2004 Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition
EXHIBITS
Frame Numbers
From Denmark to the Old German States: The Rayon System 1
Covers
sent with all the possible rates created from the combination
of the rayons, emphasizing mixed frankings
Mark Lorentzen (CA)
From and Through Great Britain to Denmark: 1840-1880 2
Letters and price circulars sent from England and beyond to Denmark with British and Danish stamps (along with a few stampless covers).
Mark Lorentzen (CA)
Combination Covers of Sweden 3
Covers with stamps of Sweden and one other country or stamp-issuing entity with postage pre-paid all the way to final destination.
James Burgeson (CA)
Denmark: Cachet Varieties of the Horsens Filatelistklub for the Bering Issue 4
Known varieties of this cachet for the Vitus Bering issue of 1941 on First Day Covers and Event Covers.
Alan Warren (PA)
Early Finland Commemoratives 5-10
Rate and destination study of Finland's first 25 commemorative issues. non-competitive
Robert W. Lang (DE)
Faroe Islands Mail: 1870-1947 11-14
Covers from opening of post office to end of World War II: forerunners and Torshavn mail, local postal routes, and 1919 and WWII rate periods.
Geoffrey Noer (CA)
Usage of the Ring Stationery of Finland, 1891-1911 15-19
Usage of this politically motivated intrusion into the postal system of its Grand Duchy, Finland.
Stephen P. Kaplan (OH)
Back of the Book Baggage 20
An overview of the types of United States Customs baggage labels from the 1890s and the various categories in which they can be collected.
Dr. Edwin J. Andrews (PA)
United States Beer Stamps 1866-1919 21-25
What attracts one to beer stamps is their size and extraordinary beauty. The fascinating variety, especially among provisional issues just before prohibition, provides special interest.
"Joseph Schlitz" (NJ)
Oklahoma Revenue Stamps 26-30
The revenue stamps of Oklahoma, including fish and game issues.
Scott Troutman (PA)
Waterfowl Hunting Permit Stamps: Federal, State, Local, Tribal 31-40
Stamps required to hunt waterfowl at the federal, state, local & tribal levels, including many different usages.
Michael Jaffe (WA)
Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp 41-48
The entire federal duck stamp series shown with usages and many errors and varieties.
Charles J. Ekstrom III (CT)
First Issue Revenue Stamps (1862-1871) 49-56
Exhibit of the stamps used to fund the Civil War with varieties, some proofs, color trials, and relevant documents
M. F. Mallette (PA)
Documentary Issue of 1898 57-64
Exhibit of the revenue issues of 1898 (Spanish-American War), varieties, tax laws, and period documents.
"Rev E. Nue" (PA)
Revenue Stamped Paper of the Spanish-American War Tax Era 65-69
Origin, types, usages & EFO's of imprinted revenues used to pay various Spanish-American War taxes of the United States.
Robert D Hohertz (MO)
Embossed Revenue Stamps of Palestine 70-72
Study of the embossed revenue stamps of Palestine used from 1927 to 1948 showing proofs, essays and various usage on documents
Gary Theodore (NJ)
Nebraska Revenue Stamps 73-78
A study of all known types of Revenue Stamps issued by Nebraska.
Kenneth Pruess (NE)
Registration Designations: Labels & Handstamps of the Companhia de Moçambique 79-82
A study of the usage and a classification of registration labels and handstamps used within the Portuguese territory known as the Companhia de Moçambique (Mozambique Company).
Clyde J. Homen (CA)
Revenues of Portuguese India 1678-1962 83-87
Revenue stamps, proofs, specimens and documents showing the payment of various taxes.
John R. G. Dahl (UK)
Republic of Portugal - The Military and the Post 88-92
Portuguese military mail from World Wars I & II and the Colonial Wars.
David F. Weeden (UK)
Portugal: The Ceres Issues, 1912-31 93-102
A revised/updated showing of the stamps and usages for Portugal and the Azores.
John N. Liles (MD)
Portugal's First Stamped Paper - 'Apolices' 103
Investment bonds, 1797-1805 with 'Cauza Publica' 20 reis embossed tax. These works of art were traded like banknotes for over 25 years.
John R. G. Dahl (UK)
Portuguese India, Going it Alone 104-110
In 1871 Goa locally produced her first postage stamp, and was later forced to surcharge or overprint due to shortage from Lisbon.
David Davies (Cheshire CW12 1LN)
Internees in the Azores During the Great War (1916-19) 111
A study of the markings applied to mail from German and Austrian citizens interned on Terceira Island.
