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822271 This issue contains several articles related to the 2008 PSS Convention. I hope to have several more Convention-related articles next month. In the fol-lowing pages you will find articles from several new writers, the first entry in a new series of “Help” articles, and several new classified ads. A hearty thanks to everyone who took time to submit something for The Forum. To include the greatest possible amount of material I have received over the past month, I will not soapbox here, but will, instead, insert comments after a few articles.
THROW AWAY YOUR PERF GAUGE (continued from August)
Ralph Kimball, PSS 224-6526
To illustrate Peter Newton’s article which appeared on pages 250 through 256 of the August issue, here are some scans using a flat plate stamp as a template for identifying flat plate, rotary, and offset stamps. In my case, I taped the template stamp onto my perf gauge. In all three scans, the flat plate template is on the right.
Pictured left to the right are comparisons of stamps printed on a flat plate press; a rotary press, and an offset press.
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Irv Bayer, PSS 5567
Interesting article by Peter Newton on perf perusal, but I do not think he in-cluded one other, that I have been using for many years, and which I'm sure is not my idea. It goes like this.
Perf 10 ½ , the vertical side usually, can be placed against the horizontal side of any stamp, which is perf 11 on them all, and immediately tell whether the stamp is perf 11 x 11 or 11 x 10 ½ .Scott Numbers 538 to 546 are a slightly different story, but the same idea applies.
(Editor’s comment after hitting forehead: Something that should be obvious can sometimes be the most difficult to see.)
FOLLOW-UP ON DOUBLE PAPER AND FEDERALSBURG Jim Callis, PSS 150-3780
I think that the scan Roberto Colla sent you shows scotch tape repairing a tear in the web of paper. Double paper is more akin to a paste up - that is the ends of two webs are joined by pasting and overlapping, thus forming double pa-per.
As for Federalsburg, the attraction is probably that so many different US stamps, some of them unusual, are found precanceled at Federalsburg. I be-lieve this is because New York City dealers had catalogs and pricelists printed and mailed from Federalsburg and furnished some stamps for postage - proba-bly overstocks, seconds and poorly centered items. This went on until about the time of the Black Hardings. Then the Post Office Department sat on the printer (and probably postmaster too) and only normal appearing precancels from the then-current government issued device were used. Every once in a while I put a few odd items on eBay, because they always sell. I can't speak for other sellers. But, I suspect most of them come from me as Parrotprecan-cels. They always sell well, and when I'm not too lazy, I put stuff on eBay.
CONVENTION REPORT
Gary Hendren, PSS 172-5954
The Missouri Precancel Club welcomed 32 tables of dealers to the Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel in St. Louis early Monday July 28, 2008, and by noon
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they were more than eager to meet the public as 70 visitors signed in the first (early bird) day. There appeared to be a lot of early scrambling to find the bargains and the good stuff. For those who haven’t been to this venue, there are 15 eateries ranging from McDonalds to Dierdorf and Hart’s within two blocks of the hotel.
Tuesday’s scheduled activities were again very light, but the evening was highlighted by a fantastic dessert reception that should have satisfied every-one’s sweet tooth.
Wednesday’s events included the 1st PSS Business meeting highlighted by each attendee making a brief, and often humorous, summary of his or her col-lecting interests. Convention photos followed the meeting. There had been some early morning rain that forced the picture to be taken inside using a stairway and some close quarters, but the picture turned out fine. That eve-ning a group of 22 Perfinners enjoyed a very entertaieve-ning dinner atop the highest building in the Plaza at Kobe’s Japanese Steakhouse.
Thursday brought the 2nd PSS Business meeting to order and President Byers had us back in the stamp room in about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, the ladies enjoyed an early morning breakfast and card-making workshop. The after-noon was partially filled by the annual auction put together by the host club with lots of donations and consignments that ended with all but 5 of the 109 lots changing hands. The musical “My One and Only,” featuring many Gershwin songs, was enjoyed by a group of 20 at the Muny outdoor theater; they also got to take a backstage tour of the Muny set prior to the show. Reg-istration had reached 100 by the end of the day.
Friday’s discovery: the new Busch Stadium sure holds the heat well. That was on the minds of the 25 rowdy, rootin’ fans that watched the Cardinals out-homer the Phillies 6 – 3 on a warm St. Louis evening.
Saturday’s main event was the evening banquet with the show itself grinding to a halt at 3 pm. A total of 104 had signed the register by day’s end and at least one local had become a new PSS member. Jim Hirstein announced 25- and 50-year awards and presented the Traveling Hat to Doug Turner, who traveled the farthest to the meeting. Gary Hendren then gave a PowerPoint presentation of many of the ways you can say “Place Stamp Here” as seen on those return envelopes you get in the mail for sending in bill payments or do-nations to charities. Master of Ceremonies T.G. Rehkop then pulled the
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Think of this as a Town and Type Catalog for your handstamp dated stamps. Special footnotes are specific to the handstamp dated types. Chen-kin, Dye, Kansas Club, and “other club or favor” types are included and have their own separate footnotes so that these stamps may be included or excluded as your collecting interests dictate.
You must have a current copy of the release 5.0.6 Town and Type CD to use this Handstamp Dated Catalog CD. This 1st Edition Handstamp CD is available from the PSS for $ 20.00 by ordering from Gene at the address below.
Handstamp orders and database questions answered by Gene Byers, 2209 Jessamine Rd, Bloomington, IL 61704
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Dale Malzahn Wyandotte Stamps P.O. Box 567 Trenton, MI 48183 276names of the lucky winners of the booster buck tickets. Ken Masters received the Shermack perfin stamp, Ed Williams won the Kirksville, MO “B”-type precancel, and Jackie Adkins won the Postage Stamp Quilt furnished by Lynda Hendren.
MPC wishes to thank all who helped support this year’s convention through your presence, your booster bucks, your auction lots, and by staying at the convention hotel. We had 268 room nights, enough to get the ballroom at no cost, but not the 300 that would have included our meeting room as well. So start planning to be in Pittsburgh for the 88th Annual Convention on Au-gust 10-15, 2009, immediately following the Summer APS Convention. Two shows for the price of one—almost.
NOSTALGIA
Randall Gabrielan, PSS 125-3746
Was there ever a stamp that made one more nostalgic for a standard precancel device than the 27 cents star fruit definitive? Is it not perfect for a traditional precancelation? Does it make one wonder if some old devices are still sitting
277 in post office storage areas? If so, and knowing some postmasters would pre-cancel anything, what would be the status of a prepre-cancelation on a stamp is-sued after the "destroy your devices" order? Fake, forgery or favor? Could it merely be the latter when 95% of the precancels of the past four decades were favors? Have the superior precancel minds thought about this matter?
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THANNUAL PSS CONVENTION ATTENDEES
Jackie Adkins Bill Lerner
Jerry Alderson George Lupien
Bob Bartlow Dale Malzahn
Dan Baugher Chris Masters
Ed Bender Bernard Mayer
Bob Bruhn Carl Moore, Jr.
Gene Byers Jack Muthersbough
Gary Callis Loren Neuharth
Jim Callis Peter Newton
Nancy Cayford Harlan Oeltjenbruns
Phil Cayford Steve Parker
Dave Coates Larry Patterson
Roger Cook Rick Podwell
Reese Copsey Dilmond Postlewait
Joe Coury Ed Quinn
Tom Crichton John Randall
Bill Cummings T. G. Rehkop
John Foster Paul Rosenberg
Katie Foster Tom Sanford
Donald Fritze Arnold H. Selengut
Mike Gutman Myron Slotsky
Gerald Hejduk David Smith
Gary Hendren Duane Spidle
Carol Heydt Mathew Stephenson
Peter Heydt Bob Szymanski
James Hirstein Howard Tumbler
Michael Hutson Doug Turner
Bruce Johnson Roy Ware
Ralph Kimball Jim Wehle
Willy Knopp Wally Werner
Bill Korstanje Ed Williams
Dick Laetsch James R Williams
Marie Laetsch Steve Wittig
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ANOTHER CONVENTION REPORT
Lynda Hendren, Maryland Heights, MO
The APS calls us “Stampless Others; the Florida Precancel Club prefers “Stamp Tolerators”. Whatever the term, the women of PSS are becoming more of a force to be reckoned with every year. Here are a few of their activi-ties during the convention in St. Louis:
Antiquing is always a popular choice for a few of the ladies and they spent several days in pursuit of treasures; they were seen carrying in bags and boxes so they must have found some success.
