Review of the January/February 1997 Yule Log

Feature Articles

• Christmas Cancels of Kentucky - Linda Lawrence describes the numerous Kentucky cancels from post offices with names having Christmas connections. Postmarks from Mistletoe, Nicholasville, Halo, Saint Joseph and Nazareth Kentucky are illustrated.

• Auction - Mary Turner includes 180 lots of Christmas material in this issue's auction. Stamps, First Days, Christkindls, Aerogrammes, Seals, Cards, and many miscellaneous Christmas items are included in this auction. Since this is a donation auction, all proceeds will go to the Club.

• A Christmas Tree of US Postmarks - Editor June Berwald illustrates many of the Christmas postmarks used in the United States at Christmas 1996.

• Christmas Issues 1995-1996 - Ev Foster lists and describes Christmas issues.

• Christmas Cancels from Belgium and Austria - Marc Collage illustrates 1996 Christmas postmarks.

• Ken Mackenzie Writer's Award Winner - Editor June Berwald announces the 1996 winner of the Ken Mackenzie Writer's Award - George Rohrer of Raleigh, North Carolina for this article "Santons-de-Provence" which appeared in the November/December Yule Log. The article describes the Nativity scenes and the "Little Saints" which are used in southern France.

• Christmas Customs Around the World - Glenn Vasbinder visits Brazil and describes some of Brazil's Christmas traditions.

• Chatterbox - Kathy Ward discusses the rubber stamp cachets used from Christmas, Michigan and the cancellation of Canada Post's Christmas Card Discount program.

• Net Ramblings - Kathy Ward describes some of the resources available to Christmas stamp collectors on the World Wide Web. Illustrations of many of the Christmas stamps, seals and postmarks used at Christmas 1996 were available via the Club's Web Page.

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