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Dec 4, 2001 |
From the Executive Secretary The Holiday Season is fast approaching. If you haven't sent in your dues for 2002, please do so before you forget. You receive a $3.00 discount off the $25.00 annual dues only if you pay by December 31st. Order your 2002 bound volume of The Specialist for Spring, 2003 delivery when you pay your dues if you want a copy. Also remember to send your free classified word ads directly to The Specialist Editor. The society has a Hardship Fund for those who are unable to pay their annual dues because of job lay-offs or other hardships. If you, unfortunately, find yourself in one of these situations, let me know and I will arrange for your dues to be paid for 2002. We don't want to lose anyone because of the poor economy and unfortunate circumstances. - Larry Ballantyne |
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Dec 4, 2001 |
Show Report: New York Mega Show - October 18-21, 2001 By Nicholas Lombardi The four day New York Mega Show was held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center located on 11th Avenue between 33rd and 35th Streets in Manhattan. The show offered the Dealers Choice competitive invitation exhibition along a bourse of dealers and philatelic societies. The United States Stamp Society was represented by a booth in a location next to the exhibit area. Visitors were offered an opportunity to learn about our organization. A supply of journals, publications, research papers and reprints and our new buttons with the Society logo and our new name, United States Stamp Society, were available for viewing and purchase. Prominently featured was an attractive United States Stamp Society banner and a sign noting our web-site usstamps.org. During the show, several membership applications were handed out to visitors and six new members were signed up at the table. Although the show attendance was less than has been seen at previous New York Mega Shows, it was not surprising in light of the recent tragic events in New York City. It is truly a tribute to the ASDA, the APS, the USPS, and the dealers that the show went on just more than a month after, and only a short distance away from, the worst attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor. Members who signed in at the table were mainly from the surrounding area, but we were pleased to see members from as far away as Delaware and Florida. The following members stopped by the table to assist and/or visit: |
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Nov 25, 2001 |
"I Inherited a Stamp Collection..." Don't know much about stamps? Have a collection? Read this article by Leonard Piszkiewicz. |
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Nov 3, 2001 |
Dues Mailing You will soon be receiving your membership renewal notice for 2002. We would appreciate it if you would send in your 2002 dues early, before you become too busy with the holiday season. You can also order a bound volume of the 2002 United States Specialist for delivery in 2003. Please remember that The United States Specialist and USSS membership is on a calendar year basis. To avoid missing an issue of the journal, please renew before the end of the year - and take a $3 discount from the yearly dues of $25. Many members give additional contributions for the work of the society. The continued generosity of our members who make additional contributions allows our society to provide in-depth research information monthly as well as the popular Research Papers produced for our members. We would like to recognize those members who contribute to the Sustaining, Contributing, and Patron levels by listing them in our journal. If, however, you wish to contribute but remain anonymous, there is a place to so indicate on the dues notice. Your Society's operations require four to five weeks to process address changes and renewals. When members do not renew until February or March, continuation of The Specialist is not guaranteed. The restarting of the journal to a delinquent dues payer adds expense. Please let us know if you plan to drop your membership, too.
- Larry Ballantyne |
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Nov 3, 2001 |
29¢ Children's Classics My article describing the tagging types of the 29¢ Children's Classics in the October, 2001 Specialist was fine in all respects but one. The block tagging overlap in all my illustrations dropped out during the printing of the Specialist article. Since my illustrations are paramount to the understanding of the tagging types of this complicated issue, I would like to make an offer to the Specialist readers to remedy this shortcoming. I will send a clear copy of all of the illustrations in the article for a large self addressed envelope. Seeing my illustrations in their fullness will make the text much more understandable.
- Gene Paquette |
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Nov 3, 2001 |
Here's a Good Deal! A major expense for the United States Stamp Society is postage. Each year the official business of the USSS requires approximately $2,000 in postage. Discount postage usually sells for 75% of face value. Any member who wishes to make a contribution of discount postage will receive a tax deductible contribution for the full face value of the postage plus mailing costs (including insurance). Please mail discount postage to the treasurer for distribution, or drop it off at any show where the USSS has a society table. A receipt indicating the amount of your tax-deductible, charitable contribution will be sent for all contributions in excess of $5. We wish to thank several members who have made generous donations of postage to the USSS.