Wednesday afternoon the sound of singing and dancing could be heard as 10 of the ladies returned in high spirits from the movie “Mamma Mia”.
The annual ladies’ breakfast was held in the hotel restaurant Thursday morn-ing, with 17 in attendance, 10 of whom stayed afterwards for a greeting card-making workshop, a new St. Louis offering.
Another innovation, planned last year in Madison, was a book discussion held on Friday morning with approximately a half-dozen ladies taking part. Two books were discussed: The Road by Cormac McCarthy, and Sammy’s Hill by Kristin Gore. Discussion was led by Sue-Ellen Szymanski. We are planning on continuing this event next year and will choose both a fiction and non-fiction book.
In addition to the above organized events, many enjoyed just relaxing in their rooms or by the pool. Much reading, stitching, knitting, and crocheting could be seen in the lobby and in the bourse room and at least one spouse was quilt-ing up a storm up in her hotel room. Of course the wives also took part in the convention events such as the Perfin dinner, the Muny musical, and the Cardi-nal ballgame.
We are attempting to keep in touch with information about next year’s book discussion and any other activities that present themselves as possibilities at the Pittsburgh convention. Please contact Lynda Hendren at
[email protected] to be included in the email list.
Editor’s comment: Can you say, “Sweet Treats?” Those of us in the bourse room greatly appreciated the cookies and other sweet snacks the Tolerators provided as a break from looking for stamps and related items to fill our col-lections.
SECRETARY’S REPORT FOR JULY 2008
August 1, 2008 MEMBERSHIP BOOSTERS
Michael Hynes-18; Dick Laetsch-17; Arthur Damm-12; Phil Cayford-8; the Secretary-5; Arnold Selengut -2; Steve Gunesch, Dale Malzahn, Peter New-ton, Dilmond Postlewait, David Smith, Richard Smith, and Howard Tumler-1 each.
NEW MEMBERS
7944 Joseph H. Worthington, P.O. Box 536, Sardinia, OH 45171 (OH)* 7945 Robert W. Meyer, 3365 Boyer Road, Coloma, MI 49038 *
* indicates an interest in exchanging with other members
RESTORED TO ROLLS
7710 Robert Martin, P.O. Box 3503, Saratoga, CA 95070-1503 7070 Barry Feddema, 25 Georgia Dr., Wayne, NJ 07470
APPLICATIONS PENDING
Henry N. Buscher, Harold Ford, James H. Jacobsen, Leon C. Crain, Donald A. Kenmonth, James R. Onkst, and Ruth Caswell.
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP Keith Bear, 27 W. Sunset Ave., Ephrata, PA 17522
Proposed by: the secretary
Michael Bullied, 12 Monterey Dr., Hazlet, NJ 07730 Proposed by: Arthur Damm
Pascual Goicoechea, 200 Riverbirch Way, Clayton, NC 27520 Proposed by: Dick Laetsch
Leonard Ettinger, 8612 Burning Hide Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89143-5127 Proposed by: Michael Hynes
ADDRESS CHANGES
5289 Wolf Ranier Frach, Im Wedden 2, 29683 Bad Fallingbostel, Germany
52-490 William T. Kiepura, 1945 Hibernia Ct., Jacksonville, FL 32223-5531
DECEASED
6604 Travis E. Smotherman, Murfreesboro, TN (June 4, 2008) A PSS member since August 1991.
TOTAL PSS MEMBERSHIP—August 1, 2008 - 788
James Hirstein, Secretary
MONTGOMERY WARD UPDATE #78
Thomas Sanford, PSS 222-3895
3031 Second Street South, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 [email protected]
This month’s Montgomery Ward updates were obtained from Roy Ware at the PSS Convention. The list is long so it will be reported in two sections. The Saint Louis PSS bourse room had plenty of action with printed dated precan-cels. If you want to add more PD precancels to your album, go to the PSS Conventions where the precancels are available in quantity.
OAKLAND LOCALS MW-1 Page 20 1947 Prexy T-243 DEC 20c MW-4 Page 30 1953 Prexy T-243 DEC 22c
Page 37 1960 Liberty T-263 JUL 9c UP
Page 39 1962 Liberty T-263 MAY 5cW, JUN 20c DN Page 41 1964 Liberty T-263 DEC 25c
Page 42 1965 Liberty T-263 MAR 1c Inv, APR 20c DN Page 43 1966 Liberty T-263 SEP 1c Inv
SAN FRANCISCO BUREAUS MW-3 Page 03 1958 Std-61 SEP 3cS
Page 07 1965 Liberty71 JUN 2c
Page 08 1968 Liberty-71 APR 5cW, JUN 2c, JUL 5cW, SEP 2c, DEC 5cW
Page 08 1969 Liberty-71 DEC 5cW
SAN FRANCISCO LOCALS
MW-3 Page 10 1961 Liberty L-7 JUN 2c, (Delete L-9 JUN 2c) Page 14 1967 Liberty L-9 FEB 15c Inv
Page 15 1969 Liberty L-9 DEC 20c Page 16 1969 PA L-9 OCT 10c Inv Page 16 1970 PA L-9 JAN 20c 280
CHICAGO MW-1 Page 9 1946 Prexy-61 MAR 5c, OCT 5c
Page 10 1947 Prexy-61 SEP 5c Page 35 1948 Prexy L-44 OCT $1 Page 36 1949 Prexy L-45 JAN $1
KANSAS CITY MW-1 Page 11 1954 Prexy-71 JUN 13c
Page 14 1958 Prexy-71 JUN 20c Page 15 1961 Liberty-71 DEC 2c
Page 18 1966 Liberty-71 APR 4c, MAY 5cW 1967 Liberty-71 MAY 1cJ
Page 19 1969 Liberty-71 APR 3c, JUL 1cJ, NOV 1cJ Page 20 1970 Liberty-71 JUL 50c
Page 25 1939(1926) T-257 AUG 13c Page 27 1949 Prexy T-263 MAY 50c MW-7 Page 23 1976 PA APR 1c
ALBANY MW-1 Page 5 1944 JUN 1c
MW-14 Page 7 1940 STD-61 AUG 5c DN MW-8 Page 10 1948 Prexy-71 DEC 7c
Page 22 1956 Liberty T-701 JUN 30c
DID YOU KNOW? #10
Dilmond D. Postlewait, PSS 184-3544 P O Box 1134, Wichita, KS 67201-1134
The Precancel Forum has been the official organ of the Precancel Stamp So-ciety since October 1944, but what did PSS do prior to that time?
In the early days, organizations selected what they wanted in “official organs” to publish their Society news, new members, etc. The members, in most cases, actually voted on who they wanted to handle their “publicity.” And over the years, PSS has had several sources.
The Precancel Stamp Society (reorganization of the Precancel Club of Amer-ica) was first served by The Precancel Gazette, published by Rotnem from September 1921 thru June 1922.
The Precancel Stamp Society was a merger of the International Precancel Club and PSS. Actually, the name “American Precancel Association” was proposed so that neither group would absorb the other; but because of the conflict with the American Philatelic Association (APS) acronym, Precancel Stamp Society was adopted.
Then with the issue of September 29, 1923, the Weekly Philatelic Gossip served as the PSS official organ until September 10, 1927.
This was followed by Stamp Collectors Magazine - October 1927 to August 1928.
Precancel Gazette from October 1928 to their July/August issue in 1929. The Precancel Bee was next inline from October 1929 to January 1941. The Precancel Optimist from February 1941 to August 1944.
And finally, The Precancel Forum has been the official organ from October 1944 to the present issue. This August issue will be Volume 69, No. 8, Whole No. 824.
This information was detailed in The Precancel Forum of September 1984 (Vol. 45, No. 9, Whole No. 537) from a story submitted by James R. Callis, Jr.
SULLIVAN, INDIANA
LOCAL POSTAL STATIONARY PRECANCEL
Jim Lawler
283 The item on the previous page was new to me when the Indianapolis dealer showed it. Of course I was interested, but with it not being listed and having no notes from Dr. Hallam about its possible existence, I contacted Dave Smith, state editor for Indiana, with my questions. He tells me that this should be listed in the next catalogue. Here’s a scan of the cover and a close up of the
indica.
