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Newsletter Date

Across the Fencepost

Newsletter of the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs

President’s Message November, 2016

Volume 38, Issue 9 By WFSC President Karen Weigt

“Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs”

From Trash to Treasure

Chapter 350 Chapter 107

President’s Message 1

MILCOPEX ‘16 WFSC Member Exhibit Winners

2

Connecting with Clubs and October Is

3

The Editor’s Turn 4

MILCOPEX ‘16 Banquet

5

Feature Article on James Hoban

6-7

Rudolph for Your Holiday Greetings and Do You Know Me?

8

The Editor’s Turn Cont., Call for HOF nominations

9

Show Schedule and Calendar

10

www.wfscstamps.org I

took a three-day respite from this summer’s deluge of mosquitoes where I live in the

Madison area. I went to Milwaukee and staffed the WFSC society table at MILCOPEX (September 16-18). Darelle Lee White, of the Badger

a national show drawing exhibitors from all over the United States.

We spent Friday and Saturday clipping return addresses and tossing the rest of the envelopes. We’d barely made a dent in the box by Sunday morning when we met Gary Hendren, who called for a halt on our destruction of potential treasures for a particular segment of philatelists. Turns out that Gary is the curator of the Postmark Collectors Club Museum in Belleview, Ohio. Gary pointed out the variety of postmarks on my trash covers that could be added to the museum collection.

Although Gary would have preferred the entire envelope, he was delighted to have the approximate six-inch stamp and cancel portion of my covers, left after slicing off the return address side. At show closing on Sunday, we managed to turn over two huge stacks to Gary to sort through for museum pieces. He remarked that when he gets what he needs, the rest could go to the International Machine Cancel Society for their collections.

Find out more about the PMCC Museum (or sometimes called the National Postmark Museum) by visiting their website at http://www.postmarks.org/museum/. Gary told us they have millions of postmarks.

It’s truly amazing that even my philatelic trash could be another’s treasure. Do you have a trash to treasure story you’d like to

share? Send it to our ATFP Editor Ray Perry at his address shown on p. 2.

Stamp Club, assisted at the table for the full three days. Knowing I’d have her help, I thought this might be a good opportunity to dispose of perhaps a couple thousand envelopes I’d been storing in a box under my bathroom vanity for the past several years. (Like most of us, I have to store my stash in every nook and cranny I can find.)

For many years I was fortunate to have access to client bill payment envelopes from a Madison-area establishment. The used commemoratives were clipped for my local club youth group; the definitives served as a source for my modern U.S. varieties collections. Some time ago, I began to fall more and more behind in my clipping and sorting and discontinued picking up my monthly hordes in about 2012.

This was about the time personal security be-came a big issue, which required that all return addresses be trimmed off the envelopes and shredded. Now I am stuck with my backlog of thousands of duplicate envelopes with common flag, Statue of Liberty, etc., stamps that I consider trash. That is, trash needing overwhelming return address clipping work to get them trashed!

Darelle and I kept our scissors going while still enjoying the many contacts with those passing by and stopping at our WFSC table. It was a great time visiting with so many fellow philatelists from throughout the state and beyond, as MILCOPEX is

Oshkosh Stamp Bourse Saturday, November 19th

9 A.M. to 3 P.M.

Elk’s Club, 175 W. Fernau Ave

Oshkosh, WI

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Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs Officers PRESIDENT:

Karen Weigt 4184 Rose Ct. Middleton, WI 53562 kweigt@tds.net

VICE PRESIDENT:

Michael Mules P.O. Box 6 Salem, WI 53168 pnc5deal-er@gmail.com

SECRETARY:

Ken Grant E11960 Kessler Rd. Baraboo, WI 53913 ken-neth.grant@uwc.edu

TREASURER:

Allen E. Vick 2090 River Estate Lane Stough-ton, WI 53589 Norskelodge@aol.com

VP YOUTH DIVISION:

MaryAnn Bowman P.O. Box 1451 Waukesha, WI 53187 maryann15b@mac.com

NE REGION VP:

Maurice D. Wozniak mwoz@live.com

-Bay de Noc Stamp & Coin Club

-Green Bay Philatelic Society

-Northwoods Philatelic Society

-Oshkosh Philatelic Society

-Outagamie Philatelic Society

-Wisconsin Postal History Society

EAST CENTRAL REGION VP:

Don Kurki kurki@sbcglobal.net

-Fond du Lac Stamp Club

-Kettle Moraine Coin & Stamp Club

-Manitowoc Philatelic Society

-Sheboygan Stamp Club

SW REGION VP:

