MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY Bulletins for 2001
Choose... Home Publications Collecting Application Links Featured Cover Examples Auction Officers Current Bulletin Inquiries to: Ed Dubin P.O Box 586 Belleville, MI 48112 email Updated: 8 March 2002	WINTER 2001 - Vol 40 No 1 ORIGINS AND POSTAL HISTORY OF FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS In this issue of the MPHS Bulletin the lead article extensively discusses the Origins and Postal History of Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Other articles in this issue are: APO/FPO Openings/Closings Early V-Mail from Australia Free French S.A.S. Kosova Postage Stamps Let 'Er Buck! The Little-Known PEF Philatelic Militaria The issue includes a number of news columns, several BOOK REVIEWS, show reports, and articles of current Society business news. Unfortunately there is no auction with this issue. SPRING 2001 - Vol 40 No 2 THE HEADQUARTERS OF FRANCO IN SALAMANCA 1936-39 In this issue Jesus Garcia Sanchez tells us about the post office at Franco's headquarters during the Spanish Civil War. His research in the Spanish archives. for example, has uncovered an interesting memo from Franco ordering the censorship office to stop reading the Generalissimo's personal mail! Other articles in this issue are: A.E.F. Updates APO/FPO Openings/Closings Auction Sale #165 Bulgarian Occupation of Romania WWI Friday the Thirteenth M/V Gripsholm Revisited Philatelic Militaria Scenes of the A.E.F. The issue includes a number of news columns, Classified Ads, show reports, and articles of current Society business news. SUMMER 2001 -Vol 40 No 3 CAPTURE MAIL OF AMERICAN POWs DURING WW II ... Dear Mom, I am Now a Prisoner of War In this issue Kurt Stauffer write about the mail from the 10,000 Americans who were captured by the Germans and their allies. Kurt has done research on the prisoners whose mail he illustrates and this adds to the story behind these POW cards and covers. Other articles in this issue are: Obituary for Theo Van Dam, 1916-2001 New 'APO' Book Ready A Dark Image APO/FPO Openings/Closings Auction Sale #166 French Patriotic Covers WWI A V-Mail Movie Prop Philatelic Militaria The issue includes a number of news columns, Book Reviews, Classified Ads, show reports, and articles of current Society business news. FALL 2001 - Vol 40 No 4 THE U.S. INTERVENTION IN NORTHERN MEXICO 1916-1917 Al Kugel writes about mail used during the pursuit of Pancho Villa and the securing of the U.S./Mexico border as well as the first American Military Airmail Service that took place during this time. Self-censored PS envelope sent by an officer via Columbus "Very Low Altitude" (V.L.A.) balloons during training on postcard from Camp Tyson Other articles in this issue are: Barrage Balloon Training at Camp Tyson, TN A Belgian Refugee in England MPHS By-Laws Revised APO/FPO Openings/Closings Auction Sale #167 Postal Censorship and Control in Cameroun, 1939 Send in the PT-Boats! Philatelic Militaria Slow Boat to France The issue includes a number of news columns, Classified Ads, show reports, and articles of current Society business news. Past issues of the Bulletin as well as the index of the War Covers Club and MPHS Bulletin from 1937 to 2004 are available.
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