Page

Date Created

Date Updated

Nature of Update

Stamp Collars and Porte Timbres - Labels used mainly in Europe for patriotic and charitable advertising

10/27/2005

05/18/2008

Added examples of used collars at top of page, and Russian collars at bottom

M is for Mulready envelopes

5/1/2000

04/14/2008

Added images of contents of APS 1912 envelope, bottom of page 2

W is for War

5/1/2000

4/14/2008

Added Iwo Jima block, middle of page 2

Railway Parcel and Letter Stamps of Great Britain and Ireland - Examples and information about all the ones with trains

12/04/2004

03/02/2008

Added image of second Caledonian RR sugar stamp

An Electric Alphabet - Images of all the stamps I own from a 1913 set of New York Edison alphabet stamps promoting electricity.

2/23/2008

2/23/2008

Creation

Poster Stamps - Some favorite Poster Stamps

6/18/2000

02/23/2008

Added new information about New York Edison set.

Railway Parcel and Letter Stamps of Great Britain and Ireland - Examples and information about all the ones with trains

12/04/2004

01/27/2008

Added images and details for several lines

Trains on Argentine Revenues - Catalogue

01/06/2005

01/27/2008

Minor revision to Formosa text

Henry Grimsland - Chicago Philatelic Exhibition Seals of the 1930's-1950s - thirty-some beautiful engraved miniature marvels.

1/20/2002

12/07/2007

New find from Mike Nichols! 1946 APS/CPS card

Cinderellas - National Poster Stamp Society
A page about the series of labels issued in the 1930's and 40's with the approval of the National Poster Stamp Society, including many issued by dealer Frederick H. Dietz

02/22/2007

11/03/2007

Added #106

Railway Parcel and Letter Stamps of the World
Examples and information about all the ones with trains

12/04/2004

10/29/2007

Added details about Iraq Railway, links to AP article

Trains on Cinderellas
an article I wrote for The Dispatcher

10/17/2002

10/27/2007

Added Guatemala essay

Railway Parcel and Letter Stamps of the World
Examples and information about all the ones with trains

12/04/2004

10/27/2007

Added more examples of Japanese parcel stamps

The Perforator, November 15, 1904
Scans of a philatelic journal from a century ago

10/20/2007

10/20/2007

Creation

Poster Stamps - Some favorite Poster Stamps

6/18/2000

10/13/2007

Added new New York Edison set.

Trains on Argentine Revenues - Catalogue

01/06/2005

10/12/2007

Added Formosa 1934-35 and Santa Cruz Austral

A is for AMG Stamps - A brief introduction to the fascinating field of post-WWII Allied Military Government stamps

11/23/2001

07/23/2007

Added section on German postal cards

Cinderellas - National Poster Stamp Society
A page about the series of labels issued in the 1930's and 40's with the approval of the National Poster Stamp Society, including many issued by dealer Frederick H. Dietz

02/22/2007

06/30/2007

Added images of brown versions of 121-123

Henry Grimsland - Chicago Philatelic Exhibition Seals of the 1930's-1950s - thirty-some beautiful engraved miniature marvels.

1/20/2002

06/25/2007

Another possible from Mike Nichols

A is for Airgraph
A new page about Great Britain's Airgraph Service during WWII

05/14/2007

05/18/2007

CREATION

Cinderellas - National Poster Stamp Society
A new page about the series of labels issued in the 1930's and 40's with the approval of the National Poster Stamp Society, including many issued by dealer Frederick H. Dietz

02/22/2007

05/08/2007

Another version of 77, unnumbered Denver sheet

V is for V-mail

5/1/2000

5/4/2007

Major revision of text to explain process in more detail

Cinderellas - National Poster Stamp Society
A new page about the series of labels issued in the 1930's and 40's with the approval of the National Poster Stamp Society, including many issued by dealer Frederick H. Dietz

02/22/2007

04/17/2007

Added 2nd version of 144

G2 All the US non-denominated stamps

8/5/2001

04/11/2007

Added 41¢ rate-change (Forever) stamp and discussion of new First-Class structure, with full table of new rates