John Paré pare16@mhtc.net

-Badger Stamp Club

-Baraboo Stamp Club

-Janesville Stamp Club

-Monroe Stamp & Postcard Club

-Tri-State Stamp Club

SE REGION VP:

Art Schmitz pescador@milwpc.com

-American Air Mail Society (Billy Mitchell Chapter)

-American Topical Association (Chapter 5)

-Germany Philatelic Society (Chapter 18)

-Italian American Stamp Club

-Milwaukee Philatelic Society

-North Shore Philatelic Society (Milwaukee)

-Northwestern Mutual Stamp Club

-Waukesha County Philatelic Society

-Wauwatosa Philatelic Society

CENTRAL REGION VP:

Mike Sagstetter msagstetter@charter.net

-Central Wisconsin Stamp Club

-Chippewa Valley Stamp Club

-Lakeland Stamp & Coin Club

-Wisconsin Valley Philatelic Society

Across the Fence Post is the official publication of the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. WFSC also is a life member of the APS (since 1953). For more information about WFSC, please visit the website, www.wfscstamps.org. ATFP is published monthly September through April, and every other month May through August (10 issues per year). News of Wisconsin collectors, club news and other gratis origi-nal philatelic features are welcomed. The editor accepts submis-sions in any format, but prefers email if possible. The editor reserves the right to make editorial changes to submitted copy. Material appearing in ATFP not carrying an individual copyright notice may be reproduced only by not-for-profit or-ganizations, provided the author(s) and ATFP receive credit or attribution. All materials carrying an individual copyright notice are the sole property of the author(s). Unless explicitly stated by an officer in conjunction with official WFSC business, opinions expressed by the editor or individual authors are not necessarily endorsed by the WFSC. Submission deadlines for editorial and advertising materials are the 1st of the month preceding month of publication (i.e. -Jan.1st for Feb. issue). Editorial matter should be sent to: Ray D. Perry, Editor ATFP, 2214 Allouez Ave., Green Bay, WI 54311. Phone: 920-469-8925 (fiveperrys@athenet.net). Send advertising material to John St. Onge, Advertising Manager, ATFP, P.O. Box 123, Wales, WI 53183-0123. Phone 262-893-5210 (jcstonge@gmail.com). For a complete list of advertising rates and policies (display, classified, and listings), request a copy from the advertising manager.

WFSC Member Exhibit Winnings at MILCOPEX

Congratulations to WFSC members who exhibited at MILCOPEX ’16, September 16-18, Crown Plaza Milwaukee Airport Hotel.

Here are the awards garnered to our WFSC participants:

Open Class Gold – “The 1948 Wisconsin Statehood Issue: Production, First Day Covers, Postal Uses,” by John Pare

Vermeil – “The Donkey,” by Robert J. Mather Vermeil – “SPUDS: Potatoes in the U.S. at the Turn of the Last Century,” by Robert R. Henak

(plus AAPE Award of Honor) Single-frame Gold – “Commercial Use of the First U.S. Aerogramme – The 1947 Skymaster,” by Neal B. West Gold – “The 1940 Bermuda 1/2d on 1d Provisional Overprint and its Postal Uses,” by John Pare

Your Help Is Needed! You may not know it, but your help is needed. Maybe in your local club or maybe with the Federation. We all have talents of one form or another and surely we can all find somewhere to use that talent.

Take a moment and figure out what your special talent is, then look for the time, opportunity, and right task to fit that talent. Finally talk to one of the officers or other members of your local club or the Federation about helping out in that area. They will be thrilled—I promise, and you will feel good about your contributions to the hobby.

I know that right now the federation is looking for someone to be the organization’s historian; if you are interested contact someone on the Executive Board. Names and contact information can be found right below this article. If that doesn’t appeal to you, look for a way to help out in your local club. That could be with a local show, an officer in your club, a club bulletin editor, or an article for your club bulletin or ATFP. Thanks.

