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Research Requests
The following requests have been submitted by USPCS
members seeking your assistance.
IDAHO TERRITORIAL POSTMARK CATALOG - Urgently
seeking photocopies or scans of Idaho postal material through July
3, 1890. No need to resubmit material previously sent to Richard
Long in 1994-95. Results will be published serially in The Oregon
Country alphabetically, arranged by county. Will reimburse costs
and acknowledge contributors in the published work if desired. Wish
to start publication with "A" and "B" counties ASAP. For details and
references contact Stan Grove at 307-349-5355 or
stangrove2004@yahoo.com.
Need Your Help: I’m researching the early,
so-called red-band envelopes used by the USPOD to carry registered
mail in the period 1867-1871. They are on heavy, manaila stock with
a wide red band at the top and bottom. Scans of front and back would
be appreciated. Condition is not important, as I’m interested in any
example, however ‘ratty’. Please submit to
harry015@verizon.net, or
Harry Brown, 17-2 Bixby Road, Spencer, MA 01562
1861 Control Number Overprints: Looking for
multiples of any 1861 control number overprints. needed for a
research project underway. Scott numbers are from 63 SJ to 78 SJ.
Any history on the item is also helpful. Please submit digital
images or contact Ken Gilbart at
kdgmbg@aol.com (090514).
Need Your Help: Doing research on the New
York "APL"-dated circular datestamp (see scans below, Skinner-type
NYDM 52-3) on/off cover used from ~1835 through to 1855. I am most
interested in the usages on the 3 Cent Stamp, 1851-57 Issue, but
would like to see all others, from stampless era, Locals, and the
1847 Issue. Dr. Charles J. DiComo, 102 Old Pawling Rd. Pawling, NY
12564-2121, or E-mail at
charles.dicomo@uspcs.org (081110)
Need Your Help: Doing research on Pawling,
New York in Dutchess County. I am most interested in the usages on
the 3 Cent Stamp, 1851-57 Issue, but would like to see all others,
from stampless era through to modern. Dr. Charles J. DiComo, 102 Old
Pawling Rd. Pawling, NY 12564-2121, or E-mail at
charles.dicomo@uspcs.org
(081110)
Need Your Help: I need help researching
transpacific usage of 10¢ large Bank Note stamps. The relevant Scott
Nos. are: 139, 150, 161, 187-88, 209, 209b. I would welcome
receiving: any data concerning ship sailing records; images of
covers, front and back; auction realizations; anything else that
might be of use in my quest.
Chad Snee, Box 835, Troy, OH 45373-0835;
suppousnr@yahoo.com
(081118)
Researching 1870-88 Bank Issues: Working on
census research, Looking for images and research materials relating
to the US Postal Agency Mails from Japan and China, also looking for
photocopies of general Bank Note Issue collections.
Matt Kewriga, 7 Tracy Lyn Road, Holliston, MA 01746,
matt@kewriga.com (090101)
Need Your Help: Doing research on NYFM
cancels prior to 1870. Would like assistance in providing material
in hopes of putting together a concise and chronological catalog of
different cancels as well as a census of material. Seeking covers
which fulfill the following requirements: a) pre-1870 usage, b)
foreign destination (outside USA), c) New York Exchange Office
origin postmark, and d) has no other USA postmark than New York.
Full credit will be given if research is published. Would like any
assistance in providing material. Please send email with scans and
information on pieces. Andrew Titley, 327 Dennis Street, Oceanside,
NY 11572 or email at:
andrew.titley33@gmail.com.
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