Edited by Elizabeth C. Pope
Published by The Philatelic Foundation, New York, N.Y., 1987
Table of Contents:
Introduction by Elizabeth C. Pope – i
Preface by William H. Miller, Jr. – ii
Paper Conservation Techniques and Detection by Frank Mandel – 3
Something is Wrong by Philip T. Wall – 39
An Important Change in Philatelic Foundation Policy by Jerome S. Wagshal – 42
Colorado Express Forgeries by David L. Jarrett – 61
Is It a 12c 1851, 1859 or 1875? by Stanley M. Piller – 69
Some Fakes Never Die by William T. Crowe – 73
Perfection Re-examined by C.W. Bert Christian – 77
From A Known Correspondence by William T. Crowe – 82
The Recognition of Two Major Types of The Z Grill by Jerome S. Wagshal – 87
A Disappointing Date by Michael Laurence – 98
Right Mark + Wrong Color = Fake by Henry S. Stollnitz – 101
Expertizing Pictorial Re-issues on Cover by Elliott H. Coulter – 104
A Comedy of Errors by Peter A. Robertson – 110
Here We Go Again! by Clyde Jennings – 116
A Non-Problem Stamp by George W. Brett – 119
But Is It A Booklet Pane? by Richard F. Larkin – 127
A Magnificent Pair by William T. Crowe – 135
The First U.S. Airmail Booklet by Louis K. Robbins – 139
The Date Makes the Difference by Tony L. Crumbley – 143
A Genuine Unusage by George Tyson – 147
The Case of the Shrinking Patient by Brian M. Green – 151
On Second Thought by Richard Schwartz – 155
Correcting An Old Opinion by Peter A. Robertson – 161
The Use of Plating to Expertize Hawaiian Provisionals by Wallace R. Beardsley – 166
Fake Bulgarian Covers by Richard M. Stevens – 189
A Tale Worth The Telling by Carl A. Kilgas – 197
Fiji Imperforate Varieties by Timothy A. Holmes – 201
“Ex So-and-so” Is Not Enough by Ernst M. Cohn – 207
Could Be by John Lievsay – 215
Haiti 176 Visited…And Revisted by F. Burton Sellers– 218
A Closer Look Was Needed by Michael E. Ruggiero – 224
A Philatelic Resurrection by Robert P. Odenweller – 229
The 1934, 1937 Vatican Provisionals by Ernest A. Kehr – 232
Index – 237
Acknowledgements by John F. Dunn – 243