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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Final Call for USSS 2008 Annual Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/may08-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008 Annual Meeting is fast approaching.  The United States Stamp Society meeting will be held in conjunction with NOJEX, the annual stamp show sponsored by the North Jersey Federated Stamp Clubs.
The USSS will gather during the weekend of May 23rd through 25th, at the Meadowlands Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2 Harmon Plaza, Secaucus, NJ.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Winners of USSS Medals</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/may08-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the United States Stamp Society medal winners that have been reported from recent shows:



Statue of Freedom Awards (National WSP Shows):


SHOW
WINNER
EXHIBIT


Sarasota NSE
Hideo R. Yokota
U.S. Airmail Special Delivery of 1934 – 1936


Colopex
Joann Lenz
The 6¢ Theodore Roosevelt Stamp 1955 – 1968


Aripex
Allen Donald Jones
United States Air Mail, May 15, 1918 – June 30, 1924


St. Louis
  Stamp Expo
Irvin Heimburger
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Society Fellowship Dinner at NOJEX 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/may08-nojex-dinner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USSS fellowship dinner will be held at NOJEX on Friday at 7:00pm May 23rd, at the Iberia Peninsula Restaurant, 63-69 Ferry Street in Newark.  This will be a joint social of the USPCS, the USSS, and the Carriers &#38; Locals Society.
Transportation by bus and local member&#8217;s cars will be provided both ways.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prexie Era Committee Webpage</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/apr08-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/apr08-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prexie Era Committee of the United States Stamp Society now has a website where members and others interested in this fascinating era of U.S. philately can visit for information and news of the Committee.  The Fifth Bureau Issue, Presidential Issue of definitive stamps, was issued in 1938 but used right up until 1954 when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plate Number Checklist Committee</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/apr08-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/apr08-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wallace Cleland continues to keep the 1-20,000 checklist up to date and is willing to send anyone a full list of corrections and updates by email, or by mail if he is sent a self addressed 9” x 12” envelope with postage for 2 oz.  Send e-mail or regular mail to Wallace Cleland, 1710 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Durland Goes to Press</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/apr08-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/apr08-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008 edition of the Durland Standard Plate Number Catalog is in production.  The USSS plans to introduce the book at the Society’s Annual Meeting at NOJEX in May of 2008.  The exciting news is that the new Durland will be unlike any previous edition.  In addition to an all-color presentation, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Membership Recognition Award</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/apr08-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/apr08-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, we do a very good job recruiting new members into the Society.  We have a Society booth at major shows, we talk to collectors whom we meet at other functions, and our Membership Chairman sends out scores of letters.  However, once we have signed up a new member, we have tended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rufe Wins 2007 Hopkinson Memorial Literature Award</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/apr08-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert G. Rufe has been selected to receive the Walter W. Hopkinson Memorial Award for the best article or series of articles published in The United States Specialist during 2007.  The award is given annually by the United States Stamp Society and consists of an engraved plaque and an honorarium.  The award will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show Report: New York Mega Show March 6–9, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/apr08-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/apr08-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Spring Mega Show was once again held in Madison Square Garden in the heart of Manhattan.  The show floor was occupied by 72 dealers, four postal administrations and eleven societies, including the United States Stamp Society.  Our booth was staffed throughout the four days of the show and served as both a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Annual Meeting at NOJEX</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/mar08-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/mar08-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a reminder to start making plans to attend our next Annual Meeting, which be held at NOJEX in Secaucus, New Jersey during the weekend of May 23 to 25, 2008.  The venue for the show will be the Meadowlands Crowne Plaza Hotel at 2 Harmon Plaza in Secaucus.  Reservations can be made by calling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encyclopedia Update</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/mar08-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/mar08-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, the Encyclopedia of United States Stamps and Stamp Collecting is now in its second printing.  This second printing corrects several errors in the original printing.  Owners of the original printing who would like a set of photocopies of the corrected pages from the second printing are invited to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Executive Secretary</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/feb08-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/feb08-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reminder postcards were sent out in January to those of you who have not paid your dues for 2008.  If you do not respond promptly, this will be your last issue of The Specialist.  The annual dues of $25.00 (foreign members extra for postage) buys you an excellent monthly journal on U.S. philately, discounts on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nominations Open for the First USSS – Mueller Award</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/feb08-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/feb08-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nominations are now open for the first annual United States Stamp Society – Barbara R. Mueller Award for the best article to appear in 2007 in The American Philatelist, monthly magazine of the American Philatelic Society.  The award includes a cash payment of $1,000 and recognition on a permanent plaque in the APS editorial offices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Winners of USSS Medals</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/feb08-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/feb08-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the United States Stamp Society medal winners that have been reported from recent shows:


Statue of Freedom Awards (National WSP Shows):


SHOW
WINNER
EXHIBIT


Aerophilately,Bellefonte
Patrick Walters
U.S. Government Flights, 1918-1927


Okpex
not awarded
 


Chicagopex
not awarded
 


Florex, Orlando
Ed Fisher
The First Fractional U.S. Stamps


President&#8217;s Awards (Regional/Local Shows):


SHOW
WINNER
EXHIBIT


Expo 2007, TX
Robert Benner
Benjamin Franklin, An American Icon, A Philatelic Treasure


Sunpex, CA
Paul A. Helman
.S. Postage Due – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Contribution Can Go Farther</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/jan08-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2008/jan08-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year more members than ever are making contributions to the USSS. All contributions beyond the regular annual dues of $25 qualify under current IRS guidelines as a tax deductible charitable contribution.  We acknowledge all contributions of $5 or more with a written receipt.
It has come to our attention that your contribution may be eligible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Executive Secretary</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2007/dec07-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2007/dec07-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven’t sent in your dues for 2008, please do so before you forget.  You will receive a $3.00 discount off the $25.00 annual dues only if you pay by December 31st.
If you want a copy of the 2008 bound volume of The Specialist, pay for it now along with your dues.  It will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Annual Meeting – Secaucus, New Jersey</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2007/dec07-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2007/dec07-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Stamp Society is in the process of planning for the 2008 Annual Meeting to be held at NOJEX, the annual stamp show sponsored by the North Jersey Federated Stamp Clubs.  The venue will be The Meadowlands Crowne Plaza Hotel, Two Harmon Plaza in Secaucus, New Jersey.  The show will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show Report: New York Mega Show October 25–28, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2007/dec07-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2007/dec07-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fall Mega Show was once again held in Madison Square Garden in the heart of Manhattan.  The show floor was occupied by 79 dealers, five postal administrations, and ten societies, including the United States Stamp Society.  Our booth was staffed throughout the four days of the show and served as both a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Winners of USSS Medals</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2007/dec07-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2007/dec07-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the United States Stamp Society medal winners that have been reported from recent shows:


Statue of Freedom Awards (National WSP Shows):


SHOW
WINNER
EXHIBIT


Minn. Stamp Expo
Bob Hohertz
Revenue Stamped Paper of the Spanish American War Tax Era


APS StampShow
Dickson Preston
Provocative Prexie Postal History


Balpex
Ken Gilbart
U.S. Classic Stamps 1847-1868 – The First Four General Issues


PNSE (PA)
Robert G. Rufe
U.S. Special Handling 1925-2007


SESS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>William H. Waggoner 1924-2007</title>
		<link>http://www.usstamps.org/news/2007/dec07-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[William Horace Waggoner, Jr. was always known as “Bill” to his friends and family, although he is known to have said that only his mother called him “William.”  Bill Waggoner was a native of Portage County, Ohio and grew up in Ravenna.  He attended the University of Michigan for one semester before being [...]]]></description>
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