Cinderellas - National Poster Stamp Society
A new page about the series of labels issued in the 1930's and 40's with the approval of the National Poster Stamp Society, including many issued by dealer Frederick H. Dietz

02/22/2007

04/09/2007

swapped 87 and 101

I is for Invert Error

5/1/2000

3/24/2007

Added Pollock story about B.G. 1¢ magenta

H is for Handstamp

5/1/2000

3/24/2007

Rewrote opening section, added "Rural Carrier's Cancel" and "legal cancel", added Pollock story to Byrd covers section

Trip To Ukraine, October, 1999 - A trip I took with my dad

03/22/2007

03/22/2007

Initial publication

Trains on Argentine Revenues - Catalogue

01/06/2005

03/14/2007

Moved 1960 $400 Federal entry from Group 1 to Group 2

Cinderellas - Chicago International Live Stock Expo
A new page about the series of labels issued from about 1909 to 1959 to advertise the Chicago International Live Stock Exposition

02/26/2007

02/26/2007

Creation

Cinderellas - National Poster Stamp Society
A new page about the series of labels issued in the 1930's and 40's with the approval of the National Poster Stamp Society, including many issued by dealer Frederick H. Dietz

02/22/2007

02/22/2007

Creation

S is for Stamp Box

02/20/2007

02/20/2007

Creation - a new page about Antique Stamp Boxes and Stamp Cases

What was the first setenant world-wide?

12/04/2004

02/15/2007

Added Italy C48-C49, reformatted and cleaned up in general

Cinderellas: Mrs. Stewart's Bluing

01/27/2007

02/13/2007

A new page about the souvenir sheets of stamps created to advertise Mrs. Stewart's Bluing. - 2/13 - added two more images

Belgium: Railway Stamps

01/22/2007

01/22/2007

An extensive new sub-site displaying all of the rail-themed stamps issued by Belgium

Name That Stamp!

01/15/2007

01/15/2007

A new page devoted to viewer questions about mysterious stamps

Advertising Covers of the Longman & Martinez Paint Company

04/12/2001

01/14/2007

Added correpondence about Longman family, and history of L&M Paints

WIPA 1933 - Cinderellas issued at the 1933 Vienna Philatelic Exhibition

6/15/2002

10/17/2006

Major Find! Full sheet of the Transport Stamps!

Railway Parcel and Letter Stamps of the World
Examples and information about all the ones with trains

12/04/2004

04/28/2006

Further revision of New Zealand section

Trains on Argentine Revenues - Catalogue

01/06/2005

04/12/2006

Added new image of 1938-42 stamp of Formosa

Knapp FDC's - FDC's of Dorothy Knapp, my favorite FDC maker of the 30's and 40's

6/18/2000

03/02/2006

Added more trains, and some varieties

W is for War

5/1/2000

3/1/2006

Added links about Sanitary Commission

USPS Semipostals

02/14/2006

02/14/2006

CREATION

ALL the nondenominated stamps issued by the USPS

08/05/2001

02/14/2006

Added latest USPS rate-change stamps.

Stamp Collars and Porte Timbres - Labels used mainly in Europe for patriotic and charitable advertising

10/27/2005

10/27/2005

Creation

Sokol Postcards - A display of postcards issued in conjunction with Czech Sokol events

10/25/2005

07/09/2006

Creation

B is for Bisect

5/1/2000

8/27/2005

Added exchange about 1932 bisect

Mysterious Bicycle Stamp -
A set of Cinderellas depicting a bicycle - what were they for?

07/27/2005

07/27/2005

CREATION

Trains on US stamps - page 5c - 1980
Scott 1742 - Is it rail-related?

11/30/2004

03/04/2005

Added comments from Texas reader

Trains on Postal Stationery - listings
A set of pages with scans and text descriptions of all the rail philatelic postal stationery I know of, with over a hundred countries listed now!

