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Vol. VI, No. 2, Issue No. 22 (April 2009) - Table of Contents (another color issue!)

Title Author Page(s)
'REBUT' Michael Meade and Tony Wawrukiewicz 1
The President's Message Ralph Nafziger 2
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 2
Those Clock-Face Receiving Messages Albert Aldam 3
Auxiliary Markings Labels on Foreign Mail - Part II, Belgium Michael Mead and Tony Wawrukiewicz 4-8
Stamp Impressions from Stamps from 1950s - 1960s Post Office Ralph Nafziger and Tony Wawrukiewicz 8-9
Auxiliary Markins Stamp Impressions for Carlisle PO 1946-7 Michael Ludeman 10-12
Hmmm? Dennis Ladd and Tony Wawrukiewicz 12

Vol. VI, No. 1, Issue No. 21 (January 2009) - Table of Contents (another color issue!)

Title Author Page(s)
Obscene Mail Tony Wawrukiewicz 1
Auxiliary Markings Labels on Foreign Mail - Part I, Austria Michael Mead 2-4
Labels for Two-Tiered Postal Systems Davis J. Simmons 5-9
Return to Sender Mail, the Beginnings Tony Wawrukiewicz 10
Disputed Mail David L. Straight 10-11
'Mail Trained' John Hotchner 11
The President's Message Ralph Nafziger 12
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 12

Vol. V, No. 4, Issue No. 20 (October 2008) - Table of Contents (another color issue!)

Title Author Page(s)
The Background on the Liberty Bonds Handstamp Michael Ludeman 1
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 1
A New Clock-Faced Marking? Chris Masters 2
The President's Message Ralph Nafzinger 2
Special Delivery Markings... When specific is better - not all regulations are meant to be followed exactly Robert L. Markovitz 3
An Apparently Ordinary Cover That Isn't Raymond Chaon and Tony Wawrukiewicz 4
50% Reduction of International Printed Matter Rates, a New Rate? David Simmons 5-7
A Few More Thoughts on 'Correct' Handstamps Chris Masters 8
A Multi-faceted 'Returned for additional postage' Tony Wawrukiewicz 9
Can Domestic Bulk Mail be Mailed Internationally? Tony Wawrukiewicz 9
Collecting the Special Delivery Fee David L. Straight 10
Mail in 'Dispute' David L. Straight, Leonard Piszkiewicz, and Tony Wawrukiewicz 10
A Personalized Auxiliary Marking Paul Albright 11
Return to Sender Mail from Southern Connecticut, Part 2 Tony Wawrukiewicz 11-12

Vol. V, No. 3, Issue No. 19 (July 2008) - Table of Contents (another color issue!)

Title Author Page(s)
An Attractive 1895 Pointing Hand Tony Wawrukiewicz 1
Short Paid Mail and Inaccurately Franked U. S. Mail from 1974-5 Tony Wawrukiewicz 2-3
Inclement Weather in Southern California Dennis Ladd 3
Is This Star an Auxiliary Marking? Paul Albright 3
Late Arrival Mail and Related Auxiliary Marks Thomas Breske 4-5
Yet Another Type of Late Arrival Auxiliary Mark Tony Wawrukiewicz 5
Bilingual and Trilingual Marks from South Africa Thomas Breske 6-7
Mail Matter for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Tony Wawrukiewicz 8-9
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 9
Collecting the Special Delivery Fee Tony Wawrukiewicz 10-12
Machine Cancels - Return to Sender Mail from Southern Connecticut Tony Wawrukiewicz 12

Vol. V, No. 2, Issue No. 18 (April 2008) - Table of Contents (another color issue!)

Title Author Page(s)
Which Way am I Going? Jim Kotanchik 1
Country Name Handstamps Mike Ludeman 2-3
Pointing Hand Samples Jim Kotanchik 4
More Short Paid Mail to Canada Jerry Johnson 4
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 4-5
One Last Look at 'Held For Postage' Markings Tony Wawrukiewicz 5-12
New Members and Member Resignations 12

Vol. V, No. 1, Issue No. 17 (January 2008) - Table of Contents (another color issue!)

