00
255 singles $50.00 $50.00
257,C126 $0.70 $0.70
258-9,C127-8 $2.90 $1.55
260-1,C129-30 $2.60 $1.60
262 $0.40 $0.35
263,C165 $1.30 $0.75
264,C166 $1.05 $0.70
265 $0.35 $0.35
266 $0.35 $0.35
267 $0.35 $0.35
268 $0.35 $0.35
269-72,C167 $4.00
273-4 $0.80 $0.80
275 $0.35 $0.35
Scott# Unused Used
C6C 5.00 1.10
C6D 10.00 3.25
C7 16.00 6.50
C9-14 132.75
C9 1.35 0.35
C10 1.90 0.35
C11 2.25
C12 65.00
C13 8.50 3.00
C14 45.00 12.00
C15-19 3.25 1.75
C21 1.75
C22-29 13.35 3.60
C28a 12.00 3.00
C39-50 9.85 7.35
C44a 2.75 1.90
C51-53 11.65 3.50
C54-68 34.40 16.60
C69-88 7.35 7.35
C87a 0.35 0.35
C89 40.00 35.00
C90-107B 23.50 6.75
C108 0.55 0.35
Scott # Unused Used
276,C168 $3.25 $1.25
277-80 $1.60 $1.40
281 $0.40 $0.35
282,C171 $0.70 $0.70
283,C172 $2.15
284 $0.35 $0.35
285 $0.35 $0.35
286-7 $0.70 $0.70
288 $0.40 $0.35
289,C173 $1.90 $1.50
290-2 $2.60 $1.05
293-6 $1.75 $1.75
297-8 $0.70 $0.70
299,C190-1 $2.05 $1.30
300,C192 $0.75 $0.70
301-2,C193 $1.05 $1.05
303,C194 $0.75 $0.75
304,C195 $0.70 $0.70
305,C214 $1.30 $0.85
310-1,C199-200 $8.00 $4.00
319,C213 $1.00 $0.70
320,C215 $0.95 $0.70
321,C216 $1.00 $0.70
322,C217 $1.10 $0.70
323-329A $2.80 $2.80
330,C218 $0.70 $0.70
331-C220D $6.90 $5.00
337-8 $0.70 $0.70
339,C245 $1.60 $0.85
340-1,C246-7 $1.55 $1.40
342,C248 $0.70 $0.70
343,C249 $0.70 $0.70
344,C250 $0.70 $0.70
345-6,C257-8 $1.40 $1.40
347-9 $3.10 $1.75
348A SS $25.00 $25.00
348SS $15.00 $15.00
350 $0.40 $0.35
351 $1.10 $0.35
354-5 $0.70 $0.70
358,C268 $0.70 $0.70
358SS $30.00
359 $0.35 $0.35
360,C269 $1.90 $0.70
361,C271 $0.95 $0.70
362,C272 $0.70 $0.70
363,C274 $0.70 $0.70
364,C275-6 $1.85 $1.05
365,C277 $0.95 $0.70
366,C279 $1.30 $0.70
367,C280 $1.25 $0.70
368,C281 $0.75 $0.70
369,C282 $0.90 $0.70
370 $0.35 $0.35
371,C283 $0.75 $0.70
372,C284 $0.70 $0.70
373-4,C288-9 $1.40 $1.40
375,C290 $0.70 $0.70
376,C291 $0.90 $0.70
377,C292 $0.80 $0.70
378,C293 $0.75 $0.70
379,C294 $0.90 $0.70
380,C295 $0.70 $0.70
381,C296 $0.70 $0.70
382,C297 $1.00 $0.70
383,C298 $1.60 $0.70
276,C168 $3.25 $1.25
Scott# Unused Used Scott#
C109-123 8.80 5.60
C124 singles 50.00
C125 0.45 0.35
C135-44 5.00 3.50
C145 0.35 0.35
C146 5.00
C147 0.35 0.35
C148-53 44.65 9.00
C154 0.80 0.40
C155-64 3.50 3.50
C166SS 50.00
C168SS 850.00
C170 0.30 0.30
C172SS 2,500.00
C174-80 16.35 3.05
C183-89 3.05 2.45
C187a 0.55 0.35
C191SS 125.00
C193SS 70.00
C194SS 55.00
C195SS 190.00
C206 0.35 0.35
C207-12 4.50 2.10
Scott # Unused Used
277-80 $1.60 $1.40
281 $0.40 $0.35
282,C171 $0.70 $0.70
283,C172 $2.15
284 $0.35 $0.35
285 $0.35 $0.35
286-7 $0.70 $0.70
288 $0.40 $0.35
289,C173 $1.90 $1.50
290-2 $2.60 $1.05
293-6 $1.75 $1.75
295a $0.35
297-8 $0.70 $0.70
299,C190-1 $2.05 $1.30
300,C192 $0.75 $0.70
301-2,C193 $1.05 $1.05
303,C194 $0.75 $0.75
304,C195 $0.70 $0.70
305,C214 $1.30 $0.85
310-1,C199-200 $8.00 $4.00
319,C213 $1.00 $0.70
320,C215 $0.95 $0.70
321,C216 $1.00 $0.70
322,C217 $1.10 $0.70
323-329A $2.80 $2.80
330,C218 $0.70 $0.70
331-C220D $6.90 $5.00
337-8 $0.70 $0.70
339,C245 $1.60 $0.85
340-1,C246-7 $1.55 $1.40
342,C248 $0.70 $0.70
343,C249 $0.70 $0.70
344,C250 $0.70 $0.70
345-6,C257-8 $1.40 $1.40
347-9 $3.10 $1.75
348A SS $25.00 $25.00
348SS $15.00 $15.00
350 $0.40 $0.35
351 $1.10 $0.35
354-5 $0.70 $0.70
358,C268 $0.70 $0.70
358SS $30.00
359 $0.35 $0.35
360,C269 $1.90 $0.70
361,C271 $0.95 $0.70
362,C272 $0.70 $0.70
363,C274 $0.70 $0.70
364,C275-6 $1.85 $1.05
365,C277 $0.95 $0.70
366,C279 $1.30 $0.70
367,C280 $1.25 $0.70
368,C281 $0.75 $0.70
369,C282 $0.90 $0.70
370 $0.35 $0.35
371,C283 $0.75 $0.70
372,C284 $0.70 $0.70
373-4,C288-9 $1.40 $1.40
375,C290 $0.70 $0.70
376,C291 $0.90 $0.70
377,C292 $0.80 $0.70
378,C293 $0.75 $0.70
379,C294 $0.90 $0.70
380,C295 $0.70 $0.70
381,C296 $0.70 $0.70
382,C297 $1.00 $0.70
383,C298 $1.60 $0.70
384,C299 $1.00 $0.70
Unused Used
C213SS 75.00
C218SS 125.00 125.00
C220D SS 85.00 85.00
C221 0.50 0.35
C221SS 65.00
Malaria SS 110.00
C222-31 3.50
C234-40 2.45 2.45
C247SS 27.50 27.50
C254 0.40 0.35
C255 0.40 0.35
C256 0.40 0.35
C259 0.35 0.35
C260 0.35 0.35
C262 0.35 0.35
C263 0.35 0.35
C264 1.25 0.35
C264SS 20.00
C265 0.40 0.35
C266-67 0.80 0.70
C267SS 20.00
C269SS 7.50
C270 0.40 0.35
Scott # Unused Used
385,C300 $0.85 $0.70
386,C301 $4.00 $0.70
387-91 $1.75 $1.75
391SS $5.00 $5.00
392,C302 $0.70 $0.70
393,C303 $0.70 $0.70
394,C304 $1.00 $0.70
395,C305 $0.85 $0.70
396,C306 $0.90
397,C308 $0.85 $0.70
398,C307 $0.85 $0.70
399,C309 $0.95 $0.70
400,C310 $0.70 $0.70
401,C311 $0.85 $0.70
402,C312 $0.90 $0.70
403-4 $1.50 $0.70
405 $0.35 $0.35
406 $0.40 $0.35
407-11 $3.50 $2.00
411SS $11.00 $11.00
412 $0.35 $0.35
413 $0.45 $0.35
414,C313 $0.70 $0.70
415-6 $1.80 $0.70
417 $0.40 $0.35
418-21 $1.85 $1.40
422 $0.45 $0.35
423-4 $0.80 $0.70
424SS $20.00 $20.00
425 $0.55 $0.35
426 $0.40 $0.35
427 $0.40 $0.35
428 $0.40 $0.35
429 $0.40 $0.35
430-2 $1.10 $1.05
433 $0.40 $0.35
434 $0.90 $0.35
435 $0.45 $0.35
436 $0.40 $0.35
437-8 $2.20 $1.25
439-40 $1.45 $0.70
441 $0.75 $0.35
441SS $17.50
442-6 $1.75 $1.75
447-8 $1.85 $0.70
448SS $15.00
449-50 $0.75 $0.70
451 $0.40 $0.30
452 $4.75 $1.40
453 $1.50 $1.50
454 $0.40 $0.35
455 $6.00 $1.40
456 $0.35 $0.35
457 $0.40 $0.35
458 $0.70 $0.35
459 $0.35 $0.35
460 $6.00 $6.00
461-72 $30.00
singles $13.00
472SS $15.00
473-6 $5.00 $1.40
476SS $20.00
477-84 $5.00 $3.50
485-9 $4.00
490 $2.30 $0.50
491 $1.40 $0.35
492 $0.80 $0.35
Scott# Unused Used
C273 0.35 0.35
C276SS 13.50
C277SS 15.00
C278 0.35 0.35
C280SS (2) 24.00
C285-87 1.25 1.05
C287SS 20.00
C289SS 10.00
C291SS 5.00
C297SS 9.00
C309SS 15.00
C313SS 19.00
H1 5.00 5.00
ftnt black 5.00
J31-42
J43-47 3.60 3.00
J48-58 30.00
O1A-1C 525.00
O6 160.00
O7 160.00
O9 50.00 85.00
O10 100.00 120.00
O11 95.00
Scott # Unused Used
492SS $20.00
493 $1.50 $0.35
493SS $15.00
494-6 $2.75 $1.25
496SS $15.00
497 $9.00 $1.20
498 $1.50 $0.35
499 $1.60 $0.35
500 $2.00 $0.55
501-4 $1.80 $1.40
505 $1.50 $0.50
506 $0.40 $0.35
507 $1.75 $0.35
508 $0.55 $0.35
509-12 $3.70 $1.40
513 $0.40 $0.35
514 $0.40 $0.35
515-6 $3.00 $0.70
521-2 $3.50 $1.05
523 $0.90 $0.35
524 $0.90 $0.35
525 $2.00 $0.50
526-7 $5.00 $1.50
528 $0.75 $0.35
529 $5.25 $2.00
530-1 $2.15 $0.70
532 $0.70 $0.35
533 $0.35 $0.35
534 $1.30 $0.65
535 $1.50 $0.90
536 $1.50 $0.50
537-9 $2.40 $1.05
540 $4.00 $1.10
542-550 $5.00 $5.00
551 $1.00 $0.60
552 $2.25 $0.90
553-5 $3.65 $2.20
556 $1.50 $0.75
557 $0.60 $0.35
558 $0.60 $0.35
559-62 $2.25 $1.40
563-5 $1.65 $1.05
566 $1.50 $0.50
567 $1.25 $0.50
568-70 $1.65 $1.05
571 $0.60 $0.30
572 $1.40 $0.60
573 $1.65 $0.50
574 $0.65 $0.35
575-6 $1.75 $1.75
577 $0.45 $0.35
578 $0.50 $0.35
579-80 $2.80 $0.85
581-4 $4.00 $1.40
585 $2.00 $0.60
586 $1.20 $0.50
587-9 $4.75 $1.80
590 $0.60 $0.35
591 $0.40 $0.35
592 $1.25 $0.40
593 $0.45 $0.35
594 $1.50 $0.50
595 $0.60 $0.35
596 $1.25 $0.50
597 $1.25 $0.50
598 $1.75 $0.35
599 $1.25 $0.40
Scott# Unused Used
O12 90.00 125.00
O13 120.00 125.00
O14 120.00 125.00
O15 250.00 200.00
O31 4.50 2.25
O32 2.75
O33 5.25 2.75
O34 4.50 2.50
O35 5.00 2.50
O36 8.50 4.50
O37 5.00 2.00
Scott # Unused Used
600 $0.60 $0.35
601-03 $2.30 $1.50
604 $0.60 $0.50
605 $0.55 $0.50
606-9 $4.00 $2.00
610 $1.10 $0.50
611-2 $1.50 $1.00
613 $0.50 $0.50
614 $0.50 $0.50
615 $0.50 $0.50
616-8 $4.75 $1.60
619 $0.50 $0.50
620 $0.75 $0.50
621 $0.50 $0.50
622 $2.25 $0.75
623 $40.00 $30.00
624 $2.50 $2.00
625 $1.00 $0.50
626 $0.40 $0.40
627 $0.50 $0.50
628-9 $2.75 $1.00
630-1 $1.20 $1.00
631A $4.50 $1.00
631B $0.50 $0.50
631C $2.10 $0.50
631D $1.10 $1.10
632-3 $8.00 $1.20
634-48 $7.00
649 $1.25 $0.60
650 $2.15 $0.60
651 $4.25 $1.00
652-5 $3.50 $2.00
656-9 $5.00 $200.00
660-1 $1.00 $1.00
662-3 $1.75 $1.00
664-5 $2.25 $1.00
666 $10.00 $1.50
667 $1.30 $0.50
668 $0.50 $0.50
669-70 $1.25 $1.00
671-3 $5.75 $3.00
674 $24.00
675 $5.25 $1.10
676 $1.25 $0.55
677 $1.10 $0.50
678 $1.75 $0.70
679-82 $26.00 $15.00
683-4 $2.60 $1.00
685 $3.00 $2.00
686 $15.00 $15.00
687 $2.00 $1.10
688 $3.00 $0.60
689 $0.70 $0.50
690-2 $3.50 $1.60
693 $13.00 $4.00
694-5 $1.50 $1.00
696 $2.25 $0.50
697 $1.40 $1.40
698-9 $4.30 $1.25
699A $0.60 $0.35
Scott # Unused Used
700-1 $2.00 $1.00
702 $1.00 $0.50
702a $20.00
IMP $30.00
703 $2.25 $0.75
704-5 $2.75 $2.75
706-7 $4.00 $1.50
708 $0.55 $0.50
708A $2.75 $1.25
709-12 $3.50 $2.00
713-5 $2.25 $1.50
716 $1.20 $0.55
717 $1.20 $0.50
718 $0.65 $0.50
719-20 $9.50 $5.00
SS (2) $32.50
721 $2.50 $1.10
722-5 $7.00 $2.40
726-7 $2.50 $1.50
728 $1.60 $1.40
729 $9.00 $3.00
730-1 $1.75 $1.00
732-3 $2.25
734-5 $2.50 $1.50
736-7 $3.40 $1.00
737A $2.50 $2.50
738 $1.50 $0.50
739 $2.25 $0.50
740 $0.75 $0.50
741 $3.00 $1.25
742-3 $10.00 $10.00
744-7B $6.00
747a $5.25
748-9 $2.50 $1.00
750 $4.50 $2.00
751 $5.00
752-3 $3.75 $1.00
754 $0.50 $0.50
755 $0.85 $0.50
756-7 $1.90 $1.00
758 $15.00
759 $0.90 $0.50
760 $1.75 $1.40
761 $0.40 $0.40
762 $1.50 $0.50
763-4 $3.75 $1.25
765 $2.10 $0.60
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766 $0.40 $0.40
767 $0.40 $0.40
768 $0.55 $0.50
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APRL NOTES
BY SCOTT TIFFNEY
librarian & director of information services | stiffney@stamps.org
Spring’s in the Air:
Looking Forward to APRL’s Busiest Season
Postal History Symposium
As winter turns to spring, the philatelic season
also begins to gather momentum as some of the
hobby’s most prominent and significant shows take place,
including Garfield Perry (March 6–8), ASDA (March
20–22), St. Louis Stamp Expo (March 27–29), WESTPEX
(April 24–26), London 2020 (May 2–9), NAPEX (June 5–7),
and culminating in the summer with the Great American
Stamp Show (August 20–23). So too, here at the American
Philatelic Center, preparations are underway for three
important events that will take place later this spring and
into summer.
Here at the American Philatelic Center, Dr. Cathy
Brachbill and Kathleen Edwards in the Education Department
are preparing for and staging this year’s Summer
Seminar (June 21–25) and Volunteer Work Week (July
13–17). At the American Philatelic Research Library, we
too are preparing for a very special event, the Eleventh
Postal History Symposium (October 29–31). The Postal
History Symposium is a biennial event jointly sponsored
by the American Philatelic Research Library, the American
Philatelic Society, and the Smithsonian National Postal
Museum. The symposium has been alternatively hosted at
the Smithsonian National Postal Museum or the American
Philatelic Center since 2006. This year’s symposium, to
be held here at the American Philatelic Center, is also cosponsored
by the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society.
The symposium provides a unique forum for philatelists,
academic scholars, postal historians, and the interested public
to discuss and present research that integrates philately
and the history of postal operations into the broader context
of world history. This year’s theme, Postal Innovation of the
Classic Era: Evolution Leading to Modernization concerns
the Classic Era of American postal history, which has come
to define one of the greatest periods of postal innovation.
Along with the United States, many other countries played
an equally important role during this time in the evolution
and progress of postal history, with creators and ideas that
Attendees listen to a session of the Postal History Symposium at the
APRL.
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furthered postal development into the modern age.
For those attending the 2020 Postal History Symposium,
the event will also include other activities for the philatelist
and researcher alike, such as a dealer bourse, a gallery of
over 175 frames of world-class non-competitive exhibits
from members of the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, certain
APS and APRL services, a Meet and Greet, and finally
the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society Banquet with keynote
speaker Scott R. Trepel, President of Robert A. Siegel Auctions.
For more information about this year’s symposium
be sure to consult the Postal History Symposium webpage
(stamps.org/postal-history-symposium) on the APS website
as the list of speakers, banquet reservations and the schedule
of events are finalized.
APRL Staff Update
With the change of the seasons, there has also been
change at the APRL. As mentioned in February’s column,
Betsy Gamble retired from her position as Technical Services
Coordinator, and Reference Assistant Marian Mills
assumed Betsy’s position after many months of training.
Marian has been an incredible asset to the library in her
Reference role and will bring her incredible knowledge of
the collection and enthusiasm for the hobby to her new role
as Technical Services Coordinator. Betsy will definitely be
missed but the library and its resources are in good hands
with Marian.
With Marian’s move a new Reference Assistant was
sought, and after interviewing a number of worthy applicants
for the position, Marsha Garman was chosen to follow
Marian in the position. Marsha comes to us with a wealth of
library experience, having worked in acquisitions and reference
departments at Stetson University and St. Petersburg
Public Library in Florida, as well as, most recently, Yale
University in Connecticut. She received her BA in English
and Masters in Library and Information Services from the
Meet Marsha Garman, the newest APRL staff member. Marsha
began her role as Reference Assistant in March.
University of South Florida. Her understanding of library
systems and software will be a great asset in her new role as
Reference Assistant with the APRL. She also has experience
serving a diverse client base from each of her positions and
has demonstrated the ability to exceed the expectations of
her patrons. We welcome Marsha to the APRL and APS!
APRL Digital and the Online Catalog
Upgrades continue for both the David Straight Philatelic
Union Catalog and the library’s online digital collections
database, APRL Digital. We are working with a library
software vendor to upgrade the online catalog to provide a
greater functionality for our patrons and a more engaging
and fulfilling user experience. We have been working to
provide catalog users with more search options, with the
goal of producing more usable and comprehensive search
results. We will continue to refine the new upgrade in the
weeks to come and will keep you informed when a specific
rollout date for the new catalog has been confirmed.
We are continuing to build upon the content in APRL
Digital. Following the February column, we have received
permission from multiple societies to upload their journals
into the digital collection database. To date, we are in the
final stages of securing the rights to upload and disseminate
on APRL Digital 14 complete journal runs for various philatelic
organizations. We will begin uploading these journals
to APRL Digital as permissions are secured.
As a reminder for those who missed the February column,
we invite clubs and organizations who are interested
in having their journals made available to all APS members
through the APRL Digital platform to contact stiffney@
stamps.org or (814) 933-3816 for an evaluation and estimate.
If you haven’t yet, we encourage societies and clubs
to consider digitizing your journals — not only will you
provide digital access to your specific content for fellow
APS members, but you will also have the added benefit of
promoting your own organization and publications to a
much wider audience. Finally, you will help the APRL in
our goal of preserving the history of philatelic literature,
research and education.
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ADVENTURES IN EXPERTIZING
BY GARY WAYNE LOEW
aps director of expertizing | gary@stamps.org
Expertizing the 1¢ Franklins
— When Experts Disagree
For all the romance surrounding America’s first two
stamps, issued in 1847, they were printed in murky
red-brown shades and an unremarkable black. In contrast,
the 1851 1¢ Franklin was a bold, sprightly blue (Figure
1); just the ticket for an American public taking advantage
of low postage rates, introduced by the Postal Act of 1851, to
send letters in heretofore unseen quantities.
This ornate and complex portrait of Franklin is notable
for the seemingly endless varieties that were produced in
both imperforate (1851) and perforated (1857) issues. These
varieties resulted not only from the design’s complexity, but
also from two other factors: the large size of the stamp image
and the resultant difficulty in manufacturing the printing
plates to accommodate this size. In this month’s column, I’ll
introduce you to this stamp and its varieties and then explore
the challenges encountered in expertizing individual stamps.
And, as I promised in the March 2020 column, we will see
what happens when experts disagree.
Students of the hobby will recognize the names of the
early authors who have written about this stamp: Stanley
Ashbrook, Carroll Chase, John Luff, Mortimer Neinken, and
Jerome Wagshal, among many others. But it was Ashbrook
who first definitively identified the subtleties of the stamp’s
design (Figure 2).
I’ll touch briefly upon the plate manufacturing process,
but if you would like a thorough grounding in stamp production,
I recommend you start by perusing Fundamentals
of Philately by L.N. Williams, perhaps the most frequently
referenced book in my philatelic library. If you are more of a
“hands-on” learner, then come to the APS Summer Seminar
and take Wayne Youngblood’s “Stamp Technology” course.
You’ll be glad you did!
When it comes to the specifics of the 1¢ Franklin issues,
I recommend two recent books. For the 1851 issue, The 1851
Issue of United States Stamps: a Sesquicentennial Retrospective
Figure 1. A lovely example of
an unused imperforate 1¢ blue
Franklin from the 1851 issue. From
the APEX Reference Collection.
Figure 2. The “complete die design” for the 1¢ Franklin as first
defined by Stanley Ashbrook.
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y Hubert Skinner and Charles Peterson is available as a free
download, compliments of the US Philatelic Classics Society
(aps.buzz/1851USPCS). Its description of plate production is
expansive. For the second series, consider the resource First
United States Perforated Stamps – The 1857 Issue by Jon Rose.
How to make a printing plate
Now join me as I attempt to summarize many hundreds
of pages and decades of research about this stamp’s engraving,
plate making and production into three paragraphs. The
detailed images seen in Figures 1 and 2 were produced using
the line engraving, or intaglio, printing process. First, the design
is engraved into a piece of “soft” steel in recessed form.
The steel is then heat-treated to harden the steel, creating a
die. The die, in turn, is used to embed three reversed or “relief
” images onto a cylindrical device called a transfer roll
(Figure 3). As with the die, the transfer roll starts with soft
steel that is then hardened. Importantly, the three relief images
are not identical. Next, the relief images on the transfer
roll are “rocked” onto a sheet of steel in recess form. When
the steel is hardened, it becomes the printing plate used to
produce the stamps.
Postal authorities ordered the stamps to be produced on
a plate containing 200 subjects in two panes of 100 stamps
each. Each pane was ten stamps across by ten rows deep.
And that is where the problems arose. The design of the
stamp was just a bit too tall for the plate size that the printer’s
presses could accommodate. In order for there to be sufficient
space between stamps for them to be cut when sold, the
designs had to be truncated just a little bit, either at the top
or bottom or both. Thus, one die created three unique relief
images which in turn resulted in 200 identifiable images on
the printing plate. With effectively five plates, that is 1000
collectible stamps from this one original die.
(A brief technical note: there were only four physical
plates manufactured. The first plate was not hardened and
quickly became worn. As a result, the printer reentered the
images on the plate and then hardened it. From a philatelic
standpoint, this is regarded as a fifth plate.)
Philatelic specialists identify each stamp from each plate
using the following nomenclature in this format:
• The stamp’s position on the pane, numbered from 1 to 100
• The letter L or R representing the left or right pane
• The numbers 1 through 5, representing which of the five
plates was used
• The letter E or L, representing the early or late states of the
plate, may optionally appear at the end of the description.
(Plates wore out and were reentered over time, creating
different states.)
Thus, 11L1 would represent the first stamp on the second
row of the left pane from plate one. An E or L at the end
would tell us the state of the plate’s use.
A similar discussion of the perforated issues of 1857
would require more space than I have, but the complexities
are very similar, as are the resulting varieties.
The Scott Catalogue organizes these stamps
The Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps &
Covers has an essential chapter titled “Identifier of Definitive
Issues” that lists a single image for this stamp. Image A5 is the
basic stamp. Given the 1000 plate varieties for the 1851 issue
and the varieties for the 1857 issue, Scott has added images
A6-A9 and A20 to identify the major types of frame differences.
For the 1851 issues, Scott has assigned catalog numbers
5, 5A, 6, 6b, 7, 8, 8A, and 9 (with subtypes for several of
these). For the 1857 issues, the Scott catalog numbers are 18,
19, 19b, and 20-24 (also with subtypes).
Not surprisingly, there are many instances where the
earlier issues are more valuable than similar-appearing 1857
stamps. Philatelic fakers are not above trimming the later issues
to imitate more valuable imperforate counterparts.
Figure 4. The “patient” submitted
by the owner as a Scott 22.
Figure 3. Transfer roll illustrating a circular relief — reproduced from Skinner’s
and Peterson’s book. Courtesy US Philatelic Classics Society.
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It is also true that the stamps were produced with varying
image print quality, especially as the printing plates wore,
resulting in incomplete or imperfect image details. Correctly
identifying the plate and position of an individual stamp can
be a daunting challenge. But with similar-appearing stamps
ranging in catalog value from a few dollars to thousands, or
tens of thousands, of dollars, proper identification is very important.
Expertizing the 1¢ Franklins
These myriad variations and variables result in uncertainty
among collectors, even those who have been specialists for
many years. Thus, the 1¢ Franklins are frequently submitted
to APEX for authentication. Our process is simple. APEX is
blessed with some 180 Expert Committee members that expertize
most of the world. Several are renowned specialists
on the 1¢ Franklins. Any time a stamp is submitted that looks
even remotely like the Scott A5 image, we have a protocol
that ensures that two or three Expert Committee specialists
will examine and authenticate the stamp. And very frequently
“Expert 1” will request that we “have Expert 2 take a look”
for a second opinion on a particular aspect. Expertizing is a
collaborative process as practiced by APEX.
Collaboration notwithstanding, so great are the nuances
that even our experts can disagree. Recently the stamp in
Figure 4 was sent in for a certificate. The discussion that follows
is abstracted from the notes of three experts. A word
of caution: we are about to dive deep into the weeds of the
specialized nomenclature associated with the 1¢ Franklins.
(Caveat coactor; let the philatelist beware!)
The first expert declared the stamp a Scott 20; one reason
for the decision is, quote, “the bottom line is faint but complete
at the bottom.” On to expert two.
Let me quote a large portion of expert two’s notes: “This
stamp is Relief “B,” position 19L4 from plate 4. Relief B always
has a break in the top line, even though the top of the
design is cut away by the perfs. Thus, this cannot be Scott 20.
19L4 is shown in Neinken as Type III, outer line broken Top
and Bottom. However, this stamp seems to have a faint but
complete bottom line. I leave “break” or “no break” to others.
The stamp is either Scott 21 or Scott 22…” No consensus as
of yet.
A third expert was called upon as part of the normal authentication
process. From his notes, we learn additionally:
“…There is a faint line of ink in the area under the “C” of
CENT. So, the bottom line is Not broken and so the stamp
is Not a Type III, but a Type IIIa. That makes it a Scott 22.”
APEX does not use a “majority vote” or “tie-breaker”
when preparing opinions. I reached out to the first expert
and discussed the subsequent evaluations. He was satisfied
with those findings. We could all agree that this patient was,
indeed, a Scott 22.
And that is what the APEX certificate stated: “United
States Scott No. 22, Type IIIa, “B” Relief, position 19L4. Genuine…”
* * *
I am grateful to Richard Celler for his assistance with this
column.
I welcome your questions, comments, and suggestions on
any philatelic topic. Please feel free to email me at Gary@
stamps.org. I look forward to hearing from you.
A Valentine letter addressed to Miss M. A. Cribbet, care of Dr. Rolker. No. 122 7th Street [Cincinnati, Ohio]. The 1¢ local drop rate
paid by an 1857 Scott No. 24. From the APEX Reference Collection.
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PHILATELIC HAPPENINGS
BY KEN MARTIN
chief membership officer | kpmartin@stamps.org
A Season of Gratitude — Recognizing Your Achievements
Thanks to Clarence McKnight of the Ebony Society for
Philatelic Events and Reflections (ESPER), APS Affiliate
239, for all he does to promote our hobby. Clarence regularly
gives presentations for Black History Month, Women’s History
Month and Hispanic History Month. One of his exhibits,
located at the Montclair (New Jersey) Public Library, was
recently featured in the Montclair Local News.
Steve Bahnsen is another unheralded collector with an
unrelenting focus on improving the Postal Service. He regularly
travels around the country visiting post offices and suggesting
improvements to the USPS. He is especially critical
of post offices which offer limited access of their post office
boxes to patrons and schedule last collection times long before
the retail windows close. Steve’s efforts recently resulted
in a change in the weekday collection times of Union Station
in Chicago: from 1 pm to 5 pm. Additionally, the Hebron,
Illinois, post office lobby is now available to postal patrons
24/7.
* * * * *
Congratulations to Clarence Stillions, Julian Goldberg,
and John Walsh, the 2019 winners of the Collectors Club
of Chicago (CCC) Pratt Award. The estate of Col. Robert
H. Pratt of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the pre-eminent Newfoundland
stamp and postal history collector, researcher,
and author, bequeathed funds to the CCC for the establishment
of an annual award for the best English language
article, series of articles, book, or electronic presentation
related to Newfoundland’s philately. Stillions was honored
for “The Blitz Stamps of Newfoundland,” which appeared in
the September/October 2019 issue of The Canadian Philatelist.
Goldberg and Walsh were recognized as co-authors of
“Newfoundland 1887 1/2-cent Dog: A Detailed Study of Its
Correct Release Date and Other Discoveries,” appearing in
the second quarter 2019 issue of BNA Topics.
* * * * *
Awards are also available for younger collectors. The APS
invites young collectors between the ages 16 and 24 who are
interested in participating in the Young
Philatelic Leaders Fellowship program
(YPLF). This program coordinates
and funds transportation
to, lodging during, and activities
at the Great American Stamp
Show and APS Summer Seminar
on Philately. Additionally, YPLF
connects participating Fellows with
seasoned collectors, exhibitors, writers,
researchers and dealers to expand their perspectives and exposure
in the philatelic world. Applications for the 2020–21
class are due on May 15.
* * * * *
Don’t forget — the APS is going to award three free life
memberships this year: one to a new member and two to
recruiters of new members, as part of our 2020 membership
challenge. We have also added a new class of membership,
called $25 Under 30. People under the age of 30 will be eligible
for a 12-month digital membership for just $25. The
new membership class will be available on April 1, 2020.
* * * * *
The Southeastern Stamp Expo was held January 31
through February 2 in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. The show
included a full day of presentations by the France and Colonies
Philatelic Society on Friday, and a Women Leaders in
Philately Meet ‘n Greet on Saturday afternoon which showcased
six female leaders in our hobby who discussed its rewards
and challenges.
The six leaders were American Topical Association president
Dawn Hamman, Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and
Reflection president Warachal Eileen Faison, co-founder of
Women Exhibitors and APS Committee for Accreditation
of National Exhibitions and Judges Chair Elizabeth Hisey,
Boston 2026 World Stamp Show president Nancy B. Clark,
American Topical Association Executive Director Jennifer
Miller, and former APS Treasurer and former Junior Phi-
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latelists of America president Kathryn J. Johnson. More information
on these philatelic leaders is available from the
Southeastern Stamp Expo website at http://www.sefsc.org/
women-in-philately.html
Charles J. O’Brien, III, won the Southeastern Stamp
Expo multi frame grand award for his exhibit, Frank Lloyd
Wright First Days & Usage of the Two Cent Definitive Issue.
The David L. Hill multi frame reserve grand went to James
R. Taylor for St. Pierre & Miquelon: Colonial Series through
First Pictorial. Louis Fiset took home the Athens Philatelic
Society Memorial single frame grand award for his Political
Prisoners’ Mail from the 1848 Paris June Days Uprising.
Congratulations also to Harvey S. Teal who received the
Southeastern Federation Rowland Hill award for service to
the hobby in the Southeastern States. A retired educator,
school administrator, and former supervisor of instructional
technology for the South Carolina Department of Education,
Teal is an expert on South Carolina philately and author
of South Carolina Postal History and Illustrated Catalog
of Postmarks and South Carolina Post Offices and Postmasters,
1860–1865.
* * * * *
The Sarasota National Stamp Exhibition, held February
7–9, hosted the American Air Mail Society, the China
Stamp Society, the Society for Czechoslovak Philately and a
regional meeting of Polonus, the Polish Philatelic Society. In
addition, the Florida Postal History Society, the US Possessions
Society, and the Cuban Philatelic Society of America
held meetings.
Congratulations to Jon Krupnick, whose Pan American
Clippers Conquer the Pacific August 1933 to December 31,
1941, exhibit received the multi frame grand award.
The multi frame reserve grand went to Mark Schwartz
for The New York Postmaster Provisional. Bob Hisey won the
Single Frame Grand for Access Routes for Africa-US Airmail
to the U.S.,WWII.
Sarasota also has a literature competition for articles.
Charles DiComo took home the literature grand for “New
Plate Flaw Discovery: ‘Dash & Ink Trail’ on 3¢ 1851 Stamp”
which was published in the Chronicle of U.S. Classic Postal
Issues. The literature reserve grand went to Robert G. Rose
for “Bristol Packet’s ‘NEW YORK’ Handstamp: Was it Applied
in London or New York?” published in The London
Philatelist.
* * * * *
The following weekend, ARIPEX was held in Mesa, Arizona.
ARIPEX celebrated the 250th anniversary of the birth
of Beethoven with a sub-theme “Love is Eternal” for the Val-
• • • • •
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entine’s weekend show. The first day of issue ceremony for
the Let’s Celebrate Forever Stamp took place on Valentine’s
Day at the show.
The show’s F. Burton “Bud” Sellers Memorial multi frame
grand award went to Eigil Trondsen for The Cunard Line:
The Ships and the Transatlantic Mail 1840–1867. Trondsen
also won the multi frame reserve grand for Norway, Registered
Mail to 1945. 1838-1842 Wilkes Antarctic Expedition:
Its Many (often unfavorable) Facets by Hal Vogel received the
single frame grand.
* * * * *
Unfortunately, no month goes by without the loss of
collectors who have had a profound impact on the hobby.
Two recent losses are Jim Stearns and Eddie Bridges. 44-year
APS member and frequent Summer Seminar attendee James
Stearns passed away in late February. Jim, who lived in Iron
Mountain, Michigan, was APS Ambassador for the Northwoods
Philatelic Society and an APS Estate Advisor. He collected
U.S., Canada, Greece, Morocco and Picture Postcards.
Eddie Bridges may not have had the same tenure, but
had a very high profile over his relatively short association as
an APS member. He was the USA Northeast Region representative
for the Royal Philatelic Society of London (RPSL)
and one of a handful of U.S. collectors who met Queen Elizabeth
II at the opening of the new RPSL facility in London
this past fall. An expert exhibitor of South African philately,
Eddie participated in the Spellman Museum of Stamps
and Postal History May 2017 Symposium. His November
2015 presentation to the Collectors Club of New York titled
“Union of South Africa: Its Strained Relationship with the
British Stamp Printers and the Transition to Domestic Printing”
may be viewed at https://vimeo.com/146302861
* * * * *
As of mid-February, one of the two hotels for our August
20–23 Hartford, Connecticut, Great American Stamp Show
(GASS) is sold out and several exhibiting options are closed.
Requests for exhibit space and meeting and seminar rooms
close in early May, so if you want to participate in the largest
U.S. philatelic event of the year, you should act quickly.
* * * * *
Readers are encouraged to share their local philatelic
happenings. E-mail me at kpmartin@stamps.org.
• • • • •
Connecticut Convention Center
100 Columbus Blvd, • Hartford, CT 06103
Show Highlights
100+ Dealers • Cachetmakers Bourse
800+ Frames of Exhibits • Three of America's Rarest Postal Items
100+ Meetings & Seminars • On-the-Road Courses
aps.buzz/GASS
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SHOW TIME stampshow@stamps.org
The “Show Time” Calendar features a list of
upcoming shows and APS events (shown in
green). To obtain a listing, please submit a “Show
Time” form, available online at www.stamps.org/
Show-Calendar or by mail from APS headquarters.
Information must be received 60 days before
desired publication time.
The listings are free to World Series of Philately
and other shows that are sponsored by an APS
chapter or affiliate. Other shows/bourses may
purchase listings for the month of the show/
bourse and the month prior only. The listing fee is
$25 per show per issue. Shows designated *B* are
bourse only.
Grand award winners from *WSP* shows
(shown in blue) are eligible for the annual APS
World Series of Philately Champion of Champions
competition. Visit www.stamps.org/Show-Calendar
for a complete listing of shows and APS events.
Illinois April 3-4
Metro East 31st Postcard Show VFW Hall, 1234
Vandalia (Hwy 159), Collinsville. *B*
Contact: Tom Snyder
Email: the.snyders@charter.net
Illinois April 4
PARFOREX 60 Park Forest Stamp Club, FCC
Community House, 847 Hutchison Road,
Flossmoor.
Contact: Ed Waterous
Email: ewwaterous@hotmail.com
Maine April 4
MUDPEX - Show and Auction Waterville Stamp
Club, Winslow VFW, 175 Veteran Drive, Winslow.
Bourse Only
Contact: Al Tieman
Email: cantdog1@gmail.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/
watervillestampclub/
New Jersey April 4
MSC Monthly Bourse Merchantville Stamp
Club, Martin Luther Chapel School Gym, 4100
Terrace Ave, Pennsauken. *B*
Contact: Carol Anne Visalli
Email: cavisalli@gmail.com
Website: www.merchantvillestampclub.org
Pennsylvania April 4
Spring Stamp Expo Cumberland Valley
Philatelic Society, Eugene Clarke Center, 235 S.
Third Street, Chambersburg. *B*
Contact: Eileen Bricker
Email: ygigi14@gmail.com
Vermont April 4
Crossroads Postcard & Stamp Show Upper
Valley Stamp Club, Mid-Vermont Christian
School Gym, 399 W Gilson Ave, Quechee.
Contact: John A. Lutz
Email: jalutz@gmail.com
Website: https://uvstampclub.com/#ba106eab-
9ddd-440a-847e-d157c0e752ac
Florida April 4-5
TALPEX 2020 Tallahassee Stamp and Cover
Club, Tallahassee Stamp & Cover Stamp
and Coin Show, 1400 North Monroe Street,
Tallahassee. *B*
Contact: Dr. Tom Ahlfeld
Email: teashark@centurylink.net
Website: www.tsandcc.info
Ohio April 4-5
McKinley Stamp Club Show McKinley Stamp
Club - Canton, St. George Serbian Orthodox
Social Hall, 4667 Applegrove St. NW, North
Canton.
Contact: Dave Pool
Email: lincolnway@sssnet.com
Website: https://mksc.webs.com
Wisconsin April 5
DANEPEX ‘20 Badger Stamp Club, Radison
Hotel, 517 Grand Canyon Drive, Madison.
Contact: Bob Voss
Email: lestamps@charter.net
Website: www.wfscstamps.org
Alabama April 11
Montgomery Area Semi-Annual Stamp and
Coin Show Montgomery Area Stamp Club,
Montgomery Area Semi-Annual Stamp and Coin
Show, 424 S. Northington Street, Prattville. *B*
Contact: Russ Gunton
Email: russtoo@netzero.net
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5 ** VF 4-Blk ......3,250
5 (*) VF ................... 150
9 * VF signed ........ 240
9 ʘ F/VF ................ 475
10 ** VF .................. 225
13 ** VF 4-Blk ....... 300
13a * VF/XF cert .. 650
13a ʘ VF signed . 270
14 ʘ XF .................. 135
16 * VF 4-Blk ......... 265
17 * VF .................... 175
17a (*) VF ............... 250
17a ʘ VF ................ 150
18 * XF ......................55
18 ʘ VF .....................25
21 ** XF 4-Blk ...... 950
22 ʘ VF 4-Blk ....... 125
23 ** VF 4-Blk ....... 180
27v * XF 4-Blk ...... 475
27 ʘ VF .....................60
28 ** VF/XF ..............85
30 * XF ................... 280
31 * VF .................... 495
31a ʘ F/VF cert 2,100
31a ʘ VF certs ..2,250
32 ʘ F/VF cert ..... 330
32b ʘ F/VF cert
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33 * VF cert ........... 625
33 ʘ VF cert ......... 495
33A * VF signed .. 635
33A ʘ VF cert ...... 410
34-44b * F/VF ...... 145
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44A ** VF ..................40
44B * VF ....................80
44B ʘ VF ............... 130
45v ** VF Pr
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49 ** VF/XF ........... 375
49b ʘ F/VF cert .. 490
51 ** VF inv wmk ...65
51b * VF inv ovpt...72
52 ** VF cert ......... 475
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68a ** VF ............... 265
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92-8 ** VF .............. 495
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98 ** F/VF ............. 230
126 ** VF ............... 285
127 ** VF ............... 585
130-8 ** VF ........... 270
130-8 ʘ VF............ 110
138 ** F/VF ........... 115
140 ** VF ............... 415
140 * VF ................. 165
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141 ** VF cert ...... 490
143 * VF cert ........ 250
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144-8 ** VF ........... 450
149 ** VF ............... 315
149 ʘ F/VF ..............75
150 * VF ....................85
152-66 ʘ VF ......... 650
157a * VF signed 195
164 ** XF ............... 135
170-5 ** VF ........... 260
175 ** VF cert ...... 165
176-87 * VF ........... 530
181 ** F/VF ........... 290
183 ** VF ..................75
184 ** XF ............... 595
185 ** VF ............... 115
186 ** XF ............... 595
187 ** XF ............... 650
187 * VF ................. 140
193-4 ** VF ........... 120
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221b ** VF ............ 110
224 ** VF ..................52
224b ** VF ............ 105
229a-31a ** VF .......95
232-5 ** VF ........... 150
240-5 ** VF ..............57
273 ** VF ............... 115
273 * VF ....................47
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C9-11 ** VF ........... 145
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O6 ** F/VF ............. 145
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Mississippi April 17-18
GULFPEX 2020 Gulf Coast Stamp Club, St.
Martin Community Center, 15008 LeMoyne
Blvd, Biloxi.
Contact: John Barrett, Ph.D.
Email: jstrubelboy@aol.com
Website: www.gulfcoaststampclub.org
Pennsylvania April 17-18
WILKPEX 70th Annual Stamp Show Wilkinsburg
Stamp Club, GATEWAY HALL, 4370 Nothern Pike,
Monroeville.
Contact: Danielle Weaver
Email: dmm74200@yahoo.com
Website: www.wilkinsburgstampclub.com
Connecticut April 18
MANPEX Manchester Philatelic Society, East
Catholic High School, 115 New State Road,
Manchester. Local/Regional Show with Exhibits
Contact: Steve O’Keefe
Email: okeefe45@comcast.net
Website: http://manchesterphilatelic.webs.com
Delaware April 18
DELPEX 2020 Brandywine Valley Stamp Club,
Nur Shrine Temple, 198 South DuPont Hwy (US
Toutes 13 & 40), New Castle.
Contact: John Howker
Email: johnhowker@aol.com
Website: www.brandywinevalleystampclub.com
Ohio April 18
TUSCOPEX 20 Tuscora Stamp Club, Tuscora Park
Pavilion, 161 Tuscora Ave NW, New Philadelphia.
Contact: Jim Shamel
Email: jimhelenshamel@hotmail.com
Iowa April 18-19
CERAPEX 2020 Cedar Rapids Stamp Club,
Machinists Union Hall, 222 Prospect Place SW,
Cedar Rapids.
Contact: Steve Kossayian
Email: skossayian@msn.com
Website: www.crsc.mysite.com
Michigan April 18-19
KAZOOPEX 2020 - Spring Show Kalamazoo
Stamp Club, Kalamazoo County Fair Grounds &
Expo Center, 2900 Lake Street, Kalamazoo.
Contact: Paul Matyas
Email: ltpali@aol.com
Washington April 18-19
Evergreen Stamp Club Spring
Bourse Evergreen Stamp Club, Kent
Commons Recreation Center, 525 4th Avenue
North, Kent. *B*
Contact: Lisa Foster
Email: fosteld@gmail.com
Website: stamps.org/Evergreen-Stamp-Club
New York April 19
Bayside Stamp Show The Adria Hotel, 221-17
Northern Blvd, Bayside, Queens. *B*
Contact: Marilyn Nowak
Email: marilynjnowak@verzion.net
Pennsylvania April 24-25
35th LANCOPEX Stamp Show Philatelic Sociaty
of Lancaster County, Farm & Home Center of
Lancaster, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster.
Contact: Dr. Charles J. DiComo
Email: charlesdicomo@gmail.com
Website: www.lcps-stamps.org
California April 24-26
WESTPEX WESTPEX, Inc., San Francisco Airport
Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 1800 Old Bayshore
Highway, Burlingame. *WSP*
Contact: Clyde Homen
Email: cjh1491@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.westpex.com
Michigan April 25-26
Plymouth Show West Suburban Stamp Club,
Hellenic Cultural Center, 36375 Joy Road,
Westland. *WSP*
Contact: Tim Strzalkowski
Email: showchair@plymouthshow.com
Website: www.plymouthshow.com
Connecticut April 26
Fourth Sunday Stamp Show New Haven
Philatelic Society, YMA Annex, 554 Woodward
Ave, New Haven.
Contact: Brian McGrath
Email: soggy3@aol.com
Website: www.nhps1914.com/
Massachusetts May 1-3
Philatelic Show Boxboro Regency Hotel
& Conference Center, 242 Adams Place,
Boxborough *WSP*
Contact: David Ball and Mark Butterline
Email: david.ball@philatelicshow.org;
mark.butterline@philatelicshow.org
Website: www.PhilatelicShow.org
New Jersey May 2
MSC Monthly Bourse Merchantville Stamp
Club, Martin Luther Chapel School Gym, 4100
Terrace Ave, Pennsauken. *B*
Contact: Carol Anne Visalli
Email: cavisalli@gmail.com
Website: www.merchantvillestampclub.org
Ontario, Canada May 2-3
ORAPEX Ottawa Philatelic Society, Ottawa RA
Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa. *WSP*
Contact: Mike Powell
Email: info@orapex.ca
Website: www.orapex.ca/index/php
Wisconsin May 2-3
WISCOPEX 2020 Fond du Lac Stamp Club,
Masonic Center, 500 W. Arndt St., Fond du Lac.
Contact: Clarence Davis
Email: davisclarence@gmail.com
Website: www.wfscstamps.org/WISCOPEX
London, England May 2-9
LONDON2020 Business Design Center, London.
Contact: U.S. Commissioner: Jack Harwood
Email: jharwood222@verizon.net
Website: www.london2020.co
APRIL 2020 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 347