1/13/2003

01/19/2005

New pages for Jersey, Bohemia and Moravia, Danzig, Greece, Netherlands Indies, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Ruanda-Urundi, Paraguay, Rhodesia - Recent additions to New Zealand, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Belgium (publibels), Germany, Canada, Czechoslovakia, PRC, Russia, Australia, France, Bolivia, Peru, German East Africa, Mozambique, Switzerland

Railway Parcel and Letter Stamps of Great Britain and Ireland - Examples and information about all the ones with trains

12/04/2004

01/18/2005

Added many images - now a complete listing

WIPA 1881 and 1933
text from folder for Black Print of WIPA-2000 souvenir sheet

01/09/2005

01/09/2005

NEW

WIPA 1933 - Cinderellas issued at the 1933 Vienna Philatelic Exhibition

6/15/2002

01/09/2005

Added and revised

Trains on Argentine Revenues - Dispatcher article

12/12/2004

01/06/2005

Revised text, split catalogue into separate page

American Railroad Journal - 12/21/1833
A set of pages with scans of a 16-page issue of this early Railroad publication

12/30/2004

12/30/2004

NEW

Zeppelins on Poster Stamps

2/25/2001

12/24/2004

Added new material and revamped format completely

G is for G Stamp
... OR ALL the nondenominated stamps issued by the USPS

6/18/2000

12/14/2004

Added correction about GB Greetings stamps, new information about other foreign non-denom issues.

Why All Railway Parcel Stamps (including Belgium's) are Cinderellas

12/04/2004

12/14/2004

Added conversation with Scott™ catalogue editors

What was the first setenant world-wide?

12/04/2004

12/08/2004

Made it a separate page, expanded considerably

Railway Parcel and Letter Stamps of Great Britain

10/24/2002

12/06/2004

Added conversation with Tony Goodbody

Railway Parcel Stamps of Denmark

10/24/2002

12/06/2004

Added conversation with Tony Goodbody

Trains on Cinderellas
an article I wrote for The Dispatcher

10/17/2002

12/06/2004

Revised Railway Parcel stamps section; New section at bottom, more images and text in general

S is for Setenant

6/18/2000

12/03/2004

Added section at bottom - What is the first setenant world-wide?

Z is for Zeppelin Post

6/18/2000

12/01/2004

Added essays for C18, Split into four pages

Trains on US stamps
Various pages

3/22/2001

11/28/2004

Added text, images, examples, and links to items through 1970 or so

THE RAILWAYS OF AMERICA, A study of postage stamps, by A. M. Goodbody

6/18/2000

11/18/2004

Restored from CJRRU website

Trains on US stamps - All the stamps of the US with trains - overview page

4/21/2001

11/16/2004

Added streetcars and other marginal items
Split the pages into smaller pieces

Trains on US stamps - page 2b - 1913
Why there is NOT a rail vehicle on Scott 398/402
(though there should be)

11/16/2004

11/16/2004

NEW

200th Anniversary of Trevithick's Penydarrem, and the Birth of Rail Locomotives
an article I wrote for The Dispatcher

11/15/2004

11/15/2004

NEW

Souvenir Envelopes and Cancels of the Celebrate the Century Express
an article I wrote for The Dispatcher

11/14/2004

11/14/2004

NEW

Trains on envelope seals of Germany and Austria-Hungary

11/11/2004

11/11/2004

NEW

Trains on Argentine Revenues
Still more from the Dexter Wright collection

07/07/2004

07/07/2004

NEW

Railroad Perfins of the U.S.A.
more from the Dexter Wright collection

07/06/2004

07/06/2004

NEW

Poster Stamps - Some favorite Poster Stamps

6/18/2000

5/24/2004

Added new material, split out some sets onto their own pages.

Chemical Industries Expo - Poster stamps issued since 1915 to advertise what is now called Chem Show.

5/24/2004

5/24/2004

NEW

Swedish Industries Fair - Poster stamps issued from 1918 through 1968 for a Swedish trade fair.

6/18/2000

5/24/2004

Revised and reformatted

Henry Grimsland - Chicago Philatelic Exhibition Seals of the 1930's-1950s - thirty-some beautiful engraved miniature marvels.

1/20/2002

07/09/2006

New discoveries by Mike Nichols

C is for Cinderella

6/18/2000

5/22/2004

Added and revised poster stamp links