European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Bate tugboat 1900s Usa above from left the latest in the transportation Coil series Are the bulk rate Coal car the tugboat and the Popcorn Wagon All released in july. Harmar toward a new Home. Marietta the first settlement and first capita of the territories and the Mouth of the Muski Ngum River appear in the distance. As they grew sections of the Northwest territory became states Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin. To obtain fecs Send 15 cents and a pee Lable return address Label for each card no later than aug. 14, to Northwest territory postal card postmaster Marietta Ohio 45750-9992. Empire state Bicentennial the 11 the state to ratify the Constitution and join the United states new York was honoured with a stamp released july 26. The design features the original Federal Hall in new York City flanked by Wall Street with the Steeple of Trinity Church rising in the distance. On june 17,1788, the ratifying convention met in Poughkeepsie chosen for its proximity to population centers. Eight of the required nine states had already ratified the Constitution and word arrived june 24 that new Hampshire had accepted june 21making the Constitution the Law of the land on june 25 came the news that Virginia had followed suit. New York finally ratified the Constitution on july 26. For fecs Send covers and 25 cents per stamp requested not later than aug. 25, to statehood stamp postmaster Albany . 12288-9992. 45-cent love what s better than one love stamp two of them of course and that s what the Dps is giving us aug. 8 a second love stamp with a 45 cent denomination to pay the two ounce first class postage rate 25 cents for the first ounce 20 cents each for ounces two through 12. The eighth stamp in the series features a Lush arrangement of vibrant red and yellow roses in a bed of deep Green foliage. For fecs Send covers with 45 cents per stamp requested no later than sept. 9, to love stamp postmaster Shreveport la. 71102-9992 snips and bits one of the leading proponents of balloon Post is the austrian Juve tute Postrach 200, a-5033 Salzburg Austria. Each year two or three flights Are arranged and covers Are placed on Board at the flight s Competition the covers Are Back stamped at the nearest Post office and sent on their Way. Collectors interested in future flights can obtain information from the Juve tute. Also available is a listing showing Sale prices for covers from previous flights. Profits go to the association which operates children s villages in Austria. Mail sales Are auctions though All bidding is by mail and there is no floor Competition. Gold medal sales a division of Stolow auctions is one firm in the business a recent Sale contained More than 12,000 lots both . And foreign. The announcement came in two volumes one listing the lots and the second containing 144 pages of photographs. Write to the firm at 989 sixth aye., new York . 10018, to request the listing for its next Sale. A note from Natasha troll of the publicity service of the philatelic service swill pit Par Terrasse 10, ch-3030 Berne Switzerland accompanied several English language brochures available from that office. Included Are Switzerland seen through her stumps and How postage Stamps Are made As Well As information on establishing standing orders for Swiss Stamps and postmarks. An auction of Stamps and covers 19th and 20th Century fancy cancels and Cut squares the indicia portion of pre stamped envelope Sand other miscellaneous material was recently held by William r. Weiss jr., . Box 5358, Bethlehem a 18015. A request May bring a Catalon for his next auction. Also available from Weiss Are two books collecting United states covers and postal history $15 paperback $25 hardbound and . 20th-Century fancy cancellations $40 hardbound. Editor Dick sine has started a new feature in Scott stamp monthly. Send him a single paragraph no More than 100 words about your favorite stamp. Identify the stamp by Scott number do not Send the stamp. All submissions will be acknowledged and those published will include the author s name. Send to Scott Box 828, Sidney Ohio 45365. Canada Post is offering the specialized Catalon of Canada Post official first Day covers. Published by uni Trade press the 52-Page Booklet by Marcel Cool reproduces each official Canada Post fac in full color provides data on the stamp Issue and lists the current Market Price. Scott numbers Are used. The Catalon costs $7.95 Canadian visa and Mastercard can be used. Write National philatelic Center Antigonish Nova Scotia b2g 2rh, Canada. 9 uni Trade associates 127 Cartwright ave.,Toronto, Ontario m6a 1 v4, Canada offers a Lull Range of stamp albums and accessories in its latest 62-Page Catalon. Also listed in in extensive selection of philatelic literature most of in related to Canadian topics. All prices Are in Canadian , but Mastercard and visa Are accepted. Donna o Keefe senior editor of inns has published a third collection Ollu r i Hilt clip gems columns. It is a delightful i 68-Page Hook telling the stories of 70 rare Stamps of the world from Austria to Western Australia. Each chapter focuses on a specific stamp such As the canal zone 1 947 six tent official with inverted overprint and tells How the rarity came to exist and discusses the relative Scarcity. Philatelic gems 3 is available in softcover for $7.95 any two of the three volumes Are available for $ i 5, and All three can be purchased for $22. A three volume set in Slipcase is available for $25. Order from Linn a Box 29, Sidney Ohio 453 5. Readers May write to she Stople at Deh. Usma Neu Ulm Apo 09035 0509. Include a return addressed mrs envelope if a reply is desired july 28, 1988 stripes Magazine 11
