John Duefrane, USCS #7947 John was born on May 10, 1943 in the city of Milford, Connecticut, only about 60 miles from New York City. Like most of us his first interests were in collecting stamps, as his father did,…
McCamley, Myron Fisher
Myron Fisher McCamley, USCS #179 Navo-philatelist of Yesterday More known as Oregon’s Cachetmaker of the 20 th Century, Myron was an early member (USCS #179) of the Universal Ship Cancellation Society and served at several positions in the days before…
Lance, Archie Johnson
Archie Johnson Lance, USCS #1826 Navo-philatelist Archie J. Lance is a name known to almost every collector of naval covers – a name linked to our hobby of navo-philately, like that of Joe Louis or Jack Dempsey to the prize…
Cobos, Emil
Emil Cobos, USCS #7020 Emil Cobos was born in New York, NY on December 25, 1927. At the age of 14-months Emil had his first sea experience when his grandfather in Germany convinced Emil’s mother to send him “alone” aboard…
Wager, John
John Wager, USCS #4106 On April 16th I received an email from a former USCS member who had sixty naval covers he wanted to send me free of charge. The former member had found me on the USCS web…
Wielki, Eugene J.
Eugene J. Wielki, USCS #2312 “Hygiene is the only course taught at the U.S. Naval Academy by act of congress,” was Gene Wielki’s cheerful and humorous response to the greeting, “Hi, Gene”. And Gene Wielki was someone who enjoyed chatting…
Briend, Laurence J.
Laurence J. Briend, USCS #6256 Larry Briend was a native New Yorker. He was born in Manhattan and grew up on the west side, near 34th Street. He was educated in New York City public schools and was graduated from one…
Dyer, George Carroll
Vice Admiral George Carroll Dyer, USCS #1667 Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota 17 April 1898, Vice Admiral George C. Dyer, U.S. Navy (Retired) was graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1918, accelerated Class of 1919. He died 25 June…
Mittl, Kurt
Kurt Mittl, USCS #5091 In 1960, I joined the German Air Force and in 1962 while stationed at the VIMY Barracks in Freising, Germany together with the 604th USAF, I continually visited the German/American stamp club. Here, in 1962,…
USS Herbert (DD-160)
USS Herbert DD-160 By John Young (USCS #L-8,219) October 2008 Cover of the Month Navy Day 1934 This unidentified comic strip appears on photographic paper, courtesy of B.C. Thomas, Weehawken (Union City), New Jersey. Thomas (USCS #252) would start the…