Title Author Page(s)
A USPOD Handstamped Advertising Marking Terrance Hines 1
'Letter Returned by Carrier' Jim Kotanchik 2-3
'Wqnruckj Trspnkigg'= Undecipherable Jim Kotanchik 3
Different ways to Find Someone - 2 Alan Warren 4
Different ways to Find Someone - 3 Tony Wawrukiewicz 4
'Spanish Language' Auxiliary Marking Zeb Vance 5
Received in Damaged Condition Douglas Quine 5
Personal Service and a Smiley Face Paul Albright 6
Smiley Face Redux Doug Merenda 6
And Three Tony Wawrukiewicz 7
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 7
'Personal Receipt Demanded' Floyd Knell 8
Further 'Held For Postage' Related Markings Tony Wawrukiewicz 8-12

Vol. IV, No. 4, Issue No. 16 (October 2007) - Table of Contents (another color issue!)

Title Author Page(s)
1898 Hotel Pointing Hand: Forwarded and Returned to Writer Steve Davis 1
Hand Drawn Pointing Fingers Tom Breske 2-4
An Early Hand Drawn Pointing Finger Tony Wawrukiewicz 4
President's Message Nancy Clark 5
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 5
Different Ways to Find Someone Gerald Nylander 6
The Post Office Means Business Gerald Nylander 6
"Damaged in the Mail" Marks Provide a Range of Information Paul Albright 7
Two Unusual Auxiliary Markings Paul Albright 7
Prisoner Mail - Auxiliary Markings, Part 3 Tony Wawrukiewicz 8-11
Pointing Hand From South Africa Dead Letter Office Steve Davis 12
It's a Strange World Floyd Knell 12

Vol. IV, No. 3, Issue No. 15 (July 2007) - Table of Contents (another color issue!)

Title Author Page(s)
CORRECT Markings Are Also Known on Cover Joe Crosby 1
Held For Postage - More Input Tom Breske 2-5
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 6
Held For Postage Terrance Hines 6
Hands Reaching Out from Across the World Ted Wassam 7
Prisoner Mail - Massachusetts' Reformatory Joe Crosby 8
Auxiliary Markings As Cancel? Terrance Hines 8
A Small Puzzle Solved David L. Straight 9
Forwarding Out of the Country Is Now Free Tony Wawrukiewicz 9
U.S. Short Paid Mail to Canada, 1975-2000 David Allan Cooper, Sr. and Tony Wawrukiewicz 10-11
An Unusual Auxiliary Marking Douglas Quine 11
Uncommon Pointing Hands Frank E. Moertl 11
Auxiliary Markings from Mailing Last Newsletter Tony Wawrukiewicz 11
An Insured First Day Cover Ralph Nafzinger 12
A FDC Forwarded through Polish Forces in England Ralph Nafzinger 12
"Exceptional Address Format" Auxiliary, First Report Douglas Quine 13
Central Amer. & Caribbean Mail-Auxiliary Markings Tony Wawrukiewicz 14

Vol. IV, No. 2, Issue No. 14 (April 2007) - Table of Contents (now printed in color!)

Title Author Page(s)
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 1
Due Mail to Germany Tony Wawrukiewicz 2
Damaging Language David L. Straight 3
Missing Lines - Auxiliary Markings on PO Form 1550 David L. Straight 4-6
Summer Seminar Announcement 6
English Language Auxiliary Markings Tony Wawrukiewicz 7
Prisoner Mail - Auxiliary Markings, Part 2 Tony Wawrukiewicz 8-14
Proper International Addresses - IMM Reference Tony Wawrukiewicz 14
An Auxiliary Marking Iin German Tony Wawrukiewicz 14

Vol. IV, No. 1, Issue No. 13 (January 2007) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
Does It Really Matter? Joe Crosby 1
Prisoner Mail - Auxiliary Markings, Part 1 Tony Wawrukiewicz 2-8
Annual Meeting Announcement Alan Warren 8
An "Indefinite" Cover Jerry Johnson 9
Insufficient Payment for Special Delivery Service David Allan Cooper, Sr. 9
An Unusual Pointing Hand Michael Ludeman 10
Use of "OUT on General Delivery Mail at El Paso, TX Michael Ludeman 10-11
Non-Machinable Tony Wawrukiewicz 11
Editorial, Renewal Notice Tony Wawrukiewicz 12
The Misuse of Third-Class Mail Norman E. Cohen 12-13
Canadian Embargo Mail David Allan Cooper, Sr. and Tony Wawrukiewicz 14

