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Vol. XXI, No. 2, Issue No. 83 (April 2024) download issue 83 (members only)
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| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| President’s Message | John Hotchner | 1-2 |
| Join us for the Next AMC Zoom Presentation | | 2 |
| Join the Auxiliary Markings Club at PIPEX 2024 | | 3 |
| An Interesting Piece of Third-Class Mail | Jerry Johnson | 4 |
| Call for Articles to be Included in a Jointly Sponsored PSSC / AMC Anthology on Auxiliary Markings | Gregg Redner, PhD, FRPSC | 5 |
| The Various Printings of the 1910, Third Generation Belgian Auxiliary Labels | Gregg Redner, PhD, FRPSC | 6-7 |
| Modern Rebuted mail from the Netherlands to Canada | Gregg Redner, PhD, FRPSC | 8 |
| More Damaged Mail Markings | Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 9 |
| Not Mailed in Airplane Box | Andrew S. Kelley | 10 | Belated Proposed Explanation of USPS KEY RETURN ZIP CODE Label 897 | Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 11 |
| Correction Supplied By Dead Section St. Louis, Mo. Post Office, No. 3 | Joe Crosby | 12 |
| Member Classified Ads | | 12 |
Vol. XXI, No. 1, Issue No. 82 (January 2024) download issue 82 (members only)
(another color issue!)
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Fraudulent: Actina Applicance Company | Andrew S. Kelley | 1, 4 |
| Redner Wins the 2023 Tony W. Award | Andrew S. Kelley | 1 |
| President’s Message | John Hotchner | 2, 3 |
| Treasurer’s Notes | Peter Rikard | 5 |
| Snow Bound | Tom Fortunato | 5 |
| The Belgian Non admis au transport Label and Handstamp: 1892–1910 | Gregg Redner, PhD, FRPSC | 6 |
| New “X-Rayed Cleared for Delivery” Auxiliary Marking | Douglas B. Quine, PhD, Otto E. Bergman, and Peter Elias | 8-10 |
| Unusual Business Reply Postage Due | Merle Farrington and Andrew S. Kelley | 10 |
| Refused On Account Of Tax | Jerry Johnson | 11 |
| Package Box Route | Charlie Freise | 11 |
| A Baseball Mailing Strikes Out! | Paul Albright | 12 |
| Sioux City “Fee Claimed” Marking | Jim Peterson | 12 |
Vol. XX, No. 5, Issue No. 81 (October 2023) download issue 81 (members only)
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| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| President's Message | John M. Hotchner | 1-2 |
| Thank You | Mary Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Tin Can Mail—A Case of Too Many Markings | Jerry Johnson | 3 |
| Enclosure Prohibited Exportation | Andrew S. Kelley | 3 |
| Decede/ Overleden Auxiliary Labels on Belgian Mail | Gregg Redner, PhD | 4-7 |
| Meet Your Officers: | Roger S. Brody | 7 |
| Join Us for Our Next AMC Zoom Presentation | Andrew S. Kelley | 7 |
| Belgian Postal Labels | Bas Kee and Jan C. ter Welle | 8-10 |
| Newly Found Format of "Without Contents" Marking | Douglas B. Quine, PhD and Otto E. Bergman | 11 |
| Undeliverable Airmail to Sweden | Dennis W. Ladd | 12 |
| AMC at the Great American Stamp Show | Andrew S. Kelley | 12 |
Vol. XX, Special Memorial Issue, Issue No. 80 (July 2023) download issue 80 (members only)
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| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz: September 29, 1943-July 11, 2023 | Alan Warren and Andrew Kelley | 1 |
| Tony W - An Appreciation | John M. Hotchner | 2 |
| Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz, PhD, MD, Philatelist | Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 2 |
| An Appreciation | Ralph Nafziger | 3 |
| What I Learned From Tony W. | Gregg Redner, PhD | 3 |
| An Appreciation | Tim Bartshe | 4 |
| Remembering Tony | Jerry Johnson | 4 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| President's Message | John M. Hotchner | 1 |
| HELLP WANTD | Andrew S. Kelley | 1 |
| Cross-Border Special Delivery Rate Admonition | Andrew Gondocz | 3 |
| Found in Sack, Supposedly Empty | Andrew S. Kelley | 3 |
| Join Us for Our First AMC Zoom Presentation: July 12 at 7:00 PM EST | Andrew S. Kelley | 3 |
| Afwezig/Absent Auxiliary Marking Labels on Belgian mail | Gregg Redner, PhD | 4 |
| Meet Your Officers: | Peter Rikard | 6 |
| Insufficient Payment Admonition | Andrew Gondocz | 7 |
| Two Contemporary Fort Wayne In Markings | Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 7 |
| The Anatomy of an Improperly Returned Letter | Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 8 |
| Night Service | Charlie Freise | 9 |
| Forwarded by R.F.D. Carrier | Andrew S. Kelley | 9 |
| Damaged by Wheels of Train | Peter Rikard | 10 |
| An Unusual "Returned to Sender" Postal Marking | Jim Havlena | 10 |
| Puzzling Auxiliary Marking from 1930 Explained as Private | Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 11 |
| Japanese Return to Sender Markings 1982 | Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 12 |
Vol. XX, No. 2, Issue No. 78 (April 2023) download issue 78 (members only)
(another color issue!)
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| President's Message | John M. Hotchner | 1 |
| Meet Your Officers: Scott Steward, AMC Vice-President | Andrew S. Kelley | 2 |
| University Auxiliary Markings | Regis Hoffman | 2 |
| Return from a Federal Correctional Institution | Rodney A. Juell | 3 |
| Piyush Khaitan Wins AMRITPEX 2023 Champion of Champions | Andrew S. Kelley | 3 |
| Second-Class Mail Forwarding by Transient Mail Rates | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-6 | Precancel Nonmachinable | Dennis W. Ladd | 7 |
| "C" Markings on Post-1830s Belgian Mail | Gregg Redner, PhD | 8 |
| "Missent to Bermuda" on the way to Germany | David M. Frye | 10 |
| Notations of Damage and Repair in Savannah, Georgia | David M. Frye | 11 |
| How Universal Postal Union Shortpaid or Unpaid Special Delivery Mail was handled in the U.S. | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
Vol. XX, No. 1, Issue No. 77 (January 2023) download issue 77 (members only)
(another color issue!)
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| President's Message | John M. Hotchner | 1 |
| Mail Chutes and Postal Markings | John M. Hotchner | 2-3 |
| A Well Traveled Cover | Jerry Johnson | 4 |
| Auxiliary Markings of Pittsburgh's St. Patrick's Day Flood | Regis Hoffman | 5 |
| Repatriated | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Defunct | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Manuscript Ship Marks from the Detroit Marine Post Office | Andrew S. Kelley | 6 |
| Mysterious "Test" Mail, Explained | Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 7 |
| Pre-philatelic Port Paye Auxiliary Marking on Belgian Mail | Gregg Redner, PhD | 8-9 |
| Received without Request for Special Delivery or Registration | Andrew S. Kelley | 10 |
| Editorial: We Want Your Articles. | Andrew S. Kelley | 10 |
| Isle of Man Postage Due Markings | Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 11 |
| Discount Postage Rates for Presorting Apply Only to Domestic Mail | Dennis W. Ladd | 11 |
| Mail Delivery by Hydroplane | Jerry Johnson | 12 |
| "Sterilized" Postcard | Andrew S. Kelley | 12 |
Vol. XIX, No. 4, Issue No. 76 (October 2022) download issue 76 (members only)
(another color issue!)
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Revenue Protection | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| U.S. Domestic Invalid (Reused, Covered, and Coated) Postage | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-3 |
| Ship and Steamboat Covers | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-5 |
| 'International Mail Requirements' and a Short Paid Letter to Canada | Robert Washburn and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz and Andrew Kelley | 5 |
| International Items with Invalid Postage with Associated Postage Due Use | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6-7 |
| Postage Due Collection on Short Paid/Unpaid Undeliverable Mail on Return to Origin Country | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| Temporary Dead Letter Branch Letters | Robert Washburn | 9 |
| 'Not Hampden Delivery' | Robert Washburn | 9 |
| 'STUCK IN / BUILDING MAIL CHUTE' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Postage Due Collection on Short Paid/Unpaid Pacquebot (Packetboat) Mail. | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10-11 |
| Photoshop Manipulation of a Handstamp | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz and Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 1 |
| Postage Due Stamp Uses on Returned to Sender Short Paid/Unpaid UPU Mail. | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-3 |
| International Air Parcel Post | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-5 |
| Circular 'HAVE YOUR LETTER DIRECTED TO STREET AND NUMBER' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| Postage Due Stamp Uses on Returned and Reforwarded UPU Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz and Soren Andersson | 6-8 |
| 'SERVICE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED' to The Netherlands | David M. Frye | 8-9 |
| Fractional Postage Due on Third Class Mail Part 2 | Jerry Johnson | 10-11 |
| How I Perform My Handstamp Magic | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
Vol. XIX, No. 2, Issue No. 74 (April 2022) download issue 74 (members only)
(another color issue!)
