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January 2001, Vol. 72, No. 1 |
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From the Executive Secretary |
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USSS Seminar for ARIPEX 2001 |
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Growing the USSS by Rod Juell |
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Show Report: New York Mega Show by Nicholas Lombardi |
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A Census Study of the 1909-1910 Experimental "China Clay" Paper Covers by Alan Berkun |
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Plate Numbers and Perforation Varieties on Flat Plate Washington-Franklin and Fourth Bureau Issues by Wallace Cleland |
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29¢ Rooster Varieties by Gene Paquette |
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Presidential Issue Usages - 16¢ by Jeffrey Shapiro |
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Prexie Usage Puzzle by Leonard Piszkiewicz |
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Wide Spaces, Takeoffs and Landings, Quadrants and Kitty-corners by David P. Stiff, M.D. |
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Plate Number Report by John Larson and Kim Johnson |
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Executive Secretary's Report |
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Classified Advertising |
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From the Executive Secretary |
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USSS at Spring Mega Event |
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The USSS Research Corner |
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Exhibit Photocopy Service |
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"Parcels Post" Essay? by Barbara R. Mueller |
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U.S. Mail on the Hindenburg by Jay Stotts |
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Presidential Issue Usages - 17¢ by Leonard Piszkiewicz |
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Unusual Plate Number Items by Wallace Cleland |
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New Discoveries on the 1959 Postage Due Series - Settings and Setting Varieties: 10¢ Due Revisited by David P. Stiff, M.D. |
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Plate Number Report by John Larson and Kim Johnson |
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Executive Secretary's Report |
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Classified Advertising |
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Indices to Volume 71 of The U.S. Specialist by Richard T. Hall |
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From the Executive Secretary |
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USSS at Spring Mega Event |
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USSS Annual Meeting Minutes, January 20, 2001 |
102 |
Committee Reports from 2001 Annual Board Meeting |
104 |
Letters to the Editor |
105 |
Exhibit Photocopy Service |
106 |
Leonard Piszkiewicz Wins Walter W. Hopkinson Trophy for 2001 |
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Passports, Visas and the Consular Fee Stamps by William H. Waggoner |
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Presidential Issue Usages - 18¢ by Robert Schlesinger |
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Scenes From the Annual Meeting at ARIPEX, January 19-21, 2001 |
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Letters to the Editor |
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Show Report: New York Mega Show by Nicholas Lombardi |
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Letter to the Editor |
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Luminescent Study Group |
197 |
The "Parcels Post" Essay - The Rest of the Story by Barbara R. Mueller |
201 |
The Precancels of Federalsburg, Maryland and J.W. Stowell by Ralph Kimball |
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The Bell Company of Orangeburg, N.Y. and Its Coil Usages - Revisited Once More by Alan Berkun and Ronald Moe |
214 |
A Dropped Star by Wallace Cleland |
218 |
A Plate Number Puzzle by Wallace Cleland |
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Presidential Issue Usages - 20¢ by John Grabowski |
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The 29¢ Linerless Test Coil by John L. Larson |
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Bar Codes and USPS Item Numbers by John S. Meek |
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Plate Number Report by John Larson and Kim Johnson |
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Executive Secretary's Report |
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Classified Advertising |
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243 |
USSS At Stampshow 2001 |
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Wanted: Modern Stamp Collectors |
244 |
Letter to the Editor |
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Hunting the Bison: Hunting for Answers by Alan Thomson |
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Come Fly with Me - Washington-Franklin Stamps and Early Air Mail by Paul Bourke |
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Presidential Issue Usages - 21¢ by Jeffrey Shapiro |
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Give Me The Pouch, Or I'll Shoot! by Gerald L. Robbins |
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Purloined Prexie by Leonard Piszkiewicz |
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Scarce Wine Stamp Plate Number by Wallace Cleland |
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Plate Number Report by John Larson and Kim Johnson |
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Executive Secretary's Report |
286 |
Classified Advertising |
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291 |
USSS At Stampshow 2001 |
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USSS Meetings At Stampshow 2001 |
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U.S. Specialist Bound Volumes |
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Here's A Good Deal! |
293 |
Letters to the Editor |
295 |
Recent Sales of Fourth Bureau Issue Archival Material by Jay B. Stotts |
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Earliest Usage Dates of Tagging-Omitted Error Stamps by Ken Lawrence |
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New Luminescent Discoveries by Gene Paquette |
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In Hot Pursuit by Clyde Jennings |
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A Bargain! by Wallace Cleland |
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Presidential Issue Usages - 22¢ by Leonard Piszkiewicz |
