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The United States Specialist

Contents of Volume 78 - 2007

 
January 2007, Vol. 78, No. 1  [Feb]

3

2007 Annual Meeting at TEXPEX

3

From the Executive Secretary

5

Letters to the Editor

7

Express Mail Label 11B
by Stuart Gitlow

15

32¢ Pink Rose Tagging Varieties
by Doug Iams

17

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Producers' Identification, Part II
by Harold B. Collins, Jr. and Doug D'Avino

27

A Murderer's Cover?
by Pierre Sundborg

37

The Start of the BEP Miscellaneous Engraved Plate Number Series
by Wallace Cleland

41

Delayed Perforation of Flat Plate Stamps
by Wallace Cleland

44

Plate Number Report

45

Executive Secretary's Report

46

Classified Advertising
   

[Jan]   February 2007, Vol. 78, No. 2  [Mar]

51

TEXPEX and Future Annual Meeting Shows

51

Contest Winner

52

From the Executive Secretary

52

Moving?

53

Wilson Hulme 1946-2007

53

Recent Winners of USSS Medals

54

Maple Syrup and Philately
by William H. Waggoner

59

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Producers' Identification, Part III
by Harold B. Collins, Jr. and Doug D'Avino

64

By Steamer, Airplane and Pneumatic Tube
by Dickson Preston

66

Five Counterfeit APEX Certificates Come to Light in Hong Kong

75

Clinton M. Hisle
by Doug D'Avino

83

Is This a Unique Plate Number?
by Wallace Cleland

85

Plate Number Report

86

Executive Secretary's Report

87

Classified Advertising

90

The United States Specialist Indices of Volume 77
by Lynn R. Batdorf
   

[Feb]   March 2007, Vol. 78, No. 3  [Apr]

99

Wallace Cleland Wins 2006 Hopkinson Memorial Literature Award

100

Final Call for USSS 2007 Annual Meeting

101

Election of Officers and Governors

101

Letter to the Editor

103

The 18¢ 1981 Vending Booklet Errors
by Leonard Piszkiewicz

105

U.S. Supplementary Mail - Part I: New York Supplementary Mail Markings
by Leonard Piszkiewicz

125

A.E.F. Christmas Package Coupon
by Paul Bourke

130

Plate Crack on Scott #331
by Wallace Cleland

131

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Producers' Identification, Part IV
by Harold B. Collins, Jr. and Doug D'Avino

141

Plate Number Report

142

Executive Secretary's Report

143

Classified Advertising
   

[Mar]   April 2007, Vol. 78, No. 4  [May]

147

Annual Fellowship Dinner at TEXPEX

147

Contributors to USSS

151

Additional Seven Gum-Breaker Variety Discovered
by Rodney A. Juell

152

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Modified Layout Designations, Part I
by Harold B. Collins, Jr. and Doug D'Avino

162

2¢ Playing Card Stamps, 1894-1921
by Wallace Cleland

173

Imprint XII Plate Used for Scott #412
by Wallace Cleland

174

U.S. Supplementary Mail - Part II: Anonymous Supplementary Mail
by Leonard Piszkiewicz

184

Philatelic Bookshelf

187

Plate Number Report

188

Executive Secretary's Report

191

Classified Advertising
   

[Apr]   May 2007, Vol. 78, No. 5  [Jun]

195

TEXPEX Hosts General Membership Meeting

196

Show Report: New York Mega Show March 15-18, 2007
by Nicholas Lombardi

197

Recent Winners of USSS Medals

197

Committee Reports from 2007 Annual Meeting

204

Priority Mail Service Labels
by Stuart Gitlow

218

New Scott #CE2 Plate Combination Discovered
by Wallace Cleland

221

U.S.Supplementary Mail - Part III: Extra Services and "Other Matter"
by Leonard Piszkiewicz

230

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Modified Layout Designations, Part II
by Harold B. Collins, Jr., Wallace Cleland and Doug D'Avino

237

Plate Number Report

238

Executive Secretary's Report

240

Classified Advertising
   

[May]   June 2007, Vol. 78, No. 6  [Jul]

243

USSS Board of Governors Meeting at TEXPEX 2007

244

USSS Supports APS Award Honoring the Society and Barbara R. Mueller

245

USSS General Meeting Minutes - TEXPEX, April 14, 2007

249

Scenes from the Annual Meeting at TEXPEX, April 13-15, 2007

252

Letter to the Editor

252

New Plate Report on Scott #RF3
by Wallace Cleland

255

Some Consular Connections with Portugal and its Dominions
by William H. Waggoner

266

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Plate Surface Treatment, Part I
by Harold B. Collins, Jr. and Doug D'Avino

271

U.S. Supplementary Mail - Part IV: Out-of-Town Mail Via New York
by Leonard Piszkiewicz

275

Harry W. Wolstenholme
by Doug D'Avino

284

Philatelic Bookshelf

285

Plate Number Report

286

Executive Secretary's Report

288

Classified Advertising
   

[Jun]   July 2007, Vol. 78, No. 7  [Aug]

