The United States Specialist

Contents of Volume 80 - 2009

	January 2009, Vol. 80, No. 1
3	From the Executive Secretary
3	Here’s a Good Deal!
4	Letters to the Editor
5	New (5¢) Seacoast Gummed Coil by Wallace Cleland
6	The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Registry Exchange Handstamp by Nicholas A. Lombardi
15	The Perils and Promise of the Internet by Rodney A. Juell
26	Scott #383 Panes of 160 – A New Discovery by Wallace Cleland
29	U.S. Beer Stamps – A Primer, Part III by Wallace Cleland
36	Why Collect the U.S. Washington-Franklin Heads? A 100th Anniversary Tribute – Part III by Larry S. Weiss
45	Plate Number Report
46	Executive Secretary’s Report
47	Classified Advertising
	February 2009, Vol. 80, No. 2
51	Final Call for USSS 2009 Annual Meeting
52	Weiss Wins 2008 Hopkinson Memorial Literature Award
53	Paul Bourke To Chair The Washington-Franklin Head Committee
53	Washington-Franklin Head Issues Committee
54	Nominations Open for the USSS–Mueller Award
55	From the Executive Secretary
55	Recent Winners of USSS Medals
56	United States Supplementary Mail To Be Released
58	Smithsonial Philatelic Achievement Awards Gala Held November 8, 2008
60	Why Collect the U.S. Washington-Franklin Heads? A 100th Anniversary Tribute – Part IV by Larry S. Weiss
69	Possible Constant Plate Variety on Some Scott TD112 Test Coils by Terry R. Scott
75	U.S. Beer Stamps – A Primer, Part IV by Wallace Cleland
84	Tagging Block Size on Scott #1597 by Wallace Cleland
86	Plate Number Report
87	Executive Secretary’s Report
88	Classified Advertising
90	The United States Specialist Indices of Volume 79 by Lynn R. Batdorf
	March 2009, Vol. 80, No. 3
99	Official Mail Committee Vacancy
99	Landau to Discuss Lincoln
100	New Exhibit CD Available
100	Letters to the Editor
101	The Danish U.S. Stamp Collector Club by Hartmut Waschke
105	The Modernization of Registered Mail by David L. Straight
110	Why Collect the U.S. Washington-Franklin Heads? A 100th Anniversary Tribute – Part V by Larry S. Weiss
122	U.S. Beer Stamps – A Primer, Part V by Wallace Cleland
132	Another Constant Variety on Some Scott TD65 Test Coils by Terry R. Scott
134	What Do I Do Now? by Nicholas A. Lombardi
138	An Unusual “PLATE” Number by Wallace Cleland
139	Plate Number Report
141	Executive Secretary’s Report
142	Classified Advertising
	April 2009, Vol. 80, No. 4
147	2009 Annual Meeting Report February 27 – March 1
149	USSS Board of Governors Meeting at St. Louis Stamp Expo 2009
151	Wallace Cleland Inducted into USSS Hall of Fame
153	Joann Lenz Receives The George W. Brett Century of Service Award
154	Guide to United States Vending and Affixing Machine Perforations 1907 – 1927 To Be Released
156	Scenes from the Annual Meeting at St. Louis Stamp Expo, February 27–March 1, 2009
162	Only Together Can We Make The Hobby Grow: The Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship by Alexander Haimann
164	Unrecorded Americana 15¢ Flag Plate Number Found by Ronald Blanks
174	Why Collect the U.S. Washington-Franklin Heads? A 100th Anniversary Tribute – Part VI by Larry S. Weiss
182	New Find In Stamp Vending by Melvin Getlan
187	Plate Number Report
188	Executive Secretary’s Report
191	Classified Advertising
	May 2009, Vol. 80, No. 5
195	Nominating Committee Approved for 2009 Election
196	General Membership Meeting Minutes February 28, 2009, St. Louis Stamp Expo, St. Louis, MO
198	Committee Reports from 2009 Annual Board Meeting
203	Contributors to USSS
206	Recent Winners of USSS Medals
208	U.S. Beer Stamps – A Primer, Part VI by Wallace Cleland
218	Rare Plate Blocks in Siegel Auction by Wallace Cleland
220	Why Collect the U.S. Washington-Franklin Heads? A 100th Anniversary Tribute – Part VII by Larry S. Weiss
228	A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Flat Plate Production, Part I by Harold B. Collins, Jr.
237	Plate Number Report
238	Executive Secretary’s Report
239	Classified Advertising
	June 2009, Vol. 80, No. 6
243	2010 Annual Meeting at the Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition
244	Show Report: New York Mega Show April 16–19, 2009
245	USSS Celebrates its Newest Book and Author
247	Barbara Mueller Invited to Sign Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
248	Wallace Cleland Joins the Wisconsin Philatelic Hall of Fame
249	U.S. Beer Stamps – A Primer, Part VII by Wallace Cleland
256	El Paso Registry Exchange Labels Used As Official Seals by Nicholas A. Lombardi
259	Scott #481 With Mailometer Type IV Perforations – A Follow-Up by S. Richard Prothero
260	The Guam Overprints, the Final Chapter by David L. Straight
267	Removal of Booklet BK113 Variety from 2009 Scott Catalog by Dominick L. Cinti and Herbert Felsenfeld
