6/25/2024
The USSS/Barbara Mueller Award goes to the author of the best article published in a single year of The American Philatelist, monthly journal of the American Philatelic Society. The award is named for the United States Stamp Society (USSS) and for one of its most prominent members, authors, and editors, APS Life Member Barbara R. Mueller. Among her numerous honors in six decades of devotion to philately, Mueller was a member of the Hall of Fame of both the USSS and APS Writers Unit #30, and the recipient of the APS John N. Luff Award for Distinguished Philatelic Research in 1956.
In 2007, the United States Stamp Society founded the award to promote the USSS, its goals and its mission to the members of the APS, an estimated 75 percent of whomcollect U.S. material.
Bob Crossman has written three books on the Butterfield Overland Mail’s operations in his home state of Arkansas. He is a member of several philatelic organizations including the American Philatelic Society, State Revenue Society, the Postal History Foundation of Tucson, and U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, along with the Arkansas Historical Association.
Crossman’s article, “I Lived on The Butterfield Mail Route for Decades and Didn’t Know It,” was published in the January 2023 issue of The American Philatelist. Crossman tells the story of the Butterfield Overland Mail Co., a stagecoach mail service operating from 1857 to 1861, which facilitated rapid communication between the eastern U.S. and California.
An excerpt follows:
“In my quest for all things Butterfield, I have driven the route across the state, stopping at every county museum, historical marker, and library I could find. I wish I had a dollar for the number of times my inquiries only resulted in blank stares. On this unique occasion, I received a positive response, not from the librarian but rather a patron who just happened to be standing next to be at the counter. What fortuitous luck!”
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