NATIONALPOSTER

S T A M PSOCIETY

POSTER STAMP BULLETINPUBLISHED BY NATIONAL POSTER STAMP SOCIETY

VOL. I NOVEMBER 1935 NO. 2

SINCLAIR ISSUES DINOSAURSTAMPS AND ALBUMS

To enable Sinclair Dealers tocash in on the wide public interestIn both Dinosaurs and stamp collect-ing, A Dinosaur Stamp Album was pre-pared and distributed without chargeto their dealers prior to October15. One mill ion of these books,each a 12-page album having spacefor E4 Dinosaur Stumps, nere givento Sinclair dealers.

Eight series of three DinosaurStamps for weekly distribution overa period of eight weeks beginningOctober 22 are beine furnished. Inother words, there are 24 differentDinosaur Stamps for fi l l ing eachalbum, the whole making a highlyunique and interesting collectionsure to be in great demand.

The album has a striking coverpage and the staEOps are in fullcolor. Special paintings were madefor reproduction as stamps, Includ-ing many types of dinosaurs not sofamiliar to the public as the otherwell-known Sinclair dinosaurs. Dr.Barnum Brown of the American Museumof National History, Me* York, oneof the worlc's foremost authoritieson dinosaurs, supervised the workof i l l u s t r a t i o n and provided thetext i'or the album. The Dinosaur

Stamp Album was announced over theradio on O c t o b e r 14th. Dealersitarted distribution of the albumsthe next day. Later weekly announce-ments In the bincluir Minstrel Pro-gram tell the public that SinclairDealers have a series of the Dino-saur Stamps ready for the album.The lict of Dinosaur Stamps and thedates for their d i s t r i b u t i o n bydealers are as followes:

1st series, week of October 2S,Tyrannosaurus, Ornitholestes, Par-asaurolophous; End series, week ofOctober 89, M o s a s a u r u s ; Arcliaeop-teryx, I c t h y o s a u r u s ; 3rd series,week of November 6, Brontosaurus,Monoclonius, ttegosaurus; 4th series,week of November 13, Ceratossaurus,Protoceratops, Trachodon; 5th series,week of November SO, Allosaurus,Cory tho saurus, Caraptosaurus; 6thseries, week of November E7, Plesio-saurus, liesperornis, ttruthiominus;7th series, week of December 4, Dip-lodocus, AnklyoEaurus, Styracosaurus;8th series, week of December 10,Palaeoscincus,Pteranodon, Tricera-tops.

Each stamp carries the name ofthe dinosaur shown, and In the al-bum ts a place for each s tamp with

name and description of beast.The plan, as disclosed by Sin-

clair o f f i c i a l s , was for dealersto distribute the albums the weekof October 15th in making calls oncustomers and prospects. Then inthe week of October 22nd the firstseries of Dinosaur Stamps were dis-tributed. This i n t e r e s t s posterand postage stamp collectors in eachdealer's station.

The albums and stamps, Sinclairofficials say, offerthe finest kindof an approach in the solicitationof business by personal call andcan also be expected to bring flocksof stamp collectors to the stations.These callers will, of course, offeropportunity for the making of newcustomers, also added profi t fordealers.

He uou lit not cons I'ler I t ethicalto "iiftem that .ieinheri writs forthene ntanps, Itove.uer, I t night hea food Idea to Q f S (/our Sinclairtle.u ler f i / r thin series w f i f l n you pur-chase f,afi for your rar.

PR I N T E R S W l LLI N T E R E S T E D

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Our printer members will be in-terested in an article which ap-peared in the Paper Salesman's As-sistant, an interesting house maga-zine of the Consolidated Water Power& Paper Co., Wisconsin Rapids, Wis-consin. Bxcerpts from the articleappear below:

"J llatteri nuaber of printersam I n r . r f a s l n f profit* throufh <>ne -clnlizlnt in the product tort of a>l-uartlalnt patter x tamps. Xatih otherprinter* s f to i t i i l s t a r t i n this uorltFor thIs attractive and unusualform of aduerllslnt m n f c n i rtnltctttni*f s t i r c f a s f i i l In aont e a s r n . communi-ties can he Intere* tad In the useof thpie ariuer t la I n* stampi, alsorallraaii^, s t e a a f t h i p, and airplane,and bus lines, gasoline anil oil con-j innies n* uell a* altnoxt enery tapeof local f>;is 1 H B S S , This tdea r.anhe sold to n n j i printer u n o firstnf all I pirns the w l - l e . posfl i bit it lexof sufih nilvp.rt IS in.' . ..

