1999 U.S. Specialist Annotated Table of Contents
 
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Volume 70, 1999

 
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January 1999,    Vol. 70, No. 1,    Whole No. 827
 
Page #(s) Title Author(s)
 
pp. 3-4 President's Message Mark Alan
  Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association
 
p. 5 Corrections [to USS, v. 69, p. 499, p. 565] Kenneth E. Diehl and
Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz
Indexing terms: Air Mail covers
Marginal markings - Arrows, Guide lines, and Registry marks
Plate numbers - Production data
Postal rates
Production techniques - Booklets
Production techniques - Plate Production and Layout
Quantities issued
Scott #CE2 16¢ red and blue Air Mail Special Delivery of 1936
 
pp. 7-14 "H" Rate Booklets and Sheetlets Michael O. Perry
Indexing terms: Booklets and booklet panes
Marginal markings - Arrows, Guide lines, and Registry marks
Marginal markings - Electric Eye markings
Plate numbers - Combinations
Production techniques - Plate Production and Layout
Scott #3267a H (33¢) Uncle Sam's Hat self-adhesive booklet pane of 10, serpentine die cut 9.9, of 1998
Scott #3268a H (33¢) Uncle Sam's Hat self-adhesive booklet pane of 10, serpentine die cut 11.2x11.1, of 1998
Scott #3268b H (33¢) Uncle Sam's Hat self-adhesive booklet pane of 20 + label, serpentine die cut 11.2x11.1, of 1998
Scott #3269a H (33¢) Uncle Sam's Hat self-adhesive booklet pane of 18, serpentine die cut 8, of 1998
 
pp. 15-17 Mailometer Company Type I and Type II Perforations - An Update Steven R. Belasco
Indexing terms: Covers
Scott #343 1¢ Franklin 3rd Bureau imperforate of 1908
Scott #344 2¢ Washington 3rd Bureau imperforate of 1908
Scott #384 2¢ Washington 3rd Bureau imperforate of 1911
Vending and Affixing Machine perforated stamps
 
pp. 18-22 Philatelic Truck Souvenir "Coils" Michael O. Perry
Indexing terms: Philatelic Truck
Production techniques - Coils
Production techniques - Plate Production and Layout
Souvenir sheets
 
pp. 26-28 Short-Lived Registration Receipt and Label Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz
Indexing terms: Postal Service forms
Postal Service labels
Registration stamps and service
 
pp. 29-37 Plate Numbers of the Documentary Stamps of 1917 W. Wallace Cleland
Indexing terms: Plate numbers - Availability
Revenue stamps - Cigarettes
Revenue stamps - Firearms Transfer Tax
Revenue stamps - Future Delivery
Revenue stamps - General and Documentary, 1914-1929 issue
Revenue stamps - Narcotics
Revenue stamps - Silver Tax
Revenue stamps - Stock Transfer
Revenue stamps - Tobacco (manufactured)
 
p. 39 Twelve Carmine FTPO Test Coils Reported John L. Larson
Indexing terms: Dummy Issues
Quantities issued
 
pp. 40-41 U.S. Post Office Dies, Nos. 1501-2000 - Nos. 1851-1900 George W. Brett
Indexing terms: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Production techniques - Plate Production and Layout
Unissued issues
United States Post Office Department
 
pp. 42-43 Philatelic Bookshelf - Scott 1999 Specialized Catalogue of U.S. Stamps & Covers, Scott Publishing Company George W. Brett
Indexing terms: Catalogs and price lists
Philatelic literature
 
p. 44 Report of the Executive Secretary David G. Lee
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association - Membership Report
 
 
 
February 1999,    Vol. 70, No. 2,    Whole No. 828
 
Page #(s) Title Author(s)
 
p. 51 1999 BIA Annual Meeting in Denver in May Jay B. Stotts
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association
 
pp. 52-55 Schermack Control Perfin Users: Spencer Trask & Co. Atholl S. Glass
Indexing terms: Covers
Perfins
Vending and Affixing Machine perforated stamps
 
pp. 56-62 What is It? Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz
Indexing terms: Covers
Military mail
Post cards
Postage Due stamps
Postal laws and regulations
Postal Service forms
 
pp. 63-70 Unlisted Cover Varieties? Michael O. Perry
Indexing terms: Booklet covers
Production techniques - Booklets
 
pp. 75-78 Marginal Markings on the 2¢ Shield Booklet Pane Myron H. Hyman and Roger S. Brody
Indexing terms: Booklets and booklet panes
Marginal markings - Pressmen's initials
Scott #319p 2¢ Type I Shield scarlet booklet pane of 6 of 1903
 
p. 79 Marginal Markings Mark Alan
Indexing terms: Marginal markings
 
pp. 80-81 Plate Number Report John L. Larson and Kim D. Johnson
Indexing terms: Plate numbers - Availability
Plate numbers - Booklet stamps
Plate numbers - Coils
Plate numbers - Combinations
Plate numbers - Sheet stamps
 
p. 82 Report of the Executive Secretary David G. Lee
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association - Membership Report
 
pp. 85-96 United States Specialist Indices of Volume 69  January-December 1998, Whole Numbers 815-826 Richard T. Hall
Indexing terms: Indexes
United States Specialist
 
