September-October 2013 Stamp Insider Online

Stamp Insider for September–October 2013



The September–October 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.

The lead article is "The Burning Bread." Authors Diane DeBlois and Robert Dalton Harris tell how manufacturers and electric companies promoted America's "must have" appliance through the US mail.

Diane DeBlois and Robert Dalton Harris of West Sand Lake, New York, have edited the Postal History Journal for more than a decade. They have written for philatelic and collecting periodicals and have spoken on their postal historical research at business, history, and economics international conferences and at six postal history symposia sponsored by the APS and Smithsonian National Postal Museum. For more than 30 years, as aGatherin', they have been full-time dealers in ephemera, specializing in all aspects of communications history.

Other articles include "Perps and Perfins" describing a Texas statehouse scandal that led to adoption of perfins in the early 1970s, revenue stamps used on bank checks signed by famous people, philately associated with Saratoga Race Course, which is celebrating its sesquicentennial, along with the usual columns and features.

The Stamp Insider is available in both PDF and HTML5-friendly format at:

http://www.stampinsider.org

The featured video — "Engraving a Canadian Stamp," from a Discovery / Science Channel How It's Made episode shows an engraver creating the $1 Canada Scott No. 1688 issued in 2005, depicting a doe and her fawn.

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Very thoughtful of you to provide the link for us. Thanks!

Speaking of the Insider..How I miss this great guy John Nunes..i only saw him 15 times or so at shows..he remembered my wife more than me..but thats ok..what a great friend of philately..always positive,never a cross word..although I am not sure what he said when someone snatched the 25,000 dollar collection off his table. You can not replace someone like John !

John did not have to sell covers..he was a P.H.D. and a retired ceramics Engineer from G.E., he just loved doing it...i asked him once how he could pack a whole large room..he would take a whole conference room at shows at motels into his van..he laughed and said he never unpacked the van..it was always ready to roll !!

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Many thanks for the link.

I really appreciate the video showing how Canadian stamps are manufactured. Perhaps you could also link your message on the Canadian forum.

The photograph of John Nunes brought back fond memories. He was a great guy who made regular visits to Canada with his large stock. I remember asking him if he had any Esperanto-related material. He said he didn`t have any but would sure like to get material! There was nothing he wasn`t interested in.