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POSTAL STATIONERY

FALSE-FRANKED U.S. POSTAL CARDS See Article on Page 70

Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society

May - June 2003

Volume 45, Number 3

Whole Number 330

UPSS 336 Scott U144 Bates & Coates

Philadelphia In Burgundy

UPSS 794 Scott U277 The Mutual Life

Insurance Co of NY In Brown, ex White

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Postal Stationery #330 May – June 2003 Page 57

United Postal Stationery Society

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President: Leroy P. Collins III P.O. Box 2183, Norfolk, VA 23501-2183, [email protected] 1ST Vice President: Lewis E. Bussey P.O. Box 18674, Denver, CO 80218 2ND Vice President: Larry Parks P.O. Box 1116, Thousand Oaks, CA 91358 Secretary-Treasurer: Porter W. Venn P.O. Box 96, Racine, WI 53401-0096, [email protected] Directors: R. Timothy Bartshe Cary Finder

Bradley B. Horton Glenn Spies Harold M. Stral, Stephen Schumann Charles W. Thrower Terry R. Young

Immediate Past President: Jacqueline Adkins

COMMITTEES Grievance Committee: Paul Berg P.O. Box 8895, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Slide Programs: Ms. Keiko Horton 6239 Queensloch Dr., Houston, TX 77096-3736 Circuit Manager, U.S. & Foreign: Gerald R. Phillips 888 Avon Dr., Aberdeen, MD 21001 Auction Manager: Michael T. Davis P.O. Box 2578, Chester, VA 23831, [email protected] Historian: John T. Adkins 718 Questover Dr., Carthage, IL 62321-1172 Society Attorney: David S. Durbin 3604 Darice Lane, Jefferson City, MO 65109-6812 Convention Chairman: Cora Collins P.O. Box 2183, Norfolk, VA 23501-2183, [email protected] Publications Manager: Harold M. Stral 4438 Estes Ave., Lincolnwood, IL 60712-2228 Public Relations: Leroy Collins P.O. Box 2183, Norfolk, VA 23501-2183, [email protected] Webmaster: James Majka

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ASSOCIATE EDITORS Australia & New Zealand: Ian McMahon Box 783, Civic Sq., ACT 2608, AUSTRALIA U.S. Postal Cards: Terry Young, 6525 Majors Lane, Decatur, IL 62521 Literature Reviews: Wayne Menuz, editor

UPSS CENTRAL OFFICE: Executive Director: Cora B. Collins, P. O. Box 1792, Norfolk, VA 23501-1792, [email protected] Editor: Wayne Menuz

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POSTAL STATIONERY Official publication of the UPSS

Volume 45, Number 3

Whole Number 330 May - June 2003

IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz ................................... 58

President’s Message, by Leroy Collins III ...................... 58

Update: UPSS 19th Century Envelopes Catalog ......... 59

Australia and New Zealand New Issues, by Ian McMahon ..................................................................... 63

SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM U.S. Postal Card “wild hair” varieties, Hal Taylor ............. 67 U.S. S46-1 Postal Card, Hal Taylor ................................. 67 “Postal Card”, “Post Card”, “Entire”, Cecile Gruson ......... 67 U.S. Post Office Penalty Stationery, Allen Hopkinson ..... 68 Arthur Woodward’s death, Kirk & Else Wolford ............... 68 Railway Theme Stationery, Don Lewis ............................ 68 Bulgarian and Other Phonecards, Lazar Lazarov ............ 68 Lack of References in Articles, Richard D. Zallen ........... 68

An Insider’s View of those “False-Franked” Hugo Cards, by James Majka ................................................... 70

UPSS Auction 02-2, Prices Realized .............................. 74

U.S. Envelope “Accidental” Fakes, by Bill Lehr ........... 77

CHICAGOPEX 2003 ........................................................ 77

LITERATURE REVIEWS, by Wayne Menuz Indonesia Postal Stationery, Japanese occupation 1942-1945, Republic Indonesia 1945-1949 ............... 78

The Postal Stationery of Iran .................................... 79

Hellas 2003 .................................................................. 80

Handbook of Modern Ukrainian Philately ............... 81

Privatganzsachen Katalog 2002 ............................. 82

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

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Editor’s Notes, by Wayne Menuz

For the first time in over two years, you will be receiving an issue late. This column is being typed on May 18th, and it is therefore three weeks late. A number of events hit at once, including Westpex where I’m the bourse chairman and also prepare the 28 page show program, and some week-long business trips. The printer will be asked tomorrow to put a priority on this job, and perhaps some time will be made up. If only a day could be stretched beyond the existing 24 hours allotted . . . . . . .

I continue to wonder what types of articles are of most interest to the membership. Few take the time to comment, and while “no news is good news” is a common saying, it may be that a member who is not getting what he expects from the magazine will “vote with his feet”, another saying that may be equally true. If you have any interest in this subject, drop me a line or email sometime.

President’s Column, by Leroy Collins

“Collecting Worldwide Postal Stationery" by UPSS 2nd Vice President Larry Parks is one of five major course offerings available through the July 22-26 APS Summer Seminar on Philately. Held at the Atherton Hotel in State College, PA, the seminar's classroom time runs four days with participants selecting one major course on which to focus during the four days. Early morning "general sessions" and afternoon "electives" are opportunities to learn about subjects outside your chosen major. "Advanced Revenues", "Canada and British North America", "Detecting Fakes, Forgeries and Altered Stamps" and "U.S. Coils" fill out the major course offerings.

Seminar tuition, $450 for APS members ($550 for nonmembers), includes a Sunday reception, dinner Monday and Thursday evenings and classroom snack and beverage service. Although housing is not included in the registration fee, the Atherton Hotel is offering a special group room rate of $75 per night. For further details, contact the American Philatelic Society, P.O. Box 8000, State College, PA 16803-8000, phone 814-237-3803, ext. 239, email [email protected] or visit www.stamps.org.

Our November 21-23 fall meeting with CHICAGOPEX (held in Arlington Heights, IL) is taking shape. Included in this issue are the exhibit prospectus and application. If you are interested in exhibiting, note that entries close August 15. This is a very early application deadline, being just over three months ahead of the show dates. The exhibit will include entries for our annual Marcus White Showcase as well as open competition. Although

150 frames have been set aside for postal stationery exhibits, we are already more than halfway there.

All CHICAGOPEX functions (exhibition, bourse, meeting rooms, banquet, etc.) will be in the convention hotel, the Sheraton Chicago Northwest, in Arlington Heights. Approximately 65 dealer booths are planned. The hotel, about 30 minutes from O'Hare International Airport, offers free onsite parking. Additional details will be included in upcoming journals. Show information is also available from the Chicago Philatelic Society, P. O. Box A3953, Chicago, IL or online at www.Chicagopex.com.

Update of United States Stamped Envelope Essays and Proofs.

We are updating the United States Stamped Envelope Essays and Proofs for future publication. As part of the updating process we would like to add previously unreported essays and proofs. We would particularly like to include artist’s drawings that were generally not listed in previous efforts. Any member with such items is asked to contact Dan Undersander: 7526 Fox Point Circle, Madison, WI 53706, [email protected], 608-836-1392.

We also plan to replace as many images in previous listings as possible with new images. We are currently missing images for the followings from Maisel’s publication: E2, 3, 11,13, 14, 16, 25, 50, 51, 52, 53, 61, 64, 88, 123, 124, 125, 130, 141, 145 to 170, 182, EA4b, E602, E604, E700, E725, E726, E727, E750, E803. Would anyone willing to share an image of any of these items or to allow an item to be scanned please also contact Dan Undersander.

The new 20th Century Envelope Catalog is now about 75% complete. If you have additions or corrections to the prior edition, now is the time to get them to the editor – Jerry Summers, 170 Huber Rd., Charleston, WV 25314, (303) 344-3100 [email protected].

The 2005 Postal Card Catalog is in the organizing stage. Our new editor, Terry R. Young and Associate Editor Lewis E. Bussey, are looking for people who are especially knowledgeable in the areas of Message/Reply and Airmail cards to serve on the editorial board. Terry can be reached at 6525 Majors Lane, Decatur, IL 62521 (217) 864-3171 [email protected].

Harold Stral, our publications manager, has been told many times by previous editors of the society’s catalogs that, invariably, after publication, people write to them with material that they feel should have been included but were not. So, write now, even though you think you still have a lot of time.