II you 'annL i n f " - t still nor>'naterlnl nn the subject w r i t e tothe Xtd- States -iiinnp'f Paper Co.,Si.13 S. nannn inf., ctllfa*n. for(Cont. on Page a, Col. 1)

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INSURANCE STAMP SERIESC O L O R F U L A N D I N T E R E S T I N G

If you care to own a colorfuland interesting set of poster stampson the subject of insurance, besure to w r i t e Mr. Ward Spencer,P r e s i d e n t of the Farmer's UnionMutual I n s u r a n c e Co., of Salina,Kansas, who will gladly send you aset. (If there are any left). Wereproduce two of the series below.

These stamps were designed byHerschel C. Logan, Art Director ofthe Consolidated Printing and Sta-tionery Co . , of S a l i n a , Kansas,who, by the way, also executed thesix Conso l ida t ed Stamps enclosedwith this Bulletin.

These folks are great believersin poster stamps and deserve com-medation for the work they have doneto promote the issuance of posterstamps. Here's what they sav abouttheir own poster stamps:

'Colorful tittle billlioar<txthpxt* pfis I P r iteimpn $ tand out niu In lit maiiirifrn nf the i i a r ious nvrii-Irr.x ahlch our COUWKHI o f f e r * ...they're altrnrtlue In cnlnr. s I ifplf.I n trnrt tne.nt, Graphic In tden. a f r u p r -f u l in x a l p . x winch, rrnnnntr.nl inf l z f i an.-/ ras# tn U.IP. He. rr-oaaf.ni!thf. pontr.r t t a K J i ns on? of the tier it

and loft powerful foraf r>fa'lufr t in Ln6 ."

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(Cont. from Page 1, Col. 3)thf ir oars attracttue. free book fiu-lat, 21« n e w Zutuifiii pajicr printingxu>$e.x t ions. It snows koa nationaladuert laer.i are g e t t i n g active inthe yse of theuft aduertts Inf s lnnps.Or urlte t h f . fvftr Sendu Label Cor-poration, li? f, . 3.r-il> S I . . V B U for*C i t i j , fnr tbftr nf.a nR-nafr. labelMea '.'oo*, .101,000 o o n l f l s of uftlcf;haiip Just been prlntr.il.*

This last paragraph applies alsoto our regular members, whether theyare printers or not. We have lookedover these books and find valuableposter stamp material in both ofthem.

M E R C H A N D I S E M A R TSTAMPS

Word has just come to us thatthe Merchandise Mart of Chicago ison the press with its series of 1936Market Stamps.

These stamps will probably beof f the press by the tiraeyou receive/this Bulletin, and \ve would suggestthat you write the Publicity Depart-ment, Merchandise Mart,Chicago, for

a set. (Enclose 10# In stamps tocover handling and postage.)

The Merchandise Mart has alwaysissued good looking Poster Stampsfeaturing its various markets, andthey are sure to be an asset to yourcollection.

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THE M E R C H A N D I S E M A R T

JANUARY, 1936

M E M B E R ' 5 C O L U MGentlemen:

A few days ago I received yourMo. 1 Bulletin, and mus t say thatI am surprised and delighted withit. You have done yourselves proudwith this first issue! Such a bul-letin is a credit to any outfit.I hope you will be able to keep upthis pace, and probably even improveon it. The information In this onenumber is worth to me more than thecost of membership fee.

You ask for any corrections oninisstatements, etc. - only one Ihave to offer, and that is probablydue to ldt-?r information than youmay have had at that time- You listMrs, Lela Mc^ueary as being pub-lisher of "Seals" - according toadvice f rom her a short time ago,she has discontinued the publishingof this little sheet, for the pre-sent at least.

I note you list names of severalcollectors and dealers in PosterStamps, T-d would have no objectionto your publishing ray name if youwish. I have been collecting thesefor several years, and have quitea collection of both US and torelgnPoster Stamps, and also have quitea stock of these. Would be gladto send my lists to anyone interest-ed, or to give any information Imight be able to give.

Have you considered offering ad-vertising space to dealers, at rea-sonable rates? This would help de-fray cost of producing the Hulletln.I would be glad to pay for a smallspace each is^ue, should you decideto do this.

Am looking forward with antici-pation to your next issue!

With best wishes, I am

Very truly yours,

J. W. Stoutzenberg,52i: Lindbergh Blvd.,

Clayton, Mo.

Thanhs for the ttlnil wor r f s , .fr.R t o w t z e n J i R r * . '•!>• ', n ne t hat thitlutlnruill hrtnf pos t r r R l n n n cal-iBrtnrx In c loser ran tact ull.h (/on.