- David Sugar, Treasurer |
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Oct 1, 2001 |
From the Executive Secretary August was a great month membership-wise for our society. During the month we received 30 new membership applications plus we had two membership reinstatements. The majority of this activity occurred as a result of the APS StampShow held in Chicago on August 23-26. Rod Juell, our Recruiting Chairman, obtained a society table for us at the show and organized the staffing for the table, and 22 of the 30 new members were signed up during the show. Hopefully, some of the membership applications handed out to others at the show will be sent into us over the next couple weeks. In addition to membership recruiting at our table, it also turned out to be a good place to meet and talk with other members. Some of those who stopped by our table to assist and/or visit included:
- Larry Ballantyne |
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Oct 1, 2001 |
USSS at Fall Mega Event The USSS will be hosting a table at the Fall Mega Event in New York. The Show is scheduled for October 18-21, 2001. It will be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center at 655 West 34th Street in New York City. Nick Lombardi will be coordinating the staffing of our table for the event. If you plan to be at the show and would be willing to help out for an hour or two, please contact Nick at P.O. Box 1005, Mountainside, NJ 07092 or by e-mail. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. |
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Oct 1, 2001 |
Moving ?? The notice "Address Changes" appears in every issue of The U.S. Specialist requesting members to notify the Executive Secretary 30 days in advance of an address change. Many members have become so accustomed to the notice that they do not realize the importance of it to both the society and themselves. In order for your Executive Secretary to ensure the timely delivery of your journal, the lead time required with the printer forces notification to them by mid-month before the month of issue of The Specialist. This in turn requires the member to notify the Executive Secretary no later than the second week of the month for the coming month's issue. To account for mail deliveries and other delays, that's how your society arrived at the "30 days" requirement. However, there is another factor that enters the picture that is costly to your society and not merely an annoyance for the member who misses an issue of the journal; that member should stop to consider the ramifications of moving and forgetting to notify the USSS. The Specialist like most periodicals carries a notice that the publisher wishes notification by the U.S. Postal Service that address changes have occurred should delivery not be completed. Hence, for every issue that is undeliverable, the mailing label from The Specialist is returned to the USSS with a service fee of $0.60 charged your society. Merely notifying the post office of your move only forwards the mail for a limited period of time; you must eventually notify the USSS. When an issue is undeliverable and a request is made by a member for its eventual replacement, additional costs are then incurred by your society, as the replacement copy cannot be mailed using the bulk-mail rate as the printer did in its initial mailing. In order to keep the journal at the lowest possible price, the USSS prices its membership at less than break-even cost, with the idea of making up the difference with book sales and member donations. Your cooperation in keeping these costs down with timely notification of address changes is appreciated by all.
- Larry Ballantyne |
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Aug 30, 2001 |
USSS By-Laws This issue contains a copy of the United States Stamp Society's By-Laws. In the fall of 1999 the membership of the Bureau Issues Association voted to change our organizational name to the United States Stamp Society. The Society was formally incorporated in the State of New York in 2000. The new By-Laws, adopted by the Board of Governors of the Society, while similar in many respects to the B.I.A.'s, reflect changes that will aid in the day-to-day operations. Future changes to the By-Laws will require a two-thirds vote of the members voting on the changes.
- Roger S. Brody |
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Aug 30, 2001 |
Effects of the Internet on Philately In recent years the Internet has become a significant part of the philatelic world. In last December's issue of The United States Specialist, we presented a multi-authored article on "Trends in On-Line Philately" and the previous December we presented "Adventures in the On-Line Auction Arena." These articles were very well received by our readership, especially since more of our members are becoming more familiar with the on-line philatelic world. To explore further the on-line aspects of philately and the advantages the Internet offers to our readers, we are planning a similar review and summary article on the topic "Effects of the Internet on Philately" to detail how the hobby has changed with the wide availability of the Internet. We are soliciting contributions from our readers. In this article we hope to explore what's happening in the area of on-line auctions, dealers who operate their own sales and auction sites and individuals who maintain sites displaying their interests. We would like to present a variety of viewpoints on recent developments showing how Internet has changed philately - for better or worse. If you have any experiences or observations that you would like to present to our readers regarding the on-line area, please forward those to the Editor. Length of writing is not as important as the significance of what you have to say. A few paragraphs to a page or two, concise, to the point, is what we would like to see and the members would like to read. With production schedules and required lead times being what they are, we need to have manuscripts in hand by October 20th for inclusion in the December issue.
