2006 Archive of PNC News

 9/5/06 - The PNC3 Club 16 page exhibit that was created for and exhibited at Washington 2006 and again at the APS Stampshow in Rosemont is now online.  Click here for the exhibit pages.

 9/3/06 - Dan Kauffman has been appointed to continue as the club Historian.

Donna Rajotte in Providence notes that she has the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag printed by Avery Dennison, but only in Peak/Valley die cuts.

 9/1/06 - The following individuals have been appointed by President Ron Maifeld to chair the various committees listed below effective today:
•  Auctioneer - Joe Sedivy
•  Catalog - Frank Covey
•  Coil Line Editor - Harold Brown
•  Coil Line Distribution - Alan Thomson
•  Finance - Harvey Wales
•  Membership - Janet Gillis
•  Publications Advisory - John Cropper
•  Publicity - Gene Trinks
•  Regional Meetings - Anthony Bruno
•  Webmaster - Ron Maifeld
More appointments will be announced later.  Photos of most of the new officers and committee chairs are shown on the Officers page in the 'PNC3 Membership' section.

AUGUST 2006

 8/31/06 - The September 2003 issue of Coil Line is now online in the 'Reference' section.  All issues of Coil Line from the beginning to this issue are archived in the 'Reference' section.

A very limited number of coils of the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag printed by Avery Dennison were available at the APS Stampshow.  The findings there agree with several reporters in that the Valley/Peak die cut appears to be the harder to find.

 8/23/06 - A reminder about the Annual PNC3 Meeting this coming Saturday, August 26, at the APS Stampshow in Rosemont, Illinois at 2 pm.

 8/18/06 - Robert Rabinowitz reported a couple of days ago on the US Stamps Discussion Group and Jay Bigalke reported in the Linn's Stamp News dated August 28 that coils of the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag printed by Avery Dennison have turned up.  Bob said that they surfaced in at least one post office, while Jay says that the stamps came from Stamp Fulfillment Services in Kansas City, where they have been available since at least late June.  The USPS order number is 783642.

 8/16/06 - Donna Rajotte in Providence reports: "I will be taking another week of vacation from Saturday August 19^th until Monday August 28^th.  All orders received by Friday will be sent out then.  Orders received after Friday will go out in the order they were received upon my return.  Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause."

 8/14/06 - Information has been posted for two Regional Meetings, one is SESCAL on October 14, 2006 in Los Angeles and the other is ARIPEX in Tucson, Arizona on January 20, 2007.  Details can be found at the 'Membership' tab on the left.

 8/13/06 - Renate Fearonce in Tucson sends word that she has the 10¢ America Clock WAG coil of 10k, plate number S1111 every 14 stamps with bottom pink back numbers in positions 1, 3 and 5.

 8/11/06 - Scans of the 10¢ America Clock WAG coil of 10k have been posted.

 8/5/06 - Donna Rajotte in Providence announces that she has the 10¢ America Clock WAG coil of 10k, plate number S1111 every 14 stamps, pink five digit back numbers every 10 stamps. Only top/bottom back numbers on even coils (70 stamps for positions 1, 3, and 5), but top/bottom/middle back numbers on odd coils (70 stamps for positions 2 and 4).  USPS item number-784300

 8/4/06 - Links to scans and more detailed information have been added to items in the Glossary for Knoll and Thimble die cut varieties and a link has been provided to the recently added Coil Label study.  The PNC3 Glossary is in the 'Reference' section.

 8/2/06 - 2006 PNC3 TALLY OF BALLOTS. The following report covers the recent election of the Plate Number Coil Collectors Club. The officers will begin their terms Sept. 1, 2006 and serve through August 31, 2008.   Those names highlighted in blue were elected. Total Ballots Cast: 201
President   —  Ron Maifeld    201
Vice-President  — Thomas McFarland    164
                                   Eric Russow    35
Secretary  —  Daniel Farrar    196
Treasurer  —  Harvey Wales    193
At Large  —  Gary Davis    99
                        Andrew Jakes    172
                        Edward Wigger    115
Please note: Several ballots omitted votes for one or more candidates and one ballot marked both candidates for vice-president. Only this office was not counted.
Respectfully submitted, The Ballot Committee, Robert Hubsmith, Rob Loeffler, Robert Moskowitz

 8/1/06 - Donna Rajotte in Providence announces that she has in stock the (.10) Atlas PSA coil of 10k, plate number V32332 every 10 stamps, blue middle 5 digit back numbers every 10 stamps.  USPS item number 791200

JULY 2006

 7/31/06 - The August 2003 issue of Coil Line is now online in the 'Reference' section.