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Update: UPSS 19th Century Envelopes Catalog

Page 74 Die 25 - 2-cent Black on Amber (Scott U54) Should be: (Scott - Not Listed)

Page 130 UPSS 1102 Size 10 Should be: Size 8 Page 203 The change in Dimensions should be: Groups (S to 3) Sections (D to S) Classes (E to C) I – Over 1 1 - over 1 ¼ a - over 1 ½ II - 3/4 to 1 2 - 1 to 1 ¼ b - 1 1/4 to 1 ½ III - 1/2 to ¾ c - under 1 ¼ IV - under 1/2 Ray Biemiller 5468L, Ray Biemiller Electrical Services Unit, Pennsylvania Steel Technologies, voice: (717) 986-2290 fax: (717) 986-203, mailto:[email protected] Executive Director’s Membership Report New Members: 3/2003 through 4/2003 6062,-Stan Beck, 390 Gunston Hall Circle, Alpharetta, GA

30004. Collects US postal cards and cut squares. 6063,-Jon L. Passero, 2096 St. Hwy 5S, Amsterdam, NY

12010. Collects US stamps & postal stationery with main interest in cards.

6064,-Dennis Ladd, 1722 Brockton Avenue, #5, Los Angeles, CA 90025. Collects all US stationery and topicals of musical instruments and birds.

6065,-Francis P. Byrnes, P O Box 116, Richwood, NJ 08074-0116. Collects UN and Vatican.

6066,-Thomas Tomaszek, 4601 Deer View Rd., Cedar Rapids, IA 52411. Collects US postal cards and envelopes.

Reinstated: 764,-William R. Geijsbeek, 6616 140th Place, NE, Redmond,

WA 98052-4649. Collects US & possessions, Canada and Australia.

Life: 5202L Bernard S. Umlas Resigned: 5940 Leo J. Nowicki 356CL Leroy L. Ross 4187 John C. Tyler Deceased: 2530 Alan Dillon 322CL Harold R. Gross 5563 Charles Hile 4333 William McP. Jones 2439L Bedford F. Joyner 5092 Tom Letto Dropped, Non-payment of Dues 5771 Josh J. Barter, Jr 3785 Al E Jones 5898 Jerry A Kotek 5422 Larry Laws 5965 Ken Lucas 5505 Roger Packer 5966 William G Peter 5778 David S Mortenson 4955 Murray Seidman 5905 J Michael Twinam 5962 Roy J Williams

Postal Stationery

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0 Postal Stationery #330 May – June 2003

Norfolk Island New Issues

By Ian McMahon

Norfolk Island issued a wrapper on 21 December 2001. The face value and sale price are $1.45 and this rate is valid for all destinations. Wrappers are available in two versions, Plain and with The Norfolk Islander imprint. The design is the Norfolk Island Green Parrot (Red fronted Parakeet – Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae), a variation of the local post stamp design of 2001, by Roger Pennycuick of Norfolk Island. The wrapper is printed by PMP Print, Moonah, Tasmania, is 480 mm X 160 mm in size and is printed in two colors, red and green. A limited number of SPECIMEN wrappers were also available at $10.

Norfolk Island has a huge Duty Free Mail Order business, notwithstanding the recent disruptions to air services (and to mail) by the demise of Flight West Airlines, and then later of ANSETT Australia. The Mail Order business translates into regular distribution of bulletins and catalogues to customers all

over the world. The local weekly Newspaper, The Norfolk Islander, mails its weekly newspaper overseas each fortnight. The paper offered to purchase a minimum quantity of the wrappers, thus ensuring the success of the new stationery.

Norfolk Island issued two postcards on 26 October 2001 to mark 2001 Centennial Stampshow:

One card shows a map of the Pacific Ocean showing Norfolk Island and Brisbane and a Moreton Bay Fig Tree on Norfolk Island with the stamp depicting a crimson rosella while the other

shows a map of Norfolk Island and the Norfolk Island Pine Tree on Norfolk Island in which the escaped convict, Barney Duffy, hid out until his capture and execution with the stamp area depicting a Norfolk Island Starling. The cards were sold for $1.20 and were printed by Photopress International Norfolk Island with 2500 of each card being printed.

A set of ten postcards was issued to commemorate the 2001 Minigames held on Norfolk Island from 3-14 December 2001. The cards have a stylized Boobook Owl in the stamp area with a stylized owl participating in one of ten sports shown on the left of each card. Below is an illustration of the whole card, and since they all have the same stamp design, on the next page only the left half of each card is shown.

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Norfolk Island has also issued a postcard as part of its ‘Fragrance’ issue. With Norfolk Island's reputation as a premier tourist destination in the South Pacific, quality French & other international perfumes and fragrances are always in demand by local residents and visitors alike. The postcard is bound in a souvenir booklet (perfumed with the scent of Jasmine) selling for $10. Following are illustrations, all at 60% size and in the order they appear in the booklet, of the cover, interleaves (front and back sides), souvinier sheets with adhesive stamps, front and back of the post card, and the back cover. The stamp area of the post card depicts a perfume bottle.

Front Cover

Front cover inside

45c & 75c stamps

Above: First interleaf front

First interleaf back

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$1.05 & $1.20 stamps

Second interleaf front

Second interleaf back

$1.50 stamp

$3.00 stamp (the whole picture is the stamp)

Postcard back

Postcard front

Rear cover inside

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Australia and New Zealand New Issues

By Ian McMahon Australia Australia Post issued a Santa Pack pre-paid Parcel Post satchel in December 2001. The Santa Pack is a Parcel Post satchel prepaying 5 kg for delivery within Western Australia only at the cost of $11.50. Apparently Australia Post extended its use to Australia-wide, presumably due to their lack of popularity.

Australia issued its annual Chinese New Year stationery on 8 January 2002 for the Year of the Horse. As in past years, domestic and international rate envelopes and an international rate postcard were issued. The stamp designs on the envelopes are similar to the adhesive stamps issued by Christmas Island on the same day. Shown below is the back of the postcard. The top illustrations on the next two pages show the ordinary and airmail envelopes, both at 91% size.

In late October Australia Post issued a new style of Express Post envelope, a “Two-way” envelope. The envelope, selling for $7, enables the purchaser to prepay for a reply by express post using the same envelope. The purchaser of the envelope completes the address details on a detachable flap. The recipient of the envelope can then detach this address portion and write his return address on the envelope. The reverse of the envelope includes instructions on its use while instructions to ‘Stop: Do not open here’ have been added to encourage the recipient to open the envelope in a manner that permits its reuse. This may be the world’s first instance of a “Reply” Express mail envelope. On the next two pages are illustrations of the unfolded front and back sides of this unusual new type of postal stationery.

Rear cover outside

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Below: The front of the reply express envelope, with the flap unfolded. The printing is in red and black, with a yellow background behind “Express POST”. The size of this envelope is 375 x 250 mm, plus the flap is 115mm (14 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches, plus 4 ½ inches.) The flap has two strips of peal-away self-adhesive that would adhere above and below the “To: (Second Address) field. Above the bottom strip (as seen when the flap is unfolded) are two roulette lines so that the whole flap can be detached when the first recipient is to fill in the second address (nominally, the name and address of the person who sent him the envelope.)

This flap intended to be folded as noted

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Below: The back of the two-way express envelope with the flap opened out. At upper left are pictorial instructions “HOW TO USE EXPRESS POST TWO-WAY ENVELOPES”. The Next Business Day guarantee applies to the post offices noted in the list at right. It is noted that this envelope “may not be posted to overseas destinations.” At lower right in below illustration is yellow box with the barcode that has self adhesive peal-away tabs for the post office and the sender’s records. A second barcode set is on the other side, to be covered by the flap, but exposed when the flap is torn off for the reply.

Bottom flap that folds to the front after the contents are inserted into the envelope. The address on this part is intended for the first sending. When folded over, it will hid the second (return) address portion of the front until the recipient tears off this flap by pulling the tab at the “OPEN HERE FIRST” tab that has roulettes above and below the string of arrowheads.

Bottom flap

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Australia issued its annual Christmas aerogramme on 1 November 2001. The aerogramme depicts images of the Nativity and the Virgin and Child from the Wharncliffe Hours, an illustrated prayer book made in France in the late fifteenth century. The forty-one miniatures decorating the book were painted on vellum by a celebrated artist of the day known as the Maitre Francois. This illuminated manuscript is one of the treasures of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, which acquired it in 1920 with funds from the Felton Bequest. Designed by Symone Lambert, Australia Post Design Studio.

