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The Honey Lake Waterfowl Stamps
by David R. Torre, ARA 227.1MB Introduction Following the federal waterfowl stamps, the two most popular series of waterfowl stamps among longtime collectors are undoubtedly those issued by California for Honey Lake and the Illinois Daily Usage stamps. The Honey Lake stamps are non-pictorial, while the Daily Usage stamps may be liberally described as…
Read MoreThe Fish and Game Stamps of Marion County, Kansas
by David R. Torre, ARA 275.5MB Introduction The non-pictorial stamps issued by Marion County, Kansas, have long held a fascination for advanced collectors and students of fish and game stamps. Over fifty years ago it was first reported that Marion County might have issued the first local fish and game stamps in the…
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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