Review of the January/February 2000 Yule Log

Feature Articles

• "Two 1999 First Day Ceremonies"
  Washington, DC by George Rohrer, CPC #1499
  Rudolph, WI by Roberta Olson, CPC #1517

• "Ken Mackenzie Writer's Award Winner"...announcing the winner of the award for 1999 - John Hotchner, Falls Church, Virginia for his article "Experimental 1970 Christmas Precancels" which appeared in the January/February 1999 Yule Log.

• "The Regular Columnist's Award Winner" ... announcing the winner of the award for 1999 - Rev. Frank Pieper, Emden, Illinois for his column "Just a Sip - Religion on Christmas Stamps."

• "Christmas Philatelic Club Auction"...Mary Turner, CPC #720 describes 93 lots of Christmas philatelic items including First Day Covers, stamps, souvenir sheets, postal stationery etc.

• "Just a Sip" - Religion on Christmas Stamps"... Rev. Frank Pieper, CPC #1051, continues to share his enjoyment of collecting Religion on Christmas stamps with readers of the Yule Log. In this issue, Rev. Pieper shows stamps which illustrate a passage from the gospel of Matthew:   Wise Men See and Follow a Star.

• 'Round the World Christmas Covers...Richard Beecher, CPC #987, shows a couple of covers that are underpaid. The covers made it to their destination but the addressee had to pay postage due upon receipt because there was no return address on them.

• "1999 TPA Youth Christmas Cover Contest Winners Announced"... Winners of the annual contest to design the cover of the November / December issue of The Texas Philatelist are announced. The winning entry is illustrated.

• "Items from Italy"...Sergio Ferrarese, CPC #1032, illustrates some Christmas postal stationery from Italy.

• "Christmas Angels and a few others, too"...article reprinted with permission from "Across the Fence Post", journal of the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs.

• "Guess the Title of the Carol" Christina Howland, CPC #810 ... a quiz to win first day ceremony programs. Answers to June by March 1.

• "A Christmas Tree of Austrian Postmarks" and "Noteworthy Postmarks"...Marc Collage, CPC #947 illustrates postmarks from Austria and Belgium.

• Yule Log Index and Cross Reference...information how to obtain a copy of the Index from CPC Vice-President Ed Kalasa. The index is a listing of articles which have appeared in the Yule Log from 1969-1998. Index ordering information

To see some of the regular columns in the Yule Log, return to the Yule Log page.

The Yule Log is edited by Jon Mills of Ottawa, Ontario. Christine Sanders of Englewood, Florida is the club's current president.

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