Roy C. Teixeira (CA)
Czechoslovakia: The Hussite Issue of 1920 112
Comprehensive traditional treatment of the controversial stamps issued to commemorate Master Jan Hus.
Anthony F. Dewey (CT)
The Murder of Lidice 113-122
Material related to the Nazi destruction of Lidice, a small Czech village, in retailiation for the assassination of SS General Reinhard Heydrich.
Phil Rhoade (MN)
Czechoslovakia 1918-1938 123-132
Exhibit highlights philatelic rarities and include artist sketches & drawings, proofs, overprint types, paper, perforations and production errors.
Jaroslav J. Verner (MD)
Czechoslovakia First Republic (1918-1938) 133-142
Czechoslovakia from its first day, including the transition period, semi-postals, Allegories, Masaryks, Air Mail, Postage Due, Newspaper and Legion Mail.
Henry Hahn (VA)
Postal History of Livonia - Latvia 1765-1945 143-152
180 Years of Postal History: from Imperial Russia to the German Occupation of the Baltic Republic. (non-competitive)
Arnold Engel (PA)
Eastern Silesia 153-160
Czechoslovak postal issues & covers with the overprint "SO 1920" including fore-runner postal history.
Charles J. Chesloe (IL)
Czechoslovakia First Issues: 100h Hradcany Complete Plating 161-162
Postally used:; 100 positions of Plate II including related covers, including an unusual cover "A Philatelic Wedding."
Frank A. Garancovsky (OH)
German Occupation of Czechoslovakia 163-168
The Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia.
Robert F. Koschalk (IL)
Lemberg: Postal History of an Imperial Austrian Crownland Capital 169-174
Overview of the postal evolution that occured in this Eastern European city while under the rule of the Austrian Habsburg Empire.
Ingert Kuzych (VA)
Empire State Postal History Society Exhibit 175-180
six one-frame exhibits by individual Society members showing various aspects of New York State Postal History
Empire State Postal History Society (NY)
New Jersey Postal History Society Exhibit 181-186
Six one-frame exhibits by individual Society members showing various aspects of New Jersey Postal History
New Jersey Postal History Society (NJ)
Pennsylvania Postal History Society Exhibit 187-192
Six one-frame exhibits by individual Society members showing aspects of collecting Pennsylvania Postal History.
Pennsylvania Postal History Society (PA)
Philadelphia - British Mail, 1785-1900 193-202
Exhibit primarily emphasizes markings, rates and usages on Philadelphia mail to and through Great Britain, and British mail to and through Philadelphia.
Norman Shachat (PA)
Postmarks of Lancaster, PA 1785-1899 203-207
Extensive study of all known postmarks of Lancaster PA during the years 1785-1899.
James G. Boyles (PA)
The Statue of Liberty 208-212
The story of some events connected with the building and maintaining of the Statue of Liberty, the symbol of U.S. freedom, and remembering 9-11.
Carl Bogatiuk (PA)
Philadelphia Foreign Mail Cancellations 213-218
Original research on the development of cancellations used from the 1840s to the 1890s on letters from Philadelphia to foreign destinations.
Dr. John H. Barwis (MI)
Fortress Pennsylvania 219-224
A historical review of Pennsylvania post offices bearing the names of military installations.
Dr. Edwin J. Andrews (PA)
First Days of the 1929 George Rogers Clark Commemorative 225-231
A study of the production and use of the GRC issue through first day covers.
Andrew McFarlane (PA)
The Lineal Markings of Chile 232-238
A compilation of Chilean straight-line markings from 1766 to 1868.
Alvaro Pacheco (FL)
First UN Issue, 1951 239-248
Comprehensive study of the eleven definitive and four airmail stamps known as the First Issue of the Nations, including precancel.
Anthony F. Dewey (CT)
British Forces in Egypt and the Sudan 249-256
Postal History of the Anglo-Egyptian War 1882, the Gordon Relief Expedition 1884-85, and the Re-conquest of the Sudan 1896-98.
Richard S. Wilson (NY)
Yuri Gagarin - To Boldly Go Where No Man has Gone Before 257-258
Stamps, covers and oddities of man's first space traveler.
Robin Weidner (PA)
Canadian Postal Stationery: Part 1 259-268
Postal cards including pictorial cards.
Mirko L. Vondra (PA)
Canadian Postal Stationery: Part 2 269-278
Envelopes, air letters, aerograms & domestogrammes.
Mirko L. Vondra (PA)