I have to share this recent and ongoing wonderful bit of news with the RILP community.   I recently did some online research regarding artist Bernice Kochan perhaps in finding some of the original design paintings. Well, I did not find her design paintings from any of the 1973-1977 RILP stamps she designed, but I found her! I found her Cleveland address and that she is living at her own home at the age of 98. I sent a letter with plenty of stamps she has designed on Monday Oct. 28th, and she called me on Wednesday Oct. 30th. She sure sounds like a healthy and spry young lady. We chatted for 14 minutes and welcomed me to call her anytime as she is retired. I also just received a letter yesterday, Nov. 7th, 2024. She decorated the envelope with the stamps she designed which includes the US 6c Alabama & 6c W.C. Handy stamps and the 1969 Christmas Seal stamps. She also sent the 2 years of the Cleveland Zoo local post triangle stamps. She informed me a new children's Christmas book has just been released. She is a very interesting and accomplished woman. I asked how to pronounce her last name and she responded "Kochan like lotion". She agreed to a telephone interview and would like suggestions of questions to ask. Please email me, or post any questions you think readers would enjoy learning about her. Dave Gill RILP-PMG

The Great American Stamp Show (GASS) in Cleveland is less than a week and half away. Beth Gregerson, the artist who designed the new Battle of Lake Erie issue and myself are excited to be on the stage Friday the 11th at 3:00pm for the unveiling of the new stamps. We will be providing special unveiling postcards after the event for Beth to autograph. Just curious who may be attending the ceremony? I would greatly appreciate it if you are planning on attending to send me an email. Several newspapers have articles in the works for August and I plan on sharing them through blog postings. Also, the site will be updated shortly after the unveiling to show and accept pre-orders of the 2023 Battle of Lake Erie stamps and FDC's. Ten days and counting! Dave Gill RILP.ORG

Welcome RILP collectors. I'm starting a data base of RILP stamp errors of the triangle stamps from 1967-1989 & 2005-2010. I'm not focusing on the 1966 rectangle stamps as Dr. Frackelton had told me in an interview from 2007, that there was a fair amount of printers waste gathered up from those runs. I have started looking through the RILP, Inc inventory and discovered a 25c 1973 perf Walleye sheet with missing black color. Also some extra perfs and some missing perfs on some sheets between 1967 - 1974 so far. According to Dr. Frackelton, perf errors were impossible to occur since a die was used. While that may be true for 2005-2010 stamps I have serious doubts about 1967-1989 stamps. The errors I found are in the middle of the RILP, inc inventory and also the Jacob Kisner price lists of 1984 & 1995 explain how they found errors in 2 large purchases of RILP inventories. I believe the 1967-1989 stamp series were perforated with an in-line perforating machine, but I do not have any verification of that yet. If anyone has any form of proof or leads of finding out how the stamps were perforated, please post here or email me. Also, as I uncover any errors in the RILP, inc inventory I will post picture and eventually come up with a certificate of authenticity describing the error and the date it was discovered. I can only back these certificates up with my personal word that they were truly found and not made up. So, please submit and error scans or info regarding the perforation process. Also remember, 6 triangles make a hexagon. (or plate block of RILP stamps) Dave Gill RILP - PMG

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