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PIPEX 2012 Exhibits

1-9       Swiss Airmail up to 1939                                                                   George Struble

            Shows the development of the Swiss airmail system from the

            beginnings to 1939.

 

10-17  The Airport Issues of Lithuania: A Traditional Study                         Vesma Grinfelds

            Drawings. essays, proofs, errors, varieties and usages of

            Lithuanian air post stamps issued between 1921-1940.

 

18-20   The 6¢ Transport Airmail Issue of 1941 Usages and Rates                 Steve Davis

            The role of this airmail stamp in delivery of domestic, military

            and international mail.

         

21-30   Germany 1934 Airmail Issue                                                              James Graue

            Production and use of the issue 1934-1939.

 

31-40   REKLAMEMARKEN: German Advertising (Poster) Stamps

            and Early Graphic Design                                                                 Nick Follansbee

            The principle design styles of the 1898-1933 period are

            described with examples, and the work of about 65 artists is presented.

 

41-48   Australian Colonies – USA Mail                                                       Dale Forster

            Postal history study of mail in both directions between

            Australian colonies and the United States.

 

49-57   South Australian Definitives and Provisionals                                 Ron Rhodes

            Traditional exhibit with proofs, multiples, varieties and usages.

 

58-62   New Hebrides/Nouvelles-Hebrides (non-competitive)                       Sheryll Ruecker

 

63-66   Perfins on Tasmanian Stamps                                                        David McNamee

            Private and Government perfins found on Tasmanian postal and

            fiscal adhesives from introduction in 1897 to discontinuance in the 1970s.

 

67        4d “Courier” of Van Dieman’s Land, 1853-55                               David McNamee

            A traditional study of usage of the 4d adhesive from the

            first issue of Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania).

 

68-70   Australian FDCs by Geerlings                                                       Noel Almeida

            This exhibit highlights the FDCs of Australia produced by

            Frans and Linda Geerlings of Salem, OR, from their first in

            January 1988 to March 2012.

 

71-77   The 4¢ 1959 Oregon Statehood Issue                                           Ralph H. Nafziger

            Development of the stamp from design to production, first day cancellations                               

and cachets, and worldwide usages of the stamp are shown in this exhibit.

 

78-79   Geerlings Hand-Painted FDC of US Flags of Our Nation    

            (non-competitive)                                                                          Frans Geerlings

            First five sets (of six) of the Flags of Our Nation issue,

            hand-drawn, printed and hand-painted by Frans and Linda Geerlings.

 

80        Perfins by Color                                                                           Lauren Muralt (age 13 years)

 

81        Peru: 1897 Lima Post Office Issue                                               John Wynns

            Traditional exhibit of three commemorative stamps honoring

            the inauguration of a new General Post Office building in Lima.

           

82-84   India Refugee Relief; 1971-1973,

            the press overprinted issues                                                          Nick Fallansbee

            Stamps press-overprinted for collection of a postal tax,

            both general and local issues.

 

85-94   The Struggle for Women’s Rights                                               Dorothy E. Kugel

            Late 19th- and early 20th-century satirical propaganda post

            cards, pro and con, concerning votes for women, includes

            resultant liberating fashions.

 

95-100  Alexander Hamilton: Soldier, Financier, Statesman, Founder    Jack Congrove

            Philatelic items, post cards, and other historical material

            illustrate events in Hamilton’s life and his influence on the US.

 

101-106 Baden-Powell: The Two Lives of a Hero                                        Lawrence Clay

            Philatelic display illustrating the two separate parts of the life

            of Baden-Powell: first part his military career including him

            as hero of Mafeking: second part as founder of world scouting.

 

107-116 The Horse in America During Its Golden Age                                Anne Harris

            Showing the horse as it lived and was used during its golden age

            (1840s through the first decades of the 20th century).

 

 117     Why There is Human Life on the Earth                                            Tony Wawrukiewicz

            A study of all the factors needed and present on the Earth

            that allowed human life to develop here.

 

118      Ships on Stamps Unit Promotion Exhibit (non-competitive)              Myron Molnau

            Extols the virtues of collecting the thematic/topical way while                                  

  highlighting collecting of Ships on Stamps by use of examples.

 

119-128 Waterfowl Hunting Permit Stamps Federal – State – Tribal       Michael Jaffe

            Stamps required to hunt waterfowl at the Federal, State

            and Tribal levels, including many different usages.

 

129    Planes, Trains and Automobiles                                                        Jeffrey Varga (age 7 years)

            A variety of postage stamps featuring different types of

            transportation. Organized to show their change in time.

 

130      Birds of the World                                                                             Geneva Varga (age 9 years)

            Birds of the world grouped by scientific order and identified

            by genus and species.

 

131      Don’t Save the Whales, Collect Them!                                           Joshua Muralt (age 8 years)

            A study of whales. 

 

132-139         U.S. Departmentals, 1873 to 1884                                         Lester C. Lanphear

            In-depth study of the U.S. Departmentals, including proofs,

            stamps, varieties, plate multiples, cancels, used multiples and covers.

 

140-142         USS Oregon “Bulldog of the Fleet”                                        Robert D. Rawlins

            The philatelic history of this historic ship.

