Opinions II: Philatelic Expertizing – An Inside View
Edited by Elizabeth C. Pope
Published by The Philatelic Foundation, New York, N.Y., 1984
Table of Contents:
Preface by Elliott H. Coulter – 1
Introduction by Elizabeth C. Pope – 2
Gum: Original or Not? by Peter A. Robertson – 4
How Do We Expertize a Possibly Unique Cover? by William T. Crowe – 13
A Suspect Cover by Philip T. Wall – 16
Treasure or An Ancient Fraud? by Frank Mandel – 19
A Remarkable Route by Susan M. McDonald – 27
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly by Jon W. Rose – 30
Is This a Fake Overprint? by Stanley Piller – 35
Limited Varieties, Limitless Alterations by Earl Oakley – 38
A Reconsidered Opinion by Falk Finkelberg – 41
A Bisect that Crossed the Border by Susan M. McDonald – 43
The Chicago Perforation by Victor B. Krievins – 46
A Little Digging Often is Necessary by Gene Reed – 49
At Times the Rules are Reversed by Thomas J. Alexander – 52
Visual Comparison by Scott R. Trepel -56
Research as an Expertizing Tool by Richard B. Graham -63
A Madeira Mistake by Elliott H. Coulter – 70
Identifying Ungrilled 1869 Stamps by Henry S. Stollnitz -72
Analyzing Caribbean Area Covers from the U.S., with Adhesives by Scott Gallagher – 74
Off the Beaten Path by Clyde Jennings – 84
First Day Covers That Aren’t by Pat and Ed Siskin – 87
Determining the Genuineness of United States “A.E.F.” Booklet Panes by Richard F. Larkin – 99
U.S. Scott #539 2c Type II Coil Waste, Perf. 11×10 by George W. Brett – 114
Rare or Common? by Brian LaVane – 128
A Dissenting Opinion by Philip Silver – 132
Unraveling Some of the Mystery in Postage Dues by Lewis Kaufman – 137
A Mortgage Foreclosure by Brian M. Bleckwenn – 141
A China Combination Cover by Carl A. Kilgas – 144
The Little Stamp that Missed the Boat by Richard Schwartz – 146
A Pony Tale by Marc Haas – 150
Those Tandler Covers: Guilt by Association by David L. Jarrett – 153
A Matter of Location by Peter W.W. Powell – 161
Real or Reprint? by Tony L. Crumbley and Brian M. Green – 166
Forwarded by Substitution by Brian M. Green – 176
Paper Profits by Ernest A. Kehr – 182
The Continuing Search: Postal Forgery by Timothy A. Holmes – 186
X-Ray and Example, India: The 4 Anna Issue of 1854 with a Double Frame by Robert P. Odenweller – 191
A Study in Overprints by Richard M. Stevens – 197
A Spurious Danish West Indies Stamp by Michael Laurence – 203
Expertizing Egypt by Ernest A. Kehr – 205
Identifying Genuine Hot Air by Ernst M. Cohn – 209
What’s In A Name? by John Lievsay – 218
Fakes and Forgeries by Seymour Banchik – 222
Expertizing Japan by Michael Ruggiero – 226