The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 21, May 25, 2003, Article 12

THE MOREAU HOARD OF POSTAGE STAMP ENVELOPES

  David Gladfelter writes: "The leading reference today on Civil
  War postage stamp envelopes is Milton Friedberg's series,
  "Catalog of Enveloped Postage," that ran in 11 consecutive
  issues of Paper Money from 1993 to 1995. I don't know
  whether he has published this series as a book. Only
  selected specimens were illustrated in this series, but I still
  have a draft of his manuscript that illustrates them all.
  Through the cooperation of Dave Bowers I was able to get
  a photocopy of every specimen in the Moreau hoard about
  which H. R. Drowne wrote (the Moreau hoard was
  eventually consigned to Bowers & Merena, I believe by John
  Ford, and sold at auction). I have made up a catalog of the
  Moreau hoard with a page for each envelope, for my own
  use, it has not been published. Milton Friedberg's personal
  collection of these envelopes was sold at auction by Currency
  Auctions of America who published a special hardbound
  edition of this catalog. I have corresponded with Milton but
  never met him in person, and I carry his catalog to the bigger
  shows in hopes that our paths will eventually cross. It was a
  real pleasure assisting him with the Paper Money series."

  Fred Reed, Editor PAPER MONEY writes: "Civil War stamp
  envelopes were admirably cataloged by Milt Friedberg in Paper
  Money a while back.  They were illustrated and serialized over
  a two year period (11 issues) in these issues of Paper Money:

  Friedberg, Milton R.  Catalog of enveloped postage, illus

  1993  vol 32, whole no. 168 pp 188ff
  1994  vol 33, whole no. 169 pp 22ff
  1994  vol 33, whole no. 170 pp 54ff
  1994  vol 33, whole no. 171 pp 98ff
  1994  vol 33, whole no. 172 pp 138ff
  1994  vol 33, whole no. 173 pp 170ff
  1994  vol 33, whole no. 174 pp 208ff
  1995  vol 34, whole no. 175 pp 27ff
  1995  vol 34, whole no. 176 pp 65ff
  1995  vol 34, whole no. 177 pp 109ff
  1995  vol 34, whole no. 179 pp 198ff"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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