MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY Bulletin for 2002

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WINTER 2002 - Vol 41 No 1 THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST SLOVAKIAN REPUBLIC - 1939 Al Kugel writes about the granting of greater autonomy to the Slovak lands during the Munich Conference in 1938 and the subsequent issues of overprinted and regular stamps to indicate the co-equal status with the Czech portion of the previously Austro-Hungarian lands that had only obtained their independence twenty years before. Special stamps & postmark for first Independent Slovakian parliament's meeting Other articles in this issue are: Afghanistanism APO/FPO Openings/Closings German POW in Soviet Camps Liberty for All Lonely Survivor Auction Sale #168 Polish Army Camp of Canada, W.W.I Philatelic Militaria Stars and Strife W.W.II Lost Parachute Mail Iceland The issue includes a number of news columns, Classified Ads, several book reviews, show reports, and articles of current Society business news. SPRING 2002 - Vol 41 No 2 ENDURING FREEDOM Dave Kent writes about the ongoing struggle against worldwide terrorism during which examples of military postal history are proving exceedinly scarce because to the extensive use of email as the preferred medium of communication by military personnel. 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit mail posted from the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan Other articles in this issue are: AEF UPdate APO in Kyrgyzstan APO/FPO Openings/Closings Auction Sale #169 "Dear Deanne" First Filipino Infantry Favorite "Forces" Cover The Gun Club NUTS!!! Philatelic Militaria P.N.A.B. - Wake Island Polish Army Camps of Canada in WWII The Scorpion in Turkey Shanghai Incident The issue includes a number of news columns, Classified Ads, several book reviews, show reports, and articles of current Society business news. SUMMER 2002 - Vol 41 No 3 NO KNOWN GRAVE In No Known Grave, Bob Kinsley writes about the memorials to the never found, or not identified unknown foot soldies who are immortalised by the British burial in Westminster Abbey and by the French under the Arc de Triomphe where a perpetual flame is maintained. 18th Regiment mail: 1796 Army of Italy, 1800s Grand Army Other articles in this issue are: AEF UPdate APO/FPO Openings/Closings Auction Sale #170 Enduring Freedom Persists Enduring Freedom Postal History The First Croatian State A Graceful Exit Mary Pickford No Known Grace Philatelic Militaria Shanghai incident Update The issue includes a number of news columns, Classified Ads, several book reviews, show reports, and articles of current Society business news. FALL 2002 - Vol 41 No 4 GREETINGS OF SEASON ! One of the most lasting traditions in every culture is offering wishes for success and happiness as the calendar turns to a new year, whenever that may be. New Year Greeting postcard from 17th Station Hospital at APO 928 in Milne Bay, New Guinea used in 1943 Other articles in this issue are: APO/FPO Openings/Closings Auction Sale #171 - closes 4 January 2003 Black Cats to the Rescue Knights of Columbus Grave Locating Service Korean War Cachets No Known Grave Operation Enduring Freedom Update Philatelic Militaria Stars and Strife: Mrs Ronald Colman Turkish occupation of TransCaucasia 1918 They Also Serve Who Stand and Wait The issue includes a number of news columns, Classified Ads, several book reviews, 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.