276	Why Collect the U.S. Washington-Franklin Heads? A 100th Anniversary Tribute – Part VIII by Larry S. Weiss
283	Special Delivery Plate Single on “Special Paper” by Wallace Cleland
284	Plate Number Discovered on Imperforate Lincoln Coil by Wallace Cleland
285	Plate Number Report
286	Executive Secretary’s Report
288	Classified Advertising
	July 2009, Vol. 80, No. 7
291	USSS at StampShow in Pittsburgh August 6-9, 2009
292	Recent Winners of USSS Medals
293	Early Postage Dues With Fluorescent Ink by Wallace Cleland, Clarke Yarbrough and William Schuman
297	Why Collect the U.S. Washington-Franklin Heads? A 100th Anniversary Tribute – Part IX by Larry S. Weiss
306	Final Update on Pan Am Plate Sequence Numbers by Wallace Cleland and Doug D’Avino
309	Distinguishing Gum Varieties of Scott #2897 Flag Over Porch Sheet Stamp by Todd R. Uebele, Sr.
315	The New (1969) Indicium on Official Mail by G.D. Havas
319	A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Flat Plate Production, Part II by Harold B. Collins
331	Plate Numbers on SIPEX Souvenir Sheet (Scott #1311) by Wallace Cleland
333	Plate Number Report
335	Executive Secretary’s Report
336	Classified Advertising
	August 2009, Vol. 80, No. 8
339	USSS Dutch Treat Dinner at StampShow in Pittsburgh – August 7, 2009
339	Your Excess Postage Can Help Our Society
340	Recent Winners of USSS Medals
340	Correction
341	Major New Discovery: Two Patterns of “USPS” Double Line Watermarks Exist by Larry S. Weiss and Gerald Nylander
355	New Avery Dennison Test Stamp Discovered by Terry R. Scott
362	First Day Covers – “The Right Way” by Robert G. Rufe
367	Why Collect the U.S. Washington-Franklin Heads? A 100th Anniversary Tribute – Part X by Larry S. Weiss
373	Shiny and Dull Gum on 10¢ Americana (Scott #1592) by Wallace Cleland
380	Plate Number Report
381	Executive Secretary’s Report
383	Classified Advertising
	September 2009, Vol. 80, No. 9
387	The USSS at StampShow August 6-9, 2009
390	USSS At StampShow 2009
391	Leonard Piszkiewicz Receives Ashbrook Cup Award
393	Letters to the Editor
394	Why Has It Taken 100+ Years to Identify the Forward-Stepping “USPS” Double Line Watermark? by Larry S. Weiss and Gerald Nylander
403	Philadelphia Supplementary Mail Cover Discovered! by Leonard Piszkiewicz
410	Thirteen and Counting: Reflections on the Scott J39 Bisect Covers of 1895 by Harry K. Charles and Robert C. Swed
421	Former RPO Clerks Catch the Mail Again! by Rodney A. Juell
426	Last Unreported Scott #CE2 Plate Number Combination Reported by Wallace Cleland
428	A Misidentified Plate Number on a Rare Coil by Wallace Cleland
430	Plate Number Report
431	Executive Secretary’s Report
432	Classified Advertising
	October 2009, Vol. 80, No. 10
435	USSS at the New York Fall Mega Show
435	Your Excess Postage Can Help Our Society
436	Letter to the Editor
437	Catalog Implications of the Existence of Two Patterns of “USPS” Double Line Watermarks by Larry S. Weiss
450	Special Delivery Side Imprint Plate Number Blocks: What Size? by Wallace Cleland
459	Puerto Rico Revenue Overprints by Wallace Cleland
465	Scott #RB12 – A Case Study by Wallace Cleland
469	U.S. Supplementary Mail Auxiliary Markings by Leonard Piszkiewicz
474	“R” Marking Reported by Doug D’Avino
477	Plate Number Report
478	Executive Secretary’s Report
480	Classified Advertising
	November 2009, Vol. 80, No. 11
483	2010 Annual Meeting at Philadelphia National Stamp Show
483	Here’s a Good Deal!
484	2010 Dues Mailing
485	Nominating Committee Selects Slate for 2009 Election
485	Recent Winners of USSS Medals
489	Introducing the Young Philatelic Leaders Fellows by Alexander Haimann
493	Philatelic Discovery at the Kitchen Table by Larry S. Weiss and Gerald Nylander
497	15¢ Rose Booklet with Plate Number by Wallace Cleland
500	Philatelists Eschew Philatelic Covers by George W. Edman, IV
507	Postal and Treasury Savings System: Part I – Initial Stamp Design (1911 – 1939) by Harry K. Charles, Jr., Ph.D.
523	APO Use of a 14¢ Prexie by Dickson Preston
525	Plate Number Report
526	Executive Secretary’s Report
527	Classified Advertising
	December 2009, Vol. 80, No. 12
531	2010 Dues
531	Your Contribution Can Go Farther
533	Show Report: New York Mega Show October 8–11, 2009
534	Letters to the Editor
536	Commemorative Supplementary Mail Cover by Leonard Piszkiewicz
542	Local Rates at the War Relocation Authority Relocation Centers by Louis Fiset
546	Plate Numbers on 1866 Issue Beer Stamps by Wallace Cleland
556	Postal and Treasury Savings Systems Part II – Official Postal Savings Stamps and Stationery (1911 – 1918) by Harry K. Charles, Jr., Ph.D.
573	Philatelic Bookshelf
574	Plate Number Report
575	Executive Secretary’s Report
576	Classified Advertising

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