Stamp facts and space stamps highlighted in philatelic notes
Stamp collectors are urged to send prepared covers for the Apollo 15 Space Achievement stamps to Kennedy Space Center and Houston post offices by July 30 with remittance. The article also notes stamp issues from Rhodesia and Norway, plus Dr. Norman S. Hubbard joining Scott Catalogue and Rhodesia’s Granit 71 set.
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Kennedy Space Center
Florida
Houston
Tex
Norman S. Hubbard
Dr. Hubbard
Amsterdam
London
Vienna
Washington
Guatemala
Brazil
Columbia
Nicaragua
Salvador
Mexico City
Chile
Bogota
Scott Organization
Brooklyn College
Hubbard
Yale University
Rhodesia
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Norway
Antarctica
Royal Australian Air Force
DeHavilland
Exhibition highlights and club notices across states
By Bob Frederick Exhibition held in November 2021 at the new Albert Pick Motor Inn. Annual War Cover Club convention and exhibit October 29 to 31 in Cranford New Jersey. Kennedy Space Center and Houston stamp notes plus various 8¢ and 7¢ issues listed with dates and locations.
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Albert Pick Motor Inn
Tennessee
Joe F. Frye
Memphis
Tenn
War Cover Club
Nojex
Cranford
N.J
J. J. O'Neil
Third St
Fairlawn
Spontaneous Kennedy Airport Photo Shoot With Diahann Carroll
A photographer recalls shooting a spontaneous NY Kennedy Airport encounter with Diahann Carroll and David Frost. The five minute series captured their arrival and reunion, illustrating quick camera readiness and the craft of fast moving news photography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
David Frost
Diahann Carrell
Amberina glass and Hostetter’s bottle value explained
Amberina glass, patented by New England Glass Co. in 1883, shading from amber to red, with reversed varieties and Libbey markings. Hostetter’s Bitters bottles with original label and top usually sell $15 to $22. do not remove labels. Intaglio pattern from Northwood Co. late 1880s. not known to have recent reproductions.
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Amberina
New England Glass Co
United States
Europe
Libbey Glass Co
Libbey
Dr. J. Hostettler
Northwood Co
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Newport Jazz Festival to Rise Again Despite Cancellation
George Wein, creator of the Newport Jazz Festival, said it will continue next year in some form. The 196 mine festival, planned for July 4 weekend, drew about 36,000 fans with chaos at Festival Field as fences were breached and the crowd damaged instruments, prompting religious figure Norman J O'Connor to quote a youth who claimed, I am the music.
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George Wein
Norman J O'Connor
Wein
Newport
Crack of the whip and Newport Jazz Festival controversy
The article explains the whip crack as a sonic boom from a wave speeding beyond sound, notes conservation of momentum, and cites the 1971 Newport Jazz Festival cancellation and financial fallout. Wein laments losses, discusses weather, ticket sales, and possible benefit plans while police and city officials consider actions.
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Australia
Earth
Washington, D.C
Memphis Philatelic
By Bob Frederick
Lock Haven
Milwaukee
Wis
Amherst
Mass
San Juan
Puerto Rico
New York
N.Y
Historic Preservation
San Diego
Calif
White House
Canada
Paul Kane
United Nations
Antarktis
Akoiga
Traktaten
Orne
Hobby
Irving Desfor
Kennedy Airport
U.S
Diahann Carroll
Singing Star
U.S. Customs
America
Miss Carroll
Dorothy Hammond
H.T. Jr
Niewer
Newport Jazz
Mary Campbell
AP Newsfeatures
Geni Fer O
Science
Gen. Fea. Corp
Father O'Connor
Dionne Warwick
B. Cowles Mallory
Frank H. Walsh
Boston
Paul Revere
Robert Fulton
Raiders
Hamilton
Frank & Reynolds
Knight
Taylor
King
James
Bee Gees
Cornelius Brothers & Sister
Rose
Knight & Pips
Nassau
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