After exchanging emails with Dave Smith, here’s my attempt at a description of this lo-cally produced precancelled postal stationary envelope. The precancel has no lines with san-serifed all capital letters 3.25 mm tall, with 3.25 mm between city and state. It’s on a white, low back #6 size envelope (31/2 by 6 3/8 inches), Scott U420, die 1, watermark #20 (1915) envelope. The corner card is from the Sullivan Advertising Club, Sullivan, Indiana. The envelope was mailed to Dugger, Indiana.
An old hand written auction lot description inside the cover indicates this was lot 591, sold to bidder 232 some time in the past. The cover was listed with a photograph and mistakenly described as having been mailed by the Sullivan Athletic Club. The unknown describer writes, “This is the first we have seen this, as it must be pretty scarce.” Members of the Indiana Postal History soci-ety I contacted concur. It was a new find to those who collect the area geo-graphically. Their interest required that I pay postal history prices for this unique piece rather than paying precancelled postal stationary prices.
(Ouch!!) I’m delighted to have found it and am grateful to Dave Smith for his help in describing it and getting it listed. If any of you out there know any more about this cover I’d sure like to hear your story.
Dr. Hallam was a member of the Indiana Stamp Club and the original Hoosier Precancel club. He worked as a physician for an insurance company’s na-tional office in Indianapolis, Indiana. He developed one of the better Indiana Precancel general collections assembled in the last century and assisted the state editors of his time. What makes him important is the number of notes he included on his handmade pages and the tremendous amount of original re-search he and his wife completed. Much of the information obtained came from their visits to every Indiana Post Office with a known Precancel device over the course of many years. He also noted the work of others, the good and
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the bad and the ugly. A few snippets of that research have been published in the PSS Journal in the past.
Sullivan, Indiana is in Hamilton Township and the county seat of Sullivan County. It’s located in South West Indiana, south of Terra Haute, Indiana.
SEA COASTS VARIETIES
Bill Moore, PSS 7614
I must apologize to the readers of The Forum for not responding sooner to the Editor’s response to the PSS members and other readers of The Forum. My reasoning was that I sent an e-mail to the Editor after reading his article in the February 2005 issue on the Sea Coasts Issues. At that time I noticed a differ-ence between The Forum article and an article which appeared in the April 5, 2005 issue of Mekeel’s. Mekeel’s listed seven Sea Coast issues, while The Forum article only listed six. In my listing sent in the e-mail, the response received was the Society did not recognize Scott variety 3785a. I agree there is very little difference between the two, but as a collector and lover of the “HOBBY,” a Variety is a Variety. After all, the hobby deals in MM not CM [millimeters not centimeters]. When the difference in the size of the vignette of a stamp might be the difference of a $1 stamp and a $110,000 stamp, and the difference is ¼ of a mm, I rest my case!
For the collector interested in more varieties to collect, there are several errors which he might be interested in. Number 3785a also has a tagging error; of course there are the small and large dates of the 3874 and 3874a plus the small and large dates of 3864. I have also found two other errors which he could add. This would bring the total collectible varieties to eleven (not in-cluding the 2007 issue listed in Scott’s as number 3693 reissued with the plate number colors in different order than on the original issue.
The two other varieties I mentioned are as follows:
Number 3874a can be found where the magenta color will show luminescent in long wave ultra violet light. The reprint (of 10,000 by SSP) in August 2004 has been found with tagging dots.
The reprint in April 2004 (of 10,000 by APU) used the offset process. I have
285 been unable to identify any of these yet. Some member might know the total number printed by Aston Potter.
The collector must identify most of the reprints by the color sequence of the Plate number. If the collector really likes varieties, there are slight differences in the overall stamp!
In checking my letter, I left off the non coil variety. It can be found in two compound perfs. 9 ¼ x 10 and 9 ½ x 10. I have found one of the 3785a’s with the tagging error, but not one of the Plate number stamps. (Maybe someday I will.)
Editor’s replies: Based on the date of the original correspondence, my re-sponse to Bill Moore may not have been included in The Forum. So that this type of information can be shared with other interested members, it is the kind of information that is now included in the “Inquiring Minds” series.
Rather than saying, “the Society did not recognize Scott variety 3785a,” I should have used the wording on page 217 in the fifth edition of the Bureau Catalog. “Listings in this section [Part Three] are all meant to be major varie-ties as listed in the Scott Specialized catalog.” Major varievarie-ties are identified with a number followed by a Capital Letter. “Minor differences in die cut gauges or tagged versus untagged are not listed.” Minor varieties are identi-fied with a number followed by a small letter.
The Society consists of its individual members. Individual members may col-lect, identify, and organize material in a manner that meets their specific in-terests. On the other hand, the PSS Catalog Committee establishes criteria for listing items in the various catalogs. These decisions as well as tradition im-pact on what may be included in the various counts. (For example, the two, 3 cent War purple shades are listed in the Bureau Catalog, but by tradition are not included in the Burometer.) Since the Sea Coast with Scott Number 3785a is a minor variety, it is neither listed in the Bureau Catalog nor included in the Burometer. But, as Bill Moore notes, is a collectable item for those who are interested in varieties.
In his August 2008 article of the series “Did You Know?” Dilmond Postle-wait asked whether members would like to see and contribute to an update of Horace Trout’s out of print third edition of The Specialists Guide to Bureau Precancels. Perhaps minor varieties of “Bureaus” excluded from Part Three of the current Catalog are candidates for an updated Specialists Guide.
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HOW DO I TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF A COLLECTION?
Bob Sloan, PSS 4657
Your thorough and timely responses to my questions in the recent past are greatly appreciated.
This time around, my question is not one of identification or value, but rather guidance on how best to transfer certain areas of precancel collecting to new ownership.
I’ve been a precancel collector, off and on, since 1971 and during that time I’ve accumulated a considerable quantity of precancels. Most of these are fairly ordinary examples but a goodly number are quite nice specimens. What I’d like to do is narrow my collecting efforts to 3 areas: Bureaus needed to complete my J.W. Print Bureau Album, DLE’s, and precanceled postal sta-tionery. Hence my question: What’s the best course of action in finding out the approximate value of that part of my collection no longer included in my “downsizing” direction. I’m not thinking about a detailed appraisal, but I’d
like to assure that the “transaction” is fair to both parties involved. I certainly
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The new 7th Edition Town and Type CD exactly matches the 7th edition printed Town and Type Catalog released January 2007, with 42,351 entries. All standard types and all local L-types are illustrated, in many cases with much clearer images. Thousands of price changes have been introduced since the old 6th edition catalog. Keep track of your inventory just by double click-ing an entry. Make your own albums!
This CD will transfer your existing collection databases to the new catalog, and will continue to support your Bureau and Classic databases.
Current owners of the old 6th edition Town and Type CD will need to pur-chase this new version to be up-to-date ($39 postpaid from PSS Catalogs. See inside back cover of this Forum). It is not a free upgrade. The existing Bureau Catalog on CD remains valid, and can be installed before or after this new Town and Type CD.
Technical support and questions answered by Ralph Kimball, Box 763, Boulder Creek, CA 95006
287 don’t want to ask too much, but at the same time I’d hate to find out they were purchased for only a third of their real value.
Any guidance you might have to offer would be greatly appreciated. Editor’s comments: A related area of concern is how one’s heirs can transfer ownership of a collection which the heirs have no interest in keeping. I thought that I remembered a recent Forum article on ‘Estate Planning.’ When I finally found the article, it was one that Jim Wehle wrote for The Forum in March 1972 and was republished in the January 2008 issue of The Florida Ramble. In a related area, there was a hearsay story floating around the recent convention about “dumpster divers” salvaging at least some of Michael Van Wey's acquisitions, after probate officials or some other parties received an unfavorable appraisal of his precancel material by a “regular” stamp dealer. I am certainly a novice on this topic, but from conversations that I have heard on the matter, Bob appears to accept reality on two critical points: many of
the items are ordinary examples; he does not expect to receive full catalog value for his collection.
If a collection was purchased all at once or over a period of time from a single dealer, then that dealer might have an idea of a realistic sale price. If Bob has an idea of the catalog value of his better items, then he might advertise the collection at a price slightly under their total value. If he can attend an estab-lished precancel meeting which will be attended by one or more estabestab-lished precancel dealers, then he could show them his collection and ask for an offer. Other collectors who collect the same items and who know the extent of his collections might be interested in making a fair offer. I am sure that many other members would appreciate additional comments and realistic sugges-tions.
SHOW ME THE DIFFERENCE!
