| 1955 Complete Year - 12
Issues Unbound |
$25.00 |
1955 Complete Year - 12
Issues Hard Bound
in Maroon Cloth, spine stamped in gilt - 376pp. plus
index
note: each issue contains a "Plate Number Checklist"
and most contain a plate varieties update |
$40.00 |
| January 1955 - Articles
of Interest: Electric Eye Type III: 400-Subject Format (Walter E. Hopper -
contd. from Dec. 1954) - 4¢ Air Mail Issue Series of 1954 (Sol
Glass) - BEP Philippine Overprint Plate Numbers (extensive list
of numbers) - Panama Railroad Centennial Stamp (George Brett) -
BEP Exhibit and Demonstration at the ASDA Show - 1938 Series
Wide Type Prexie Bureau Precancels (George Klein B-11 and B-13)
- Back of Book Quantity Issued from the BEP Annual Report Fiscal
Year Ending June 30, 1953 |
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in Year Set Only |
| February 1955 - Articles
of Interest: Canal Zone 6 Air Mail Dry Printing (George W.
Brett - long article incl. illus. of pane of the issue) -
Ordinary Postage Stamps: Series of 1954 1¢ Green (Sol Glass
incl. side-wise coil) - Electric Eye Type III: 280 Subject Plate
(Walter
Hopper) - Postal History for the Bureau Specialist (Barbara
Mueller) - 1938 Series Narrow Type Prexie Bureau Precancels
(B-15 and B-17) - Back of Book Quantity Issued from the BEP
Annual Report Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1953 (contd. from
Jan.) - John Fox Auction Sale of Vending and Affixing Machine
Coils (bargain priced at today's market values) |
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in Year Set Only |
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March 1955 - Articles
of Interest: Ordinary Postage Stamp Series of 1954 2¢ Red
(Sol Glass incl. side-wise coil) - An Unusual Use of the 2
Trans-Mississippi Franking a Soldier's Letter from Honolulu,
Nov. 2, 1899 (George B. Howard) - Papers Used on the Private
Proprietary Stamps (Match and Medicine - C. Brinkley Turner) - Electric
Eye Type III: 300 Subject Plate (Walter Hopper illus.) - Postal
Markings Found on Registered Mail of the Bureau Issues Period
(Barbara Mueller - lengthy article illus.) - The Defense and War
Series Bureau Precancels (George Klein B-11, B-13, B-15 and
B-17)
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| April 1955 - Articles
of Interest: Separate BIA Roster Issue - 8¢ 1954: Plate,
Paper, Printing and Finishing Varieties (George W. Brett -
excellent two-part article, well-illustrated) - Ordinary Postage Stamp Series of 1954
4¢ Purple (Sol Glass) - Highway Post Office Cover Collecting
(Stanley D. Triplett illus.) - Electric Eye Types IIIa and IIIb:
200-Subject Format (Walter E. Hopper) - Postal Markings Found on
Registered Mail of the Bureau Issues Period (Barbara Mueller
contd. from March, well-illus.) - 1954 Series Bureau Precancels
( B-11, B-13, B-15 and B-17) |
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in Year Set Only |
| May 1955 - Articles
of Interest: Possible New Stamp Varieties Due to
Manufacturing Changes (George W. Brett) - Ordinary Postage Stamp Series of 1954
5¢ Blue (Sol Glass) - 8¢ 1954: Plate, Paper, Printing and
Finishing Varieties (George W. Brett, contd. from April) - New
Booklet Covers - Electric Eye Type IV Marks (Walter E. Hopper) -
Plates Used on the Private Proprietary Stamps (Match and
Medicine - C. Brinkley Turner, contd. from March) |
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in Year Set Only |
| June 1955 - Articles
of Interest: Experimental Bi-color Rotary Web-fed Press
(James H. Baxter, the first in a major multi-part article) -
Land Grant Colleges Issue (Sol Glass) - Electric Eye Frame Bars
on Booklet Panes (Dr. Kern) - Electric Eye Type V 200-subject
Horizontal and Vertical Formats (Walter E. Hopper) - A Major
Double Transfer on the 2¢ Washington 1922 - Errors and
Varieties on Bureau Precancels ( G. William Schall, incl.
"SPPINGFIELD" ) |
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in Year Set Only |
| July 1955 - Articles
of Interest: 150th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts Commemorative Issue (Sol
Glass) - Electric Eye Type V 400-subject Vertical Format (Walter E. Hopper) -
Experimental Bi-color Rotary Web-fed Press (James Baxter, contd.
from June - well- illustrated) - A New Kind of Bureau Precancel
- on the 8¢ 1954 (George Brett) - |
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| August 1955 - Articles
of Interest: The Modernization Program at the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing (George w. Brett, contd. from April 1955)
- Rotary International Issue (Sol Glass) - Electric Eye Type 1a
400-subject (Walter E. Hopper) - Experimental Bi-color Rotary
Web-fed Press (James Baxter, contd. from July - well-
illustrated) - Errors and Varieties on Bureau Precancels ( G.
William Schall, incl. "MIKWAUKEE" ) |
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in Year Set Only |
| September 1955 - Articles
of Interest: Experimental Bi-color Rotary Web-fed Press:
Addenda (James Baxter, contd. from August - well- illustrated) - Electric
Eye Type 1b 400-subject (Walter E. Hopper) - The Duck Stamp for
1955-1956 (George Brett - incl. vignette design) - 20¢ Blue
Special Delivery Stamp Series of 1954 (Sol Glass) - Photograph
of the buildings of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from
atop the Washington Monument |
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in Year Set Only |
| October 1955 -
Articles
of Interest: 2¢ Series of 1894, Type IV
(George Brett and Hugh Southgate - THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE
REFERENCE FOR TYPING THE TYPE IV STAMP ILLUSTRATING 17
CHARACTERISTICS) - Electric Eye Type 1 400-subject (Walter E. Hopper)
- 15¢ Red Certified Mail Stamp (Sol Glass) - Major Places of
Philatelic Interest in Washington D.C. - The First Bureau
Precancel Catalog of March 1926 and edited by George Linn (
James T. Boggs) |
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in Year Set Only |
| November 1955 - Articles
of Interest: Differentiating the Dry and Wet Printed
Line-Engraved Product of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (George W. Brett - long article
no illustrations) - Electric Eye Type I Bureau Precancels (Walter E. Hopper) -
Armed Forces Reserve Commemorative Issue (Sol Glass) - Bureau
Precancels: 8¢ 1954 and several Prexies (George Brett
well-illustrated) - Plate Number Checklist with a #5992
Imperforate Plate Block example |
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in Year Set Only |
| December 1955 - Articles
of Interest: New Hampshire Issue (Sol Glass) - Electric
Eye Type II 400-subject (Walter E. Hopper) - Canal Zone
Certified Mail (George Brett) - Errors and Varieties on Bureau
Precancels ( G. William Schall, incl. "ALHOL" MASS. )
- Plate Number Combinations for the Flat Plate, i.e. $1, $2 and
$5, Prexies |
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in Year Set Only |