New Zealand New Zealand issued six postcards (price $12 for the set) on 4 December 2001 capturing moments from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring. Peter Jackson's movie trilogy, based on JRR Tolkien's 'The Lord of The Rings', was filmed entirely in New Zealand at over 150 locations. The front

of each card is same, with a gray and black overall faint overlay of a pictorial map, and a $1.50 stamp, shown at left at 160%. On back are dark multicolor scenes from the movie, plus one of the adhesive stamps issued for the same occasion, tied by a First Day Cancel.

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BETTER-GRADE 20th CENTURY USA ENVELOPES

E. Norman Lurch

11 Black Duck Drive Stony Brook, New York 11790

[email protected]

SCOTT UPSS NET NOTES SCOTT UPSS NET NOTES

U481b 2158 $75.00 U534d 3380-44 $20.00 used U436g 2495 $35.00 U534d 3384-42 $15.00 U436h 2498 $50.00 U544a 3490a-47 $40.00 U471e 2804-19 $175.00 Type 2 + Type 4 U536b 3400-48 $15.00 U458f 2844a $25.00 Type 3 + Type 3 U536b 3404-47 $15.00 used U458f 2851a-19 $25.00 Type 3 + Type 3 U537b 3419-36 $15.00 U458h 2859a-19 $25.00 Type 3 + Type 3 U537b 3420-43 $50.00 U458h 2859a-20 $25.00 Type 3 + Type 3 U537b 3422-39 $15.00 U458j 2859c $100.00 Double z - magenta U538b 3428-42 $17.00 U459h 3892a-19 $35.00 Double z U538b 3429-43 $17.00 U468d 2949a-20 $120.00 Type 2 + Type 4 U539 3445-42 $25.00 U486d 2951a-20 $120.00 Type 2 + Type 4 U539 3446-43 $17.00 U470d 3005a-19 $25.00 Type 2 + Type 2 U539b 3450-41 $35.00 U476 3018-19 $300.00 Type 5 Duncan U539b 3451-43 $30.00 U470e 3055 $100.00 Type 2 + Type 4 U542NL 3485a-48 $45.00 U514 3205-21 $100.00 U549 3519-47 $17.00 U518c 3236a-25 $15.00 used U586a 3620a-48A $300.00 U533c 3336-43 $17.00 U586a 3621a-47 $300.00

U534a 3340-43 $20.00 U586b 3623-49 $200.00

U534 3359-45 $25.00 used Note: all mint unless noted otherwise

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SHOEBOX & STATIONERY FORUM

Hal Taylor writes:

Enjoyed reading the Jan/Feb. 2003 issue of Postal Stationery and would like to respond to two items related to postal cards. First, the article by Theodore H. Weiss on the "wild hair" variety of S37 suggests that the plate was used for some thirteen years since a copy of the revalued card was found and was used in 1954. It is unlikely that any of the green Jefferson cards were printed much later than early 1951 since printing of S54A/B (red 2 cent Franklin) would have commenced to prepare for issuance in Nov. 1951. Revalue indicia was applied to surplus stock from post offices and the ERP for S56-1 is June 1952. However, surplus stock in form of sheets at 4 locations was revalued by press printing and put into circulation in early 1952. I presume these sheets were the last cards printed from the green Franklin plates since uncut and uncirculated stock remained in Washington. Could be wrong here. Perhaps someone has an example of the wild hair card with press print revaluation, which would suggest the suspect plate was used right up until production of the card ceased. If this is the case the plate could have been in use some 11-12 years.

My next comments concern the suggestion by Porter W. Venn to discontinue listing S46-1, the press print revaluation of the red 2 cent Franklin. I presume he desires removal of the $600 price tag for a mint copy. Since the card is well known in condition other than mint, it cannot be delisted completely. I have no objection but I am not sure that just polling the readers will justify such action. I attend various local shows and bourses and see many relatively scarce cards for sale, which are never listed in catalogs. Thus evidence for their existence is not noted by catalog readers. From my own standpoint, I don't see many catalogs. Also, my experience has been that many dealers are not very interested in postal cards and have little knowledge of the various varieties since many listed in PCC are not listed in Scotts and other such publications.

I would suggest someone check the files of John Beachboard (R.I.P.) to see if there is any indication for the source of the S46-1 listing. According to the PCC both S46-1 and 47-1 were surcharged in sheets by press printing. S47-1 is definitely known in mint, which means at least one sheet was rescued and placed in the public domain. This would mean that multiple copies are (or were) available. Why not S46-1? I too have a copy of S46-1 with a mint face and the American Railway Express message on the rear as well as a few used copies. All S46-1 and S47-1 cards in my possession (except mint S47-1) have a printed message on the reverse. These messages are from a number of different business types. This meager information would suggest that both S46-1 and S47-1 were sold only to businesses for their specific use. Whether the post office printed any of these cards is unknown to me.

I have another suggestion, which someone might wish to refute. Was a mint copy of S44-29 (small cent New York) revalue copy mistaken for S46-1? Generally the S44-29 card is easily differentiated from S46-1--even without side-by-side evaluation. However someone apparently played games with the New York cards and examples exist with the revalue indicia in various positions and in combination with S44-28. Many of these cards

have very crisp, dark revalues, which resembles the press printing. Side by side S46-1 and S44-29 appear fairly similar. Use of the UPSS overlays was useless in my hands to differentiate the two. Further, if one overlays the S46-1 and S44-29 overlays on each other it is difficult, if not impossible to tell them apart. The width of the lines on the overlays is such that any differences are obscured.

To look for another method of determining differences between the two revalues, I made some fifteen measurements on about fifteen of each of the cards (Both 46-1 and 47-1 used since indicia is the same). Measurements were made with 15-power loupe with a millimeter scale divided into tenths of a mm. Measurements included such things as heights and widths of letters, serif size and distance etc. Some of the S44-29 cards were dim and blurred and all measurements could not be made on all cards. The "favor" cards were, however, very sharp and easily measured. With the precision with which I could read the measurements, only one difference stood out, the distance between the left and right sides of the bottom serifs of the one and the letters directly below. The distance of the left serif on the S46 press printed cards was .0.3-0.4 mm greater than that on the right. This is in keeping with the description that the serif appears to slope downward to the right. However, I have always thought that that serif on the New York card also sloped. Measurements seemed to show that a similar difference (0.1-0.2 mm), perhaps not enough to eyeball. Side by side other differences such as the lower leg of the T in cents and occasionally the upper left "corner" or the C in cents are evident. Perhaps Porter Venn or someone else would care to comment.

Cecile Gruson (Editor, El Quetza) writes

I was amused by Wayne Menuz’ notes about the controversy between „post cards“ and „postal cards“ in the USA, and the use he considers incorrect of the word „entire“ to mean envelope in Postal Stationery for May-June 2002.

For the first, could the use of “postal cards” for postal stationery cards have found its origin in the French denomination CARTE POSTALE? Incidentally, the same term is used in French for picture and stationery cards. Although not all U.P.U. members complied with the regulation that French was the official language of the Universal Postal Union and therefore all the instructional texts on stationery (as well as on privately produced) cards used in the international service were to appear in French, could the French text initially have influenced the USPS in the choice of “postal” rather than “post” to apply to prestamped cards?

For the expression “entire”, beside Wayne’s logical distinction between “cut squares” and “entire envelopes” which was common one hundred years ago, I believe its origin can also be traced to Europe, where the word GANZSACHE (literally, entire thing) in German and variations of ENTIER or ENTERO (POSTAL) in languages of Latin origin are the generic terms used for all types of prestamped stationery. Although each category will individually be referred to its use, e.g. cards, envelopes, wrappers, letter cards and aerograms, these two expressions cover the same concept as POSTAL STATIONERY in English. I have checked some photocopies of late 19th century European stamp journals, and can confirm that these terms were

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already commonly used then, and might have influenced English-speaking collectors.

Allen Hopkinson writes:

I am writing to see if you know anything about these types of letters (samples enclosed). I am new to postal stationery and cannot find these in catalogs, etc. Are these collectable?

