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Amateur Correspondent, v. 2, issue 2, September-October 1937
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Hobbyanna [text inside the B/W picture of a roll with a representation of the northwest territory between two male heads] 1787 NORTHWEST TERRITORY 1937 CUTLER PUTNAM MANASSAH CUTLER SPONSORED THE ORDINANCE OF 1787 AND RUFUS PUTNAM WAS THE RECOGNIZED LEADER IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE OLD NORTHWEST TERRITORY. FIRST DAY OF ISSUE [end text inside picture] Your reaction to this department was surprisingly favorable, and it has become in our eyes a most successful experiment. We hope that the more ardent hobbyists among you will be sufficiently interested to write to our contributors, either in care of this magazine or to their personal addresses. Your letters will be highly appreciated, and will help them greatly in the preparation of their articles. FIRST DAY COVERS By J. C. Sidenius East Rutherford, N. J. THERE HAS BEEN insufficient reaction to my previous article on this branch of philately to know what you consider of most interest, so I shall ramble on covers in general. Of the more recent stamps to be issued are those commemorating the birth of the first white child born in this country. Her name was Virginia Dare and since there was no authentic record of her features no suitable reproduction could be made on the stamp. I wonder how many readers are familiar with the history of this famous child, who has been so highly honored by the issuance of this five cent stamp. I mention this because you cannot realize the full benefit of this hobby without consulting the histories of the central figures of each stamp (which are available in any private or public library and which would consume too much space to enumerate here). Prior to the Virginia Dare stamp, there was placed on sale at Mariette, Ohio, and New York City, on July 13th, a 3c stamp commemorating the Northwest Territory. New York was selected as one of the official First Day Cities by virtue of having been the capitol of the U.S. at that time. Again you will find with little effort what present States then constituted the Northwest Territory and what part was taken by Rufus Putnam and Manassah Cutler, who were 25
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Hobbyanna [text inside the B/W picture of a roll with a representation of the northwest territory between two male heads] 1787 NORTHWEST TERRITORY 1937 CUTLER PUTNAM MANASSAH CUTLER SPONSORED THE ORDINANCE OF 1787 AND RUFUS PUTNAM WAS THE RECOGNIZED LEADER IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE OLD NORTHWEST TERRITORY. FIRST DAY OF ISSUE [end text inside picture] Your reaction to this department was surprisingly favorable, and it has become in our eyes a most successful experiment. We hope that the more ardent hobbyists among you will be sufficiently interested to write to our contributors, either in care of this magazine or to their personal addresses. Your letters will be highly appreciated, and will help them greatly in the preparation of their articles. FIRST DAY COVERS By J. C. Sidenius East Rutherford, N. J. THERE HAS BEEN insufficient reaction to my previous article on this branch of philately to know what you consider of most interest, so I shall ramble on covers in general. Of the more recent stamps to be issued are those commemorating the birth of the first white child born in this country. Her name was Virginia Dare and since there was no authentic record of her features no suitable reproduction could be made on the stamp. I wonder how many readers are familiar with the history of this famous child, who has been so highly honored by the issuance of this five cent stamp. I mention this because you cannot realize the full benefit of this hobby without consulting the histories of the central figures of each stamp (which are available in any private or public library and which would consume too much space to enumerate here). Prior to the Virginia Dare stamp, there was placed on sale at Mariette, Ohio, and New York City, on July 13th, a 3c stamp commemorating the Northwest Territory. New York was selected as one of the official First Day Cities by virtue of having been the capitol of the U.S. at that time. Again you will find with little effort what present States then constituted the Northwest Territory and what part was taken by Rufus Putnam and Manassah Cutler, who were 25
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