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| A Somewhat Different 'ADDRESS CHANGED / DUE TO OFFICIAL ORDERS'. | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1, 5 |
| Contemporary Post-1953 'Damaged' Markings | Larry Fillion (with Terence Hines addition) | 2-3 |
| Private 'RETURN TO SENDER' Marking | Terence Hines | 3 |
| The '+' as an Auxiliary Marking | Jeff Lough | 4-5 |
| Mail Delayed Due to Incorrect ZIP Code | Larry Fillion | 6-7 |
| Auxiliary Marking on a Civil War POW Cover | Jerry Johnson | 7 |
| Fractional Postage Due Use, Part 1 | Jerry Johnson | 8-10 |
| 'FOR REVIEW'? | Terence Hines | 10 |
| Returned, Undeliverable American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) Letter | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Auxiliary Marking Helps Keep College Classmate Connected | Paul Albright | 11 |
| The 2021 USPS 'Happy Holidays' Cancellation | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| A Brooklyn Delivery Instruction: 'RING BELL / PUT DEEP IN / MAIL BOX' | David M. Frye | 12 |
| ARIPEX "Show and Tell" Report | K. David Steidley Ph.D. | 12 |
Vol. XIX, No. 1, Issue No. 73 (January 2022) download issue 73 (members only)
(another color issue!)
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Delayed delivery because of / incomplete address. | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| 'PROHIBITED BY / COUNTRY OF DESTINATION /...' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Puzzling 'NON ADMIS AU TRANSPORT / Niet ter vervoer toegelaten' from Egypt | Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 2 |
| Missed Air Plane | Merle Farrington | 2 |
| Registered Items in the Ordinary Mail, Part II | Andrew S. Kelley | 3 |
| International Airmail Return Receipts | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-5 |
| Another Missed Air Plane | Merle Farrington | 5 | 'RETURN TO WRITER' as 'NOT FOUND / TORONTO' and 'NOT KNOWN' | Merle Farrington | 5 |
| U.S. Domestic and International Return for Postage: New York City Usage | Tony Wawrukiewicz and Thomas Breske | 6-8 |
| Introduction to the Advertising Process and New York City Advertising | Tony Wawrukiewicz and Thomas Breske | 9-12 |
| 'NOT EMPLOYEE / N. Y. P. O.' | Ron Blanks | 12 |
| Editorial and Renewal Reminder | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| The Latest Specialty U.S. Postal Service Cancellation | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| A New (1899) Example of New York City 'Stamps Detached' Marking | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Still Further Insights into the 'Found in Package Box Collection' Type Marking | John M. Hotchner and Antony S. Wawrukiewicz | 2-4 |
| WWII Casualty Markings | Jerry Johnson | 5-7 |
| Over What Time period Were Stamps for Collectors Free of U.S. Customs Duty? | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-10 |
| Incorrect Number | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| A Second Look at Stamps for Collectors Free of U.S. Customs Duty | John M. Hotchner and Antony S. Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Living with General Delivery | Douglas B. Quine, PhD | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| 'Returned for Postage...' as There Was a Rate Change | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| General Delivery, an Introduction | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-4 |
| New York City 'Found in Package Box Collection' Revisited | Tom Breske and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5-6 |
| Some International 'Refused' Items, Mainly Short Paid | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6-7 |
| Incomplete Listings of Various New York City Markings on Undeliverable Mail | Tom Breske and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-10 |
| 'Late Fee' in Australia | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11-12 |
| 'Forwarded by ordinary mail' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Prison Mail Censorship | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Illegal Postmaster Request for Letter Return to Him | Jerry Johnson | 1 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1, 3, 7 |
| Bilingual Postage-Paid ('Taxe Perçue') Marking on Postcard from Lithuania | David M. Frye | 2 |
| Unusual Held for Postage Handstamp | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| President's Message | K. David Steidley, PhD | 3 |
| Unauthorized Change of Address May Explain "IN DISPUTE" PARS Label | Douglas B. Quine | 4, 5 |
| Early New York City Pointing Hands on Undeliverable Mail, 1866-79 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6-7 |
| 'Misdirected Mail' and 'Returned for Better Direction/Address,' Etc. - Oct. 1879-2003 | Thomas Breske and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-11 |
| A Variety of 'Damaged by Fire' Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial (my new book query) and Renewal Reminder | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| President's Message | K. David Steidley, Ph.D. | 1 |
| Undeliverable ('DEVUELVASE' Letter to Mexico | Dennis Ladd | 2 |
| 'NOT IN LANESBORO STAGE ROUTE' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Registered Items 'Found in the Ordinary Mail' | Andrew S. Kelley | 3 |
| India 'LATE FEE PAID' and 'LATE FEE NOT PAID' Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| Short Paid 'DUPLIKAAT' Letter to Panama, Forwarded to South Africa | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| Two Ceylon Late Fee Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| A French Too Late 'APRES LE DEPART' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| 'FOR DELIVERY AT QUARANTINE' | Jerry Johnson | 5 |
| The UPU Surface Mail Surtax from 1880 to 1894 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6-8 |
| At Time, Partially Short Paid Letter Reaching Delivery Office Only Due Single Rate | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Notice of Stamp/Postage on Reverse of a Postage Card and a Letter | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| 'navigation closes' Marking | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| 'Addressee No Longer Employed' | Tom Fortunato | 10 |
| 'RETURNED FOR BETTER DIRECTION(s)' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Form 4416, DIRECT PACKAGE / Firm Case Mail | Dennis Ladd | 11 |
| The Development of Better Quality Spray/Inkjet Cancels and Their Discouraging Effects on Stamps | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial and Renewal Reminder | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| President's Message | K. David Steidley | 1 |
| Address Forwarding Labels, Which Comes First and Something New | Terrance Hines | 2 |
| Another 'NOT ON BOARD' Marking | Thomas Richards | 3 |
| 'Special Delivery fee earned' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| An Admonition for Special Delivery Service to Insure no Delay in Weekend Delivery | K. David Steidley | 3 |
| New York City 'TOO LATE' Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| More U.S. and Canadian 'General Delivery' Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| U.S. Postal Agency Cali, Colombia - Registered | Jeff Lough | 6-7 |
| 1946 Military Return to Sender | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| 'Delay caused by error / in STATE NAME' | Merle Farrington | 7 |
| 'Late Fee' and 'Too Late' Markings in Great Britain | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-10 |
| A Damaged by Fire Auxiliary Marking | Jim Peterson | 11 |
| Undelivered Mail to American Consulate in Yokohoma, Japan | Jim Peterson | 11 |
| Misaddressed Merchant Marine Mail | Merle Farrington | 11 |
| Gila River Relocation Center Marking | Thomas Richards | 12 |
| San Juan Dead Letter Office Marking on Post Card | Thomas S. Kelley | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Post Card Meant for a Ship Passenger Who Was Not On Board | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Registration Handstamps of the Union of South Africa | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-3 |
| A Conundrum Revisited | Jacob Klerman, Kent Koberstein, Roger Brody, Roland Austin, and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-5 |
| Auxiliary Marks on Three Registered-Mail Letters from Tanzania | David M. Frye | 6-7 |
| New York City (NYC) Pointing Hands | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-9 |
| MIS-SORTED BY POST OFFICE | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Handling of Uncancelled Letter | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Delayed Mail Due to Incorrect Zip Code | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| 2¢ Rate period for Airmail Service | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Great Britain 'EXPRESS FEE PAID' Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Trilingual Undeliverable ('REBUTS') Swiss Letter | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Received in Wet Condition Letters | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Returned to Colorado Springs P.O. from Hotel, Shop, or Office | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Registration Auxiliary Markings of New York City, 1855 and Later, an Introduction | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-5 |
| 1918 Undeliverable Domestic Letter 'STREETS NOT NUMBERED HERE' | Merle Farrington | 5 |
| 1939 Kenya to London Airmail Letter 'LOCAL AIR FEE PAID' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Annual Auxiliary Markings Club Meeting in June at NAPEX 2020 | Ralph H. Nafziger | 5 |
| 'Under Certificate of Posting' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6-7 |
| Polio Epidemic Auxiliary Marking | Thomas Richards | 7 |
| 'SEA MAIL' Auxiliary Marking on a Letter from Kobe, Japan to Franklin, Mass | David M. Frye | 8-9 |
| Modern '(Mail) IN DISPUTE' Marking (With Undeliverable As Addressed Update) | Roland Austin | 9 |
| Undeliverable as British Prisoner of War | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Temporary Post-WWII-War 'Paid Free' Markings Before Stamp Availability | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial and Another Renewal Reminder | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| My Next Book | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Three Different Foreign Post Box Issues | Dr. Steven J. Berlin | 2 |
