La Posta Publications News Release 19-7

For Immediate Release
For additional information contact: Peter Martin (540) 899-7683, pmartin2525@yahoo.com

La Posta Publications Publisher Peter Martin has announced that the La Posta 2019 Charles A. Fricke award for the best “Small Bites of Great American Postal History” article (one or two pages) appearing in the in 2018 issues of La Posta went to Stephen Kochersperger, Washington, D.C., for “32 Days Hath October.” The article appeared in the First Quarter 2018 La Posta. It examined the background of a cover legitimately postmarked October 32, 1964, at the U.S. post office at Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands.
Louis Fiset, Seattle, Washington, with “1940 New York World’s Fair Employee Interned” (4Q) was the runner-up, while Jeff Lough, Lawrence, Kansas, was third with “A 1902 New York Paquebot Marking on a Hamburg-American Line Cover from Columbia” (2Q).
Honorable mentions went to: Glenn Estus, for “Vermont Statehood Censored FDCs” (1Q); and Kirk Andrews for “A Fraudulent Cancellation from the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition” (3Q).
The winner receives a $100 cash prize. The selections were based on voting by the La Posta editorial staff and the subscribers of La Posta.
La Posta: The Journal of American Postal History is published four times per year. It is the leading journal devoted to American postal history and marks its 50th year of publication in 2018. Subscriptions are $35 per year. For more information contact: La Posta Publications, POB 6074 Fredericksburg, VA 22403 or e-mail laposta.joan@yahoo.com

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