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The November–December issue of the Stamp Insider, journal of the Federation of New York Philatelic Societies, is online and available for free download in PDF format or viewing online with page turning. It is available in both PDF and HTML5-friendly format at:
http://www.stampinsider.org
In the lead article — “Revenue Stamp Usage on Cartes de Visite†— author Steve Swain examines in depth the Civil War luxury tax that an Act of Congress imposed on “photographs, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes or any other sun-pictures.†It is generously illustrated, and shows many unusual usages.
Other articles include “New Haven Philatelic Society Turns 100.†In cooperation with the New Haven Historical Society, it produced 1,000 anniversary covers bearing restrikes of the New Haven postmaster provisional. The die had been last used to produce restrikes in 1932, to help defray club’s $1,000 outlay to purchase it for the museum. A sidebar article examines originals and restrikes of the die.
“The Case of the Missing Pouches†examines of foibles of early railway post office clerks and is paired with the featured video — “Catching Mail on the Fly,†silent film from 1903 showing a train dropping a mail pouch and snatching another from a mail crane without stopping.
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These issues are always excellent! Thanks for doing such a great job!
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" ... “The Case of the Missing Pouches†examines of foibles of early railway post office clerks and is paired with the featured video — “Catching Mail on the Fly,†silent film from 1903 showing a train dropping a mail pouch and snatching another from a mail crane without stopping. ..."
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I remember a X-mas back in the late 1940s when my father added a "mail car" to the family Lionel train layout. The train did exactly that, grabbing mail sack from a pole set alongside the tracks and tossed out one as it passed by. The packing came with a pamphlet that explained how clerks sped up mail delivery across the nation by opening the sack they picked up and sorted mail for towns along the way.
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Stamp Insider for November–December 2014
The November–December issue of the Stamp Insider, journal of the Federation of New York Philatelic Societies, is online and available for free download in PDF format or viewing online with page turning. It is available in both PDF and HTML5-friendly format at:
http://www.stampinsider.org
In the lead article — “Revenue Stamp Usage on Cartes de Visite†— author Steve Swain examines in depth the Civil War luxury tax that an Act of Congress imposed on “photographs, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes or any other sun-pictures.†It is generously illustrated, and shows many unusual usages.
Other articles include “New Haven Philatelic Society Turns 100.†In cooperation with the New Haven Historical Society, it produced 1,000 anniversary covers bearing restrikes of the New Haven postmaster provisional. The die had been last used to produce restrikes in 1932, to help defray club’s $1,000 outlay to purchase it for the museum. A sidebar article examines originals and restrikes of the die.
“The Case of the Missing Pouches†examines of foibles of early railway post office clerks and is paired with the featured video — “Catching Mail on the Fly,†silent film from 1903 showing a train dropping a mail pouch and snatching another from a mail crane without stopping.
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These issues are always excellent! Thanks for doing such a great job!
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
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" ... “The Case of the Missing Pouches†examines of foibles of early railway post office clerks and is paired with the featured video — “Catching Mail on the Fly,†silent film from 1903 showing a train dropping a mail pouch and snatching another from a mail crane without stopping. ..."
Fond memories department.
I remember a X-mas back in the late 1940s when my father added a "mail car" to the family Lionel train layout. The train did exactly that, grabbing mail sack from a pole set alongside the tracks and tossed out one as it passed by. The packing came with a pamphlet that explained how clerks sped up mail delivery across the nation by opening the sack they picked up and sorted mail for towns along the way.
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