- Leonard Piszkiewicz |
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Aug 30, 2001 |
"Forwarding Of Mail" Book Released A totally revised and comprehensive second edition of USSS member Anthony Wawrukiewicz's book on the redirecting (or forwarding) of the U.S. mails has been released by the author's Cama Publishing Company. The Forwarding of Mail by the U.S. Post Office Department, 1792-2001 is considerably expanded and updated from the first and covers a period dating almost to the exact beginning of the United States. The book is available through literature dealer James E. Lee. See his full page ad on p. 396 of the September Specialist for ordering details. |
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Jul 30, 2001 |
USSS At Stampshow 2001 The USSS will have a society table at the upcoming Stampshow 2001 which will be held August 23-26, 2001, in Chicago. The location is the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center (formerly known as the Rosemont Convention Center) close to O'Hare Airport. This is the APS summer show and the largest philatelic event of the year. We need your help staffing our table. Duties include greeting show-goers who stop by the table, explaining who we are as the United States Stamp Society, recruiting new members, offering USSS publications for sale, and enjoying being an important part of our outreach effort. Rod Juell is coordinating the staffing of the table for Stampshow 2001. If you are willing to help out for as little as an hour or two, please contact Rod at P.O. Box 3508, Joliet, IL 60434, or by e-mail or telephone at 815-741-2734. Thanks for your help. |
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Jul 30, 2001 |
USSS Meetings at Stampshow 2001 The United States Stamp Society as well as the Prexie Study Group (Presidential Issue Committee) will have meetings at Stampshow 2001. The Prexie Study Group will meet at 2 PM Saturday, August 25 and the USSS meeting will take place at 3 PM Saturday. |
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Jul 30, 2001 |
USSS Dinner at Stampshow 2001 As is our custom at stamp shows where the USSS meets, we will have an informal dinner for members, families and guests on the Friday of the show, August 24th. These dinners are very informal and afford an opportunity for members, families and guests to socialize away from the show floor, to say nothing of fine food and pleasant surroundings. The dinner will be held at Old Warsaw Buffet, 4750 N. Harlem Ave., about three miles from the show site. The dinner will be $18.50 including tax, tip, coffee and tea per person. Alcohol and soft drinks will be cash bar. We are set for gathering at 7:00 PM, with a maximum of 54 people, with our own dining room, providing that we have a minimum of 20. Sign up for the dinner will be at the Society table on Thursday and Friday at Stampshow. The restaurant is highly regarded and a most enjoyable dinner and gathering is anticipated. |
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Jul 30, 2001 |
Stop By the USSS Booth at the Show Visit with our officers, committee chairs and members in attendance at the show. And for those members who have extra postage lying around their stamp rooms, you may donate your excess to the USSS at the Society table and receive an acknowledgement card for your donation that may be used for tax return deduction purposes. |
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Jul 2, 2001 |
U.S. Specialist Bound Volumes Those members who purchased The United States Specialist bound volume for the year 2000 should check their volumes for any out of order pages and any other extraordinary features of binding and report irregularities to the Executive Secretary. Unfortunately all of our extra copies also have some out of order pages so we are unable to offer replacement copies. |
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Jul 2, 2001 |
Here's a Good Deal! A major expense for the United States Stamp Society is postage. Each year the official business of the USSS requires approximately $2,000 in postage. Discount postage usually sells for 75% of face value. Any member who wishes to make a contribution of discount postage will receive a tax deductible contribution for the full face value of the postage plus mailing costs (including insurance). Please mail discount postage to the treasurer for distribution, or drop it off at any show where the USSS has a society table. A receipt indicating the amount of your tax-deductible, charitable contribution will be sent for all contributions in excess of $5.