| How Bad Handwriting Affects the Mail | Dr. Steven J. Berlin | 3 |
| Manner in Which Various Foreign Items Could be 'Too Late,' 1858 to 1940 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-5 |
| Only First-Class Matter Could be Addressed to 'No Particular Person' | Dennis Ladd | 5 |
| Removed, Detached, & Lost Postage, on Incoming/Outgoing Mail to/from New York City, 1887 - 1937 | John M. Hotchner and Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz | 6-8 |
| "Survivors’s Remorse" Prop Marking | Thomas Richards | 9 |
| Tanzanian Auxiliary Marking: 'Under Certificate of Postage' | David M. Frye (copyright) | 10-11 |
| 'Called Out to Carriers' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| 'Rebut' Revisited | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Renewal Reminder and Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| APS Stampshow 2019 "Show and Tell" Session | Ralph H. Nafziger | 1 |
| New Zealand 'UNCLAIMED' Auxiliary Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Some Cultural Context for the Pointed Hand | Jeff Lough | 3 |
| Auxiliary Markings Used to Indicate Content | Jerry Johnson | 4-5 |
| 'Opened by Permission of Addressee' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| A Conundrum??? | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| 'item may have been / delayed due to / insufficient postage' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| Annual Meeting and "Show and Tell" Session Highlight COLOPEX 2019 | Ralph H. Nafziger | 6 |
| Paired Registration Numbers | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| A Pleasant Journey | Jeff Lough | 7 |
| More Quite Varied International 'Not in Airmail' - Type Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-11 |
| For International Mail, Directory Service Continued After 1954 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| The Pressure-Sensitive 'U' Markings Redux | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| An Unusual Address Correction Great Britain Handstamp | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| What Does the Handstamp 'PORT PAYE' on Canadian Mail Signify? | Jane Sodero | 1 |
| Via 'Surface Mail' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Canadian 'Not in Airmail' Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| Some Interesting Auxiliary Markings | Peter Rikard | 4 |
| The Pressure-Sensitive 'U' Marking | Bas Kee and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| 'Insufficient address state / ship's name and whether / passenger or crew' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Deceased, 'Muerto,' or, 'DECEDE' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| An Undeliverable Foreign Letter, the Use of the Word 'REBUT' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| A Mid-2000s Tanzania Priority Mail Label | David M. Frye | 6-7 |
| Labels | Jerry Johnson | 8 |
| An Interesting Story of Matching Misplaced Envelope Contents | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| Rhodesia 'NO SERVICE' to Mozambique | Mark M. Loomis | 9 |
| No Mailing Address...No Return Address...No Problem for the USPS | Paul Albright | 9 |
| A Few Canadian Dead Letter Office Markings and Their Story, 1899 - 1951 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10-11 |
| A Misdirected Letter That Was Finally Delivered | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| This Letter Was Delayed Due to the Immigration VISA Lottery | David G. Lenze | 12 |
| 'NOT ADDRESSED' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| 'returned to N.Y.P.O. by "care" as unclaimed' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| The Discontinuance of Directory Service in the U.S. | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Postage Due Stamps on Registered Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| U.S. Domestic and International 'Insufficiently Prepaid for Airmail' Markings | Bas Kee and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-9 |
| U.S. Military Exempt from Censorship | Jerry Johnson | 10-11 |
| 'NOT IN AIR MAIL / RECEIVED VIA STEAMER' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| "Show and Tell" at APS AmeriStampExpo/Aripex | Ralph H. Nafziger | 12 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Abandoned Mail That Should Have Been Returned to Writer - HELP! | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| The Annual Meeting at Indypex | Ralph H. Nafziger | 2 |
| 'DEFICIENT' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| 'Insufficiently Prepaid for Airmail' | Bas Kee | 3-5 |
| Censored First Day Covers during the World War II Era | Ralph H. Nafziger | 5-7 |
| Registration Labels of Post-Colonial Tanganyika and Tanzania | David M. Frye | 8-14 |
| A Peeping Easter Card Requires an Extra Penny Postage | Paul Albright | 14 |
| Simulated Auxiliary Markings on a Third-Class Bulk Rate Circular | Scott Steward | 15 |
| 'No Air Mail Service... to San Fran.,Los.Ang.' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 15 |
| German Submarine Mail | Jerry Johnson | 16 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 16 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Response to "Misddressed Letter with Important USPS Warning" | Merle Farrington and Douglas Quine | 1 |
| 'SORT IN MANUAL ONLY NO AUTOMATION' | E. J. Guerrant | 2 |
| 'RETURNED FOR WAR TAX' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| 'Non Reclaime' and 'CENSURA MILITAR' at Barcelona | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| 'Arrive apres le depart da l'avion' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| 'RECEIVED DAMAGED / BY WATER/FIRE' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| Canada Return to Sender/Writer Mail Pointing Hand Markings | Steve Davis | 4-5 |
| "Show and Tell" at the 2018 APS StampShow | Ralph H. Nafziger | 5 |
| Bilingual 'RETURNED FOR BETTER DIRECTION' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| Bilingual 'PAR AVION' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| Editorial and Renewal Reminder | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| 'RETURNED FROM JAIL' | Dennis Ladd | 7 |
| 'SHUTTLE BUS Marking' | Dennis Ladd | 7 |
| 'TEMP. ORDER EXPIRED' 'DELIVER TO / OLD ADDRESS' | Dennis Ladd | 7 |
| 'REPOSTED, ADVERTISED, and UNCLAIMED' | Timothy Bartsche | 7-12 |
| 'Despues De La Salida' | Bryon Mitchell | 12 |
| U.S. Mail Traveling by Diplomatic Pouch Bears Thai Stamp | David M. Frye | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Auxiliary Markings and Auxiliary Related Markings on African Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-6 |
| The Second Blue 'REGISTERED' Rubber Stamp | Merle Farrington | 7 |
| Another 'INDEFINITE' Marking | Merle Farrington | 7 |
| Misaddressed Letter with Important USPS Warning | Merle Farrington | 7 |
| New Pointing Hand Marking Database | Mike Ludeman | 8-9 |
| Informational Internal United Nations Auxiliary Marking | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| 'Undeliverable Devastated Section' | Scott Steward | 10-11 |
| A Pleasant Journey | Jeff Lough | 11 |
| New Auxiliary Markings | Joseph Rosinski | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| A Colorful Undeliverable ('REBUT') Letter to the Canal Zone | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Editorial Plus Dues Notice | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Label "A" 'SUPPOSED LIABLE TO CUSTOMS DUTY'. | K. David Steidley | 2 |
| The 'Return for Additional Postage' Process for Unpaid/Short Paid Outgoing Foreign Mail | Richard Winter and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3-6 |
| The President's Message | Ed Fisher | 6 |
| Postage Due Stamps Used for Unpaid and Short Paid Cards, an Unusual Circumstance | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7-10 |
| Updated Information about Researching Postal Documents | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Customs Duties and Customs Clearance and Delivery Fees, Part 2 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| The President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 1 |
| More about Multiple Registration Numbers | Merle Farrington | 2 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Labels as Auxiliary Markings | Jerry Johnson | 3-6 |
| The Rarely Seen Chicago Doremus 'UNCLAIMED' Marking | Merle Farrington | 6 |
| Domestic Rates Not Applicable for International Mails | Antonio Len Rios | 6 |
| 'UNCLAIMED,' 'NOT FOUND,' 'not known' in New Zealand | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Tri-lingual Swiss Unclaimed-message Label | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| 'RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Inkjet Undeliverable as Addressed (UAA) Markings Redux | William Gosling | 8 |
| U.S. International Insured Air Parcel Post | Bas Kee | 8-9 |
| Customs Duties and Customs Clearance and Delivery Fees, Part 1 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10-18 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Canadian Bilingual 'Received Too late for Airmail' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Why are there Multiple Registration Numbers on Some Registered Items? | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-3 |
| Rubber Band Repair of Handstamp Cancellers | Gary Hendron | 4-5
| | 'SEED Sample' Mailing Acceptance | Dennis Ladd | 5 |
| Airmail, Registered Military WWII Mail | Dennis Ladd | 6 |
| WWII U.S. Diplomatic Pouch Letter sent Via the Exchange Vessel, the M.S. Gripsholm | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| 'Hospitalized' Auxiliary Marking | Ralph H. Nafziger | 7 |
| The President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 7 |
| Unusual Manner of Collecting Postage Due | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Postage Due Stamps after October 2, 1986 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| Unusual Handstamp Notice for Mailing Receipt | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| Incorrectly Sent to DLO | Jerry Johnson and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| 1950 Returned Business Reply Envelopes | Paul Albright | 9 |
