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The Bay Phil 316 1 September/October/November/December 2016

The Bay Phil

A publication of Friends of the Western Philatelic Library, Inc.,

an organization of philatelists assisting in the growth and maintenance of the

Western Philatelic Library, 3004 Spring Street, Redwood City, CA 94063

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September/October/November/December 2016

Volume 47, No. 5, Whole Number 316

ISSN 8756-5153

VOLUNTEER WORK AT LIBRARY!

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a few hours helping to work through our many tasks

and piles of literature. The third Saturday of each

month will be Volunteer Day. Here are the dates for

2016

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October 15

November 19

December 17

January 21, 2017

February 18, 2017

March 18, 2017

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

Deceased

William R. Mitchell

New

Leslie Cox (CA)

Tom Griesbach (CA)

Book Returns

The WPL exists as a resource for everyone.

The lending policy is very lenient for anyone

borrowing books or other items. Most members

appreciate this service and use it well, including

returning the items in a timely manner.

However, a few overextend their borrowing

time and stretch it to the limit. It makes more

work and problems to the few volunteers that

we have who need to chase down delinquent

borrowers and call them for returns that are

sometimes years old. Please check any of your

borrowed books and return them so others

might benefit from them. The alternative is one

we don’t like: the limiting of borrowers who are

chronic extenders, by denying their borrowing

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In This Issue

Members - Deceased, Moved or New 1

Editor’s Corner 2

Thank You For Your Contributions 3

Email to Edward Jarvis 3

Book Review 4

Tear Sheet 5-8

Book Reviews 9-10

Membership Application 11

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Editor’s Corner

It is proving to be quite a Summer -

floods in the South, fires in the West and

of course humidity in the East.

Fortunately Autumn will soon be here

and then the Winter with plenty of time

to work on our stamp collections.

Don’t forget to make plans for

attending WESTPEX 2017 April 29 -

May 1. Always a great show and

certainly one of the best in the USA.

For those who plan ahead, you can

check on BOSTON2026 at their website

http://www.boston2026.org/

As always this is your publication, not

mine, and I am always open to

suggestions for improvement. I may not

implement all suggestions, but I will

always read and evaluate them.

Richard M. Hanchett, Editor

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS

Gary Van Cott (NV) various philatelic periodicals and journals

Stanley Gibbons, Inc. (London) various Stanley Gibbons price lists

Barbara Hermert (CA) various philatelic publications and stamp albums

Ross Towle (CA) philatelic periodicals and stamp catalogues

Richard Clever (CA) philatelic periodicals

Leslie Cox (CA) various philatelic periodicals and auction catalogues

Larry Rosenblum (CA) philatelic reports

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David Moore (CA) stamp catalogues and stamp albums

Paula Sagar (CA) book

Mark Stromberg (CA) stamp and auction catalogues

Al Zulueta (CA) various philatelic periodicals and stamp and auction catalogues

Brad Gibbs (CA) stamp catalogues

David McNamee (CA) philatelic periodical and auction catalogue

Michael Clynne (CA) stamp and auction catalogues

Steve Hanson (CA) FDCs and stamps

Donald Beilke (CA) stamps and albums and auction catalogues

Pacific Stamp Exchange (CA) philatelic covers

NOTE: The WPL has temporarily lost its 501-C-3 status due to a late filing. NO

donations (except those listed above) can be claimed as a Tax Deduction. The WPL

has already applied to have the 501-C-3 status reinstated.

June 15, 2016

Edward H. Jarvis

WESTPEX

P. O. Box 210579

San Francisco, CA 94121-0579

Dear Edward,

The Friends of the Western Philatelic Library once again thanks WESTPEX for the generous

donation of $5,000 and for your continuing support of the Western Philatelic Library.

Your continuing support of the Western Philatelic Library is greatly appreciated by those

who use the library whether they are specialists or beginning collectors and volunteers who try

to maintain the library.

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provide any goods or services to you in consideration of your contribution. Please save this

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Sincerely,

Jo Skinner, Treasurer


Book Review: 2015 Brookman reviewed by Peter Martin

2015 Brookman edited by David S. Macdonald. Bedford, N.H.: Brookman/Barrett &

Worthen, 2014. 416 pages, 8.5 by 11 inches, color illus., perfect or spiral bound.