WFSC

Happy 85th Birthday

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Connecting with Clubs

By MaryAnn Bowman

What’s Old is New Again

Art Schmitz, a WFSC regional vice-president, attended a meeting of the Waukesha County Philatelic Society last spring when a program was being given on hidden images in stamps. He suggested that it be written up for ATFP. Clubs looking for educational programming for their members sometimes overlook the obvious or don’t recognize that years may have gone by since the program was last given or that new and beginning members may not know about some of the interesting aspects of our hobby. Indeed, even some of the seasoned collectors are unfamiliar with some of the nuances of the hobby. Hidden images on U.S. stamps that require the use of a stamp decoder is one such concept that, although highly publicized at the time as a security device, has provided collectors with a new challenge. Wisconsin collectors got a good look at one of the first stamps to have a hidden image when the 1998 Wisconsin Sesquicentennial stamp depicting a hidden image of a badger was issued. Hidden images in U.S. stamps are not found on every issue but on certain stamp issues between 1997 and 2004. These images cannot be seen with the naked eye or even a magnifying glass. A stamp decoder, which was sold at the post office, is needed to read these special images and symbols. The decoder is made up of nearly a thousand tiny elongated lenses called lenticules. According to the website www.hiddenimagestamps.info: “Scrambled Indicia® is Graphic Security Systems Corporation's patented pre-press process that scrambles, distorts, intertwines, overlaps or otherwise manipulates images making encoded information on them unreadable by the naked eye, and non-copyable by current color copiers and digital scanners. When printed, the images are decoded through a simple decoder lens allowing the viewer to see the encoded images.” The decoder, when held at the correct angle, reveals images that magically appear. Those images and hunting for them, even if you know what you are looking for, make an interesting stamp club program for both adults and youth. Not much preparation is needed. Most likely, someone in your stamp club has a stamp decoder, but they might also be available from dealers and eBay. You will also need a source of U.S. stamps from the time period. Access to the above mentioned website offers you an illustrated checklist of stamps that have hidden images as well as a listing of these stamps by Scott catalog number. Spoiler alert: the website also pictures the decoded stamps with circled areas to indicate where to look for the hidden images. When you click on the stamp, you will have an enlarged version that displays the image that you are looking for.

Aimee Devine has created a “Hidden Images on Stamps” activity sheet that would compliment this lesson well. Look for it on the WFSC website with the many other youth resources that have been created. Shown below are a couple of images from the website mentioned in the article showing one hidden image stamp.

1998 Shuttle Landing with hidden Images still hidden.

1998 Shuttle Landing with hidden images revealed: Enterprise/Columbia/Challenger/Atlantis/Endeavor/Discovery.

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The Stamp Collecting President

The Editor’s Turn

By Ray Perry

First, I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Be sure to take time this month to remember all we have to be thankful for in this great country. There are some great articles and activities in this month’s issue of ATFP starting right off the bat with our President’s Message on trash to treasure. I really like Karen’s suggestion

to share any of your own “trash to treasure” philatelic stories that you may have. I’d love to share them with the rest of the federation via ATFP.

MaryAnn Bowman has a great article on page 3 with a suggested activity for a club meeting. MaryAnn first talks about hidden images on stamps, then covers a “Hidden Images on Stamps” worksheet developed by Aimeé Devine. This and many other activities for stamp clubs can be found on our WFSC website at: wfscstamps.org.

Then on page 5 President Karen Weigt is back with an article on the MILCOPEX banquet. I wish that I could have been there to see Maurice Wozniak receive his award and to hear Jeff Bigalke talk about raising a child stamp collector.

On pages 6-7 rising star Alex Gill, who is pursuing a degree in political science at UW-Milwaukee, a U.S. Philatelic Classics Society Fellow, and collects U.S. classics and architecture on stamps has an article on James Hoban.

So we have another full issue. I would love to hear from you as to what you like or would like to see in future issues of ATFP. Remember this publication is for you, but we can’t provide you with what you want, if we don’t hear what that is. Please feel free to contact me at my e-mail address: fiveperrys@athenet.net. Call me at (920) 469-8925, or snail mail me at Ray D. Perry, 2214 Allouez Ave., Green Bay, WI 54311.

Now on to what I call the fun part of the job, where I get to write about something philatelic in nature that pertains to this month. As you all know we are celebrating our 85th anniversary this year, so I thought back to my high school history classes (no I’m not old enough to remember 1932) and what happened in November 1932. Well, what comes to your mind? When Aimeé Devine and I planned out the issues for the year, what we thought of was it was a presidential election year just like this year and who was elected president - none other than the “The Stamp Collecting President,” Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). You think there is enough material there to write a short article? Let’s just say, I’d better get going.

FDR (1882-1945) grew up in New York. He attended Groton School and Harvard College. In 1905 he married Eleanor. Together they had six children. He got into politics in 1910 and was elected to the New State Senate. Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio in 1921. The disease took away the use of his legs, but he didn’t let that deter him. He was elected governor of New York in 1928 and president of the U.S. in 1932. We are all familiar with many of the programs he instituted to help get us out of the depression like the Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration, Social Security, the

Securities and Exchange Commission to say nothing of his leadership of the U.S. through WWII. U.S. stamps commemorating both FDR and his wife Eleanor are pictured below.

