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DANZIG REPORT
G.P.S STUDY GROUP

Editor: John H. Bloecher Jr., 1743 Little Creek Drive, Baltimore, Md. 21207

How good was the 11-day show at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare? From a philatelic viewpoint, it could hardly be better. More than 150,000 attended the event, compared to 73,476 at INTERPFIIL ‘76. However, the Convention Center was so vast that it never appeared crowded, and the long lines expected at the USPS ordering area never developed. Wide aisles in both the exhibit area and the bourse were a welcome relief from the claustrophobic feeling at most shows. One thing lacking, however, was an abundance of benches for us oldtimers. Credit should be given to Les Winick and Bud Ilennig and to numerous other persons behind the scenes who worked 10 years to  bring AMERIPEX ‘86 to its successful conclusion.

Several European dealers who brought Danzig material to the bourse were Petev Rickenback, Harald Steltzer and the Proud—Bailey Co., among others. (One thing is certain: the United States trade balance received another setback this month.) Pete’s Going-Out—of-Business Sale has been continuing for some time, but he’s paid no mind to the fact that “sale” usually means “discount”. his stock book of  [!j proofs, errors, etc. and better Danzig covers provided an excursion into Fantasyland, and a few of these pieces are already finding their way into the Reports. As we explained to Frau Betty, it’s all in the interest of research!

An outstanding Danzig exhibit was provided by Rudolf Martin of Germany with 8 frames entitled: Airmail of the Free State of Danzig. He showed 27 LUPOSTA 1932 covers, including some with German stamps. Martin explains another section of his exhibit: As the Polish Post Office in Danzig didn’t rank among the states bound by contract, the mail was dispatched and flown together with Polish Zeppelin Post. Accordingly, mail showing stamps of the Polish Post Office Danzig and the dated postmark “DANZIG” is very exceptional. Of the 10 flights altogether in 1932 and 1933, only 229 deliveries are known. (Martin showed eight.) His DO-X section writes: Technical complications delayed the start of the flying boat again and again. This is the reason why only 3 flights are known for which mail from Danzig was dispatched: (turn to Pg. 2)

Giles du Boulay sent in the label at the left advertising the German Agricultural Touring Exhibition of 1904, which is a beauty in red and a pale sage—green background. He noticed the ploughman’s whip may have had an additional message, and, after consulting the German script article in the Jan. 1982 Specialist, adds some imagination to produce DLW — Deutsche Landwirtschaftliche Wander—Austellung. Yes?

 

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