Vol. III, No. 4, Issue No. 12 (October 2006) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
Please! Send it back to me if not deliverable Christopher J. Masters 1
Held for Postage Mail - The Auxiliary Markings David L. Straight 2-8
1/2 Cent Postage Due Christopher J. Masters 8
Bilingual Canadian Printed Auxiliary Marking Tony Wawrukiewicz 9
Forgery and Fantasy Christopher J. Masters 10
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 10
Auxiliary Markings Overkill Tony Wawrukiewicz 11
A Painted Hand Christopher J. Masters 12
A Late Advertised Letter Christopher J. Masters and Tony Wawrukiewicz 12

Vol. III, No. 3, Issue No. 11 (July 2006) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
AMC President Message Nancy B. Clark 1
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 2
More Handstamps of the Grand Rapids Post Office Bob Leeman 2-6
Auxiliary Markings on Washington Irving Covers Gary Denis 7-8
An Unusual "Contents May Be Opened" Marking Henry Wilhelmi 8
"Card Cabinet" Auxiliary Marking Frank Moertl 9
New Members and Reinstated Members Tony Wawrukiewicz 9
Revenue Protection Michael M. Ludeman 10
Big Pointing Hands from Canada and Down Under Frank Moertl and Tony Wawrukiewicz 10
Pre-Inked Small Carrier Handstamps For Sale Bob Leeman 11-12

Vol. III, No. 2, Issue No. 10 (April 2006) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 1
Automating the Mail Forwarding Process Michael M. Ludeman 2-6
PDF ON-LINE: "Automating the Mail Forwarding Process"
Michael M. Ludeman on-line
Prohibited Forwarding Jerry Johnson 7
Two Interesting Auxiliary Markings Paul Albright 7
My Hand's Bigger than Your Hand! Floyd Knell and Tony Wawrukiewicz 7
First Day Cover Delay Rob Washburn 8
A Polite Pointing Hand James H. Hayes 8
An Explosion Cover James H. Hayes 8
International Return to Sender Labels Floyd Knell 9
A Question Michael Cherrington 9
Membership Resignations - New Members Jerry Johnson, Secretary 9
World's Most Damaged Cover David Allan Cooper, Sr. 10
EKU for an Auxiliary Marking David Straight 10
Pre-Inked Large Carrier Stamps for Sale Bob Leeman and Tony Wawrukiewicz 11-14

Cooperative information sharing with International Machine Cancel Society:
PDF download copy of Michael Ludeman's 28 page
A New Type of "Return to Sender" Endorsement Created By Ink Jet Printer Technology
Part 1: Texas P&DCs"

Vol. III, No. 1, Issue No. 9 (January 2006) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
AMC President Message Nancy B. Clark 1
Returned To Sender 2005: No Mail Receptacle Douglas B. Quine 2-7
PDF ON-LINE only: "No Mail Receptacle" article with full color figures
Douglas B. Quine on-line
PDF ON-LINE only: "Appendix A" full color with unpublished examples
Douglas B. Quine on-line
RAMP H.F.P. Jerry Johnson 7
German Postal Checking Money Transfer Order Ingeburg Fisher 8
Open Panel Envelopes and International Mail Frank Lueck 8
Design Features of Pointing Hands Jerry Johnson 9
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 9-10
How Does the USPS Handle Mail that May be Addressed to a Non-existent Person? Bob Leeman 10
Some Thoughts about Eliot Landau's Article in the October 2005 Auxiliary Markings Bob Leeman 11
Multi-Reason Handstamps Bob Leeman 11-12

Vol. II, No. 4, Issue No. 8 (October 2005) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
AMC President Message Nancy B. Clark 1
Unused or Reused, That is the Question Eliot Landau 2
Hollywood Fan Mail Private Auxiliary Markings Regis Hoffman 3
Auxiliary Markings on Tasmanian Registered Mail: Part I - Taxed and Underpaid Registration David McNamee 4-5
Catcher Missed the Mail Bag!? Gary G. Hendron 5
Small Cover - Big Questions Henry Wilhelmi 6
The Second Type of Computer Generated Label Bernie Moening 6
Returned for Better Address/Directions or Returned to Sender Leonard Piszkiewicz, Tony Wawrukiewicz 6
Story on "Miscellaneous Label" H.J. Berthelot 7
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 7-9
Received under cover Michael Ludeman 9
Released to the Homeland Floyd Knell 9
Backward Forwarding Henry Wilhelmi 10
Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (new entries) Tony Wawrukiewicz 10