Scott 1950 Scott 2105

Enough about the political history of FDR, let’s discuss his interests in stamp collecting. Roosevelt started collecting as a child and learned much from his new hobby. When he suffered from polio his collection offered him relief. As president he would work on his collection at every opportunity and it helped him relax from the pressures of the job. His son James is quoted as saying “I have vivid memories of father sitting at his desk when he had a half hour or an hour with no appointments...with his stamp books and an expression of complete relaxation and enjoyment on his face.” FDR himself is quoted as saying “I owe my life to my hobbies - especially stamp collecting.” In addition to many U.S. stamps recognizing FDR, over 80 foreign countries have honored him on stamps. A couple of these are shown below.

Monaco

Philippines

Not only was Roosevelt an avid stamp collector, he also got involved in the U.S. stamp program. His postmaster general during his first two administrations was James Farley. Farley was followed by Frank Walker. Roosevelt worked with Farley and Walker to suggest issues, help pick out designs, and he even took a hand at sketching stamps. According to the Postal Museum’s website (http://postalmuseum.si.edu/DeliveringHope/exhibition_p3.html). President Roosevelt sketched at least six different stamp designs for stamps issued in the 1930s. These include the 3¢ Byrd

Continued on page 9

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MILCOPEX Banquet Features Two WFSC Members

By WFSC President: Karen Weigt

The MILCOPEX ’16 awards banquet was held Saturday evening, September 17, at the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport Hotel. It kicked off with APS Director-at-Large Rich Drews presenting the Nicholas G. Carter Volunteer Recognition Award to Maurice Wozniak, our WFSC past-president and current northeast region vice president.

Wozniak, who resides in Waupaca, Wis., was honored for his outstanding local volunteer efforts. He served three terms as WFSC president throughout the years 2005 to 2011. He stepped into the region vice president position in 2012. He is also an active member of the Central Wisconsin Stamp Club (Stevens Point). He was inducted to the Wisconsin Philatelic Hall of Fame in 2009.

Although Wozniak was honored for his local-level volunteer work, he also is known nationally with a long history in philately. He starting out as a journalist writing feature articles on philately for The Milwaukee Journal. He moved north in 1996 for an editor’s job at Krause Publications in Iola, Wis. He served as editor of Stamp Collector and Stamp Wholesaler magazines and the Minkus catalogs. He also has edited three editions of the Warman’s U.S. Stamps Field Guide.

Other WFSC members who have received the Nicholas G. Carter Volunteer Recognition Award in the past are:

Above: Maurice Wozniak (r.) receives the Nicholas G. Carter Volunteer Recognition Award.

Banquet attendees were further entertained by Jeff Bigalke, father of 34-year-old Jay Bigalke, who is the current editor of the American Philatelist, journal of the American Philatelic Society. Jeff outlined Jay’s career in philately from a youngster buying new U.S. issues at the local post office to his present position. He included a couple of amusing stories involved with parenting a serious young philatelist - his son, Jay.

Jay was born and raised in Readfield, Wis. Although he currently resides in Troy, Ohio, he often coordinates home visits with appearances at various shows and club meetings in Wisconsin. He retains his membership with the Oshkosh Philatelic Society and the Badger Stamp Club, of Madison, Wis., where he attended the University of Wisconsin. Jay was inducted to the Wisconsin Philatelic Hall of Fame in 2011.

Pictured to the left: Jeff Bigalke tells about parenting his son, Jay, as a serious young philatelist.

Young adult category: Jay Bigalke, Brian J. Liedtke, Michael Mules

Local category: Kurt Albrecht, Dona Fagan, Rob Henak, Karen Weigt

National category: Cheryl Ganz, Robert J. Mather

Thanks from ATA

Dear Wisconsin friends,

We would like to thank you for your warm hospitality at our visit to ATA Chapter Five and Milcopex. We enjoyed every minute of your event, especially meeting many of your very active volunteers.

We are busy planning for the National Topical Stamp Show at the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport on June 23-25, 2017. It was very helpful to see a show-in-action at the same venue.

We appreciate the many contributions your members make to philately, and particularly to ATA. We look forward to seeing you next summer in Milwaukee!