| 1917 to 1920 Free Return of Dead Letter from a Dead Letter Branch | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Some U.S. and Canadian General Delivery Markings, only an Introduction | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| 'Stamp Off' as Alternate Auxiliary Marking | Ralph H. Nafziger | 11 |
| Editorial Plus Dues Notice | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Correct Address Not in Salem, Mass | Antonio Len-Rios | 12 |
| Business Reply Mail - Permit Not Renewed | Antonio Len-Rios | 12 |
| Found Loose in Mail | Antonio Len-Rios | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Business Reply Mail Returned By Airmail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Forerunners to "Letter" Non-Denominated Stamps | Richard D. Martorelli | 2 |
| Misaddressed Military Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| Inkjet Undeliverable as Addressed (UAA) Markings Revisited | Roland Austin | 4-5 |
| Invalid Postage on Mail from Canada | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Auxiliary Markings of the Silent Film Era | Regis Hoffman and Dr. Thomas Richards | 6 |
| Private Rebate Offer Auxiliary Markings | Dr. Thomas Richards | 7 |
| The President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 7 |
| Great Britain Postage Due Auxiliary Marks and Labels | Thomas Breske | 8-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| 'SEALED ARTICLE, SECURE OWNER PERMISSION TO OPEN' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| A Very Strange Origin Cancel and a Nice Pointing Hand | Merle Farrington | 2 |
| The Same Strange Origin Cancel and Another Nice Pointing Hand | Merle Farrington | 2 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| An Unusual 'NONMACHINABLE' Item | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| The 5-Cent Postage Due Penalty of July 1958 | Thomas Breske | 4 |
| 'Package Box Collection' Revisited | Robert Hohertz | 5 |
| 'INCORRECT ZIP/BARCODE Obliteration' | Robert Hohertz | 5 |
| The President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 5 |
| "Sections" of the Washington D.C. Dead Letter Office | Jerry Johnson and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| A New Second Earliest Large Pointing Hand | Michael Ludeman | 6 |
| What Does "PUT on 5 cent POSTAGE' Mean? | Dennis Ladd and David Steidley's response | 7 |
| What Does the Handstamp 'F' on this Swissair Cover Mean? | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| The 2017 AMC Board Meeting Minutes | Ralph H. Nafziger | 7 |
| Private Auxiliary Markings on Hollywood Fan Mail: 2016 Update | Regis Hoffman and Thomas J. Richards | 8-11 |
| A New Earliest Large Pointing Hand | Michael Ludeman | 11 |
| A New 'Return to Sender' Methodology | Terence Hines | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| How Were International Dead Letter Office Items Handled? | Jerry Johnson | 1 |
| Those Hidden Inkjet Handstamps! | Andrew J. Burkman | 2 |
| President's Message / Membership Renewal Reminder | Ralph H. Nafziger | 2 |
| What Does 'Put on 5¢ Postage' Mean? | Dennis Ladd | 3 |
| How Did The Letter Ever Get To Its Addressee? | Jerry Johnson | 3 |
| Form 3547 and Bold Letters for Specific Clerks on DLO Return Envelopes | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-6 |
| 'Base Closed" | Dennis Ladd | 7 |
| A New 'Received Unsealed' | Dennis Ladd | 7 |
| 'NJI&BMC' | Dennis Ladd | 8 |
| Undeliverable Mail to Addressee on a Ship, Including Special Delivery / "Care" | Allan Warren and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Cancellations on Various Uses of Postage Due Stamps, Part 2 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10-11 |
| Insights into U.S. Postal History, 1855-2016, a Review | Allan Warren | 12 |
| Editorial / Membership Renewal Reminder | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| How Incoming Unpaid Registered Foreign Mail was Handled | Tony Wawrukiewicz and Len Piszkiewicz | 1 |
| The Nixie (Nixies) Section / Division Revisited | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| 'New Registry Rates Effective' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| Another Unabomber Form | Merle Farrington | 3 |
| A Rarely Seen Penalized Invalid Use of an Airmail Stamp | Jerry Johnson | 4 |
| A Delightful Forwarded Marking | Jerry Johnson | 4 |
| Return to Sender Marking | Michael Ludeman | 5 |
| Foreign 'Sealed Against Inspection' Printed Matter Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Airmail Forwarding Revisited | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| Penalized Uses of Invalid Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| Inkjet Information Markings on Undeliverable Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz, Doug Quine, Jerry Johnson | 7 |
| Unmailable as Address Inadequate (No Street or House Number Given) | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Is This Really an Australian Concession Postal Rate Cover? | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| Return for Better Address by Fleet Post Office | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| 'Do Not Use This Envelope or Wrapper' Revisited | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| Cancellations on Various Uses of Postage Due Stamps, Part 1 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9-12 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 12 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| The Rating of Parcel Post / C.O.D. Tags | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| 'Supposed to Contain Matter / Prohibited Importation' | Tony Wawrukiewicz and Len Piszkiewicz | 3 |
| Special Delivery to Addressee on a Ship | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| 'Not Known by Postmen / Lower Hutt' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| Unpaid Local Letters at Office of Delivery | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| Forms for Collecting Postage Due on Multiple Items | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| F ('Fast') Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz and Len Piszkiewicz | 6 |
| Blue Label F Pressure Sensitive Package Labels | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| 'No Service to Destination' | Larry Fillion | 7 |
| Correction to 'Request for Better Address' Letter | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| Out-of-Mails Cancelling | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 9 |
| British Navy 'Ministry of Defense' | Hal Vogel | 9 |
| Unibomber Security Measures | Merle Farrington | 9 |
| Two Dead Letters to One Person Returned in a Single Return Envelope | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| 'Unlawful to Remail...', Article Number One | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| 'Unlawful to Remail...', Article Number Two | Gerald Nylander | 11 |
| 'Unlawful to Remail...', Article Number Three | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| 'Received at Seattle, Wash. / Stamps not Cancelled' | Tony Wawrukiewicz, Len Piszkiewicz, and Alfred Carroccio | 12 |
| Rate of Postage on Birth Announcements | Matthew Liebson and Robert Hohertz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Correct Free Remailing from Office of Mailing | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| A Remarkable Military Letter | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Expediting the Movement of a Letter Through the Mail | Douglas Quine | 3 |
| 'Forwarding Order Expired' ('FOE') | Paul Albright | 3 |
| The Pressure-Sensitive Black Label 'U' on "Unzipped" Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-5 |
| Censor Marking or Not | Thomas Richards and Regis Hoffman | 6 |
| A Private Auxiliary Marking | Jerry Johnson | 7 |
| Anti-Theft Markings on Philatelic Agency Covers | Paul Albright | 7 |
| Auxiliary Markings on V-Mail | Jerry Johnson | 8 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 9 |
| How Many Times Does the Postman Ring? | Paul Albright | 9 |
| 'Change of Address Due to Official Orders' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Unusual Address Correction in 1989 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| 'NOT LISTED IN DIRECTORY / SEARCHER NO. 1' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Rate of Postage on Birth Announcements | Matthew Liebson | 11 |
| 'Received at Seattle, Wash. / Stamps Not Cancelled (sic)' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| British Naval 'Modified Official Duty' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Acting Postmaster Handstamp | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Handstamp for Carrier Request for Payment of Postage Due | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Renewals, AMC Election Results, and Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Recent Peelable Labels in Search of a Postal Historian | K. David Steidley | 2 |
| An Early First Day Cover Noted to be 'Without Contents' | Douglas Quine | 3 |
| 'Please Remit' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| Auxiliary Markings on Various Types of Mail - As Discussed in "La Posta" | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-5 |
| Invalid Postage | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6-9 |
| More 'ADDRESS CHANGED OR COMPLETED' - From Chicago | Terence Hines | 9 |
| Short Paid Domestic Special Delivery Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10-11 |
| President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 11 |
| Book Review by Allan Warren: "RETURN TO SENDER Devices Used to Identify Service Suspended During WWII" | Michael Deery | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Unusual Special Delivery Usages | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Crash Covers | Jerry Johnson | 2-5 |
| 'POSTAGE DUE COUNTED,' Only Used In Des Moines, Iowa? | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| A Potpourri of Markings | Dennis Ladd | 6-7 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 7 |
