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The Bureau Specialist  Volume XXV - 1954
 
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1954 Complete Year - 12 Issues Unbound  $25.00
1954 in Maroon Cloth, spine stamped in gilt - 324pp. plus index  $40.00
January 1954 - Articles of Interest: New American Stamp Catalog - Future Farmers of America Commemorative Issue - Booklets and Booklet Panes - Double Transfer on Scott 498 - Varieties on the 1917 one cent endwise coil - Spots on the 1932 Stuart - Plate Number Checklist  - Bureau Pre-cancel New Issues Available in Year Set Only
February 1954 - Articles of Interest:  Plate Varieties on the 1922 Series 2¢ Washington - A Possible 2nd Plate for the Production of the Shanghai Overprint Stamp Scott K18 is Discussed - Canal Zone Stamps - Stuart Relief Breaks - Gripper Cracks on Scott 552 (illus.) - Trucking Industry Commemorative Issue - Plate Variety on the 30¢ Buffalo of the 1922 Series - Plate Number Checklist   Available in Year Set Only

March 1954 - Articles of Interest: General George S. Patton, Jr. Commemorative Issue - 1½¢ Prexie with Full Vertical Gutter Between and 4½¢ Prexie Vertical Pair Imperforate Between - Offset Stamps Used in U.S. Possessions - Plate Cracks on Scott 600 - Booklets and Booklet Panes - Canal Zone Stamps - Stuart Relief Breaks - Plate Number Checklist - Bureau Revenues

 Available in Year Set Only
April 1954 - Articles of Interest: BIA Roster Issue - 300th Anniversary of N.Y. City Issue - An Unusual Fold-over of Scott 529 - Electric Eye Type IV - Fancy Cancellations on the Three Cent Stuart - Stuart Relief Breaks - Plate Number Checklist    Available in Year Set Only
May 1954 - Articles of Interest: Gadsden Purchase Commemorative Issue - Booklets and Booklet Panes (Fake AEF Booklet Pane Caution) -Plate Varieties on Scott 279B and 600 - 2¢ Stuart Pane of 120 with Full Vertical Gutter Between (Illus.) - Eno Collection Sale is Covered (incl. plate block of C3a) - The Story of the 1½¢ Rotary Imperforate Scott 631 (Major L. B. Chapman - well illus. but does not discuss gum breakers and has several factual errors) - Plate Number Checklist   Available in Year Set Only
June 1954 - Articles of Interest: Ordinary Postage Stamp Series of 1954 8¢ Red and Blue (Another Fine Article by Sol Glass Discussing the Introduction of the New Series) - Vending and Fixing Machine Perforations (George Howard in response to the errors in the May article by Chapman, in particular discussing the role of the various private perforators and the role Mr. Schermack did not play in this stamp) - The Future of Electric Eyes (Walter Hopper) - Tax Paid Potato Stamps (C. Brinkley Turner - interesting article) - The 8¢ Bicolor, 1954 Series of Ordinaries (George W. Brett - long article discussing among other things: Manufacture, Paper, Gum, Ink, Plates, Plate Markings, Flat and Rotary Press Production, Perforating and Finishing, and Dry Press Printing) - Plate Number Checklist   Available in Year Set Only
July 1954 - Articles of Interest: Columbia University Commemorative Issue (Sol Glass) - Electric Eyes (Walter E. Hopper - incl. Terminology) - Manuscript Cancellations on the 1922 Two Cent  ( Carolyn P. Kuhn - well-illustrated)  - Canal Zone (Benjamin Cadbury and Edward S. Conger) - Plate Number Checklist - Bureau Pre-cancel New Issues - The Story of the ½¢ Nathan Hale (Major L. B. Chapman)  Available in Year Set Only
August 1954 - Articles of Interest: 1954-1955 Federal Duck Stamp (George Brett incl illus. of winning design) - Nebraska Territory Commemorative Issue (Sol Glass) - Electric Eyes (Walter E. Hopper) - Postally Used Bureau Revenues (C. Brinkley Turner) - U.S.P.O. Department Exhibit (to be shown at New Delhi, India) - "Precision" Measuring Equipment (George Brett) - Varieties on Plate Numbers (G. William Patten) - Bureau Pre-cancels (George Klein) - Cover Collecting (Henry Brownlee) - Plate Varieties on the 8¢ Liberty and the Imperforate Scott 575  Available in Year Set Only
September 1954 - Articles of Interest: Three Cent Lewis and Clark Commemorative Issue (George W. Brett) - The Triumph of "Dry" Intaglio Printing (George W. Brett)  - Kansas Territorial Commemorative Issue (Sol Glass)  - Canal Zone Curtailment of Service - Coil Plate Numbers are Slightly Terrific (Major L. B. Chapman - well-illustrated) - Plate Varieties on the 1922 Two Cent (Carolyn P. Kuhn) -  Electric Eye Types (Walter E. Hopper) - The Experimental Bureau Precancels (George Klein - important article on these major early Scott listed pre-cancels) - Plate Number Checklist - Cover Collecting (Henry Brownlee) - Booklets and Booklet Panes Available in Year Set Only
October 1954 - Articles of Interest: 8¢ Bicolor of 1954 - Addenda (George Brett - long well-illustrated addenda to June article) - George Eastman Commemorative Issue (Sol Glass) - Electric Eye Type III: 200 subject Horizontal Format (Walter E. Hopper)  - Those Perfins are Cute (Major L. B. Chapman - well-illustrated)  -  More on the History of Bureau Precancels (George Klein) - Plate Number Checklist - Review of the 3¢ Prexie Plates - Cover Collecting (Henry Brownlee - incl. beautiful two-cent Pan-American Cover)  Available in Year Set Only
November 1954 - Articles of Interest:  $1 Wilson, Series of 1938, Dry Printing (George W. Brett - long article discussing the stamp and a continuation of Dry Printing Production) - Electric Eye Type III: (Walter E. Hopper - contd. from Oct.) - Ordinary Postage Stamp Series of 1954 3¢ Purple (Sol Glass) - Booklets and Booklet Panes (Dr. W. R. Kern - incl. 3¢ Booklet Pane of 1954) - Packaging Labels (Conrad C. Goff - illus.) - Canal Zone Post Office 50th Anniversary ( Benjamin Cadbury and George Brett - important multi-page article, illus.) - Old Type Bureau Pre-Cancels ( George Klein - Types B3-B10 illus.)  Available in Year Set Only
December 1954 - Articles of Interest: The Dry Printing Box Score (George W. Brett - a continuation of Dry Printing Series of Articles) - Lewis and Clark Commemorative Issue (Sol Glass)  - Evaluating Postal Markings (Barbara Mueller - Reprint of an article first published in "Western Stamp Collector") - Electric Eye Type III: (Walter E. Hopper - contd. from Nov. - Heavy Emphasis on the 3¢ Everglades Stamp - well-illustrated) - Migratory Bird Hunting Stamps Sales By States (1949-1953) - Standard Type Bureau Pre-Cancels on the Issues of 1927-1932 ( George Klein - well-illustrated) - Canal Zone Paquebot Usage  Available in Year Set Only
 

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