 
 
March 1999,    Vol. 70, No. 3,    Whole No. 829
 
Page #(s) Title Author(s)
 
pp. 101-104 Y1.9K  Handling the Mails at the Turn of the Century  Vol. 1, No. 1 Roger S. Brody
Indexing terms: Covers
Postage Due stamps
Postal history
Postal markings - Other markings
 
pp. 105-110 Mail Equipment Shops David G. Lee
Indexing terms: Transportation of mail
United States Postal Service
 
pp. 111-113 Largest Known Multiples of Washington-Franklin Heads Larry S. Weiss
Indexing terms: Definitive stamps - Washington-Franklin Series of 1908-23
Scott #331 1¢ Franklin 3rd Bureau perforated 12 of 1908
Scott #348 1¢ Franklin 3rd Bureau perforated 12 vertical coil of 1908
Scott #349 2¢ Washington 3rd Bureau perforated 12 vertical coil of 1909
Scott #350 4¢ Washington 3rd Bureau perforated 12 vertical coil of 1910
Scott #351 5¢ Washington 3rd Bureau perforated 12 vertical coil of 1909
Scott #517 50¢ Franklin 3rd Bureau perforated 11 of 1917
 
pp. 114-117 Two New Discoveries on the National Banknote Company Three Cent Stamp of 1870 Ronald A. Burns
Indexing terms: Paper - Adhesive stamps
Scott #147 3¢ Washington Banknote of 1870
Varieties - Paper
 
pp. 122-124 Schermack Control Perfins Users: Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. Atholl S. Glass
Indexing terms: Covers
Perfins
Vending and Affixing Machine perforated stamps
 
pp. 125-130 Luminescents Part I Gene Paquette
Indexing terms: Luminescence - General
Luminescence - Phosphorescence (tagging)
Production techniques - Tagging
Varieties - Luminescence and tagging
 
pp. 131-133 Consular Fee Stamp Bisects William H. Waggoner
Indexing terms: Bisects and fractional usages
Revenue stamps - Consular Service Fee
Scott #RK3a $1 perforated 12 Consular Service Fee revenue of 1906, diagonal half used as 50c
Scott #RK6a $5 perforated 12 Consular Service Fee revenue of 1906, horizontal half used as $2.50
Scott #RK11a $2 perforated 10 Consular Service Fee revenue of 1906, diagonal half used as $1
Scott #RK16a $1 perforated 11 Consular Service Fee revenue of 1906, diagonal half used as 50c
Scott #RK19a $5 perforated 11 Consular Service Fee revenue of 1906, diagonal half used as $2.50
Scott #RK21a $10 perforated 11 Consular Service Fee revenue of 1906, diagonal half used as $5
Scott #RK34a $1 perforated 11 Foreign Service Fee revenue of 1925, diagonal half used as 50c
 
pp. 134-135 U.S. Post Office Dies, Nos. 1501-2000 - Nos. 1901-1950 George W. Brett
Indexing terms: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Production techniques - Plate Production and Layout
Unissued issues
United States Post Office Department
 
pp. 136-137 Plate Number Report John L. Larson and Kim D. Johnson
Indexing terms: Dummy Issues
Plate numbers - Availability
Plate numbers - Booklet stamps
Plate numbers - Coils
Plate numbers - Combinations
Plate numbers - Sheet stamps
 
p. 138 Report of the Executive Secretary David G. Lee
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association - Membership Report
 
pp. 141-144 By-Laws (formerly denoted Constitution) of the Bureau Issues Association Incorporated  
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association
 
 
 