 7/26/06 - Joe Sedivy, the PNC3 Auctioneer, reports that he is accepting lots for the next auction. They must be in his hands no later than August 19 so he can have a chance to review them and type up the auction list for inclusion in the October Coil Line. The deadline is August 19 and any lots received after that date may be held until the spring auction or returned.

 7/16/06 - After being made aware of the Frank Covey article in the August 2006 issue of Coil Line, available to members only, Steve Esrati revised his August newsletter to reflect the new Crops P/V die cut discovery.

 7/15/06 - Which way is it?  Steve Esrati's August newsletter says that the Crops stamps cannot have P/V serrations. Steve shows why he thinks this is so, but he still offers P/V strips for sale. In the August Coil Line, Frank Covey has an article to show that the P/V die cuts do exist.

 7/7/06 - Tentative technical details have been posted for the 10¢ American Clock water-activated coil of 10,000 to be issued August 4, 2006 in Independence, Ohio.

 7/5/06 - Vacation Notes:  Donna Rajotte in Providence will be on vacation from Saturday July 8th until Monday July 17th. All orders received by this Friday will be sent out then.  Renate Fearonce in Tucson is on vacation until the end of July.

 7/3/06 - Donna Rajotte in Providence reports that she has the .39 Lady Liberty and Flag PSA, SSP printing  plate number S1111 every 14 stamps.  These all appear to be P/V.  USPS item number-783600.

JUNE 2006

 6/30/06 - The July 2003 issue of Coil Line is now online in the 'Reference' section.

 6/29/06 - Renate Fearonce in Tucson sent word that she has the .25 Eagle (20), PSA 10K coil, 2005 date, S3333333, bottom pink #’s, position 3(#/#) and the .39 Liberty (14) PSA coil of 100, S11111, V/P (She previously had P/V and these are gone).  Renate also notes that she will be on vacation most of July.

 6/26/06 - An extensive new section relative to Coil Labels has been added to the website.  Thanks to Conrad Keydel for providing this information.  The Coil Label pages can be accessed through the 'Reference' tab on the left, or by clicking here.

 6/19/06 - Received a letter today, dated June 16, 2006,  from Edward F. Phelan., Jr., District Manager, Connecticut Customer Service & Sales, in which he states: "In an effort to better serve our customers, the Connecticut Philatelic Center currently located in the Oneco Post Office will be relocating to the New Haven Post Office, which is located at 50 Brewery Street, New Haven, Connecticut.  This location is much larger than the Oneco Post Office and will better serve the needs of our Philatelic customers.  Our statewide Stamp Distribution Center is also located in this facility, which will give access to a wider selection of stamps.  This move is effective immediately.

If you need to place an order by mail please send your request to: ATT: Philatelic Mail Order, Main Office Window Unit, U. S. Postal Service, 50 Brewery Street, New Haven CT 06511-9998, (203) 782-7283."

 6/13/06 - Mike Lipson writes to say that he lost his long time source for plate number singles and is looking for a new source.  Please contact Mike if you can provide quantities of used plate number singles at wholesale prices. Email Mike at mblipson@smartneighborhood.net or send a letter to: Michael B. Lipson, 19365 Cypress Ridge Ter., Apt. 612, Lansdowne  VA 20176-5161.

 6/11/06 -  Renate Fearonce in Tucson sent a copy of her current inventory list and notes that she has the 39¢ Lady Liberty / U.S. Flag self-adhesive 'stick' format coil of 100.

 6/9/06 - Scott Publishing Company has assigned catalog number 3982 to the 39¢ Sennett Security Lady Liberty / U.S. Flag self-adhesive 'stick' format coil of 100 issued April 8.

Jim Nelson confirms that the Sennett 'stick' coil has both PV/VP and VP/PV die cuts.

6/7/06 - Pictured at the right is a Valley / Peak die cut variety of the Sennett Security 39¢ Lady Liberty / U.S. Flag coil of 100 produced in a 'stick format', which is 10 coils held together by tiny bridges.  Click on the picture to see a larger, more detailed version of the coil block which was created from three stacked rows of coils.

