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Page	Date Created	Date Updated	Nature of Update
ALPHABETILATELY - The Alphabet
Introduction - How this philatelic alphabet came about, and has developed since its birth in 1997.	4/28/2000	8/4/2025	Repaired broken links.
Table of Contents - Home page for the Alphabetilately pages	5/1/2000	8/5/2025	Repaired broken links.
A is for Advertising cover	5/1/2000	7/27/2025	Repaired broken links.
... A is for Advertising cover - More Advertising Collars	1/25/2003	7/27/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Foreign Advertising Collars	06/07/2008	8/5/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Porte Timbres - Labels used mainly in Europe for patriotic and other advertising	10/27/2005	8/5/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Advertising Covers of the International Stock Food Company - some fascinating multicolor turn-of-the-century advertising covers	4/12/2001	8/6/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Advertising Covers of the Longman & Martinez Paint Co. - some fascinating multicolor turn-of-the-century advertising covers	4/12/2001	8/6/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Coffee Letter - An interesting letter advertising coffee in 1894, and the advertising cover in which I bought it.	8/6/2001	8/6/2025	Checked for broken links.
... Seabury and Johnson Advertising Covers - more fabulous multicolor turn-of-the-century advertising covers	4/19/2001	8/6/2025	Repaired broken links.
... History of the Seabury and Johnson Company	4/19/2001	8/6/2025	Checked for broken links.
A is for AMG Stamps - A brief introduction to the fascinating field of post-WWII Allied Military Government stamps	11/23/2001	8/6/2025	Repaired broken links.
A is for Airgraph A page about Great Britain's Airgraph Service during WWII	05/14/2007	8/6/2025	Repaired broken links.
B is for Bisect	5/1/2000	8/6/2025	Repaired broken links.
C is for Cinderella	5/1/2000	8/6/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Poster Stamps - Some favorite Poster Stamps	6/18/2000	8/7/2025	Repaired broken links.
... An Electric Alphabet - The text from a 1913 set of New York Edison alphabet stamps promoting electricity.	1/8/2002	8/7/2025	Verified no broken links.
... 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	8/7/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Chemical Industries Expo - Poster stamps issued since 1915 to advertise what is now called Chem Show.	5/24/2004	8/7/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Swedish Industries Fair - Poster stamps issued from 1918 through 1968 for a Swedish trade fair.	6/18/2000	8/7/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Tetley tea - A charming turn-of-the- century booklet advertising Tetley Tea, and some Lipton Tea poster stamps	8/6/2001	8/7/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Pan-American Expo Poster Stamps and Ephemera - Poster Stamps and other ephemera created for the Pan-American Expo of 1901	1/16/2002	8/8/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Henry Grimsland - Chicago Philatelic Exhibition Seals of the 1930's-1950s - thirty-some beautiful engraved miniature marvels.	1/20/2002	8/8/2025	Repaired broken links.
... WIPA 1933 - Cinderellas issued at the 1933 Vienna Philatelic Exhibition	6/15/2002	8/8/2025	Repaired broken links.
... WIPA COVER with very early use of 1933 label	6/29/2008	8/9/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Poster Stamps of the 1933 Century of Progress Expo - Cinderellas issued at the 1933 Century of Progess Expo in Chicago	7/25/2002	8/9/2025	Repaired broken links, content added.
... Mysterious Bicycle Stamp - A set of Cinderellas depicting a bicycle - what were they for?	07/27/2005	8/11/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Cinderellas: Mrs. Stewart's Bluing A page about the souvenir sheets of stamps created to advertise Mrs. Stewart's Bluing.	01/27/2007	8/11/2025	Repaired broken links, content added.
... Cinderellas - National Poster Stamp Society Labels 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	8/12/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Cinderellas - Poster Stamp Bulletin Index to online scans of 89(!) of the 91 issues of the Poster Stamp Bulletin of the National Poster Stamp Society, 1936 to 1951	11/10/2011	05/2025	Broken links repaired.
... Cinderellas - Chicago International Live Stock Expo A page about the series of labels issued from about 1909 to 1959 to advertise the Chicago International Live Stock Exposition	02/26/2007	8/15/2025	Broken links repaired.
... Poster Stamps and Postcards of the Bugra - Leipzig, 1914 A page about ephemera related to the Leipzig International Exhibition for the Book Trades and Graphic Arts, May to October, 1914	07/11/2010	8/15/2025	Checked links and repaired broken links on main page and on all 27 sup-pages.
... Poster Stamps and Labels of the Olympic Games Souvenir stamps created for the modern Olympic Games	07/27/2013	02/12/2023	Multiple updates and additions - all detailed on the UPDATE HISTORY page for that section CLICK HERE.