Available for $35.95 (perfect) or $39.95 (spiral) plus $5 P&H from: Brookman/Barrett &

Worthen, 167 So. River Rd. Unit #3, Bedford, NH 03110; Phone (800) 332-3383.

The 2015 Brookman was released late last year and, as with previous editions, covers

English speaking North America, including the United States (with territories and possessions

such as Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canal Zone, Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau), Canada and

United Nations.

Brookman also provides expanded coverage for U.S. back of the book issues, U.S. first day

covers, World War II and Korean War Patriotics, postal collectibles and autographs. Brookman

uses Scott catalog numbers throughout by agreement with Scott Publishing Company.

The standard format consists of two-column listings with some three-column pages.

Like other recent editions, many of the color images are quite dark, especially for modern

issues, but they are still useful references. Individual stamp images are provided for most major

categories. but others only have selected images.

Brookman is really a retail price list used by Brookman/Barrett & Worthen, Brookman

Stamp Company and a number of stamp dealers around the country. Prices are given for used

and unused stamps, often further separated by condition.

U.S. first day covers have their own introduction with listings that start with Scott 5A.

Issues for the 1920s and 1930s include prices for all official cities. The first cachets of major

cachet makers are interspersed.

The postal collectibles section includes such items as souvenir cards, souvenir pages and

commemorative panels.

Publisher Arlene Dunn reports that: “Collector interest in first day covers is in the more

elusive 1920 to early 1930s first days. Rare material sells immediately, both in auction and in

dealers stocks. As in the past, interest in World War II Patriotic covers remains strong.”

Each book contains $100 worth of coupons and a free one-year subscription to the quarterly

The Brookman Times. The 2015 Brookman is available in perfect and spiral bound editions.

The Brookman catalog provides first day cover collectors one of the few places where they can

check the relative rarity of FDCs in their collections.