 6/5/06 - Todd R. Uebele, Sr., doing business with RJI Philatelics has been added to the PNC3 dealer list.  Todd sells Albums and a Book featuring the 32¢ Flag Over Porch stamps.  Click on his website link, www.flagoverporchpubs.com, or see the dealer list in the 'Collecting PNCs' bar on the left for more information.

 6/4/06 - Back from the show.  We had a good regional meeting with attendance at about 50 people.  A full report should be in the next issue of Coil Line.  We signed up 23 new members at the PNC3 booth.  Thanks to everyone who helped in any way.

The Sennett Security 'stick' coils of 100 of the denominated 39¢ Lady Liberty / U.S. Flag have shown up and were available at Washington 2006. 

An interview with Avery Dennison personnel revealed that on future coils, all of the printing plates will be replaced at the same time, thus eliminating mixed plate number combinations.  Everything from here on out should be V all 1s, all 2s, all 3s etc.  The same people also confirmed that their version of the denominated 39¢ Lady Liberty / U.S. Flag has been printed and shipped to the Postal Service.

MAY 2006

 5/26/06 - Hope to see many of you at the PNC3 Regional Meeting at Washington 2006 Saturday, May 27.  Feel free to stop by the PNC3 booth and introduce yourself.  This may be the last report until I get back home because I'm not sure of what internet access I might have in DC.

The June 2003 issue of Coil Line is now online in the 'Reference' section.

 5/25/06 - Rolls of the 37¢ Egret self-adhesive coil of 100 with the plate number combination V3221, all V/P, have been found.   Steve Esrati reports that  dealer Mike Lipson found some rolls and will retail them at $175 per PS/5.  There is apparently another finder, who wishes to remain anonymous.

Steve also notes two other recent items that are pricey: The 37¢ Flag with the plate number combination S4444 and SMOOTH tagging (previous one had mottled tagging), which goes for about $150, and the (10¢) Atlas with the plate number V12111 at about $175.

Winfried Schielke found two bad links on the "H" comparison page. They have been corrected.

 5/24/06 - Rob Washburn announces that his pricelist #41 consisting of PNC covers, rare mint pncs and other tough to find stamps and covers is now available. Anyone wanting the pricelist should send a 39 cent #10 size SASE to Rob Washburn, P.O. Box 840, Skowhegan, ME 04976.

5/17/06 - The first of three denominated Lady Liberty self-adhesive coils of 100 issued April 8 has arrived.  The Ashton Potter version with micro-printing has been scanned and posted on the data page.  There are no reports at this time of the Sennett or Avery Dennison versions in the hands of collectors. Click on the scan on the right to go to the Lady Liberty / U.S. Flag data page.

 5/15/06 - Jim Nelson sent in revisions to his dealer listing.  Click here and scroll down for details.

 5/10/06 - Scott Publishing Company has assigned catalog number 3981 to the 39¢ Ashton Potter self-adhesive coil of 100 issued April 8.  Marty Frankevicz, New Issues Editor at Scott, says "All of the Flag listings this month are Ashton-Potter printings. The other coils and booklets due out on Apr. 8 haven't been seen by us as of yet. "

 5/9/06 - Renate Fearonce in Tucson sent a copy of her current inventory list.

 5/2/06 - About 4 months ago, George Spyrou reported a cover from the east coast with plate V33332 on the (10¢) Atlas.  Today I received one from Carl Frudden which was mailed on the west coast. The return address is Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, 1650 Owens St., San Francisco, CA 94158.  Their web site as listed on the envelope is www.gladstone.ucsf.edu.

APRIL 2006

 4/28/06 - The May 2003 issue of Coil Line is now online in the 'Reference' section.

 4/26/06 - A last minute reminder about the PNC3 regional meeting to be held at the Plymouth Stamp Show in Plymouth, Michigan.  The meeting is scheduled Saturday, April 29th from 11:30 am to 1 pm at the Plymouth Central Middle School.  Bring your extra coils for sale or trading.  Also bring any items you wish to show off to the members present.  (PS: I'll be there - Ron)

Donna Rajotte in Providence reports that she has the (5¢) Sea Coast PSA coil of 10k, plate number P7777 every 27 stamps, with top and bottom black back numbers every 10 stamps (270 stamps for all positions).  USPS item number-781400.