[Ed: I am not aware of any catalogs covering these government stampless stationery envelopes and postcards. They are, in essence, similar to “postage paid” indicators on bulk and junk mail, in that they have no intrinsic monetary value awaiting cancellation, as a true postal stationery item does. But, of course they are collectable, as each collector chooses what to acquire]

Kirk & Elsie Wolford write:

It is my sad duty to report the death of member Arthur W. Woodward on February 7, 2003. Arthur lived in Norwalk, CA. at the time of his passing. He was a longtime member of the society. We knew Arthur as a friend, collector and customer for over 20 years. He was a very serious collector of U.S. Postal Stationery in the early years and then devoted all his attention to U.S. Postal Cards. He was a quiet man and was not one to claim his successes in finding elusive and unique items. He did however, communicate with our former editor Jack Beachboard and a good number of the unique listings in the catalog were from Arthur's efforts. We will miss a good friend.

Don Lewis writes:

Although I collect U.S. stationery, my main interest for a long time has been stationery with a railway theme. Weird, yes, and I suspect not something that the main body of UPSS members would appreciate. I note, however, two new members in the list in the March-April P.S. that list a similar interest.

In this regard, perhaps at least some of your readers might find a portion of the website of the Casey Jones Railroad Unit of the American Topical Association of interest. The editor, Bill Senkus of Walnut Creek, CA has set up a whole batch of pages showing PS with a railway theme. They can be found at http://alphabetilately.com/TOPS.html. Even if this isn't the sort of thing that you usually publish, readers might find it interesting to look at another way to look at PS. Thanks again for the huge improvements in PS that you have brought about.

Lazar Lazarov writes:

I am a jury member with last participation in the World Stamp Exhibition Granada ’92 in Spain. I’m author of the first Catalogue of Bulgarian phonecards and did my first thematic exhibit in 1970. I have long experience in theory & practical thematic collecting, especially stationeries. I collect stamps, maximum cards and phonecards. For swap I have lot of Bulgarian stationeries some of them in quantity. Of course I offer for swap or sale many more of the world. I beg you to publish my address in any media and between your Club friends. Thank you in advance. Interested members can contact Mr. Lazarov at: P.O. Box 5, Pleven 5800, BULGARIA

Richard D. Zallen writes:

In Mr. Weiss’s article in Postal Stationery Vol. 45 No. 1 P3 he states that “Over the past twenty-five years articles have been written about this card in three major philatelic publications as well as three separate articles in our own Postal Stationery. I would like to know from Mr. Weiss what these references are, with the journal name, vol., No. and page reference.

As an aside, wouldn’t it be nice if this information was present in all articles written for PS at the end of each and every article? This would certainly given an element of professionalism to PS and also help to disseminate knowledge rapidly. [Ed: I agree wholeheartedly. If such reference is provided in a manuscript article sent to me, you can be assured it will show in print, as for example, Joe Pryluck’s article in the last issue demonstrates.

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An Insider’s View of those “False-Franked” Hugo Cards

By James Majka

False Franked Postal Cards

As postal card collectors, when we think of the term “False-Franking”, I am sure that many of us envision the use of an obsolete card which required some kind of printed endorsement indicating that the proper postage was, in fact, paid (as illustrated in figure 1, below). It is worthwhile to consider that examples of “False-Franking” may also be identified and evidenced by a hidden overpayment of postage. This is especially applicable to commercial, or “junk” mail. In large-scale direct marketing situations where some level of preparation and/or preprocessing has been completed beforehand, the sender is entitled to a discount rate of postage according to postal regulations. When contemporary, first-class-rated postal stationery is used and there is a net face-value overpayment, no additional endorsement is required. Now, the reader might think, “So what?” Indeed, we often find used postal cards in gross-overpayment of the first-class rate, particularly where overseas cards are used domestically. The key difference here is that by preprocessing the mail pieces and presenting the proper support documentation, these mass-mailers get reimbursed by the USPS for any overpayment in postage.

This article will consider the period of the Bison/Prairie Issue (S137), and focus on the Hugo golf cards from the late 80’s as model examples of a discounted mass-mailing. The article will demonstrate that most of these cards are, in fact, false-franked, ultimately costing Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday less than their apparent 15-cent face value.

Figure 1 – Troy Bilt presorted advertising card mailed at 17-Cent rate in early 1991

In the late 80’s and early 90’s, I worked for a publication firm engaged in regular direct (a.k.a. junk) mail campaigns aimed at increasing the subscriber base. The firm regularly sent out as many as one million solicitations in this manner. As the computer guy, my role was to write and maintain the software required to permit accurate mail piece preparation, sorting, and

bundling according to postal regulations. This exercise gave me a unique perspective for recognizing this kind of mail matter for what it really is.

It is important to note at the start that not every piece of apparent junk mail encountered has necessarily qualified for a discount postage rate, as we shall see below. Furthermore, most mailers prefer to use meters, permit imprints, or stamps on private stationery, as contrasted with employing stamped envelopes or postal cards. Postal Cards used in this fashion are extremely scarce. When we consider these factors, as well as where 99% of our junk mail goes, it isn’t difficult to understand why this is so. Thanks to the GPO’s hand in printing the ads on the “Hugo” cards, many of these have been preserved to philately, thereby enabling this study.

Before going on, it’s worth noting that the rules governing the preparation and execution of commercial direct mail were constantly evolving and being revised during this period. The Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) was being reissued on a regular basis as a result. This study uses a single, contemporary 1989 edition of the DMM as a reference.

Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday – Promotional Campaign

As we note from our Postal Card Catalog, approximately 760,000 “Hugo” cards were sent out to golfers nationwide in a mass mailing, advertising that Myrtle Beach was “back in business”. Since the hurricane Hugo struck on September 21, 1989, this mailing was probably in the works in early October. Our catalog does not provide particulars regarding the preprinting costs incurred for the cards themselves, but the mailing was more than large enough to potentially qualify for some level of postage discount. The sponsors of this mailing probably had their own reasons for postal cards as the advertising medium of choice, and no discount-rate postal card has ever been available at the USPS. The first-class definitive 15-cent bison prairie card was current at the time. If we do the math, the cost of this mailing at the regular first class post-card rate would be $114,000 in postage! Fortunately for the Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday and all other junk mailers across the country, the USPS was ready to help out in reducing this burden!

Presorted First-Class Mail

The Beecher/Wawrukiewicz Domestic Postal Rates book is an invaluable resource for identifying historical discount rates for presorted mail matter. From this book, we know that presorted postage rates have been available since 1976. Chapter Three provides a nice description of the various categories of presorting which are eligible for discount postage rates. Chapter Six provides us a consolidated rate chart for the various levels of postage discount as applicable to post/postal cards. The postal card presort categories and postage rates at the time of the Hugo mailing are below:

There is a nice illustration from the Postal Service’s own Domestic Mail Manual which graphically illustrates the presort process, as seen in figure 2 on next page.

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Figure 2 – The Mass-Mailing Presort Process

The postal Service Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) is considered the “bible” regarding rules and regulations for preparation of commercial mail. In order to “qualify” for the postage-rate

discounts available in the preparation of a mass mailing, the vendor must be able to substantiate their claim with additional

documentation. The DMM (DMM 145.7) defines the rules of the Manifest Mailing System as that which “…permits the Postal Service to accept and verify mailings containing non-identical weight and/or rate pieces of the same mail class…and processing category…”The guidelines require the submission of a Manifest Statement of Mailing. This is usually a computer-generated report, which breaks down the mail piece quantities by category. Figure 3 shows a sample of this “manifest” as envisioned by the Postal Service and illustrated in the DMM. Note that the manifest illustrated in the DMM shows discount letter rates of postage (instead of post/postal card rates). There is a formal Postal Service form required in addition to this. Identified as Form 3602, it must be submitted in duplicate along with the mail pieces and the mail piece breakdown as shown in Figure 3. Regrettably, the DMM does not provide an actual example of this form so it could be included in this study.

Section 147.2 in the DMM identifies the procedure for application and processing of refunds. After each mailing, the presort discount claimant must complete another form to request a refund of the excess postage paid. This is identified as Form 3533 – Application and Voucher for Refund of Postage and Fees. The DMM identifies that evidence of postage paid must accompany Form 3533 at the time of request for a refund. The Manifest Statement of Mailing and Form 3602 serves as this support documentation. The DMM did not provide an actual example of this form for inclusion in this study.

Identifying Presort Discount Mail Rates

The whole point behind the USPS providing presort discount rates to mailers, was to minimize their processing efforts after submission of the mail pieces. With this said, during this period, the DMM outlined very specific encoding requirements for presort candidate mail pieces. In the case of letter mail, this encoding was usually printed on the enclosure material, which may not always be present for postal historians. With postal cards, this information is printed directly on the card or on a label affixed to the card. This encoding helps us to be able to positively identify discount postage rates according the respective presort category.