Ohio May 3
Montrose Stamp Bourse Lincolnway Stamps,
Holiday Inn Akron-West, 4073 Medina Rd,
Akron. *B*
Contact: David Pool
Email: lincolnway@sssnet.com
Pennsylvania May 8-9
Butlerpex Butler County Philatelic Society,
Tanglewood Center, 10 Austin Ave, Lyndora.
Contact: Tom Sivak
Email: tomsstamps@zoominternet.net
Oregon May 8-10
PIPEX 2020 Northwest Federation of Stamp
Clubs, The Holiday Inn Portland Airport, 8439 NE
Columbia Blvd, Portland. *WSP*
Contact: Mark Loomis
Email: mmloomis1@gmail.com
Website: www.pipexstampshow.org
Wisconsin May 16-17
MSDA Milwaukee Stamp Show Midwest
Stamp Dealers Association, Crowne Plaza Hotel
Milwaukee Airport, 6401 S. 13th St, Milwaukee.
*B*
Contact: Jim Bardo
1847–1945
Quality U.S. Stamps
Singles (mint and used), Plate Blocks, Booklet Panes
plus Complete Booklets, Price lists $2 each category or
free online. We also buy quality U.S. & foreign stamps.
Mountainside Stamps, Coins and Currency
P.O. Box 1116 • Mountainside, NJ 07092
Tel: 908-419-9751 or 908-232-0539
E-mail: tjacks@verizon.net • www.mountainsidestamps.com
Tom Jacks, owner; member APS, ASDA
Email: jfb7437@aol.com
Website: www.msdastamp.com
Michigan May 17
Lansing Stamp & Coin Show Royal Scot Golf &
Bowl, 4722 W. Grand River Ave., Lansing. *B*
Contact: Ron Robinson
Email: robinsonrr@comcast.net
New York May 17
Bayside Stamp Show The Adria Hotel, 221-17
Northern Blvd, Bayside, Queens. *B*
Contact: Marilyn Nowak
Email: marilynjnowak@verizon.net
Colorado May 22-24
Rocky Mountain Stamp Show Rocky Mountain
Philatelic Exhibitions, Inc, Arapahoe County
Fairgrounds, Exhibition Halls A & B, 25690 E.
Quincy Ave, Aurora. *WSP*
Contact: Ron Lampo
Email: chairman@rockymountainstampshow.
com
Website: www.rockymountainstampshow.com
Connecticut May 24
Fourth Sunday Stamp Show New Haven
Philatelic Society, YMA Annex, 554 Woodward
Ave, New Haven.
Contact: Brian McGrath
Email: soggy3@aol.com
Website: www.nhps1914.com/
New York May 29-31
ASDA Show American Stamp Dealers
Association, The Watson Hotel, 440 West 57th
Street, New York. *B*
Contact: Dana Guyer
Email: dana@americanstampdealer.com
Website: www.americanstampdealer.com
New Jersey May 30
Clifton NJ Spring Stamp, Coin, Cover and Post
Card Show Clifton Stamp Society, Clifton
Community Recreation Center, 1232 Main Ave
at Washington Ave, Clifton. *B*
Contact: Tom Stidl
Email: stidl@verizon.net
Website: www.clifton-stamp-society.org
Alabama May 30-31
HUNTSPEX 2020 Stamp and Postcard
show Huntsville Philatelic Club, Calhoun
Community College, Sparkman Building 1, 102
Wynn Drive, Huntsville.
Contact: Mike O’Reilly
Email: mcoreilly@att.net
Website: www.sefsc.org/huntspex.html
Virginia June 5-7
NAPEX NAPEX, Inc, McLean Hilton at Tyson’s
Corner, 7920 Jones Branch Dr., McLean. *WSP*
Contact: William Fort
Email: wcfortiii@aol.com
Website: www.napex.org
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New Jersey June 6
MSC Monthly Bourse Merchantville Stamp
Club, Martin Luther Chapel School Gym, 4100
Terrace Ave, Pennsauken. *B*
Contact: Carol Anne Visalli
Email: cavisalli@gmail.com
Website: www.merchantvillestampclub.org
Kentucky June 12-13
Louipex 2020 Metro Lousiville Stamp Society,
S.t Leonard Roman Catholic Church (Gym), 440
Zorn Avenue, Louisville.
Contact: German Dillon
Email: germandillon35@gmail.com
Website: www.louisvillestampsociety.org
Ohio June 12-13
Colopex 2020 Columbus Philatelic Club, St.
Andrew--Nugent Parish Hall, 1899 McCoy Road,
Columbus. *WSP*
Contact: Van Siegling
Email: info@colopex.com
Website: www.colopex.com
Oregon June 12-13
SOPEX Stamp Show and Bourse Southern
Oregon Philatelic Society, First United Methodist
Church, 607 W. Main St., Medford.
Contact: Jerry Shean
Email: geraldshean@yahoo.com
Website: http://classic.stamps.org/SOPS
North Carolina June 18-20
Concord Coin & Stamp Show Cabarrus Arena
and Events Center, 4751 NC Highway 49 North,
Concord. *B*
Contact: Bill Brewer
Email: carolinaprospector@att.net
Pennsylvania June 20-21
SCOPEX 2020 Mt. Nittany Philatelic Society,
American Philatelic Center, 100 Match Factory
Place, Bellefonte.
Contact: Don Heller
Email: dheller5720@yahoo.com
New York June 21
Bayside Stamp Show The Adria Hotel, 221-17
Northern Blvd, Bayside, Queens. *B*
Contact: Marilyn Nowak
Email: marilynjnowak@verzion.net
St. Pierre et Miquelon June 25-28
SPM Expo 2020
Contact: U.S. Commissioner: Mr. Kenneth
Nilsestuen
Email: Nilsestuen@sbcglobal.net
Oklahoma June 26-27
OKPEX Oklahoma City Stamp Club, Reed
Conference Center, 5800 Will Rogers Road,
Midwest City. *WSP*
Contact: Joe Crosby
Email: joecrosby@cox.net
Website: www.okcsc.org
Pennsylvania June 27
Eastern PA Stamp Show (EPASS) Allentown
Philatelic Society, Jordan United Church of
Christ, 1837 Church Road, Allentown. *B*
Contact: Brian Gaydos
Email: briangaydos1971@gmail.com
Website: http://aps-lv-stamps.org/epass
Connecticut June 28
Fourth Sunday Stamp Show New Haven
Philatelic Society, YMA Annex, 554 Woodward
Ave, New Haven.
Contact: Brian McGrath
Email: soggy3@aol.com
Website: www.nhps1914.com/
Indiana July 11-12
MSDA Indianapolis Stamp Show Midwest Stamp
Dealers Association, Lawrence Community
Center, 5301 N. Franklin, Lawrence. *B*
Contact: Jim Bardo
Email: jfb7437@aol.com
Website: www.msdastamp.com
Pennsylvania July 13-17
11th Annual Volunteer Work Week American
Philatelic Center, 100 Match Factory Place,
Bellefonte.
Contact: Education Department
Email: education@stamps.org
Website: stamps.org/learn/volunteer-work-week
Minnesota July 17-19
Minnesota Stamp Expo Twin City Philatelic
Society and Various Local Clubs, Crystal
Community Ctr., 4800 Douglas Dr., N.,
Minneapolis. *WSP*
Contact: Randy A. Smith
Email: rasmary4@frontiernet.net
Website: www.stampsminnesota.com/MN%20
Stamp%20Expo.htm
Washington July 18-19
Evergreen Stamp Club Exhibition Evergreen
Stamp Club, Kent Commons Recreation Center,
525 4th Avenue North, Kent.
Contact: Lisa Foster
Email: fosteld@gmail.com
Website: stamps.org/Evergreen-Stamp-Club
APRIL 2020 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 349