 4/22/06 - Serpentine die cut on two sides (5¢) Sea Coast stamps from plate P2222 have been found with a large date, 2.1 mm wide (Bolder & Taller), and Deep Valley Die Cuts.  This is in addition to the more common large date,  containing Shallow Valley Die Cuts. Click here for a summary of P2222 die cut varieties by Frank Covey.
 According to Larry Haynes:
 • The P3333 to P7777s (Scott 3874a) have die cut depths between .75 mm and .90 mm, and a small date.
 • The "normal" P2222 (Scott 3874) has a die cut depth of about .50 mm and a large date.
 • The deep valley P2222 has die cuts about  .75mm deep and a large date.
Corrected on 24 April.

 4/16/06 -  Donna Rajotte in Providence reports that she has the (5¢) Sea Coast PSA coil of 10k, plate number P7777 every 27 stamps, with top and bottom aqua back numbers and the (10¢) NYC Public Library Lion PSA coil of 10K, plate numbers S66666 and S77777 every 20 stamps, with pink 5-digit top/bottom/middle back numbers every 10 stamps.

 4/11/06 - Scott Publishing Company has assigned catalog numbers to the following:
• 3979 - 39¢ Lady Liberty and U. S. Flag coil, perf. 10 vertical.
• 4002 - 24¢ Common Buckeye self-adhesive coil stamp, serpentine die cut 8½ horizontal.
• 4003 - 39¢ Crops of the Americas - Chili peppers, self-adhesive coil stamp, serpentine die cut 10¼ horizontal.
• 4004 - 39¢ Crops of the Americas - Beans, self-adhesive coil stamp, serpentine die cut 10¼ horizontal.
• 4005 - 39¢ Crops of the Americas - Sunflower and seeds, self-adhesive coil stamp, serpentine die cut 10¼ horizontal.     This stamp exists with and without a plate number.
• 4006 - 39¢ Crops of the Americas - Squashes, self-adhesive coil stamp, serpentine die cut 10¼ horizontal.
• 4007 - 39¢ Crops of the Americas - Corn, self-adhesive coil stamp, serpentine die cut 10¼ horizontal.
• 4007a - Strips of 5 and 11, #4003-4007
        Note: Plate number strips listed for Nos. 4003-4007 are 5 and 11 stamps long.
• O160 - 39¢ Official Mail coil stamp.

 4/7/06 - Both Renate Fearonce in Tucson and Donna Rajotte in Providence report that they have some of the 39¢ Lady Liberty items that go on sale tomorrow, April 8th.

 4/6/06 -  Donna Rajotte in Providence reports that she finally has the (39¢) Lady Liberty PSA Ashton Potter coil of 100, plate number P1111 every 31 stamps.  USPS item number-783000.

A collector, who wants to remain anonymous, reports a small mint find of a die cut variety.  A 10K roll has been found of the (5¢) Sea Coast SA P2222 with die cuts on two sides (Scott 3874). These stamps have a die cut variety called "deep valley".  This is the variety that Ronald Blanks describes in the U S Specialist Sept 2005. The valley in this variety is noticeably deeper then normal.  These deep valley stamps have the same large date as Scott 3874 but a die cut more like that of Scott 3874a.

 4/4/06 - Added a scan and technical details to the 39¢ Crops of the Americas PSA coil of 100 data page.

 4/3/06 - Washington 2006 Update - The International Exhibition in Washington, DC runs May 27 through June 3 and PNC3 will be there with a booth, a Regional meeting on May 27, a 16 page exhibit frame and 3 seminars.  Click here for the tentative schedule of PNC related events. Volunteers are needed to staff the PNC3 booth.  Contact Bob Hubsmith at lobohub@earthlink.net to volunteer or find out when you can help.  The exhibit frame starts with a brief one page introduction of our group, followed by a sample of moderately priced PNC material  in the middle 14 pages, and concluding with contact information and details about membership. A single page from the 16 page PNC3 exhibit can be seen by clicking here.

4/1/06 - Bob Coffelt sent his cover with the Atlas V22112 for scanning.  A cropped scan is on the right.  Click on the scan for a view of the whole stamp. The return address from the back of the envelope is shown below.

