The United States Specialist

Contents of Volume 81 - 2010

	January 2010, Vol. 81, No. 1
3	2010 Dues
3	Your Excess Postage Can Help Our Society
4	Letters to the Editor
5	Recent Winners of USSS Medals
7	Tom Broadhead Wins USSS – Barbara R. Mueller Award
9	The George W. Brett Estate, Part I by Roger S. Brody
13	Postage Stamps Under My Watch: “An Interview with Postmaster General John A. Gronouski (9/30/63 – 10/2/65)” by Steven J. Rod
17	Forced Registration in the United States by Dickson Preston
26	A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Flat Plate Production, Part III by Harold B. Collins, Jr.
43	A German Reply Card with Prexies Added for Return to Europe by Dickson Preston
44	Plate Number Report
45	Executive Secretary’s Report
46	Classified Advertising
	February 2010, Vol. 81, No. 2
51	Membership Award Pins To Be Presented at PNSE
52	Wanted: Exhibits and Speakers
52	From the Executive Secretary
53	Postage Stamps Under My Watch: “An Interview with Postmaster General Frank C. Walker (9/11/40 – 9/30/45)” by Steven J. Rod
57	Postal and Treasury Savings Systems Part III – War Savings Stamps (1917 – 1921) by Harry K. Charles, Jr., Ph.D.
85	Plate Number Report
86	Executive Secretary’s Report
87	Classified Advertising
89	The United States Specialist Indices of Volume 80 by Lynn R. Batdorf
	March 2010, Vol. 81, No. 3
99	Final Call for USSS 2010 Annual Meeting
100	Election of Officers and Governors
100	Letter to the Editor
101	Weiss and Nylander Win 2009 Hopkinson Memorial Literature Award
102	APS Education Course Goes "On the Road"
103	Postage Stamps Under My Watch: “An Interview with Postmaster General Walter F. Brown (3/6/29 – 3/3/33)” by Steven J. Rod
110	The George W. Brett Estate, Part II by Roger S. Brody
123	Postal and Treasury Savings Systems Part IV – Between the World Wars by Harry K. Charles, Jr., Ph.D.
131	Non-Philatelic First Day Covers? by George W. Edman, IV
135	Philatelic Bookshelf
142	Plate Number Report
143	Executive Secretary’s Report
144	Classified Advertising
	April 2010, Vol. 81, No. 4
147	Gerald Nylander To Chair The Washington-Franklin Head Committee
147	Your Contribution Can Go Farther
148	Recent Winners of USSS Medals
149	Letter to the Editor
150	APS Education Course Coming to the National Postal Museum
151	Postage Stamps Under My Watch: “An Interview with Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield (1/21/53-1/20/61)” by Steven J. Rod
159	Charles H. Dalton: Godfather of the Washington-Franklins by Kevin G. Lowther
172	1898 1¢ Guam Overprint Forgeries by Len McMaster
181	Guide to U.S. Vending and Affixing Machine Perforations 1907-1927 – An Update by Steven R. Belasco
184	Flag Over Porch Self-Adhesive Linerless Coil by Todd R. Uebele, Sr.
187	Plate Number Report
189	Executive Secretary’s Report
191	Classified Advertising
	May 2010, Vol. 81, No. 5
195	Contributors to USSS
198	Letters to the Editor
202	Stamps Used for Illustration in the Charles H. Dalton Booklet Proposing the Washington-Franklin Head Series by Larry S. Weiss
220	Postal and Treasury Savings Systems Part V – The Minuteman Series (1941) by Harry K. Charles, Jr., Ph.D.
237	Offset Plate Discovered on Ft. Harrod Commemorative, Scott #1542 by Wallace Cleland
238	Plate Number Report
239	Executive Secretary’s Report
240	Classified Advertising
	June 2010, Vol. 81, No. 6
243	2010 Annual Meeting Report April 9–11, 2010
244	Your Excess Postage Can Help Our Society
245	2010 Supplement Released for the Durland Standard Plate Number Catalog
246	General Membership Meeting Minutes Saturday, April 10, 2010 Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition
248	USSS Establishes a Smithsonian Research Scholarship
249	Scenes from the Annual Meeting at Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition April 9–11, 2010
253	Committee Reports from 2010 Annual Board Meeting
258	Recent Winners of USSS Medals
259	Letter to the Editor
260	APS Offers Collecting United States Revenues Course Prior to Minnesota Stamp Expo