April 1999,    Vol. 70, No. 4,    Whole No. 830
 
Page #(s) Title Author(s)
 
p. 147 Letter to the Editor Myron H. Hyman and Roger S. Brody
Indexing terms: Booklets and booklet panes
Marginal markings - Pressmen's initials
Scott #319p 2¢ Type I Shield scarlet booklet pane of 6 of 1903
 
pp. 147-148 Herman "Pat" Herst, Jr. George W. Brett
Indexing terms: Obituaries - Herst, Jr., Herman "Pat"
 
p. 148 Corrections [to USS, Vol. 70, p. 29] W. Wallace Cleland
Indexing terms: Plate numbers - Availability
Revenue stamps - Cigarettes
Revenue stamps - Firearms Transfer Tax
Revenue stamps - Future Delivery
Revenue stamps - General and Documentary, 1914-1929 issue
Revenue stamps - Narcotics
Revenue stamps - Silver Tax
Revenue stamps - Stock Transfer
Revenue stamps - Tobacco (manufactured)
 
pp. 149-156 Booklets for the New 33¢ Rate Michael O. Perry
Indexing terms: Booklet covers
Booklets and booklet panes
Marginal markings
Marginal markings - Arrows, Guide lines, and Registry marks
Marginal markings - Electric Eye markings
Plate numbers - Combinations
Production techniques - Booklets
Production techniques - Plate Production and Layout
Scott #3267a H (33¢) Uncle Sam's Hat self-adhesive booklet pane of 10, serpentine die cut 9.9, of 1998
Scott #3268a H (33¢) Uncle Sam's Hat self-adhesive booklet pane of 10, serpentine die cut 11.2x11.1, of 1998
Scott #3268b H (33¢) Uncle Sam's Hat self-adhesive booklet pane of 20 + label, serpentine die cut 11.2x11.1, of 1998
Scott #3269a H (33¢) Uncle Sam's Hat self-adhesive booklet pane of 18, serpentine die cut 8, of 1998
Scott #3274a 33¢ Victorian Love Valentine self-adhesive booklet pane of 20 of 1999
Scott #3275 55¢ Victorian Love Valentine self-adhesive of 1999
Scott #3278a 33¢ Flag and City self-adhesive serpentine die cut 11.2 booklet pane of 4 of 1999, black date
Scott #3278b 33¢ Flag and City self-adhesive serpentine die cut 11.2 booklet pane of 5 + label of 1999, black date
Scott #3278c 33¢ Flag and City self-adhesive serpentine die cut 11.2 booklet pane of 6 of 1999, black date
Scott #3278d 33¢ Flag and City self-adhesive serpentine die cut 11.2 booklet pane of 10 of 1999, black date
Scott #3278e 33¢ Flag and City self-adhesive serpentine die cut 11.2 booklet pane of 20 + label of 1999, black date
Scott #3279a 33¢ Flag and City self-adhesive serpentine die cut 9.8 booklet pane of 10 of 1999, red date
 
pp. 157-163 Stamped Mail from "Over There" Paul Bourke
Indexing terms: Covers
Franking and Franked covers
Military postal facilities - American Expeditionary Forces
Postal laws and regulations
 
pp. 164-166 New Discoveries on the 1959 Postage Due Series Settings and Setting Varieties: $5 Due, Scott J101 David P. Stiff
Indexing terms: Postage Due stamps
Scott #J101 $5 Postage Due of 1959, glossy gum
Varieties - Plate
 
pp. 170-173 Schermack Control Perfin Users: John Wanamaker Company Atholl S. Glass
Indexing terms: Covers
Perfins
Vending and Affixing Machine perforated stamps
 
pp. 174-180 Luminescents Part II Gene Paquette
Indexing terms: Luminescence - General
Luminescence - Phosphorescence (tagging)
Paper - Adhesive stamps
Production techniques - Tagging
Varieties - Luminescence and tagging
Varieties - Paper
 
pp. 181-183 Y1.9K  Handling the Mails at the Turn of the Century  Vol. 1, No. 2 Roger S. Brody
Indexing terms: Covers
Postal history
Postal rates
Special Delivery stamps and service
 
pp. 184-185 Philatelic Bookshelf - Krause-Minkus Standard Catalog of U.S. Stamps, Second Edition George W. Brett
Indexing terms: Catalogs and price lists
Philatelic literature
 
p. 186 Plate Number Report John L. Larson and Kim D. Johnson
Indexing terms: Plate numbers - Availability
Plate numbers - Booklet stamps
Plate numbers - Coils
Plate numbers - Combinations
Plate numbers - Sheet stamps
 
pp. 187-189 Report of the Executive Secretary David G. Lee
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association - Membership Report
 
 
 
May 1999,    Vol. 70, No. 5,    Whole No. 831
 
Page #(s) Title Author(s)
 
pp. 197-202 2¢ Washington Flag Design Large Progressive Die Proof Surfaces Roger S. Brody
Indexing terms: Essays and Proofs
Production techniques - Plate Production and Layout
Scott #301 2¢ Washington 2nd Bureau of 1903
 
pp. 203-208 Schermack Control Perfin Users: The De Laval Separator Company Atholl S. Glass
Indexing terms: Covers
Perfins
Vending and Affixing Machine perforated stamps
 