Larry Patterson, PSS 5007
A phase that became overused in the recent past is, “Show me the money!” I am introducing a new series of articles which is intended to help members distinguish between two or more similar Types used by a town. Knowing how to distinguish similar types may well enable someone to say, “Show me the money!” On the other hand, the knowledge may also keep a collector from being disappointed when offered only pennies instead of big bucks. To para-phrase Bill Moore’s statement on page 284 of this issue, “The difference in the space between a town and state name in a Type may be the difference between a $1 and an $110,000 stamp.”
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479 Tifton 701 Hope, Arkansas has similar Types 489 and 701, while Tifton, Georgia has similar Types 479 amd 701. All three types have fairly large serifed letters. Obviously, neither impression of the 701 Types are as clear and neat as one would desire.
Members who have been around for some time are encouraged to share their information with those who are not as experienced. Members who have diffi-culty distinguishing two types are encouraged to submit their questions. It is preferable that a scan or illustration of at least one of the impressions be sub-mitted to provide a basis for explaining the differences. Who knows? Some of the tips may be as easy to use for Types as Peter Newton’s tip last month for checking the perforations of the Bureau issues of 1922 – 1926.
The examples on this and the previous page are provided to get this new “Help” series started. (Pictured above are impressions 44, 71, L-6 E,
L-4 E, and L-5 HS for Birmingham, Alabama..)
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289 Which two precancels above are Bureaus and which are the three Locals?
RARE CONVENTION SEAL
Jack Brandt PSS 120-4274 When I was putting away of copies of the 2008 PSS Convention Seal, I no-ticed that one was differ-ent. I hope that this is a great rarity and that I will be able to sell it for a price that will allow me to complete my Bureau col-lection.
OCTOBER ISSUE
The editor has already received information for several articles that will be published in the October 2008 issue of The Forum. They include ‘I Should Have Heeded My Own Advice’ and a review of “Secret Intelligence
Agent.” (I have lost track of who submitted the latter.) There is still plenty of space held in reserve for your article!
TOTAL T & T COUNTS - ALL STATES - JULY 2008
Arnold H. Selengut, PSS 194-4385
1109 North Riverhills Drive, Temple Terrace, FL 33617 The upcoming deadlines for reporting your counts are as follows:
Nuclear Group September 15 South Central Group November 15 New England Group January 15 Atlantic Group March 15 Western Group May 15
Reports are maintained on the database until refreshed by a new count, or for five years, unless the reporter requests its deletion or drops out of the PSS. Established T & T Reporters (listed below) will automatically receive the reporting form a few weeks before each deadline. Other PSS members who would like to participate must request the forms and reporting guidelines from the writer at the following email address: [email protected].
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The Total States Counts summarize all of the counts submitted during the last 12 months. Many T & T collectors are stronger in one or two regions than in the others. This may be due to having started off collecting only their strong regions, and then expanding their collections to cover the remaining states. The overall counts reported here give the only opportunity each year to meas-ure how collectors are doing across the entire spectrum of T & T collecting. Please take note of the “Report date” column. This date is the most recent count submitted for ANY region. Several reporters’ counts are now three or four years old and thus need to be refreshed.
Last year we had 87 reporters and now we have 88. Four (4) former reporters having dropped out, and five (5) new reporters have been added. One of the dropped reporters was in the top 20, but none of the new reporters are. The top ten collectors are all within 99 of completion, an increase of 5 towns from last year’s data. The top collection still lacks 5 towns, the same as last year.
In the Town count top 10, Crichton overtakes Lupien to gain sole possession of the 3rd rung. Last year these two advanced collectors were tied for 3rd. Wy-socki and Adrion hold their previous positions, but Hendren improves from 9th to tie Adrion. Armstrong holds his former position and Alderson drops from 7th to 9th. Cummings stays at the 10th position while Cunningham moves up from 12th to 11th, pushing Sears down one to 12th. Foster and Caves hold their former places while Stephenson improves from 16th to 15th. Masters also moves up one rung to 16th, and Rehkop improves dramatically from 62nd to 17th. Bachner holds at 18th, Kingdon improves from 22nd to grab 19th and No-ble improves from 21st to close out the top 20.
In the Type counts, the top ten collectors are within 2669 types of completion. Last year, the tenth best collection lacked 2710 types. The top collection last year lacked 120 types and this year lacks 114, an improvement of 6 types. Crichton and Gutman have interchanged their positions, but Lupien still holds firm at the 4th rung and Adrion stays in 5th position. The 6th thru 11th position holders are also unchanged from last year. Alderson moves up from 13th to overtake Foster who drops one rung. Caves moves up one rung as well. Rehkop jumps forward from 61st to take the 15th slot. Masters, Stephenson and Bachner hold onto their former positions, but Noble improves from 21st to take the 19th position. Olsen drops one to close out the top 20.
292 T O W N S A T L A N T IC N E W E N G N U C L E A R S O U T H W E S T C O L L E C T O R R E P O R T T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L D A T E R A N K 6 0 2 9 1 6 0 1 7 5 8 2 3 4 4 3 2 6 8 5 2 1 3 4 0 A rn o ld S el en g u t 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 6 0 2 6 1 6 0 1 7 5 8 0 3 4 4 3 2 6 8 5 2 1 3 3 5 M ic h ae l G u tm an 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 6 0 1 6 1 5 9 9 7 5 6 8 3 4 4 0 2 6 8 4 2 1 3 0 7 T o m C ri ch to n 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 6 0 1 7 1 5 9 7 7 5 6 7 3 4 4 2 2 6 8 1 2 1 3 0 4 G eo rg e L u p ie n 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 6 0 1 4 1 5 9 9 7 5 6 6 3 4 4 0 2 6 8 4 2 1 3 0 3 R ay W y so ck i 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 6 0 1 3 1 5 9 4 7 5 6 4 3 4 3 6 2 6 8 1 2 1 2 8 8 C h ar li e A d ri o n 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 T ie 6 5 9 9 5 1 5 9 5 7 5 5 2 3 4 3 6 2 6 8 1 2 1 2 5 9 G ar y H en d re n 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 T ie 6 5 9 8 9 1 5 9 5 7 5 5 6 3 4 3 6 2 6 8 3 2 1 2 5 9 B il l A rm st ro n g 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 8 5 9 9 4 1 5 9 5 7 5 5 0 3 4 3 7 2 6 8 2 2 1 2 5 8 Je rr y A ld er so n 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 9 5 9 9 0 1 5 9 5 7 5 5 3 3 4 3 7 2 6 8 0 2 1 2 5 5 B il l C u m m in g s 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 0 5 9 9 4 1 5 9 4 7 5 4 3 3 4 3 4 2 6 7 6 2 1 2 4 1 Ja ck C u n n in g h am 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 1 5 9 7 6 1 5 9 4 7 5 5 4 3 4 2 7 2 6 7 9 2 1 2 3 0 D av id S ea rs 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 2 5 9 7 2 1 5 9 8 7 5 5 0 3 4 3 6 2 6 7 3 2 1 2 2 9 Jo h n F o st er 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 