UNITED STATES - CALIFORNIA

15554 Long Distance Fiscal Management From Pleasant Springs.

California, 1857. Scott 15. Simpson, T.W. 1pp ill 1963 .50

UNITED STATES - HAWAII

15520 A Stamp of Fate. 1pp 1963 .50

UNITED STATES – INDIAN TERRITORY

15536 Indian Territory Postmarks. Townsend, A.C. 2pp 1941 1.00

UNITED STATES - MICHIGAN

15534 First 25 Years of the Ann Arbor Post Office. Schoen, R.H. 9pp ill 1961 4.50

UNITED STATES – VIRGIN ISLANDS

15576 Postcard Charlotte Amalie to Baltimore With Street Car

RPO Forwarding Cancel July 5, 1918. 1pp ill 1956 .50

UNITED STATES CINDERELLA MATERIAL

15517 MAD’S Gap Toothed Kid Goes Back to 1895. Hotchner, J.M. 2pp ill 1996 1.00

UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR

15564 Camp Scenes on Patriotic Envelopes. Marsh, R. 3pp ill 1951 1.50

15547 Prisoner Letter For Civil War Major. 2pp ill 1954 1.00

UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR - CONFEDERACY

15531 Currency of the Confederacy. Foley, D.M. 1pp 1953 .50

15548 Jefferson Davis & Stamps of the Confederacy. Nathan, H. 3pp ill 1941 1.50

UNITED STATES COVERS

15549 Covering VMI.. (Virginia Military Institute) & UNC (University

Of North Carolina) Holt, W.C. 5pp ill 1997 2.50

15565 Earliest Known U.S. Cover on Sale For First Time. Jansson, K. 2pp ill 1988 1.00

UNITED STATES EXPRESS COMPANIES

15567 Research….As Applied to the Subject of the Western Expresses,

Their Hand-stamps & Franks. Phillips, W.W. 3pp ill 1949 1.50

15572 The Saga of the Camel Express. & Revival of the Camel Express. Halladay, F. 2pp ill 1949 1.00

15566 William H. Russell, Originator & Developer of the Famous

Pony Express. Berthold, V.M.19pp ill 1929 7.25

UNITED STATES FORGERIES AND COUNTERFEITS

15569 Counterfeit U.S. Postal Card. Gilbert, F.M. 1pp 1941 .50

15568 Fakes of Scott No. 491a Reported. 1pp 1941 .50

15570 Focus on Forgeries. U.S. 13 Cent John F. Kennedy Prominent

Americans Issue of 1967. Tyler, V.E. 1pp ill 1998 .50

15532 Watermark Test Uncovers Washington Franklin Fakes. 1pp 1994 .50

UNITED STATES GRILLS

15571 Inverted Grill on Scott’s U.S. No. 94. Wilson, W.E. 1pp 1960 .50

UNITED STATES INSURED MAIL

15521 Postal Insurance Labels Interesting Addition to ‘Back of the

Book’ Items. Scott Q11-15. Browne, G. 2pp ill 1978 1.00

UNITED STATES MILITARY MAIL

15574 A Korean Prisoner of War Cover. Nicholson, A.L. 1pp ill 1953 .50

15573 Many Names, One Entity. (APO Mail From Agencies Assisting

Refugees & Displaced Persons of WW II) Dickman, I. 4pp ill 1997 2.00

15551 Tank Corps Conundrum. (U.S. Tank Corps First Training Center

1917). Wessels, M.A. 2pp ill 1997 1.00

15550 The South Pacific Mail. WW II Censored Covers. Carriker, C. 2pp ill 1981 1.00

UNITED STATES OFFICES ABROAD

15575 American Office in Yokohama. 1pp ill 1976 .50

UNITED STATES POST OFFICE OPERATIONS

15511 Morphine by Mail. Hotchner, J.M. 1pp ill 1996 .50

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One of the policies of the FWPL is to inform members about the availability of duplicate material. Any item listed here may be purchased by sending your payment to the address above. The funds received from sales help with operational expenses and go towards acquisitions we otherwise could not obtain. Please remember to add the postage costs: 47 cents for each 4 pages ordered.

A growing list of tear sheets is available by email or through our website at www.fwpl.org/tearshts.htm which also links to tear sheets on Leonard Hartmann’s Internet website: www.pbbooks.com



UNITED STATES POSTAGE DUES

15552 Postage Due Envelope of the 1860’s. Fricke, C.A. 2pp ill 1997 1.00

UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY

15535 First Printers, New York City Firm Printed First Stamps of

Canada & U.S. (Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson) La Marre, T. 1pp 1987 .50