266	Scott #300b: Two-Dot Relief Break by Plate Number by R. Gordon Schmidt
271	“Rollin’ Down the Highway” — The Highway Post Office by Rodney A. Juell
281	Offset Number Reported on Mariner 10 Issue (Scott #1557) by Wallace Cleland
283	Philatelic Bookshelf
284	Plate Number Report
286	Executive Secretary’s Report
287	Classified Advertising
	July 2010, Vol. 81, No. 7
291	USSS at StampShow in Richmond, Virginia – August 12–15, 2010
292	APS Offers Computers and Collecting Prior to APS StampShow, Richmond, VA
293	Recent Winners of USSS Medals
293	Letter to the Editor
297	First Bureau Imprint V Number Varieties by Len McMaster
305	Postal and Treasury Savings Systems Part VI – World War II by Harry K. Charles, Jr., Ph.D.
330	Year Date Varieties on the 2002 Snowmen Convertible Booklet by Doug Iams
332	Plate Number Report
334	Executive Secretary’s Report
335	Classified Advertising
	August 2010, Vol. 81, No. 8
339	USSS Dutch Treat Dinner at StampShow in Richmond August 13, 2010
339	Your Excess Postage Can Help Our Society
341	A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Rotary Plate Production, Part I by Harold B. Collins, Jr.
351	Flag Over Porch Dummy Stamps Through the Mailstream by Todd R. Uebele, Sr.
363	Scribed Lines on Huck-Cottrell Press 432-Subject Coil Plates by Brian Baba
381	Plate Number Report
383	Executive Secretary’s Report
384	Classified Advertising
	September 2010, Vol. 81, No. 9
387	USSS at StampShow in Richmond, Virginia, August 12–15, 2010
388	USSS to Host 85th Anniversary Weekend Event at the American Philatelic Center September 16-18, 2011
389	Call for Papers – The Sixth Annual Postal History Symposium September 16-18, 2011
391	Unusual Plate Layout on $20 Documentary Plate 57658 by Wallace Cleland
395	A Philatelic Vacation by Rodney A. Juell
403	Postal and Treasury Savings Systems Part VII – Savings Stamps (1954-1970) by Harry K. Charles, Jr., Ph.D.
430	Plate Number Report
431	Executive Secretary’s Report
432	Classified Advertising
	October 2010, Vol. 81, No. 10
435	The USSS at StampShow August 12–15, 2010 by Nicholas Lombardi
438	Scenes From StampShow 2010 Richmond, VA – August 12th–15th
441	Letters to the Editor
442	Recent Winners of USSS Medals
443	Private Perforation Multiple Stamps Survey by Melvin Getlan
443	Philatelic Foundation Introduces a Searchable Database of PF Certificates
445	Third Generation ATM Die Cutting Arrives by Ronald Blanks
451	Early Marginal Plate Numbers on 1878 Beer Stamps by Wallace Cleland
458	Exploring the Washington-Franklin Roulettes – Part I: Kansas City’s “Inside Job” by Kevin G. Lowther
469	Printing Information for Consular Service Fee Stamps by Wallace Cleland
477	Plate Number Report
478	Executive Secretary’s Report
480	Classified Advertising
	November 2010, Vol. 81, No. 11
483	2011 Dues Mailing
484	Letter to the Editor
485	Update of Springer Catalog by Wallace Cleland
486	Printing Information for Playing Card Stamps, 1917-31 by Wallace Cleland
498	Double Crossing History by George W. Edman, IV
507	Exploring the Washington-Franklin Roulettes – Part II: Sorting Out St. Louis, Cleveland and Chicago by Kevin G. Lowther
514	A Categorization of Marginal Markings: Rotary Plate Production, Part II by Harold B. Collins, Jr.
523	Plate Number Report
525	Executive Secretary’s Report
527	Classified Advertising
	December 2010, Vol. 81, No. 12
531	2011 Annual Meeting at Rocky Mountain Stamp Show
531	2011 Dues
532	National Postage Stamp Show Report October 21–24, 2010 by Nicholas Lombardi
534	Recent Winners of USSS Medals
534	Correction
535	Private Perforation Multiple Stamps Survey by Melvin Getlan
537	Two New Blue ATM Test Panes Reported by Doug Iams
541	Printing Information for 1940 Issue Playing Card Stamps by Wallace Cleland
547	New Test Stamp Reported by Terry R. Scott
554	United States Postage Due Stamp Essays and Proofs Part I: Introduction and Essays of the First Design by Harry K. Charles, Ph.D.
572	Plate Number Report
573	Executive Secretary’s Report
574	Classified Advertising

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