 

143-150         Colombia 1904-1905 - The World’s First Inflation Rated Mail

            Development of the first inflation rated mail of the world.                Alfredo Frohlich

                                                                               

151-160         Colombia’s National Post: Rates 1904-1944                          Lawrence Crain

            Organized by Decrees of the Colombian Congress, the exhibit shows foreign

            and domestic rates of the National Post Office on many types of mail.

 

161-168         A Postal History of “The Thousand Mile War”                       Eric R. Knapp

            The story of WWII in Alaska and Western Canada, the Aleutian

            Campaign, the Northwest Staging Route, and the Alaska Highway.

 

169-171         The Military or Franchise Stamps of Viet-Nam                      David A. Foster

            The military or franchise stamps of Vietnam, issued between

            1958 and 1987, to soldiers including wounded (invalid) soldiers,                                      

  to cover the cost of personal correspondence.

 

172      Mail Linked to the two US-Japan Diplomatic Exchanges

            in World War II                                                                                   Louis Fiset

            Mail carried on the exchange ships and other mail to and from

            repatriating citizens.

 

173-178         Great Britain Interns her Refugees

            from the Third Reich: 1940-1942                                               Louis Fiset    

            Mail of Jewish refugees from Nazism interned in

            Great Britain, Canada, and Australia.

 

179-183         The Late Civil War Foreunners and Provisional Issues

            of East China: Philatelic Footprints on the Road to the

            Liberation of Shanghai                                                                       Hugh Lawrence

            Forerunner chops and labels and provisional stamps used in newly liberated                                

  areas of East China as Communist forces moved on Shanghai in mid-1949.

 

184-193         The British Denominated Machin Series – 1967-2012            Stephen McGill

            The Machin Series is composed of over 7,000 varieties.                                          

  This exhibit explores the origins of Machin varieties.

 

194      Northern Territory – The Squared Circle Cancellations

             1881-1913                                                                                          David Hopper

            A display of the squared circle cancels of Australia’s

            Northern Territory, showing many rare examples.

 

195-203   Baltimore: Postal History –

            From Colonial Times until the UPU                                                 Patricia Stilwell-Walker

            Exhibited are significant aspects of the U.S. Postal History

            with material restricted to Baltimore.

 

204-210         Delays in the Delivery of Mail                                                  Jerry Johnson

            The exhibit illustrates many problems encountered by the U.S.

            Post Office in the delivery of mail during the period from 1851 to 1950.

 

211-215         The United Nations Precancel, 1952-1958                              Tony Dewey

            A comprehensive study of the United Nations 1½¢ precancel,

            the only service stamp the U.N. issued, with emphasis on usage.

 

216      American Postal Machine Company Flag Cancels used at the

            Main Post Office in Chicago, Ill. 1895-1900                                   Lisa Foster

            Uses of flag-type machine cancels on George Washington stamps

            in the most American of big cities.

 

217-219         The Tag-a-long 1¢ Inkwell and Quill                                    Ruth Caswell

            This exhibit shows how a stamp that paid no postage fee

            when issued made itself useful by helping other stamps.

 

220-224         Hungarian Postage Dues of the Pengo-Filler Period

            – 1926-1945                                                                                    Lyman R. Caswell

            Hungarian postage due stamps and uses from the end of the

            post-WWI inflation through the beginning of the post-WWII hyperinflation.

 

225-227         The Postage Stamps of Southern Rhodesia                         Mark M. Loomis

            A collection of the regularly used stamps of Southern Rhodesia,

            including color variations, proofs and major plate flaws.

 

228      Vasco da Gama Issue of 1898 in

            Post-Revolutionary Portugal                                                         Nigel W. Moriarty

            A study of the post-1900, post-revolutionary”REPUBLICA”    overprints of the                         

  Portugal and Madiera remainders of the 1898 omnibus Vasco da Gama issue.

 

229-238         The U.S.S. Macon ZRS-5                                                   Allen Klein

            Cachets and cancellations on covers in the exhibit tell the

            Macon story from construction to fatal crash.

 

243      U.S. Advertising Covers for Monthly Magazines – 1870-1905    Ruth Caswell

            The golden age of magazines, 1870-1905, told by advertising                                  

  covers for those published monthly.

 

244-246  Stamp Collecting in Alaska                                                        David Schwantes

            What collectors collect if they are interested in Alaska

            and its history.

 

247-254         Colombia, The 1917 Perkins Issue                                   Santiago Cruz

            Highly specialized exhibit of the 1917 issue of Colombia

            from archival material to final uses.

 

255-258         Where Did They Go?                                                        Nancy Swan

            A regional survey of Jackson County, Oregon discontinued

            post offices - their postal history and “Mail Trail.”

 

259      Flown Mail on USS Shenandoah                                                Allen Klein

            Mail carried by America’s first rigid airship while on

            active-duty flights in 1924 and 1925.

 

260      The 1953 Commemorative Postage Due Stamps of Hungary    Lyman R. Caswell

            Varieties and uses of the postage due stamps issued to commemorate

            the 50th anniversary of the first Hungarian postage due stamps.

 

 
 
 

 

 
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