Ohio July 19
Montrose Stamp Bourse Lincolnway Stamps,
Holiday Inn Akron-West, 4073 Medina Rd,
Akron. *B*
Contact: David Pool
Email: lincolnway@sssnet.com
Illinois July 25-26
MSDA Chicago North Stamp Show Midwest
Stamp Dealers Association, Ramada Inn
Wheeling, 1090 S. Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling.
*B*
Contact: Jim Bardo
Email: jfb7437@aol.com
Website: www.msdastamp.com
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5-8 900 Used 350
9-18 1,200 239-252 200
28-31 7,500 271a 250
32-39 2,100 306a 150
40-44 180 311a 150
45-50 900
422a 130
55-67 1,300
425-436 500
68-71 200
456 120
75-84 490
479a 170
91-108 400
113-114 1,000
498a 120
115-125 1,000
509-521B 400
127-147 800 C1-2 550
152-154 500 C3-7 70 Offices in China
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163-166 200 Used 400 22-32 700
171a-176a 350 C9-13 100 33-49 3,000
188-189 300 C14-24 200 Offices in Korea
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E-mail: haruyo_baker@msn.com
Nevada July 25-26
Greater Reno Stamp & Cover Show Nevada
Stamp Study Society, Hall of Fame Museum,
National Bowling Stadium, 300 North Center
St, Reno.
Contact: Erik Fields
Email: show@renostamps.org
Website: www.renostamp.org
North Carolina July 25-26
Charpex 2020 Charlotte Philatelic Society,
Worrell Bldg, Central Piedmont Community
College, 1228 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte.
Contact: Gene Zhiss
Email: signup@charpex.info
Website: http://charpex.info/
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Connecticut July 26
Fourth Sunday Stamp Show New Haven
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Contact: Brian McGrath
Email: soggy3@aol.com
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New Jersey August 1
MSC Monthly Bourse Merchantville Stamp
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Indonesia August 6-11
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Index of Advertisers
Amos Media/Linn’s Stamp News
www.linns.com
www.amosadvantage.com 321
Antonio M. Torres
www.antoniotorres.com 354
APRL, APS, Smithsonian National Postal
Museum 11th Postal History Symposium
stamps.org/postal-history-symposium 337
APS Estate Advice
www.stamps.org/Estate-Advice 355
APS 2020 Challenge
aps.buzz/Challenge2020 332, 361
APS, ATA, AFDCS Great American
Stamp Show aps.buzz/GASS 344
Argyll Etkin Limited
www.argyll-etkin.com 354
C.G. Auktionshaus Christoph Gäertner
GmbH & Co. KG
www.auktionen-gaertner.de 305
C&D Philatelics Worldwide Covers 354
Cape Town 2021 International Philatelic
Exhibition
https://capetown2021.org/ 308
Century Stamps
www.century-stamps.com 295
CK Stamps www.ckstamps.com 355
Colonial Stamp Company
www.colonialstampcompany.com 354
Columbian Stamp Company
www.columbianstamp.com 355
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions
www.kelleherauctions.com 296-297
Davidson’s Stamp Service
www.newstampissues.com 355
Delcampe International sprl
www.delcampe.com 304
Denali Stamp Co.
www.denalistamps.com1050 354
Don S. Cal www.DonSCal.com 354
Downeast Stamps www.destamps.com 357
Dr. Robert Friedman & Sons
www.drbobfriedmanstamps.com 299
Dutch Country Auctions
www.thestampcenter.com 293
E.S.J. van Dam, Ltd.
www.canadarevenuestamps.com 355
Eastern Auctions, Ltd.
www.easternauctions.com 331
Edward D. Younger Co.
www.edwardyounger.com 302-303
Eric Jackson www.ericjackson.com 358
FLOREX 2020 The Florida State
Stamp Show
www.FLOREXstampshow.com 355
Frank Bachenheimer
www.astampdealer4u.com 355
Gary Posner, Inc.
www.garyposnerinc.com 335
Gregg Nelson Stamps
www.greggnelsonstamps.com 355
HB Philatelics www.hbphilatelics.com 353
Hipstamp www.hipstamp.com 291
Hugh Wood Inc. Insurance
www.hughwood.com 359
International Society of
Guatemala Collectors
www.guatemalastamps.org 358
J.R. Mowbray, Ltd. www.mowbrays.co.nz 355
James E. Lee www.jameslee.com 349
Kay & Co. www.kaystamps.com 353
Kelleher & Rogers, Ltd.
kelleherasia.com 296-297
Laurence L Winum 354
Markest Stamp Co. www.markest.com C3
Martin Winter 330
Michael Eastick & Associates Pty. Ltd.
www.michaeleastick.com 355
Miller’s Stamp Company
www.millerstamps.com 355
Mountainside Stamps, Coins & Currency
www.mountainsidestamps.com 348
Mystic Stamp Company
www.mysticstamp.com C2, 301
New England Stamp
www.NewEnglandStamp.com 355
Nieser Stamps & Coins
www.kennieser.com 333
Northland International Trading, LLC
www.northstamp.com 346
Palo Albums Inc. www.paloalbums.com 307
Paradise Valley Stamp Company,
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www.stamp-one.com 347
Patricia A. Kaufmann
www.trishkaufmann.com 350
Penny Black Stamp Company
www.pennyblackstamp.com 355
Philasearch.com www.philasearch.com 301
Posta Faroe Islands www.stamps.fo 343
PostalStationery.com
www.postalstationery.com 347
Randy Scholl Stamp Co. Have Tongs
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Rasdale Stamp Company
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Richard A. Friedberg
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Rising Sun Stamps 350
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc.
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Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library
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Rocky Mountain Stamp Show
www.rockymountainstampshow.com 349
RUBBER STAMPS shop.wcp-nm.com 355
San Pedro Stamp & Coin
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Scott A. Shaulis www.shaulisstamps.com 355
Space Cover Store
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Stampbay, Inc. www.stampbay.com 355
Stamplister www.stamplister.com 348
stampsinc www.stampsinc.com 347
Status International Auctions
www.statusint.com 355
Stephen Pattillo/Quality StampShows
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Stephen T. Taylor
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Sterling Stamps
www.auctions.sterlingstamps.com
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Steve Malack www.malack.com 348
Suburban Stamp, Inc. 355
Tropical Stamps, Inc.
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United States Postal Service
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Universal Philatelic Auctions
www.UPAstampauctions.co.uk 309
Vance Auctions Ltd.
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Vogt Stamps www.vogtstamps.com 355
Waterfowl Stamps and More
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738268 (1431)
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APRIL 2020 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 355

MEMBERSHIP REPORT
No. 2, FEBRUARY 29, 2020
NEW APPLICANTS
The following applications were
received during January 2020.
If no objections are received
by the Executive Director (814-
933-3803) prior to March 31,
2020 these applicants will be
admitted to membership and
notice to this effect will appear
in the May 2020 issue.
Andersen, Steve (231408)
Gresham, OR US-UN; 73;
Retired
Ault, William J. (231402)
Indianapolis, IN GENERAL US-
AIR MAILS-BLOCKS/ GUIDELINE
BLOCKS-COMMEMORATIVES-
LUMINESCENT/TAGGED-
CANADA; 50; Industrial Worker
Aung, San M. (231321)
Alexandria, VA ASIA-ANIMALS-
WORLDWIDE; 60; Patent
Examiner
Bart, Stephen (231420)
Chillicothe, IL USED US-
GENERAL US-AIR MAILS-DUCK/
HUNTING/FISHING-US MINT
AND UNUSED; 68
Bethel, Ronald (231317) Clyde,
OH BOOKLETS/PANES-ERRORS,
FREAKS, ODDITIES-OHIO-
COMMEMORATIVE PANELS-
PLATE BLOCKS-PHILATELIC
HISTORY/MEMORABILIA; 58;
Mechanic
Bishop, James A. (231406)
Englewood, FL
COMMEMORATIVES-GUERNSEY/
ALDERNEY-JERSEY; 78; Retired
Blackburn, Edward J. Jr. (231417)
Thibodaux, LA OLYMPICS; 71;
Retired
Boland, Frederick (231387)
Strasburg, PA 68; Retired US
Gov’t
Bonvouloir, Jim (231401)
Litchfield, NH DEFINITIVES-
COMMEMORATIVES-GENERAL
US-ASTRONOMY-USED
WORLDWIDE-GENERAL
WORLDWIDE; 59
Brown, Ronald G. (231377)
Wadsworth, OH
Burke, Sean A. (231351)
Melbourne, Australia
ZIMBABWE/RHODESIA
Carey, Tracy (231327) Woodbury,
CT 19TH CENTURY-20TH
CENTURY-ADVERTISING
COVERS-AIR MAILS-BUREAU
ISSUES-CIVIL WAR COVERS; 52;
Auctioneer
Chelius, Erik C. (231353)
West Lafayette, IN
COMMEMORATIVES-AIR MAILS-
GERMANY-IRELAND-BIRDS-
OWLS
Chiu, Douglas (231349) Memphis,
TN DEFINITIVES-DUCK/
HUNTING/FISHING- POSTAGE
DUES-COMMEMORATIVES-
UNITED NATIONS; 58
Clark, Roger (231407) Lafayette
Hill, PA USED FOREIGN; 84;
Retired
Coel, George (231416) Boulder,
CO US; 83; Retired
Conway, Bill (231409) Bethel Park,
PA DUCK/HUNTING/FISHING-
AIR MAILS- IMPERFORATES-
PERFINS-ILLINOIS-POSTAGE
DUES; 78; Retired
Cooper, Randy (231337)
Sacramento, CA 19TH
CENTURY-CUT SQUARES-
COVERS- GERMANY-USED
WORLDWIDE-HOLOCAUST
(CONCENTRATION CAMPS); 63
Cox, Beatrice A. (231362)
Charlotte, NC BLACK HISTORY-
PRINCESS DIANA- ROOSEVELTS-
KENNEDYS; 76; Retired
Crabtree, Nicole (231418)
Kennewick, WA WORLDWIDE-
AIR MAILS-US-POSTAL CARDS-
USED US-SPECIMENS
Davis, Roy F. (231393) Fort Worth,
TX CLASSICS-CUT SQUARES-
COVERS-CANADA- GREAT
BRITAIN-GENERAL US; 59;
Railroad Conductor
Decarlo, Danielle (231396) Silver
Spring, MD 39
Deddens, Ted III (231344) Toledo,
OH US AND FOREIGN CLASSICS;
55; Operations Manager
den Boer, Peter A. (231363)
Woodstock, GA US-CANADA-
NETHERLANDS; 61; Realtor
Dienst, Erica D. (231403)
Dickinson, TX CLASSICS-
PATRIOTIC COVERS-AIR MAILS-
USED WORLDWIDE-US POSTAL
HISTORY-US REVENUES; 39
Donati, John E. (231367) Staten
Island, NY US-CARIBBEAN-
SOUTH AMERICA-WORLD WAR
II; 48; Physician
Eisenstein, Martin (231381)
Secaucus, NJ 20TH
CENTURY-19TH CENTURY-
COMMEMORATIVES-GENERAL
US; 65
Erskine, Craig (231330)
Henderson, NV GENERAL US-
CANADA-UN
Farrokhrooz, Mehdi (231411)
Natick, MA 39; Senior Engineer
Felkins, Greg (231383) Raleigh, NC
Ficko, Joseph (231352) Toronto,
Canada PLATE NUMBER COILS-
PLATE BLOCKS; 52
Fletcher, Wayne A. (231397)
Bogalusa, LA GENERAL US-
DUCK/HUNTING/ FISHING-
CANADA-ISRAEL-GERMANY-
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH;
72; CPA
Foster, Douglas (231313)
Dover, NH CANCELS-
20TH CENTURY-
COMMEMORATIVES- FIRST
DAY COVERS; 60
Frank, Cynthia (231398)
Plattsburgh, NY
COMMEMORATIVES-SHEETS/
SMALL PANES-CHRISTMAS-
SOUVENIR SHEETS
Freeland, Shade (231311)
Bronx, NY AFRICAN
AMERICANS ON STAMPS; 33
Fribley, L. (231336) OH OLYMPICS-
DOMESTIC-HISTORICAL; Student
Friedemann, Mark (231348)
Tallahassee, FL
Froede, Richard L. (231405)
Edgewood, WA 20TH CENTURY-
19TH CENTURY- GERMANY-
BALTIC STATES-GREAT BRITAIN-
WORLDWIDE-FIRST DAY
COVERS-PLATE BLOCKS; 69
Fryn, Denise T. (231329)
Watsonville, CA PLATE BLOCKS-
COMMEMORATIVES- GENERAL
US-SPACE COVERS-CIVIL WAR
COVERS-AIR MAILS-US CATS-US
OCEAN; 32
George, Walter D. (231400)
Amherst, MA COVERS-
COMMEMORATIVE PANELS-
INAUGURATION COVERS-
RUSSIA/USSR/INDEPENDENT
REPUBLICS-SPAIN; 66
Gingras, Martin A. (231370)
Manchester, NH 20TH
CENTURY-USED WORLDWIDE-
SHIPS/BOATS; 70
Graves, Tim T. (231308) Grand
Junction, CO 19TH CENTURY-
20TH CENTURY-DUCK/
HUNTING/FISHING-BIBLICAL
TOPICS-ZEPPELIN COVERS/
STAMPS-ERRORS, FREAKS,
ODDITIES
Griffin, Henry A. (231316) Miami,
FL CLASSICS-US-GERMANY-
EUROPE; 77; Retired
Griffin, Mark A. (231309) West
Covina, CA
Guerra Salinas, Nora (231320)
Sugar Land, TX US AND
WORLDWIDE CLASSICS-19TH
CENTURY-MEXICO-SPAIN-
GENERAL US-SWEDEN; 45
Guha, Subir (231328) Nashville,
TN BRITISH COMMONWEALTH-
JAMAICA-INDIA- SOUTH
AFRICA/ENCLAVES-CANADA-
MAURITIUS; 56; MD
Hadlock, Russ (231346) Douglas,
MA US ONLY; 69; Security Guard
NEW MEMBERS
Applications 231102 through
231185 as previously published
have been accepted for
membership by the Board of Vice
Presidents.
SUMMARY
Total Membership,
January 31, 2020................... 28,086
New Members 84
Reinstated 119
Deceased 24
Resignations 30
Chapter Disbanded 1
Expulsion 1
Total Membership,
February 29, 2020................. 28,233
(Total Membership, February 28,
2020 was 29,043 a difference of
-810)
Hanelly, Bill (231412) State
College, PA
Hanneman, Heather R. (231341)
Denver, CO GERMAN 3RD
REICH/OCCUPATIONS-
GERMANY-GERMAN
DEMOCRATIC REP.-GERMAN
FEDERAL REP.-NEW GUINEA-
AUSTRALIA
Hans, Kevin (231423) Arlington,
VA PREXIES-GB MACHIN
DEFINITIVES-MEXICO EXPORTA
DEFINITIVES; 55; Civil Servant
Harris, Dale (231345) Reedsport,
OR
Harrison, Linda (231388)
Lewistown, PA PICTURE
POSTCARDS-LOCAL POSTAL
HISTORY; 64; Retail
Hatcher, Carrie N. (231384)
Chatsworth, GA REVENUES/
TAX PAID (STATE/LOCAL)-
COMMEMORATIVES-ERRORS,
FREAKS, ODDITIES-JOINT ISSUES
(US & FOREIGN) USED US-SPACE
COVERS; 45; Home Maker
Hawker, Leland (231373) Nampa,
ID 75; Retired Military
Heard, Stephen M. (231369)
Commerce Township, MI
US POSTAL HISTORY-PLATE
BLOCKS-COMMEMORATIVES-
MODERN POSTAL HISTORY-
FIRST DAY COVERS; 45
Hedges, Kathryn (231360) Crown
Point, IN 72; Retired
Incerti, Claudio Riccardo (231378)
Albberobello (Ba) 70011,
Italy ITALY-ITALIAN COLONIES-
AVIATION-AEROGRAMS-
FOREIGN AIR MAIL-FLIGHT
COVERS; 39
Johns, Kelley V. (231425)
Huntsville, AL USED
WORLDWIDE-GENERAL US-
EUROPE- GERMAN 3RD REICH/
OCCUPATIONS-GERMAN
FEDERAL REP.-GERMANY
356 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2020

