Bill Boss, USCS #9068 I began collecting stamps in 1933 at 10 years of age and living in Tyler, Texas. The economy was in a severe depression so most of my stamps were used and of little value but I…
Musgrove, Harry “Pete”
Harry “Pete” Musgrove, USCS #6106 Pete Musgrove is well known to naval cover collectors and students of naval history. He is the author of the “US Naval Ships Data arranged by Hull Classification” series of research volumes. There are six…
Helgren, Otto
Otto Helgren, USCS #L-167 USCS member and dealer Douglas Weisz (#11657) recently mentioned to Paul Helman that member Otto Helgren was possibly the oldest living USCS member at 100 years of age. This sounded like a good opportunity to learn…
Gill, John E.
John E. Gill, USCS #H-39 This obituary first appeared in the September 1981 issue of the USCS Log: “John E. Gill, USCS #H-39, passed away on July 19, 1981 at the age of 67 from cancer that was not detected…
Koeppen, Howard C.
Howard C. Koeppen, USCS #3820 This obituary first appeared in the October 1976 issue of the USCS Log: “Howard C. Koeppen, age 65, died on August 19, 1976, at Divine Savior Hospital in Portage, Wisconsin, following an extended illness. Howard…
Smith, Jim
Jim Smith, USCS #5861 Jim is one of our members who is both a collector and a dealer. You may recognize his business name of Pack-Rat Covers. He’s helped many members add covers to their collection. He’s helped me…
Russell, Jim
Jim Russell, USCS #H-692 The name Jim Russell is surely well known to long term members of USCS. To those who have joined after 1992, the name may not be as well known. Jim’s many contributions to the society were…
Henderson, Steve
Steve Henderson, USCS #9941 by Steve Henderson My folks gave me a “Little Golden Book” stamp album for my sixth birthday. That started it all. Over the years I have continued to collect U. S. stamps but have mainly concentrated…
Blair, John
John Blair, USCS #11,840 John fits at least some of profile of a typical member. He hasn’t authored a naval cover catalog, hasn’t prepared thousands of cachets, doesn’t belong to a chapter and doesn’t regularly write articles in the Log.…
Thomas, Jesse Burgess
Jesse Burgess Thomas, USCS #1012 Exhibitors at the USCS conventions will recognize the name of the Jesse Burgess Thomas Memorial Award, the award presented for the most outstanding exhibit of covers of maritime or naval history. I was the lucky…