European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Collector s Corner july 16,1788 Usa Newyork 25 below from left the 45-cent love stamp due aug. 8 the Issue honouring the new York Bicentennial and the love stamp issued july 4. By Nicks Stople the . Postal service keeps those Stamps coming with 11 issues since the last column. Two of the 11 appeared in june but have extended 60-Day servicing periods for first Day cancellations. They Are the 1 5-cent penalty mail postal card with the Eagle design common 1o Al such items and a Precan eled version of the 10.1-cent Oil Wagon stamp Scott 2129 in the transportation Coil series. The latter was issued june 27. Fac requests for the card must be mailed by aug. 9. Send 1 5 cents and a pee Lable return address Label for each card to penalty mail postal card cancellations postmaster new York . 10199-9992. The uses will Supply the official return address affix your Label and Send you the cancelled card. For Oil Wagon fecs Send covers with 26 cents each to Oil Wagon stamp postmaster Washington . 20066-9992. The postal service will use two of the Precancel and a4.9-cent buckboard Coil Scott 2125 to make up the required first class rate. Requests must be postmarked by aug. 26. Love is. A single Pink Rose Bloom issued july 4. Love Stamps Are popular with almost a billion printed each year to meet customer demand. To obtain fecs of the latest version Send covers and 25 cents per stamp by aug. 3 to love stamp postmaster Pasadena Calif. 91009-9992. Fug with Clouds on july 5, the Booklet version of the 25-cent Flag with Clouds stamp was released. The Sheet version came out May 6. The postal service will apply fecs Only to full panes of six Stamps so fac requests Cost $1.50 each. Send covers by aug. 4 to Flag with Clouds Booklet postmaster Washington . 20066-9992. Make sure your return address is Low enough on the envelope to leave space for the Booklet pane. Transportation coils three transportation Coil series Stamps came out this month the 13.2-cent Coal car on july 19, the 15-cent tugboat on july 12, and the 16.7-cent Popcorn Wagon on july 7. The 16.7-cent denomination is the Basic bulk mail rate More than 500 million such Stamps Are purchased each year. Popcorn is also very popular with More than 12 billion quarts consumed in the United states annually but it was t until 1885 that Popcorn was prepared in the Way we know it today. Since the 15th Century it had been prepared by tossing ears of Corn into the embers of a fire and waiting for the kernels to pop out. C. Creator whose company still exists gave birth to an Industry with his idea to Cook the Corn in a pan together with a heated mixture of butter lard and Salt. A creator s no. 1 Wagon Model 1902, is on the stamp. To make the required 25 cents postage the uses will use one of the new Stamps and an 8.3-cent ambulance stamp Scott 2128or you can Send 34 cents for a pair of the new Stamps. Send fac requests no later than aug. 6 to Popcorn Wagon stamp postmaster Chicago Iii. 60607-9992. Tugboats help ships Man Euver in and out of port. Before the american revolution rowboats manned by eight or 10 men were used As tugs. The first engine powered tugs were Side wheelers and the first recorded commercial towing was in 1815 on the Mississippi. The new stamp depicts a tugboat common in the Early 20th Century with a prominent single smokestack and a heavily guarded Hull. Covers for fecs should be sent to tugboat stamp postmaster Long Beach Calif. 90809-9992. Cost is 25 cents per cover the uses will add a 10-cent canal boat Coil Scott 2259 to make up the required first class rate. However As noted before coils Are usually collected As pairs if you Send 30 cents the postal service will Supply a pair of the new Stamps. Deadline to get requests in the mail is aug. 11. The Coal car shown on the third stamp is based on a photograph of one manufactured in 1873 it was used to haul Coal from within the mines to the surface. For fecs the uses will affix two of the Coal car coils. Send requests with 27 cents per cover no later than aug. 18, to Coal car stamp postmaster Pittsburgh a. 15290-9992. Postal cards what s the difference Between a Post card and a postal card a Post card is what you buy in a store to write wish you were Here messages to friends. Postal cards Are bought at the Post office and have the stamp imprinted on them. New in the latter category Are the 30-cent double reply card version of the America the Beautiful card released july 11, and a commemorative card noting the Bicentennial of the establishment of the Northwest territory released july 15. A double reply card is two connected postal cards the sender writes on one and the second is immediately available for the receiver to use in replying. The Basic single America the Beautiful postal card was issued on March 28. To obtain an fac of the double reply version Send 30 cents and a pee Lable return address Label for each card requested to reply postal card postmaster Buffalo Wyo. 82834-9992. The creation of the Northwest territories was perhaps the most important accomplishment of the . Congress under the articles of confederation. In passing the ordinance of 1787, Congress opened the doors of America s Western Frontier in the process establishing a procedure for government that was followed until the last territory Hawaii became a state in 1959. It also set Forth Many of the freedoms which later appeared in the Bill of rights. The card features a Fla boat on the Ohio River loaded with livestock Luggage crates and a Conestoga Wagon As it carries a new England family past fort 10 stripes Magazine uly 28, 1988