August 2018 - Sneak Peek
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OUR STORY<br />
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BY SCOTT ENGLISH executive director<br />
scott@stamps.org<br />
A Worthy Challenge and a Welcome Addition<br />
Donor Challenge: Bellefonte Airmail Collection<br />
Some American Philatelic Society members may be<br />
familiar with the airmail history of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.<br />
In the early days, Central Pennsylvania was a<br />
fueling and mail stop for the New York-to-Chicago route. The<br />
path through the Allegheny Mountains was so dangerous,<br />
it earned the nickname “hell stretch” because of the foggy<br />
conditions in the mountain chain. Bellefonte would become<br />
home to that amazing piece of history as the former landing<br />
field located not far from the American Philatelic Center.<br />
To commemorate that history, there is now a monument<br />
at the Match Factory right at the confluence<br />
of Logan Branch and Spring Creek<br />
erected in 2005. Kitty Wunderly researched<br />
and authored Bellefonte and the Early Air<br />
Mail, 1918-1927, an amazing book on the<br />
history of Bellefonte and its role in early<br />
airmail delivery. (Mail planes started flying<br />
through Bellefonte on December 18,<br />
1918.) By popular demand, Kitty has graciously<br />
updated the manuscript and we’ve<br />
brought the book back to publication. APS<br />
members can purchase the book at www.<br />
stamps.org/Publications.<br />
Now, we have an opportunity to acquire<br />
Cheryl Ganz<br />
much of the material used in the research<br />
of the book. Our plan is to create a Bellefonte Airmail display<br />
in the Morse Building as part of our growing gallery. This<br />
particular exhibit is valuable information to the community<br />
surrounding the American Philatelic Center and we’d like to<br />
preserve it for generations to come. An anonymous donor<br />
has generously offered a $5,000 fund with a challenge to the<br />
APS membership to match it. Efforts to match are underway<br />
and I’d like to ask for your help. If you’re able, please make a<br />
contribution online or by check to the Campaign for Philately<br />
with the notation, “Bellefonte Airmail Collection.” As of<br />
this writing, we have our first $1,000 in matching donations.<br />
We look forward to presenting this great piece of history to<br />
the community and our members.<br />
Cheryl Ganz Appointed to the APS Board<br />
In June, APS President Bob Zeigler appointed Cheryl<br />
Ganz to serve as vice president on the APS Board of Directors,<br />
replacing Zeigler after he was elected president. Ganz<br />
will serve the remainder of the term ending in <strong>August</strong> 2019.<br />
Ganz, a life-member of the APS, first joined in 1976. She<br />
was recognized with the prestigious Luff Award in 2016 for<br />
Exceptional Contributions to Philately. Her exhibit, “Zeppelin<br />
LZ-129 Hindenburg Onboard Postmarks,” was the<br />
<strong>2018</strong> Single-Frame Champion of Champions awarded at<br />
AmeriStamp Expo in Birmingham, Alabama. She also has<br />
been selected to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists by<br />
the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain. Ganz earned a PhD<br />
in U.S. history from the University of Illinois<br />
at Chicago.<br />
Ganz is a Smithsonian Institution curator<br />
emerita following her retirement<br />
as the chief curator of philately at the<br />
Smithsonian National Postal Museum and<br />
as lead curator of the William H. Gross<br />
Stamp Gallery, the world’s largest postage<br />
stamp gallery. She currently serves as vicechair<br />
on the U.S. Postal Service’s Citizens’<br />
Stamp Advisory Committee, which selects<br />
subjects and approves designs for U.S.<br />
postage stamps.<br />
Her books include The 1933 Chicago<br />
World’s Fair: A Century of Progress; and Every Stamp Tells a<br />
Story: The National Philatelic Collection. Most recently she<br />
co-authored, Zeppelin Hindenburg: An Illustrated History of<br />
LZ-129.<br />
Ganz’s previous philatelic awards include the Alfred F. Lichtenstein<br />
Memorial Award for Distinguished Service to Philately,<br />
Mortimer L. Neinken Medal, Carlrichard Brühl Medal,<br />
Wisconsin Philatelic Hall of Fame, AAMS Aerophilatelic Research<br />
Award, Lee Medal, Nicholas Carter National Service<br />
Award, Distinguished Philatelist Award, Elizabeth C. Pope<br />
Lifetime Achievement Award, FISA Gold Medal, Canadian<br />
Aerophilatelic Society Award, AAMS President’s Award, Earl<br />
and Fred Wellman Literature Award, Gus Lancaster Award,<br />
George W. Angers Award, Chris Hunt Award, Newberry<br />
Award for service to Chicagoland philately and U.S. Philatelic<br />
Classics Society Distinguished Philatelist.<br />
738 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / AUGUST <strong>2018</strong>
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