Description
American Philatelic Congress [Published Date: 1992. Original Philatelic Papers Presented by Invitation, October 10, 1992. Hardcover, 187 pp. Contents include: The postal markings of Columbus, Ohio, 1814-45 by Richard B. Graham; The 2-cent Columbian "broken hat": accidental or deliberate? By Thomas Corette; The Dumonteuil forgeries of Colombia by Varro E. Tyler; Caribbean purser mail of the Hamburg American Packet Line by Roger G. Schnell; The Cap-Haitien provisional marking of 1889 by L. Wallace Dean; Tonga's Queen Salote definitives by Janet Klug; Medical personalities commemorated on U.S.S. Relief covers by George B. Griffenhagen and Adolf W. Schwartz; Russia's semi-postal issues of 1914-15: For the aid of servicemen and their families by George V. Shalimoff and Paul Blake; A doubly extraordinary Polar expedition by Hal Vogel. Black and white illustrations throughout.