Johnson, Gregory S. (231358)
Salinas, CA NEWSPAPERS
& PERIODICALS-PERFINS-
OFFICIALS/OFFICIAL MAIL-19TH
CENTURY-BULLS EYE/SON
CANCELS-CANCELS; 60; Retired
Kader, Victor (230954) La Grange,
IL PALESTINE-CLASSICS
(FOREIGN); Retired Teacher; 72
Kelly, Fiona (231404) North
Vancouver, BC Canada
CANADA-GERMANY-GREAT
BRITAIN-SPAIN; Self-employed
Kleiber, Ron F. (231338) Erin,
NY DUCK/HUNTING/FISHING-
WILDLIFE; Artist
Kollea, Paul (231379) Collierville,
TN 54
Krantweiss, Jeffrey W. (231368)
State College, PA PENN
STATE-STAR WARS-SOCCER-
VOLLEYBALL-SCOUTS-DISNEY-
DOGS-TRANSPORTATION-
MAPS-FISH/MARINE LIFE-
MUSHROOMS-CHRISTMAS
SEALS; Chief Administrative
Officer
Krul, Karen (231322) Sun City
West, AZ CHRISTMAS-RELIGION-
ANIMALS-BIRDS- DISNEY-
FLOWERS/PLANTS; 76
Lescarini, David (231359)
McMinnville, TN FIRST
DAY COVERS-RAILROADS-
ITALY- VATICAN CITY-BIRDS-
CHRISTMAS; Management
Lindenmeyer, John C. Jr. (231331)
Chesterton, IN Retired
Lufbery, Adam (231356) Candia,
NH US AND FOREIGN CANCELS-
USED US-ZEPPELIN COVERS/
STAMPS-CUT SQUARES-
GENERAL US
Lunsford, William J. (231414)
Denver, CO 20TH CENTURY-
WORLD WAR II-IRELAND- ART-
NURSES-FIRE SERVICE
Madden, Chris (231324)
Groveland, MA GENERAL
US-BEN FRANKLIN-
MASSACHUSETTS-FIRST DAY
COVERS; 63; Retired
Mamaril, Amado L.
(231424) Lakewood, CA
COMMEMORATIVES; 82; Medical
Records Clerk
Maringer, Richard C. (231347)
Oak Creek, WI FRANCE-
LUXEMBOURG-WORLDWIDE; 87;
McDaniel, James T. (231372)
Concord, VA SHEETS/SMALL
PANES-BOOKLETS/PANES-
20TH CENTURY-CLASSICS-
COMMEMORATIVES-VIRGINIA;
52; Electrician
McKenzie, Michael A. (231334)
Roswell, GA
Miles, Larry J. (231386) Raleigh,
NC WORLDWIDE 1840-1940-US-
JAPAN; 74; Retired
Moffitt, James E. (231395)
Maitland, FL BAHAMAS-19TH
CENTURY-20TH CENTURY-
GENERAL US-REVENUES/TAX
PAIDS (FEDERAL); 54
Morgan, Andy J. (231376)
Alexandria, VA ; 50; Priest
Mullane, Jonathan (231382)
Cambridge, MA
Murawski, Edward (231364)
Huntington Beach, CA US
SINGLES-PNC5-POLAND; Retired
Murphy, Thomas A. (231391)
Orleans, MA AMERICAN
BICENTENNIAL-CIVIL WAR
COVERS-GENERAL US-SPACE
COVERS; 58
Neville, Jared M. (231340) South
Ogden, UT COMMEMORATIVES-
DEFINITIVES- COVERS-UNITED
NATIONS-SCIENCE FICTION-
WORLDWIDE-INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY; 61; Retired
Norman, Scott (231374) Wilson,
NC
Norona, Fernando (231392)
Boca Raton, FL BRITISH
COMMONWEALTH-
ASTRONOMY- ARCTIC/
ANTARCTIC-SCIENCE/
SCIENTISTS-SPACE-RELIGION-
EINSTEIN-SHIPS-TRAINS-
FLOWERS-BIRDS; 58; MD
O’Bryant, David A. (231394)
Urbana, OH PLATE
BLOCKS-DEFINITIVES-
COMMEMORATIVES-IRELAND-
GREAT BRITAIN-FORMER/DEAD
COUNTRIES- WORLDWIDE; 59
Oren, Michael (231312) Bothell,
WA NORWAY-CLASSICS-
IMPERFORATES-GENERAL
US-COMMEMORATIVES-
DEFINITIVES; 49
Palma, Anthony J. (231421)
Crossville, TN ITALIAN-LATE
19TH -20TH CENTURY-FIRST DAY
COVERS (CACHETS)-FRANKLIN/
WASHINGTON; 65; Part-Time
Insurance/Retail Sales
Patton, Cindy (231419) Riverside,
CA 20TH CENTURY-MUSIC/
MUSICIANS/ INSTRUMENTS-
ANIMALS-MILITARY-OLYMPICS-
FAIRY TALES/FOLKLORE
Peters, Eric (231385)
Mechanicsburg, PA 78
Queoff, David (231319) Fitchburg,
WI WAR COVERS/STAMPS-
ETHIOPIA-USED WORLDWIDE;
55
Rakowski, James (231413)
Lansing, MI 19TH CENTURY (US
& FOREIGN)-20TH CENTURY-
BACK OF THE BOOK-FOREIGN
AIR MAIL-WORLDWIDE; 62
Raub, Allen L. (231335) Roseville,
CA US-EUROPE; 73; Retired
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Rhoads, Thomas K. (231323)
Barstow, CA GENERAL US; 81;
Retired
Rito, Gerald T. (231422) Beverly
Hills, MI SPECIAL DELIVERIES-
PARCEL POST; Retired Banker
Roullard, Richard H. (231389) Oak
Harbor, WA AFRICA-AVIATION-
US; 86; Retired
Rozinsky, Alan (231361) Delray
Beach, FL SPACE; 75; Retired
Russell, Eric C. (231318) Seattle,
WA 19TH CENTURY-20TH
CENTURY
Santi, John A. (231415) Hamburg,
NY 19TH CENTURY-20TH
CENTURY-COVERS- SPACE; 58;
Retired
Scheidt, Edward (231332) Mc
Lean, VA
Schmidt, Ron (231310) Ferndale,
WA 19TH CENTURY-20TH
CENTURY-AIR MAILS-US POSTAL
HISTORY-WASHINGTON-
MARSHALL ISLANDS; 81; Job
Developer
Seren, Patricia A. (231371)
Hagaman, NY PRECANCELS
(CITY)-19TH CENTURY-20TH
CENTURY-US-PREXIES-USED
WORLDWIDE; 73; Retired
Shippee, Steven (231314)
Olympia, WA USMC Retired
Siron, Lawrence J. (231355)
Ocala, FL OLD CANADA-SPAIN-
MEXICO-EGYPT-ALL REVENUES;
71; Air Conditioning Service
Skoog, Alan (231365) Chadwick,
IL US-FIRST DAY ISSUES; 78;
Retired
Slieker, Marcel J. (231357) Capelle
aan den IJssel, Netherlands
CANCELS-CITY AND BUREAU
PRECANCELS-COVERS-GENERAL
US-POSTAL CARDS; 44; Teacher
Stalter, Harriet K. (231366)
Gagetown, MI ; 71
Steefel, John (231390) White
Plains, NY US; Retired
Steiner, Asa M. (231380) Three
Forks, MT 19TH CENTURY-
REVENUES/TAX PAIDS
(FEDERAL)-AIR MAILS-USED US-
GENERAL US-POSTAGE DUES;
21; Rancher
Stephens, Jody (231354)
Longmont, CO FRANCE
Stevenson, Robert F. II (231339)
Madison, AL 19TH CENTURY-
20TH CENTURY-AIR MAILS-
GENERAL US; 59; Retired
Stribling, Tom (231333)
Highlands, NC US PRIOR TO
1942; Retired
Summers, Robert (231375) Winter
Park, FL REVENUES/TAX PAIDS
(FEDERAL)-AIR MAILS-DUCK/
HUNTING/FISHING-GENERAL
US-GERMANY-FISH/MARINE
LIFE; 70; IT Exec
Symon-Simmions, Aretha (231326)
San Antonio, TX FIRST DAY
COVERS-19TH CENTURY-20TH
CENTURY-USED US-FOREIGN
COVERS-USED WORLDWIDE; 48;
Medical Assistant
Tanberg, Steven (231399) Groton,
CT 20TH CENTURY-AIR MAILS-
COVERS-POSTAL CARDS-
FRANCE-ARCTIC/ANTARCTIC
Waddington, Patrick (231342)
Newport News, VA 65; Retired
Waskiel, Andrzej S. (231325) Palos
Park, IL GERMAN STATES-
SWITZERLAND
Weeden, Steve (231350)
Placitas, NM GREAT BRITAIN-
COMMEMORATIVES-MINT
WORLDWIDE; Graphic Designer
Welsh, Ellen (231426)
Norcross, GA AIR MAILS-
COMMEMORATIVES-ERRORS,
FREAKS, ODDITIES-FIRST DAY
COVERS-PLATE BLOCKS-SE-
TENANTS-FOREVER STAMP
SHEETS; 43
Wendel, Monica J. (231315)
Bridgton, ME 53
Wilkes, Bruce (231427) Peyton, CO
FIRST DAY COVERS-AIR MAILS-
SCOUTS- SOUVENIR SHEETS-
BADEN-POWELL; 70
Wood, Richard W. (231343) Vista,
CA CLASSICS-AIR MAILS-
SWITZERLAND- LIECHTENSTEIN-
CANADA-COMMEMORATIVES;
87; Retired
Zaky, Cynthia J. (231410) Middle
Island, NY 19TH CENTURY-20TH
CENTURY- CHRISTMAS SEALS-
CANCELS-USED WORLDWIDE-
CLASSICS
DECEASED
Bloecher, John H. (4846-071108),
Bethesda, MD
Boyden, James N. (10386-071979),
Mill Creek, WA
Bridges, Eddie (224749), New
York, NY
Bruner, James P. (174403), Monroe,
OH
Curtin, Richard F. (098651),
Coalinga, CA
Genest, Curtis A. (226772),
Cheshire, CT
Gugelman, Donald E. (151418),
Richmond, VA
Hood, Gerald E. (174430), North
Charleston, SC
Howe, Ernest E. (6223-044706),
Holly Lake Ranch, TX
Malott, Richard K. (117988),
Ottawa, ON
Martin, John P. (099998), Chico, CA
Morrow, Gerald J. (11388-073299),
Northampton, PA
Nolan, William A. (230003), Duluth,
MN
Perry, Douglas (179615), Fresno,
CA
Renz, R. Leroy (225786), Arkansas
City, KS
Rhoades, Bartlett R. (104190), San
Francisco, CA
Sackett, William H. (127421),
Riverside, CA
Skinner, James B. (7227-096485),
Stoney Point, ON
Snyder, Laura (182696), Sierra
Vista, AZ
Spratt, Harold A. (171481),
Oriental, NC
Stearns, James D. (087675), Iron
Mountain, MI
Walther, Betty (092065), Vacaville,
CA
Wilkins, Robert F. (216369),
Nekoosa, WI
Witsil, Jack D. (150169), Niagara
Falls, NY
Chapter Disbanded
Outagamie Philatelic Society
(Wisconsin)
Expulsion
Ramsey, Lionel (223728) Dallas,
TX, for conduct unbecoming a
member for failure to account
for two sales circuits (Violation
of APS Code of Ethics #8).
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NEW U.S. ISSUES
Arnold Palmer
Issue: Arnold Palmer
Stamp
Item Number: 475900
Denomination & Type
of Issue: First-Class
Mail Forever
Format: Pane of 20 (1
design)
Issue Date & City:
March 4, 2020,
Orlando, FL 32862
Art Director, Designer
and Typographer:
Antonio Alcalá,
Alexandria, VA
Photo: James Drake
Modeler: Joseph
Sheeran
Manufacturing
Process: Offset,
Microprint
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Press Type: Muller A76
Print Quantity: 25,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Stamp sizes:
Image Area (w x h): 0.84 x 1.42 in./21.336 x 36.068 mm
Stamp Size (w x h): 0.98 x 1.56 in./24.892 x 39.624 mm
Pane Size (w x h): 5.92 x 7.5 in./150.368 x 190.5 mm
Plate Number: “P” followed by four (4) single digits
Marginal Markings:
Front: Plate number in bottom two corners
Back: 2 Barcodes (475900) • ©2019 USPS • USPS logo •
Promotional text
Maine Statehood
Issue: Maine Statehood Stamp
Item Number: 476100
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever
Format: Pane of 20 (1 design)
Series: Statehood
Issue Date & City: March 15, 2020, Augusta, ME 04330
Art Director, Designer, Typographer: Derry Noyes,
Washington, DC
Existing Art: Edward Hopper
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Press Type: Muller A76
Print Quantity: 20,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Stamp Sizes:
Image Area (w x h): 1.42 x 0.84 in./36.068 x 21.336 mm
Stamp Size (w x h): 1.56 x 0.98 in./39.624 x 24.892 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 7.24 x 5.92 in./183.896 x 150.368 mm
Plate Numbers: “P” followed by four (4) single digits in four corners
Marginal Markings: 2 Barcodes (476100) • ©2019 USPS • USPS logo
• Promotional text
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Boutonniere and Corsage
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Saturday, April 18
Earth Day
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Friday, April 24
Chrysanthemum
(Global Forever Stamp)
WESTPEX
Burlingame, CA
May
Wednesday, May 13
American Gardens
Winterthur, DE
Thursday, May 21
Voices of the Harlem
Renaissance
New York, NY
June
No official releases
as of March 9
360 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2020

NEW WORLD ISSUES
BY WILLIAM SILVESTER
ARMENIA — Children’s Philately
As the latest in their series of Children’s Philately, Armenia issued a single stamp on December
24, 2019, depicting David of Sassoun, the hero of the Armenian cartoon Daredevils
of Sassoun, an epic poem in four cycles. The story of David of Sassoun is considered “one
of the great stories of all time, which for sheer excitement and beauty may well challenge
comparison with the Homeric epics: a thousand-year-old tale destined to be a modern classic.” The cartoon depicts the epic struggle of four
generations of warriors against Arab rule and is considered one of Armenia’s most important works of folklore. Find the stamp and further
information at: www.stamps.am/stamp/1230
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA — 350th Anniversary of the Death of Rembrandt van Rijn
To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt van Rijn, Bosnia and Herzegovina issued
a souvenir sheet featuring one of his most famous paintings, De Nachtwacht (The Night Watch). Also
known as Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq or The Shooting
Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, the huge (363 cm × 437 cm) painting
is part of the Amsterdam Museum collection on display in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Completed in 1642, the painting took Rembrandt three years to finish. It has hung in the Rijksmuseum since
it was built in 1885. It was called The Night Watch due to the fact that a dark varnish used to protect the work
gave it a darker, night-time tone. To hide it from the art-pilfering Nazis in 1939, the painting was rolled on a
cylinder and stored, with other works of art, in the caves of Maastricht, Netherlands. This work of art, depicted
on a souvenir sheet issued on October 4, 2019, can be found at: aps.buzz/NightWatchStamp
BOTSWANA — Places of Interest in Botswana
“Places of Interest in Botswana” is the name given to a set of four stamps issued on December
5, 2019. On the 2-pula stamp, the 20-metre-high rock outcropping known as Lekhubu
Island is a sacred place where hunting and removal of any local rocks or fruit is
prohibited by law. A mighty baobab tree is shown in the top corner. The 5-pula issue depicts
Sedudu Island, which is submerged by flood waters from the Chobe River each rainy season
but otherwise is the home of multitudes of elephants, buffalo and birds. The disputed
island became part of Botswana in 1999 and flies the national flag to proclaim ownership,
as granted by the International Court of Justice. Gcwihaba Caves (7-pula) is described by
Botswana Tourism as “a fascinating underground labyrinth of caverns and pits, linked passages,
fantastical stalagmite and stalactite formations, and beautifully coloured flowstones
that appear like waterfalls of rock.” Also depicted on the 7-pula stamp is one of the three species of bats that inhabit the area. Finally, the 10-pula
Moremi Gorge stamp depicts the third of five waterfalls in the area and a Bloom Cluster Fig tree. More details about the stamps and ordering information
can be found at: www.philatelybotswana.co.bw
CANADA — Black History Month
Canada Post continued its annual Black History Month series with a single, self-adhesive booklet stamp featuring
the Maritimes Colored Hockey Championship. Issued on January 24, 2020, the stamp names some of the teams
that participated in the league from 1895 to the 1930s - Jubilees, Stanleys, Eurekas, Sea-Sides, Victorias, Rangers,
Royals and Moss Backs. The Colored Hockey League was established 22 years before the National Hockey League
by Baptist Church leaders and was rooted in Nova Scotia with hundreds of players and a dozen teams at its peak.
The illustration on the stamp is from an historical photograph of the 1904 Colored Hockey Champions, the Halifax
Eurekas. This stamp and other new Canadian stamps can be found online at: aps.buzz/BlackHistoryHockey
COSTA RICA — 50th Anniversary of the Pact of San José
Costa Rica marks the 50th anniversary of the Pact of San José
with a pair of se-tenant stamps issued on November 22, 2019. The Pact, also known as the American
Convention of Human Rights, was adopted in 1969 by a number of western hemisphere
countries. Its purpose, as stated in the Pact’s preamble, is “to consolidate in this hemisphere, within
the framework of democratic institutions, a system of personal liberty and social justice based
on respect for the essential rights of man." The 945-colones stamp features the Inter-American
Court of Human Rights headquarters, and the smaller 685-colones stamp shows the mallet used
during sessions.
362 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2020

FRANCE — Andrée Chedid
Andrée Chedid, according to La Poste, was a “Poetess, novelist, playwright, lyricist” who “tirelessly questioned the
human condition . . . Her work reflects the urgency to celebrate the deep value of life, beyond generational, religious,
cultural, geographic differences.” Born in Cairo of Lebanese ancestry, Chedid moved to Paris after the Second World
War and in time devoted herself to poetry. After 15 years in that genre, she began writing novels, some of which,
including Le Sixième Jour and L’Autre, were made into films. In time she added short stories, songs, children’s books
and plays to her oeuvre. La Poste noted: “she strives in her poems as in her novels to build bridges between the past
and the present, between the Middle East and the West.” In 1979, Chedid won the Goncourt Prize for short story, and
the Goncourt Prize for poetry in 2002.
The stamp will be available on March 23, 2020, from the website www.laposte.fr/boutique. According to La Poste,
this stamp marks the first of a new format “consisting of 15 stamps on a sheet format of 143 mm x 185 mm with
illustrated margins. This new format should allow greater accessibility of products in post offices and meet the expectations
of philatelists.”
FRENCH POLYNESIA — Polynesian Culture
The post office of French Polynesia introduced this figure of the god A’a on December 13, 2019, as the first in a series
of stamps highlighting Polynesian culture. Carved from Pua wood in the 16th century, the depicted statue is 36 cm x
117 cm, with a panel-covered cavity in the back presumed to hold the bones of a revered ancestor. The figure shown
here was discovered by European missionaries on the island of Rurutu, the northernmost island of French Polynesia.
The inhabitants were suffering from European-introduced diseases and they offered the statue to the missionaries to
prove their allegiance to Christianity, possibly in hopes that the Christian God could stave off the sickness. It was later
donated to the London Missionary Society in 1821 and subsequently to the London Museum in 1890. The element of
mystery and undeniable power of the statue has fascinated people for many years. Several replicas have been made for
touring and display purposes at worldwide exhibitions. A copy also resides on Rurutu. Information on this stamp can
be found at: aps.buzz/RurutuStatue
GUINEA — Guineafowl
The Republic of Guinea issued a set of four and a souvenir sheet depicting guineafowl (les pintades in
French or Numida meleagris in Latin) on August 28, 2019. The birds are indigenous to Africa and consist of
a number of species; the stamp issue depicts the helmeted guineafowl. Though guineafowl are strong fliers,
they nest on the ground and subsist on insects and seeds. They often follow herds of grazing mammals or
nest under trees inhabited by monkey troops in search of manure containing undigested seeds or maggots.
They play an important role in the control of locusts, flies, spiders, ants and ticks. The stamps are available
as perforated and imperforate issues from aps.buzz/GuineafowlStamps
MACAU — 20th Anniversary of the
Reunification of Macau with the Motherland
Macau celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Reunification of Macau with the Motherland
with the issuing of a set of four stamps, a sheetlet and a souvenir sheet on December 20, 2019.
According to the Macau website, “The old and new scenic spots of Macao, including the Golden
Lotus Flower, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the Ruins of St. Paul’s, the Our Lady of
Penha Chapel and A-Ma Temple, are delineated on the stamps.” The souvenir sheet, shown here,
“sketches a key innovation — a high-performance millimeter-wave electrical oscillator — developed
by a research team at the University of Macau.” The stamps and souvenir sheet are available
online from: aps.buzz/MacauReunification
TONGA — Birds of Prey
The Pacific island Kingdom of Tonga issued the second part in their series of Birds of Prey
on November 18, 2019. The stamps are available as a set of four, souvenir sheet, or miniature
sheet repeating the stamps. The first, a $2.25 value, features a Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyia)
perched on a branch. Primarily found in South America, they are one of the world’s largest
predatory birds. The Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) is shown on the $2.70 stamp. Also
called a buzzard, it is found primarily in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of North America.
Shown in full flight, its feet are covered in feathers to protect them from the cold. The African
Fish Eagle (Haliacetus vocifer) is depicted on the $4.20 issue and is native to sub-Saharan
Africa. It is shown catching its favourite meal, hence the reason for its name. The $9.20 stamp
represents the Black and Chestnut Eagle (Spozaetus isidori) shown in its nest. The bird to the
right is the adult with the different-colored eaglet to the left.
APRIL 2020 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 363

WORLDWIDE IN A NUTSHELL
BY BOB LAMB • AP Columnist
ITALY
Status: Republic in Southern Europe
Population: 62,402,659 (2019 est.)
Area: 116,348 sq. miles
Currency: 100 cents = 1 Euro (€1 = $1.08)
The collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth
century left the Italian peninsula a collection of rival and often feuding
city-states. Over the next thousand years, many of these states enjoyed
Italy, 1847
considerable prosperity. A number were leaders in the aEuropean Renaissance.
Several became continental powers. But political unity was elusive. In
1847, Metternich, the long-time Austrian foreign minister, famously declared
Italy to be “a geographical expression... devoid of all political meaning.”
A map of Italy in 1847 would seem to support this judgement. “Italy” consisted
of three kingdoms, one grand duchy, two duchies, and the Papal States. Of the
kingdoms, the Two Sicilies was ruled by the Spanish Bourbons from their capital in
Naples, and Lombardy-Venetia was under the personal rule of the Austrian emperor.
The grand duchy of Tuscany, like the duchies of Parma and Modena, were ruled by
scions of other European royal families. Only the Kingdom of Sardinia, under the
House of Savoy, was committed to a unified Italy.
By the time Metternich offered this judgment, however, it was no longer true. The Napoleonic
era had undermined the structures of feudalism and spread republican principles in Italy. Nationalist
agitation was widespread. After unsuccessful efforts to reduce the Austrian control, the Sardinians
enlisted French support in 1859 to drive Austria out of Lombardy. After that success, Tuscany and the
two duchies ousted their rulers and merged with Sardinia in March 1860. In May, Garibaldi and his
volunteers landed in Sicily and routed the Neapolitan army. Sardinian troops marched into the Papal
States in 1860, though the French insisted that the Pope keep Rome. On
March 17, 1861, Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia was proclaimed King of
Italy. Italy gained Venetia in 1866 and Rome in 1870.
When Austria released its first stamps on June 1, 1850, it issued
stamps for Lombardy-Venetia at the same time. The stamps, like the
Austrian issue, depicted the Hapsburg eagle, but were denominated in
Centesimi rather than Kreuzer. Lombardy-Venetia stamps were discontinued
in 1866.
Cavour, the civic-minded Sardinian Prime Minister, saw a good
postal system as an instrument of unification. It is not surprising
therefore that on January 1, 1851, Sardinia became the first Italian
state to issue stamps. They were printed in Turin with an image of
King Victor Emmanuel. The neighboring states followed quickly:
Tuscany (1851), Modena, Parma and Roman States (1852) and
Two Sicilies (1858). The region of Romagna broke away from the Papal States in 1859 and issued
stamps briefly before joining Sardinia.
Sardinian stamps continued in use after the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy.
The first stamp to bear a reference to Italy appeared in 1863. During World War II, the
Allies issued stamps for occupied Sicily. After the Italian surrender in 1943, Mussolini
set up the German-backed Italian Social
Republic in Northern Italy which
issued stamps throughout 1944. Italy
became a republic in 1946. It converted
to the Euro in 2002.
364 AMERICAN PHILATELIST /APRIL 2020

APS/APRL Annual Development Report
To Our Valued Members
Philately and
Philanthropy
Nearly $2.2 million
Cash Gifts
14.1%
Percent of Members
making a donation to
Society or Library
41
Volunteers at
Volunteer Work Week
About 1,500
Contributing or
Supporting Members
$145,000
From Sale of
Donated Stamps
About 650
11,000 In-Kind Gifts
Hours Donated by
Volunteers

366 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2020
Members Very Generous
As the American Philatelic Society celebrates its 134th year, we remain a financially secure organization, serving our
members’ needs and promoting the growth and development of philately.
The Society is blessed with countless people who have accepted the challenge to help the Society and Library keep pace
with an ever-changing hobby. This 2019 Roll of Honor publicly acknowledges our members and friends who invested in the
future of philately through their contributions during 8the year. We sincerely appreciate their support.
The Society and Library received just under $2.2 million
in cash from gifts during 2019. For the fifth consecutive
year, more than 14% of our membership
made a cash gift.
More than $1.5 million of the cash gifts came from the
estate of Roger Albanese of Washington, which allowed us to
make significant progress in paying down debt on the American
Philatelic Center. World Stamp Show New York 2016
provided $125,000 as technology matching funds and over
$7,500 to help fund a third-party review of our Expertizing
Service, raising the show’s cumulative support to the Society
and Library to more than $250,000.
Hugh Wood, Inc., the firm that offers specially-priced
philatelic insurance to APS members, gave the APS $35,000
toward our insurance premiums. We also received $35,000
from the estate of George Ashman of Pennsylvania, $10,000
from the estate of Dilmond Postlewait of Oklahoma, and
$6,500 from the estate of James Rasdale of Illinois.
Board member Mark Schwartz gave four gifts totaling
over $10,000, and Board member Rich Drews gave seven gifts
totaling over $7,000, in support of Expertizing, the Library,
the Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship program, and the
Employee Appreciation Fund. Jack Dykhouse gave $7,000 in
cash support and a major gift of Vietnamese stamps with an
appraised value of nearly $100,000.
We received 75 gifts in memory of members who passed
away, 10 gifts in honor of members, and six gifts that were
matched by employers. In addition, the Society and Library
received more than 650 in-kind gifts that helped our Library,
improved our Reference Collection, and provided material
to help promote the hobby to youth and adults. The Society
saved over $55,000 by using donated mint U.S. stamps it received
from members.
Although not treated as donations, two sponsors provided
invaluable support in 2019: The United States Postal
Service, which continued its assistance with our August
StampShow, and the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors,
which sponsored all of the major awards for our
winter show, Ameristamp Expo 2019.
About 15 donors have current multi-year pledges, which
are accepted for as little as $100. We also have about 30 Future
Builders who make regular monthly gifts to the APS/
APRL, which are charged to their credit card or deducted
from their checking account.
Gifts of all size are important. Forty gifts helped support
our Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship, and others helped
provide scholarships for youth to attend our annual Summer
Seminar.
Roger S. Cichorz has made cash gifts for 46 consecutive
years, Ernest L. Bergman for 42 consecutive years, Drew A.
Nicholson for 41 years, and Robert C. Merrill for 40 years.
We also should not forget the invaluable volunteer support
provided by a few hundred APS members, at both the
American Philatelic Center and from a distance. During
2019, 11,000 hours of volunteer support were provided at
the American Philatelic
Center in Bellefonte. This
is the equivalent of 5.5
full-time employees.
The recognition pages
that follow chronicle the
gifts for the year of 2019
that total $25 or more and
in-kind donations valued
at $100 or more. This
includes around 1,500
members who support us
as contributing or supporting
members. We appreciate
the confidence of
the many members who
provide unrestricted gifts,
which allow us maximum
flexibility to put the money to the best use. At the same
time, we thank those members who chose to support specific
activities such as our youth programs, the Library, our
Expertizing Service, and our endowment funds. These donor-directed
contributions help us to achieve and maintain
the quality programs and services members have come to
expect from the APS and APRL.
A special thanks to the Campaign for Philately Committee,
which provides assistance with the Society’s fundraising.
The Committee, chaired by Alex Haimann, includes Michael
Bloom, Ken Grant, Patricia Kauffmann, Patricia Stilwell-
Walker, and Robert Zeigler.
We welcome your suggestions and questions. Please contact
Executive Director Scott English, scott@stamps.org or
814-933-3814, with your inquiries. Thank you for your continued
support.