| A Query About a Misspelling | Merle Farrington | 8 |
| Spray-On 'Forward' Marking - Where Did It Come From? | Terence Hines | 8 |
| Another Potpourri of Makings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-9 |
| Queries | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| 'Returned to New York P.O. By "CARE" As Unclaimed (Inquiry Dep't)' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Only Surface International Mail Was Suspended | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Interesting Handling of Canadian Short Paid letter | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Various Labels and Colors Used in Handling Bulk Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Damaged by Fire on Ship | Jerry Johnson | 1 |
| RFD Mark Opens Page of Family History | Paul Albright | 2 |
| Most Polite | K. David Steidley, Ph.D. | 3 |
| 'RTW / UUA / Unable to Forward' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| A Hand with a Maltese Cross | Jerry Johnson | 3 |
| An Interesting Train Wreck / Robbery Cover | Jerry Johnson | 4 |
| An Unusual Dead Letter and Dead Parcel Auxiliary Marking | Thomas Breske | 4 |
| Two Other New 'Deficiency in Address Supplied By' | Terence Hines | 5 |
| An Unusual 'MISSENT' Auxiliary Marking' | Joe Crosby | 5 |
| An 'UNCLAIMED' Fourth-Class Parcel | Norman E. Cohen | 5 |
| Update to 'DEFICIENCY IN ADDRESS SUPPLIED BY (name of the forwarding office' | Scott Steward | 6-7 |
| A Well-Traveled Cover | Jerry Johnson | 8 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 9 |
| Auxiliary Markings Club - Board of Director's Meeting | Ralph H. Nafziger | 9 |
| Confederate State of America Auxiliary Markings - A boob Review | Thomas Breske | 10-11 |
| Dead Letter Branch Return Envelope for Manuscript Due Change | Jerry Johnson | 12 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Dead Letter Office Directory Assistance for a Misaddressed Foreign Letter | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| 'ENTERED' Another Mystery Mark | Thomas Breske | 2 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Surprising Directory Service Supplied by Post Office Department | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| 'DO NOT FORWARD EXCEPT / FOR LOCAL DELIVERY' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| The 1 cent Dead Letter Office Advertising Return Fee | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| 'FORWARD AS ADDRESSED' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| 'NO POST OFFICE NAMED' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Update to 'DEFICIENCY IN ADDRESS SUPPLIED BY (name of the forwarding office)' | Scott Stewart | 6-7 |
| 'RETURNED TO LAST ADDRESS FOR BETTER DIRECTION' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT ORDER 19687' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| Addressing to Compass Number | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 9 |
| Censorship and Its Relationship to the Language of Letters During WWII | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10-11 |
| 'Postage Verified' / 'Postage OK' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| 'RTW / UUA / Unable to Forward' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| The American Family Association - the Harvey Milk Stamp 'REFUSED' and 'RTS' | Doug Quine | 1 |
| Letter Rate Foreign Mail Must be in Envelopes or in Package Form | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Some New Return Envelope Designs, 1933-1949 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| Invalid Postage in the U.S. Domestic and International Mails | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-5 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| 'DEFICIENCY IN ADDRESS SUPPLIED BY (name of forwarding office' | Thomas Breske | 6-10 |
| Language of Letter During WWII | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Vertical Addressing Results in Nonmachinable Postage Surcharge | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Mystery Markings Explained by Michael M. Ludeman | Tony Wawrukiewicz and Michael M. Ludeman | 12 |
| President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Denmark: The Addressee Apparently fled the Country | Alan Warren | 1 |
| The Editorial and a Plea | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 2 |
| Service Suspended | Thierry Delespesse | 3 |
| Mystery Receiving Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| A Plea for a Correct Address | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| The Return of Unmailable and Undeliverable Postal and Post Cards, Revised, Part 1 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5-10 |
| A Plea for a Correct Address | Merle Farrington | 10 |
| Uncanceled Stamp | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Excessive Writing on Address Part of Cards | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11-12 |
| The History of Dead Letter Branches and Their Return Envelopes, 1917-Present | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 13-16 |
Vol. XI, No. 3, Issue No. 43 (July 2014) download issue 43 (OPEN ACCESS)
(another color issue!)
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| The End of RFD Markings | K. David Steidley | 1 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 2 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Undeliverable Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| A Pointing Hand with a Large Letter H in It | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| 'Not at Bureau of Budget' Marking | Dr. Thomas Richards | 4 |
| A Humorous Non-Return Pointing Hand Marking | Terence Hines | 4 |
| An Unusual Censorship Marking | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Mail Delayed By Storm of 1966 | George McGowan | 5 |
| A Twice Remarkable Returned Cover | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| Mail Chute Mutilation | Merle Farrington | 6 |
| The Return of Unmailable and Undeliverable Postal and Post Cards, Part 1 AMENDED | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| 'Undeliverable Mail Addressed to Commercial Mail Receiving Agency' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| 'THE POST / THE BEST CHOICE' | Terence Hines | 2 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Unibomber Induced Markings | Kent Koberstein | 3 |
| Digitized Daily Bulletins May Have Your Answers | Joe H. Crosby | 4 |
| Follow-up of Registered and Special Delivery Markings from Last Newsetter | Merle Farrington | 5 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 5 |
| Screen Writers Guild Auxiliary Markings on Fan Mail | Regis Hoffman and Thomas Richards | 6-7 |
| 'SANITIZED' Mail - What Does It Mean? | Dennis Ladd | 8 |
| 'Opened by parties / unknown by P.M. | Dennis Ladd | 8 |
| AUXILIARY MARKINGS ON R.F.D. MAIL | Gary Hendren | 9-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| A New Special Delivery Auxiliary Marking | Terence Hines | 1 |
| Was It Possible for International Mail to be Sent Free of Charge? | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Interesting Marking Published in the Postal Mechanisation Study Circle Newsletter | - | 3 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 3 |
| Answer to One of John Hotchner's Questions | Bob Leeman | 3 |
| 'Received at __ under cover from Post office at ___, to be forwarded in the mails.' | Charles A. Jones and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| Informal Markings Get Aerogramme to its Destination | Paul Albright | 4 |
| 'Registered' Auxiliary Markings - A Preliminary Survey | Dennis Ladd | 5-12 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Second-Class Matter mailed to APO Addresses in WWII | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 2 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| House of Representatives Marking | Dr. Thomas Richards | 3 |
| The Package is Returned and 'Not for carrier' | Terence Hines | 3 |
| 'Directory Service Given' | Terence Hines | 4 |
| 'Your Box Rent is Due | Matthew Liebson | 4 |
| Back the Boys in the Trenches | Glen Estes and Terence Hines | 5 |
| 'Package Box Collection' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| A Few Question Marks? Member Help Requested | John M. Hotchner | 6-7 |
| Post Card Rate Paying Lip Service | Alan Warren | 7 |
| Auxiliary Marking Labels of Foreign Mail - Part VIII, Dutch East Indies/ Indonesia | Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-9 |
| Auxiliary Marking Labels of Foreign Mail - Part IX, South America | Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Auxiliary Marking Labels of Foreign Mail - Part X, Eastern Europe | Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| 'Called off and not claimed' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 2 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| A Remarkable Explanation of an Item's Return | Robert Thompson | 3 |
| Insufficiently Paid Mail - Received Without Postage Rule | Roland Austin | 4 |
| Auxiliary Markings References in Other Journals | Ralph H. Nafziger | 4 |
| A Train Wreck Ambulance Cover | Joann Lenz | 5 |
| Mail to Puerto Rico That Was 'Missent' | Byron Mitchell | 6-7 |
| Mail RTS Because Service Was Suspended | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-9 |
| 'Returned at Sender's Request' | Merle C. Farrington | 10 |
| A Remarkable 'RETURN TO WRITER' Handstamp/ Obliterator | Merle C. Farrington | 10 |
| An Unusual Service Interrupted Marking | Dennis Ladd | 10 |
| The Cover-up Concocted for Delayed Byrd Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Italian Prisoner of War Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Early Returns of Undeliverable Domestic First-Class Postal Cards | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| The History of the Directory Service and Its Handling of Misaddressed Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| End of One Barcoding Era, Beginning of Another? | Douglas B. Quine | 2 |
| Private Auxiliary Markings on Hollywood Fan Mail: 2013 Update | Regis Hoffman and Thomas J. Richards | 3-5 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| 'RETURN FOR PROPER CARRIER ENDORSEMENT' | Dennis Ladd | 5-6 |