Figure 4 from the DMM introduces the concept of a “Keyline” which must be used for individually encoding mail pieces comprising a mass mailing. Depending upon the level of mail preparation or presorting, a corresponding Keyline must be present as the top line above the recipient address information. The DMM presents an often contradicting array of “required” Keyline formats, but those used by Myrtle Beach Holiday are very similar to the ones I recall using when I was involved in this procedure. Because of the confusing nature of the rules contained in the DMM, local postal representatives worked with the mailers on an individual basis, and slight variations in actual Keyline formatting probably resulted. The basic first-class mail “keywords” to look for in the Keyline are listed below:

ZIP+4 BARCODED ZIP+4 PRESORT ZIP+4 (NONPRESORT) 5-DIGIT (PRESORT) 3-DIGIT (PRESORT) CAR-RT SORT (CARRIER ROUTE PRESORT)

Figure 3 – Sample Documentation Substantiating Presort Discount Mailing

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NONPRESORT (e.g. ALL FOR ADC, etc., note: These would not qualify for discount postage rates)

The DMM notes that if special (precancel) stamps are used, the Keyline can be omitted. For commercially used postal cards, if an identifiable Keyline is not present, the mail piece was probably not presorted and consequently was sent at the standard first-class post/postal card rate.

Figure 4 – Keyline Locations and Format from DMM

Cards from the Hugo Mailing

Let’s look at some actual cards from the Hugo mailing. It should be noted that the dispatch postmarks on my cards suggest that the Hugo mailing was executed as a number of separate regional mailings. This is not unusual, in my experience. This doesn’t affect the discount in a large mailing like this, since the key quantities are multiples of 10, 50, and 500 as seen above. Figure 5 illustrates a Hugo card, which was sent at the Carrier Route Presort discount rate of 11.5 Cents. The fact that the endorsement on the label specifies ”CAR-RT-SORT” proves this to be the case. If, as a result of the presort, the mail piece did not qualify for the carrier route discount, then some other endorsement would have been used.

Figure 5 – Carrier Route Presort Discount

It is interesting to note that the non-deliverability of this postal card may have resulted from a software glitch. We can see that the software found that the address for this recipient was associated with Rural Route 03, but I do not see any way that

this could have been derived from the lack of a street address in this example!

Figure 6 shows a card sorted at the finest level within the basic presort. This card was sent at the 13-cent basic presort rate. Note the endorsement on the label “5-DIGIT” identifying the presort qualification level. At a quick glance, one might think that this card was also bar-coded, enabling an even greater mailing discount, but this was probably done by the Postal Service after submission of the mail piece. Had the mailer done the bar-coding, the same equipment would likely have been used to print all mailing information on the card. As such, the label used would have included bar-code indicia. Despite the fact that these Hugo cards contain a nine-digit zip code, the identifying factor is always the Keyline information contained in the top line of the label. This would have to read something like “ZIP+4 PRESORT” to qualify for that discount rate. Contrast this with the card in Figure 7 below. This card is an example where the mailer applied the Zip+4, but did not perform a presort. This card therefore qualified at the 14.1-cent non-presorted Zip+4 rate. Note the “ZIP+4” endorsement on the label. Again, the bar-coding was in all likelihood done by the USPS equipment, which subsequently processed the mail piece for delivery.

Figure 6 – Basic Presort Discount (5-Digit Zip Code Sort)

Figure 7 – ZIP+4 Non-Presort Discount

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Figure 8 and 9 show coarser-level classification, in accordance with the basic presort. The first card qualified for the 13-cent basic presort rate. The card in figure 9 is included in the residual portion of the mailing and would not qualify for discount. Note the endorsements “3-DIGIT” and “ALL FOR ADC”. ADC is an abbreviation for Area Distribution Center. This card also represents a scarce, used Hugo card, which was not undeliverable for one reason or another (unlike most existent used copies).

Figure 8 – Basic Presort Discount

(3-Digit Zip Code Sort)

ADC cards from this mailing were not the only ones not qualifying for a presort discount. The most interesting example I have from the Hugo mailing which fits this circumstance is shown in Figure 10. Here, we have a scarce example of a Hugo card, which was used internationally. A card such as this clearly cannot qualify for a domestic presort discount. Note the absence of Keyline data. This card is ironically underpaid, since the international rate to Canada had previously risen to 21-cents by this time. Other examples of residual mail pieces would include anything left over and unable to fit into one of the other presort categories because of insufficient minimum bundle quantities (See figure 2). This usually happens because there are not enough mail pieces to out-of-the-way destinations.

Figure 9 – Residual Presort Hugo Card (Area Distribution Center Sort)

Figure 10 – Non-Presort Hugo Card (Used Internationally)

Summary

It’s impossible to know the actual distribution of the discount rates ultimately apportioned to the Hugo mailing, but in my experience, the Carrier Route presort discount usually accounted for approximately 20% of a typical mailing, with over half of the mailing qualifying at the basic presort discount. A lot depends upon the density of the localized concentration of names in the source mailing list(s) used. If we assumed that Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday got this kind of discount, they probably saved over $10000 on the cost of the mailing. Used cards are fairly scarce, but amongst those that exist, the carrier route presort discount are probably the most unlikely to locate.

The Wawrukiewicz/Beecher book is quite correct in noting the relative scarcity/rarity of this kind of junk mail material. One would think the stuff is as common as dirt, but most of it gets rapidly discarded. Even this study cannot completely show examples of all presort categories for this period, because Myrtle Beach Holiday does not appear to have attempted to do bar-coding as a part of their mass mailing. While figure 6 illustrates a non-presorted ZIP+4 discount rate, I have been unable to locate a presorted ZIP+4 discount piece for this period. The search goes on for postal history artifacts to illustrate these rates.

References

Wawrukiewicz/Beecher; U.S. Domestic Postal Rates, 1872-1999; Cama Publishing Company; 1999; pp. 14-24, 38-40;

United States Postal Service; Domestic Mail Manual, Issue 30, Effective March 19, 1989;

Government Printing Office; 1989; sec. 137.2, 145.7, 147.2, 154.52, 362.3, 364, 367; pp. 638-639

Wawrukiewicz/Beecher; U.S. International Postal Rates, 1872-1996; Cama Publishing Company; 1996; pp. 319-338; United Postal Stationery Society;

United States Postal Card Catalog; United Postal Stationery Society; 2000; pp. 159-160;

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UPSS Auction Sale 02-2 (January 15, 2003) Prices Realized

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1 $5.00 39 $8.00 77 $75.00 115 $4.00 153 $3.00 190 2 $21.00 40 $10.00 78 $10.00 116 $10.00 154 $3.00 191 3 $70.00 41 $10.00 79 $50.00 117 $3.00 155 $3.00 192 4 $68.00 42 $19.00 80 $7.00 118 156 $9.00 193 $30.005 $15.00 43 $4.00 81 119 $6.00 157 $5.00 194 $30.006 $46.00 44 82 120 WDR 158 $3.00 195 7 $8.00 45 $20.00 83 $10.00 121 $26.00 159 $3.00 196 8 $44.00 46 $4.00 84 $30.00 122 $25.00 160 $4.00 197 9 47 $20.00 85 $105.00 123 $8.00 161 $3.00 198