Individual Cash Contributors
$1,000,000+
Estate of Roger A.
Albanese
$25,000–50,000
Estate of
George W. Ashman
$10,000–24,999
Carol A. Giles-Straight
Patricia A. Kaufmann
Estate of
Dilmond D. Postlewait
Mark S. Schwartz
$5,000–9,999
James A. Allen
Richard E. Drews
Jack R. Dykhouse
Patrick M. Farrell
Alfredo Frohlich
Cheryl R. Ganz
Fred F. Gregory
Elizabeth M. Hisey
George J. Kramer
Alfred F. Kugel
James E. Lee
James E. Lurie
Thomas P. Myers
Wade E. Saadi
Lamar & Jean Stout
$2,500–4,999
James & Susanbeth Dempsey
Scott D. English
Cyrus C. Lauriat
Robert Bruce Marsden
Kenneth P. Martin
Barry L. Moerke
Ronald L. Smith
Bill Strauss
$1,000–2,499
Paul C. Aspinwall
Alan R. Barasch
Thomas H. Bieniosek
Thomas W. Broadhead
Charles E. Compton, III
Ken Deaver
C. David Eeles
Mark Endicott
Darrell R. Ertzberger
Kenneth B. Grant
Alexander T. Haimann
Mark E. Hegman
Don E. Heller
Eric A. Jackson
Richard Judge
Paul J. Kelly
Yamil Kouri
Anna Lee
Andrew C. Lehmann
Kurt Lenz
Dwayne O. Littauer
Bryan I. Lorber
Rob Lund
John M. Mattingly
Jay S. McCoy
Irving & Donna Miller
Marshall Northington
William A. O’Conner
Lanny Peterson
Stanley M. Piller
Fabio Refosco
Dale E. Smith
Harlan & Helen Stone
Ronald E. Strawser
W. Danforth &
Patricia Stilwell Walker
Alan Warren
$500–999
Joan E. Anderson
Gary Barsellotti
Michael Bloom
Stephen J. Bonowski
Roger S. Brody
John A. Brown
Thomas O. Carlson
Diane S. Clark
John M. Conklin
Anthony F. Dewey
James R. Dimond
Clayton Finney
Greg Galletti
Dennis R. Gilson
John M. Hamman
Robert R. Hegland
Gary G. Hendren
Kathryn J. Johnson
William R. Klein
Michael R. Lampson
Hugh Lawrence
Alan E. Leighton
David W. Lentz
Richard C. Liesche
David M. Lloyd
Foster E. Miller, III
Ralph H. Nafziger
Kyle Nichols
Kenneth & Pat Nilsestuen
Timothy P. O’Connor
Calvin R. Osman
Arthur Thaddeus Perry
James H. Peterson
James C. Risner
Gerald L. Robbins
Steven J. Rod
William A. Sandrik
William R. Schultz
Clarence A. Stillions
Keith S. Stupell
Alan L. Ward
John Webster
Marva L. Williams
Jeff T. Wilson
Charles C. Wooster
Reginald R. Wright
Mitchell M. Zais
Robert G. Zeigler
$250–499
Kathleen Abbott
Tarik A.
Akthem Al-Manaseer
Donald P. Avery
Ted Bahry
John P. Beall
Paul M. Benson
Robert R. Berthet
Lyle C. Boardman
Raymond J. Burby
Gregory L. Cain
Chris W. Calle
Kathleen Cameron
Paul E. Camp
John A. Carlson
Elizabeth W. Carter
Howard S. Chapman
Harry K. Charles, Jr.
Arthur J. Cole
Paul D. Cook
Robert J. Cordaro
Santiago Cruz
Allison W. Cusick
James M. DeLine
Louis DeRudder
Donald L. DeWitt
Robert J. Ellis
Roe Emery
Clark Frazier
Edward J. J. Grabowski
Richard A. Greenberg
Manfred Groth
Charles D. Hale, Jr.
Edward K. Harr, Sr.
Dale E. Harris
Robert Dalton Harris &
Diane DeBlois
Steven Heaney
Charles K.
Hirchert Estate
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Organization Cash Contributors
$100,000+
World Stamp Show New York 2016
$25,000–50,000
Hugh W. Wood, Inc.
$5,000–9,999
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC
$1,000–2,499
British North America Philatelic Society
Confederate Stamp Alliance
Crescent City Stamp Club of New Orleans
Dallas/Park Cities Phil. Soc.
Federation of Central NY Phil. Societies
Houston Philatelic Society
Mt. Nittany Philatelic Society
Tuscaloosa Stamp Club
$500–999
Centre Foundation
Knoxville Philatelic Society
Mountain Home Area
Stamp Club
Philatelic Club of Will County
Utah Philatelic Society
$250–499
Austin Texas Stamp Club
Columbia Philatelic Society
Cumberland Valley
Philatelic Soc.
Exxon Mobil Foundation
Kingdom Philatelic Association
Reading Stamp Collectors Club
Warren County Stamp Club
$100–249
Annapolis Stamp Club
Benner Township Supervisors
Butler County Philatelic Society
Central PA Chapter of MOAA
Charlottesville Stamp Club
Chicago Philatelic Society
Coryell’s Ferry Stamp Club
East Bay Collectors Club
Fort Steuben Stamp Club
Garfield-Perry Stamp Club
Glen Ellyn Philatelic Club
Indiana Stamp Club
Jackson Philatelic Society
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson
Merchantville Stamp Club
North Shore Philatelic Society
Pennsylvania Postal History Society
Pensacola Philatelic Society
Sun City Hilton Head Stamp
Collectors Club
U. S. Philatelic Classics Society
Venice Stamp Club
$50–99
Bank of America
Black River Stamp Club
Cap’t Townsend Stamp Club
Chevron Matching
Employee Funds
Collectors Club of Akron
Great Bay Stamp Club
Susquehanna Valley Stamp
and Postcard Club
TEXPEX Foundation
Wyoming Valley Stamp Club
$25–49
Buffalo Stamp Club
Collier County Stamp Club
Newburyport Stamp Club
North Jersey SCC 9
Samuel Osgood Stamp Club
Upper Valley Stamp Club
Santa Rosa Stamp Club
Tom Hirschinger
Jan H. Hofmeyr
Edward W. Hughes
Sandeep Jaiswal
Grant W. Kehres
Richard D. Kinner
Donald R. Kurki
Paul A. Larsen
Luca Lavagnino
Burton H. Leib
Andrew &
Sandra Lingler
Gary W. Loew
Karl-Albert Louis
Barbara M.
Louthan
Loren Lyall
John McNeill
Robert C. Merrill
Melina M. Micich
Dana A. Middleton
Richard J. Miller
Donald E. Morel
Eric M. Neishloss
Paul A. Openhym
Stephen B. Pacetti
Richard D. Pankey
Donna Peak
William D.
Pederson
Dennis S. Peoples
Edward B. Perrin
C. M. Posner
Gary Posner
E. K. Prugh
Louis W. Ricker
Andy Ring
James O. Rodner
Robert G. Rose
Schuyler J. Rumsey
Sam G. Smith
Herbert C. Spomer
Webster F. Stickney
Timothy & Sandra
Strzalkowski
Steve L. Swain
Duncan N. Tanner
Mark W. Taylor
Thomas Tomaszek
Kenneth H. Trettin
Virginia Tupper
Michael S. Turrini
Stephen Vincent
James P. Weidener
$100–249
Douglas L.
Abernathie
Thomas H. Adams
Allan M. Adelson
Harry L. Albert, Jr.
Bruce S. Albright
Roger K. Alderson
Jacquelyn S. Alton
Rudolf E. H. Anders
Joseph Arsenault
Robert D. Asbury
Arthur W. Askey, Jr.
Grant Auchincloss
W. Terry Averbeck
Edward M. Azarian
Edward Bailey
David A. Baker
John A. Baker
Steven A. Balch
Phil Bansner
William D. Barkley
Jeremiah J. Barrett
Peter Barrett
John H. Barwis
Steven R. Bassett
Danny C. Bates
Edmond E. Bates, Jr.
James L.
Baumann, Ph.D.
Robert C. Beach
John B. Beaman
John J. Beirne
Charles Benson
David Benson
John R. Bereuter
Ernest L. Bergman
Robert Berkes
Joanne Berkowitz
Murphy
Jay Bigalke
Barry D. Black
Leslie Blacksburg
Helmut Blaschczyk
Randolph E. Block
Leonard E. Bloom
Rick Bolsom
Don J. Bona
Peter D. Bonanno
Gary G. Bonnell
Michael Borut
Paula Botstein
Paul A. Bouis
L. Stephen Brace
Scott M. Bradley
David J. Brennan
Eric J. Bridge
Eddie Bridges
Blaine A. Briggs
Jean C. Briggs
Ronald C. Brodesser
Robert E. Brolin
Ned L. Brown
Ronald J. Bruner
Ben Bryan, Jr.
Richard W. Buhrman
Diane J. Bullock
Daniel J. Bulver
Timothy B. Burgess
John T. Burnett
Robert D. Busch
Leslie E. Butler
Hugh L. Calibani
Glenn T. Cambre
Alfred E.
Cambridge, Jr.
Robert H. Cameron
Andres Candela
Marvin C. Carlberg
368 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2020

Gary A. Carlington
John Carr
William H. Carson
Bala B. Carver
Sidney M. Casel
Martin M. Cassity, Jr.
Richard C. Celler
Ruben C. Cervantes
Leong Mun Cheong
Anthony C.
Chipaloski
Roger S. Cichorz
Ronald W. Ciesiel
James S. Clarke
John L. Clay
Nancy M. Cline
Richard W. Cline
Edward W. Coble
Judyth K. Cole
Sean L. Coleman
Frank D. Correl
Kenneth R. Coulson
Wallace A. Craig
Stan Cromlish
John R. Crosiar
John S. Cross
Merrill G. Culver, Jr.
Richard F. Czaja
Richard B.
Darmon, Jr.
Beverly E. Davis
Michael J.
Davis-Barden
Lloyd A. de Vries
John F. DeBord, Jr.
Robert B. Dendtler
Curtis R. Derr
Jeffrey T. Dietz
Eric R. Dinallo
John A. Dix
Robert C. Dix
Sheldon N. Dobres
Donald R. Dolan, Jr.
Charles E. Doll, Jr.
Wayne B. Dowdey
Patrick J. Dowling
Gregory A. Drake
Jason A. Drake
Thomas F. Dudash
John P. Duffy
Ann Dunkin
Robert Duva
Harry L. Eaby
Donn M. Ebert
James J. Economos
Faye T. Edenfield
James C. Edwards, Jr.
Jerry F. Eggleston
Mark D. Egli
Harry V. Ellis, III
Joseph D. Ellis, III
William E.
Espowood
Michael B.
Estabrooks
Johnny M. Estes
Richard J. Faller
George F. Farrell, III
Mike Fenton
John B. Field
Larry D. Fillion
Robert A. Finder
Robert A. Fisher
Marvin E. Fletcher
Anders Flodin
Jane K. Fohn
Cliff Foley
Lisa K. Fox
Gerald Frazier
Charles Freise
Jameson S. French
Barbara
Friedhoff-DeSanti
Barrington Friedman
Martin L. Friedman
Charles E. Fuller
Howell N. Gage
Robert Galkin
Thomas A. Galloway
Lee Ann Gardner
Patricia Garman
Richard T. Garner
Georg Gauger
Wayne R. Gehret
Donald R. Getzin
Rick G. Gibson
Charles C.
Gilbert, III
David E. Gillis
Michael R. Girard
Stan I. Glasofer
Robert L. Glass
Edward W.
Gnehm, Jr.
Thomas A. Goldner
Robert V. Grabeck
Charles W. Green
Ernest Thomas
Greene
Truyde S. Greiner
Carol A. Grosvenor
Hardy Gruen
Lawrence M.
Guenzel
Earl R. Hackett
Harry Hagendorf
Paul C. Hager
Keith R. Hall
Vinh Hang
John A. Hanjian
William H.
Hannum, Jr.
Richard A.
Hargarten
Charles F.
Harrienger, Jr.
William T. Harris, III
Barbara A. Harrison
Donald E. Harrop
Paul S. Harter
Michael Harvey
John M. Haworth
David Heckman
James E. Hemphill
Rietta C. Henderson
Robert Henrikson
Charles W.
Herren, Jr.
Joseph W. Hills
Ernest G. Hinck
Robert E. Hodges
Wayne L. Hoeschen
Frederick A. Hofer
Allen Hoffman
Robert A. Holcomb
Bradley A. Hooper
James M. Hopper
Gerald K. Hornung
James H. Howard, Jr.
Rich Howard
Andrew D. Huber
Stuart J. Huddleston
Jonathan Humble
Lawrence J. Hunt
Ken Hunter
Jon A. Hussey
Mark S. Indelicato
G. Brinton Ingram
Takuzo Inoue
James M. Inverarity
Stewart H. Jaehnig
Jerome C. Jarnick
J. S. Jenkins
Jeff A. Jenkins
John D. Jennison
Gretchen E. Jensen
Miss Patricia S. Joe
Jonathan L.
Johnson, Jr.
Nancy E. Johnson
Sheldon C. Johnson
Timothy Johnson
Michael S. Jones
Rodney A. Juell
Christopher R. Juten
Jerry D. Kahn
William C. Kahrs
Myron Kaller
Barton D. Kamp
Robert J. Karrer, Jr.
Jerome V. V. Kasper
John W. Katz
Sheldon Katz
Julie Marie Kaufman
Donald L. Keel
Stuart Keeley
Randall T. Kelly
Kenneth Kendrick
Gail M. Kennedy
Robert C.
Kennedy, Jr.
Terry Kennedy
David A. Kent
Ray M. Kerstetter
Casimer D. Kielbasa
James R. Kincaid
Horace B. King
Richard King
Vernon Kisling
Dick K. Klein
Walter A. Klemp
John M. Knapp
Daniel M. Knowles
Paul R. Koehler
Jerry B. Koepp
Dorothy J. Koerner
Eodward J. Kroll, Jr.
James E. Krome
George P. M. Kuney
Thomas S. Kurtz
Theodore W. Kury
Leon J. LaChance
Marc Lalande
Michael B. Lamothe
Robert J. Lampert
Thomas W. Lane
James S. Latham
Edward J. Laveroni
Nancy S. Leach
Michel Lebas
Jean Lee
Grace Lehmann
Jeanette Lehmann
Luke Lehmann
Matthew Lehmann
Peter Lehmann
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Kurt & Joann Lenz
Vinh Le-Si
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Tan Chun Lim
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Michael B. Livanos
Paul Loginoff
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Robert E. Lynch
Larry Lyons
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Quarrie
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Maddocks
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Henry Maltz
Jonathan A. Manson
Harald Marhold
George Conrad
Markert
Harry Marshall
Robert J. Matejka
Robert J.
Maushammer
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Michael J. McCabe
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McCammon, III
Donal F. McCarthy
Gary W. McClarran
Martin D. McClusky
Paul F. McCormack
T. P. McDermott
Thomas P.
McFarland
Thomas H. McGann
Kirk McKenzie
Mary Kay McMullen
Thomas P. McNabola
Thomas G. Meier
Edward Mendlowitz
George E. Merrill
Clifford A. Mestel
Allan Metzler, Sr.
Thomas A. Meyer
Irving &
Donna R. Miller
Robert E. Miller
Joseph D. Mish, Jr.
Thomas M. Molchan
Robert R. Monok
Gunther B.
Monteadora
David Monteforte
Richard W. Morain
Dennis L. Moreau
W. Bradley
Morehouse
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Royce Moser, Jr.
Harry W.
Muldrow, Jr.
Michael C. Mules
Howard L. Mundt
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R. N. Nayak
Chad Neighbor
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James W. Newell
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Neyhart, Jr.
Eric Ng
Drew A. Nicholson
Barry R. Niepke
William L. Ninde
Larry T. Nix
Barbara Noah
Fritz R. Nordmann
Frank O’Brien
Arthur S. Ochotny
Tom G. O’Connell
Samuel M. Ogle
Hon. Robert
V. Ogrodnik
Lawrence Okrent
Lawrence K. Oliver
James L. Olsen, Jr.
Byron L. Olson
John R. Olver
Jeffrey M. Orbach
Gary R. Parker
Joseph B. Parker
Bruce E. Patterson
Philip R. Paynter
Kenneth M. Pearson
Scott A. Pendleton
Ronald P. Perotti
Bill Peters
Kathy Petersen
Lorenz H. Petersen
Paul Petersen
Gary M. Peterson
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Robert G. Phillips
Jeffrey E. Pimper
Diann J. Pinkowski
Philip M. Pivawer
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Gheorghii Plugari
James H. Polen
Ronald R. Powell
Robert J. Pulaski
Michael Radov
Richard W. Raney, Jr.
Robert L.
Rathbun, Jr.
Konrad Reinegger
Jerry B. Reinoehl
Frank Relva
C.P.A.C. Reynolds
Sally Jo Reynolds
Richard A. Rhodes
Patrick W. Rice
Paul Richter
J. Kent Rinehart
Michael J. Ringer
Robert C. Robb, Jr.
Glenn W. Roehrig
Melanie G. Rogers
Peter Roknich
Carl Romalis
Roy M. Roush
Donna Swank
Rudiger
Elliott Rudnick
Kenneth S. Rumstay
Thomas R. Ruthman
Paul V. Rutigliano
Daniel J. Ryterband
John Sage
Charles A. Sandberg
James M. Savage
Alexander J. Savakis
Gary Saylor
Albert Schertzing
John B. Schlaerth
W. Joseph Schlitt
Robert C. Schneider
Ralph F. Schrack, Jr.
Gerald F. Schroedl
Paul M. Schumacher
Penelope Schwind
Cynthia L. Scott
John S. Seidl
Ian Sellick
Richard Senterfeit
Richard P. Shaefer
John B. Shely
Van P. Shriver
Marcus T. Sieracki
David A. Sieroty
Glenn L. Simmons
Herbert D. Simons
Robert D.
Simpson, Jr.
John R. Siragusa
Charles Slyngstad
Robert F. Smetana
Corey R. Smith
Gary L. Smith
J. Philip Smith
John M. Smith
Michael H. Smith
Susan Smith
Frank G. Soeder, Jr.
Sal Spagnola
David Spivack
Steven T. Spoerl
E. Gene Squires
Benjamin G. Stauss
Lila C. Stevens
Richard M. Stevens
Joseph V. Stewart
Michelle V. Stewart
Joseph W. StJohn
Jonathan F. Stone
John L. Stover
Sandy R. Stover
Scott D. Strobel
James R. Stultz
Peter M. Sturtevant
David M. Sundman
Eugene E. Sutton
Stephen W. Sutton
Wayne N. Svoboda
Dennis D. Swanson
Ronald D. Swanson
Paul F. Swartz
Marc S. Sweet
David N. Swinford
Paul L. Taylor
Stephen T. Taylor
Larry C. TerMaat
Benedict A. Termini
Gerald C. Thibodeau
Henry P. Thode, III
C. Stetson
Thomas, Jr.
Thomas L. Thorbahn
Joseph R. Thurn
Fred F. Thursfield
Terry L. Tomcsik
David Topoleski
Charles D. Towery
Linda Tremere
Michael L. Trimble
Charles W.
Troutman
Robert C. Tweedus
Edward J. Ulbricht
Vincent Vaccaro
Nancy Valenti
Tonny E. Van Loij
Jan R. Van Meter
Spiro G.
Vassilopoulos
Lawrence R. Velte
Jack Wadlington
Eva H. Walega
Philip Wall
David T. Wallman
Laurence Walton
Stephen S.
Washburne
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David C. Wessely
Wesley R.
Westmeyer
Kenneth L. White
Jeff Wichmann
Miss Amy E. Wieting
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Richard S. Wilson
Peter Winn
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Thomas G. Winter
Arthur M.
Winterfeld
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Alvin J. Wright
Richard M. Wrona
Ronald J. Yeager
David Zarefsky
Keith Zempel
Nicholas
Zettlemoyer
Judith A. Ziegler
Debby J.
Zieglowsky-Baker
Tom L. Zuercher
$50–99
Ron Abshire
Gordon P. Adelman
Jacqueline R. Adkins
Aldo A. Agnoletti
Mark Alan
George V.
Almendinger
James Altadonna, Jr.
Steven A. Altman
Jack Andersen
Don J. Anderson
Steve C. Andrews
W. Kent Anger
Robert R. Anno
Paul W. Anthony
Joseph J. Antkowiak
Jason Ares
Gary L. Artz
Louis Asher
Charles Ashton
Bruce W. Aument
John A. Austin
Frank Bachenheimer
Richard G. Bacon
Stephanie K. Bacon
John T. Bailey
Larry F. Ballantyne
John W. Ballard
Charles D. Baney
James C. Barbour
Robert A. Barden
Walter M. Barker
Larry D. Barnes
James Basler
Richard D. Bates, Jr.
George Bauerlein
Emily Baxter
John Baxter
John F. Beasley
Scott D. Beckstrom
Edmund Bednar
Dieter Behrens
Henry C. Beinstein
James O. Belcher
Mark H. Bell
Robert Bell
James Benerofe
John Bennett
David R. Benson
John A. Berg
John S. Berg
Steven J. Berlin
Ira J. Bernstein
Chuck & Betsy Berry
Jack W. Biancotti
Gary L. Biggs
Barbara Bilson
Joe M. Birdsong
Gail L.
Marquardt Black
Donald B.
Blackadar, Jr.
David C. Blackhurst
James J. Blackowiak
Mark Blanchette
Kevin D. Block
Wilmer T. Bloy
Ernest Boaeuf
Win U. Bohme
Paul L. Bondor
Vincent Bonzagni
Robert V. Boos
James A. Booth
James R. Borberg
Eric S. Borsting
Thomas L. Bouvier
Thomas Bowman
William Bowman
John S. Brancho
Gary G. Brandow
Bruce J. Branson
Edward J. Brett
Timothy A. Brewton
Lydia S. Brittle
Philip S. Britton
Clarence W. Brizee
Nancy L. Brooks
Jeffrey N. Brown
Michael J. Brown
Thomas W. Brown
Francis Buchan
Vishnu Budhram
Edwin M. Bullard, Jr.
Steve B. Bullock
Elvira L. Burruel
Lewis H. Busell
Carol L. Busher
Lewis E. Bussey
Don S. Cal
Brian T. Callan
Arden D.
Callender, Jr.
John Cameron
Joseph A. Camp
Rose Marie Campbell
Andrew M. Canepa
Ralph J. Cardello
John P. Carney
Barbara R. Carpenter
Kenneth Carpenter
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Sandra K. Carruthers
Barry W. Casanova
J. Philip Cayford
Margaret O. Center
J. Georg Cerf
Michael D. Cervenec
Fred Champion, Jr.
Raymond L. Chaon
John R. Chay
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K. Dexter Cheney
Ramesh D. Chenji
Anthony G. Chila
Richard Childress
Bill Chrietzberg
Bruce Christensen
Dan L. Christensen
David C. Christensen
Keith E. Christian
David R. Claerbout
Catherine A. Cody
Brian W. Cole
John A. Coleman
William W. Coleman
Caesar Colista
Kenneth R. Collins
David C. Collyer
John R. Colvin, III
Miss Susan V. Conde
Joseph Confoy
Glen C. Cook
John J. Cook
Gregory Cool
James A. Cope
Philip J. Cordes
Osman M. Corson, Jr.
George Cosentini
Carol A. Costa
Timothy C. Cote
Ann M. Cowper
Vincent M. Cox, III
Robert C. Crankshaw
Britton B.
Culpepper, Jr.
James T. Currie
Kenneth J. Curry
John P. Cusack
E. G. Cutshaw
John R. Daily
Gordon H. Damant
John L. Daniels
John DaSilva
Robert E. Davenport
Kenneth W. Davies
Eric W. Davis
Geoff Davis
Edward O. de Bary
Simon S. De
Burgh Codrington
Victor M. De Leon
Michael DeBlasio
Dennis A. DeBruhl
Ronald J. DeHaas
William T. DeHaven
Leticia Delaney
Arnett Dennis
Howard D. Dewald
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Robert B. DiCicco
Kathryn E. Dilliard
Robert G. Dissinger
Ed Dixon
William J. Dixon
Raymond C.
Doberneck
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Richard P. Doran
Ken Dort
Morris L. Dove, Jr.
Joseph S. Dubos
Kevin Dunn
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Jere W. Dutt, III
John L. Earl
William L. Earp
John E. Easterbrook
Alan Edgar
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David I. Eisenhauer
Virginia B. Eisenstein
Robin Gates Elliott
Richard Emanuel
Carl E. Engelman
Alanson T. Enos, IV
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American Philatelic Research Library
In 2018, the American Philatelic Research Library celebrated 50 years since its incorporation
with a golden anniversary event that honored past librarians and those who have
supported the library and its services through the Vooys Fellowship program. Donations of
another kind, specifically those of philatelic literature, play a significant role as well, since
the collections of the library are built almost entirely through these literature donations.
Monetary contributions to purchase new books, as well as in-kind gifts of catalogs,
journals, and other publications from publishers and authors keep the collection current. We also receive
in-kind donations, ranging in size from truckloads to single items, and from 19th-century documents to digitally-produced
resources. Donations to the library in honor or memory of someone are recognized with a bookplate, and naming opportunities
in the new library space are still available for contributions of $1,000 or more.
We are especially grateful to the following for substantial gifts of literature in 2019: American Helvetia Philatelic Society,
American Philatelic Congress, Amos Publishing, John Barwis, David Beech, Benjamin Beede, Robert Benninghoff, Andrew
Boyajian, Ron Breznay, British North America Philatelic Society, Lyman Caswell, Daniel Chaij, Richard Colberg, Collectors
Club of Chicago, Joseph Connolly, David Crotty, Richard Drews, Dutch Country Auctions, Lois Evans-de Violini, Terence
Fitzgerald, Germany Philatelic Society, Ken Grant, Arthur Groten, Alex Grundel, Leonard Hartmann, Don Heller, Gary Hendren,
Terence Hines, Jon Hussey, Rodney Juell, Robert Lamb, Eileen Landau, Frederick Lawrence, James Lee, William Lehr,
Jay Bigalke, Julije Maras, Dean Mario, Bruce Marsden, George McGowan, Foster Miller III, Joseph Monaco Jr., Gerald Noeske,
Brandon Nugent, Larry Rausch, Roger Rhoads, Bruce Roberts, Steven Rod, Robert Rose, Vincent Ross, Royal Philatelic
Society London, Robert Rudine, Steven Sansom, Stephen Schumann, Fred Selles, Jeffrey Shapiro, Jeff Siddiqui, Clark Souers,
Colin Spong, Stamp Collectors Club of Sun City Hilton Head, Clarence Stillions, Harlan Stone, Jean Stout, Lamar Stout,
Yoram Szekely, Peter Thy, Earl Toops, Charles Verge, Alan Warren, Anthony Wawrukiewicz, James Wear, Kent Weaver, Mark
Winnegrad, Richard Winter, The Women’s Club of White Plains, and David Zubastsky.
Vooys Fellows and the APRL
Daniel W. Vooys was very instrumental in both the creation and ultimate success of the American Philatelic Research
Library. Not only was he the APS President when the Library was newly-created, but he served on the Library’s Board of
Trustees from 1969 to the time of his death in 1978. His personal library became a core part of the APRL’s collection, measuring
in at more than three tons of materials. Vooys was also a generous benefactor of the Library, and his work continues to
benefit the APRL.
In August 2007, the APRL Board of Trustees established the donor level of Vooys Fellow to honor Vooys and continue
his legacy. Funds generated by this level of giving help endow General Operating Funds for the Library. Current fellows are:
Ted Bahry
William H. Bauer*
Roger Brody
Arthur Cole
Rich Drews
Jack Dykhouse
Robin Gates Elliott
Sidney Epstein*
Gordon E. Eubanks Jr.
Gerald R. Forsythe
Clark Frazier
Alfredo Frohlich
Don Heller
Edward H. Jarvis
David A. Kent
Janet R. Klug
Al Kugel
Eliot Landau*
Hugh Lawrence
Ken Martin
Hugh McMackin III
David McNamee
Barbara R. Mueller*
Randy L. Neil
Alan Parsons
Paul Petersen
Charles J. Peterson*
Steven J. Rod
Wade E. Saadi
San Diego Philatelic Library
Roger Schnell*
Stephen D. Schumann
Mark S. Schwartz
Charles F. Shreve
Lamar Stout
Herbert A. Trenchard
W. Danforth Walker
Alan Warren
Stephen S. Washburne
Charles Wooster
* Deceased
Please contact Scott Tiffney at
stiffney@stamps.org or 814-933-
3816 for more information about
supporting the APRL.
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Donald J. Epp
Michael H. Epstein
James J. Erdman
Timothy J. Evans
Kenneth E.
Fahrenholtz
Martin R. Farber
John B. Farley
John Farrer
Michael J. Fassbender
Frank J. Fasullo, Jr.
Carl J. Faulkner
Steven Ferkingstad
Richard B. Fien
Robert I. Finkel
Vincent J. Fiorentino
Gary Flanagan
David Flewallen
Alan B. Flood
Kenneth Florence
Jean P. Foucart
T. W. Fowlks
Robert L. Frailey
Michael A. Francis
Dietrich Franczuszki
Robert Frary
John A. Freeburg
Dan W. French
Richard A. Friedberg
Bernard Friedman
Howard M. Frisch
Jay A. Frogel
James P. Gaan
Shayne C. Gad
Robert J. Gagnier
Gerald J. Gallagher
Michael J. Gallagher
John D. Galu
Terrence M. Gamble
Jim Garard
Dieter E. Gaupp
Ronald W. Gedney
Harold W. Geisel
Michele Gengler
Ronald L. Gerard
Earl C. Gerheim
Thomas I. Germack
Tom G. Geurts
Robert M. Gibbs
Laurence Gibson
Kenneth D. Gilbart
Doug Gillette
John Gillette
John H. Gilliam, III
James A. Ginsburg
Richard G. Glenn
David S. Goldsmith
Michael Good
Jeffrey M. Gordon
Albert N. Gore, Jr.
Morton S. Goren
Alan M. Gottlieb
John Gowrie
William H. Grady
Herman L. Graffunder
Paul Grasse
Charles Lee Grassman
William A.
Grattendick
Mark S. Graves
Roland H. Gray, Jr.
Steve D. Gross
Heinrich Hahn
Douglas Haines
James T. Hall
Richard J.
Hall-Reppen
Michael Halvorson
Peter G. Hamon
David C. Hand
Michael J. Hannan
James E. Hansen
Eric Happell
Kurt M. Harding
David A. Hardy
Michael P. Hardy
Marian Hare
John Hastings
Laurence Hausman
James T. Hayes, Jr.
Russell S. Hazarian
Matthew Healey
Paul G. Heimer, Jr.
David Heller
Michael A. Hengst
Fred Hennemann
John J. Henry
James S. Hering
Richard S. Herman
Ronald J. Herschaft
Joel G. Herter
Thomas Hicklin
Francis J. Hicks
Thomas E. Higel
Fredrick L. Hillan
Richard L. Hilty
Frederic C. Hof
Patrick M. Hoffmann
Daniel J. Holdwick
Gene M. Holgate
H. Russel Holland
Charles D.
Holtzman, Jr.
Mark D. Hood
Ralph R. Hoover
Miss Patricia J. Hoppe
Thomas W. Horn
William T. Horsfield
Stephen A. Horvath
Mark S. Hoskinson
Robert Hostler
Roy W. Houtby
Richard T. Howard
Terrance L. Howell
John Howker
John H. Hughey
H. E. Hummel
Judy Hurd
Rafael J. Igartua
Charles N. Iknayan
Kalman V. Illyefalvi
William M. Irle
Elizabeth Isbey
Edmund O. Jackman
Alan L. Jacoby
Virginia A. Jaehnig
Andrew M. Jakes
Patricia K. James
Frank A. Jenich
Douglas M. Jenkins
Donald S. Jennings
Mark C. Jessen
Bruce C. Johnson
Dawn Johnson
Gerald D. Johnson
J. Richardson Johnson
James R. Johnson
Keith W. Johnson
Lawrence D. Johnson
Paul L. Johnson, Jr.
Richard L. Johnson
Robert G. Johnson
Douglas W. Johnsrud
Emily H. Johnston
Gordon Johnston
Patrick C. Johnston
Robert L. Jones
Royce A. Jones
Richard H. Joy
Jeffrey Judd
Layton M. Jury, Jr.
Serge Kahn
Joshua A. Kalkstein
Robert Kann
Peter Karpoff
Frank Karwoski, Jr.
Walter B. Kasell
John E. Kauflin
Lewis S. Kaufman
Joel S. Kazin
Stephen C. Kearney
Michael A. Keene
Phil Keener
Joseph L. Kelley
Mark Allen Kellner
Jeffrey J. Kelly
Robert J. Kepka
Drew L. Kershen
Kent T. Keyser
T. Wayland Kidd
Greg Kidwell
William S. Kies, III
Bill Kight
Alton Q. Kilmon, Jr.
Brett W. King
Debra L. Kirchner
MAJ Michael L.
Kirk, Ret.
Robert B. Kittredge
Robert L. Klass
Walter P. Knoepfel
Matthew R. Knupp
James Koch
Paul E. Kolva, Jr.
Leon V. Komkov
Robert J. Konkolesky
Geraldine Kook
Jerry R. Koppen
Paul S. Korst
Frank E. Kos
Rodney T. Koza
Jon E. Krupnick
Alden R. Kuhlthau
Gary J. Kunzer
Robert J. Kupper
Walter J. Kurth
Edward N. Kust
Walter Labovich
Venus P. Lamb
Roberta &
David Lamps
Arlo U. Landolt
Frederick R. Lane
David D. Lapa
Nicholas G. LaRocca
David G. Larson
John P. Laschober
Kevin Latta
William R. Lauber
Alan R. Lauer
Richard E. Lawrence
Clark H. Lee
Lothar R. Leeb
Didier LeGall
Yechiel M. Lehavy
Harry P. Lehman
C. Richard Lehmann
Ivor P. Lemaire
Robert B. Leonard
Michael R. Leszcz
Beverly Lewis
Charles Lewis
Stephen E. Lewis
Michael J. Ley
Eric S. Leys
B. L. Lindsay
Jacquelyn Littlewood
Robert Litwiller
John C. Lodinsky
Christopher Loffredo
Richard A. Lopez
Joel T. Love
Kevin G. Lowther
Edwin H.
Lugowski, Jr.
Chris Lundberg
Robert Maass
Charles MacFarland
Robert P. Majors, Jr.
Jason Hewitt
Manchester
Michael D. Manthe
Colin Manuele
Tom Mapes
Gerard E. Marandino
William M. Marcus
William Margolin
George R. Marion
Thomas R. Marra
Mauro Michael
Martinez
William F. Marx
James J. Mathews
Mervyn S. Mathiasen
Evan Matthews
James Matthews
John Matthews
Douglas E. Mattox
James P. Mauney
Russell Mays
Andrew A. Mazzara
James F. McCalpin
Susan E. McCardell
James A. McCarty
Lindsay R.
McClelland
Hewitt B.
McCloskey, Jr.
John E. McCool
Alan B. McDougall
Bryan J. McGinnis
Alexander C.
McGregor
Barrett L. McKown
Michael G. McLendon
William L. McShane
Gordon D. McWalter
Athol E. Meder
Allen L. Meeds
Roy Melton
Nancy H. Mercer
Jean M. Merlino
Carl Merritt
Richard P. Mesaris
Bob Metcalf
James R. Meyer
Dana J. Michaud
Michael J. Michnick
Peter T. Middleton
Jon D. Mikalson
Jerry H. Miller
John H. Miller
Margaret H. Miller
Rod G. Mills
Jeffrey N. Mina
Dennis L. Miner
Glenn Minshall
Byron Mitchell
George Moeller
Marc E. Mogull
Michael A. Mongiat
Dwight L. Monn
Mark J. Monroe
David J. Montgomery
Robert A.
Montgomery
James E. Montich
Robert C. Moody
J. Terry Moore
Robert B. Morgan
Earle W. Moriarty
John H. Morrison
Kenneth N. Morton
Donald B. Moseley
David R. Mower
Gary L. Mueller
Norman S. Muraki
Charles G. Myers, III
Dirck V. Myers
Len V. Mykietyn
Pierre R. Nacey
Charles L. Naddour
Loreto Nagaran
Robert V. Nagel
Christopher A. Nardo
Behruz Nassre
James A. Nealy
Daniel Nelson
H. Philip Nesbitt, Jr.
Loraine A. Nevill
George J. Neyrey, III
Raymond J. Nichols
Roger E. Nicoll
Norma L. Nielson
Harold B. Nogle
Phillip L. Nordstrom
George Nostrant
David S. Nourok
Donald Novak
William A. Nunns
Edward J. Nyberg, Jr.
Elaine B. Nyberg
Richard H. Nyberg
James R. Oates
Earl R. Ohman
Gary R. Olson
Stephen H. Olson
Timothy O’Neil
Edward N. Onyon
David K. Oppenheim
James J. O’Reardon, Jr.
Kalju Paar
Otis Reed Palmer
Claude C. Paquin
Ronald J. Pardi
Byron J. Park
Curtis G. Parker
Sidney N. Parker
Ronald J. Pascale
John L. Patterson
L. N. Peake
Stephen S. Pearl
Robert A. Peck
Robert D. Peck
Harry H. Pedersen
David Pelky
James P. Peltier
George F. Pepall
Robert C. Peregoy
Richard E. Perrin
David L. Perry, Jr.
Gerard Pfaff
Charles F. Phillips, III
Raymond J.
Pietruszka
Daniel R. Piper
Barry Pisick, MD
Ralph S. Poore
Kenneth J. Potavin
William H. Powell, III
Allan E. Price
Ada M. Prill
Donne E. Puckle
Douglas B. Quine
Robert L. Ralston
Brian D. Ramsey
Dan E. Rathert
John A. Rdzak
Douglas A. Reed, Jr.
Wallace E. Reed, Jr.
John P. Renyhart
Timothy K. Retterer
David A. Reyno
Thomas J. Richards
Albert Richardson
Andy J. Richardson
Donald A.
Rickards, Jr.
Kenneth L. Rider
Steven R. Riedhauser
David F. Ries
Joel Ringold
Barbara J. Ritchie
Richard C. Ritchie
Richard Rizzo
William M. Roach, Jr.
George Robbins
Bruce I. Roberts
David C. Robertson
Stephen B. Robie
James A. Rodger
Albert R. Rodland, Jr.
Frederick W. Rogers
Peter T. Rogge
Stephen C. Roman
Todd A. Ronnei
Roberto M. Rosende
Richard E. Rossi
Karl C. Rove
Nobel Rovirosa
Margaret S. Rowles
372 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2020

