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Show Ohioan Has Unusual Philatelic Collections Steuber.vllle, Ohio. Two of the most remarkable philatelic collections In the country are the property of G A. Vowlnkel of this city. One of them, said to be the largest of Its kind In the United States, Is composed of more than 2.0(H) envelopes with the different styles of postmarks used In Ohio between 1800 and 1890, The other, which won an award at a recent re-cent exhibition of the Pittsburgh Philatelic society. Is a collection of Ohio letters, posted between 1800 and 1859, before stamps came into general gen-eral use. The letters were folded and aealed to form their own envelopes. After the postmark was affixed the postage to be paid by the addressee was designated with a hand stamp |