10 $80.00 48 $18.00 86 124 $26.00 162 $5.00 199 11 49 $18.00 87 $9.00 125 $10.00 163 200 12 $56.00 50 $22.00 88 $4.00 126 164 $6.00 201 13 $8.00 51 $5.00 89 $8.00 127 $80.00 165 $3.00 202 14 $20.00 52 $5.00 90 $50.00 128 $22.00 166 $40.00 203 15 $7.00 53 $65.00 91 129 $44.00 167 $3.00 204 16 $4.00 54 $65.00 92 $30.00 130 $35.00 168 $3.00 205 17 $62.00 55 $50.00 93 131 $65.00 169 $8.00 206 18 $20.00 56 $52.00 94 $75.00 132 $31.00 170 $15.00 207 $8.0019 $25.00 57 $65.00 95 $8.00 133 $4.00 171 $4.00 208 $6.0020 58 $75.00 96 $12.00 134 $8.00 172 $8.00 209 21 $46.00 59 $75.00 97 $60.00 135 $6.00 173 $3.00 210 22 60 $52.00 98 $38.00 136 $3.00 174 211 23 $65.00 61 $100.00 99 $20.00 137 $4.00 175 $3.00 212 24 $36.00 62 $65.00 100 $20.00 138 $3.00 176 $3.00 213 25 $16.00 63 $4.00 101 $20.00 139 $7.50 177 214 26 $20.00 64 $12.00 102 $7.00 140 $3.00 178 215 27 $3.00 65 $12.00 103 $7.00 141 $5.00 179 216 $25.0028 $20.00 66 $110.00 104 $10.00 142 $7.00 180 217 $23.0029 $7.00 67 $38.00 105 $8.00 143 $5.00 181 218 $6.0030 $21.00 68 $5.00 106 $8.00 144 $4.00 182 $7.00 219 31 69 $800.00 107 $10.00 145 $12.00 182A $68.00 220 32 $18.00 70 $12.00 108 $7.00 146 $4.00 183 $70.00 221 33 71 $20.00 109 $8.00 147 $3.00 184 222 34 $15.00 72 $56.00 110 $26.00 148 $3.00 185 223 35 $3.00 73 $8.00 111 $7.00 149 $3.00 186 $15.00 224 36 $50.00 74 $13.00 112 $26.00 150 $3.00 187 $15.00 225 37 $22.00 75 $12.00 113 $29.00 151 $4.00 188 226 38 76 114 $8.00 152 $3.00 189 TOTAL $4,565

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Since Mr. Markovits personally collects used high value United States 19th century postal stationary (5c Taylor and Garfield only), 7c, 9c, 12c, 15c, 24c, 30c, and 90c-the Marcus W. White material was always in the forefront of his mind, since very few such pieces were even offered in the auctions. These are always still sought by me. In the early 1970s, QUALITY INVESTORS, LTD. Acquired the Marcus W. White Possessions Stationary balance and dispersed it, so this is de je vue.

The more that 44,000 pieces are contained in approximately 125 boxes sorted by issues. Many watermarks, dies, knives, and cancels are found on each issue. These have not been pre-sorted by my client or me. For instance, as I recall, there are approximately 8,000 Hartfords waiting for someone to enjoy.

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U.S. Envelope “Accidental” Fakes

By Bill Lehr, [email protected]

Several accidental fakes have been released, one at a time over several auctions, through an auction house located in Canada. The fakes have been described as Scott catalog # U586b with a Naples, Florida corner card. The copy in the author’s possession is a genuine mint UPSS # 3615-48A (a small window envelope) with corner card and fake surcharge. Details of the creation and of the discovery of these accidental fakes follow.

The first class mail rate change of 1978 resulted in the use of the non-denominated “A” series envelopes and in the issuance of the 15-cent stylized Uncle Sam’s Hat envelopes. Existing stocks of both the 13-cent Liberty Tree envelopes and of the un-issued 16-cent USA envelopes were revalued to 15-cents and subsequently issued. Government printed corner cards were not available on the revalued envelopes.

March, 1979: Drs. Barrett & Claypool, optometrists in Naples, Florida, sent several boxes of the 15-cent Uncle Sam’s Hat envelopes to a local printer for the addition of corner cards. A revalued USA envelope with a copy of the corner card was provided as a sample with the instructions to “print them exactly the same way.” The printer duplicated both the corner card and the surcharge adding both to the stock of 15-cent Uncle Sam’s Hat envelopes. Thus this 15-cent envelope was accidentally revalued to 15-cents.

Stamp collector and patient of the optometrists, K.L.W. Brown, received his bill in one of these accidentally revalued envelopes. Brown expeditiously paid his bill and arranged to purchase some of these 15-cent revalued to 15-cent envelopes. The discovery of two more boxes of the revalued envelopes, their subsequent purchase and

examination by Brown raised his suspicions. Every surcharge was printed at the exact same distance from the corner card and with the exact same inclination. Investigation led Brown to the local printer and to the printer’s proof which included the surcharge. Postal authorities became involved but decided not to

take action because the unauthorized surcharge “was an innocent mistake with no intent to defraud.” Approximately 2,000 of the accidental fakes were produced. According to Brown’s report, “All unused envelopes were turned back to the United States Postal Service.”

There are two genuine varieties of the 15-cent stylized Uncle Sam’s Hat revalue to 15-cents. The first variety, only one copy known, is a used Postal Service size 10 regular envelope with “star” USA (47) watermark, used, with a Houston postmark. The second variety, only one copy known, is a Postal Service size 6 ¾ regular, un-canceled envelope with the printed address of the Oahu Country Club, Honolulu. Both varieties are undervalued in the 1990 issue of the UPSS Catalog of 20th Century Stamped Envelopes. The Scott 2002 Specialized Catalogue values these genuine errors with a “dash” which indicates insufficient market activity to place a value on this item.

Bibliography:

K.L.W. Brown, 15c Uncle Sam Envelope ‘Revalued to 15c’, S.P.A. Journal, vol. 42, # 4, DEC 1990, pps. 221-223

F. Fishburn, 15c Uncle Sam “Revalued to 15c”, Postal Stationery, vol. 23, # 5, SEP-OCT 1981, pps 130-132

F. Fishburn, More on 15c Uncle Sam “Revalued to 15c”, Postal Stationery, vol. 24, # 6, NOV-DEC 1982, pps. 162-163

A.P. Haller, editor, Catalog of the 20th Century Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States, UPSS, 1990, pps. 226-230, 248

Stevens, Henry, email RE: U586B, December 15, 2000, 10:17 PM

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Literature Reviews

By Wayne Menuz

Indonesia Postal Stationery, Japanese occupation 1942-1945, Republic Indonesia 1945-1949, published 2002 by De Nederlandsche Postzegelveiling, Weesp, The Netherlands, edited by P. R. Bulterman. Perfect bound, 6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches, 188 pages, color illustrations, priced in euros. It is in English. Available from James Bendon Ltd, P.O. Box 56484, 3307 Limassol, Cyprus www.jamesbendon.com, for UK £44.50 postpaid to USA. Visa and MasterCard are accepted.

In 1993 Mr. Bulterman published a seminal work on the Japanese Occupation postal stationery of the Dutch East Indies, followed in 1996 by his work on stationery of the Republic of Indonesia through 1945. In this latest work, he has combined those works into one comprehensive listing of this most difficult area. It should be remembered that the territory is vast, roughly the size of the U.S.A. from end to end.

Upon outbreak of war, the Japanese established separate administrations in the occupied Dutch Indies: the Army area (Sumatra and Java) and the Navy area. Many types of local overprints on the existing stock of Dutch Indies postal material were made to convert them to the new administrations. Local facilities printed provisional post cards, especially in the territory under control of the Imperial Navy. Then, rate increases, followed by decreases, spawned a host of handstamped surcharges. Upon Japan’s surrender in August 1945, there was no immediate occupation of the former Dutch Indies by the allies, and Japanese military, or indigenous civilian administration continued for many more months. While the Dutch were interested in regaining control of their former colony, the Indonesians were not interested in replacing one master for another, even if it was a former one. Consequently, local governments, under the banner of “Republic of Indonesia” sprang up at varying times and places. So, during the period 1945-1949, postal stationery was issued by the Japanese, by the Dutch, and by revolutionary entities. To compound the problem for anyone trying to understand this turbulent era is the dearth of material that has survived - some exist in quantities of one or two examples only.

The first thing one notices in this new catalog/handbook is the full color illustrations. They are excellent. The organization of the catalog is systematic, first providing an illustrated list of pre-war stationery that was overprinted (or, in some cases, used without overprints.) The next and larges portion covers the Japanese occupation postal stationery by territory and by which Japanese authority was responsible. Then follows listings for field post cards and POW cards, concluding with formular postal forms such as money orders. These latter items, being unstamped, are not postal stationery, but they are nevertheless interesting. The Indonesian issues are then listed, followed by

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17 pages of the formular money orders, parcel cards and the like (though, again, these are not postal stationery.) It concludes with three pages of postal rates.

The list is clearly laid out, and after one learns the code he uses for the dozen or so pre-war Dutch Indies stationery types that were subject to overprinting, the use of the catalog is quite easy. Many new items have been added to his previous listings, many of unique status. The prices, in Euros, are very well done and closely reflect the market and the relative scarcity, ranging from €2 for the cheapest items to €8000 for the highly sought after Flores 5 sen green card. Many items are unpriced, showing “RRR” when there is insufficient data because of rarity. This material is avidly collected today by the Japanese and the Dutch, and the price trend for scarce material, or for unusual postal markings, is definitely upwards.