Laurence P. Rubinow
Lucille Ruch
M. Rue
Stephen F. Rufer
Joseph M.
Running, Jr.
Tom Russell
Patricia Salsman
Joseph R. Salvatore
Philip Samuels
Frank J. Sandor, Jr.
Vincent N. Santucci
Fred T. Sargent
Eugene S. Sasai
Rainer K. Schaaf
Carl J. Schack
Charles F. Schafstall
Donald C. Schilling
Robert F. Schlegel, Jr.
Fred Schmitz
John J. Schneider
Philip R. Scholly
Calvin A. Schuler
Bart Schwartz
Robert I. Schwartz
John C. Schwenn
Eric J. Scott
Linda M. Scuderi
Keith D. Seeber
Ronald H. Segal
Arnold H. Selengut
Scott Selman
Anthony N. Serio
Frederick Seward
Norman Shachat
Steve L. Shafer
George V. Shalimoff
Elizabeth H. Shattuck
Scott A. Shaulis
Gary D. Shaver
Robert S. Shawvan
Albert Shonk
Stuart B. Silver
Russell N. Silverstein
Michael P. Silvester
Kate Simenson
Michael J. Skweir
W. H. Slappey
Russell C. Smeds
Carl R. Smith
Christopher C. Smith
Donald H. Smith
Jeffrey A. Smith
Kenneth J. Smith
Milton D. Smith
Peter Smith
Randy Smith
Howard Snyder
Jeffry H. Snyder
Robert E. Snyder
William H. Sobotka
Elaine M. Sokol
Robert Solyan
Steven A. Sonder
Lawrence E. Soper
Arnold Sorensen
John D. Spangler
Thomas A. Sperring
Roland Spies
Tom Spina
Andrew C. Spitznas
Raymond J. Spitznas
Stephen A. Spongberg
John K. Sporleder
Charles W. Springer
Phillip J. Stager
James W. Standiford
Tommy C. Stanton
Gary L. Starkey
John A. Steele
Laura L. Steinbeck
Howard F. Steinberg
Naomi J. Steinberg
Mark O. Stern
Charles R. Sterrett
Michael R. Sterrett
Gary Stewart
Thomas J. Stewart
Seymour B. Stiss
Jay & Denise Stotts
Gerald H. Strauss
Jack L. Streeter
Russell W. Struckman
Kenneth C. Sullivan
Larry O. Sundholm
Anthony Sylvester
Michael Talton
James E. Tashjian
Larry D. Tashlik
Steven L. Taylor
Ernie Teays
Ronald R. Tellier
Rodney L. Thacker
Carol P. Thatcher
Duane M. Thompson
Robert G. Thompson
Victoria L. Thompson
Roy R. Thomson
Andrew J. Titley
Gregory C. G. Todd
Joel E. Tolchinsky
Stephen A. Tramill
Blair Tremere
Rudi H. Trickel
Carl L. Trueblood
Allan M. Tuchman
James A. Tucker
Eugene N. Tulich
Anthony F.
Turhollow, Jr.
Robert W. Turkowski
Richard F. Turnblom
Mark R. Tyx
LaVonne C. Uffelman
Robert M. Ulatt
Alan D. Underwood
Bruce Unkel
Steven R. Unkrich
Milan Urosevic
Norman W.
Vachowiak
John R. Van Winkle
George E. Vautrin, Jr.
Porter W. Venn
Albert J. Vernacchio
Lynn H. Vernon
Frank V. Veselovsky
Judith W. Vigar
Carol Anne Visalli
David P. Vockell
Peter Voice
Chris S. D.
von der Osten
Randy R. Voss
John Walbridge
Jean F. Walker
Steven A. Warkaske
John M. Warner
David J. Warras
Elaine I. Weeks
John F. Weeks, Jr.
James Weigant
Steven M. Weinreb
David E. Weisberg
John B. Welden, III
David B. Wenzelman
Robert F. Wesling
Fred W. Whitaker
Kenneth L. White
Mary A. White
Richard C. White
Larry M. Wicklund
Alan R. Wicks
Kendall F. Wiggin
Kent W. Wilcox
Kenneth R.
Williams, Jr.
W. David Willig, III
Richard V. Willmarth
Gerhold Wills
Frank G. Wilson
Robert B. Wilson
Tracy Wing
Kenneth W. Wise
Kenneth L. Witt
David L. Wood
Lloyd G. Wood
Neilson Wood, Jr.
Robert S. Wood
Dennis A. Woodard
Donald A.
Woodworth, Jr.
James W. Yeary
James F. Young
Richard W. Young
Ronald L. Young
Wayne L. Youngblood
Fred J. Zaganiacz
John D. Zahodnick
Stephen Zarko
Ratomir Zivkovic
Hugo A. Zoccolini
Max E. Zollner
Patrick D. Zorsch
David S. Zubatsky
$25–49
Paul W. Abernathy, Jr.
David M. Abrahams
John A. Abrams
Roger S. Adamek
Donald K. Adams
James D. Adams
William S. Ahrens
Glen M. Alcorn
Richard J. Alexander
Donald S. Alexandre
Grace A. Alexin
David H. Allen
P. D. Allen
John M. Allensworth
Richard D. Almeida
Philip M. Anders
Robert T. Andersen
James Anniss
Sherida Antonacci
APS Reference Collection
We appreciate the generosity of the members
who provide philatelic material to the APS Reference
Collection throughout the year. As the Society
does not purchase stamps for its reference
holdings, the Collection depends on the stamp
collecting community for its breadth and quality.
From its inception in 1995, thousands of philatelic
donations have been organized into a tangible
reference holding. The material, both genuine
and forged, is housed in the American Philatelic
Center and available for research by visitors.
Portions of the collection may also be viewed at
stamps.org/Reference-Collection-Tour
We are especially grateful to an anonymous
benefactor for their gift of a VSC6000 video
spectral comparator in 2019. This is an invaluable
tool which can provide scientific data to
back the guaranteed certificates issued by our
Expertizing Service.
We would also like to thank the following
people for their significant donations to the Reference
Collection:
John J. Henry
Jack R. Dykhouse
Sandy Ewing
Lyman R. Caswell
John H. Archer
Osamu Asato
William H. Ashbaugh
Nicholas
Asimakopulos
Jerold H. Backstrom
George W. Baehr
James H. Bailey
Janet Baillie
Gary A. Baker
Paul L. Baker
Raynor E. Baldwin
Keith W. Bantz
William L. Barclay
Byron L. Barksdale
Jo Ann Barnes
Sandra Barnes
Alvin L. Barth, Jr.
Malcolm D. Barton
Frederick W. Bateman
W. Bryson
Bateman, Jr.
Edward L. Bayham
Shane Beard
Bradley Bechthold
Henry W. Beck
Ronald L. Beck
Jonathan Becker
Antonio Bello
Richard M. Bendix, Jr.
Donald Bendle
David C. Benish
Gary Benoit
George Berg
Russell W. Bergan
Michael K. Berlin
George M. Bernstein
Bill Berry
Page E. Berry
Jon L. Besunder
Cameron Betts
Cathy Bickerdike
Mark W. Billings
Martin F. Blackshaw
Kevin J. Blackston
John M. Bleecker
Leonard &
Darlene Bloom
Gerald R. Bodily
John M. Bohacs
John D. Boland
Tonya Bolden
Joseph E. Boling
Morris S. Bolinger
Joseph G. Bolten
Peter R. Bono
Michael J. Borrelli
Robert J. Borton
Paul E. Boucher
Joseph P. Bouffard
August V. Bouquet
J. Daniel Bouw
Dennis A. Bowman
Neal J. Boyle
Puneet Goel
Stanley Piller
Gary A. Becker
Frederick A. Brafford
John C. Brahms
Jeff W. Brandt
Charles E. Braun
Robert Breckenridge
Dermott M. Breen
Stephen H. Breitkopf
Lee Brenner
Geoffrey Brewster
Ron Breznay
Thurston H. Briggs
Jan C. Brock
Thomas K. Brom
Michael Bronner
James L. Bross
Christopher E.
Brouady
Thomas C. Brougham
William E. Brower, Jr.
Jane A. Brown
Michael W. Brown
Peter Brown
John R. Brugman
Bil Bruno
Helen L. Bruno
Christine
Bryant-Harden
Mark A. Bryson
Joseph R. Brzezowski
Bernard Buchholz
Timothy A. Buchholz
Ronald M. Buege
APRIL 2020 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 373

The vision of the Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship
(YPLF) is to provide youth who have already shown an interest
in stamp collecting with an enriching and dynamic experience in a special
aspect of the hobby. Thank you to the following people who specifically
supported this program in 2019.
Joan E. Anderson
William L. Barclay
James L. Baumann
John A. Carlson
Richard E. Drews
Scott D. English
Alexander T. Haimann
Gary G. Hendren
Robert J. Lampert
Howard K. Buhl, III
Darlene F. Bull
William P. Bunyan
Vincent A. Buonocore
Lewis Burchett
Hugh Burgess
Mark A. Burke
Michael F. Burke
David Burkhardt
William W. Burnham
Charles P. Burns
Patricia Burns
Maurice M. Bursey
Young Philatelic
Leaders Fellowship
Michael A. Butkiss
David W. Byers
James E. Byrne
Edith S. Caesar
Ralph J. Calabrese
Larry P. Calhoun
Michael S. Canavan
Maxine E. Cannon
Richard V. Carr
George Leon
Carroll, Jr.
Michael J. Carson
George Cassella
James E. Lee
Michael E. Lowell
Kenneth P. Martin
Irving & Donna R. Miller
Andrew K. Urushima
James Weigant
Marva L. Wlliams
Frank J. Zoretich, Jr.
In thanks for their extraordinary support, the following
were honored with named fellowships for the 2019 class:
Donald and Bonnie Lee, sponsored by
James E. Lee in memory of his parents
USPS Federal Credit Union
YPLF Class of 2019 Sponsors
Special thanks to the 2019 class mentors who
contributed their valuable time and knowledge:
John Barwis
Richard Judge
Jared Cassidy
Barry Catelinet
Michael Cellino
Guy J. Cesario, Jr.
Gerald Chaben
Ralph W. Chace
Albert P.
Chadourne, Jr.
Edward E. Chaney
Patricia J. Charney
Robert J. Charnoff
Craig J. Chartrand
Eric E. Chaulsett
Frank M. Chernich
Rahull Chikyala
Stephen Chilton
Barbara R. Chisholm
Robert N. Choporis
Brian D. Christian
John O.
Christiansen, Jr.
Lawrence M. Chun
Gregory R. Ciesielski
Dave Cinsavich
Daniel M. Clark, III
Brent C. Clausius
Deborah L. Cleeton
Richard E. Clever
LaVerne E.
Clingenpeel
David A. Cogar
David M. Cohen
Kenneth J. Cohen
Ronald B. Cohn
Bruno Colapietro
Jeffery L. Cole
Beth Collins
Harold B.
Collins, Jr.
Timothy J. Comas
David H. Conklin
Joseph P.
Connolly, Jr.
Roger Connors
David H. Conrad
Thomas D.
Conway, Jr.
George R. Cooper
JV Cossaboom
Ronald E.
Couchot
James P. Coughlin
George M.
Cousens
Gary L. Covey
Robert J. Cowells
George B. Crawford
Thomas
Crichton, IV
David S. Cristol
Chris Crossley
Daniel F. Culbert
Richard M.
Cummings
Benjamin W. Curtis
Max E. Curtis, Jr.
Joe Cutro
Karen W. Daniels
William H. Daniels
Wallace Dann
Michael A. Danner
Wayne M. Darnell
Elizabeth S. Darrah
Michael A.
Davidson
Donald J. Davis
James R. Davis
Richard H. Davis
Rocky De Carlo
James A. De Jong
Mariano B. De Lise
Clyde W. Decorie
William DeHart
George F.
DeKornfeld
Roy E. DeLafosse, Jr.
Gytelle Delfin
Gerald L. Delker
Walter A. Demmerle
John R. deMore
Susan L. Denison
Philip Desautels
Reuven D. Dessler
John R. Deutch
Robert A. Dewey, Jr.
William J. DeWitt
Robin W. Dexter
Charles J. DiComo
Doris T. Diether
Nicholas A.
DiFranco
Dominick DiNapoli
Anthony J. Diodato
Richard M.
Dominguez
Mitch Drabik
David A. Drach
Donald F. Dreisbach
Richard M. Drought
W. Douglas
Drumheller
Paul K. Drumm
Michael K.
Drummond
Bernard Dubois
Sally A. Durrell
Geoff Dutton
Robert E. Eckert
Tom M. Edmiston
Lee A. Edwards
Janice A. Egeland
Robert Eichhorn
Lee and Susan
Ekblad
Maurice G. Eldridge
Daniel W. Elliott
Gary J. Ellis
V. Diane Ellis
George R. Elmore
Gifford F. Ely
David F. Emery
Donald G. Emler
William H. Engel
Leonard W. Epstein
Kenneth V. Erickson
Mark Erickson
Eugene M. Espy
Jasmine Esser
David L. Essig
Karl F. Esslinger
Russell A. Fair
Kemp C.
Fairbanks, II
Douglas B. Falcao
Don C. Fancher
Stephen G. Farago
Mitch Feinstein
Donald L. Feldman
Jack Feldman
John A. Feldmann
Daniel Fell
Vera R. Felts
Ronald H. Fenimore
William T. Fennell
Edward M. Fergus
Fredric J. Ferst
Ken Fichman
Walter C. Figiel
John E. Findling
Terry B. Finkle
Ramona L. Finley
Herbert Fischgrund
Carl Fisher
Henry H. Fisher
John M. Flanagan
John Fleming
Bart A. Fletcher
Michael G. Fligg
Stephen Floreen
Dennis E. Florence
374 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2020

