August 2018 - Sneak Peek
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authoritarian society, the sort of society Bezos openly worried about during the 2016<br />
presidential campaign. That is not good for stamp collecting.<br />
Michael Sales, Ed.D.<br />
Newburyport, Massachusetts<br />
Penny Blacks: 175 Years Apart at the Hollywood Stamp Club<br />
A special cover commemorating the Penny Black and the anniversary of the Hollywood<br />
(Florida) Stamp Club.<br />
In 2007, I purchased eight Great Britain Penny Blacks at the club’s GO-GO Auction.<br />
The lot contained two PL 2, letters AA and FC; three PL6, letters PJ, NC, HH;<br />
two PL 7, letters FJ and MK; and one PL 8, letters EB. Six of the Penny Blacks have<br />
red Maltese Cross (MC) cancels; the other two have black MC cancels. This helped<br />
me add several Penny Blacks to my collection. I now have all the Penny Black plates<br />
except PL 11.<br />
In 2017, the Hollywood Stamp Club celebrated its 50th anniversary. We tried to<br />
have a personalized U.S. stamp with a label commemorating our anniversary, but it<br />
was not available. So, we took advantage of the Royal Mail Smilers program and had<br />
them prepare a Smiler that included a reprint of the Penny Black, issued in 2015 to<br />
commemorate its 175 years, and a special label that our club had prepared for this<br />
occasion. We also prepared some covers containing the British Smiler and a U.S.<br />
forever that were sent via the mail stream.<br />
I collect Western Europe issues before 1940, Great Britain high value Machins,<br />
Argentina and Russia. Also, some first flight covers. I am the member of the Hollywood<br />
Stamp Club and the editor of its Newsletter, the “Hollywood Philatelist.”<br />
Enrique Setaro<br />
Miami, Florida<br />
Corrections and Clarifications<br />
John Barwis, winner of a <strong>2018</strong> Luff Award, was profiled in the July edition. Barwis<br />
published the plating of the 1d first printing of Victoria’s first postage stamp that<br />
was issued in 1850 in 2010, 160 years after the stamp’s<br />
issuance.<br />
Wayne Youngblood, winner of a <strong>2018</strong> Luff Award,<br />
was profiled in the July edition. A couple of Wayne’s<br />
many editing credits were omitted in that profile. Youngblood<br />
is editor of the American Stamp Dealer & Collector<br />
magazine and the Collectors Club Philatelist.<br />
An image of the new Vol. 2B (countries Cyp to F) of<br />
the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue was omitted<br />
from the July issue. The cover shows train stamps from<br />
the Czech Republic, Dominica and France.<br />
AUGUST <strong>2018</strong> / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 733
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