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Cancellations On The 5˘ and 10˘ 1847 Stamps, by W.E. Saadi
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Classified Ads and Free Research Requests
FOR SALE
PLACE AN AD TODAY. CONTACT DAVID D'ALESSANDRIS (see below)
WANTED
Wanted: Scott #205 Garfield: Working on a traditional exhibit and also a postal history exhibit.
Any and all material. Especially desire archival and production material, multiples, errors, etc.
Unusual uses and destinations also sought; add- on uses for domestic use.
Mint or used, anything you might have I will consider.
Send scans and price to: afacinc@yahoo.com
or call Ed Andrews at 610-793-6596. (2012-01-01)
Literature Wanted: Auction catalogs including worldwide name sales like
Worthington, Seybold, Ackerman, Col. Green, Emerson, Burrus, Rothschild; house runs
including early Siegel, Paige, Morgenthau, Harmer Rooke, Kelleher, Harmers, Klein,
Ward, Robson Lowe; buying singles and libraries. Matthew Kewriga, E-mail:
matt@kewriga.com (2010.06.18)
Wanted: True Bicolor Rarities for 1869, 1873 and 1901 Exhibits.
Highest Prices Paid: Name Yours! Confidentiality Assured.
Contact Don David Price at ddprice98@hotmail.com (2012.01.01)
Wanted: Schenectady, NY Postal History, Colonial to 1950s, incl. addressed-to-Schenectady FLS content.
Also "not for sale" images and information to add to my ongoing study of Schenectady.
Bob Bramwell at rbramwell@nc.rr.com
or POB 4150, Pinehurst NC 28374. (2012.01.01)
Wanted: Wisconsin Postal History. Early stampless to 1900, better markings, DPO's, etc. Wm. B. Robinson, Box 12492,
Green Bay WI 54307. E-mail wbrob@hotmail.com (2012.01.01)
Wanted: Colorado Postal History. Covers bearing scarce or unusual Colorado post marks from the pre-Territorial (before 2/28/1861)
and Territorial (2/28/1861 - 7/31/1876) periods. Particularly, covers bearing the 1861-67 1˘ Franklin (63, 86, 92). Stephen B. Pacetti,
12751 W. Alameda Dr., Lakewood, CO 80228-2801; Email: sbp57@comcast.net Scans via email are most
welcome. (2012.01.01)
FREE RESEARCH REQUESTS
Need Your Help: I am doing research on the various formats of U.S.
Postmaster Appointment commission documents (both Presidential and Postmaster
General signed through 1920), and the various types USPOD forms, letters
notifying postmasters of their appointments or dealing with matters relating
to the appointment, such as Oath forms, transmittal letters, etc. I would like
to obtain information about such items and scans of any such documents anyone
might have. Also interested in similar scans of any similar Confederate
Post Office Department materials. Scans at 300 dpi preferred.
Contact first for details. Mike Ludeman, P.O. Box 2024, Denton, TX 76202,
or E-mail: mike@ludeman.net (2012-01-02)
Need Your Help: I am looking for anyone with information regarding the
current status of the Dollar Value Columbian cover survey-census, which was
prepared by Dr. Richard M. Searing, and published in several issues of
The Chronicle in 1992. Efforts to contact Dr. Searing have been unsuccessful,
but hope that someone may have taken over this Census, or knows where any records,
scans, or additional information accumulated since the publication might be.
Mike Ludeman, P.O. Box 2024, Denton, TX 76202, or
E-mail: mike@ludeman.net (2012-01-02)
Need Your Help: Boston Postal Markings - Help Needed.
I am doing research on Boston Postal Markings through 1865, beyond what is listed in Blake & Davis, i.e.,
unreported markings, new ERUs, LRUs, with the possible goal of a series of articles in the Chronicle.
Please send details and scans if possible to Mark Schwartz at
mark.schwartz1@verizon.net
Credit will be given to you in any written material. (2011-09-10)
Need Your Help: Destinations and dates of use of 5c U.S. stationery Scott # U172-180 Taylor and U222-226 Garfield,
needed for article in progress. Also any essays or proofs or varieties. Will give credit if authorized. Bob Markovits,
P.O. Box 178, Stockbridge, MA, or markovits@aol.com for scans.
