August 2018 - Sneak Peek
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and as an American Philatelic Research<br />
Library trustee, 2001-2007.<br />
He served four terms on the Board<br />
of Governors of the Bureau Issues Association,<br />
and many additional years as<br />
publication chairman for the BIA (renamed<br />
United States Stamp Society).<br />
Lawrence has taught full courses and<br />
electives at the APS Summer Seminar<br />
on Philately, presented judges’ accreditation<br />
seminars on philatelic literature<br />
and traditional philately, and has taught<br />
seminars in specialized U.S. stamp collecting<br />
at APS and BIA annual meetings.<br />
He is a member of the APS Expert<br />
Committee and a consultant to the<br />
Philatelic Foundation. He is co-author<br />
with Scott R. Trepel of Rarity Revealed:<br />
the Benjamin K. Miller Collection, published<br />
by the Smithsonian National<br />
Postal Museum in 2006, and editor/coauthor<br />
of The Liberty Series, published<br />
by APS in 2007.<br />
Lawrence’s philatelic scholarship<br />
has won many previous awards. He received<br />
an international vermeil with felicitations<br />
of the jury for his book Linn’s<br />
Plate Number Coil Handbook, the Earl<br />
P. L. Apfelbaum Award (twice) for best<br />
American Philatelist article; the American<br />
First Day Cover Society’s Philip H.<br />
Ward Jr. Award (twice) for best first<br />
day cover articles; the American Philatelic<br />
Congress’ Helen <strong>August</strong>, Jere. Hess<br />
Barr, Erani P. Drossos and Dorothy<br />
Colby Memorial Awards; and a David<br />
Lidman gold medal for writing excellence<br />
in non-philatelic media.<br />
Fusco Auctions<br />
The Collectors Club of Akron will hold it’s 1000th meeting in September.<br />
Home of the best philatelic auctions in the mid-west between Chicago and<br />
Philadelphia for over 40 years. The focus of our philatelic auctions is to serve the<br />
beginner to well advance collector. With the average lot price in the $50-500 range,<br />
collectors are sure to find stamps, covers and large lots to their liking. We average<br />
4–6 philatelic auctions each year. We also are always looking for collections to either<br />
purchase outright or to take on consignment for these auctions. We broadcast the<br />
auctions live on five websites and can also be found on Stamp Auction Network.<br />
Please contact us at 440-975-8938 to sign up for free catalogs and/or email<br />
notifications. You can also visit our website at www.fuscoauctions.com.<br />
Fusco Auctions<br />
4740 Beidler Rd. Rear • Willoughby, Ohio 44094<br />
(20 miles east of Cleveland)<br />
Out and About<br />
After speaking to the Chester County<br />
Historical Society earlier in the year,<br />
Timothy O’Connor again donned the<br />
persona of Doctor Benjamin Franklin<br />
while Postmaster of Philadelphia<br />
to recount Colonial American Postal<br />
History, 1675 to 1783 to the gathered<br />
members of The Royal Philatelic Society<br />
London at its meeting on June 14.<br />
Congratulations to American Philatelic<br />
Research Library president Ken<br />
Grant, who has just completed a 13-<br />
year run as editor of “Badger Postal History,”<br />
quarterly publication of the Wisconsin<br />
Postal History Society. Grant’s<br />
replacement as editor is Alex Gill, 2012<br />
U.S. Philatelic Classics Society Young<br />
Philatelic Leaders Fellow.<br />
Congratulations to the Rocky<br />
Mountain Philatelic Library, which celebrates<br />
its 25th anniversary on <strong>August</strong><br />
4. Serving the Denver, Colorado area,<br />
the library is open to the public from<br />
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday,<br />
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and<br />
from 2 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays. More<br />
than a dozen stamp clubs and organizations<br />
call the RMPL “home,” holding<br />
their monthly meetings in their meeting<br />
room.<br />
Congratulations also to the Collectors<br />
Club of Akron, which will have its<br />
1,000th meeting on September 18. Randy<br />
Neil will be the guest speaker fro that<br />
milestone gathering.<br />
More than 150 collectors attended<br />
the biannual stamp show sponsored<br />
by the Allentown Philatelic Society on<br />
June 30, breaking the modern day attendance<br />
record that was set several<br />
years ago. The show featured 15 dealers<br />
ERIC JACKSON<br />
the hobby’s premier dealer<br />
of revenue stamps since 1975<br />
U.S. State Fish<br />
& Game Stamps<br />
MI, Wooton 6, 1953 $1 blue, red Specimen ovpt,<br />
security punch, VF • 125.00 (INV-170984)<br />
PA residents pay 6% sales tax.<br />
We have an amazing selection<br />
of Fish & Game Stamps<br />
from all 50 states.<br />
Visit us online at<br />
ericjackson.com<br />
Eric Jackson<br />
P.O. Box 728 • Leesport PA 19533-0728<br />
Phone: 610-926-6200<br />
Established 1914 E-mail: eric@revenuer.com<br />
AUGUST <strong>2018</strong> / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 791
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