... RUND UM DIE WELT Poster Stamps depicting a round-the-world voyage circa 1900	04/09/2011	04/09/2011	CREATION
... Spanish Charity stamp - Is there a train? My analysis of Spain YT57	03/17/2003	03/17/2003	CREATION
... Blogger Frank - Classic German Poster Stamps Resurrection of a blog (not mine) from 2009	06/17/2014	06/17/2014	Publication
... F G Cooper - Classic American Poster Stamps of Fred G Cooper	07/05/2014	07/24/2014	Added xmas stamp to Intro page - Thanks Zavier!
D is for Duck stamps	5/1/2000	7/1/2001	Added 50^th anniversary special printing
E is for EFO's	5/1/2000	5/1/2000	Creation
Esperanto on Poster Stamps	05/25/2014	08/24/2015	Added to the International Congresses page - Thanks Don Santos!
F is for Firsts	5/1/2000	5/16/2002	Added link to AFDCS chapter 73 article on HD/HP-FDCs
... 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
... The First Flying Machine from Washington! - my favorite airmail cover, with the first US air mail stamp, and a newsy letter from the end of WWI.	1/09/2002	1/09/2002	Creation
G is for G stamp	5/1/2000	3/12/2002	Added e-mail note about French non-denominated issues
... G2 All the US non-denominated stamps	8/5/2001	07/04/2020	Revised Semi-postals data - added B6
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
I is for Invert Error	5/1/2000	08/11/2019	Major revision - fixed errors, added information about developments since 2007 (!)
J is for Joint issue	5/1/2000	7/1/2001	Moved FDC's to separate page, added original design for artist stamp, at bottom of page.
... J2 Joint issue First Day Covers	7/1/2001	7/1/2001	Creation
K is for Kansas City Roulettes	5/1/2000	1/10/2002	Updated text - added vending machine booklets
L is for Local stamps	5/1/2000	11/09/20172	Kers City Post is a fake
M is for Mulready envelopes	5/1/2000	04/14/2008	Added images of contents of APS 1912 envelope, bottom of page 2
N is for Numerals	5/1/2000	1/11/2002	Added more Computer Vended Postage
O is for Overprint	5/1/2000	2/28/2003	Added note about wheelbarrow story
O is for Over-frank - an early letter choice that was replaced when we got serious (too bad)	12/07/2001	12/07/2001	Creation
P is for Persian Rug	5/1/2000	5/1/2000	Creation
P is for PNCs - A brief introduction to Plate Number Coil collecting	11/28/2001	11/28/2001	Creation
... Table of PNCs - All the PNCs through 1/96	11/28/2001	11/28/2001	Creation
P is for PPIE - Poster stamps of the PPIE - Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915	06/30/2015	07/10/2015	Added material from Steven Greiczek
Q is for Quality	5/1/2000	1/11/2002	Added References
R is for RPO	5/1/2000	1/13/2002	Major revision and expansion of Forerunners section
S is for Setenant	5/1/2000	12/07/2004	Split First Setenant Worldwide to a separate page
... What was the first setenant world-wide?	12/07/2004	07/19/2011	Added Providence Provisionals
... US setenants list - A list of all the setenants issued by the USPS through 1999	5/1/2000	5/1/2000	Creation
... US setenants stats - Some statistics about US setenants by year from 1964-1999	5/1/2000	5/1/2000	Creation
... Space setenants - A set of FDC's for the 1981 Space Achievements Issue	5/3/2000	5/3/2000	Creation
S is for Space Stamps	07/12/2019	06/19/2020	Added Scott 2277 - 4/3/1988 - 25 "E" rate change stamp
S is for Stamp Box	02/20/2007	02/20/2007	Creation - a page about Antique Stamp Boxes and Stamp Cases
T is for Topicals	5/1/2000	5/1/2000	Creation
U is for UPU	5/1/2000	5/1/2000	Creation
V is for V-mail	5/1/2000	5/4/2007	Major revision of text to explain process in more detail
... V2 Everything You Could Want to Know About V-Mail	8/10/2001	6/1/2001	Photos from award-winning V-mail exhibit
W is for War	5/1/2000	4/14/2008	Added Iwo Jima block, middle of page 2
X is for X cancel	5/1/2000	1/19/2002	Expanded discussion at bottom of page - So What's A Dollar Really Worth?