3 5 9 4 5 1 5 9 4 7 5 4 7 3 4 3 6 2 6 6 0 2 1 1 8 2 T o m C av es 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 1 4 5 9 6 5 1 5 9 2 7 5 0 3 3 4 2 6 2 6 6 1 2 1 1 4 7 M at t S te p h en so n 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 5 5 9 1 4 1 5 8 6 7 4 8 5 3 4 2 4 2 6 7 9 2 1 0 8 8 C h ri s M as te rs 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 6 5 9 0 2 1 5 9 1 7 4 9 8 3 4 1 5 2 6 4 8 2 1 0 5 4 T . G . R eh k o p 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 7 5 9 0 2 1 5 4 0 7 5 0 1 3 4 3 1 2 6 7 0 2 1 0 4 4 C . H o ld en B ac h n er 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 1 8 5 9 0 1 1 5 7 0 7 4 7 5 3 4 1 3 2 6 5 0 2 1 0 0 9 R .W . K in g d o n 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 9 5 8 8 6 1 5 4 4 7 3 8 4 3 3 8 7 2 6 5 2 2 0 8 5 3 R o b er t N o b le 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 0 5 8 5 2 1 5 7 4 7 3 5 0 3 3 9 9 2 6 3 0 2 0 8 0 5 Jo h n M cN ei ll y 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 T ie 2 1 5 8 1 2 1 5 7 2 7 3 3 8 3 3 6 9 2 6 3 3 2 0 7 2 4 L ee O ls o n 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 T ie 2 1 5 8 0 4 1 5 8 0 7 3 5 5 3 3 7 0 2 6 1 5 2 0 7 2 4 Jo o p v an d er T an g 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 3 5 6 2 2 1 4 8 0 7 3 0 9 3 2 8 2 2 5 8 3 2 0 2 7 6 Iv ar T je rn sh au g en 1 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 2 4 5 7 3 7 1 4 6 0 7 3 9 8 3 3 2 8 2 3 2 8 2 0 2 5 1 S te v e P ar k er 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 2 5 5 3 8 7 1 4 5 8 7 5 4 3 3 2 9 2 2 5 6 2 2 0 2 4 2 293 S ta n T ri m 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 6 5 7 5 9 1 5 1 1 6 8 9 8 3 4 1 4 2 6 2 1 2 0 2 0 3 G eo rg es D en is 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 7 5 5 6 6 1 5 5 6 7 1 2 5 3 3 4 9 2 5 5 4 2 0 1 5 0 Ji m C ro sb y 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 8 5 8 1 0 1 5 4 3 6 6 4 9 3 3 9 1 2 6 8 1 2 0 0 7 4 F ra n k B ir d 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 9 5 1 4 9 1 5 8 8 7 2 8 8 3 3 8 4 2 6 4 0 2 0 0 4 9 M y ro n S lo ts k y 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 0 5 6 3 8 1 4 7 8 7 0 4 2 3 2 7 5 2 5 1 8 1 9 9 5 1 M ic h ae l P . K o o lh aa s 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 1 5 5 0 7 1 5 1 8 6 9 7 6 3 2 5 6 2 5 7 4 1 9 8 3 1 H o w ar d F el b er 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 2 5 4 1 7 1 5 8 8 6 9 7 0 3 2 7 4 2 5 3 8 1 9 7 8 7 R o b er t S el le s 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 3 5 4 9 2 1 5 3 5 6 6 9 1 3 2 8 5 2 5 6 1 1 9 5 6 4 R ic k S ch ri er 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 4 5 4 1 7 1 5 0 8 6 5 9 9 3 2 0 0 2 6 4 8 1 9 3 7 2 D av id H o w e 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 5 5 2 8 1 1 4 8 1 6 8 2 0 3 1 4 8 2 4 9 5 1 9 2 2 5 G eo rg e S ch w ar tz o tt 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 3 6 5 5 9 5 1 5 2 1 6 0 2 6 2 9 5 1 2 3 8 4 1 8 4 7 7 B o b L it fi n 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 7 5 0 5 9 1 4 0 3 6 4 4 2 3 1 0 3 2 2 5 0 1 8 2 5 7 R eg L ee 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 8 5 1 1 9 1 2 3 9 5 8 8 1 2 9 4 6 2 3 2 1 1 7 5 0 6 M ik e S tr o th er 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 9 4 9 8 2 1 2 7 5 5 5 9 8 2 6 2 6 2 2 8 8 1 6 7 6 9 C h ar le s B ra u n 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 4 0 4 1 7 6 1 2 3 1 6 5 1 7 2 4 9 2 2 3 2 8 1 6 7 4 4 Jo se p h C o u ry 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 1 4 4 9 2 1 3 1 4 5 9 9 7 2 6 0 4 2 1 2 2 1 6 5 2 9 D o n C o rn el l 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 2 4 3 7 7 1 4 4 1 5 2 1 8 2 6 9 3 2 4 2 4 1 6 1 5 3 F re d I n g ra m 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 4 3 4 2 9 2 1 3 0 4 5 8 7 8 2 6 3 8 1 9 9 9 1 6 1 1 1 R o b er t S te p h en so n 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 4 4 4 0 1 1 1 5 2 0 4 5 3 9 3 0 2 7 2 0 2 6 1 5 1 2 3 P au l R o se n b er g 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 4 5 4 3 7 6 1 1 4 2 4 1 3 5 2 6 8 8 2 2 4 2 1 4 5 8 3 T o m S an fo rd 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 6 3 3 0 1 9 4 1 5 5 9 4 2 1 2 1 2 0 9 9 1 4 0 5 6 S ta n S eg al 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 7 3 1 4 1 1 5 8 4 7 4 9 7 8 9 9 0 1 3 1 2 1 L ar ry P at te rs o n 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 8 4 6 6 0 9 3 9 2 0 5 1 3 4 2 5 1 6 3 2 1 2 7 0 7 Jo se p h P er re 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 4 9 4 2 2 2 9 2 0 3 5 6 7 1 9 1 3 1 6 7 9 1 2 3 0 1 D u an e S p id le 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 0 2 5 1 8 1 0 8 9 2 5 2 5 3 1 9 4 2 6 6 8 1 1 9 9 4 R ic h ar d B u sh 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 5 1 1 9 2 8 5 0 8 4 9 8 8 1 4 7 6 2 6 1 8 1 1 5 1 8 D av id B ir ch 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 5 2 1 7 9 9 8 0 5 5 1 2 1 1 4 9 3 1 8 4 7 1 1 0 6 5 P et er N ew to n 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 3 2 5 3 8 9 8 2 4 1 9 8 1 8 8 1 1 2 7 5 1 0 8 7 4
294 T O W N S A T L A N T IC N E W E N G N U C L E A R S O U T H W E S T C O L L E C T O R R E P O R T T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L D A T E R A N K 6 0 2 9 1 6 0 1 7 5 8 2 3 4 4 3 2 6 8 5 2 1 3 4 0 D en n is E w er t 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 4 2 2 8 4 7 0 1 3 9 5 0 1 5 3 8 1 5 8 6 1 0 0 5 9 B il l D er ri ck 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 5 1 2 6 4 1 2 4 1 2 2 6 6 0 9 9 7 4 L es te r P ra tt 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 5 5 6 6 2 0 4 2 1 6 1 1 1 3 9 4 1 9 8 4 9 5 3 0 Jo h n A d am s 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 7 2 4 1 3 6 8 4 3 8 6 3 1 2 6 2 1 1 0 0 9 3 2 2 Ja m es E st es 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 5 8 2 1 0 3 6 4 2 2 7 5 8 1 5 7 3 1 1 9 1 8 2 6 7 Jo h n L y d in g 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 9 1 3 4 3 4 9 8 3 7 7 9 1 2 7 1 6 2 7 7 5 1 8 W il li am C . W il ey 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 6 0 1 4 4 2 1 5 7 9 8 9 3 2 4 7 8 6 7 8 7 0 7 0 N o rm M ac n ea ll 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 1 1 1 8 6 9 1 9 3 0 0 4 5 9 1 9 1 7 6 6 1 7 G eo rg e H en ry 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 5 6 2 2 0 5 5 1 5 7 7 9 2 1 9 1 6 1 0 7 1 6 5 4 0 Ji m H ir st ei n 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 6 3 8 5 2 2 3 9 2 8 1 9 2 3 3 2 2 4 4 6 3 8 7 R ic k S ta m b au g h 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 4 1 3 4 4 1 5 7 8 2 0 6 6 5 7 1 7 1 8 6 2 7 7 Je ff er y W el to n 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 5 1 5 6 5 4 3 2 3 0 4 0 7 8 9 4 3 9 6 2 6 5 W o lf R ai n er F ra ch 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 6 9 5 2 2 9 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 1 2 6 7 5 6 3 8 R o b er t P h il li p s 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 6 7 1 5 9 5 3 5 3 7 9 7 1 4 6 2 1 0 8 6 5 2 9 3 S . T . C o n ra d 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 8 8 5 2 3 6 4 1 2 0 6 7 4 4 1 4 4 5 4 6 1 1 Ja ck F ra n z 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 9 1 2 9 3 5 7 2 1 1 5 2 8 8 2 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 W il li am P ac k ar d 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 0 1 1 0 2 6 2 7 1 0 8 1 6 4 4 5 9 4 4 0 4 8 R ic h ar d E ll io tt 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 1 1 8 6 2 3 5 1 1 4 3 3 7 8 3 3 9 1 E d W il b er t 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 