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AM-33%u2014%u2014May 23, 1965%u2014%u2014Butler%u2014%u2014Waterloo-Butler Airport%u2014%u2014148 pieces cancelled.Small rubber stamped %u201cW.T. Wynn, Jr.%u201d on reverse, who received the Gus Lancaster Award in 1975 from the Metropolitan Airmail Cover Club (New York) for his dedication to the advancement of aerophilately. The addressee, Jack Stevens, served in the United States Army from 1957-1963, then worked as a draftsman for Toledo Edison for 38 years. He died in 2018 at the age of 84. No backstamp.There was no mention of this airport dedication in the local newspapers, but William Wynn announced it in his column in the Airpost Journal three months after the event. AM-34%u2014%u2014May 23, 1965%u2014%u2014Waterloo%u2014%u2014Waterloo-Butler Airport%u2014%u201468 pieces cancelled.Addressee, Robert E. Meeker became a lifetime member of the American Airmail Society in 1967. He was a bank teller by trade, and died in 2000 at the age of 77. No backstamp.