- David Sugar, Treasurer |
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Jun 2, 2001 |
Wanted: Modern Stamp Collectors With the flood of new issues in recent years from the U.S. Postal Service, there is much material to collect and study. Sadly, very little of this material has been described in The Specialist. Are you one of those collectors with an interest in this material in all its variety? We want to hear from you - to tell the rest of our membership about the interesting and collectible aspects of recent U.S. stamps. There are stories waiting to be told; for example, see the article on the new Bison coils in this issue (June, 2001). You can be the one to tell the story of your favorite collecting specialty. Contact the Editor about your interests and tell us about your favorite modern U.S. stamps. |
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Jun 2, 2001 |
Show Report: New York Mega Show - March 29-April 1, 2001 By Nicholas Lombardi The four day New York Mega Show was held at the Hudson River Pier 92 (52nd Street). The show offered an APS competitive exhibition along with a bourse of dealers and philatelic societies. The United States Stamp Society was represented by a booth in a central location on the pier. Visitors were offered an opportunity to learn about our organization. A supply of journals, publications, research papers and reprints and our new buttons with the society logo and our new name United States Stamp Society were available for viewing and purchase. Prominently featured was an attractive United States Stamp Society banner and a sign noting our web-site usstamps.org. During the show, several membership applications were handed out to visitors and three new members were signed up at the table. Although the weather was not quite spring-like, the show was well attended. Members who signed in at the table were mainly from the surrounding area, but we were pleased to see members from as far away as Delaware, Michigan and California. A special thanks to Gerry Tierney and Myron Hyman who donated their time to help at the booth. The following members stopped by the table to assist and/or visit: |
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Mar 26, 2001 |
Magenta "For Testing Purposes Only" Dummy ATM Sheetlet Discovered Color images from this article in the March 2001 Specialist are now online. |
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Mar 3, 2001 |
From the Executive Secretary ARIPEX/NORDIA/AmeriStamp Expo 2001 is now history, as is our society's 2001 annual meeting. The show was very enjoyable with lots of exhibits to peruse (NORDIA's Scandinavian exhibits, ARIPEX's WSP competition, and the one frame exhibit competition). There were plenty of dealers with more stamps and covers than most of us had money to spend. We had close to 40 USSS members stop by our table and sign in. We also signed up five new members during the show. On Friday evening 30 USSS members and guests walked to a nearby Mexican restaurant for dinner and stamp talk. Our annual meeting was held on Saturday. Also on Saturday, Gene Paquette gave a talk on "U.S. Luminescence and Varieties." Although we didn't have many members exhibiting, those who did fared very well. Our chairman, Roger Brody, received a Gold medal, the ARIPEX Reserve Grand award, APS award of excellence - 1900-1940, and the USSS Statue of Freedom award for his "Series 1902 - United States" exhibit. Our editor, Leonard Piszkiewicz, received a Gold medal and the USSS Walter W. Hopkinson Trophy for his "Usages of the Presidential Issue of 1938" exhibit. Gregg Hopkins received a Vermeil medal for his "Number Ones & Other First U.S. Stamps - Colonial to Present" exhibit. William Rader also received a Vermeil medal for his "The Philatelic Legacy of Martha Washington Stamps" exhibit. January was a very good month for recruiting activity. In addition to the five new members signed at the show, 16 other members and two reinstated members were signed up. Rod Juell continues to work wonders with his recruiting efforts - nine new members in January. Efforts at the West Coast shows added two new members. In addition, we are beginning to see down-loaded membership applications from our website. If you know collectors interested in U.S. stamps and/or postal history, please tell them about our society. - Larry Ballantyne |
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Mar 3, 2001 |
USSS at Spring Mega Event The USSS will be hosting a table at the Spring Mega Event in New York. The Show is scheduled for March 29 thru April 1, 2001. It will be held at the Show Pier #92 at 55th Street and 12th Avenue in New York City. Nick Lombardi will be coordinating the staffing of our table for the event. If you plan to be at the show and would be willing to help out for an hour or two, please contact Nick at P.O. Box 1005, Mountainside, NJ 07092, or by phone at 908-233-3045 or by e-mail. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. |
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Mar 4, 2001 |
USSS Annual Meeting Minutes, January 20, 2001 President Jay Stotts called the meeting to order at 1 PM. He then asked those present to introduce themselves. Jay encouraged those present to stop at the society table to view materials, sign in, and chat with other members. (more...) |
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Mar 3, 2001 |
Leonard Piszkiewicz Wins Walter W. Hopkinson Trophy for 2001
