1022   Richmond, Virginia, Coal Merchants: Samuel Pierce, Samuel Horace, and Horace Sterling Hawes
by Robert G. Metcalf   An 1863 advertising cover leads to an exploration of the evolution of the Southern coal industry.

1034   A Postal Card with 1898 Documentary Revenues
by Scott Troutman   On the trail of the story behind a rare weighmaster’s returntaxed document.

Featured Columns

1004 Back to Basics — Ada M. Prill
Not in the Catalogue — How to identify that illusive stamp that doesn’t seem to be listed.

1010 Back-of-the-Book — David L. Straight
Non-Partisan Covers — Collecting non-partisan election year mail: surveys, ballots, and more.

1016 Collecting Coast to Coast — Wayne Youngblood
Flyspecking Isn’t Just for Specialists — In search of those collectiblevariations and imperfections in the philatelic world.

1080 Worldwide in a Nutshell — Bob Lamb
The Bailiwick of Jersey — The largest of the Channel Islands, Jersey has had a checkered political and philatelic history.