Gregory B. Flynn
Roy P. Fontaine
John B. Ford
David V. Forster
Louis A. Fournier
Ernest L. Fox, Jr.
Allen V. Fracchia
Gerald Franks
David R. Fredericks
Jerold L. Freier
Gary D. Froehlich
Gregory W. Frux
Sandra K. Fuller
Henry R. Funsch
Paula B. Fuqua
Josh Furman
Roger Fury
Charles M. Gardella
Robert S. Gardner
Gary Gastiger
Victor S. Geiger
Marianne E. Gelbert
Michael L. Geller
Stuart I. Gelman
Dennis E.
Gersomino
Chandrajit Ghose
Patrick F. Gilheany
William E. Gillen
Janet M. Gillis
Louis F. Giorgetti
Todd M. Gladstone
Charles A. Glantzow
Robert W. Glanville
Dean P. Gleeson
John M. Glenn
Laurence H.
Glenzer, Jr.
Ernest C. Goggio
Robert Goldberg
Anthony E. Goldin
Norman J. Goldman
Herschel H.
Goldstein
Neil S. Goldstein
Norman E.
Goldstein
Paul B. Goodwin, Jr.
Harold V. Goovaerts
James L. Gorton
James P.
Gough, RDP
David L. Gradwell
Gary L. Graf
Arlis Graham
Jan M. Gray
Kent Gray
Bruno Greco
Dan Green
Daniel A. Greenbaum
William T. Gregor
Eliot M. Gregos
Charles G.
Groneman
William H. Gross
John R. Groves
Peter D. Guattery
Christian Guenther
Donald E.
Gugelman
Richard A. Guistina
Joan Hackett
Daniel A. Hahn
Mary K. Haldane
Peter Halewski
Richard L. Hall
Joseph W. Halpern
Dave Hamilton
Ann M. Hamon
Gerald B. Hanifan
Henry W. Hansen
Bruce R. Hanson
Joseph & Diane
Harrington
Deborah Hartwick
Jack Harwood
Dave Haskell
Richard F. Hassing
James T. Havlena
Thomas Haw, IV
Joseph A. Haynes
Margriet Hecht
Joel J. Heim
Wayne F. Heim
Carl-Gerd
Heinemann
Harold Heintz
Floyd B. Heiser
Stanley Heitmann
Michael Heller
Robert Helms
Charles Henderson
Joseph M. Herman
Jeffrey F. Hersom
Frank Hesse
Charles A. W. Hines
Terence M. Hines
Bruce L. Hobson
Joseph Hofer
Victor J. Hoff
Joel E. Hoffman
Peter Hoffman
Sim C. Hoffman
Rebecca
Hogancamp-
Glenister
Howard B. Hoke
Doris J. Holder
Rick Holland
Mark Holleran
Jack Holloway
Jim Holmes
Herbert J.
Holmquist
Burton E. Holthus
Kenneth S. Homer
William J. Hooks
Stanley B. Hooper
Steven P.
Hopper, Ph.D.
George L. Hosfield
Chuck Howard
Timothy L. Howard
Ernest E. Howe
Michael D. Howe
Gregory Howearth
Lane T. Huck
David C. Huffman
David F. Hull
Gary G. Hunt
Randolph S. Hunt
Forrest W. Hunter
Richard Hunter
John Impagliazzo
Jim Iormetti
Ramona Evon
Ivashchenko
Theodore H. Jacobs
Lowell E. Jacobson
Otto W. Jacobson
Carl C. Jaekel
Robert A. Jahnke
Janus Foundation
Douglas L. Jehle
Enoch C. Jen
Oscar B. Jensen
Russell J. Johns
Jonathan Johnsen
Fredric A. Johnson
Galen K. Johnson
Galen M. Johnson
John B. Johnson, III
Lawrence G.
Johnson
Scott A. Johnson
Thomas R. Johnson
Frank N. Jones
Harold L. Jones, Jr.
Iva Dora Jones
Matthew J. Jones, Jr.
Richard L. Jones
Rick Jones
Joseph H. Jung
Lawrence E. Justice
Harold A. Kalkwarf
Terren L. Kammeyer
Douglas A. Kamstra
Jesse A. Kane
Harold M. Kanter
Barry N. Kaplan
Anastasios D.
Karayiannis
Joseph Karpen
Peter Kata
D. Gary Kathol
David L. Katz
James M. Keally, III
Thomas J. Kean
Nigel R. Keen
David C. Kehlet
Dennis Keith
Dennis M.
Kelcourse
George A. Kelly
Henry T. Keutmann
Emmett M.
Keyser, III
Everett M. King, Jr.
Richard D. Kinner
Nicholas M. Kirke
Eugene Klein
Howard J. Klein
Lawrence H. Klein
Gregory R. Klemm
Stanley J.
Kliebenstein
Jean M.
Klimaszewski
Andrew A. Klints
Joanne A. Knapp
Justin Kneeland
Ronald A. Knief
John A. Kofranek
Joseph Konyk
Theodore Koopman
Lee Koosed
Summer Seminar
Youth Scholarship
Norris “Bob” Dyer Scholarship, sponsored by
the British North American Philatelic Society
Walter B. Koppel
Leonard Kortekaas
Richard Korycki
Marvin R. Kraft
Henry J. Kraus
Dennis J. Kreiss
Charles Kresge
Edward J. Krohn
S. Theodore
Krzynowek
Lisa J. Kubiske
Norman D. Kubler
John W. Kuehn
Charles F. Kuehne
Ellery Kuhn
Karl Kuhn
Alfred J. Kuntz
Alan D. Kupfer
Donald B. Kursch
Nelson Laffey
Arthur F. Lafionatis
Judith A. Lafitte
Scott L. Laidlaw
Lawrence J. Laliberte
Armand R.
Lamarche, Sr.
Brock R. Landry
Wesley W. Lane
Paul F. Lang
Stephen R. Larson
Henry G. Latimer, III
David Lavandoski
Charles F. Lawson
Allan R. Legon
Louis Leidig
David Lemanski
William H. Lenarz
William C. Leonard
Donald R. LeShane
Robert Leshovisek
Mark F. Letourneau
Louis R. Leurig
Frederick C.
Levantrosser
Elliott W. Lewis
Janet A. Lewis
Gregory K. Leyes
Arthur L. Liberman
D. Liebenberg
John E. Lievsay
Brian W. Limbourn
John Lindholm
Lawrence A.
Lindquist, Jr.
Jay Lipman
Thomas R. Loebig
Robert W. Loiseau
Michael E. Long
Wayne Youngblood Scholarship
Marty Longo
Ralph Lopez
Richard J. Lorek
Herbert S. Loring
Albert O. Louer
Henry J. Lukas
Charles J. Lukowski
Dennis J. Lutz
Timothy A. Lyerla
Edward R. Lynn
Keith E. Maatman
Thomas J.
MacDonough
John MacNeil
James Mahaffey
Angelica Malic
Charles D. Malloch
Bruce H. Mallott
James E.
Mambourg, Jr.
Constantin A.
Marinescu
David Marino
Kelly L. Markel
Jerold D. Markin
Thomas J. Marsella
Anthony Martelli, Jr.
A. W. Martin
Robert W. Martin
Rodney W. Marx
William A. Matthews
J. Douglas Mattox
James R. Maxeiner
Jerry L. Maxfield
James P. Mazepa, RDP
James A.
McAndrew, Jr.
Bill McCloskey
John P. McCloskey, Jr.
Barbara S. McConnell
Nancy McDowell
Jackson McElmell
Andrew J. McFarlane
Charles A. McFarlane
Brian McGrath
Sidney McHarg
Craig R. McMullen
Gary M. McNamee
Robert L. Mead
Dennis W. Meeh
Warren L. Meinhardt
Herbert Mendelsohn
Cheryl C.
Menninger-Wray
David L. Meyer
Gloria J. Meyers
Paul Miktus
Joseph N. Millard
Bradley R. Miller
Clark L. Miller
Leonard M. Miller
Raymond E. Modlin
David C. Mohler
Ed Molinaro
Roy Mollard
Joseph A. Monaco, Jr.
Arthur J. Mongan
Jean S. Mootz
Sidney D. Morginstin
David T. Moriarty
James R. Morris
John R. Morris
Rhett Morris
Mark F. Mosser
Cristian Mouat
Allen Moye
Boyd J. Mudra
Donald E. Mulhatten
Robert A. Muller
Frank G. Muscarello
John Myers
Erik B. Nagel
Stacy Nagel
Leonard H. Naiman
H. Albert Napier
Albert Narvaez, Jr.
Parker W. Negus, Jr.
Robert Nelken
Eric A. Nelson
Andy M. Netzel
Diane Neumeier
William P.
Newman, III
William E. Newton
William R. Nicholson
Kirby R. Nickell
Pavel N. Nikolov
Glen S. Norman
Lawrence H. Norris
James S. Noyes
D. C. Nuban
William Nugent, Jr.
Richard J. Nunge
Bert Nussbaum
Gerald T. Nylander
Lorrie B. O’Donovan
Damon R. Olszowy
Charles P. O’Neill
Gail Orenstein
Joseph A. Orosz
Claude H. Ostfeld
Karl F. Otto, Jr.
Michael D. Owens
David S. Page
John L. Palmer
Mark E. Palmer
APRIL 2020 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 375

Melody C. Palmer
Gregory Pando
James Pankiewicz
John S. P.
Panzenhagen
John A. Pare
Melanie Parker
Ludovit J. Paskovic
John L. Patterson
Ted W. Patterson
Kenneth W. Patton
J. Donald Pauley
Arthur E. Peabody, Jr.
Donald R. Pearson
John G. Pearson
Steven Peckar
Russell M. Peirce
David Pellauer
Norman Pence
J. Perrin
Henry A. Perry
Clifton Peters
Till J. N. Peters
William C. Peters
Raymond E.
Petersen, Jr.
Donald J. Peterson
Sybil L. Peterson
Allyn E. Phillips
John B. Phillips
Paul J. Phillips
Reed E. Phillips
Sheldon R. Phinney
Preston E. Pierce
Joel H. Pierson
Robert B. Pildes
Aldona T. Pilius
Fred C. Pinkney
Thomas J. Piper
Andrew W. Pittman
William M. Plachte
George W. Plohr
John E. Pocius
David M. Podeschi
Alton R. Pope
Russell W. Povenz, Sr.
Stephen C. Prechtel
Phillip J. Proteau
James H. Prowant
Dennis R. Puccetti
Vincent Puma, Jr.
Roger P. Quinby
William D. Raible
John R. Ramsey
David A. Rankin
John H. Rankin
Charles J. Rebek
Michael W. Redmond
David L. Rees
Edward F. Reheuser
Daryl Reiber
Norman E. Reid
Richard A. Reierson
John B. Reiss
Thomas E. Remington
Raymond C.
Richardson
Mary D. Ricker
Charles D. Rigsby
Peter L. Rikard
Daniel F. Ring
John P. Ring
Richard J. Rinkoff
William F. Ripple
Victor Manuel Rivera
Gregorio C. Roberts
John C. Roberts
Keith H. Robertson
Jay Robison
Claude A. Rochon
James A. Rock
Gilbert M. Roderick
Virgilio Rodriquez
John A. Rokus
John E. Rollo
Richard W. Romig
Stephen A. Rose
Aaron E. Rosenberg
Neil K. Rosenstrauch
Phillip W. Roth
Robert S. Roth, Jr.
Mace L. Rothenberg
John P. Rourke
Marya Rowan
Patrick T. Roy
Robert C. Royle
Wayne A. Rozen
Ronald N. Ruberg
George D. Ruck
Paul F. Rump
Steven C. Runyon
John Mosby Russell
Robie G. Russell
Charles S. Rust
Barton K. Ryan
David J. Ryan
David J. Sabo
Darryl A. Salisbury
James R. Sanger
James D. Sansbury
Robert F. Savage
Charles E. Scanlan
Eric Schaefer
Scott Schaffer
David P. Schenkel
George Schexnayder
Damien Schiff
Robert A. Schlesinger
John H. Schlitt
Michael E. Schnee
Jorge Schneider
Marti Schrock
Donald L. Schroeder
Kim R. Schroeder
Stephen D. Schumann,
RDP
Hans-Joachim Schwanke
Robert H. Scott
William T. Scott
Norman R. Scrivener
Dick Sefton
Harry M. Segner, III
Manuel S. Segura, Jr.
Theodore Sekulski
Gerald W. Selleck
James J. Semones
William M. Senkus
Joseph F. Serota
Vincent A. Sgier
Jeffrey N. Shapiro
Mary L. Shaw
George H. Shawcross
James C. Sheaffer
John R. Shedlock
Bradford D. Sheff
Robert A. Shew
John Shilich
Joseph A. Shook
Leon A. Shuler
Hernan Sierra
William W. Sihler
Daljit Singh Sikka
Richard B. Silbert
John D. Sims
Grant P. Sinclair
James T. Siscel
Terry W. Sitch
Robert M. Skirvin
Robert W. Slack
James E. Slough
Robert G. Slyker
Alexis A. Smith
Carl J. Smith
Christopher S. Smith
F. L. Smith
Jacqueline E. Smith
James M. Smith
L. Robert Smith
Randall J. Smith
Robert L. Smith
James N. Smoak
Tom E. Smyser
Ralph A. Sneve
Arthur W. Snoke
Richard E. Sobonya
Christopher J.
Sokolowski
Harold M.
Sollenberger
James A. Sorenson
Leonard S. Sosnowski
Gus Spector
Case M. Sprenkle
Laura Spurway
Joseph E. St. Onge
Jeffrey A. Stage
Stephen E. Stainsby
Bruce E. Stallins
Elizabeth Starnes
Norman R. Starr
Eric Stas
Alfred E. Staubus
Howard Stecker
Ronald K. Stegall
Allen Steiner
James H. Stephens
Leonard Stern
William P. Stern
Sy Sternberg
James K. Stevens
Ruth A. Stevens
Charles J. Stewart
Charles P. Stewart, Jr.
Charles L. Still
Lucky Stokes
Robert F. Storch
Craig J. Stowers
Gary K. Strauch
Thorsten A. Strom
Robert L. Stuebner, Jr.
Brian D. Stwalley
Edward J. Sullivan
Robert C. Surdynski
Richard T. Svendsen
Myron G. Swain
R. Barry Swain
John Szymkowski
Marvin Talso
John H. Tatigian
Stephen J. Tauber
James M. Taylor
Philip R. Taylor
Zbigniew Tazbir
Mary K. Tebedo
Pamela Teeter
Daniel M. Telep
Arnold S. Tepper
Thomas N. Tesch
Irving H. Tesmer
Albert R. Tetrault
Otto J. Thamasett
Deborah A. Thomas
Michael O. Thomas
Robert L. Thompson
Tom N. Thompson
Ronald W. Thurner
Raymond A. Tidrow
Judge Moody R.
Tidwell
Terry N. Toland
Gerald V. Toler
John A. Tolleris
David E. Tompsett
Emory E. Toops, III
Walter Topolewski
Jonathan Topper
Anthony J. Torres, Jr.
Agnes Toth
Ron Tranquilla
Glenn L. Treglown
James D. Trenchard
John C. Tribble
David D. Tripple
Kenneth F. Trofatter
Robert J. Tulper
Lawrence S.
Turnbull, Jr.
Alan J. Turner
Robert V. Ullom
F. Gerry Unabia
Michael J. Urbano
Andrew K. Urushima
Frederick Valadez
C. J. Van Hevelingen
James B. Van Horn
Randall J. Van Vynckt
Anne D. Varley
Robert Velazquez
Luis M. Venegas
Deborah L.
Veselovsky
David A. Villadsen
William L. Vincent
John D.
Vincent-Smith
Peter L. Viscusi
George M. Vitak
Arthur P. von Reyn
Joseph Wachter
Andrew K. Wacinski
Carol J. Waelchli
Klaus P. Wagner
Robert Waldman
Edward Walker
Greg Walker
Raymond P. Walsh
Stephen A. Walsh
Lawrence A. Walters
Robert L. Walters
David C. Wankum
Lawrence H.
Warbasse
David P. Ward
Virginia D. Warden
Peter R. Ware
Paul K. Warme
John Warren
Nahum J. Waxman
James O. Wear
David C.
Weatherburn
Kent E. Weaver
Mike Weaver
Joseph A. Webb
Louis A. Weber
Kenneth E. Weeden
Richard A. Weichle
Gary B. Weiss
John J. Weiss
Carol A. Wenzel
Lee B. Wernick
Bernard T.
Werwinski, Sr.
Peter J. West
Roger D. West
Steven C. Westfahl
Alan C. Wheeler
Charles E. Wheeler
John Whelihan
Andrew Whisnant
Albert E. White
Donald R. White
John F. Wilcox
Peter M. Wilcox
Sharlene Wilkey
Laurence W. Wilkin
John H. Will
Lynn J. Williams
Wayne R. Williams
Randolph L. Willoby
George L. Wilson
David H. Winter
Glenn M. Wiser
John S. Withers, Jr.
Robert E. Witkowski
R. Peter Wolf
Arthur R. Wolfe
Michael Wolfe
Steven L. Wolfe
Carl F. Wolfhagen
Alex O. Wood
Richard D. Wood
George I. Woodburn
Benjamin T. Wright
Roger C. Wullen
Anthony P. Yantosca
Jewel M. Yoder
John M. Young
Herbert A. Zakrison
Joseph Zec
Gerald O. Zedlitz
Marty Zelenietz
Fred A. Zobrist
David W. Zogbaum
James F. Zuelow
John T. Zwyer
376 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2020

Individual In-Kind Donations
Our Research Library, Reference Collection, Stamps Teach program, and Young Stamp Collectors of
America members all rely on and greatly benefit from in-kind donations from our members.
$100,000+
Jack R. Dykhouse
Andrew C. Lehmann
$50,000–99,999
Mimi Coppersmith
Puneet Goel
Richard Lehmann
Carol Lilleberg
Michael D. Pinnisi
Knut Royce
$5,000–9,999
Hubert Aichinger
Edmund R. Alteri
Bill Bauerband
Stan Bien
Howard Blum
Stanley W. Chittick
Donald C. DeWees
Stephen B.
Dubina, Jr.
Jay A. Frogel
George C. Gorman
Patrick P. Hervy
Stuart Kyle
Eric W. Noreen
John B. Reiss
Kenneth C.
Roebbelen
Vincent N. Santucci
Robert M. Skirvin
Sandra Steeley
Gannon Sugimura
Richard VanGorder
Kenneth D. Weyers
Barry Witkosky
Anita Zenger
$1,000–2,499
John R. Albers
Robert Norwell Aymar
$25,000–49,999
Howard L. Blum, Jr.
Harold Burson
Mrs. Paula Cala
Bruce E. Engstler
Thomas P. Gammarano
Katherine A. Lehmann
Mr. & Mrs. Richard
A. Phelps
Lloyd G. Scott
Gerard T. York
Mrs. Noel Barros
Zahava Bensimon
Katherine J. Blanchard
Roger D. Curran
Robbin S. Dick
David A. Drach
Sloane M. Droll
Henry R. Funsch
L. R. Gotay
James F. Hansen
Catherine Hennessey
William T. Horsfield
Edward H. Jarvis
Pam Luecke
Robert Bruce Marsden
Leo P. Martyn
William F. Murdy
Brandon Nugent
Gerald L. Robbins
Robert C. Rudine
George B. Shaw
Allen Steiner
Mrs. A. Lee Straayer
Janet S. Todd
Robert G. Wightman
Kellie Wolfinger
Hugh W. Wood Estate
Marilou Young
Xiang Yu
Dean A. Zickert
$500–999
James D. Adams
Jane E. Amacher
Victor B. Bailey
Elizabeth Bosco
James R. Brown
Harold Burson
Mrs. Judith S. Carrigan
Leslie F. Cleland
Joseph P. Connolly, Jr.
Cliff Dargie
Richard E. Drews
James J. Economos
Michael E. Emrick Estate
Stanley G. Field
Jeffre D. Fiszbein
Ronald Frank
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Gabriel
Eric R. Gamble
Dennis R. Gilson
Justin R. Gordon
John Hagefstration
Sandra Hausner
Barry & Karen Jetton
Michael P. Kabel
Ronald P. Kosarko
Joseph Kovler
Clayton C. Lonie
Edgar G. McLellan
Lauren Pinzka
Lawrence T. Pistell
Roger R. Rhoads
Richard J. Rinkoff
Steven J. Rod
George C. Russell Estate
Bernard V. Sigg
Audrey Solnit
David Spivack
Harlan F. Stone
$10,000–24,999
Jeffery L. Cole
Cary W. Hall
James E. Lee
Robert H. Marks
James Nello Martin, Jr.
William A. O’Conner
Yoram B. Szekely
David Telford
Kenneth G. Uyl
David N. Vigor
Alan Warren
Stephen S. Washburne
Steven Zwillinger
$250–499
Robert P. Anderson
Steven W. Andreasen
Arthur W. Askey, Jr.
John H. Barwis
Benjamin R. Beede
Kenneth E. Brown
Dana Cline
Peter M. Coyne
Greg Dillner
Mark H. Donaldson, Jr.
Rena Fugate
Greg Galletti
Martin Garfinkel
Ian C. Gibson-Smith
Jeffrey Goodman
Robert A. Greenwald
Glenn A. Handler
Dustin A. Hatley
John B. Hayhurst
David Heller
Mrs. Rietta C. Henderson
Brewer T. Horton, Jr.
Forrest W. Hunter
Eileen Bell Landau
Prabhu Loganathan
W. J. Lundquist
Ken MacBain
John Malack
William McCloe
Wanda McGarry
George W. McGowan
Gary Meyer
Ed & Jan Meyers
Robert Michel
APRIL 2020 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 377

Organizations
In-Kind
Contributors
$1,000–2,499
Scott Publishing Co.
$500–999
Stamps for the Wounded
$100–249
Eagle Coin & Stamp Exchange
Royal Philatelic Society, London
Mick G. Mikuenski
Charlotte Morris
William Needham
Thomas E. Neely
Elizabeth F. Ratliff
Robert L. Re
Dennis Reynolds
Robert W. Rightmire
George A. Schwenk
Sigurd M. Sorensen, Jr.
James K. Stevens
Lucindo Suarez
Stanley E. Weiner
Edward W. Wengert
Jay Willemssen
$100–249
Donald J. Adams
Francis Adams
Scott Adams
Arthur D. Baer
James F. Barnes
Edward Bishop
Andrew Boyajian
William B. Budris
Kerry J. Byrnes
Paul E. Cacchione
Robert H. Cameron
Dominic Cammarota
Dan Chaij
E. Carl Cierpial
Neil Coker
Vincent M. Costello
Matthew J. Creme, Jr.
John K. Cross, III
Merrill G. Culver, Jr.
Pierre De Boeck
Manuel Diaz
W. Douglas Drumheller
Mark Edelstein
Melvin T. Edmonds, Jr.
Barbara Erickson
Terence S. Fitzgerald
Jack Friedman
Judith Friedman
Judy Frish
Ben Gale
Fred Geldon
Diane Glossman
Victor A. Goldberg
Ronald W. Gollhardt
John F. Graves
Barbara Gronsky
Richard T. Hall
& Mrs. Robert Harper
Leonard H. Hartmann
Eugene T. Hays
Lewis C. Heckroth
Don E. Heller
Joseph W. Hills
Terence M. Hines
Janice Hornhill
Jon A. Hussey
Thomas V. Infantino
Philip Jackson
Stephen A. Jones
Lawrence E. Justice
Eric J. Karell
Norman A. Karsten
Farid Khadduri
Ralph B. Kimball
Everett M. King, Jr.
Albert Knight
Herbert R. Krimmel
Samuel L. Kyzar
Michael W. Lake
Robert E. Lamb
Yechiel M. Lehavy
William L. Lehr
Ronald E. Lesher
Jacob Leventhal
Carl Locken
Rene R. Lopez-Dorticos
Charles D. Lynn
Malcolm MacDonald
Don F. Mackintosh, II
Gerard E. Marandino
Andrew A. Mazzara
Richard B. McCammon
Norma Miles
Foster E. Miller, III
Carl R. Moon
Larry Morris
Mrs. Sharon Mortrud
Gerald E. Noeske
Norman R. Nonnweiler
Alan S. Pearce
Robert Pellegrini
Stanley M. Piller
Theodore Ploplis
Ken Pollard
Robert B. Ransom
David G. Remington
Martin D. Richardson
Vincent A. Ross
Daniel N. Rusnak
John Sage
Steven D. Sansom
Colleen Sawyer
Ken Schoolmeester
Adrienne Schumacher
Stephen D.
Schumann, RDP
Dennis B. Scott
Fred E. Selles
Anthony N. Serio
Martin L. Severe
Robert Sherman
Tony Shoberg
Robert F. Smetana
David W. Snow
Philip Souers
Kevin Spaulding
Colin W. Spong
Lewis J. Sprague
Becky Squier
& Mrs. Patrick Stapleton
Robert W. Stark
Lamar Stout
Mike Street
Thomas Stutesman
Michael Theobald
Ronald W. Thurner
Elizabeth A. Tillman
Lauren Uhl
Morris F. Virnig
Robert C. Visser
Greg Walker
Nahum J. Waxman
James R. Weiland
Karin Weyl
Michael B. Wickberg
Patricia K. Wise
Lee Zachariades
John E. Zwyghuizen
Future Builders
A small group of members help provide a steady income stream to the APS by making monthly gifts. Most opt to have
the gifts automatically charged to their credit card or deducted from their bank account.
Joan Anderson
William Carson
John Conklin
Jason Drake
Charles Harrienger
Robert Dalton Harris
William T. Harris III
Steven Heaney
Gary Hendren
Edward Kroll
Luca Lavagnino
Clark Lee
Joann & Kurt Lenz
Gary Loew
Ken Martin
Michael McCabe
Foster Miller
Irving Miller
Dana Middleton
Gunther Monteadora
George Neyrey III
James Risner
Wade Saadi
William Schultz
Sam Smith
Bill Strauss
Kenneth Trettin
David Wessely
Ronald Yeager
378 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2020