There is a note stating: “Numbers for postal stationery and forms in this catalogue have been changed comparing to the editions of 1993 and 1996.” The one blatant and most annoying omission in this work is the lack of a concordance table showing the old and new numbers. Since the arrangements of the material differ also, it mean one has to re-catalog all material from scratch, a chore that could have been avoided. Also, a map would have been most welcome, especially one showing the main towns and districts the utilized their own overprint types. But, these are minor points, and overall this is not only an indispensable

catalog that covers the area comprehensively, but it is easy to use and is certainly indispensable for anyone interested in this area.

The Postal Stationery of Iran, edited and published 2002 by F. N. Farahbakhsh, Tehran, Iran. Perfect bound, 6 ¾ x 9 ½ inches, 180 pages, color illustrations, priced in Iranian Rials. It is in Persian and in English. Available from Mehdi Esmaili, P.O. Box 750096, Forest Hills, NY 11375, 718 520-1807, [email protected] for $39.00 postpaid within USA.

The country of Iran, formerly called Persia until 1935, issued postal stationery during a span of 126 years, but the relatively modest number of issues has enticed many collectors. The H&G catalog is not too bad, but of course it is over twenty years old, and much has been issued since. It also does not list the 65 different views that were printed on the backs of many Persian post cards by the Dutch printer, J. Enschede & Sons (who also printed the fronts) and sold by the post office.

Mr. Farahbakhsh, who collects and exhibits many facets of Iranian philately and who is also a dealer in Iran, has put together an up to date catalog of Iranian postal stationery. In addition to the expected listings, for issues printed by Enschede, he provides the quantity printed and the quantity remaindered. The 65 official views are listed, though which color combination is known with which view is not.

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The country’s first stationery consisted of formula cards of Russia with a Persian 2 chahis adhesive and a bisected 1 chahi adhesive stamp. The author repeats the story that the postmaster of Tabriz prepared these provisionals, and that some were even sent “to Europe and the United States of America.” The used copy addressed to England that he illustrates (reproduced below) is pretty much like all the ones I’ve ever seen – it looks bogus. Persia did not join the UPU until several years later, and this issue would have been valid only locally. His example, like all the others seen, has no transit marks whereas virtually all

international mail matter from the late 1870’s has them. His and other examples appear to be the work of a philatelist who took Russian formular cards, applied the Persian adhesives, applied a feint cancel (and even the mint ones have this cancel as a CTO), and then filled in the addressee. A definitive catalog should either provide substantiation of this issue, or at least offer some comments about its authenticity.

The catalog has a number of additional problems. In no particular order:

1. It lists and assigns catalog numbers to formular stationery that was given free by the post office without an adhesive pre-applied. These are not postal stationery.

2. The formular post cards diagonally overprinted SERVICE in the box intended for the adhesive stamp “were prepared for government use” but, by whom? The almost endless variety of card colors, type fonts, and inverts strongly smells of philatelic origin, at least for the majority of them. Very few types are known legitimately used. Some discourse regarding these would be expected.

3. The prices in general of used 19th century items, and both mint and used 20th century seem to be realistic, where the issues from the 1920’s through the 1950’s are generally more scarce mint than used. But, most of the stationery from the 19th century is actually quite common in mint condition, and yet his prices from them are usually far too high. For example, his PC7 (H&G 1) post card is priced at 150,000 R mint, and 250,000 R used. My experience is that the mint card is readily available for under $3, whereas even the most ordinary, properly used example sells for at least $50. The proportion is not there.

4. The reason for the “PROVISOIRE 1319” and the latter “Imperial Post” overprints is not explained.

5. He shows six examples of views that were privately applied to the back of government post cards – a list would have been more useful.

6. The formular cards used as Maximum cards are listed and

numbered within the postal stationery listings. Those are not postal stationery.

7. The 1992 set of 14 post cards, each with a different stamp design and different denomination, is given only one catalog number – how is one to differentiate each?

8. His chapter on stampless, private picture post cards assigns regular catalog numbers of PC 98 through PC100, being cards using one of three types of adhesives. Besides the error in the duplication in numbering (these three numbers are already used by earlier items), the inclusion of purely picture post cards in a stationery catalog serves no purpose.

9. The several dozen surcharge types used on the aerograms of the past few years are all illustrated, and each aerogram so treated is given a separate catalog number, but there is no correlation between them.

10. The chapter covering booklets of adhesive stamps is like that on the picture post cards – these are not postal stationery in any sense of the term.

11. The postal money orders with stamp imprint and the International Reply Coupons are not even mentioned.

The issues of “Bushire in British Occupation” are covered, as well as the “Postage Prepaid Insurance” envelopes, and the latter, I believe, make their first appearance in a catalog anywhere.

The catalog is a little disconcerting to use at first, because the flow is from back to front as it follows the Persian language method. However, after one gets used to reading the right page before the left page, it is not too difficult. Overall, this reference has a lot of information not contained elsewhere, especially the post-H&G issues, but it has some organizational and content problems that perhaps a future edition will address.

Hellas 2003, Volume II, edited and published by A. Karamitsos, perfect bound, 6½ x 9½ inches, 331 pages, color illustrations, priced in Euros. It is in English and Greek. Available from publisher, 34 Tsimiski Street, 54623 Thesaloniki, Greece, [email protected], for $40 postpaid to USA (which includes Vol I also.) US dollar checks are OK. Visa and MasterCard are also accepted. Orders can be made on their website: www.karamitsos.com.

The political and postal history of Greece and the lands associated with Greece is a story of 19th century power politics by the European and Ottoman imperial powers, of revolution, of wars of liberation or conquest, of the fallout from the disintegration of the Ottoman (Turkish) empire following WW I, the occupations of WW II, and all under the influence of philately on many of the postal emissions that resulted. Today, the literature of the area, which includes the lands and islands around the Adriatic and the Aegean seas, the lower Balkans, Crete, and related areas tend to focus only on issues related to the imperial country. Thus, the Italian catalogs provide listings of the territories they owned, occupied, or were once owned and subsequently occupied by others. Any previous, or subsequent non-Italian issues are not included. The same is true of the French, Turkish and other literature. Mr. Karamitsos achievement is that he has taken the area as a whole, regardless of who was the temporary occupier or declared government in charge.

Vol I covers only the adhesive stamps of Greece proper, and is

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thus not reviewed here. Vol II covers all the postal emissions of the related areas, plus cancellations of Greece proper. The catalog is arranged in a straightforward manner, with separate chapters for each of the twenty territorial areas or islands , and within each, a listing of all postal emissions regardless of which political entity was responsible. Those that issued postal stationery include the familiar, such as the Aegean overprinted post cards of Italy, the Crete issues of France and Italy, the independent issues of Samos and Thrace, the occupation of Rhodes by Italy and by Germany, etc. Also covered are previously unlisted issues of Mount Athos and other areas.

Each chapter commences with a history of the area, a small inset map to identify the location, and is concluded by the postal history. The writing is concise, and formatted to give the reader an understanding as to why a postal item was issued, whether it was “really” necessary or was influenced by the philatelic market, which were never issued, which are bogus, and so forth.

Every item of stationery is illustrated, and the pricing is a true reflection of the market, no doubt because Mr. Karamitsos is a dealer and auctioneer in Greece. He has obviously tracked the results of his sales quite well. In those cases where an item is not known used, or was never valid for postage, he provides that information, as well as quantities printed where known. In the English portions of the text, he provides translations of Greek (or other) terms used on the stationery and overprints, a must useful feature.

The International Reply Coupons are not covered, and no concordance table is proved to link the many country catalog numbers to his, but these omissions are secondary in a work this

well done. The look and feel of the catalog is of one that is of the highest quality, and this catalog (perhaps it could be called a handbook) would be a very welcome addition to any collector’s or philatelic judge’s library.

Handbook of Modern Ukrainian Philately, A Catalog of Stamps, Stationery, and Cancellations, 1991-2000, published 2002 by the Ukrainian Philatelic Resources, edited by George D. Fedyk and Ingert J. Kuzych, perfect bound, 8¼ x 10¾ inches, 227 pages, B&W illustrations, unpriced. Available from Publisher, PO Box 3, Springfield, VA 22150 for $28 postpaid in USA,. Plus $ 3 to Canada, and $8 to rest of the world.