MARCH 2006

3/31/06 - The April 2003 issue of Coil Line is now online in the 'Reference' section.  3/29/06 - Jerry Peale from California sent in the scan on the right with the following comment: "Thanks to Jack Wasserman, who brought a number of fresh rolls that he had just received to the Glendale Stamp Club, I found the attached die cut shift on Scott #3969 from Sennett Security Products.  I thought that other PNC3 members might be interested.  There is a nearly 1mm shift to the left of the die cut apparently where two die cut blades meet or were jointed.  The shift started on the third stamp at the beginning of the roll, past the plate number and ended or was corrected before the next plate number."

 3/26/06 - The results of our PNC3 auction #34 which ended March 18, 2006 are now posted online.  All the auction information can be accessed by using the 'Membership' button, or by clicking here. Thanks to Auctioneer Joe Sedivy for another successful auction.

 3/25/06 - What a coincidence!  Two different people reported to me today that they found a new (10¢) Atlas plate number on cover.  The two gentlemen are Bob Coffelt and George Spyrou and the new number is V22112.

 3/20/06 - Quite a few new and updated definitions have been added to the Glossary, most related to the acceptance of the horizontal die cut orientation for vertical coils. An alphabetical menu bar has also been added to make navigation in the Glossary easier. The Glossary is located in the 'Reference' section.

3/19/06 - Robert Rabinowitz sent a scan of a splice that he found on the 39¢ Official stamp produced by Sennett. Bob says - "Attached is the scan of rows 2 and 3 as they came off the rolls. They may not have been rolls 2 and 3 of the web since there could have been material above these.      But these two were certainly attached as were the 8 others. The actual splice is right through the second i of Official on the stamp just to the right of the # stamp. There are other

vertical lines including one several mm. to the right of the real splice. Also there are vertical lines and markings on the stamp just to the right of the splice stamp. These appear on almost all the stamps in that position and helped to line up the rows. The material making up the splice is 1 cm. wide and white."  Bob notes that the splices have already been sold. Click on the scan for a larger more detailed image.

 3/18/06 - A scan and updated details have been added to the data page for the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag Water-Activated coil of 100.

Dan Kauffman noticed that values on many of the nondenominated data pages were not enclosed in parenthesis.  That has been corrected.

Anthony Willson supplied current information for the Santa Ana, CA Philatelic office.

3/17/06 - Renate Fearonce in Tucson has the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag Water-Activated coil of 100, plate number S1111 every 14 stamps, with a cardboard center, and the 39¢ Crops of the Americas, PSA coil of 100, S1111 every 25, vertical format. The plate number on the 39¢ Crops of the Americas, PSA coil of 100, is on the Sunflower stamp. Gene Trinks found a typo in the links to the 24¢ Common Buckeye which has been corrected. Bruce Menia sent a scan of a new find of the 32¢ Flag Over Porch with plate 78777 on a USPS Souvenir Page.  Bruce has the first reported 32¢ FOP on souvenir page 96-15 with plate number 78777 SA on the bottom row in position 1.  The  discovery has been added to the Souvenir Page spreadsheet which can be found by clicking on the 'PNC Data' bar at the left.

Donna Rajotte in Providence reports that she has the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag Water-Activated coil of 100, plate number S1111 every 14 stamps, no back number - USPS Item number-783900 and the Lady Liberty WAG coil of 10k, plate number S1111 every 14 stamps, pink five digit top and bottom back numbers, odd coils only, 70 stamps for positions 2 & 4.  USPS item number-784000.  Donna also has the 39¢ Crops of the Americas PSA coil of 100, plate number S1111.  USPS item number-784100.  Check Donna's list for items going off-sale March 31st.

 3/16/06 - The PNC3 Catalog Committee has had input from knowledgeable collectors, dealers and other organizations and has reached the conclusion that the preferred orientation for the 24¢ Common Buckeye vertical coils is to look at the horizontal image and count beginning at the top left corner of the stamp design, which coincides with exhibit A shown below. The decision of the catalog committee is confirmed by those voting with almost a 2 to 1 majority in favor of exhibit A.  An announcement, with more detail, will be made in the next issue of Coil Line.

