Suggestion For Ap Article

SCF member rlmstamps2012 started a topic last December in which he showcased a correspondence (covers containing a series of related letters over a period of decades) from his family history.

https://goscf.com/t/46974
If link doesn't work, search for "Hunt collection" to find the topic. It is in the US classics area.

I was not the first to suggest that he write this up for publication.

Maybe the editor of AP can contact him and explore the possibility further.

--edited to fix link, also give notes on how to find topic if link doesn't work

Broken link?

Delete the slash at the end of the link address.

Gabriella77us, that is a great suggestion. You ought to suggest this directly to Jay Bigalki. His email is jbigalki@stamps.org. Or you might post this thread on the new APS forum!

Peter

gabriella77us, Thank you so much for your post.

I would like to thank all of you for your interest.

When I saw this thread last night, I was not sure what to do.
I did send you a note using the SCF message system last night.
I have had trouble with messaging in the past. Could you let
me know if you received that message.

I would look forward to communicating with Jay, or anyone regarding
an article about this correspondence. I have enjoyed putting
a number of hours into that thread. If I was to write an
article,I would like to have some sort of guidance. To know
what they may actually want, could save a great deal of time.
I believe that I have way to much information!

I would like to share, all that they would be interested in.

rlmstamps2012, I don't think I am on the SCF message system yet. (Possibly I need more posts?)

Notice that Peter included the email for Jay Bigalki in his post right above yours. Jay would probably love to get an email from you with a few sentences about what you have and a link to the Hunt Collection topic so he can review it.

If Jay doesn't already read this forum, Scott English of APS does, and he can make sure Jay takes a look at what you have.

I look forward to reading this article in an upcoming issue of American Philatelist!

Now I have found the note you sent through the SCF message system. I had not looked carefully enough at my email.

I'm glad you like my avatar. I have always liked Christmas stamps, and the 1968 issue (Scott #1363) featuring the Angel Gabriel from a painting by Jan van Eyck is my favorite. It also fits well with my nickname. After I sent in a scan, Bobby131313 and 51Studebaker cropped it for me so the more interesting top section stands out better.

Please make sure you reach out to Jay - he just put the finishing touches on our exciting May issue - our largest ever.

I will share the link with him as well. Thank you!

Peter, does the APS have a forum now?

BeeSee, I was referring to the one here - the new one on our SCF'

Peter

Since it is important to this subject,
I took a post written by essayk and brought
it to this thread.
This was the first time I had heard of interest
regarding this correspondence being published.

Posted by essayk 12/19/15 on "The Hunt" thread
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Bob,

My first point is not a point of any major importance, but more of a clarification. The link that CC gave at the top of this page to the Chronicle article points to a true "collection." Items in a collection are selected to fit specific criteria, and organized to demonstrate something. The covers you are showing us have the commonality of having been archived by someone first involved in creating them for the purpose of conveying messages. The philatelic details, as much as we revel in those today, were incidental to the larger purpose the originator had for the letters. The term philatelists use for an assemblage like that is not "collection" but "correspondence."

Now let me get to a suggestion of greater substance:
You are giving us first hand exposure to the unstudied and so far unpublished "Hunt correspondence" from the 1850s and later. It is a rare treat to see this unfold, and I thank you for the honor of letting us see this. But let me encourage you to take it to the next level, and that is to tell the story this correspondence tells, and consider publishing that story in the American Philatelist. Not only will that contribute to our store of knowledge about a slice of Americana in Providence and other places, through the eyes of an attorney and his wife in the late 1850s, but it will also greatly magnify the significance of the items you eventually wish to sell. How much? That depends on how the story is told.

Let me also suggest that you search on the word "correspondence" at the USPCS Chronicle website and in the APRL listings at the APS website. This is sure to provide you with examples of how a correspondence may be made historically or philatelically interesting.

Please recognize that for now you have something that ought not be broken up until it has been examined for its potential content by people who understand this more than you do at present. If you have the interest and ambition, you yourself could make an interesting contribution to the annals of philately, and I encourage you to look into it.

Thanks to all of you that suggested writing up an article for "The American Philatelist". It was actually a pleasure and quite an experience. It has been published and is in their September issue.

It is called "The Metcalf-Hunt Correspondence, 1835-1875".

I hope you all enjoy it.

Fantastic article Sir, I have read it twice since receiving the AP this past Saturday. Proud to have you on our forum,

Peter

yeah, great job RLM. Well done and nice to have you on the board. I am sure it was an enlightening experience going over the material you had and determining what to include and what to cull.

Thank you Peter and knuppster for your kind words,

I did want to thank in name, essayk, Classic Coins, and gabriella for their help in motivating me.

Special thanks to Hoxie454 who helped very much in connecting the dots! Without his knowledge of Rhode Island history this may not have been possible. I did try to credit his input as a footnote coming from this very respectful forum. That was not possible.

I am proud to be a part of this forum.

Nice article, RLM! I enjoyed reading it.