We. bad n i f thought nf Rellln*n'.'uprt Is I n * s(«"p ' " Spu tum . Frnnli-ll/ Uf ll>aii«ht t!iat a n f h nrtirf t.eltrr bp I'onflnml tntra-lf Jour no I < s .

If our xe.®t.prx irAlrate thf de-sir*! to see dealer adutrttSlBi inour c o l u m n s , ae ul II f l a d l y t d f r pthe antler up with pros/IRC 1 (lie ad-iier ( i sp r ' .

***Tiie National Poster Stamp Society

will have a complete page of posterstamps printed on ^uinmed paper ineitiier the October or January, 1936issue of PRINTING ARTS QUARTERLY,published by the Dartnell Corpora-

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tlon 4660 Ravenswood «ve., Chicago.

The page will contain approxi-mately 20 different poster stampsfeaturing the Farmer's Union MutualInsurance Co. series, the New YorkCity Safety Stamp series, and theCanadian Pacific Series.

!±ti2tPit that iiou vr I jp. the f l i i r t -nrll r.nrjiorntt an fir a onpri nf pg ; i-r-Tt'l 4HT1* n t l A P T t R L Y t *I ), m'-itnf l l j a gto B c n d ii on t!tf iRftuc. c a i< t a I n I r,iIhr: pot ter •; t an pa .

We quote from a letter receiveda few days ago from Mi SB EvelynDoerffel, of the American LutheranPublicity Bureau, 1819 Broadway,Hew York, N. Y.

"The flrtt i s sue of iiour excel-lent t I t I. if pullet in ha it cnne toour attent I n t . . it virlcun tiait>xUK have i.isup-i poster utanm* In thetntereit nf t h f liitharan C i t u r f . l t .

A feu are. on the aheet e

If anu of iiour rfa-iura until'!J t f c f > to obtain i n li of our n t a n p s ,t f t H j / nan write for then enrloxtnfa 3os tn? i> . i lnraf l or two So Coverros t of natltKf."

One of the stamps is illustratedbelow.

SEND I N Y O U R EIJ I TOR-I A L C O N T R I B U T I D N S

Our readers are asked to expresstheir views concerning the POSTERSTAMP BOLLETIK. If you like it,let us know. If you don't like it,let us know and tell us why so thatwe may improve upon it.

If you have any data OP storiesabout poster stamps, write them into us your fellow readers willbe interested.

If you know about any new issues,or where they may be had, tell usso that other poster stamp collec-tors may he informed about them.

A I M S O F T H E P O S T E R

STAMP B U L L E T ! N

In the first issue of the POSTERSTAMP BULLETIN, we told you some-thing of the aims and purposes ofthe BDLLETIM. So important do weconsider this statement of our pol-icies, that we consider it advisableto repeat It.

The POSTER STAMP BULLETIN is nota technical publication, nor is itan advertising medium. The POSTERSTAMP BULLETIN does not pretend tobe complete in any sense of theword, nor is It dedicated to theinterest of any one group of posterstamp collectors.

The POSTER STAMP BULLETIN doesaim to be strictly accurate, andwholly impartial in its reporting.It will endeavor to give every pos-sible bit of information to posterstamp collectors that will tellwhere and how new and old Issuesof poster stamps may be obtained.

It will publish letters and otheritems believed to be of general in-terest to readers of the PosterStamp Bulletin. Its columns willact as an information exchange be-tween members of the NATIONAL POSTERSTAMP SOCIETY.

We hope that with each issue ofthe BULLETIN we shall be able tosend to our readers some posterstamps for addition to their col-lections.

MANY POSTER STAMP IDEASin This 64-Page Book

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Hearst International Comic Week-lies features a series of colored"Poster Stamps" on a great varietyof subjects In every Sunday's papers.The group includes Plants, Animals,Birds, Fi sh, Geography, Insects,Leaves,and numerous other features.

If you live in a city where theComic Weekly is published, be sureto get a copy every week. Whilethese pictures a: j iiot exactly pos-ter stamps-as the name implies, theyare worth adding to your collection,and that's that.

B R I T I S H P O S T E R S T A M P

A S S O C I A T I O N F O R M E DPoster Stamp Publicity, Ltd., of

London, England, has Just sent usnotice of the founding of the BritishPoster Stamp Association.

A b e a u t i f u l l y printed littlebooklet, with actual poster stampsIn a riot of colors, has Just beenissued,and will be sent to AmericanPoster Collectors upon request (ad-dress Mr. Graeme Verden, 69 Lincoln'sInn Fields, London, WC S).