Robert Rabinowitz reports that the 39¢ Official stamp produced by Sennett comes in their traditional sticks of 10 rolls. But unlike the Flag and other Sennett rolls of 100, the stamps here are rolled around an inner cardboard core, one inch in inside diameter.  His rolls from a number of stacks of 10 all started with a straight edge stamp, and from one to four stamps were stuck to the core.
     Each came with what appeared to be a leader strip wrapping the rolls. However, the "wrapper" was not attached to the beginning of the roll and in many cases could be separated without any tearing. Its length is just short of the length of a standard business envelope.

Mike Lipson adds that he has a report that the denominated, water activated, 100 stamp roll 39¢ Lady Liberty is fashioned like the 39¢ Officials in sticks of ten and each roll has a cardboard core at the center.

 3/15/06 - The votes on the Common Buckeye die cut controversy are coming in on a steady basis.  Because of the urgency that a decision be made, we ask that you vote before midnight tonight if you have feelings one way or the other.  The decision of the PNC3 catalog committee will be announced sometime tomorrow, Thursday, March 16.

Plate V32332 on the (10¢) Atlas has been found in quantity and should be available now from your favorite dealer.

Jim Nelson reports that Jim Kloetzel, editor of the Scott Catalogue stated to him and then also to the PNC3 catalog committee that "The Scott catalog view is that the 24¢ Common Buckeye coil is a vertical coil.  The Scott catalog will say, "Serpentine Die Cut XXX Horiz." "

Steve Esrati sends word that he has had a major computer crash and is asking his customers to contact him.  Steve says that "Since I started using an Osborne computer back in the 1970s, I have always backed up my day's work before shutting down. Still, my computer crashed last week. I told the repair people that they did not have to recover my data because It was all backed up. But when I tried to restore my data, I found that I had lost everything going back to November. I've had to ask my customers how much they owe me, and I don't have a clue about current subscribers to my newsletter. Please, let me hear from you to help me straighten this out."  Contact Steve by phone at 216-561-9393 or email at steve@esrati.com.

Common Buckeye - Exhibit A		Common Buckeye - Exhibit B

3/14/06 - A controversy has developed concerning which of the two die cuts shown above should be known as Peak/Valley.  We would like your input.  Please let the PNC3 Catalog Committee know your feelings.  Vote for the configuration on the left (Exhibit A) or the configuration on the right (Exhibit B).  Send your input to the Catalog Committee at Catalog@PNC3.org.  Please put Buckeye as your subject line.

 3/9/06 - Donna Rajotte in Providence reports that she has the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag Water-Activated coil of 3,000, with plate number S1111 every 14 stamps, and Pink 4 digit top/bottom back numbers. 70 stamps needed for either positions 2 & 4 OR 1, 3, & 5.  USPS item number 784200.  Donna also has the 24¢ Common Buckeye PSA coil of 100, V1111 every 11 stamps.  USPS item number 783300

Renate Fearonce in Tucson has the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag Water-Activated coil of 3,000 and 10,000. Coil of 3000,  S1111 every 14, 4 digits, top and bottom pink back numbers,  Position 1,3 and 5 (#/# every 70 stamps). Coil of 10K, S1111, 5 digits, bottom pink with position 2 /4, top pink position 1, 3, and 5 ( #/# every 70 stamps). Renate also has the 24¢ Common Buckeye PSA coil of 100, V1111 every 11 stamps.

3/8/06 - Scans and updated details have been posted for the 24¢ Common Buckeye Butterfly coil of 100 issued today.  3/4/06 - Bob Rabinowitz reports that Jim Kloetzel, editor of the Scott Catalogue stated to him "that the forthcoming 5 design "CROPS" issue coil will in all probability be listed by Scott as a PS5 and a PS11".  Bob further states that he will cut his strips out as PS11s.  3/3/06 - A couple of items pertaining to PMU (Phosphor Meter Unit), which the USPS uses to measure the relative brightness of tagging on a stamp, have been added to the Glossary, which is located in the 'Reference' section.  3/2/06 - Tentative technical data for the 39¢ Lady Liberty/U.S. Flag PSA coil of 100 stamps to be issued April 8 has been posted. There are three different printers: Ashton Potter, Avery Dennison and Sennett Security Products.

 3/1/06 - Auction Director Joe Sedivy has the lots for PNC3 Auction #34 posted.  The auction ends March 18 and you must be a member to bid. Click for a 'PDF' file and here for the bid form, or go to the 'Membership' tab for this or past auctions and/or to join the club.   Joe asks that you please include your email on your bids.