15553 The Oldest Post Office in the Country. GPO 2pp ill 1967 1.00

15519 The Status of the Sanitary Fair Stamps in U.S. Postal History. Perry, E. 4pp ill 1973 2.00

15518 Visiting the Smithsonian. Franklin D. Roosevelt & Stamps

Of His Era. Bruns, F.R. 2pp ill 1972 1.00

15533 1870 U.S. Pouch Mail. New Discoveries. Cohn, E.N. 14pp ill 1977 6.00

UNITED STATES POSTAL MARKINGS

15537 “F. P. Hammond & Company” Truax, R.A. 3pp ill 1938 1.50

15577 HAVANA Marking Applied at Savannah, GA. Wierenga, T. 1pp ill 1990 .50

15578 United States Postmarks. Konwiser, H.M. 1pp 1938 .50

UNITED STATES PRODUCTION - ENGRAVING

15529 U.S. Engravers of Bank Notes and Stamps. Brazer, C.W. 8pp ill 1948 4.00

UNITED STATES PRODUCTION - PERFORATIONS

15530 Early American Perforating Machines & Perforations, 1857-1867. Boggs, WS. 32pp ill 1954 10.50

UNITED STATES PROVISIONALS AND FORERUNNERS

15562 The New Haven Postmasters Provisional Revisited. Rosende, R.M. 4pp ill 1991 2.00

UNITED STATES REVENUES

15558 AFT Distilled Sprits Stamp. Lesher, E.E. 1pp ill 1982 .50

15527 An Updated List of Prohibition Prescription Blanks. Smiley, W. 5pp ill 1981 2.50

15523 For Revenue Stamped Paper It Is The Age of Discovery. Castelholz, B.J. 7pp ill 1985 3.50

15522 Hugh McCulloch. (Comptroller of the currency & Treasury

Secretary, 1862-69, 1884-85) 2pp ill 1985 1.00

15560 Labels, Seals & Tags. A Look at Some of the USIR Cinderella's. Tolman, H. 4pp ill 1981 2.00

15515 Literature in Review. Re-plating of the 50 Cent Conveyance

Civil War Revenue Stamp by Steve Rorer. Trettin, K. 1pp 1980 .50

15516 Lock Seals—What Are They? Trettin, K. & Alfano, L. 1pp ill 1980 .50

15539 Narcotic Notes #4. The Measurement of District Collector

Provisional Handstamps. Benfield, W.R. 2pp ill 1985 1.00

15512 Newly Reported Surcharges on Beer Stamps. (1898 & 1917

Provisional Issues) 1pp ill 1980 .50

15524 Papers. (U.C. Revenue Stamped Paper) Erbe, T. 2pp 1978 1.00

15557 Plate Varieties. Crack or Scratch? Scott R 5c. Giacomelli, A. 1pp ill 1978 .50

15513 Plate Varieties. Plate Cracks. Giacomelli, A. 1pp ill 1981 .50

15526 Positions. Plate Varieties. Sheaff, D. 2pp ill 1981 1.00

15541 R 153/ R 154 Overprint Varieties. Mc Master, L. 2pp ill 1985 1.00

15561 Stateside 7 &. (Pennsylvania Local Beer Tax Stamps) Lesher, R. 1pp ill 1981 .50

15540 The Fabulous Battleship Stamps of 1898. Giacomelli, A. 5pp ill 1981 2.50

15556 The Parchment Paper Cotton Tag. Einstein, J.S. 1pp ill 1982 .50

15528 The $200 Firearms Transfer Tax Stamp. Trettin, K, Aldrich, M. & Kettenbrink, E. 5pp ill 1981 2.50

15559 U.S. Customs Cigarettes; Cigarettes; Re-imported & Returned

Provisionals . Scoville, O. 2pp ill 1980 1.00

15514 U.S. First Provisional Issue. Sloane, J.L. 1pp ill 1985 .50

15525 Watch Out For Tapeworm. Herst, H. 2pp ill 1981 1.00

UNITED STATES SPECIALIZED - 1847

15542 When U.S. 1847’s Were New on Cover. Pope, J.D. 3pp ill 1954 1.50

15563 1847 Covers From Delaware. Hart. C/C/ 3pp ill 1963 1.50


15543 The Varieties of the Five Cent Walloon on Plate 15754. Scott 616. Alter, D. 3pp ill 1926 1.50


15544 Donaldson Tells Story of Kansas City Commemorative. Scott 994. 1pp ill 1950 .50


15545 Designs That Didn’t Make It,,, And One That Did. Higher Education. Scott 1206.2pp ill 1981 1.00


15546 Those Katzenjammer Kids. Scott 3000 Design B. Fricke, C.A. 2pp ill 1998 1.00

TOPICAL COLLECTING – FAMOUS PEOPLE - WASHINGTON

15555 George Washington’s “True” Likeness. Kanterman, C.B. 2pp 1960 1.00

TOPICAL COLLECTING – WHITE HOUSE

15538 Behind the Stamp. The White House. Mulford, M. 1pp ill 1950 .50


One of the policies of the FWPL is to inform members about the availability of duplicate material. Any item listed here may be purchased by sending your payment to the address above. The funds received from sales help with operational expenses and go towards acquisitions we otherwise could not obtain. Please remember to add the postage costs: 47 cents for each 4 pages ordered.