Sincerely,

Dale Smith, President Dawn Hamman, First Vice President Vera Felt, Executive Director John Hamman, NTSS Show Chair

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Feature Article: The James Hoban Issues of 1981

By Alex Gill

Washington D.C. is not only the nation’s capital but a key example in American architectural history. Its rich and historic variety of civic buildings have made it an important landmark as well. One important building is the White House. I will attempt to tell the story of the White House’s architect and the stamp that honors him. In addition, other stamps featuring the White House will be discussed. Ireland origins The architect’s past is for the most part unknown, but informed guesses from research have helped provide some insight into what his life would have been like. What is known is that Hoban was born sometime in 1762 in Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Hoban’s father, Edward, was a tenant farmer and estate laborer on the Desart Court Islands. Hoban’s mother, Martha, served as the homemaker and raised James and his three siblings, Joseph, Phillip and Ann. Hoban was educated at the state school, and was most likely to have attended Dublin’s Society Drawing School. It is generally assumed that James excelled in his studies based on an award he won and the quality of his later work. This award was the prestigious Duke of Leinsters Medal for drawings of “Brackets, Stairs, and Roofs & C.,” which he received from the Dublin Society in 1780. Hoban would later find an apprenticeship to the Cook-born architect Thomas Ivory, who was headmaster of the Dublin Society School from 1759 to 1786. Charleston Life Soon after his apprenticeship, Hoban would set sail for America in search for work. The exact year or location of his arrival is unknown. However, by 1785, Hoban was advertising his architectural services in a Philadelphia newspaper. Two years later, Hoban was living in Charleston, South Carolina, with his two brothers, Phillip and Joseph. Hoban would reside there for the next six years. The majority of Hoban’s life in Charleston is unknown. However, it is known he would form a partnership with local carpenter Pierce Purcell, and build a strong reputation for his architectural and building abilities. Hoban and Purcell would also train apprentices and slaves and teach evening classes to young artisans. A number of buildings in the Charleston area are attributed to his architectural abilities. Unfortunately, a number of them have been lost. However, a few still stand. Some examples include the Historic Charleston County Courthouse and the William Seabrook House. The Charleston County Courthouse was one of his commissions and was finished in 1792. It would later suffer a fire in 1865, but received repairs. Hoban also designed a 1,200 seat theater on Savage’s Green. Unfortunately, this theater no longer stands, but surviving parts of its foundation can be seen at the junction of Broad and New streets. One of Hoban’s other Charleston contributions was serving as a founding vestryman in 1791 of St. Mark’s Church. This was one of the first Catholic Churches established in South Carolina. The White House Initially, Pierre Charles L’Enfant selected the site of the White House and was supposed to be the architect. Unfortunately, following a dispute with the president’s commissioners, he was dismissed. To solve the problem, a national design competition was held. President George Washington sought out Hoban, persuaded him to submit a

design and later in July of 1792 chose his proposal for the president’s residence. Hoban’s design was in the neo-classical style. It called for classical Greek Ionic architecture. Interestingly, his design was based upon the Leinster House in Dublin. Today the Leinster House serves as the seat of the Oireachtas, the national parliament of Ireland. Hoban’s original plans did not call for the iconic north and south porticos. These would be a later addition. Originally, the design called for three floors, but was later reduced to two. This move was done over fears of a lack of stone at the government quarry to complete both the White House and the United States Capitol. On October 13, 1792, George Washington laid the first cornerstone of the building in a ceremony. Construction would take a slow eight years and some $232,372 would be spent. By today’s monetary values, that would surpass over $60 million dollars. During construction, a problem was encountered with the Scottish masons. The mansion was originally supposed to be covered with sandstone over the traditional red brick. However, the porous sandstone was covered with a thick whitewash that had the same properties as paint, but sealed like glue. This was where the name “White House” originated. Later in 1814, during the War of 1812, the White House was set ablaze by the British army during their invasion and the Burning of Washington. Following major destruction, Hoban supervised the reconstruction. It was in the reconstruction phase that the south and north porticos were added, in 1824 and 1829, respectively. Family In 1799, Hoban married Susana Seawall. Seawall was the daughter of Clement Seawall a Revolutionary War veteran and a landholder of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Together they had a family of ten children. Their first son, Clement, died in infancy. Teenage daughters Helen and Catherine and wife Susana all died between 1822 and 1823. Sons Edward and Francis became officers in the United States Navy, while Henry became a Jesuit priest. James Jr. became an attorney. Remainder of Life Following the reconstruction of Washington D.C., Hoban focused on his partnership with Purcell. He focused on private projects as he didn’t care for the politics and the lower pay of public projects. Hoban became the superintendent of all of Washington’s public works in 1798. He was involved in a number of public buildings. One such example would include the construction and design of the United States Treasury and War Department Building. Hoban continued to work on public and private projects until his death in 1831. His estate, properties and assets amassed a value of over $60,000, which would total to over $10 million in today’s economy. Continued on Page 7