2 1 6 5 0 4 9 9 3 4 4 3 0 0 3 0 9 3 1 0 2 R al p h D in w id d ie 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 3 1 3 1 5 4 5 4 5 4 3 2 4 3 3 6 9 2 9 2 4 H ar o ld P h il li p s 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 5 7 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 0 2 6 6 0 E d L in n 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 9 0 2 5 9 0 R o n Y am ag am i 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 2 2 5 7 2 V ic to r F la sh m an 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 D an B au g h er 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 8 0 0 1 8 8 8 5 2 3 0 2 4 1 1 D ic k M al k in 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 9 5 0 5 4 2 6 1 0 6 4 1 2 9 2 2 4 2 3 4 8 Ja ak k o L ei st i 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 P h il C ay fo rd 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 F re d L ev it sk y 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 8 2 0 1 5 7 7 0 0 0 1 5 7 7 B ru ce J o h n so n 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 8 3 1 5 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 6 K ev in J o h n so n 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 8 4 0 9 8 4 0 0 0 9 8 4 N o rm an K er b el 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 8 5 8 9 8 0 0 0 0 8 9 8 M el W o er z 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 4 8 6 1 6 2 1 7 3 3 5 9 1 2 9 7 8 0 3 R o g er C o o k 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 4 8 7 0 0 6 5 3 0 0 6 5 3 D ea n C ar l 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 8 8 2 6 4 8 4 3 4 2 0 1 0 3 6 3 1 T Y P E S A T L A N T IC N E W E N G N U C L E A R S O U T H W E S T C O L L E C T O R R E P O R T T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L D A T E R A N K 1 1 9 0 4 3 5 3 0 1 5 3 7 3 6 0 8 4 5 4 6 0 4 2 3 5 1 A rn o ld S el en g u t 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 1 1 8 7 0 3 4 9 9 1 5 3 4 1 6 0 7 1 5 4 5 6 4 2 2 3 7 T o m C ri ch to n 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 1 1 7 0 8 3 4 2 8 1 5 0 3 3 6 0 2 6 5 3 6 1 4 1 5 5 6 M ic h ae l G u tm an 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 1 1 6 8 2 3 4 8 9 1 4 9 9 2 5 9 8 1 5 3 8 6 4 1 5 3 0 G eo rg e L u p ie n 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 1 1 6 8 1 3 4 5 6 1 4 9 4 5 5 9 7 3 5 3 7 5 4 1 4 3 0 C h ar li e A d ri o n 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 1 1 4 4 3 3 3 7 2 1 4 4 9 0 5 8 8 6 5 2 7 7 4 0 4 6 8 R ay W y so ck i 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 1 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 5 1 4 5 4 8 5 8 5 1 5 2 9 4 4 0 4 5 1 G ar y H en d re n 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 1 1 3 0 3 3 3 6 2 1 4 4 6 3 5 8 2 2 5 2 8 7 4 0 2 3 7 B il l A rm st ro n g 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 8 1 1 3 1 0 3 3 3 9 1 4 3 1 5 5 8 7 7 5 2 3 8 4 0 0 7 9 D av id S ea rs 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 9 1 1 0 6 8 3 4 1 4 1 4 2 0 1 5 8 6 3 5 1 9 3 3 9 7 3 9 B il l C u m m in g s 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 0 1 1 4 4 7 3 2 9 1 1 4 0 8 6 5 7 5 6 5 1 0 2 3 9 6 8 2 Ja ck C u n n in g h am 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 9 9 3 3 0 9 1 4 1 1 0 5 7 1 0 5 2 6 2 3 9 4 9 0 Je rr y A ld er so n 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 3 2 6 5 1 4 0 1 5 5 7 7 8 5 1 7 7 3 9 3 5 1 Jo h n F o st er 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 3 1 0 9 1 4 3 2 7 8 1 4 1 4 7 5 8 2 9 5 1 0 9 3 9 2 7 7
T Y P E S A T L A N T IC N E W E N G N U C L E A R S O U T H W E S T C O L L E C T O R R E P O R T T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L D A T E R A N K 1 1 9 0 4 3 5 3 0 1 5 3 7 3 6 0 8 4 5 4 6 0 4 2 3 5 1 T o m C av es 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 1 4 1 0 7 3 0 3 2 2 0 1 3 5 3 2 5 6 5 8 5 0 4 9 3 8 1 8 9 T . G . R eh k o p 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 5 1 0 6 0 0 2 9 5 9 1 3 7 4 8 5 6 7 2 5 1 0 9 3 8 0 8 8 C h ri s M as te rs 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 6 1 0 6 1 8 3 2 1 2 1 3 6 2 1 5 5 8 5 5 0 4 7 3 8 0 8 3 M at t S te p h en so n 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 5 1 9 3 0 4 1 1 3 2 7 9 5 5 0 9 5 1 1 4 3 7 4 6 2 C . H o ld en B ac h n er 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 1 8 1 0 4 6 5 2 9 8 9 1 3 1 0 9 5 5 2 8 4 8 9 2 3 6 9 8 3 R o b er t N o b le 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 1 9 1 0 2 5 6 3 0 0 3 1 2 7 5 3 5 3 1 6 4 7 9 1 3 6 1 1 9 L ee O ls o n 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 9 3 3 0 3 0 1 2 8 7 1 5 2 0 1 4 7 4 3 3 5 9 3 8 Jo h n M cN ei ll y 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 9 5 2 9 9 7 1 2 6 9 1 5 2 2 7 4 8 3 4 3 5 8 4 4 S te v e P ar k er 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 2 2 8 8 4 8 2 4 0 4 1 4 3 3 5 5 2 0 8 4 6 2 7 3 5 4 2 2 F ra n k B ir d 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 3 8 5 0 7 3 1 7 3 1 2 6 9 8 5 3 1 8 4 8 8 9 3 4 5 8 5 Iv ar T je rn sh au g en 1 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 2 4 9 8 2 1 2 6 1 1 1 3 0 2 4 5 1 6 0 3 7 8 6 3 4 4 0 2 S ta n T ri m 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 7 2 1 1 2 9 2 5 4 2 2 4 8 0 2 3 4 2 9 8 Jo o p v an d er T an g 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 6 9 2 3 4 2 6 3 6 1 2 5 2 7 4 8 3 7 4 5 7 8 3 3 8 1 2 R .W . K in g d o n 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 7 9 3 7 6 2 6 3 5 1 1 9 7 3 5 0 0 8 4 7 5 1 3 3 7 4 3 M ic h ae l P . K o o lh aa s 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 8 9 2 1 2 2 7 0 6 1 1 9 7 7 4 9 0 5 4 5 4 9 3 3 3 4 9 Ji m C ro sb y 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 2 9 9 0 8 0 2 8 1 1 1 0 6 8 8 5 2 4 4 5 3 1 4 3 3 1 3 7 R o b er t S el le s 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 0 9 1 5 1 2 8 6 8 1 1 1 2 1 5 0 2 7 4 5 5 8 3 2 7 2 5 G eo rg es D en is 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 1 8 9 9 1 2 6 4 2 1 1 7 3 1 4 8 6 5 4 2 7 4 3 2 5 0 3 R ic k S ch ri er 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 2 8 8 4 4 2 7 5 6 1 1 0 4 5 4 7 6 1 4 9 6 3 3 2 3 6 9 H o w ar d F el b er 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 3 8 4 2 6 3 0 2 5 1 1 5 2 2 4 7 4 1 4 4 3 8 3 2 1 5 2 D av id H o w e 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 4 8 7 4 7 2 6 6 3 1 1 4 3 7 4 7 2 2 4 3 6 3 3 1 9 3 2 B o b L it fi n 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 5 8 1 0 5 2 4 5 1 1 0 6 5 6 4 5 7 4 3 8 3 9 2 9 6 2 5 R eg L ee 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 6 8 0 3 5 1 8 4 6 8 1 6 7 3 8 8 6 3 5 8 3 2 5 5 1 7 F re d I n g ra m 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 3 7 6 6 6 8 2 2 7 3 9 3 6 6 3 8 0 5 3 2 0 4 2 5 3 1 6 296 S ta n S eg al 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 8 6 2 7 3 3 2 6 3 1 3 7 3 5 1 7 2 8 0 2 4 9 9 9 D o n C o rn el l 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 3 9 6 8 8 6 2 2 7 7 7 9 1 2 3 6 4 7 3 7 0 5 2 4 4 2 7 M ik e S tr o th er 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 0 6 2 8 2 2 0 8 3 8 1 7 5 3 2 9 2 3 4 7 0 2 3 3 0 2 Jo se p h C o u ry 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 1 6 4 6 9 1 8 7 8 8 3 3 1 3 3 4 5 3 1 9 6 2 3 2 1 9 R o b er t S te p h en so n 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 4 2 6 0 2 8 2 4 6 2 6 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 2 8 5 3 2 1 6 7 5 T o m S an fo rd 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 3 4 9 8 1 1 