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Volume 125 • No. 4 • Whole No. 1,323
320 Landi ‘39: Unifying the Swiss with War Looming
by Richard T. Hall Promoting a national exposition with
stamps and air mail flights in the face of World War II.
332 ‘Encomiendas’ of Columbia; Packages
with Declared Value
by Antonio Chedid, M.D. Overview of the punched
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 first imagine.
344 ‘Round the World’ Contest
by Charles A. Fricke Following a philatelic trail
into history.
APS News
348 Tauqeer’s Album; A Country’s History
in a Child’s Collection
John Walbridge Sometimes the value of a stamp album
lies not in rare stamps but in the story it has to tell.
353 Philately & Philanthropy
APS/APRL annual report and recognition feature honoring
the many and diverse contributions made by members to the
Society and Library during the past year.
Featured Columns
316
Collecting Coast to Coast —
Wayne Youngblood Where Have
All the Markers Gone?Canceled
stamps are fundamentally revenue
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 The Republic of Guatemala
One of the last countries in the
Western Hemisphere to issue its own
postage, Guatemalan stamps were
placed on sale March 1, 1871.
Advertisers Online
392
AmeriStamp Expo Winners384
APS Election
308
Classifieds402
394
Index of Advertisers
Letters to the Editor
298
Membership Report
400
President’s Column
292
The Pulse
373
Sales Talk
378
Show Time
388
U.S. New Issues
406
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