This second edition has over 700 illustrations, and provides much of the necessary information one would ask for in post-Soviet Ukrainian philately. The table of contents says it best: Postage Stamps, including national and local issues, and

the Trident overprints Stationery, including envelopes, post cards, and non-postal

stationery chapters on First Day Covers (of adhesives), Souvenir Folders, Cards, and Booklets.

Special Issues Postmarks Appendicies, including Thematics, postage rate tables,

Bibliography and more

The 16 pages devoted to postal stationery is divided into two parts: envelopes and post cards. Each item is listed in a table, where it is given a catalog number, the order number (usually

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printed on the item), the issue date, a description, the denomination, the quantity printed, the stamp design type, and the color. The Ukraine continued to follow the Soviet model, where definitive stamps are used on envelopes and post cards that employ different views or cachets depicting some event or person, or commemorative stamp designs. These are all listed in the tables, and since each item has a unique order number somewhere on it, it is relatively easy to locate each in the tables.

Not covered are the almost limitless overprints and surcharges on Russian stationery that were produced upon the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1990. Some of these were legitimate productions, while many were made with the philatelic market in mind. They often employ a Trident in the overprint, but sometimes they are just modified canceller slugs that indicate the new postal value (with or without removing the “USSR” in the slug) – most of these are legitimate and, in fact, are difficult to find mint. In any case, the authors eschew the stamps and the stationery, so this will have to be left to others. Also omitted are the International Reply Coupons.

If one collects modern Ukraine, it is a useful book, but if one only collects the postal stationery, the Michel Catalog probably is a better value.

Privatganzsachen Katalog 2002 Band 1 Berlin / DDR, 222 pages Band 2 Bundesrepublik, Umschlage, 286 pages Band 3 Bundesrepublik, Faltbriefe, Streifbander,

Nachnahmekarte, Postkarten, 244 pages published by the Berliner Ganzsachen-Sammler-Verein, Perfect bound, 8.3 x 11.3 inches (size A4), B&W illustrations, priced in Euros. It is in German. Available from Norbert Sehler, Kreuznacher Strasse 20, 14197 Berlin, Germany, for €17.5 each volume plus postage.

The last edition of the Michel catalog of the Printed to Private Order postal stationery of post-WWII Germany was in 1987, and there have been hundreds of new issues since that time, so this series of catalogs fills the gap. Virtually all items were created by philatelists, often to be sold at stamp exhibitions as fund raising collectables. There have been thousands of such PTPO items of stationery made since 1945.

The catalogs follow the Michel catalog system, whereby the main divisions is by type of stationery (envelope, post card, wrapper, etc.), then by stamp design, then by stamp denomination, then a letter designator for what ever else is printed on the item (e.g., A1=blank, C1=with a year date somewhere in the design but without the organization’s name, C2= the same but with the name, D1=with a full date, etc.), then a catalog number sequence, followed if necessary by a suffix. An example is Berlin “PU 058 D2/002”, where “PU” indicates Privat Umschlage (German for “PTPO Envelope), “058” is the 50 pf green “avoid accidents” stamp design, and “D2/002” is the second catalog number under the D2 types.

Each item is pictured, which is the main reason it takes three large catalogs to cover the field, even with a three column format and tiny text. Each volume begins with a list of abbreviations and an illustrated table of flap types. Then follows a list illustrating every stamp design and denomination, followed by the types of stationery using it and the page number where

the listing of that type begins. In the listings, the main details are described, though the pictures are probably indispensable to enable identification as there are often hundreds of items with the same stamp design and denomination. In addition, the special cancel, if any, is noted, as well as the First Day of Issue. The price of each item is noted, though of course virtually all “used” items are CTO or philatelic. The price of most material tends to be in the $5 to $15 range, caused primarily by the high issue price, and while buying individual items may be at this level, large lots can be had at great discount.

There are probably only few collectors today who strive to collect each item of PTPO German stationery, as the field is so vast, but even if one specializes on a specific issue, these catalogs are a good reference. It is also convenient that it is not necessary to buy all three if one is interested in a limited area.

Correction

The names in the "Member's Meeting" picture caption (Jan-Feb, p.28 upper left) should be (L-R): Arturo Martin-De-Nicholas, Brad Horton, Charles Fricke.

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A Philatelic Footnote to History

Charles A. Fricke

Hardlv a dav goes bv in our present world of technology without someone coming up with a new way of communicating. Being somewhat old-fashioned I still use the mails to write to our government officials about how I feel on a certain subject. This was the same way in which A. Traver, Postmaster of North Chatham, New York expressed his opinion on January 11, 1875 about a vital political subject of the day by writing “Stand by Sheridan". His method of communicating was to use a lc postal card, issue of 1873 (Scott UX3) .The card is postmarked North Chatham, New York and addressed to "Hon. W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War, Washington, D.C

His expression "Stand by Sheridan" was a statement,.which conveyed his support of General Philip H. Sheridan's action in handling the uproar taking place in the Louisiana legislature during reconstruction. President Grant had Belknap order Sheridan down to Louisiana to handle the anticipated fight for control of the state legislature. In late 1874 Sheridan, not anticipating anv undue problems, was surprised by the action of the Democrats to seat their own people. He used his military authority to prevent them from being seated. This action was in response to the supposedly illegal seating of five Democrats by the manipulation of balloting procedures by the Democrats in order to capture the five open seats to give them a majority in opposition to the Republicans. His actions as the military commander inflamed the nation as it appeared the federal government was interceding in state governmental affairs and was not to be tolerated. It was hot and heavy between people

who, on opposite sides during the Civil War, were also taking sides regarding the method used by Sheridan.

So as to not be misunderstood, Travers took the opportunity to convey his feelings about the matter to state "Stand by Sheridan" by using a lc postal card. A congressional committee requested by Grant was sent down from Washington to investigate the affair and subsequently absolved Sheridan of any disciplinary action. However, Sheridan and Grant continued to be denounced by many formidable figures in the political arena with continuing criticism of Sheridan's high-handedness of using his military authority in state matters.

Whether the lc postal card with its message had any influence on Belknap's decision to support Sheridan in the volatile affair we'll never know. But to realize the postal card has survived for over 120 years and which I feel represents the true value of a citizen who expressed his opinion to the Secretary of War is a credit to him

Editorial note: Of course the above in no way really explains the political fighting between the Republicans and Democrats to control the state which raged over a number of years during the reconstruction period. The intent was just to show why Travers sent his postal card to Belknap to stand by Sheridan.

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The minimum value of lots offered for consignment is $5. This is the estimate of true value not catalog value. The auctioneer can refuse any part of or an entire consignment. The auctioneer may combine lots to bring the estimated value over $5. The auctioneer makes final decisions on the lotting of items.

Sellers are expected to correctly describe their own lots. All materials submitted must have a detailed inventory of material sent along with an estimated price. Material submitted without an inventory will be returned to the sender at sender’s expense.

Minimum bids are acceptable if they are realistic, and approved by the auctioneer.

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PRECANCELLED ENVELOPE CATALOG

UPDATE

Work is progressing on the 2003 edition of the Precancelled Envelope Catalog of USA envelopes. Anyone who has envelopes not listed in the 1980 edition or its updates is asked to provide a list of such, with photos if possible, to David Smith. If the new item is of a local precancel type, a photo is essential. In some cases, we may ask to have an item sent to us for closer examination.

The 1980 catalog has been put on a computer database and all updates received so far have been added, as well as new information not in the prior edition. We anticipate the catalog will be available this summer.

This catalog is being published by the Precancel stamp Society, with permission from the UPSS.

Send your information to:

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Rochester, IN 46975

RARE AND UNUSUAL STATIONERY #16

RUSSIA ENVELOPE ESSAY

H&G B 22 Michel U14A

It is a fortunate day indeed when one can buy fool’s gold and upon examination it turns out to be real gold. The 1868 envelope issue of Russia included a blue 20 kopek value in two sizes. The stamp design featured the Czar’s coat of arms. The issued stationery has a small “20” in a circle. However, an essay exists on identical envelope stock as that of the issued item.The stamp design is different in all respects, but the most noticeable feature is the tall “20”. In addition, the eagle’s wings are spaced away from the inner circle, the letter and engine-turning is different, and the color is more ultramarine than blue. If you happen to spot this essay, it likely it will be offered as the normal, issued item, which is not scarce, but go ahead and grab it, as there are only two or three copies of the essay so far discovered. The example at top, shown at 100% size, is one.

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