The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 41, October 13, 2002, Article 5

OTHER INTERESTING FINDS

  As long as I'm clearing off my desk, I'll mention some
  other interesting finds.   A month or so ago I had taken
  a box of low value duplicates to a local club meeting as
  giveaways.  When the feeding frenzy was over only a
  few lonely items remained.  I couldn't bear to throw
  them out, so I took a second look.  One was a Federal
  Coin Exchange catalog for the North East Ohio Coin
  Club convention in Cleveland, OH in July, 1961.  Lot
  1321 was "a complete collection of World War II forms,
  ration books, application forms, decals, deposit certificates,
  tokens, etc.  All forms that were ever issued over a period
  of approximately five years."  The one and a half page
  description outlines a museum-quality collection including
  a number of items printed by the government but never
  released to the public.   I wonder who the buyer was,
  and where this collection is today.

  Another item is the Federal Brand Eagle, a fixed price
  list published by Federal Brand Enterprises of Cleveland.
  (Vol 2. No 1, January 1965).  It includes a nice little article
  by Robert Obojski, PhD titled "The Story of Encased Postage
  Stamps and Their Use as Money"   The pricelist offered a
  rare one cent Dougan the Hatter for $600, along with several
  of the more common encased stamps.

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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