To further clarify the three types of tagging on recent coil stamps, the Tagging definition in the Glossary has been amended to add the USPS Tagging PMU (Phosphor Meter Unit) number. The Glossary is located in the 'Reference' section.

The United States Postal Service announced today that the 39¢ Lady Liberty/U.S. Flag PSA coil of 100 to be issued April 8th will be printed by three different printers: Ashton Potter, Avery Dennison and Sennett Security Products.

FEBRUARY 2006

 2/28/06 - The March 2003 issue of Coil Line is now online in the 'Reference' section.

 2/18/06 - Gordon J. Collins wrote to let us know that his Mail Bid Sales operation has moved to 66 Bloom Lane, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019-2104.  Contact Gordon at Phone/Fax: 650-726-4615 (24/7), or click on the email link above.

 2/18/06 - Distribution information from the Postal Bulletin has been added to the data pages for the coil stamps to be issued in March.  See February 11th article below for links.

 2/15/06 - Skip Gleason and Gene Trinks both caught a typo and Gene made a suggestion for a change in wording on the Glossary page.  Can't be too many typos left.

 2/13/06 - Renate Fearonce in Tucson sent her latest inventory list the other day attached to her email and I almost missed it.  Click on her link above to look it over.

 2/11/06 - Tentative data for the coil stamps to be issued in March has been posted.  They are the self adhesive 24¢ Common Buckeye Butterfly, the water activated 39¢  Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag, the water activated 39¢ Official Mail and the 39¢ Crops of the Americas self adhesive.  

 2/10/06 - Renate Fearonce in Tucson sends word that she has the 39¢ Liberty/Flag – 10K PSA coil, V1111, aqua middle back #’s, position 5 or 2R. She has several coils and they come with  a small font and a large font, in respect to the back #’s.  Renate also has the 39¢ Liberty/Flag – 3K PSA coil, V1111, aqua middle back #’s, position 5 .  Here again the fonts on the back are different on several coils.

Scott Publishing Company has assigned catalog number 3980 to the 10k 39¢ Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag from Avery Dennison.  All the affected pages have been updated. The 3k coil appears to be the same as the 10k coil and, for now, both are being listed on the same data page.

Bob Rabinowitz writes: "The USPS announced today dates, printers, plate number intervals of coils, booklet information, etc. It was very extensive and you should read about it in Linn's soon. Highlights for PNC collectors include the March 8 date for the 24¢ Buckeye SA coil printed by Avery-Dennison (expect P/V and V/P), the 39¢ gummed Official by Sennett (plate number interval 14), the gummed 39¢ Flag-Liberty by Sennett (interval 14).
     The 39¢ American Crops coils of 100 will appear in mid-March, by Sennett with a plate number interval of 25. The Crops stamp will have 5 different designs and whether they'll be saved as PS5s or PS10s or whatever will depend on the layout. My guess is that it will be collected as a PS11 so as to include both a number stamp and the same stamp without a number.
     Conspicuously absent from the announcement was any mention of self-adhesive coils of 100 of the 39¢ Flag-Liberty. I made inquiries and found that these will appear on April 8 along with the convertible booklets. No printers have been defined but I imagine that we'll see all three (Sennett, Ashton-Potter, and Avery-Dennison) involved."

 2/8/06 - Rob Washburn asked us to announce that his latest pricelist #40 is now available. Anyone wanting one should send a 39¢ SASE to: Rob Washburn, P. O. Box 840, Skowhegan, Maine 04976-0840.

Donna Rajotte in Providence reports that she has the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag PSA coil of 3,000, with plate number V1111 every 10 stamps, and Aqua 5 digit middle back numbers every 10 stamps in position 5 only. USPS item number 783700.  Donna says that these seem to be exactly the same as the January 9^th coil of 10,000.

Skip Gleason caught the fact that I had the catalog numbers for the 'linerless' Strawberries and the Raspberries transposed on the data page and two of the checklists.

 2/3/06 - Information on Regional Meetings has been added to the 'Membership' bar on the left.

 2/1/06 - Plate P1111 on the  (39¢) PSA Lady Liberty & U. S. Flag stamp from Ashton Potter has been added to all the affected pages.

