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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                   Form 10-K/A

(MARK ONE)
[X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended September 26, 1998

                                       OR

[ ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______________to_______________

                          Commission file number 0-7597

                               Courier Corporation

                           A Massachusetts corporation

                  I.R.S. Employer Identification No. 04-2502514

                                15 Wellman Avenue
                         Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01863
                           Telephone No. 978-251-6000

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           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
                                      None

           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
                           Common Stock, $1 par value

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    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]

   Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]

   State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates
of the registrant as of November 20, 1998

                    Common Stock, $1 par value - $54,648,144

   Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes
of common stock as of November 20, 1998

                     Common Stock, $1 par value - 3,199,369


                       DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

   Portions of the registrant's proxy statement for the annual meeting of
stockholders scheduled to be held on January 21, 1999 (Part III).
    

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    The undersigned registrant hereby amends the cover page of its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 26, 1998 so that the number of
shares outstanding as of November 20, 1998 is corrected to be 3,199,369 shares.



                                   SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on December 28, 1998.

    COURIER CORPORATION

    By: /s/Robert P. Story, Jr.
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          Robert P. Story, Jr.
          Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
          (duly authorized representative of the registrant)