American Philatelist 2011 Vol.125.04.pdf

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290 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / A PRIL 2011

Philatelic Center

320 Landi ‘39: Unifying the Swiss with War Looming

by Richard T. Hall Promoting a national exposition with

stamps and air mail ights in the face of World War II.

332 ‘Encomiendas’ of Columbia; Packages

with Declared Value

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cancels on stamps used for parcels requiring receipts.

336 International Booklets Abound

by Jeremy A. Lifsey Start a new collecting interest

with more subtleties than you might rst imagine.

344 ‘Round the World’ Contest

by Charles A. Fricke Following a philatelic trail

into history.

348 Tauqeer’s Album; A Country’s History

in a Child’s Collection

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lies not in rare stamps but in the story it has to tell.

353 Philately & Philanthropy

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President’s Column

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e Pulse

373

Sales Talk

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Society and Library during the past year.

Show Time

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Featured Columns

316 Collecting Coast to Coast —

Wayne Youngblood Where Have

All the Markers Gone? Canceled

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protection.

380 Staying Connected — Lloyd

de Vries Traveling with 21st-

Century Tools Taking technology

to stamp shows and bourses.

382 Up North — Peter Butler

Whale Watching Canada’s largest

stamp features the world’s largest

mammal, the blue whale.

408 Worldwide in a Nutshell — Bob

Lamb e Republic of Guatemala

One of the last countries in the

Western Hemisphere to issue its own

postage, Guatemalan stamps were

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