| The 'FORWARDED BY HOTEL COBB' Markings | Joe H. Crosby | 7-8 |
| Delays in Delivering Mails Explained | Dennis Ladd | 8 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 8 |
| An Update of Held For Postage-Related Auxiliary Markings | Thomas Breske | 9-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Recent 'Deceased' Auxiliary Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| The Nixie Sections / Division of the Chicago Mailing Division | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-3 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| Auxiliary Marking Labels on Foreign Mail - Part VII Yugoslavia | Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-5 |
| The 'VOID' and 'VOIDED' Auxiliary Markings | Thomas Breske | 6-9 |
| 'Missent to Pensacola, Florida' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Notice 5 of the USPS Concerning Undersized Mail Pieces | Merle Farrington | 10-12 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| A Remarkable 'Withdrawn from Mails' Cover | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Three Remarkable Covers | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Some Unusual Auxiliary Markings Covers | Ralph H. Nafziger | 3 |
| Maritime Ship Auxilary Markings - Passenger and Crew | Thomas Breske | 4-8 |
| 'NAME IS NOT ON BOX APPLICATION' | Terrance Hines | 8 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 9 |
| 'No Sea Post Aboard' | Thomas Breske | 9 |
| The 'Forwarded by Hotel Adams' Markings | Joe H. Crosby | 10-12 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| New, Interesting Markings | Ralph Nafziger | 1 |
| "What's Falling Out of This letter?" | Richard Martorelli (copyright) | 2-3 |
| THE UNIBOMBER, THE 16 OUNCE (now 13 oz.) RULE AND THE AVSEC UNIT | Richard Martorelli (copyright) | 4-6 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 6 |
| Return to Sender Envelopes from San Francisco | Douglas B. Quine | 7 |
| Cover with 1958 Seattle, Washington Postage Due Auxiliary Marking Sells for $156.00 on Ebay | H.J. Berthelot | 8-9 |
| Plant Quarantine | K. David Steidley, Ph.D. | 9 |
| Forwarding of Mail to Foreign Countries via Surface and Airmail in the 1950s Through the Present Day | Gary Denis and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10-11 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Misaddressed Mexico Registered Mail with Courtesy Label | Paul Albright | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Certain Nondenominated Stamps are Not Allowed in the International Mails | Robert Thompson | 1 |
| 'NO SUCH OFFICE IN STATE NAMED' - Where was Marking Applied? | Terrance Hines | 2 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Unmailable Private "Postal Cards" | Jerry Johnson | 3 |
| Auxiliary Marking Labels on Foreign Mail - Part VI, Italy | Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-7 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 7 |
| Typed Auxiliary Marking Labels of the 1970s and Early 1980s | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-12 |
| Free Airmail Forwarding Out of Country - Nondenominated Item Use | Terrance Hines | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Picture Post Card, 'RETURN TO SENDER,' Not Allowed into Mails to Germany | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Editorial - Please Renew Early | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Pre-World War II Invasion Cover with an Obscure Marking | Charles A. Jones | 2 |
| A Fancy 'MISSENT' Marking | Ginny Nightingale | 3 |
| Circular Matter to A.P.O.s Prohibited in the Mails | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| President's Message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 3 |
| Hotel Auxiliary Markings | Tom Breske | 4-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Damaged by Train 13 | Don Tocher | 1 |
| President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 2 |
| "Return to Sender: Devices Used to Identify Service Suspended Mails During WWI" | review by Alan Warren | 2 |
| 'Get all that's coming to you' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| The U.S. PO Department Used to Care and a Story | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| 'No Such Office in State Named' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| 'Miscellaneous Special Delivery Handstamps | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Please, Not Faster Service! | David L. Straight | 6 |
| 'HELD FOR BETTER DIRECTIONS.' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| 'FORWARD AS ADDRESSED' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
Non-denominated "A" - "G" Definitive Stamps
[this link downloads the latest version of the article in PDF format] | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-16 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| A Rural Free Delivery (RFD) Handstamp Marking | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 2 |
| Recall of Mail Before Delivery | Michael Ludeman | 3 |
| Chicago General Delivery at the Turn of the Twentieth Century | Leonard Piszkiewicz | 4-8 |
| Another Interesting Returned Cover | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Star Routes Revisited | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Rewrapped at the Chicago Post Office | Leonard Piszkiewicz | 10 |
| Fort Worth, Texas Dead Letter Office Section Markings | Michael Ludeman | 11-12 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| A Bilingual Label from Lebanon | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Seals (e.g. Christmas) on Covers | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-3 |
| The President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 3 |
| Auxiliary Markings on 6¢ Transport Military Mail | Steve B. Davis | 4 |
| 'Damaged in Handling' by USPS | Mike Ludeman and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-6 |
| Star Route Auxiliary Marking | Joe H. Crosby | 7 |
| Star Routes Explained | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Basic Special Delivery Markings | Dennis Ladd | 8-9 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| 'TEST' Mystery Solved | Thomas Breske | 10-11 |
| The Search for Bem (?) Olmstead | Norman Elrod | 12 |
| 'Removed' | Jerry Johnson | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| The Entire Demurrage Marking | Thomas Breske | 1 |
| A Military Machine Cancel | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| 'Residence not in Carrier's Delivery District' | Michael Ludeman | 2 |
| A Strange Marking on a Stranger Cover | Terence Hines | 3 |
| An All-Purpose Disaster Marking | Robert Markovits | 3 |
| RTS of Item Used in Legal Proceedings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| 'Withdrawn from mail at sender's request' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| Damaged by Fire and Water | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| President's message | Ralph H. Nafziger | 6 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| Held For Postage | Norm Pence, Tom Breske, Michael Ludeman and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Early Returned Printed Matter | Jerry Johnson | 1 |
| Private Auxiliary Marks on Hollywood Fan Mail - the first AMC-produced monograph | Regis Hoffman and Thomas Richards | 2 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| The President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 3 |
| Ladies' and Gents' General Delivery | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| Auxiliary Marking Labels on Foreign Mail - Part V, Hungary | Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-5 |
| Special Delivery Inventory | Tom Breske | 6-10 |
| An Early Airmail Handstamp for Continental Airmail Service | Mathew Liebson | 11 |
| When at First You Don't Succeed, Try Again | Ralph H. Nafziger | 11 |
| The Return to Sender Process, an Exhibit in Progress | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| The USPS Does Try to Go the Extra Mile | Michael Ludeman | 1 |
| 'MAIL REPAIR' | Michael Ludeman | 2 |
| Conserving a Firm's Resources | Ralph Nafziger | 2 |
| An Austrian Bilingual Label Used in the Levant | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| The President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 3 |
| Special Delivery, a More Complete Story of its Auxiliary Markings | Robert L. Markovitz and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-9 |
| Return to Sender Service / Suspended WWII Machine Cancel | Michael Deery | 10-12 |
| When at First You Don't Succeed, Try Again | Ralph Nafziger | 12 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| A Variation on a 'Shedded' Handstamp | Joe Crosby | 1 |
| Various Auxiliary Markings | Gary Denis, PhD | 2 |
| Current British Return to Sender Markings | Terence Hines | 3 |
| Old Friends and Some New Guys on the Block | Paul Albright | 4-5 |
| What is an Auxiliary Marking? | L. Steve Edmundson | 5 |
| Those 'Held for Postage" Markings Just Keep On Coming | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6-7 |
| Auxiliary Marking Labels on Foreign Mail - Part IVc, Germany | Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-10 |
| Interesting Cause for Mail Delivery Delay | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| The President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 11 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11-12 |
| The "Demurrage" Marking Incorrectly Used | Ralph Spenser Poore and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| 'Deceased" Oops | Paul Albright | 12 |
Supplementary material: 'Held for Postage' Mail Auxiliary Markings study group PDF file (April 2010)
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Why I collect Return to Sender Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Surtaxed II | K. David Steidley, PhD | 2-3 |
| Still More Unusual Special Delivery Markings | Robert L. Markovitz | 4-6 |
| A 'Shedded' Stamp | Dennis Ladd | 7 |
| The President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 7 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Auxiliary Marking Labels on Foreign Mail - Part IVb, Germany | Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| A New EKU for the Dot Matrix Computer Generated Tags | Rick Lokos | 1 |
