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Fish and Game Stamps of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
by David R. Torre, ARA 60.8MB Introduction Information about stamps issued by Indian Reservations in South Dakota was first published in revenue publications in the early 1960s (see Figure 1). Since then, a relatively small group of state revenue and fish and game collectors have avidly pursued these paper artifacts.…
Read MoreE. L. Vanderford: 1913-1994
by David R. Torre, ARA 142MB Introduction Fish and game philately lost one of its most prominent collectors during September of 1994. Elmore Vanderford passed away in his sleep at his long-time residence in Sacramento, California. Known better as E. L. Vanderford or simply “Van” in philatelic circles, he had suffered from a variety…
Read MoreThe No Fee Fish and Game Stamps of California
by David R. Torre, ARA 435.2MB Introduction An overprint on a stamp frequently stimulates special interest on the part of collectors. The overprint, be it rubber-stamped or printed, is an additional element to be appreciated and studied. Typesetting varieties may be discovered and in examples derived from a rubber stamp in particular,…
Read MoreThe Illinois Daily Usage Stamps
by David R. Torre, ARA 198.4 MB Introduction The purpose of this article, the second of two discussing the stamps used on waterfowl management areas in California and Illinois, is to tell the story of the Illinois Daily Usage stamps. In Illinois, as in California, a number of such areas were developed…
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