291

Digital Philatelic Exhibition for the Fall 2007 Mega-Event

292

Fellowship Dinner at Portland Stampshow

292

Recent Winners of USSS Medals

293

The Myth of Laid Paper
by Larry S. Weiss

300

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Plate Surface Treatment, Part II
by Harold B. Collins, Jr. and Doug D'Avino

314

U.S. Supplementary Mail - Part V: U.S. Sea Posts
by Leonard Piszkiewicz

325

Unusual 1922 1¢ Franklin Die Proof Surfaces
by Rodney A. Juell

328

Special Delivery Mail to Foreign Destinations
by Thomas P. Myers

334

Plate Number Report

335

Executive Secretary's Report

336

Classified Advertising
   

[Jul]   August 2007, Vol. 78, No. 8  [Sep]

339

Fellowship Dinner At StampShow

339

The Encyclopedia Committee

340

Letters to the Editor

344

U.S. Supplementary Mail - Part VI: Ship Pursers and Foreign Sea Posts
by Leonard Piszkiewicz

350

The Ongoing Myth of Laid Paper - Scott #376 on Horizontal Laid Paper
by Larry S. Weiss

354

New BEP, SSP and Avery Self-adhesive Test Coils Discovered
by John L. Larson

363

Automated Postal Center Test Items
by Terry R. Scott

370

Encouraging Stamp Collecting With a Philatelic Décor
by Nicholas Lombardi

372

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Manufacturing
by Harold B. Collins, Jr. and Doug D'Avino

377

A.E.F. Christmas Coupon Redux
by Paul Bourke

380

Really! Something New and Different!
by Dilmond Postlewait

381

Plate Number Report

383

Executive Secretary's Report

384

Classified Advertising
   

[Aug]   September 2007, Vol. 78, No. 9  [Oct]

387

Show Report: StampShow - August 9-12, 2007

389

USSS at StampShow 2007, Portland, Oregon, August 9-12, 2007

392

USSS Members Brody and Fricks Receive APS Luff Awards

394

Letter to the Editor

394

USSS Research Corner

395

U.S. Supplementary Mail - Part VII: Brooklyn, N.Y.
by Leonard Piszkiewicz

401

Domestic Special Delivery Service Labels
by Stuart Gitlow

410

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Plate Number Types, Part I
by Harold B. Collins, Jr., Wallace Cleland and Doug D'Avino

420

Relation of Scott Numbers to Printer's Imprint for the Issues of 1851 and 1857 and Their 1875 Reprints
by Harold B. Collins, Jr.

429

Plate Number Report

430

Executive Secretary's Report

431

Classified Advertising
   

[Sep]   October 2007, Vol. 78, No. 10  [Nov]

435

Moving ??

435

Your Excess Postage Can Help Our Society

436

Letters to the Editor

439

In My Opinion - Postal Service destroying plate-number collecting
by Robert Rabinowitz

441

Recent Winners of USSS Medals

442

While Driving Home from StampShow
by Rodney A. Juell

446

U.S. Supplementary Mail - Part VIII: Hoboken and Jersey City, N.J.
by Leonard Piszkiewicz

459

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Plate Number Types, Part II
by Harold B. Collins, Jr., Wallace Cleland and Doug D'Avino

467

The "Other" Marginal Markings: A Follow-Up
by Rodney A. Juell

468

U.S. Special Handling Issues - Part I: Transfer Roll Break Varieties of the 1925 First Printing
by Robert G. Rufe

476

Plate Number Report

478

Executive Secretary's Report

480

Classified Advertising
   

[Oct]   November 2007, Vol. 78, No. 11  [Dec]

483

Dues Mailing

484

Sam Frank 1932-2007

485

U.S. Special Handling Issues - Part II: The 1928 Second Printing and New Rates
by Robert G. Rufe

497

Postal Forms With Prexies Affixed
by Robert Schlesinger

507

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Plate Number Types, Part III
by Harold B. Collins, Jr., Wallace Cleland and Doug D'Avino

515

U.S. Supplementary Mail - Part IX: Boston, Mass.
by Leonard Piszkiewicz

522

Philatelic Bookshelf

525

Plate Number Report

526

Executive Secretary's Report

527

Classified Advertising
   

[Nov]   December 2007, Vol. 78, No. 12  

531

From the Executive Secretary

531

Your Excess Postage Can Help Our Society

532

2008 Annual Meeting - Secaucus, New Jersey

533

Show Report: New York Mega Show October 25-28, 2007

534

Recent Winners of USSS Medals

535

William H. Waggoner 1924-2007

536

Letters to the Editor

537

U.S. Special Handling Issues - Part III: The 1955 Experimental Printing on "Dry" Paper
by Robert G. Rufe

544

U.S. Supplementary Mail - Part X: Philadelphia, Pa. and Baltimore, Md.
by Leonard Piszkiewicz

554

A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Plate Number Types, Part IV
by Harold B. Collins, Jr., Wallace Cleland and Doug D'Avino

565

Is This a Booklet?
by Wallace Cleland

567

Where Is This Imperforate Special Delivery Item?
by Robert L. Markovits

568

Flat Plate Coil Production Revisiting
by Wallace Cleland

573

Plate Number Report

574

Executive Secretary's Report

575

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