| Postmaster General's Order of May 19, 1883 | Tom Breske | 2-3 |
| Extra Special Special Delivery | Tom Breske | 4 |
| Big Enough for a Check- but not for a Postal Money Order! | L. Steve Edmundson | 5 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Bay of Pigs Aftermath - Tractors for Freedom Committee | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6-7 |
| The President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 7 |
| 'DO RUN THROUGH A CANC. MAC.' | Robert L. Markovitz | 7 |
| Auxiliary Marking Labels on Foreign Mail - Part IVa, Germany | Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-10 |
| Night Air Mail | Jerry Johnson | 11 |
| Fist | Dennis Ladd | 12 |
| A Local Letter Given No Directory Service | Ellen Peachy | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| 'DAMAGED IN HANDLING IN THE POSTAL SERVICE' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Return to Sender Mail - the Early Years, Continued | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-4 |
| Auxiliary Markings Labels on Foreign Mail - Part III, Czechoslovakia | Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5-7 |
| Barcoded Missents | Anonymous and Douglas Quine | 7 |
| A Not-So-Ordinary Letter from the U.S. to Mexico | Sheryll Reucker | 8 |
| Unmailable and Obscene? | Ted Wassam | 8 |
| 'Surtaxed' | John Hotchner | 9 |
| The President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 9, 12 |
| A Few More Prison-Related Auxiliary Markings | Rob Washburn | 10 |
| 'Test' | Merle Farrington | 11 |
| A Local Cover Given No Directory Service | Ralph Nafziger | 11 |
| T for Tax (by Richard Peck and Colin Salt) and U for Underpaid (by Colin Salt) reviewed | David McNamee | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| 'REBUT' | Michael Meade and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| The President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 2 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Those Clock-Face Receiving Messages | Albert Aldam | 3 |
| Auxiliary Markings Labels on Foreign Mail - Part II, Belgium | Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-8 |
| Stamp Impressions from Stamps from 1950s - 1960s Post Office | Ralph Nafziger and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-9 |
| Auxiliary Markins Stamp Impressions for Carlisle PO 1946-7 | Michael Ludeman | 10-12 |
| Hmmm? | Dennis Ladd and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Obscene Mail | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Auxiliary Markings Labels on Foreign Mail - Part I, Austria | Michael Mead | 2-4 |
| Labels for Two-Tiered Postal Systems | Davis J. Simmons | 5-9 |
| Return to Sender Mail, the Beginnings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Disputed Mail | David L. Straight | 10-11 |
| 'Mail Trained' | John Hotchner | 11 |
| The President's Message | Ralph Nafziger | 12 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| The Background on the Liberty Bonds Handstamp | Michael Ludeman | 1 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| A New Clock-Faced Marking? | Chris Masters | 2 |
| The President's Message | Ralph Nafzinger | 2 |
| Special Delivery Markings... When specific is better - not all regulations are meant to be followed exactly | Robert L. Markovitz | 3 |
| An Apparently Ordinary Cover That Isn't | Raymond Chaon and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| 50% Reduction of International Printed Matter Rates, a New Rate? | David Simmons | 5-7 |
| A Few More Thoughts on 'Correct' Handstamps | Chris Masters | 8 |
| A Multi-faceted 'Returned for additional postage' | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Can Domestic Bulk Mail be Mailed Internationally? | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Collecting the Special Delivery Fee | David L. Straight | 10 |
| Mail in 'Dispute' | David L. Straight, Leonard Piszkiewicz, and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| A Personalized Auxiliary Marking | Paul Albright | 11 |
| Return to Sender Mail from Southern Connecticut, Part 2 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| An Attractive 1895 Pointing Hand | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Short Paid Mail and Inaccurately Franked U. S. Mail from 1974-5 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-3 |
| Inclement Weather in Southern California | Dennis Ladd | 3 |
| Is This Star an Auxiliary Marking? | Paul Albright | 3 |
| Late Arrival Mail and Related Auxiliary Marks | Thomas Breske | 4-5 |
| Yet Another Type of Late Arrival Auxiliary Mark | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Bilingual and Trilingual Marks from South Africa | Thomas Breske | 6-7 |
| Mail Matter for the Blind and Physically Handicapped | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-9 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Collecting the Special Delivery Fee | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10-12 |
| Machine Cancels - Return to Sender Mail from Southern Connecticut | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Which Way am I Going? | Jim Kotanchik | 1 |
| Country Name Handstamps | Mike Ludeman | 2-3 |
| Pointing Hand Samples | Jim Kotanchik | 4 |
| More Short Paid Mail to Canada | Jerry Johnson | 4 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4-5 |
| One Last Look at 'Held For Postage' Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5-12 |
| New Members and Member Resignations | | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| A USPOD Handstamped Advertising Marking | Terrance Hines | 1 |
| 'Letter Returned by Carrier' | Jim Kotanchik | 2-3 |
| 'Wqnruckj Trspnkigg'= Undecipherable | Jim Kotanchik | 3 |
| Different ways to Find Someone - 2 | Alan Warren | 4 |
| Different ways to Find Someone - 3 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| 'Spanish Language' Auxiliary Marking | Zeb Vance | 5 |
| Received in Damaged Condition | Douglas Quine | 5 |
| Personal Service and a Smiley Face | Paul Albright | 6 |
| Smiley Face Redux | Doug Merenda | 6 |
| And Three | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| 'Personal Receipt Demanded' | Floyd Knell | 8 |
| Further 'Held For Postage' Related Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| 1898 Hotel Pointing Hand: Forwarded and Returned to Writer | Steve Davis | 1 |
| Hand Drawn Pointing Fingers | Tom Breske | 2-4 |
| An Early Hand Drawn Pointing Finger | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| President's Message | Nancy Clark | 5 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Different Ways to Find Someone | Gerald Nylander | 6 |
| The Post Office Means Business | Gerald Nylander | 6 |
| "Damaged in the Mail" Marks Provide a Range of Information | Paul Albright | 7 |
| Two Unusual Auxiliary Markings | Paul Albright | 7 |
| Prisoner Mail - Auxiliary Markings, Part 3 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-11 |
| Pointing Hand From South Africa Dead Letter Office | Steve Davis | 12 |
| It's a Strange World | Floyd Knell | 12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| CORRECT Markings Are Also Known on Cover | Joe Crosby | 1 |
| Held For Postage - More Input | Tom Breske | 2-5 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| Held For Postage | Terrance Hines | 6 |
| Hands Reaching Out from Across the World | Ted Wassam | 7 |
| Prisoner Mail - Massachusetts' Reformatory | Joe Crosby | 8 |
| Auxiliary Markings As Cancel? | Terrance Hines | 8 |
| A Small Puzzle Solved | David L. Straight | 9 |
| Forwarding Out of the Country Is Now Free | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| U.S. Short Paid Mail to Canada, 1975-2000 | David Allan Cooper, Sr. and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10-11 |
| An Unusual Auxiliary Marking | Douglas Quine | 11 |
| Uncommon Pointing Hands | Frank E. Moertl | 11 |
| Auxiliary Markings from Mailing Last Newsletter | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| An Insured First Day Cover | Ralph Nafzinger | 12 |
| A FDC Forwarded through Polish Forces in England | Ralph Nafzinger | 12 |
| "Exceptional Address Format" Auxiliary, First Report | Douglas Quine | 13 |
| Central Amer. & Caribbean Mail-Auxiliary Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 14 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Due Mail to Germany | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Damaging Language | David L. Straight | 3 |
| Missing Lines - Auxiliary Markings on PO Form 1550 | David L. Straight | 4-6 |
| Summer Seminar Announcement | | 6 |
| English Language Auxiliary Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Prisoner Mail - Auxiliary Markings, Part 2 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8-14 |
| Proper International Addresses - IMM Reference | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 14 |
| An Auxiliary Marking Iin German | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 14 |
Vol. IV, No. 1, Issue No. 13 (January 2007) download issue 13 (open access to all)
(printed black and white but download in color!)
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Does It Really Matter? | Joe Crosby | 1 |
| Prisoner Mail - Auxiliary Markings, Part 1 | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2-8 |
| Annual Meeting Announcement | Alan Warren | 8 |
| An "Indefinite" Cover | Jerry Johnson | 9 |
| Insufficient Payment for Special Delivery Service | David Allan Cooper, Sr. | 9 |
| An Unusual Pointing Hand | Michael Ludeman | 10 |
| Use of "OUT on General Delivery Mail at El Paso, TX | Michael Ludeman | 10-11 |
| Non-Machinable | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| Editorial, Renewal Notice | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
| The Misuse of Third-Class Mail | Norman E. Cohen | 12-13 |
| Canadian Embargo Mail | David Allan Cooper, Sr. and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 14 |
Vol. III, No. 4, Issue No. 12 (October 2006) download issue 12 (open access to all)
(printed black and white but download in color!)
