The Military Postal History Society Bulletin Information for 2004

WINTER 2004 - Vol 43 No 1
MAIL OF THE AEF TO FOREIGN DESTINATIONS

Picture postcard of Podgiritza sent by one of the small group of Americans sent to Montenegro at the end of the war. Addressed to Douglas on the Isle of Man, it went by military pouch to Paris, where it entered the mail stream (probably at APO 975).

Articles in this issue are:

Exchanged Jewish POWs
APO/FPO Openings/Closings
Korean War Navy Cover Album
Last Liberty Ship
Mail From AEF to Foreign Destinations
Military Operations Since 1993
Military Post Office Contingency APO Locations
Operation Iraqi Freedon Continues
Stand by To Ram
Stars and Strife — Carole Lombard
Philatelic Militaria

The issue includes a number of news columns, Classified Ads, several book reviews, show reports, and articles of current Society business news.

SPRING 2004 - Vol 43 No 2
THE HOLLANDIA RAIDS ....

Cover from 90th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group (B-25s), sent in 1943 (month missing from the American Base Forces postamark). Return address APO 929, Port Morsby, New Guinea.

Articles in this issue are:

APO/FPO Openings/Closings
Auction Sale #174
British Military College of Science
Holandia Raids, April 1944
Mail From Foreign Senders to APOs
National World War II Memorial Dedicated
Operation Overlord Picture Review
Provisions for Feild Postal Service in the U.S. Army, 1940
Sighted Blimps, Sank Same
Stars and Strife: The RAF in Southern Rhodesia
World War II Soldiers' Mail Regulations

The issue includes a number of news columns, Classified Ads, several book reviews, show reports, and articles of current Society business news.

SUMMER 2004 - Vol 43 No 3
RUSSIAN POSTAL ACTIVITY IN PERSIA ...

Picture Postcard (of Tiflis) mailed from Makus to Harbib in 1916 and postmarked "Maku, Russ, Cons."

Articles in this issue are:

NATO Expands
AEF Update
Allied Air Forces in Palestine 1939-1945
Belgian Congo Cover
"Enemy Occupied," Finland
Iraq Coalition Forces Covers
FINALLY! A Knights of Colunbus Registered Cover
No Longer Neutral
Russian Postal Activity in Persia 1914-1917
Stars and Strife - Movie Prop Mail "Windtalkers"
Using the Army to Reduce 4th of July Casualties
World War II Soldier;s Mail from Red Army

The issue includes a number of news columns, Classified Ads, several book reviews, show reports, and articles of current Society business news.

FALL 2004 - Vol 43 No 4
ARMY HOSPITAL SHIPS

Reverse of Southern Bell picture postcard of USAHS Acadia
Change of address notice from a private in the 204th Army Hospital Ship Complement, mailed from Port Hamiliton, New York , in Spetember 1945.

Articles in this issue are:

Allied Armies telegraph Censorship WWI
Army Hospital Ships of WWII
APO/FPO Openings/Closings
Auction Sale #175
Custer's Last Stand
First BPO Structures Preserved
Knights of Columbus Grave Location Service
The Pensacola Convoy
Railway Consignee Certificates

The issue includes a number of news columns, Classified Ads, several book reviews, show reports, and articles of current Society business news.