Vol. II, No. 3, Issue No. 7 (July 2005) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
AMC President Message Nancy B. Clark 1
List of Office Supplies (Auxiliary Marking Handstamps) Available from POD, 190? - 1930's Tony Wawrukiewicz, David L. Straight 2-4
Returned for Better Address/Directions or Returned to Sender Leonard Piszkiewicz, Tony Wawrukiewicz 5
Contemporary Handstamp Auxiliary Markings of Portland, Oregon Tony Wawrukiewicz 6-7
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 7
Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (new entries) Nancy B. Clark 8

Vol. II, No. 2, Issue No. 6 (April 2005) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 1
U.S. Auxiliary Markings on International Mail Paul Albright 1
AMC President Message Nancy B. Clark 2
The Big Cheese Merle Farrington 2
Dog Team Mail Alan Warren 2
Machine Postmark Pointing Hands: Atlanta, GA Nancy B. Clark 3
Mail Dispatched David L. Straight 4
The Lucky Counterfeiter David L. Straight 5
Return to Sender from Baja, California (Mexico) Tony Wawrukiewicz 5
Spray Cancel Auxiliary Markings Nancy Clark, Michael M. Ludeman, Tony Wawrukiewicz 6-7
Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (updated) Tony Wawrukiewicz 8

Vol. II, No. 1, Issue No. 5 (January 2005) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
AMC President Message Nancy B. Clark 1
Great Auxiliary Marking... if only Gerald Nylander 1
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 2
Canadian Pacific Express, Uncalled For and Undeliverable Notices David Allan Cooper, Sr. 2-3
Auxiliary Markings on First Day Covers Ralph Nafziger 4-5
Return to Sender / Writer Hands on Military Mail George Cosentini and Tony Wawrukiewicz 6-8
Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (updated) Tony Wawrukiewicz 8

Vol. I, No. 4 (October 2004) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 1
The Weeping Woman Tony Wawrukiewicz 1
Officers and Contacts Tony Wawrukiewicz 2
AMC President Message Nancy B. Clark 2
All the Contemporary Handstamped Auxiliary Markings of Grand Rapids Michigan Douglas Quine 2-3
Some Thoughts on a Classification Scheme
for Auxiliary Markings - Part 1
(anonymous) 4-5
"Too Late" Markings - Boer Republics and their Colonial Counterparts Tim Bartshe 6-7
Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (updated) Tony Wawrukiewicz 8

Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 2004) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
Suspicious Mail Michael D. Cherrington 1
Officers and Contacts Tony Wawrukiewicz 2
AMC President Message Nancy B. Clark 2
Mainly from Our Friends up North Dave Allan Cooper, Sr. 3
Machine Cancel Service Markings Tony Wawrukiewicz with Mike Ellingson 4
Some Thoughts on a Classification Scheme
for Auxiliary Markings - Part 1
(anonymous) 5-6
Editorial (Ropex 2004 Awards) Tony Wawrukiewicz 7
The French Disconnection W.C. Royall, Jr. 7
A New Service of the AMC, Exhibit Copies Tony Wawrukiewicz 7
Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (updated) Tony Wawrukiewicz 8

Vol. 1, No 2 (April 2004) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
The Espionage Act of WW I James H. Hayes 1
You Light Up My Life Joe Crosby 1
Officers and Contacts Tony Wawrukiewicz 2
AMC President Message Nancy B. Clark 2
There are Myriad Markings Out There Jerry Johnson 2
To the Editor: Foreign and Manuscript Aux. Markings Alan Warren 3
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 3
What was the Source of Some Early Handstamps? Leonard Piszkiewicz and Tony Wawrukiewicz 4
The Pointing Finger, Common but Scarce Charles A. Fricke 5
The Weighted Standard A (Third-Class) Undeliverable Mail/Address Correction Fee Tony Wawrukiewicz 6 - 7
Announcements Tony Wawrukiewicz 7
Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings (updating) Tony Wawrukiewicz 7 - 8

Vol. 1, No 1 (January 2004) - Table of Contents

Title Author Page(s)
Editorial Tony Wawrukiewicz 1
Officers and contacts Tony Wawrukiewicz 2
AMC President Message Nancy B. Clark 2
Modern Postal Use of Labels Nancy B. Clark 2 - 5
Another Possible Approach Tony Wawrukiewicz 5
Lie For Me; No One Will Ever Know Paul Albright 6
A Challenge Tony Wawrukiewicz 6
Earliest Known Usages Tony Wawrukiewicz 6
First Annual Meeting Tony Wawrukiewicz 7
Our Web Site Tony Wawrukiewicz 7
Bibliography for Auxiliary Markings Tony Wawrukiewicz 7 - 8

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