5 5 1 8 7 5 3 2 7 2 0 3 2 8 3 2 1 2 8 8 G eo rg e S ch w ar tz o tt 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 4 4 7 5 9 0 1 5 2 1 6 0 2 6 2 9 5 1 2 3 8 4 2 0 4 7 2 M y ro n S lo ts k y 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 5 5 6 3 9 1 4 7 8 7 0 4 3 3 2 7 5 2 5 1 9 1 9 9 5 4 L ar ry P at te rs o n 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 6 7 3 8 2 1 3 9 9 3 0 2 5 5 5 0 7 2 3 6 1 1 9 6 7 4 D u an e S p id le 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 4 7 3 5 7 8 1 8 6 6 3 6 4 1 4 8 8 8 5 0 9 1 1 9 0 6 4 Jo se p h P er re 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 4 8 6 7 3 1 1 5 0 0 5 5 3 6 2 5 2 7 2 4 9 7 1 8 7 9 1 C h ar le s B ra u n 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 4 9 4 3 4 5 1 2 8 4 6 8 2 5 2 5 8 2 2 5 4 2 1 7 5 7 8 R ic h ar d B u sh 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 5 0 2 7 0 4 7 3 8 7 5 2 0 1 8 7 8 4 7 0 5 1 7 5 4 5 P et er N ew to n 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 1 4 0 6 1 1 7 9 0 6 4 5 6 2 5 9 8 1 9 3 4 1 6 8 3 9 B il l D er ri ck 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 2 1 8 5 9 1 6 9 7 3 6 2 3 3 7 6 7 4 9 9 1 1 5 9 3 7 D en n is E w er t 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 3 3 5 1 8 1 1 0 2 5 9 7 8 2 1 7 5 2 5 1 7 1 5 2 9 0 L es te r P ra tt 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 7 6 0 4 9 6 6 0 5 4 1 3 1 0 2 1 4 9 1 4 P au l R o se n b er g 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 5 5 4 3 7 6 1 1 4 2 4 1 3 5 2 6 8 8 2 2 4 2 1 4 5 8 3 Ja m es E st es 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 5 6 3 3 6 0 9 8 5 4 3 8 1 2 1 0 9 1 8 7 5 1 2 7 1 0 Jo h n L y d in g 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 7 2 4 9 6 7 8 9 5 7 9 1 1 7 1 3 9 3 2 1 1 7 2 1 D av id B ir ch 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 5 8 1 7 9 9 8 0 5 5 1 2 1 1 4 9 3 1 8 4 7 1 1 0 6 5 Jo h n A d am s 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 5 9 2 8 9 6 8 4 7 4 4 2 1 1 4 2 9 1 3 7 5 1 0 9 6 8 W il li am C . W il ey 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 6 1 3 0 3 5 1 4 3 4 3 5 6 7 7 0 6 1 0 8 0 3 N o rm M ac n ea ll 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 1 3 2 3 3 1 2 5 5 4 1 3 8 7 5 8 1 3 1 9 1 0 7 0 3 G eo rg e H en ry 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 5 6 2 3 1 2 7 3 0 1 2 1 5 8 5 1 1 5 4 1 6 1 3 1 0 4 9 1 R ic k S ta m b au g h 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 3 2 2 4 2 2 8 7 2 3 1 9 8 7 7 4 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 9 3 Ji m H ir st ei n 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 6 4 1 6 3 7 3 9 1 3 8 9 1 3 5 6 3 7 7 8 1 0 0 5 3 297
T Y P E S A T L A N T IC N E W E N G N U C L E A R S O U T H W E S T C O L L E C T O R R E P O R T T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L T O T A L D A T E R A N K 1 1 9 0 4 3 5 3 0 1 5 3 7 3 6 0 8 4 5 4 6 0 4 2 3 5 1 W o lf R ai n er F ra ch 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 5 1 4 5 8 4 0 2 2 9 2 7 1 1 7 4 1 8 3 1 7 7 9 2 Je ff er y W el to n 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 6 1 9 0 9 5 2 8 3 4 9 1 8 9 8 5 6 0 7 3 8 6 Ja ck F ra n z 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 7 2 4 4 5 1 0 0 6 1 8 2 1 1 1 6 1 7 3 0 7 1 6 3 S . T . C o n ra d 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 8 1 3 2 1 5 6 5 1 8 4 3 9 2 2 2 3 5 8 7 0 0 9 W il li am P ac k ar d 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 6 9 1 6 7 6 1 0 4 9 1 7 9 1 9 0 1 9 4 8 6 3 6 5 R o b er t P h il li p s 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 7 0 1 5 9 5 3 5 3 7 9 7 1 4 6 2 1 0 8 6 5 2 9 3 H ar o ld P h il li p s 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 8 5 0 8 8 R ic h ar d E ll io tt 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 2 2 4 3 3 4 5 1 9 7 0 6 5 4 5 0 6 6 E d W il b er t 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 3 2 7 2 2 7 5 5 6 1 1 3 5 7 3 9 9 4 8 4 4 R o n Y am ag am i 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 7 4 0 0 0 0 4 6 8 0 4 6 8 0 E d L in n 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 5 0 0 0 0 4 6 6 6 4 6 6 6 V ic to r F la sh m an 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 9 0 4 1 9 0 D ic k M al k in 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 7 1 0 1 1 7 4 9 1 7 3 6 2 2 6 3 6 9 4 0 9 1 Ja ak k o L ei st i 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 8 0 0 0 0 3 9 6 9 3 9 6 9 R al p h D in w id d ie 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 7 9 1 6 5 8 6 4 5 6 3 4 3 0 0 4 2 1 3 6 5 8 P h il C ay fo rd 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 6 8 0 0 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 5 2 1 D an B au g h er 7 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 8 1 0 0 2 8 2 7 6 1 0 0 3 4 3 7 F re d L ev it sk y 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 8 2 0 3 1 8 7 0 0 0 3 1 8 7 B ru ce J o h n so n 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 8 3 3 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 N o rm an K er b el 3 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 8 4 1 7 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 9 K ev in J o h n so n 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 8 8 5 0 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 1 4 0 8 M el W o er z 5 /1 5 /2 0 0 4 8 6 2 7 2 2 5 5 5 8 0 2 2 1 8 4 1 3 1 3 R o g er C o o k 9 /1 5 /2 0 0 4 8 7 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 D ea n C ar l 1 /1 5 /2 0 0 7 8 8 5 0 7 4 5 2 2 2 6 1 6 1 8 3 3 298
APS AWARDS FOR PSS MEMBERS
Congratulations to the following PSS members who received awards at the recent American Philatelic Society Stamp Show 2008 held in Hartford, Con-necticut, from August 14 through 17.
In the “Catalogs” Category, Arnold Selengut and Phil Cayford won Vermeil for The Precancel Stamp Society's Town and Type Catalog of the United States and Territories, 7th Edition. In the “Handbooks and Special Studies” Category, Ken Lawrence, who coauthored The Liberty Series with C. David Eeles and Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz, won Gold. In the same Category, Larry Patterson won Silver for Using a Town and Type Catalog to Start a Precancel Stamp Collection.
CLUB SCENE
The July issue of The Precancel Yankee contained an update of four Vinyl Twins in Texas, two in Washington State, and three in Wisconsin. The Sears continued their update of the War and Defense issues used in 61 Alabama towns from Monroeville through Sylacauga.
The June-July issue of The Liberty Bell contained a reminder of the huge auc-tion to be held at the October meeting of the Eastern Pennsylvania Precancel Society. (See the Calendar of Events for location and time.) In addition, the issue contained detailed information about 5 of the 63 local Types used in Philadelphia. (Editor’s wish: It would be nice to have that kind of information for all the Locals in the PSS Town and Type Catalog. However, it would probably double the size, and cost, of that Catalog.)
Texas Precancels contained a two-page list of ‘sister’ towns. These are pre-cancel-issuing town names used in more than one state. Of identified towns that begin with the letter “A,” “B,” “C,” and a few beginning with “D,” the town of Arlington is located in 18 states. Several other popular names include Canton (16 states), Columbus (15 states), and Buffalo, Camden and Center-ville (14 states each). The Texas club also included a list of the lots to be auc-tioned via floor and mail bids at their October 18, 2008 meeting.