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F Positions of Flat Plates Above 20,000 by Wallace Cleland |
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Philatelic Bookshelf |
333 |
Plate Number Report by John Larson and Kim Johnson |
334 |
Executive Secretary's Report |
335 |
Classified Advertising |
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339 |
USSS At Stampshow 2001 |
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USSS Meetings At Stampshow 2001 |
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USSS Dinner At Stampshow 2001 |
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Stop By the USSS Booth at the Show |
340 |
Control Perfin Found on Washington Shield Issue by Nicholas A. Lombardi |
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Pacific Coast Late Fee by Leonard Piszkiewicz |
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America '01 Features Bureau Issue by Jay Stotts |
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Presidential Issue Usages - 24¢ by Stephen L. Suffet |
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Nobel Prize "Comet" by David Roper |
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F Positions of Flat Plates Above 20,000 by Wallace Cleland |
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Plate Number Report by John Larson and Kim Johnson |
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Executive Secretary's Report |
383 |
Classified Advertising |
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387 |
USSS By-Laws |
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Effect of the Internet on Philately |
388 |
Letters to the Editor |
389 |
"Forwarding of Mail" Book Released |
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American Postal Service: A Short History of the Bottom Line by Rodney A. Juell |
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The Parcels Post "Essay" - The Story Has Not Ended by Barbara R. Mueller |
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On Cover Use of 2¢ Washington Shield With Brinkerhoff Type IIb Perforations by Nicholas A. Lombardi |
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Schermack Control Perfin on Commemorative Commercial Cover by Atholl S. Glass |
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A War Savings Certificate by Wallace Cleland |
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Feed Lines by John S. Meek |
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Presidential Issue Usages - 25¢ by Robert Schlesinger |
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32¢ Flowering Trees Varieties by Rob Loeffler |
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Philatelic Bookshelf |
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Plate Number Report by John Larson and Kim Johnson |
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Executive Secretary's Report |
426 |
Classified Advertising |
427 |
USSS By-Laws |
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From the Executive Secretary |
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USSS at NY Mega-Event |
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Here's a Good Deal |
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Moving?? |
438 |
Letters to the Editor |
439 |
USSS At Stampshow 2001 |
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Your Philatelic Library by Rodney A. Juell |
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Collecting Duck Stamp Plate Singles by Wallace Cleland |
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Presidential Issue Usages - 30¢ by Leonard Piszkiewicz |
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Tagging Varieties of 29¢ Children's Classics by Gene Paquette |
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Philatelic Bookshelf |
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Plate Number Report by John Larson and Kim Johnson |
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Executive Secretary's Report |
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Classified Advertising |
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Dues Mailing |
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Here's a Good Deal |
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29¢ Children's Classics |
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Expanding Your Core Philatelic Library by Rodney A. Juell |
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Feed Holes and the End of Flat Plate Printing by John S. Meek |
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New Earliest Known Use of the Imperforate 2¢ Lake Shield Stamp of the Issue of 1906-08 by Steven R. Belasco |
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World War I Provisional Revenues by Charles S. Goodman |
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Presidential Issue Usages - 50¢ by Robert D. Hohertz |
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Scott #481 with Mail-O-Meter Perforations by S. Richard Prothero |
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Scott #481 with Mailometer Type IV Perforations-A Comment by Steven R. Belasco |
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Plate Number on General Bonded Warehouse Stamps by Wallace Cleland |
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Plate Number Report by John Larson and Kim Johnson |
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Executive Secretary's Report |
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Classified Advertising |
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From the Executive Secretary |
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USSS Financial Statement |
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Show Report: New York Mega Show by Nicholas Lombardi |
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Letters to the Editor |
534 |
Effects of the Internet on Philately |
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Inversion Control Markings on Giori Press Issues by John S. Meek |
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An Unusual Document from the Spanish-American War Era by William H. Waggoner |
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What Is It? by Wallace Cleland |
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Presidential Issue Usages - $1 by Leonard Piszkiewicz |
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Early Newspaper Plate Block by Wallace Cleland |
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Philatelic Bookshelf |
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Plate Number Report by John Larson and Kim Johnson |
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Executive Secretary's Report |
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Classified Advertising |
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