Need Your Help: In celebration of the 150-year anniversary of the Fourteenth
Amendment, I am preparing a volume of the papers and correspondence of John Armor
Bingham (1815 - 1900), Member of Congress and principal author of Section 1 of
the Amendment. Please contact me if you have any letters authored by Bingham,
or if you know of the whereabouts of any of the letters (or know of someone who
might know of their whereabouts). I would be happy to buy the letters from you,
or, if you prefer, to copy them and give you attribution (if you desire) in the
published edition. Please contact: Steve Shadowen via E-mail at
sds@hangley.com or (717) 364-1010 (2010.12.27)
Need Your Help: Doing research on NYFM cancels prior to 1870. Would like
assistance in providing material in hopes of putting together a concise
and chronological catalog of different cancels as well as a census of
material. Seeking covers which fulfill the following requirements: a)
pre-1870 usage, b) foreign destination (outside USA), c) New York
Exchange Office origin postmark, and d) has no other USA postmark than
New York. Full credit will be given if research is published. Would
like any assistance in providing material. Please send E-mail with scans
and information on pieces. Andrew Titley, 327 Dennis Street,
Oceanside, NY 11572 or E-mail at
andrew.titley33@gmail.com (2010.06.18)
Need Your Help: Idaho Territiral Postmark Catalog urgently seeking photocopies or scans of Idaho postal
material through July 3, 1890. No need to resubmit material previously sent to Richard Long in 1994-95.
Results will be published serially in The Oregon Country alphabetically, arranged by county.
Will reimburse costs and acknowledge contributors in the published work if desired.
Wish to start with "A" and "B" counties ASAP. For details and references contact Stan Grove at 307-349-5355 or
stangrove2004@yahoo.com (2010-03-18).
Need Your Help: I am researching the early, so-called red-band envelopes.
These were used by the USPOD to carry registered mail in the period 1867-1871.
Scans of front and back would be appreciated. Condition is not important, as I am interested in any example,
however "ratty". Please submit to: harry015@verizon.net
or Harry Brown, 17-2 Bixby Road, Spencer, MA 01562 (2010.03.16).
Need Your Help: Multiples of any 1861 control number overprints needed for a research project underway.
Scott numbers are from 63 SJ to 78 SJ. Any history on the item is also helpfull. Please submit digital images
or contact Ken Gilbart at kdgmbg@aol.com (2009.05.14).
Need Your Help: Doing research on the New York "APL"-dated circular datestamp (see scans below, Skinner-type NYDM 52-3)
on/off cover used from ~1835 through to 1855. I am most interested in the usages on the 3 Cent Stamp, 1851-57 Issue, but would like
to see all others, from stampless era, Locals, and the 1847 Issue. Dr. Charles J. DiComo, 102 Old Pawling Rd. Pawling, NY 12564-2121,
or E-mail at charlesdicomo@optonline.net (2011.01.01)
Examples of the Different Types Identified thus far.
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Need Your Help: Doing research on Pawling Post Offices (past and present), in Dutchess County, N.Y.
I am most interested in the uses on the 1 and 3 Cent 1851-57 Issue, but would like to see all others,
from stampless era through to modern, even postcards, bank checks, advertisements, Victorian Trading cards, etc.
This includes "Paulings, Pawlingsville, Paulingville, Campbellville, Pawlings, Pauling,
Pawling, North Quaker Hill, Quaker Hill, Stonehouse, West Pawling and Holmes".
Dr. Charles J. DiComo, 102 Old Pawling Rd. Pawling, NY 12564-2121, or E-mail at
charlesdicomo@optonline.net (2011.01.01)
Typical Example from 1850's.
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Need Your Help: I need help researching transpacific usage of 10˘ large Bank Note stamps.
The relevant Scott Nos. are: 139, 150, 161, 187-88, 209, 209b.
I would welcome receiving: any data concerning ship sailing records; images of covers, front and back; auction realizations;
anything else that might be of use in my quest. Chad Snee, Box 835, Troy, OH 45373-0835;
suppousnr@yahoo.com (2008.11.18)
HOW TO SUBMIT
All ads will go into the first available Chatter publication, and onto the USPCS website as soon as practical.
Submit Ad content:
uspcs_ads@comcast.net
Or by mail to:
David D'Alessandris
2900 N. Rochester St.
Arlington VA 22213
Please specify if you want the ad published in the Member's Domain, Public Domain (for more exposure), or both.
Please specify how long ad should run with calendar year being the maximum.
The cost per line (34 characters) is $2.00 for whole year.
Please submit Free Research Requests to David as well.
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