All three newsletters contained bonus stamps. So whether one is interested in getting the bonus stamps or the gold mine of information, membership in lo-cal clubs is worth more than the cost of membership.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Please provide detailed information as soon as possible so those who need to do so may make travel ar-rangements.
to make reservations associated with the Illini Stamp Club. (Note: due to scheduling problems, this meeting is the first weekend in October and not the last weekend in September.)
October 10-11, 2008, Eastern Pennsylvania Precancel Society EPPS Round-Up at the Days Inn in Horsham, PA. It is 1 mile off PA Turn- pike Exit 343. There will be an auction on Saturday, October 11. Bureaus will be auctioned at 11:00am and Town and Types at 1:00pm. For additional infor- mation contact EPPS Secretary, Bob Wollert at [email protected].
October 17-18, 2008 Texas Precancel Club Fall meeting at the Country Inn and Suites by Carlson, 2200 Mercado Dr. (I-35W at Northside Dr., exit 53, 3 miles north of downtown), Forth Worth. Call (817) 831-9200 for reser-vations.
October 31 - November 1, 2008 Ohio Precancel Club Days Inn at 250 Byers Rd. in Miamis-burg, Ohio 45342. Reservations at 1-937-865-0077. This was formerly known as the Signature Inn and may change names again before November. At this time 2 dealers are committed and we hope to add more before the meeting.
September 13, 2008
Eastern Pennsylvania Precan-cel Society
Art Damm’s home 176 Bent Pine Hill, North Wales, PA 19454 September 20, 2008
New England Precancel Club St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Main St., Millis, MA, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
October 1 - 3, 2008 Illini Precancel Club
Signature Inn, Springfield, Illinois. Call (217) 529-6611 by September 1
PERFIN PRECANCEL
CATALOG UPDATE
John Randall, PSS 3752 Please send me any unlisted items or information that needs correcting for an update to the Perfin Precan-cel Catalog. Send information to either my email or postal address or phone me at one of the following: 2540 Carquinez Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530-1584, (510) 233-6647 or [email protected],.
CLASSIFIED RATES
301 August 6-9, 2009 APS Summer
Show
Lawrence Convention Center, Pitts-burgh, PA
August 10—15, 2009 88th Annual PSS Convention Greentree Holiday Inn, Pittsburgh, PA. PSS rates also good for week of APS Summer Show. For informa-tion contact Bob Bruhn, 3435 Corn-wall Dr., NW, Canton, OH 44708-1155.
October 22 - 24
California Fall Roundup Colony Best Western, Atascadero, CA. Reservations at (805) 466-4449. Con-tact Bruce Brunnel for more details. November 7-8, 2008
New England Precancel Club Fall Meeting at the Hampton Inn, Dan-bury, CT. Call (203) 748-6677 for res-ervations’ ask for the group rate. December 13, 2008 Eastern
Pennsylvania Precancel Society Art Damm’s home,176 Bent Pine Hill, North Wales, PA 19454
2009 Events
February 11—14, 2009 Florida Precancel Club Winter Meet at La Quinta Inn, Winter Park/Orlando, Orlando, Florida. March 19-20, 2009 Texas Precancel Spring Round up, Clarion Hotel, 1503 Texas Avenue., South, College Station June 12-13, 2009, Missouri Mulefest Maryland Heights Community Center, 2344 McKelvey Road, Maryland Heights, MO 63043. For more informa-tion, contact Gary Hendren by tele-phone at 314-576-5261 or email [email protected].
FREE: Forum reprints of DLE, Bureau, Town & Type, BiCent, and Non-MW Catalog updates available from The Forum Editor via email or a first-class stamped, self-addressed No. 10 envelope for each set.
1 issue: 6¢ per word 3 issues: 12¢ per word 6 issues: 24¢ per word Advertise items “For Sale” or “Wanted” to over 800 members. Three- and six-issue ads must be consecutive. Mail your ad with pay-ment or email ad with paypay-ment to follow via USPS. Ad will run through the issue whole number in bottom right corner of ad. DEAD-LINE: 1st of month preceding date of issue. Remittance payable to PSS: mail to:
Editor, PO Box 3442 Cary, NC 27519-3442 or [email protected]
Insertions must be consecutive to earn discount rate. Copy may change monthly. REMITTANCE PAYABLE TO PSS. DEAD-LINE is 1st of month preceding date of issue. Free copy furnished to DISPLAY advertiser. Mail your ad with payment or email ad with payment to follow via USPS to Editor, PO Box 3442, Cary, NC 27519-3442 or larry-ofjtrack @bellsouth.net. Ad will run through the issue whole num-ber in bottom right corner of ad.
Page 1 Mo 6 Mo 12 Mo Full $60 288 480 Half 43 210 348 Quarter 23 108 180 Eighth 15 72 120 Inch 10 48 84 DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATE CARD Effective 4-6-00 WANTED: MINT NH Bureaus, 1922,
Presidential, War/Defense, Liberty, Prominent Americans, Americana (no Christmas, transportation, airmails). Singles, blocks, plate blocks, sheets, coil pairs, line pairs/strips, rolls.
Trade or buy.
Herman Axelrod, P.O. Box 3161, Boulder CO 80307-3161, e-mail: [email protected] 832 WANTED: 1) 1959 Postage Due is-sues precancelled on cover – philatelic use OK but must have USPS “Postage Due” handstamp. 2) 2000 – 2008 local precancels used on cover with corner card; no philatelic or club mailings. Ron Ward, P.O. Box 12091, Silver Spring, MD 20908 or email,
[email protected] 827 WANTED TO BUY: Battleship Pro-prietary Revenues and Black Proprie-tary Revenues with Precancels. Ken Sultana POB 640233 Oakland Gar-dens, NY 11364-0233 830 FOR SALE: See my ads on EBay under the seller ID of burocounter. Specializing in remnants from State collections, DLE’s and other “double lines,” Bicentennials, and War & De-fense. Lots are described and illus-trated for your review.
Larry Patterson 825 Thanks for reading the Classified Ads! Look for yours here in the next issue.
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WANTED: Used Precancels fol-lowing states: Ala., Ariz., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del. Trade for mint Ill, Rock Island, Ill 804, singles or blocks. Also have local 803 Rock Island, Ill. Have approximately 100 each mint for trade or sale. Sy Riser, 705 N. 1st St., Monmouth, IL 61462-1220 827
Town & Type Catalog, 7th Edition, January 2007
Complete listing of all recognized precancels of the U.S. and Territories. Alphabetical by state and town with pricing for all
types and visual examples of all styles . . . $25.00 PSS members, . . . $27.50 non-members Town & Type computer program for all windows versions . . . .$39.00 Bureau computer program for all windows versions
Track your inventory with all of the 9500 plus buro listings . . . . . . .$19.00 Bureau Precancel Catalog, 5th Edition, June 2005
Complete listing of all bureau types. Pricing includes singles, coil pairs & blocks of sheet stamps. Many new features!
Wet & dry prints, large & small holes identified . . . $15.00 Double Line Electro Catalog, 1999
Listings of all known double line electro plate devices. Type summary
for each state and a statistical summary for all reported DLE’s . . . .$15.00 7th Edition Style Chart Album, 2007
Illustrated Style Chart Album of precancel devices, all 7th Ed. T&T types . . . ...$3.00 13¢ Apple Green
Catalog of 1917, 13 cent Apple Greens 2006 Edition by M. Gutman . .$10.00 members . . . $11.00 non-members City Type Coils Precanceled by Coil Machines, 2001
Completely updates the 1994 edition, loose-leaf, 3-ring punched . . . $7.00 Silent Precancels – Lines, Bars and Designs, 2004
Catalog covers precancels which do not include the name of the issuing town and state. Lists 501 towns, prices and a number of cross references,
by David Smith . . . .$25.00 Precancel Envelopes of the United States, 3rd Edition 2003
A complete listing of all known precanceled envelopes by State and USPS
number – David W. Smith, Managing Editor . . . .$20.00 Printed Dated Control Type Catalog, 2004
Includes pricing for all types and examples of most varieties . . . ..$25.00 International Precancel Catalog, 1st Edition, August 2005
Catalog of foreign precancels except Canada, by John Randall . . .$25.00 PSS members . . . $27.50 non-members
(Postage via media mail included in domestic shipments. All overseas orders add $11 per catalog ordered for postage.)
PSS CATALOGS