A growing list of tear sheets is available by email or through our website at www.fwpl.org/tearshts.htm which also links to tear sheets on Leonard Hartmann’s Internet website: www.pbbooks.com

GENERAL WORLDWIDE SUBJECTS

AIR MAIL

13403 Suggestions on Mounting & Housing Aerograms Godfrey, I.H. 2pp 1963 1.00

ANTARCTIC

13413 The First Byrd Antarctic Expedition. USCS #20 1pp ill 1934 .50

CINDERELLA MATERIAL

13384 Stamps That Come in From the Cold. Rooke, H. 3pp ill 1986 1.50

COLLECTING

13374 Collecting Cancellations. Pennycuick, K. 4pp 1959 2.00

13436 Collecting in the Eighties. (1880’s) Michaels, W.C. 4pp 1939 2.00

13408 Collecting Stamps. Singer, A.E. 2pp 1956 1.00

13390 Experimental Approaches to Collecting & Exhibiting. Stone, R.G. 1pp 1989 .50

13424 Make Your Own Camera Shots to Dress Up Your Collection. Kehr, E.A. 3pp ill 1961 1.50

13425 Making A Demonstration Collection. Mueller, B.R. 1pp Unk. .50

13437 Preliminary Report on the Survey on Condition. 9pp ill 1940 4.50

13373 Some Experiences in Stamp Collecting. Ackerman, E.R. 2pp 1931 1.00

13435 Stamps—Condition & Collectability. Andersen, H.C. 2pp 1953 1.00

13433 The Tracing of Markings. Wierenga, T. 1pp 1980 .50

13380 Very Fine Condition. 3pp 1932 1.50

COVERS

13414 Cover Stories. Cohn, E.M. 2pp 1983 1.00

EXHIBITIONS

13415 International Philatelic Exhibitions. Mackay, J.A. 2pp 1970 1.00

EXPERTIZING

13416 Book Review. Opinions: Philatelic Expertizing-An Inside View,

Edited by Elizabeth Pope. Hahn, C.M. 5pp 1983 2.50

FORGERIES AND COUNTERFEITS

13397 A Weak Spot in Forgery Detection: Fake Overprints. Engel, A. 4pp ill 1994 2.00

13386 An Earee Tale. (Rev. Robert Briscoe Earee, Author of

“Album Weeds”) Lewy, E. 1pp ill 1986 .50

13378 Definitions. Torres, A. 15pp 1993-4 6.50

13387 New Facsimiles. Torres, A. 3pp 1994 1.50

13376 Re-gummed Stamps May Leave Visible Clues. 2pp 1994 1.00

13385 “Richter” Signature is Questionable. Hotchner, J. 1pp 1994 .50

13377 Some Older Technical Philately. Cohn, E.M. 2pp 1994 1.00

13388 Tools & Techniques. Torres, A. 19pp ill 1993-7 7.25

LITERATURE

13404 Book Review: “Paper Chase”, by Alvin F. Harlow. 2pp 1940 1.00

13405 Current Philatelic Literature. An Index. (For journals issued between

Nov. 1, 1952 & July 1953. From American Philatelist Vol. 66) Lidman, D. 44pp 1953 13.50