Y is for Yvert et Tellier	5/1/2000	1/14/2002	Added links at bottom
Z is for Zeppelin Post	5/1/2000	12/28/2008	Added link to eZEP.de
... Zeppelins on Poster Stamps	2/25/2001	03/02/2018	Major revision of Gordon Bennett section
... From Baby-Killer to Deco Icon: Images of the airship an e-friend's essay on how our perception of the Zeppelin has evolved over time, thanks to shrewd advertising	1/2/2003	1/2/2003	Creation
ALPHABETILATELY - Supplementary pages
Credits - Who created the special stamp-like images that illustrate the twenty-six topics of our alphabet?	6/18/2000	8/4/2001	Mainly reformatting
Evolution of the Alphabet Images - Some of the artist images have changed over the lifetime of the project - see all the versions here.	12/02/2001	12/02/2001	Creation
Links - Other web sites of interest to stamp collectors	6/18/2000	8/21/2001	Added a few new links
Philatelic literature dealers	11/26/2000	11/26/2000	Creation
References	6/18/2000	8/21/2001	Added references for new material on other pages
Glossary - A glossary of stamp- collecting terms	6/18/2000	8/4/2001	Added Zachary Taylor story in Stampless Covers discussion
PEX pages - Some crude philatelic exhibition pages I created when I first wanted to exhibit this alphabet	3/22/2001	3/22/2001	Creation
The Economics of Stamp Collecting - The author pontificates	5/27/2000	5/27/2000	Creation
Batum and Its Stamps - The postal History of Batum, by Yann Lovelock	3/12/2002	9/29/2009	Added scans of authentic stamps.
U.S. Commemorative Stamps, 1847 to the present - What is a Commemorative? How many has the U.S. issued? Text and images about all of them (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)	1/24/2002	1/24/2002	Creation
Facts for Boosters - Pamphlet promoting San Francisco as site of Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE)	5/14/2002	5/14/2002	Creation
The Perforator, November 15, 1904 Scans of a philatelic journal from a century ago	10/20/2007	10/20/2007	Creation
MYSTERY COVER	6/25/2008	6/25/2008	Questions about an 1865 cover sent from England to the USA
Alphabetilately at the National Postal Museum	10/09/2008	10/09/2008	Creation
Name That Stamp! - A page devoted to identifying mysterious philatelic objects.	01/15/2007	02/20/2019	Added item number 2b from Ray Petersen!
... Glücks-Marke - Good Luck Stamps European Lottery Stamps of the 1910s	01/20/2019	08/01/2025	Repaired broken links. Added note.
... WAIF STAMPS - what are they? - A strange strip of three little green stamps	01/29/2019	01/29/2019	CREATION.
EPHEMERA ALPHABETILATELICA
Ephemera Alphabetilatelica - Cool souvenirs I've acquired as a byproduct of this project	1/8/2001	1/8/2001	Creation
May 14, 1997 - Souvenirs of the first presentation of this alphabet, a slide show for AIGA-SF	3/20/2000	3/20/2000	Creation
June 2, 1997 - Souvenirs of the second presentation of the alphabet, a slide show at PACIFIC 97	3/19/2000	3/19/2000	Creation
April 22, 1998 - Souvenirs of the third presentation of the alphabet, a slide show for AIGA-Seattle	3/15/2000	3/15/2000	Creation
June 20, 1998 - Souvenirs of the fourth presentation of the alphabet, a slide show for a USPS Stamp Design Conference in Newport Beach, CA	3/15/2000	3/15/2000	Creation
May 31, 1999 - Souvenirs of the fifth presentation of the alphabet, a slide show for GDS of Canada, in Vancouver	5/3/2000	5/3/2000	Creation
Dickson's self-promotion - The fabulous book produced by Dickson's of Atlanta, using our philatelic alphabet.	3/13/2000	3/13/2000	Creation
Address Book - AIGA/SF Ephemera Philatelica Stamp Address Book	12/02/2001	12/02/2001	Creation
COLLINS FDC's
Collins FDC's - A set of pages devoted to the hand-painted First Day Covers of Fred Collins, my favorite modern FDC maker.	6/18/2000	8/3/2025	Repaired broken links.
Duck stamps on Collins FDC's	6/24/2000	8/3/2025	Repaired broken links.
Olympics stamps on Collins FDC's	5/3/2000	8/3/2025	Repaired broken links.
Trains on Collins FDC's	6/18/2000	8/3/2025	Repaired broken links.
TRAINS
Trains on US stamps - All the stamps of the US with trains - overview page	4/21/2001	07/27/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - Locals and Expresses	4/21/2001	07/27/2025	Repaired broken links
... Trains on US stamps - page 1 - 1869 thru 1877	3/22/2001	07/27/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 2 - 1880 thru 1912	3/22/2001	07/28/2025	Repaired broken links.