2019 APS Recruiting Honor Roll
The complete list of 2019 recruiters and the number of
applications sponsored (all one each unless otherwise noted)
is as follows:
Paul W. Abernathy, Jr.
Alameda Stamp Club
Raymond G. Alexander
Gregory E. Allen
Allentown Philatelic
Society (2)
Am. Soc. for Netherlands
Philately
American Air Mail Society
American Ceremony
Program Society (2)
Anchorage Philatelic
Society
John D. Anderson
Art Cover Exchange
Asheville Stamp Club (4)
William P. Athens (9)
Badger Stamp Club (3)
Michael Ball
Baltimore Philatelic
Society (2)
Vic Bardon
Marc S. Bedrin (4)
Anthony Benz
Charles Berg, Jr.
Big Lick Stamp Club (2)
Torbjorn E. Bjork
David C. Blackhurst
Blennerhassett Stamp
Society
Leonard E. Bloom
Carl F. Blozan
British Columbia
Philatelic Society
Lewis Burchett (2)
Leslie E. Butler (2)
Richard A. Butterworth
Stevan W. Cady
Capital City
Philatelic Society
Jackson L. Case, III
Chelmsford Stamp Club
Cherrelyn Stamp Club
Claude C. Ries
Chapter #48 AFDCS
Mark Copp
Dallas/Park Cities Phil.
Soc.
Edward L. Davidson (2)
Dale R. Davis
Sebastien Delcampe
Timothy J. Devaney
Christopher Diaz (4)
Dr. Donald R. Dolan, Jr.
Eire Philatelic Association
David S. Epstein
Glenn A. Estus
Maurice (Herb) A. Eveland
Allen V. Fracchia
Clark Frazier
Fremont Stamp Club
Gainesville Stamp Club
John J. Germann
Goebel Adult Comm.
Ctr. Stamp Club
Gary M. Goldstein
Greater Cincinnati
Phil. Society
Greater Richmond
Stamp Club
Alexander T. Haimann (49)
Michael J. Haskell
Todd D. Hause
Robert J. Hausin
Hawaiian Philatelic
Society (2)
William A. Herzig
Highlands Stamp Club
David F. Hoover
Houston Philatelic Society
Andrew D. Huber (4)
Humboldt Stamp
Collectors’ Club
Stan Iceland
Indiana Stamp Club (5)
Inland Empire
Philatelic Society
Sheikh Shafiqul Islam (2)
Eric A. Jackson
Janesville Stamp Club
Terrence C. Jensen
Jockey Hollow Stamp Club
James T. Jordan
Anthony R. Kassel
Eugene F. Kathol
Forrest R. Kauffman
Patricia A. Kaufmann
Byron E. Kennel
Michael W. Kiszka (3)
Knoxville Philatelic Society
Joseph J. Kopozak
Lafayette Stamp Club
(2)
Melanie Lawson
Dwan C. Leach
Robert Lehmann
Mark M. Leon (2)
Kevin A. Lesk
Bobby Liao (4)
Liberian Philatelic Society
Matthew E. Liebson (11)
Robert K. Liese
Thomas R. Loebig
Alex L. Lutgendorf
Arthur A. Luther (4)
Robert E. Lynch
Anthony Mancuso
Robert W. Martin
Mathematical Study Unit
Mark E. Mattox
McAllen Stamp Club
Brian McGrath
Mesa Stamp Club
Metro Louisville
Stamp Society
Midwest Philatelic Society
Irving R. Miller (3)
Nancy L. Miller
Monterey County
Stamp Club (2)
Jon S. Montgomery
Montrose Stamp Club
David Morrison
Mt. Nittany
Philatelic Society
Michael C. Mules (2)
Naperville Area
Stamp Club (2)
Newburyport Stamp Club
Nicaragua Study Group
Kenneth M. Nieser
William A. Norberg
Norman Stamp Club
Omaha Philatelic Society
Niki L. Oquist (5)
Errol F. Osteraa
Will OSullivan
Oswego Stamp Club
John W. Owen, Sr. (2)
Christopher J. Palermo
Clifford Peeno
Richard A. Peterson
Stanley Polchinski
David A. Pollick (3)
George D. Porter
Post Mark Collectors Club
Precancel Stamp Society (2)
Prescott Stamp Club
Stanley J. Richmond
Gilbert M. Roderick (2)
Dave A. Ruch
Sacramento Philatelic
2019 APS Top
Recruiters
Donald J. Sundman 182
Alexander T. Haimann 49
Matthew E. Liebson 11
William P. Athens 9
John R. Winkel 7
Joseph Zec 7
Indiana Stamp Club 5
Niki L. Oquist 5
Asheville Stamp Club 4
Marc S. Bedrin 4
Christopher Diaz 4
Andrew D. Huber 4
Bobby Liao 4
Arthur A. Luther 4
Society (3)
San Antonio Philatelic
Association (2)
Santa Rosa Stamp Club
William R. Schultz
Frank L. Sente
Sheboygan Stamp Club
Jack L. Sheldon, Jr.
Shenandoah Valley
Stamp Club (3)
H. Dennis Shumaker
Evan M. Siegling
Thomas S. Sivak
Robert S. Smith
Southern Nevada
Stamp Club
Herbert C. Spomer
St. Petersburg Stamp Club
Jeffrey A. Stage
Stamp Collectors Club
of Toledo
Stamp Show Here Today,
The Podcast
State Revenue Society
Paul Stempinski
Mark A. Sturgess
Donald J. Sundman (182)
Sussex County Stamp
Club (3)
Robert L. Taylor, Sr.
Nakul S. Telang
Marios Theodossiou
Thomas B. Torbert
Triangle Stamp Club
Tri-City Stamp Club
Gene C. Trinks
Twin City Philatelic Society
Don W. Van Hoesen
Venice Stamp Club
Virtual Stamp Club
Waterville Stamp Club
Richard A. Weinberg
Edward H. Weisman
David C. Wessely
Westfield Stamp Club (2)
Casey Jo White
Wichita Stamp Club
Wilkinsburg Stamp Club
Wilmington Philatelic
Society
John R. Winkel (7)
Mark R. Winters
Richard L. Wolfe (2)
Wyoming Valley
Stamp Club
Lester M. Yerkes
Mohammad Aslam Zahid
Joseph Zec (7)
Lan Q. Zhang
APS Staff 914
Total New Members 1,424
APRIL 2020 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 379

The Legacy Society
Membership in the Legacy Society is provided to individuals who have included the American Philatelic Society or the
American Philatelic Research Library in their wills. Please notify us if you should be included in this list!
Ted E. Ashworth
Richard A. Colberg
Ann Dunkin
C. David Eeles
Lois Evans de Violini
Gerald J. Gallagher
John J. Germann
David E. Gillis
Alexander Hall
Our thanks to the following individuals who have included the Society or Library in their will:
Donald Kelley
John A. Krantz
David C. Lingard
Kenneth P. Martin
R. S. McDowell
Sid Morginstin
Ralph H. Nafziger
Kenneth R. Nilsestuen
2019 Special Gifts
Robert P. Odenweller
Don David Price
George S. Robinson, Jr.
Frank Sente
Marjory J. Sente
Dennis E. Stark
Harlan F. Stone
Herbert A. Trenchard
Memorials
Sadly, 361 members of the Society passed away during 2019. Gifts were received in memory of a number of these
members from family, friends and other APS members. A few chapters also remember their fellow members, regardless
of whether they were APS members, by making gifts to the Society. In total, 75 memorial gifts totaling over $9,002 were
received in 2019 in memory of the following individuals.
Diane Achgill
Leonard Beck
Wilhelm Bilgram
Herb Birk
Bob Blizzard
Edward Bonett
Thomas Burdak
James Burgeson
Ken Davis
Norman Elrod
Bill Fisch
Myron Fox
Paul Fusco
Stephen Gable
Peter Ten Eyck Gebhard Sr.
Reinhard Graetzer
George Griffenhagen
Mary Harris
Steve Henderson
David Johnson
Henry Laessig
Maurice Landry
Stanley J. Luft
CWO James E. McDevitt
Jim and Sheri Miller
Max Moser
John C. Olson
Vic Pawlak
Dilmond Postlewait
James Pullin
John Roberts
Robert C. Stendel
Rex Stever
Sandra Sundfor
Louise Toft
Gregory Scott Ward
Allen Weinstein
William Wendling
Hugh Wood
Dr. Martha Jane Zachert
Diane Hussell Zeigler
In Honor
Each year a few gifts are received in honor of members. Such gifts have typically been made in to recognize extraordinary
service or an event such as a birthday or anniversary.
Bob Arundale
George Eveleth
Lilian Madan Gamble
Douglas Gary
Mary Harris
How Chun Lam
John Rigney
Bill Schultz
Library Staff
Valerie’s Support
Matching
The below companies matched recent gifts made to the APS/APRL by their current or retired employees. If you don’t know
if your employer has a matching gift program, please ask your personnel office. More than 1,000 companies in the United
States “match” charitable donations.
Bank of America
Exxon Mobil Foundation
Janus Foundation
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson
Yourcause, LLC
380 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / APRIL 2020

The Campaign for Philately
The Campaign for Philately is the banner under which the APS and
APRL jointly conduct fundraising activities. The purpose of our Campaign
is to provide additional resources for the Society and Library to
better serve the membership and to promote stamp collecting. Donors
may direct gifts for specific purposes. Undesignated gifts are utilized in
consistence with the purpose of the campaign, including current programs
and services.
Initiatives that benefit from the Campaign include the following:
membership promotion; technology upgrades; youth and education
programs; advertising and public relations promoting the hobby; as well as the creative use of emerging digital and Internet
resources.
Note that our Recognition Issue listings treat pledges and end-of-year donations as the IRS treats donations, which creates
small differences compared to our audited financial statements, which must follow accounting regulations.
Cash Received
Pledge Payments $27,100
Memorial Gifts $9,002
Estates $1,579,257
Matching Gifts 609
Honorary Gifts $1,605
Other Cash $577,742
Subtotal $2,195,315
Sale of Donated Stamps $89,196
Use of Donated Postage $55,688
Sale of Donated Lib Matl $14,342
Subtotal $159,226
Total $2,354,541
2019 Fundraising Costs
Personnel $166,359
Credit Card Costs $2,134
Postage $5,091
Other Office Expense $9,405
Mighty Buck Mailing $10,034
Campaign for Philately Reception 7,780
AP Donor Recognition 7,104
Inter Office Services
(Accounting, Mailroom, etc.) 9,558
Total $217,465
% Cost of Fundraising 9%
2019 Fundraising Snapshot
Cash by Designation
(Excludes Non-Cash Gift Proceeds)
APS Endowment $900
APS General $120,536
Book Restoration $3,014
Chicago 2021/Soiree $74,789
David Straight Award $1,230
Debt Reduction/Building $1,578,976
Education $3,157
Employee Appreciation $6,534
Exhibiting $2,100
Expertizing $10,022
Library Acquisitions $1,915
Library Endowment $5,608
Library General $37,965
Mighty Buck $56,888
Stamps Teach $15,169
Technology/Website $125,942
Unrestricted $127,483
Young Phil Leaders $14,177
Youth $2,138
Youth Summer Seminar
Scholarship $6,180
Other $592
Total $2,195,315
For more information on how you or your organization can support the Campaign for Philately
please contact Scott English, scott@stamps.org, or 814-933-3814.
APRIL 2020 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 381

Bequests are Important to APS & APRL
A bequest is a gift made through a Will or Codicil that takes effect when an estate is settled. Although bequests provide
no immediate income, their impact can be great. A bequest to the APS or APRL can be written into a Will or added to an
existing Will by amending it through a Codicil.
Bequests remove assets from the taxable estate and may take several forms:
A percentage bequest allocates a fixed percent of your estate;
I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Philatelic Society, a non-profit organization located at 100 Match
Factory Place, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823, ______ percent of my estate, both real and personal property
of whatever kind and whatsoever situated.
A residual bequest grants the residue, or portion of the residue, of your estate to the APS after explicit bequests have been
made;
I give, devise, and bequeath to the organization and address, all (or ___%) of the rest, residue, and remainder
of my estate, both real and personal property of whatever kind and whatsoever situated.
A specific or explicit bequest for a stated dollar amount or securities;
I give, devise, and bequeath to organization and address, the sum of _____ dollars (or describe the specific
property or security you intend to bequeath).
A contingent bequest in case one or more of your bequests cannot be fulfilled;
If any of the above-named beneficiaries should predecease me, I hereby bequeath his/her share of my estate to
organization and address.
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For more information on planned giving opportunities please contact Scott English, scott@stamps.org or 814-933-3814.
Volunteers Provide Critical Support
Both the Society and Library have always relied on volunteer
support. The APS Board of Directors, APRL
Board of Trustees, and all our committee chairs and
members are volunteers. Additional volunteer support is
critical to maintain our high level of member services. During
2019 nearly 11,000 hours were provided in person at the
American Philatelic Center – an equivalent of 5.5 full-time
employees – which does not include the many volunteer
hours provided by individuals working from their homes,
nor the dedicated service of our 85 nationally accredited
judges whose honorariums typically cover a small fraction
of their out-of-pocket expenses.
Our tenth Volunteer Work Week was held in 2019 with
41 volunteers spending at least part of the week at the APS at
their own expense. We extend special thanks to those volunteers:
Charles Belair, Paula Belair, Laurie Bieniosek, Thomas
Bieniosek, Darlene Bloom, Leonard Bloom, David Caster,
Bob Ceo, Brian Christian, Keith Christian, David Clark,
Debbie Cleeton, Dick Colberg, Nina Cowart, Robert Cowells,
Marian Hare, Linda Harrison, William Hartung, Richard
Judge, Tomasz Letowski, Robert Loych, Thomas Loych,
Kathy Maxwell, Bill Monsell, Ellen Peachey, Keshava Prasad,
Eric Reed, Gerry Robbins, Karen Robbins, Paul Shamel, Andrew
Solomon, Joseph Solomon, Kathy Solomon, Paulette
Solomon, Ben Stauss, Janet Stauss, Joseph Sullivan, Joseph
Wachter, Stephen Walsh, Lori Williams, and Kitty Wunderly.
We look forward to the 11th Annual Volunteer Work
Week, July 13–17, 2020. Register now at stamps.org/learn/
volunteer-work-week.
Volunteers continue to be a valuable resource in the
American Philatelic Research Library’s mission to provide
outstanding library services. Kitty Wunderly, Ellen Peachey
and Bill Monsell volunteer on a weekly basis in order to
mend and repair materials identified in the collection that
are in need of restoration. Ron Gruici volunteers twice a
month to sort and organize donated materials for inclusion
in the American First Day Cover Society Archives. Karen
Robbins processes donations and prices used philatelic literature.
We are dependent on volunteers for book reviews in the
Philatelic Literature Review. Thanks especially to John Bowman,
Christopher Kolker, Gary Wayne Loew, Peter Martin,
Giorgio Migliavacca, Ken Sanford, and Alan Warren.
The article index available through the David Straight
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Memorial Philatelic Union Catalog is built almost entirely
through volunteer contributions. Thanks to Gene Fricks,
who indexes many journals, and to those who contribute
to his index: Alan Warren (Posthorn), David Crotty (Meter
Stamp Society Quarterly Bulletin), and Randy Woodward
(Philamath). Thanks also to our library-trained volunteer
indexers: Tony Croce (The American Philatelist, American
Stamp Dealer and Collector, and Linn’s Stamp News), Chris
Steenerson (older issues of American Revenuer), and Robin
Gates Elliott (Bulletin of the Polonus Philatelic Society).
Summer Seminar is a wonderful learning experience
for all who attend because of our members who generously
give their time and expertise. Thank you to the 2019 Summer
Seminar instructors and presenters: Thomas Bieniosek,
Richard Colberg, Dr. Charles J. DiComo, Stan Fairchild,
Clark Frazier, Paul Holland, Tom Horn, Eric Jackson, Ron
Lesher, Steven McGill, Jerry Miller, Paul Petersen, Daniel
Piazza, T.G. Rehkop, Gerry Robbins, Bill Schultz, Jeffrey
Shapiro, Tom Slemons, Phil Stager, Milt Worth, and Wayne
Youngblood.
On-the-Road Courses are made possible because
knowledgeable collectors are willing to share with others.
In 2019, eight individuals provided courses at a variety of
locations around the country. Thanks to volunteer instructors
Guy Gasser, Justin Gordon, James E. Lee, Gary Wayne
Loew, Frank Scheer, Phil Stager, Casey Jo White, and Wayne
Youngblood.
Andrew Blanchard, Darlene Bloom, Leonard Bloom,
Debbie Cleeton, Jerry Gill, Tom Horn, Gerry Robbins,
Cheryl Rowe, Ben Stauss, Mike Williams and others provided
close to 2,500 volunteer hours for our adult and youth
education programs.
Several volunteers worked from their homes soaking,
trimming and stripping stamps from donated albums. These
include Kay Boob, Sharon Burgstahler, Ramona Finley, Janet
Houser, Douglas Mueller, and
Diane Snyder.
Leonard and Darlene
Bloom put in over 2,700
hours helping us to process
in-kind donations. They were
assisted by Richard Nakles
and Karen Robbins. Debbie
Cleeton affixed thousands of
dollars of donated postage to
envelopes. The sale of in-kind
donations and use of donated
postage resulted in more than
$140,000 for the Society —
our best year ever.
Our sales divisions rely
on volunteers to assist with
the large volume of material
we sell on behalf of our members
— online and through
the mail. Irv Adams and Ken Krivy assist Circuit Sales with
book photography and sorting sales books for recirculation.
Irv Adams, Debbie Cleeton, Dennis Gilson, Mike Williams
and Ben Stauss assist Internet Sales with scanning the thousands
of images each week for items that will go on sale at
stampstore.org.
Our winter and summer shows welcomed the assistance
of over 100 volunteers who helped staff the registration
booth, Stamps by the Bucket, and the youth area, and helped
mount and dismount exhibits. Volunteers at the shows included
Bob Akaki, Steven Bahnsen, Thomas and Janet Baillie,
Dee Baird, Andy Bergstrom, Tom and Laurie Bieniosek,
Jim and Maggie Blaetz, Mel Borofsky, Ruth Brichacek, Ben
Brick, Woodrow Brooks, Sharon Burgstahler, Cynthia Carlson,
Cy Casselman, Alan Cecilo, Steve Chun, Lawrence Clay,
Beth Collins, Marsha Condit, Jack Congrove, Lawrence
Cooper, Vincent Cosenza, Stan Cromlish, Larry Davidson,
Aimee Devine, David Eeles, Tammy Faux, Gail Feris, Larry
Fillion, R. S. Frank, Randall Greenwood, John Groves, Dave
Gustafson, James Hamilton, Dave Hamilton, John and Dawn
Hamman, John Hardies, Scott Henault, Ian Hunter, Joel
Johnson, Michael Johnson, Paul Jones, Susan Jones, Richard
Judge, Gene Kathol, David Kent, Robert Klass, Charles
Klaus, Jerry Kopff, Mark Koss-Fillinger, Thomas Lane, Frederick
Lawrence, Kevin Lesk, Betty Lewis, Donn Leuck, Dexter
and Kathy Mattoon, Edward Mead, Lynda Michaelson,
Hans Moesbergen, Amber Morris, Ralph Nafziger, Dale
Niebuhr, Norma Neilson, Stephen Patrick, Kristin Patterson,
Sachin Pawaskar, Marjorie Perlman, JoLuYnn Ratzlaff,
Thomas Reyman, Keith Riese, Patrick Rourk, Mike Schumacher,
Mark Selhorn, Frank and Marjory Sente, Lee Shedroff,
Van Siegling, Susan Sisson, Bob Smith, Tom Smith,
Alexia Steffen, David Steidley, Jay and Denise Stotts, Rn and
Bethel Strawser, Robert Thompson, LaVonne Uffelman, Pat
and MaryAnn Walters, Samuel and Amber Wesely, Loyal
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Wiens, G. E. Wilcox, Mark Wille, Erica Wilson, William
Woytowich, and Michael Zolno. These and additional unnamed
volunteers provided more than 300 hours of support
at our winter show and about 450 hours of assistance at our
summer show.
Dennis Gilson is another APS member who volunteered
on a weekly basis in 2019. Gilson helped with Expertizing,
scanned Internet Sales orders, proofread The American Philatelist
and volunteered to assist with nearly anything else we
needed. Past Expertizing directors Mercer Bristow and Tom
Horn both provided substantial volunteer support, including
maintaining our Reference Collection of genuine and
counterfeit stamps.
Since January of 2010, members of our local community
have provided regular assistance. The Retired and Senior
Volunteers of Centre County, PA, have donated many hours
at the American Philatelic Center and from their homes preparing
in-kind stamp donations to be used in programs with
children and adult beginners. We also thank weekly community
volunteer Jerry Gill, who is in his 11th year of service.
We understand that not every member is financially able
to assist the Society and Library, but we will do our best to
find a way that every member can help us! With an organization
and membership as diverse as the APS/APRL, there
is always a job to be done. Information on volunteering is
available on our website at stamps.org/support/volunteer.
Meet Our Dedicated Volunteers
In March 2020, Development Assistant Erin Seamans
interviewed three of the American Philatelic Society’s regular
volunteers. Darlene and Leonard Bloom, and Debbie
Cleeton, spend several days a week at the American
Philatelic Center, and the APS has made many thousands
of dollars through their combined efforts to organize your
donations. Read an excerpt of their interview below, and
read the full interview on stamps.org/news.
Erin: What does a typical day look like when
you volunteer?
Leonard: When you commit to something, you really
commit, so when different volunteers arrive I make sure
to be here to help them. We process donations, help people
when they come into the gift shop, ready the items for
resale and ready the items for auctions when needed. We
determine where the donations need to go to best benefit
the APS.
Darlene: You never know what you’ll come across when
you’re going through donations. The Keith Stupell Gift Shop,
located in the APRL, shares space with the Stamp and Cover
Shop which offers the public an opportunity to purchase
donated material. All profits benefit the Education Department.
Items for sale include philatelic materials such as collections,
covers, first day covers, supplies and much more.
Many donations go towards kids, and various education
programs.
Leonard: If someone is interested in visiting the Stamp
and Cover shop, we encourage you to email us at lbloom@
stamps.org ahead of time to let us know the day and time
and what you’re interested in so we can support you. This
can also be a great opportunity for clubs to visit the American
Philatelic Center to see everything we have to offer, from
circuit sales, to the American Philatelic Research Library, to
the Stamp and Cover shop.
Debbie: Once Darlene and Leonard pre-sort U.S. mint
Darlene and Leonard Bloom and Debbie Cleeton.
postage from donated materials, it is given to me and I further
sort them to be applied to covers for various departments
at the APS. There are ongoing projects and I enjoy the
creative outlet. I try to keep covers interesting for stamp collectors.
By selecting specific stamps, I can create, when possible,
topical covers or highlight something timely like the
50th anniversary of the first moon landing. Every project is
a new learning experience. Some examples of the things I’ve
learned about are countries that no longer exist, politics, art,
language, currencies, etc. When I think about it, at the end
of the day my brain has somewhat been donated to philately;
when I am applying postage I am using my left side for math
and the right side for creating.
Leonard: I should also mention that sometimes we will
receive back the mailers and envelopes that Debbie applied
postage to in our new donations, so it’s somewhat of a recycling
process, and shows that collectors save these beautiful
covers.
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