May 2010, Volume 62, No. 2, Whole No. 226

THE EDITOR'S PAGE In This Issue: Footnotes vs. Endnotes, by Michael Laurence

PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS PERIOD Postmarks Showing Integral Rate Within the Circular Townmark: Drop Rates, by James W. Milgram, M.D.

THE 1847 PERIOD The MOniker and the Misnomer: The Boston "Penny Post", by Larry Lyons

THE 1851 PERIOD Louisville and St. Louis Mail Route Markings, by James W. Milgram, M.D., Robert G. Metcalf, and James W. Curtis

THE 1861-69 PERIOD 3c 1861 Stamps on Turned Covers, by Michael C. McClung

THE BANK NOTE PERIOD Cancellations Showing Reversed Bottle-Stopper Size Numbers, by Richard D. Sheaff

OFFICIALS Constant Plate Varieties on the 1873 Official Stamps: Department of State, by George G. Sayers

THE FOREIGN MAILS Mistaken 24c Rate to Germany, 1857-1861, by Robert S. Boyd; New Information on a Collins Line Sailing, by Richard F. Winter by John Barwis

SPECIAL FEATURE The Postal History of U.S. Stamp Collecting, 1862-1899, Part 3, by Stephen R. Belasco

NEW BOOKS Understanding Transatlantic Mail, Volume 2 (Richard Winter), reviewed by Dwayne O. Littauer; Auction Sale of the Floyd E. Risvold Collection (Spink Shreves), reviewed by James W. Milgram, M.D.; Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing (Catherine Golden), reviewed by Michael Laurence

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