November 1997, Volume 49, No. 4, Whole No. 176
GUEST PRIVILEGE A Preliminary Census of Earliest Dates and Largest Multiples on Scott 1-245, by Elliot Landau, Robbery of Mail in the Classic Period, by James M. Milgram, M.D.
U.S. CARRIERS AND INDEPENDENT MAILS Collecting Carriers and Locals in the 1860s - George Hussey and His Reprints and Imitations, by Steven M. Roth, Census Covers Carried by Private Mail Posts in Baltimore, Maryland (An Update), by Steven M. Roth
THE 1847 PERIOD The Knapp Shift - U.S. Philately's Great Controversy, by Wade E. Saadi, The Knapp Shift Revisited, by Philip T. Wall, Plating the 5c 1847, by Malcolm L. Brown
THE 1851-61 PERIOD Extended Date for the Bold Single-Bar Integral Postmark of New York City, by Hubert C. Skinner and James A. Allen, New Early Year-Dated Postmark, by Hubert C. Skinner and Wade E. Saadi
THE 1861 - 1869 PERIOD Fraudulent Use of a Double Bisect Grilled Stamp, by Richard B. Graham, Review: The United States 1c Franklin 1861-1867, reviewed by Michael C. McClung
S.C.R.A.P. CORNER 10¢ 1869 to France, by Jeffrey M. Forster
OFFICIALS ET AL. 24c Interior Double Impression, by Alan C. Campbell, 24c Justice Short Transfer, by Alan C. Campbell
THE COVER CORNER Answers to Problem Cover in Issues 173, Additional Answer to Problem Cover in Issues 174, Answers to Problem Cover in Issues 175, Problem Covers for this Issue

August 1997, Volume 49, No. 3, Whole No. 175
THE 1847 PERIOD Some Observations on the Importance -- or Lack Thereof -- of Plating the Five Cent Stamp of 1847, by Jerome S. Wagshal
THE 1851-61 PERIOD The Chicago Perforations (continued from Chronicle 174:120), by W. Wilson Hulme, II
OFFICIALS ET AL. Plating the Official Stamps, by Alan C. Campbell
THE FOREIGN MAILS Early Transatlantic Irish Wrapper, by Richard F. Winter
THE COVER CORNER Answers to Problem Cover in Issues 173, Answers to Problem Cover in Issues 174, Problem Covers for this Issue

May 1997, Volume 49, No. 2, Whole No. 174
GUEST PRIVILEGE The Scott Catalogue Editor Responds to William E. Moor (Chronicle173, Feb. 1997), by James E. Kloetzel
THE 1847 PERIOD The Art of Stanley B. Ashbrook as Exemplified by the Ashbrook Diagrams of the Ten Cent 1847 "Post Office Shift, by Jerome S. Wagshal
THE 1851 - 1861 PERIOD The Chicago Perforations, by W. Wilson Hulme, II
THE 1861 - 1869 PERIOD Forwarding the Advertising Fee, by Michael C. McClung
THE 1869 PERIOD 1869 Pictorial Issue at ANPHILEX '96, by Jeffrey M. Forster
OFFICIALS, ET. AL. An Unusual Plate Mark on the 3c War Department Stamp, by David H. Lobdell
THE COVER CORNER Answers to Problem Cover in Issues 173, Problem Covers for this Issue
SUPPLEMENT Demonetization of the 1847 Issue (corrected verison), by Thomas J. Alexander

February 1997, Volume 49, No. 1, Whole No. 173
IN MEMORIAM C.W. "Bert" Christian, Perry Malcolm Sapperstein
FROM THE EDITOR Go West. . .To PACIFIC 97
U.S. CARRIERS AND INDEPENDENT MAILS Census, with Occasional Commentary:  Covers Carried By Private Mail Posts in Baltimore, Maryland, by Steven M. Roth
THE 1847 PERIOD Demonetization of the 1847 Issue, by Thomas J. Alexander
THE 1851-61 PERIOD Newly Discovered Plate Flaw on 3c 1857 [Type II - Scott #26], by Richard C. Celler, Addenda and Corrigenda, by Hubert C. Skinner and Keiji Taira
S.C.R.A.P. CORNER Wells Fargo Pony Express Usages, by George J. Kramer
SPECIAL PRINTINGS 1875-84 Corrections to 1997 Scott Catalog Listings, by William E. Mooz
OFFICIALS ET AL. 10 Cent, 2 Cent, 3 Cent Executive Combination Usage, byLester C. Lanphear III
THE FOREIGN MAIL San Francisco Overseas Error Rates of July 1851, by Richard F. Winter
THE COVER CORNER Final Answer to Problem Cover in Issue 168, Answers to Problem Cover in Issues 172, Problem Covers for this Issue