13379 The Literature of Stamp Collecting. Christensen, A. 3pp 1951 1.50

MARITIME MAIL

13434 A Functional Classification & Glossary of Terms Used in Ship Marks. Stone, R.G. 16pp ill 1980 6.50

MILITARY MAIL

13395 Soldiers Printed Messages From WW I. Collins, P. 2pp ill 1986 1.00

13396 The Postal Markings of the Allies in Britain. WW II. Hill, N. 13pp ill 1942-4 5.75

PAPER

13406 Paper Making. Croyston, G.J. 4pp 1955 2.00

PHILATELY - HISTORY

13389 Jeane Baptiste Philippe Constant Moens. Phillips, C.J. 2pp ill 1994 1.00

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POSTAL HISTORY

13407 A Crowded Century. Perz, C.A. 3pp ill 1940 1.50

13421 Definitions In And Of Postal History Stevens, R.M. 3pp 1990 1.50

13419 Historiettes: A Baker’s Dozen. Koenig, D. 3pp ill 1982 1.50

13420 Historiettes and Opinions. Koenig, D. 3pp ill 1982 1.50

13381 Important Lessons For Postal Historians in Utilizing Auction

Catalog Information—The Whereas & Bewares. Markovits, R.L. 4pp 1990 2.00

13417 Origins of the Letter Box. 2pp ill 1970 1.00

13422 Some Notes on Currency Relationships Prior to 1914. Whiteside, J.L. 8pp 1989 4.00

13418 The Semantics of Postal History. Cohn, E.M. 2pp 1979 1.00

POSTAL MARKINGS

13375 Cancel, Cancellation, Cancellers. Sevard 2pp 1931 1.00

13423 Insufficiently Prepaid. Erle, E. 2pp ill 1938 1.00

PRODUCTION

13426 The Printing of a Postage Stamp. 1pp 1971 .50

TOPICAL COLLECTING – ART AND ARTISTS

13438 Spain Honors Velasquez on Postage Stamps. Fischette, R.M. 6pp 1969 3.00

TOPICAL COLLECTING - BIRDS

13399 The Cassowary. Ernst, C.S. 1pp ill 1957 .50

13398 The “Henhouse”. Bourgraf, G. 1pp ill 1956 .50

TOPICAL COLLECTING – BLACK HISTORY

13440 Black Jockeys Play Significant Role in Early American Horse

Racing History. Roseboro, W. 2pp ill 1979 1.00

TOPICAL COLLECTING - BRIDGES

13429 Bridges. Kent, D.A. 1pp ill 2005 .50

TOPICAL COLLECTING - FISH

13427 The Variety of Philatelic Elements Within The Topic of Seahorses

Is Endless. Bleakey, J.R. 1pp ill 1996 .50

TOPICAL COLLECTING - FLAGS

13428 Flags on Stamps. Toulouse, J.H. 2pp ill 1950 1.00

TOPICAL COLLECTING - MAPS

13391 Maps on Stamps. Metzger, E. 1pp ill 1968 .50

TOPICAL COLLECTING - MEDICINE

13382 Ambulances: One Mans Heritage to the World. Wilson, T. 2pp ill 1986 1.00

13430 Avicenna. 1pp 1983 .50

TOPICAL COLLECTING – MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

13412 By-paths of Music. McAlister, C. 1pp ill 1951 .50

13431 National Anthems. McAlister, C. 2pp ill 1953 1.00

13411 Opera Italiane……. Jones, H.L. 1pp ill 1956 .50

13392 Opera on Stamps. Eisenberg, R.L. 10pp ill 1997 5.00

13393 The Philatelic Steinway. Spencer, A. 10pp ill 1991 5.00

TOPICAL COLLECTING – POSTAL HISTORY

13410 Carrying the Mail. Hunt, R. 2pp ill 1985 1.00

TOPICAL COLLECTING – RED CROSS

13400 The Red Cross in Postage Stamps. Cech, F. 4pp ill 1934 2.00

TOPICAL COLLECTING - RELIGION

13394 Saints & Postage Stamps. Legg, P. 2pp ill 1930 1.00

13383 Twice Told Tales of Eastern Gods. Hahn, M. 4pp ill 1934 2.00

TOPICAL COLLECTING - SCIENCE

13439 Philately of the Pittsburgh Conferences (& Exposition on

Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy) Ettre, L.S. 7pp ill 1999 3.50

TOPICAL COLLECTING – SPORTS AND RECREATION

13401 Cricket Stamps. Ellis, N. 2pp ill 1970 1.00

TOPICAL COLLECTING - TEXTILES

13402 The Story of Textiles as Told by Postage Stamps. Beedle, R. 9pp ill 1950 4.50

TOPICAL COLLECTING – THE PRESS

13432 The Power of the Press. King, H.J. 5pp ill Unk. 2.50

TOPICAL COLLECTING - WRITERS

13409 Cervantes in the Stamp Album. Gould, A.E. 1pp ill 1956 .50


Book Review: Overrun and Occupied Country Series: Book 1 – The Poland

Stamp & its Varieties

reviewed by Alan Warren

Overrun and Occupied Country Series: Book 1 – The Poland Stamp & its Varieties, by Keith

Lichtman. 54 pages, 8 ½ by 11 inches, comb bound, plastic covers, self-published, Staten

Island, N.Y., 2014. ISBN 978-0-692-21209-7, $35 postpaid in USA from Keith Lichtman, 37

Indale Avenue, Staten Island NY 10309. It is also sometimes listed for sale on eBay.

