JOBI PHILATELIC SERVICES

Credentials

ORGANIZATIONS TRAINING AUTHORSHIP

Bill Lehr, DBA JOBI Philatelic Services is proud to be a member of these fine philatelic organizations (listed alphabetically):

American Philatelic Society (165352) National Stamp Dealers Association (192)

Internet Philatelic Dealers Association (0059) Precancel Stamp Club (6902)

Stamp Dealers International (26-M1) United Postal Stationery Society (5469)

Yes, philatelic training is available. The APS offers summer seminars as well as mail order and internet based courses on stamps and stamp collecting. Additional information on these and other programs is available at the APS website.

Bill has successfully completed the following APS Seminar Courses and Electives:

Stamp Technology, Wayne Youngblood, instructor

Detecting Counterfeits, Fakes, Forgeries, and Altered Stamps, Varro E. Tyler, instructor

Cheap Tricks for Expertising US Stamps, Ken Lawrence, instructor

Collecting World Wide Postal Stationery, Larry Parks, MD, instructor

Philatelic Literature: Its Pleasures and Usages in the Pursuit of Our Hobby, Ginny Horn and Herb Trenchard, instructors

Four Keys to the Philatelic Marketplace, Vic Silver and Mercer Bristow, instructors

Exhibiting - A Hands –On Workshop, Jeff Shapiro, instructor

How to Become a Stamp Dealer, Tom Sides, instructor

Bill has authored these articles:

Counterfeit Entire of the 1860 1-cent blue, Franklin, star die, period after postage

An extract of this article appeared in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society,

Vol. 44, #3, MAY-JUN 2002

“Accidental Fake” Resurfaces

This article published in The Philatelic Reader,

Vol. I, Issue #3, 1 October 2002, Dick Gunderson, editor, pgs 4-5

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society,

Vol. 45 #330, MAY-JUN 2003, p 77

Analysis of the Dawson Collection

Self published on-line, SEP 2003

More Accidental Fakes, and an Accidental Forgery, Too!

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society,

Vol. 45 # 331, SEP-OCT 2003, p 140

Checklist of US Picture Postal Cards

Self published on-line, circa SEP 2004 with regular updates

Many Faces of the Die 12 Forgery

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society,

Vol. 46 # 337, JUL-AUG 2004, p 87

Mother Nature Fools Experts! UO72a Accidental Fake

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society,

Vol. 47 # 340, JAN-FEB 2005, pgs 10-11

Die 12 Counterfeit Entire # 2

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society,

Vol. 47 # 342, MAY-JUN 2005, pgs 64-65

A Mostly Illustrated Brief History of US Postal Stationery

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society,

Vol. 47 # 344, SEP-OCT 2005, pgs 124-128

This article used in Encyclopedia of United States Stamps and Stamp Collecting, ©2006

Many Faces of the Die 11 Forgery

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society,

Vol. 48 # 346, JAN-FEB 2006, pgs 17-18

Fake USA Envelope Surcharge

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society,

Vol. 48 # 348, MAY-JUN 2006, p 79

Many Faces of the Die 9 Forgery

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society,

Vol. 50 # 351, NOV-DEC 2006, pgs 170-172

Forum Update: Reay specimen envelopes

This response published in Linn's Stamp News, Vol. 80, No. 4106, JUL 09, 2007, p 49

Origin of Silent Precancels

This short article published in The Precancel Forum, Vol. 69, No. 1, JAN 2008, Whole # 817, p 6

Many Faces of the Die 10 Forgery

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society,

Vol. 50, # 358, MAR-APR 2008, pgs 50-52

Counterfeits, fakes, forgeries & other oddities of U.S. Airmail Postal Stationery

This article published in Airpost Journal, journal of the American Air Mail Society

Vol. 79, # 8, Whole # 938, AUG 2008, pgs 316-323, 325-329, 332-336

Blackjack Forgeries: 4th Nesbitt 2¢

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society

Vol. 50, # 6, Whole # 363, NOV-DEC 2008, pgs 159-160, 180

US Aerogram Color Changeling-UC16b

This article published in Postal Stationery, Journal of the United Postal Stationery Society

Vol. 51, No. 1, Whole # 364, JAN-FEB 2009, pg 16

(Precancel) Stamped Envelopes (new finds)

This article/announcement published in Precancel Forum

Vol. 70, No. 4, Whole # 832, APR, 2009, pg 138

Brown vs. Manila: How to Correctly Identify Those Circular Die Papers

This article published in U.S. Stamp News

Vol. 15, No. 7, Whole # 110, JUL, 2009, pgs 34-35

Reay or Plimpton? The 1¢ Conundrum

This article published in U.S. Stamp News

Vol. 15, No. 8, Whole # 111, AUG, 2009, pgs 16-17

Guide to Identifying the 3¢ Greens of the 1879 and 1874 Plimpton Issues

This article published in U.S. Stamp News

Vol. 15, No. 9, Whole # 112, SEP, 2009, pg 16

The 1861 3¢ Pink Washington Scott U34, U35, U36, U37

This article published in U.S. Stamp News

Vol. 15, No. 10, Whole # 113, OCT, 2009, p 26

Publication Pending

Counterfeits, fakes, forgeries, etc. of US Airmail Postal Stationery

This lengthy article submitted as a series of short articles to Postal Stationery in FEB 2008

Fake RF Overprints

Fake Boxed 6¢ air mail surcharges

Fake Revalue!? 1951/1952 air mail surcharges

Cinderella Air Mail Postal Stationery

Identification guide to the 3¢ First Nesbitt Envelope Dies

Submitted to U.S. Stamp News

Information sheet on the Sesquicentennial Expo die varieties

Submitted to U.S. Stamp News, SEP 2009

Identification Guide to the Circular Dies

Submitted to U.S. Stamp News, SEP 2009

Identification Guide to the 2¢ 1883 Plimpton and Morgan issue

Submitted to U.S. Stamp News, SEP 2009

1b2 E 32 39, Mattoon, IL; New watermark and an EFO

Submitted to Precancel Forum, late OCT 2009