Len has been collecting the Presidential Issue for over 20 years. His exhibit, first shown in 1988, has garnered two APS National Grand Awards. Len is also recognized as expert in Illinois postal history. He has been Editor of the authoritative Illinois Postal Historian since 1990. His writing and editing skills so attracted our society's interest that three years ago Len was asked, and he agreed to edit The United States Specialist. The United States Stamp Society Hopkinson Trophy was established in 1954 as a memorial to Walter W. Hopkinson, an active member who had died the previous year. The Trophy is not to be given routinely. It is awarded for the best 20th Century exhibit. If the judges do not consider that there are any eligible exhibits of sufficient caliber to warrant it, the award is not to be made. It is only given once a year at the annual meeting show exhibition, unless that show is also an international show such as Pacific '97. The award can only be won once by an individual and thus it is of greater value, intrinsically, than most grand awards. The Board of Governors, on behalf of the membership, extends congratulations to Len and all of our members who presented exhibits at ARIPEX 2001. |
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Feb 3, 2001 |
From the Executive Secretary Reminder postcards were sent out in January to those of you who have not paid their dues for 2001. A final reminder is being mailed in early February. If you do not respond promptly, this will be your last issue of The Specialist. The annual dues of $25.00 buys you an excellent monthly journal on U.S. philately, discounts on society books, two free ads per year in The Specialist, and access to research papers, reprints, and copies of member exhibits. Please renew now before you forget. You will be doing a service both to yourself and to the society. This column is being written prior to our annual meeting in Tucson at ARIPEX. The March issue will provide information on our society happenings in Tucson. - Larry Ballantyne |
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Feb 3, 2001 |
FIRE SALE ! We have available five sets of xeroxed copies of The Bureau Specialist covering the years 1934-1947 inclusive. For a short time, we will sell these in year sets at $9 per year, postpaid, or $90 for the full 14 years. If you need only single copies, $1 each. The price for 1948 to the current time will remain $2 for single copies, or $20 for a full year set. These will be printed copies where we have them, or xeroxed copies where we don't. So get your order in and complete your holdings of The Specialist! Make checks payable to the USSS and order from W. Wallace Cleland, 1710 University Ave., Madison, WI 53705. |
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Feb 3, 2001 |
Exhibition Photocopy Service A new exhibit is now available from the Exhibition Photocopy Committee. It is Alan Moll's U.S. Vended Postal Insurance 1965-1985. Visit the Exhibition Photocopy Committee page for more information. |
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Jan 1, 2001 |
From the Executive Secretary Dues for 2001 are now $25.00 when paid after December 31st. While most members have paid their dues, several members have not. Please renew ASAP as it costs the society money to send out reminder notices. More importantly, we really don't want to lose you as members. So if you have set aside your dues notice, please pull it out and mail it and your dues today. Some members have asked about membership cards. We no longer issue membership cards. In case you need your membership number, it is on the address label of The United States Specialist in the upper left-hand corner with the letter B in front of it. Lastly, I will be attending ARIPEX and our annual meeting in Tucson on January 19-21. If you get a chance, stop by our table or the annual meeting and introduce yourself, as I would like to meet more of the members. - Larry Ballantyne |
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Jan 1, 2001 |
USSS Seminar for ARIPEX 2001 The USSS will present a seminar in conjunction with ARIPEX on Saturday, January 20th at 11 AM. The speaker is Gene Paquette from Scottsdale, Arizona, who will speak on "U.S. Luminescence and Varieties." Mr. Paquette is the Chairman of the USSS' Luminescence Study Group. Check the show program for specific location for the seminar. |
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Jan 1, 2001 |
Growing the USSS By Rod Juell Recruiting Chairman P.O. Box 3508, Joliet, IL 60434 You can help our society grow! You can help our hobby grow! You can help make both our society and our hobby better! For many years stamp collecting has been a very important part of my life, as it probably has been of yours. But I gave very little back to the hobby. As the new chair of the recruiting committee, I am trying to change that, and I am asking for your help. Here are some things you can do:
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Jan 1, 2001 |
Show Report: New York Mega Show - Nov 9-12, 2000 By Nicholas Lombardi The four day New York Mega Show was held at the The Javits Convention Center on 11th Avenue and 34th Street. The United States Stamp Society was represented at a table on the main Galleria floor. The show offered a competitive exhibition along with a bourse of dealers, philatelic societies and a USPS super-booth. Visitors were offered an opportunity to learn about our organization. A supply of journals, publications, research papers and reprints was available for viewing and purchase. During the show, membership applications were handed out to visitors and new member applications were accepted. Dr. Gary B. Weiss Wins Dealers Choice Competition The show featured the Dealers Choice Awards exhibit. Twenty exhibits of United States and foreign stamps and postal history were judged by the ASDA bourse dealers and awards were given for the top three exhibits. The top two prizes were awarded to USSS members. Dr. Gary B. Weiss of Webster, Texas received the First Place award for his exceptional five-frame exhibit "Canal Zone Postage Dues" and Roger S. Brody of Watchung, NJ placed second exhibiting the "Series 1902 - United States." The following members stopped by the table to assist and/or visit: |
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