Kemp Tolley, USCS #8090 The son of an active duty US Army officer, born at Ft. McKinley, Manila, Philippines on 29 April 1908, Rear Admiral Kemp Tolley, U S Navy (Retired) was graduated from the United States Naval Academy in…
Shay, Steve
Steve Shay, USCS #L-10,821 I’ve been collecting naval covers for 35 years. I started out collecting stamps and the same album that I still use today is inscribed and dated on my seventh birthday. (I’ve added a few binders for…
Young, John
John Young, USCS #L-8219 I’ve been a stamp collector since I first took two five cents stamps off an airmail letter received by mother from her Boston cousin. They were the West Point and Teddy Roosevelt stamps. Thinking about it…
Hoffner, Rich
Rich Hoffner, USCS #H-4456 When you are in your sixties today, you are still a relatively young person. But, I find that when you sit down to write about your life, you sure do feel old. The following musings relate…
Helman, Paul
Paul Helman, USCS #L-7378 I joined the USCS in 1973. I’ve collected stamps for as long as I can remember. My mother had a large worldwide collection begun by her Uncle and she helped my brothers and I get the…
Brennan, Lawrence B.
Lawrence B. Brennan, USCS #L-6221 My interest in naval covers developed in the early 1960s as my father encouraged me to write for ships’ postmarks as an outgrowth of my earlier hobby of collecting US and UN stamps and first…
Lynch, Joe
Joe Lynch, USCS #5279 I would like to express my appreciation for this particular column in the pages of the Log. I find it refreshing and new and quite enlightening. The reader may agree? I enjoyed it so much that…
Morain, Dick
Dick Morain, USCS #10,310 When I was five, my father sent for a premium from the Planters Peanut Company. It was a small stamp album and a packet of worldwide stamps. This was early in WWII and we were living…
Hoak, Frank
Frank M. Hoak III, USCS #H-6194 The United States Navy has been apart of my life since my first day in San Pedro, California in 1937, where my father was stationed aboard USS PENNSYLVANIA as a Chief Radioman (CRM). Later…
Hall, Richard
Richard Hall, USCS #9553 I joined the USCS in 1984 as a result of meeting Taze Nicholson at the 1984 VAPEX Stamp Show. He got me interested in Naval covers and I have been hooked ever since. I collect USMC…