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Volume 127 • No. 3 • Whole No. 1,346
234
Siberia of the Pacic? French Frigate Shoals
by Steve Pendleton
e Northwest Hawaiian Islands are little
more than gloried sandbanks, but they have a philatelic history.
242
Centenary of the First Air Mail Flight Celebrated
by Kishore K. Yalamanchili
Postal history was made on February
18, 1911 when Henri Péquet ew a small cargo of mail in a Humber
biplane from Allahabad, India to Naini Junction.
246
e World’s First Postal Code: e Ukrainian
‘Index’ System
by Ingert Kuzych
A sophisticated, three-part postal code
system was rst introduced in Ukraine in 1932.
251 Cavallini — Precursors to Postage Stamps
by Richard Logan
Stamped postal paper issued by the government
of Sardinia in 1818 was named for the wild ponies that roam this
Mediterranean island.
Featured Columns
218
Collecting Coast to Coast —
Wayne L. Youngblood
Promotional FDCs Created for Many Reasons
Both philatelic and
non-philatelic products have found their way onto promotional rst day covers.
224
Visiting the British Empire —
Noel Davenhill
Gold Coast
e British Colony known as Gold Coast was the rst colony in
sub-Saharan Africa to win its independence, adopting the name Ghana in 1957.
230
What’s Happening Up North —
Peter Butler
Canada Post and Commemorative Envelopes
In order to recognize
worthy applicants who cannot be honored with a postage stamp,
Canada Post issues commemorative envelopes.
288
Worldwide in a Nutshell —
Bob Lamb
Kingdom of ailand
One of a handful of Asian states that avoided European
control, its ocial name was rst changed from Siam to ailand in 1939.
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Whether the APC
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270
APS Election
210
Classieds
280
Index of Advertisers
272
Inside the NPM
264
Letters to the Editor
202
Membership Report
277
President’s Column
196
e Pulse
253
Reference Collection News
258
Sales Talk
260
Show Time
266
U.S. New Issues
284
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