JANUARY 2006

 1/31/06 - The February 2003 issue of Coil Line is now online in the 'Reference' section.

 1/28/06 - A little over a year ago, I wrote on 1/14/05: "A number that probably doesn't mean much to anyone except a webmaster is the counter near the bottom of the page.  On December 27, 2003, a year and a couple of weeks ago, we reached the 100,000 visitor mark.  Today we recorded visitor number 150,000.  It took over 6 years to reach the first milestone and it appears that we might reach 200,000 in two years time."  Last night the counter topped the 200,000 mark, which is a year and two weeks since the 150 thousand mark and 25 months since the 100 thousand mark.  Thanks again to everyone for their continued support, help and encouragement.

Dan Farrar sent a scan of a DAV return envelope that he received January 21st franked with the 3¢ Silver Coffeepot and the 5¢ Toleware coils.  The stamps total 37¢. Click on the scan to see a larger version.

 1/27/06 - Several more new entries have been added to the PNC Glossary.  Descriptions for Centering, Chromed, Coil Strip, Coil Wrapper, Definitives, Expertization, First Day Ceremony Program, Imperf Between, Inking Flaws, Make-Up Rate, Selvage, Spacefiller and Straight Edge are now in the Glossary, which is in the Reference section.

 1/25/06 - The wrong Scott number for the Juke Box coil was given on the Squared and Rounded SHOULDER die cuts comparison chart and Robert Thompson caught it.

 1/24/06 - One of our member dealers, John Cropper, is offering an incentive for new members who join PNC3 during 2006.  John says that "Anyone joining after January 1, 2006, I'll offer $25 in face Mint PS5s (my choice of issues, numbers, but I'll mix it up) for $25 in honor of the 25th anniversary of Plate Number Coils."

 1/23/06 - Several new entries have been added to the PNC Glossary.  Descriptions and links for 'Prephosphored', 'Mottled', 'Uneven' and 'Smooth' tagging and 'Luminescence' are now in the Glossary, which is in the Reference section.

1/21/06 - Stamps from the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U. S. Flag coil of 10,000 from Avery Dennison are in and scanned. The stamps were printed on untagged paper and then overprinted with taggant that glows a bluish-white under short and long wave ultraviolet light. Back numbers consist of a five digit aqua number spaced every 10 stamps.  Only the middle position has been reported thus far. Click on the scan for a larger, more detailed view.

 1/18/06 - Almost all of the data pages have been updated with Paper type information, Tagging types (Smooth, Mottled or Uneven), Die Cut configurations (Peaks / Valleys) and a number of typos have been located and corrected.  In addition, many items  were added to conform with the 2006 Scott Specialized. There are bound to be some that were missed, so please let me know if you find any as did Eric Grossman a few days ago.

 1/14/06 - Donna Rajotte in Providence reports that she has the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag PSA coil of 10,000.  Plate number V1111 every 10 stamps, Aqua 5 digit middle back numbers every 10 stamps.  Position 6 only. USPS item number 783800.

Renate Fearonce in Tucson sends word that she has received a 10K PSA coil of the Lion, S66666, plate # every 20 stamps, pink bottom back #s. Back number stays in the same position which is 5L and 5R.

 1/12/06 - Tentative technical details have been posted for the 39¢ Lady Liberty and U. S. Flag coil of 3,000 and 10,000 from Avery Dennison.

 1/11/06 - Scott Publishing Company made it official today when they filled in the reserved number of 3969 for the Sennett Lady Liberty & U. S. Flag 'stick' coil.

1/10/06 - George Spyrou sent in another Atlas cover to be scanned, his second in as many months.  This time it's the V33332.  Click on the image to see a larger scan and click here to see the cover, which was folded and torn when he received it. The number has been added to all the affected pages.

 1/4/06 - George Spyrou reports that he received a cover, mailed from Washington, DC, with plate V33332 on the (10¢) Atlas.  I hope to have a scan soon.

 1/3/06 - In a clarification on the Statue of Liberty and U.S. Flag stamps issued by email today, the U. S. Postal Service states: "The Statue of Liberty and U.S. Flag stamps were prepared on Type III unphosphered paper and overtagged with phosphor during print production by the printer Avery Dennison. All stamps are tagged. The Postal Bulletin article failed to mention the overtagging performed by Avery Dennison."

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