Aims of the British Poster StampSociety are so closely allied withthose of the National Poster StampSociety, that we thought a reprintof these aims would be Interestingto you.

*7o Htunii itie n f t l l a t f t t t r valueo,' the Foxier s t amp and sake plnnito enhanre f f s I n l r i n . i l c ualuf totfifi c n l Z e c t o r , thus artcouraQlnff.uf-n f re.nl er I n t f r / i t L anon 6, col-lector* and Zre.ater / illicit; , f o rthe. aiiner t isf i r ,

" f a acronpL ith thin hu Meant oflimited aa te r-smrke'l editions ofchosen i p r i p R , unlnue de.nl f UK .an-tfi>rnt<<, ftp f n n i o '/ n ent o,' fanvuxtr t t*i1 $, t h p nroitiirtlnii of nr.w aftapflsa n't e t f / l e t r ntpllrttlnus tif. tent tonta parforatIons, and. I n fact, all

toes to nafcr lite n r l l - iUr an.-;

value nf the rare p o s t ~ate. staap.

"Plans are un . ia r uan for the is-sufi of a Collprlnr'n Journal, vhlchti til r. a te.r fnr and xt Initiate, the.Interest nf collectnrn. Initially,( f t la aau tike tfie form nf a per in'lir.half pa£e nr quarter p u f e In n . f o u r -no (, e l r i *u !n t e« i a x n n f , ISfl.OOO food

of -the

It !t n f s o t a t a n i t f d to Inaugu-rate, n •••&6rnfllp anan<< childrenfind adult, i-allpctors ahtch, at nn o m i n a l entrance, fee, will entitlelollKrtors IQ npp.rlal print !

TO aiiver t It* ers , Printers , andall tho1!'1 interested In th<-. Po*ti>rStanp. ihf. Aftsnctattan will offr.rpractical service, and constitutecentral br>du t-i aerfe , advancef n f p . f u n r d their In t f i rsf l t.1 .

"The faunrtp.rt art antlnitrt infe.r a-lulcp and asslslnnce I ngeneral 'leaf, lapae,n t of Pax taradvertising, and no charte. aillmade for t f t i s stem Ice.'

" P R E S I DENT" STAMPSV E R Y P O P U L A R

In the last issue of the POSTERSTAMP B U L L E T I N we mentioned theSTAMP GUILD, SZ W. 47th St., HewYork, New York, as producers of abeautiful series of "Stamp Views".

Equally beautiful is anew seriesof "Presidents of the United States"Stamps itsued by the same folks.

By sending IQtf in stamps to theS T A M P GUILD, you Will receive asheet of "Presidents11 every oneof then, from Washington to Roose-velt.

in ob ta In i n f m Issl tif Pan te.r SInapt,$it>lnt Information ani advice oncolltct tonn, and act tn4 as a faneml

center.rap iers w i l l a l so IIP pro-

u LdPil u lit* a .1 n f, c i n I III ties 1$ ne.d!oo.ifl-lPof n 1 fiua, and further p a f e sto f i t . the a lli un all I he sent tothcai to ken up alth. ami eater formrre.nt Patter S l u m p issues,

"7o o f f e r the Advertiser anil mePrinter an aiutnoru ferulae (n theplanning of Pouter stanp ideas, thed v r t l f n of xei-ies I n i i i f R , and to artat a central clearing house to en-able Aduert ts&rs to avoid duplica-tion anil over I npp l n$ ,

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HOW TO C O N T I N U E G E T T I N G THE POSTER STAMP

B U L L E T I N A N DThis Issue or the POSTER bTAMP

BULLETIN Is No. 2 and starts a newstyle. The improvements inauguratedwith this Issue we hope to continue.We hope also to make each new issuebetter than the last. Now is thetime to make sure of continuing toreceive the BULLETIN. Now is thetime to assure yourself of havinga complete file of the PObTER b'TAMP

POSTER STAMPSBULLETIN, because collectors, ad-vertisers arrt printers are the onlypeople we want on our list, we wantyou to become a member of the NA-TIONAL POSTER bTAMP SOCIETY. Fillin your name and address on thecoupon (or write them In a letter).Then attach your check or money or-der, and mail. But most important

do it before you forget it.

National Poster Stamp Society, 64 E. Lake St., Chicago, 111.

Gentlemen: I enclose fl for one half year's membership in the NATIONALPOETEK STAMP SOCIETY. Continue sending me the BULLETIN and any other ma-terial issued.

NAME.

OCCUPATION,

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CITY t STATE.