pp. 209-212 Early Revenue Stamp Plate Numbers Revisited W. Wallace Cleland
Indexing terms: Marginal markings - Imprints and Plate numbers
Revenue stamps - General and Documentary, First Issue
Revenue stamps - General and Documentary, Second Issue
Revenue stamps - General and Documentary, Third Issue
Revenue stamps - General and Documentary, Fourth Issue
 
pp. 213-214 Watermarks and Filters David G. Lee
Indexing terms: Philatelic techniques - Watermarking
Watermarks
 
pp. 218-220 Out-of-Mails First-Class Service Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz
Indexing terms: Covers
Postal history
Postal laws and regulations
Transportation of mail
 
pp. 221-228 Luminescents Part III Tagging Freaks and Oddities Gene Paquette
Indexing terms: Varieties - Luminescence and tagging
 
pp. 229-232 Y1.9K  Handling the Mails at the Turn of the Century  Vol. 1, No. 3 Roger S. Brody
Indexing terms: Covers
Postal history
Postal rates
Postal routes
Transportation of mail
 
p. 233 Business Reply Mail: Solo $5.00 Hamilton Roland Austin
Indexing terms: Covers
First Day covers, Earliest Known Use, and cancellations
Scott #1053 $5 Hamilton Liberty Series of 1956
 
pp. 234-235 U.S. Post Office Dies, Nos. 1501-2000 -  Nos. 1951-2000 George W. Brett
Indexing terms: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Production techniques - Plate Production and Layout
Unissued issues
United States Post Office Department
 
pp. 236-237 Plate Number Report John L. Larson and Kim D. Johnson
Indexing terms: Dummy Issues
Plate numbers - Availability
Plate numbers - Booklet stamps
Plate numbers - Coils
Plate numbers - Combinations
Plate numbers - Sheet stamps
 
p. 238 Report of the Executive Secretary David G. Lee
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association - Membership Report
 
 
 
June 1999,    Vol. 70, No. 6,    Whole No. 832
 
Page #(s) Title Author(s)
 
p. 243 Letter to the Editor [correction to USS, Vol. 70, p. 157] Daniel S. Pagter
Indexing terms: Military postal facilities - American Expeditionary Forces
Postal rates
 
p. 243 Rotary Coil Plate Number Collectors: Jerry Nahmias
Indexing terms: Coil stamps
Plate numbers - Coils
 
p. 243 Show Report: New York Mega Show April 22-25, 1999 Nicholas Lombardi
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association
 
pp. 244-245 Message from the Chairman Roger S. Brody
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association
 
p. 246 Executive Secretary's Report for 1998 David G. Lee
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association
 
p. 247 Jim Galceran Receives Inaugural BIA Century of Service Award
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association
 
pp. 249-250 New Thin Blue Rectangle Self Adhesive Dummy Coil Discovered John L. Larson
Indexing terms: Coil stamps
Dummy Issues
 
pp. 251-256 BEP's Explanation of "Lenz" Paper Ken Lawrence
Indexing terms: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Paper - Adhesive stamps
Scott #2523d 29¢ blue/red/claret engraved Flag over Mt. Rushmore coil of 1991, prephosphored paper (solid tagging)
Varieties - Luminescence and tagging
Varieties - Paper
 
pp. 257-260 Schermack Control Perfin Users: Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company Atholl S. Glass
Indexing terms: Covers
Perfins
Vending and Affixing Machine perforated stamps
 
pp. 261-262 Uncommon Use of Solo 25¢ Prexie: 1948 Emergency Service to Palestine Jeffrey Shapiro
Indexing terms: Air Mail service
Covers
Postal markings - Cancellations
Postal markings - Other markings
Postal rates
Scott #829 25¢ Prexy of 1938
Transportation of mail
 
pp. 267-273 Serendipity Happens Leonard Piszkiewicz
Indexing terms: Covers
Postal history
Postal rates
Special Delivery stamps and service
 
pp. 274-276 Y1.9K  Handling the Mails at the Turn of the Century  Vol. 1, No. 4 Roger S. Brody
Indexing terms: Covers
Postal markings - Other markings
 
pp. 277-280 Philatelic Bookshelf - Manual of Philatelic Judging - How Exhibits are Judged, Fourth Edition Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz
Indexing terms: Philatelic literature
Philatelic techniques - Exhibiting
 
pp. 281-283 Philatelic Bookshelf -1999 Comprehensive Catalogue of United States Stamp Booklets Michael O. Perry
Indexing terms: Booklets and booklet panes
Catalogs and price lists
Philatelic literature
 
p. 284 Plate Number Report John L. Larson and Kim D. Johnson
Indexing terms: Plate numbers - Availability
Plate numbers - Booklet stamps
Plate numbers - Coils
Plate numbers - Combinations
 
p. 285 Report of the Executive Secretary David G. Lee
Indexing terms: Bureau Issues Association - Membership Report

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