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The James Hoban Issues of 1981

Continued from Page 6

Philately On October 13, 1981, the United States Postal Service issued two new stamps in Washington D.C. in honor of James Hoban’s work in designing and building both the White House and other civic projects. The stamp depicts James Hoban in front of the White House. The stamp art was designed by two artists: one American, and the other Irish. Walter D, Richards, of New Canaan, Connecticut, was responsible for designing the white house portion. Richards is also renowned for his work on the popular American Architecture Series. Ron Mercer of the Irish Postal Administration was responsible for designing the portrait of Hoban. The modeler was Frank J. Waslick. Previously, a dedication ceremony announcing the stamp’s release occurred on September 29, 1981. This event was attended by first lady Nancy Reagan, Postmaster General William F. Bolger, and Ireland’s ambassador to the United States, Sean Donlon. Ireland issued its own 18 pence Hoban stamp through a joint issue on that day. However, the United States decided to wait two more weeks to issue the stamp on the anniversary of the October 13, 1792, laying of the cornerstone of the White House. The first stamp was U.S. Scott 1935, with an 18-cent denomination. A total of 101,200,000 stamps were pirnted by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). Multicolored and perforated 11, it was printed by means of the photogravure process on the Andreotti press, in a pane of 50 stamps. This version was catered to collectors and was available at philatelic centers and by mail order from the Philatelic Sales Division in Washington D.C. The photogravure process involves the design to be photographed on the printing plate through a fine screen. This breaks the copy into very fine square dots and the depression formed around the squares hold the ink. This holding of the ink is called “gravure.” The stamp was later reissued but with a 20-cent denomination (Scott 1936). The higher denomination was issued in preparation for a rate change, which would occur later on November 1, during the production of the stamp. This version was also printed in the photogravure process at the BEP, multicolored and perforated 11, on the Andreotti press, in a pane of 50 stamps, with a quantity of 167,360,000 produced. Numerous covers can be found franked with both denominations. First day covers and regular covers were produced, in which collectors could submit covers to be canceled. These along with the stamp itself can still be readily found today in dealer stocks. Conclusion The White House has a long history from its Colonial roots to today’s importance as the president’s residence and one of the symbols of our nation. Covers, stamps, and engravings of the White House can make an interesting addition to a stamp collection.

The Author Alex Gill was a fellow in the 2011-2012 class of the Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship and a U.S. Philatelic Classics Society Fellow. He is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in political science at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. His collecting interests include United States classics, and architecture on stamps. Shown below are images of the 18-cent and 20-cent U.S. James Hoban stamps as well as the Ireland joint issue Hoban stamp. Below that are the credits.

Mystic Stamp Company: http://www.mysticstamp.com/viewProducts.asp?sku=1935 http://www.mysticstamp.com/viewProducts.asp?sku=1936 Smithsonian National Postal Museum: http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&tid=2039368 White House Historical Society: http://www.whitehousehistory.org/presentations/james-hoban-architect-white-house/james-hoban-architect-white-house-01.html New York Times (article about release): http://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/04/arts/stamps-us-and-ireland-honor-whitehouse-architect.html White House Museum: http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/special/renovation-1792.htm American Plate Number Single Society http://www.apnss.org/18-centCommems.htm Error on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1936-RARE-BROWN-COLOR-SHIFT-ERROR-PAIR-20-JAMES-HOBAN-/380669629626?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58a1ad94ba

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Coming to Milwaukee Next Summer…

National Topical Stamp Show

June 23-25, 2017

Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel

Dealers with topicals, countries, covers, & more

A WSP show with thematic exhibits

Programs, speakers, study unit meetings

Special events honoring Mary Ann Owens

President’s reception and awards banquet

Save the date & join us!

Rudolph for Your Holiday Greetings

(1) Send your holiday greetings in a Rudolph cacheted envelope. Just 10¢ each plus postage. Contact Karen Weigt at 608-609-6173 or kweigt@tds.net for postage costs calculated by number of envelopes ordered. (Seventy-nine left in WFSC stock.)

