Winding Trails Magazine

U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
"Winding Trails Magazine" (1/1935 - 9/1937)

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      Winding Trails Magazine (WTM) was published in Erie, PA by Clarence E. Laird, Historian (1861-1937) and Eugene C. Laird, Cachetmaker (1896-1980). Information is now known about all, except two, of the 24 published issues of this 1935-1937 First Day Cover (FDC), Naval cover, and other Special Event cover Cachetmaking, Stamp collecting, and Coin collecting periodical.

      As stated on page 4 of Winding Trails Magazine, Jan. 1935, Vol. 1 No. 1, "Our New Publication -- After several issues of Laird's Stamp Bulletin ... we submit to collector-hobbyists the first issue of the successor of the Bulletin -- Winding Trails Magazine". -- I have not seen any copy of any Bulletin from 1934 and before. The APRL doesn't have any of them. I do not know how many issues were published and I have no scans of this unseen periodical.

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#WTM -- Winding Trails Magazine

Size: 6-1/2" x 9-3/8" -- How this was mailed is unknown.  No mailing envelope for this size has been found.
#1  -- Jan 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 1, p. 1-8  -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 1 (PDF/OCR) -- {A}
                                                   (including 4 loose inserts found in the magazine)
#2  -- Feb 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 2, p. 1-8  -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 2 (PDF/OCR) -- {A}
                                                   (including 1 loose insert found in the magazine)
#3  -- Mar 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 3, p. ?    -- WANTED FOR SCANNING
#4  -- Apr 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 4, p. 1-12 -- TBA {A}
#5  -- May 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 5, p. 1-12 -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 5 (PDF/OCR)  -- (APRL)

#6  -- Jun 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 6, p. 1-12 -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 6 (PDF/OCR)  -- (APRL)
#7  -- Jul 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 7, p. 1-12 -- TBA (APRL)
                                                 [incomplete, I did not scan page 6, my mistake.
                                                  I will finish this scanning next June during
                                                  my next visit to the APRL.]
#8  -- Aug 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 8, p. 1-8  -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 8 (PDF/OCR)  -- (APRL)
#9  -- Sep 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 9, p. 1-12 -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 9 (PDF/OCR)  -- (APRL)
#10 -- Oct 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 10, p. 1-8 -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 10 (PDF/OCR) -- (APRL)
#11 -- Nov 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 11, p. 1-8 -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 11 (PDF/OCR) -- (APRL) 
#12 -- Dec 1935, Vol. 1, Whole No. 12, p. 1-8 -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 12 (PDF/OCR) -- (APRL) 

#13 -- Jan 1936,     Vol. 2, #1, Whole No. 13, p. 1-16  -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 13 (PDF/OCR) -- (APRL) 
#14 -- Feb 1936,     Vol. 2, #2, Whole No. 14, p. 17-28 -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 14 (PDF/OCR) -- (APRL) 
#15 -- Mar-Apr 1936, Vol. 2, #3, Whole No. 15, p. 29-40 -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 15 (PDF/OCR) -- (APRL) 
#16 -- May-Jun 1936, Vol. 2, #4, Whole No. 16, p. 41-56 -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 16 (PDF/OCR) -- (APRL) 

Size: 3-1/2" x 6-1/4" -- which fit in a standard 6-3/4" cover for mailing.

#17 -- Jan 1937, Vol. 3, #1, Whole No. 17, p. 1-36      -- WANTED FOR SCANNING 
#18 -- Feb 1937, Vol. 3, #2, Whole No. 18, p. 37-64     -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 18 (PDF/OCR) -- {A} 
#19 -- Mar 1937, Vol. 3, #3, Whole No. 19, p. 65-84     -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 19 (PDF/OCR) -- {A} 
#20 -- Apr 1937, Vol. 3, #4, Whole No. 20, p. 85-100    -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 20 (PDF/OCR) -- {A} 
#21 -- May 1937, Vol. 3, #5, Whole No. 21, p. 101-128   -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 21 (PDF/OCR) -- {A} 
#22 -- Jun 1937, Vol. 3, #6, Whole No. 22, p. 129-164   -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 22 (PDF/OCR) -- {A} 

#23 -- Jul-Aug 1937, Vol. 4, #1, Whole No. 23, p. 1-20  -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 23 (PDF/OCR) -- {A} 
#24 -- Sep 1937,     Vol. 4, #2, Whole No. 24, p. 21-40 -- Winding Trails Magazine No. 24 (PDF/OCR) -- {A} Final Issue 

      At this point, the publication of this magazine and the Laird cachet line stopped because Clarence E. Laird died on 10-14-1937.

• #18 -- p. 58-62
• #19 back cover (p. 84), p. 80-83
• #20 -- p. 95-98
• #21 -- p. 122-127
• #22 -- p. 157-162
• #23 -- p. 2-4,16
• #24 -- p. 36 -- "The Log of the ANCC will reappear in our next issue with a larger and better program than ever before." [Unfortunately, there was no "next issue".]

• #22 -- p. 140-142, 149

• #160-665 -- Laird Cachets - Father and Son by Allison W. Cusick
        [#160, 27(5), 7-01-1982, p. 665-669]
• #195-1055 -- U.S. Virgin Islands: Part 2: Scott 799-802 Laird Cachet Varieties by Douglas H. Henkle
        [#195, 31(8), 12-01-1986, p. 1055-1059]
• See additional references on the Laird Poster Stamps page.

• Cachet Maker Eugene C Laird by Greg Ciesielski
• Cachet Maker Associated Naval Cover Collectors by Greg Ciesielski

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