... 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	07/28/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 3 - 1944 thru 1950	3/22/2001	07/31/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 4 - 1952 thru 1970	3/22/2001	8/1/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 5 - 1974 thru 1976	3/22/2001	8/2/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 5c - 1980 ... Scott 1742 - Is it rail-related?	11/30/2004	8/2/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 6 - 1978 thru 1984	3/22/2001	8/3/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 7 - 1987 thru 1988	3/22/2001	8/3/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 8 - 1988 thru 1992	3/22/2001	8/3/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 9 - 1993 thru 1995	3/22/2001	8/3/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 10 - 1996 thru 1999	3/22/2001	8/3/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 11 - 2000 thru 2002	1/16/2002	8/4/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 12 - 2003 thru 2018	02/02/2019	8/4/2025	Repaired broken links.
... Trains on US stamps - page 13 - 2019 onward	05/23/2019	8/4/2025	Repaired broken links.
Trains on Private Express Labels and Stamps of the U.S. New catalog by Bruce Mosher	8/29/2002	07/29/2018	NEW EDITION OF MOSHER CATALOG PUBLISHED!
Trains on Cinderellas an article I wrote for The Dispatcher	10/17/2002	02/09/2014	Corrected error - Danish steamship stamp
... Trains on Argentine Revenues - Catalogue	01/06/2005	06/24/2017	Added NEW FINDs - Santa Cruz - Casilda 1912 50c with control; Casilda 1911 entire set with control
... 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
... 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
... Railway Personnel Charity Stamps of Denmark	10/10/2002	06/24/2020	Added images
... Why All Railway Parcel Stamps (including Belgium's) are Cinderellas	12/04/2004	12/04/2004	Creation
... Belgium: Railway Stamps	01/22/2007	01/22/2007	An extensive sub-site displaying all of the rail-themed stamps issued by Belgium
... Trains on envelope seals of Germany and Austria-Hungary	11/11/2004	11/11/2004	Creation
Trains on Postal Stationery an article I wrote for The Dispatcher	1/7/2003	2/20/2003	Added, revised
... Trains on Postal Stationery - listings A set of pages with scans and text descriptions of all the rail philatelic postal stationery I know of	1/13/2003	11/13/2008	Updated Wells Fargo images and text on USA and Mexico pages
Trains on Covers an article I wrote for The Dispatcher	02/06/2003	02/06/2003	Creation
Trains on Stamps of Austria - the collection of Dexter C Wright	6/15/2002	6/15/2002	Creation
Trains on advertising covers	8/6/2001	1/25/2003	Major overhaul - split into six pages, added covers and text
Trains on U.S. Philatelic Exhibition Seals	1/18/2002	1/18/2002	Creation
Railroad Perfins of the U.S.A. more from the Dexter Wright collection	07/06/2004	07/06/2004	Creation
Trains on Argentine Revenues Still more from the Dexter Wright collection	07/07/2004	07/07/2004	Creation
B & O 108th - A hand-drawn commemorative cover created by a collector, for the 108^th anniversary of the B&O Railroad, with the interesting letter it contained.	3/26/2001	3/26/2001	Creation
Locomotives on old illustrations by Currier & Ives	2/15/2001	8/3/2025	Repaired broken links.
What was "The DeWitt Clinton"?	2/15/2001	8/3/2025	Repaired broken links.
wymans.html - What is the train on the Wyman's Local Post stamp of 1844?	8/21/2001	8/21/2001	Creation
War Department envelopes used in collecting weather data, 1870-90 - A group of covers (with trains on them)	1/13/2002	1/25/2003	Added an item
Mount Tamalpais Railroad - A charming advertising pamphlet for the reCreational area north of San Francisco, circa 1924	6/28/2002	6/28/2002	Creation
Trains and Planes A page showing First Flight covers with a train in the cachet, and some related items.	01/25/2003	01/25/2003	Creation
... Mysterious Bicycle Stamp - A set of Cinderellas depicting a bicycle - what were they for?	07/27/2005	02/18/2022	Added comment from Karen Fraser, Reformatted for clarity(?)
Souvenir Envelopes and Cancels of the Celebrate the Century Express an article I wrote for The Dispatcher	11/14/2004	02/17/2022	Added cancel for Jefferson City
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	Creation
THE RAILWAYS OF AMERICA, A study of postage stamps, by A. M. Goodbody	4/1/2002	11/18/2004	Restored from CJRRU website
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	Creation
Sokol POSTCARDS and POSTER STAMPS
Sokol Postcards and Poster Stamps - A display of postcards and labels issued in conjunction with Czech Sokol events	10/25/2005	04/22/2022	MULTIPLE UPDATES from Štefan Šuták - see the UPDATES Page for that section.
PERSONAL PAGES
... A TRIBUTE TO ROGER AND BONNIE RIGA	12/12/2018	12/22/2018	CREATION - If you knew the Rigas, please send your additions to this page.

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