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Author: John Germann (page 6)

Crosby, Walter G.

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Walter G. Crosby, USCS #69 The term “Crosby Cover” is probably one that all naval cover collectors learn early into their collecting days. Crosby is well known to Air Mail collectors, as well as First Day Cover and Patriotic Cover…
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Ferris, Richard B.

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Richard B. Ferris, USCS #2975 Richard “Dick” Ferris joined USCS in 1951 which puts him among the 15 lowest membership number members of our society. I approached him last year about doing a write up for the Member of the…
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Brennecke, Edwin H.

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Edwin H. Brennecke, USCS #H-122 Edwin “Ed” Brennecke was born in 1898 and was an early USCS member, recruited by T.M. Holcombe in June 1933. Ed was a resident of Chicago, Illinois and a charter member of the Admiral Moffett…
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Milstein, Stewart

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Stewart Milstein, USCS #L-7205 If you participate in the USCS Sales Circuits, you will know the name Stewart Milstein. Stewart is the current Sales Circuit Manager and a USCS Director since 1995. I asked him how he got involved in…
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Grabowy, Walter

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Walter Grabowy, USCS #8436 I first met Walt back in 1980, when I was trying to establish a USCS chapter in Rockland County. My effort failed, but we did start Study Group # 1 in September 1980. Walt was a…
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Vining, Mike R.

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Mike R. Vining, USCS #10433 I am a retired Army Sergeant Major and have been an USCS member since 1991. I served as an USCS director from 2007 to 2009. I am also the author of USCS Data Sheet #25…
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Honeyman, Stanton

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Stanton Honeyman, USCS #H-4582 The name Stan Honeyman is surely well known to those who have been USCS members for more than 20 years and it’s a name probably known by a number of members that have joined since his…
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Thompson, Bertha L.

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Bertha L. Thompson, USCS #H-1247 Bertha Thompson joined the USCS in November 1936, sponsored by John Haag of Brooklyn (USCS #92). She is listed in the 1938 USCS Roster as Miss B.L. Thompson, #1247, of Wollaston, Mass. She lived in…
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Howland, Jack

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Jack Howland, USCS #4138 Jack Howland was born in Glenford, New York October 15, 1924 and was raised near Kingston, New York, moving to the west coast in 1939. As a boy, he watched ships on the Hudson River and…
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Bartley, Deane C.

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Deane C. Bartley, USCS #H-44 (If Deane Bartley and I had crossed paths before his death, this is what would have been said had he written in response to my questions. Little has been published about his life, only little…
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