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Please! Send it back to me if not deliverable | Christopher J. Masters | 1 |
| Held for Postage Mail - The Auxiliary Markings | David L. Straight | 2-8 |
| 1/2 Cent Postage Due | Christopher J. Masters | 8 |
| Bilingual Canadian Printed Auxiliary Marking | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Forgery and Fantasy | Christopher J. Masters | 10 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Auxiliary Markings Overkill | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11 |
| A Painted Hand | Christopher J. Masters | 12 |
| A Late Advertised Letter | Christopher J. Masters and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 12 |
Supplementary material: 'Held for Postage' Mail Auxiliary Markings study group PDF file (April 2010)
Vol. III, No. 3, Issue No. 11 (July 2006) download issue 11 (open access to all)
(printed black and white but download in color!)
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| AMC President Message | Nancy B. Clark | 1 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| More Handstamps of the Grand Rapids Post Office | Bob Leeman | 2-6 |
| Auxiliary Markings on Washington Irving Covers | Gary Denis | 7-8 |
| An Unusual "Contents May Be Opened" Marking | Henry Wilhelmi | 8 |
| "Card Cabinet" Auxiliary Marking | Frank Moertl | 9 |
| New Members and Reinstated Members | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9 |
| Revenue Protection | Michael M. Ludeman | 10 |
| Big Pointing Hands from Canada and Down Under | Frank Moertl and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Pre-Inked Small Carrier Handstamps For Sale | Bob Leeman | 11-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Automating the Mail Forwarding Process | Michael M. Ludeman | 2-6 |
| PDF ON-LINE: "Automating the Mail Forwarding Process" | Michael M. Ludeman | on-line |
| Prohibited Forwarding | Jerry Johnson | 7 |
| Two Interesting Auxiliary Markings | Paul Albright | 7 |
| My Hand's Bigger than Your Hand! | Floyd Knell and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| First Day Cover Delay | Rob Washburn | 8 |
| A Polite Pointing Hand | James H. Hayes | 8 |
| An Explosion Cover | James H. Hayes | 8 |
| International Return to Sender Labels | Floyd Knell | 9 |
| A Question | Michael Cherrington | 9 |
| Membership Resignations - New Members | Jerry Johnson, Secretary | 9 |
| World's Most Damaged Cover | David Allan Cooper, Sr. | 10 |
| EKU for an Auxiliary Marking | David Straight | 10 |
| Pre-Inked Large Carrier Stamps for Sale | Bob Leeman and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 11-14 |
Cooperative information sharing with International Machine Cancel Society:
PDF download copy of Michael Ludeman's 28 page
A New Type of "Return to Sender" Endorsement Created By Ink Jet Printer Technology
Part 1: Texas P&DCs"
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| AMC President Message | Nancy B. Clark | 1 |
| Returned To Sender 2005: No Mail Receptacle | Douglas B. Quine | 2-7 |
| PDF ON-LINE only: "No Mail Receptacle" article with full color figures | Douglas B. Quine | on-line |
| PDF ON-LINE only: "Appendix A" full color with unpublished examples | Douglas B. Quine | on-line |
| RAMP H.F.P. | Jerry Johnson | 7 |
| German Postal Checking Money Transfer Order | Ingeburg Fisher | 8 |
| Open Panel Envelopes and International Mail | Frank Lueck | 8 |
| Design Features of Pointing Hands | Jerry Johnson | 9 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 9-10 |
| How Does the USPS Handle Mail that May be Addressed to a Non-existent Person? | Bob Leeman | 10 |
| Some Thoughts about Eliot Landau's Article in the October 2005 Auxiliary Markings | Bob Leeman | 11 |
| Multi-Reason Handstamps | Bob Leeman | 11-12 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| AMC President Message | Nancy B. Clark | 1 |
| Unused or Reused, That is the Question | Eliot Landau | 2 |
| Hollywood Fan Mail Private Auxiliary Markings | Regis Hoffman | 3 |
| Auxiliary Markings on Tasmanian Registered Mail: Part I - Taxed and Underpaid Registration | David McNamee | 4-5 |
| Catcher Missed the Mail Bag!? | Gary G. Hendron | 5 |
| Small Cover - Big Questions | Henry Wilhelmi | 6 |
| The Second Type of Computer Generated Label | Bernie Moening | 6 |
| Returned for Better Address/Directions or Returned to Sender | Leonard Piszkiewicz, Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| Story on "Miscellaneous Label" | H.J. Berthelot | 7 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7-9 |
| Received under cover | Michael Ludeman | 9 |
| Released to the Homeland | Floyd Knell | 9 |
| Backward Forwarding | Henry Wilhelmi | 10 |
| Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (new entries) | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 10 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| AMC President Message | Nancy B. Clark | 1 |
| List of Office Supplies (Auxiliary Marking Handstamps) Available from POD, 190? - 1930's | Tony Wawrukiewicz, David L. Straight | 2-4 |
| Returned for Better Address/Directions or Returned to Sender | Leonard Piszkiewicz, Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Contemporary Handstamp Auxiliary Markings of Portland, Oregon | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6-7 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (new entries) | Nancy B. Clark | 8 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| U.S. Auxiliary Markings on International Mail | Paul Albright | 1 |
| AMC President Message | Nancy B. Clark | 2 |
| The Big Cheese | Merle Farrington | 2 |
| Dog Team Mail | Alan Warren | 2 |
| Machine Postmark Pointing Hands: Atlanta, GA | Nancy B. Clark | 3 |
| Mail Dispatched | David L. Straight | 4 |
| The Lucky Counterfeiter | David L. Straight | 5 |
| Return to Sender from Baja, California (Mexico) | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Spray Cancel Auxiliary Markings | Nancy Clark, Michael M. Ludeman, Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6-7 |
| Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (updated) | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| AMC President Message | Nancy B. Clark | 1 |
| Great Auxiliary Marking... if only | Gerald Nylander | 1 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| Canadian Pacific Express, Uncalled For and Undeliverable Notices | David Allan Cooper, Sr. | 2-3 |
| Auxiliary Markings on First Day Covers | Ralph Nafziger | 4-5 |
| Return to Sender / Writer Hands on Military Mail | George Cosentini and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6-8 |
| Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (updated) | Tony Wawrukiewicz |
8 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| The Weeping Woman | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Officers and Contacts | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| AMC President Message | Nancy B. Clark | 2 |
| All the Contemporary Handstamped Auxiliary Markings of Grand Rapids Michigan | Douglas Quine | 2-3 |
| Some Thoughts on a Classification Scheme for Auxiliary Markings - Part 2 | (anonymous) | 4-5 |
| "Too Late" Markings - Boer Republics and their Colonial Counterparts | Tim Bartshe | 6-7 |
| Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (updated) | Tony Wawrukiewicz |
8 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Suspicious Mail | Michael D. Cherrington | 1 |
| Officers and Contacts | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| AMC President Message | Nancy B. Clark | 2 |
| Mainly from Our Friends up North | Dave Allan Cooper, Sr. | 3 |
| Machine Cancel Service Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz with Mike Ellingson | 4 |
| Some Thoughts on a Classification Scheme for Auxiliary Markings - Part 1 | (anonymous) | 5-6 |
| Editorial (Ropex 2004 Awards) | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| The French Disconnection | W.C. Royall, Jr. | 7 |
| A New Service of the AMC, Exhibit Copies | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (updated) | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 8 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| The Espionage Act of WW I | James H. Hayes | 1 |
| You Light Up My Life | Joe Crosby | 1 |
| Officers and Contacts | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| AMC President Message | Nancy B. Clark | 2 |
| There are Myriad Markings Out There | Jerry Johnson | 2 |
| To the Editor: Foreign and Manuscript Aux. Markings | Alan Warren | 3 |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 3 |
| What was the Source of Some Early Handstamps? | Leonard Piszkiewicz and Tony Wawrukiewicz | 4 |
| The Pointing Finger, Common but Scarce | Charles A. Fricke | 5 |
| The Weighted Standard A (Third-Class) Undeliverable Mail/Address Correction Fee | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 - 7 |
| Announcements | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (updating) | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 - 8 |
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
| Editorial | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 1 |
| Officers and contacts | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 2 |
| AMC President Message | Nancy B. Clark | 2 |
| Modern Postal Use of Labels | Nancy B. Clark | 2 - 5 |
| Another Possible Approach | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 5 |
| Lie For Me; No One Will Ever Know | Paul Albright | 6 |
| A Challenge | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| Earliest Known Usages | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 6 |
| First Annual Meeting | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Our Web Site | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 |
| Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings | Tony Wawrukiewicz | 7 - 8 |
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