Posted Mission statement on the homepage.

Posted the Birth of the Web Chroncile notification on the Index page.

The Web Chronicle goes live. Some “cool facts” about the new Digital Chronicle:

• 224 issues from 1948 thru 2009; 2010 issues will be added starting next month
• Search Results For: All articles, editorials, book reviews, obituaries, classified advertisements and display advertisements in all issues (1948-2009) produces 7816 individual listings.
• Individual listings are bookmarked within each PDF. Tables of Contents are linked directly to articles.
• PSA employed “byte-serving” technology to enable PDFs to open directly to the selected article, rather than at the first PDF page.
• PSA developed a custom philatelic full text search engine. Features include: A total of six million word are indexed for searching, with nearly 14,000 pages are indexed.

Updated the Officers & Editorial Board page by adding Lester Lanphear III and Dan Warren as Board of Directors until 2013. Thanks John and Norval for your service.

We now have 12 copies of U. S. POSTAL MARKINGS, 1851-1861, 2nd ed, by Thomas Alexander in stock. This is a must have classic for cancels and markings, rates, uses, covers, maps and more. 4000 illustrations and photos. In original shrink wrap, hardback, with dustcover (see #212). Go to the Store for ordering Publications by the USPCS. Limited stock, order now!