(2) Give a Rudolph unofficial first-day cover as a holiday gift. Red cancel dated November 6, 2014, Rudolph, Wis. To mail order, send $2.50 each to Karen Weigt, 4184 Rose Ct., Middleton, WI 53562. Make checks payable to the WFSC. You’ll receive the cover plus a larger greeting-card-size outer envelope.

Rudolph cacheted covers for 10¢ each plus postage. 79 left in WFSC stock.

Rudolph unofficial first-day cover with red cancel for $2.50 each

I’m Ida B. Wells and I was commemorated on a 25¢ stamp in the Black Heritage series in 1990. I am famous for my efforts as a journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and early leader in the Civil Rights movement.

I was born in 1862 in Mississippi and died in 1931 in Chicago, IL. I spent time in Memphis, TN before moving to Chicago.

I documented illegal hangings of black people as a means of intimidation rather than punishment for crime as claimed. I wrote numerous articles about injustices to black people in the late 1800s and early 1900s. My stamp is pictured to the right.

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WFSC Historian Needed

In case you missed it last month, WFSC Historian John Pare is retiring from his position effective in May, 2017. The federation is looking for a volunteer to take over for John. If you are interested, please contact any WFSC officer or John Pare at 608-852-7358, pare16@mhtc.net.

Wisconsin Philatelic Hall of Fame Nominations

The WFSC recognizes up to three prominent Wisconsin philatelists per year for their contributions to the hobby. Nominations for 2017 candidates for the Wiscon-sin Philatelic Hall of Fame are due December 31, 2016. Qualifications required of nominees are:

Contributions of a purely local club nature shall not be the sole reason for selection to the Hall of Fame.

A deceased philatelist may not be nominated or considered for selection until three years after his/her death.

Only WFSC member clubs may submit nominations, each nomination must be seconded by two other member clubs. The nominating club is responsible for mak-ing arrangements with the seconding clubs to provide those seconds. The nomina-tion and seconds should be sent together to the chairman of the Hall of Fame Com-mittee. A nomination should include a statement identifying the nominee, a short philatelic biography, and the reasons why that person should be selected for the Wisconsin Philatelic Hall of Fame. Send the nomination and seconds to Robert J. Mather, Chairman, Hall of Fame Committee, S56 W29562 Roanoke Dr., Waukesha, WI 53189-9035 or burrobob@wi.rr.com.

WISCOPEX ‘17 LOGO

Plans are underway for WISCOPEX ‘17 to be held at the Holiday Inn in Stevens Point on May 6 and 7, 2017. Shown below is the logo for that show. Please feel free to use as appro-priate to help promote our state show.

The Editor’s Turn

Continued from Page 4

Antarctic Exhibition, the 3¢ Mothers of America, the 3¢ Susan B. Anthony, the 5¢ Virginia Dare, the 6¢ Eagle airmail, and the 3¢ 50th Anniversary of Statehood. Parts of each of these sketches were incorporated into the stamp design. Shown below are a couple of examples of what FDR contributed to the design.

On the Susan B. Anthony stamp, the oval was an addition suggested by the president.

On the Virginia Dare, the president requested that the stamp include a picture of a baby to commemorate the first English born child in America and that the stamp be baby blue. I think this is a beautiful stamp.

The Eagle airmail stamp was based on a sketch done by the president to help distinguish between regular mail and airmail. This too is one of my favorite stamps.

There were more stamps in which President Roosevelt had a hand in designing, but you get the idea that he took an active role in the stamp program while he was president.

There was a dark moment in President Roosevelt’s years in office. His Postmaster General James Farley had some special imperforate stamps printed in very limited quantities. These stamps were then gifted to the president and a few others. When

the collecting public learned of this a philatelic uprising occurred. It was decided to print a larger quantity of the imperf stamps and put them on sale. These stamps became known as Farley’s Follies. The original few stamps were signed to identify them from the later printing. The Wisconsin Tercentenary stamp (Scott 755) is one of these follies. A block of four is pictured below.

Despite this one transgression, Roosevelt’s positive impact on our hobby cannot be measured. He influenced many to take up the hobby and he used his position to help promote hope. He used stamp subjects, design, and color to offer citizens that were suffering through the Great Depression a sense of hope and accomplishment. Examples include the National Parks issue, Mother’s Day, the Presidential Series, and Boulder Dam.

To sum it all up, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, our 32nd president, left quite a philatelic legacy.

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List your show, bourse, auction or other event here! Contact Karen Weigt, 4184 Rose Ct., Middleton, WI 53562.

Phone: 608-836-1509, (kweigt@tds.net)

WFSC Show Schedule

WFSC CLUB SHOWS

(Some dates and details may be subject to change, and there will likely be additional listings.)

