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)