Winding Trails Magazine, Sep 1937, Whole Number 24, final issue Winding Trails Magazine

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

Part of the U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog
by Douglas H. Henkle, AFDCS LM #137, henkle@pobox.com

(last updated .12-21-2023)

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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.

Please write if you are the Copyright holder of these magazines.

References -- What's New on this page
Laird Poster Stamps -- Laird non-FDC Special Event Cachets

      WTM Covers -- WTM PDFs -- ANCC (Naval) -- Coins -- Contact

#Covers of "Winding Trails Magazine" -- click for a larger view.
1935
Winding Trails Magazine, January 1935, Whole Number   Winding Trails Magazine, February 1935, Whole Number #3 (March 1935) WANTED    #4 TBA Winding Trails Magazine, May 1935, Whole Number 5   Winding Trails Magazine, June 1935, Whole Number 6   Winding Trails Magazine,  1935, Whole Number 7   Winding Trails Magazine,  1935, Whole Number 8   Winding Trails Magazine,  1935, Whole Number 9   Winding Trails Magazine,  1935, Whole Number 10   Winding Trails Magazine,  1935, Whole Number 11   Winding Trails Magazine,  1935, Whole Number 12
1936
Winding Trails Magazine,  1936, Whole Number   Winding Trails Magazine,  1936, Whole Number   Winding Trails Magazine,  1936, Whole Number   Winding Trails Magazine,  1936, Whole Number 16 #17 (January 1937) WANTED
1937
Winding Trails Magazine,  1937, Whole Number   Winding Trails Magazine,  1937, Whole Number   Winding Trails Magazine,  1937, Whole Number   Winding Trails Magazine,  1937, Whole Number   Winding Trails Magazine,  1937, Whole Number   Winding Trails Magazine,  1937, Whole Number   Winding Trails Magazine, Sep 1937, Whole Number 24
Process it takes to create the "Winding Trails Magazine" PDF (Portable Document Format) files on this page:
1) Scan each page to a .jpg file
2) Merge the .jpg files together into a PDF file with online software by Sejda: Merge PDF Files Online
3) Convert each PDF file into a Optical Character Readable (OCR) searchable document file with online software by PDF24 Tools: PDF OCR

{A} - Magazines in my personal collection
(APRL) - Magazines in the collection of the American Philatelic Research Library in Bellefonte, PA
    #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.

#ANCC -- Associated Naval Cover Collectors columns and ads by Louis C. Weigand appeared in Winding Trails Magazine. Associated Naval Cover Collectors (ANCC)
founded 19??, disbanded 19??
From WTM:
ANCC #1 Louis C. Weigand (Founder)
ANCC #2 Mae Weigand
ANCC #3 Michael Sanders
Per #23 Jul-Aug 1937, page 3, "The ANCC has passed the 100 mark in membership."
All other member names are unknown at this time.

See also: Cachet Maker Associated Naval Cover Collectors by Greg Ciesielski
#Coins -- One article about Coin Collecting appeared in Winding Trails Magazine.
#References
Articles published in FIRST DAYS, Listed in Date of Publication Order:
On-line References:
What's New on this page -- changes since 05-01-2022:
11-14-2023 -- Installed 20 OCR searchable PDF file links to this page. They were created with the noted Process. Copies of Whole Numbers 3 and 17 have not been found.
07-08-2023:
      1) Thanks to my first ever in-person visit to the American Philatelic Research Library (APRL) in Bellefonte, PA on June 12-13, 2023, I was able to add details about every issue of Winding Trails Magazine, except Whole Numbers 3 and 17.
      2) Added a link to the new (03-10-2023) page display of all known Poster Stamps created and issued by the Lairds.
#Contact
URL: https://www.folklib.net/fdc/bibliog/winding-trails-magazine.shtml
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