Youngblood New Editor of ‘Topical Time’
December 4th, 2009 admin
A post on the Virtual Stamp Club website reports Wayne Youngblood has been hired as the new editor of the American Topical Association (ATA)’s member publication Topical Time . He will begin his initial three-year term by editing the January/February issue. The post, which is attributed to ATA Executive Director Vera Felts, goes on to say,”This will also be the first issue to be created fully electronically and printed in full-color. Since our current (partial-color) printer would need to charge a price for full-color that we cannot afford, Wayne, together with Doug …
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