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Vol. 54, No. 4
Fourth Quarter 2023
Advertising Postal History:
The Evinrude Motor Company
Vol. 54, No. 3
Third Quarter 2023
World War One Archive from an
American Doughboy in France
Vol. 54, No. 2
Second Quarter 2023
Domestic Cancellations
New York City, 1862-1869
Vol. 54, No. 1
First Quarter 2023
U.S. Fancy Cancellations
with
Faces and Figures
Vol. 53, No. 4
Fourth Quarter 2022
Use of New Rate Sources on Unusual Items From 1872-1989
Vol. 53, No. 3
Third Quarter 2022
The Streetcars and Post
Offices
of Portland, Oregon
Vol. 53, No. 2
Second Quarter 2022
Fancy Town Postmarks
on Stampless Covers
Operations
Vol. 53, No. 1
First Quarter 2022
Innovations in U.S. Domestic
Dead Letter Office
Operations
Vol. 52, No. 4
Fourth Quarter 2021
Portland, Oregon Rural Stations,
1909-1947
Vol. 52, No. 3
Third Quarter 2021
Postal History of the Seven Lost U.S. National Parks
Vol. 52, No. 2
Second Quarter 2021
Grimshawes, and its Claim as the Smallest Post Office
Vol. 52, No. 1
First Quarter 2021
Romeo and Juliet
Valentines of the Civil War
Vol. 51, No. 4
Fourth Quarter 2020
Augusta, Georgia
Express Mail Covers
Vol. 51, No. 3
Third Quarter 2020
U.S. Navy Postmarks
Panama California Exposition
Vol. 51, No. 2
Second Quarter 2020
Postal Markings
on Registered
Covers
Vol. 51, No. 1
First Quarter 2020
Comic Valentines
Depicting Civil War Subjects
Vol. 50, No. 4
Fourth Quarter 2019
Kickapoo Joy Juice
and Stanley’s Snake Oil
Vol. 50, No. 3
Third Quarter 2019
Collecting
with a $5 Bill
Vol. 50, No. 2
Second Quarter 2019
Postage Due on Incoming International Covers
Vol. 50, No. 1
First Quarter 2019
A Case Study of the Demise of the West Portland Post Office
Vol. 49, No. 4
Fourth Quarter 2018
The Marketing of the Pan American Exposition Stamps
Vol. 49, No. 3
Third Quarter 2018
Portfolio and Package Envelopes
of the American Civil War
Vol. 49, No. 2
Second Quarter 2018
Japanese Americans in
World War II
Vol. 49, No. 1
First Quarter 2018
Postage Due on Incoming International Covers
Vol. 48, No. 4
Fourth Quarter 2017
Swift & Company and the North Portland Post Office
Vol. 48, No. 3
Third Quarter 2017
Stanley Gibbons, New York and Their Educator Packets
Vol. 48, No. 2
Second Quarter 2017
The Story of the
Brand Hoard
Vol. 48, No. 1
First Quarter 2017
The Virginia
Philatelist
Vol. 47, No. 4
Fourth Quarter 2016
East Portland, Oregon
A Postal Heart Still Beats
Vol. 47, No. 3
Third Quarter 2016
The U.S. Postal Service’s
‘90-Day Wonder’ Rates
Vol. 47, No. 2
Second Quarter 2016
Missed Connections? The 1938 Air Mail Week in San Diego
Vol. 47, No. 1
First Quarter 2016
The Postmarks of
Sandy Spring,
Maryland
