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Scott 331A Booklet pane type vertical watermark Double line.  This all so has a partial transfer on the reverse.

Scott 335 pair,U436 El paso Fancy cancel  Registered letter 13 cent rate, Goodwine Indiana Dec 28 1918.Because of the color and the date this could be and of the  three types 335,361 or 378. the only way to really find out is to send it to the APS. Its likely 335 but it was used in 1908, 378 was used in 1911 single line watermark, 361 was used in 1909. i could remove them and check the water mark but both 335 and 361 have a double line watermark only the 378 has a single line watermark? So Do I take a chance and send it in? The cost is about fifty dollars. Or a thousand dollars if its 361. I've ruled out Scott 378 I found one and placed it on top off the pair. Looking at the paper color difference I might send it in to APS.

Scott 527  offset print perf 11 type v Philadelphia 1920 Nov1

Rutland Rail Road act of 1917 U.S. War Revenue Act of 1917.

Study of 1 cent U.S. stamps Double click on picture to read You might want to print it out.

Richard Weigand told a very entertaining tale about Rowland Hill and the birth of the modern postal system today. Unfortunately, we were missing four participants due to vacations and illness. But - the very small size of the group gave a participant who is not a seasoned collector lots of time to ask questions. Richard is both patient and interesting when he provides answers. He says it’s the inner minister coming through

A very seasoned collector was wowed by Richard’s explanation of the imagery on the George V Seahorses stamps. “So much propaganda packed into a little piece of paper!” This was a great advertisement for our study groups!

So many stamps … so many possible stories for future sessions of this program!

Our week 4 presenters were Debbie and Roy Lingen. Debbie brought her very impressive Queen Victoria display. It went very well with the topic of Roy’s presentation - Collecting Stamps to Fit Your Mojo. 

Roy talked about collecting options, including one stamp for each design instead of 43 varieties of the same stamp, and variations of the one stamp per country album. At one point he did shatter the expectations of one person when he said their Canadian collectible stamps were worth their face value if used as postage!

We were very grateful to have Roy and Debbie make the trip down to Reddendale from the wild northern hinterland of Verona 

It is very interesting to see some participants remembering parts of past presentations and linking them with the current week. That happened again in week 5. 

The presenters are doing a wonderful job of “selling” the club!

I thought why not write David Suzuki  By my  surprise he wrote me back.

Exhibits From Frajola Site

The  Three Collinsville Axes https://www.philamercury.com/board.php Exhibits> https://www.rfrajola.com/exhibits.htm