This is the first in a series of booklets, each one devoted to one of the familiar 1943-44 issues

of these stamps. The Poland stamp is examined in depth, especially with respect to printing

varieties.

Details of the printing are listed including date of issue, printer, designer, engraver, first day

city, quantity issued, last day of sale, colors, and margin markings among others. There are no

plate numbers but only corner imprints of the country name. Lichtman points out inking

varieties of the marginal POLAND. A copy of the POD announcement for this issue from the

Postal Bulletin is reproduced.

Of the four types of paper known for these issues, there are only two for the Poland stamp—

ordinary white and brownish. Color images are shown. Gum varieties are smooth and ridged.

Several pages are devoted to the reverse printing phenomenon known with these stamps. These

relate to whether the black or the color portion of the flags was printed first. Methods to detect

normal vs reverse are described.

Double impressions of the red flag and the

country name are highlighted, and differentiated

from over-inking or bleeding. Inking varieties

of the country name are provided in a checklist

and many of them are illustrated under

magnification. The outline of the flag is printed

in black and many varieties are shown like

breaks in the outline, as well as shading

anomalies in the folds of the flag.

The position of the flag is found to shift and

the red portion of the flag has mis-registration.

Examples of both are seen in the book. Plate

flaws are recorded for the flag pole itself as well

as the red field of the flag. Some errors, freaks,

and oddities are shown, i.e. non-repetitive

defects as opposed to plate flaws.

A post card announcement of the first day of

issue was released by the POD, followed by a

second card indicating that first day cancels

would be available in Chicago as well as

Washington. The latter city had both hand and

machine cancels. Several cachets are shown but

the cachet designers are not identified.


Book Review: Philatelic Views of the Peace Tower reviewed by Alan Warren

Philatelic Views of the Peace Tower by Gary Dickinson. 72 pages, 8 ½ by 11 inches, card

covers, spiral bound, British North America Philatelic Society, Ottawa, Ontario, 2016. ISBN

978-1-927119-67-9, $40 CDN plus shipping from BNAPS Book Department, c/o Sparks

Auctions, 1550 Carling Avenue Suite, 202, Ottawa ON K1Z 8S8, Canada, or www.bnaps.org/

books/books.php.

One of Ottawa’s parliament buildings, the Peace Tower, is a distinctive national symbol and

is as popular as are the maple leaf and the beaver. This handbook looks at the many postal

materials reflecting the building’s image, with a focus on first day covers. The tower was built

in the 1920s to replace the Victoria Tower that had burned down in 1916.

The first depiction of the Peace Tower on a Canadian postage stamp appeared on the 3-cent

value of the 1927 set marking the 60th anniversary of the Confederation. Since then the tower is

shown on more than 15 Canadian stamps. Countless postcards bear images of the tower and

some are described in Dickinson’s book. He also shows several First Flight covers with cachets

that feature the tower. In the same chapter a few stamp booklet covers can be seen on which the

Parliament buildings are prominent.

Chapter 3 of this handbook looks at FDCs of some of Canada’s stamps related to the Peace

Tower. The first cachet known that depicts the tower was designed by A. C. Roessler for the

1933 UPU commemorative.

Chapter 4 focuses on cachets depicting the Peace Tower, from early unknown cachet makers

but also from familiar names like ArtCraft, Jackson, Velvatone, Artmaster, and the Canadian

Post Office. Another chapter is devoted entirely to the work of Joseph C. Rosenbaum of

Montreal, known as Rosecraft cachets. These

include cachet varieties and also general purpose

designs.

After the Canadian Post Office began issuing

its own FDCs, it used some of the Rosecraft GP

cachets as replacements for damaged covers. The

Rosecraft GP story is rather complex with over

400 types known used for various issues and

recorded in Appendix A of Dickinson’s book.

Another useful appendix is an index of all of the

cachet makers for these issues. A list of references

offers further background reading for the

handbook.

The book is nicely laid out in 2-column format

and the illustrations are quite good. Gary

Dickinson, in addition to his prolific writing of

articles on Canada FDCs as well as editing First

Impressions, the newsletter of the BNAPS First

Day Cover Study Group, has contributed yet

another fine monograph in this field.

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