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Arrington, Alton M. “Budd”

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: July 13, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Alton M. “Budd” Arrington, USCS #7105 by Rich Hoffner USCS H 4456 Alton M. Arrington aka Budd Arrington was educated at Girard College in Philadelphia PA. In WWII he served in the U S Navy aboard several submarines and was…
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St. John, Raymond

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Raymond St. John, USCS #H-1376 USCS members may recognize the name Ray St. John and recognize this as the name of a USCS service award. Some may even know the name from USS Mississippi covers. But who was Ray? Ray…
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Matthews, Robert W.

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Robert W. Matthews, USCS #H-65 Robert W. Matthews was one of the early members of USCS, joining in March 1932 and receiving member number 65. He was sponsored by John Grove (#60) of York, Pennsylvania. Bob lived in Chicago and…
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Hale, Joseph M.

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Joseph M. Hale, USCS #H-40 Many of us who are collecting naval covers today use the “Catalog of United States Naval Postmarks” as their reference and bible for information about the cancels a particular ship may have had and when…
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Dowle, Alfred H.

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Alfred H. Dowle, USCS #H-1609 Alfred Dowle joined the USCS in June 1939 as member #1609, sponsored by John Haag (#92). His address was listed as Washington, DC at the time. Al was born in Chicago in 1885. He took…
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Dobbins, Jim

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Jim Dobbins, USCS #8058 Some of my earliest childhood memories came along the Detroit waterfront, the city of my birth. We lived just a few houses down from Ford Brush Park, near where Lake St. Clair flows into the Detroit…
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Richell, C. Wright

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 14, 2021 Written by: John Germann
C. Wright Richell, USCS #251 The name C. Wright Richell is well known to many naval cover collectors. He produced cachet designs for no less than 56 individuals, USCS chapters and ANCS crews during the “Golden Age of Cachets” before…
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Banasky, Albert J.

Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: July 13, 2021 Written by: John Germann
Albert J. Banasky, USCS #9300 By Rich Hoffner, USCS # H-4456 Al Banasky joined the U S Navy in 1940 immediately upon graduation from High School at Naval Station Newport RI. He was a plank owner aboard the USS Dixie (AD-14), reporting…
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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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