12/16

www.jadecostampandhobby.com 9/17

Back issues of ATFP can be viewed online at www.wfscstamps.org.

April 9, 2017

DANEPEX ’17 Badger Stamp Club

Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4402 E. Washington Ave. (across from

East Towne Mall), Madison, WI 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (contact: Bob

Voss P.O. Box 35, McFarland, WI 53558 (608) 838-1033 lestamps@charter.net

Judged exhibits, bourse

November 5, 2016

TRI-STATE STAMP EXPO Tri-State Stamp Club

Northeast Iowa Community College

9342 NICC Dr. Peosta, IA

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact: Sally Maier

563-451-3196 3statestamp@gmail.com

Exhibits, bourse

November 19, 2016

OSHKOSH STAMP BOURSE Oshkosh Philatelic Society

Elk’s Club 175 W. Fernau Ave.

Oshkosh, WI 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Contact: Dave Carney 920-687-9077

dcarney1@new.rr.com Bourse only

May 6-7, 2017

WISCOPEX ’17

WFSC 85th Annual Convention

Hosted by Central Wisconsin Stamp Club, Holiday Inn, 1001 Amber Ave., Stevens Point, WI

Conatact: J.D. Manville (715) 341-5555

jadeco@charter.net Judged exhibits, seminars, and

bourse

July, 2017

(date to be announced)

BAY DE NOC STAMP AND COIN SHOW

Bay de Noc Stamp and Coin Club Bay College, M-TEC Bldg., 2000

N. 30th St., Escanaba, MI 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT

Contact: Richard Reiffers (906) 233-5574

Bourse only

July 29, 2017

12th LAKELAND COIN AND STAMP CLUB SUMMER

SHOW Lakeland Stamp and Coin Club

Woodruff Town Hall, Hwy 47E, Woodruff, WI 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact: Dean Marin, P.O. Box

202, Woodruff, WI 54568 (715) 356-9453

Bourse only

March 18, 2017

BAYPEX ’17 Green Bay Philatelic Society St. Matthew Catholic Church

Multi-Purpose Room 2575 S. Webster Ave.

Green Bay, WI 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Contact: Ray D. Perry 920-469-8925, five-

perrys@athenet.net Exhibits and bourse

February 11, 2017

58th ANNUAL EXHIBITION AND BOURSE

Janesville Stamp Club Holiday Inn Express, 3100 Wel-lington Pl., Janesville, WI 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact Aimee Devine, 2111 E. Luther Rd., Janesville, WI 53545 (608) 758-1354 spanishmoss72@sbcglobal.net Exhibits, bourse

March 4-5, 2017

STAMPFEST ’17 Milwaukee Philatelic Society

Location to be announced. Greater Milwaukee, WI. Sat. 10am to 5pm

Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. Contact: Tom Zacharias

414-321-4362 or 414-852-4019 Bourse only

OTHER MAJOR SHOWS AND BOURSES

FREE CLASSIFIED ADS

If you are a WFSC member club,

a member-at-large, or an individual belonging to a WFSC

member club, you are entitled to two free ads

of 25 words per year.

November 18-20, 2016

Itasca, IL

CHICAGOPEX ‘16 Chicago Philatelic Society,

Westin Chicago Northwest Hotel 400 Park Blvd.

Judged exhibits, seminars, and

bourse

November 26, 2016

Countryside, IL

SUPEX ‘16 Suburban Collector’s Club

of Chicago, Operating Engineer’s Hall

LaGrange Rd. and Joliet Rd.

Bourse only

Collect Stamps

Try

Exhibiting

Stamps

WANTED:

U.S. MNH National Park Service Golden Eagle Pass

Souvenir Sheet Scott #RVP 1

If you have one or more to sell, please contact Frank Kos at: fekkosfk@wi.rr.com

December 3-4, 2016

Milwaukee, WI

MSDA Show—Milwaukee Midwest Stamp Dealers

Association Crowne Plaza Milw. Airport, 6401 S. 13th St., Milwaukee

Bourse only

December 10-11, 2016

Lombard, IL

MSDA Holiday West Show, Midwest Stamps Dealers

Association, Lindner Conference Center, 610 E. Butterfield Rd.

Bourse only

P.O. Box 6, Salem, WI 53168

US Mint Sheets, PNCs, EFOs, Test Stamps

Back of Book, Cinderellas, Ducks, Covers

Check out our show schedule online

www.foxriverstamps.com