Scott 527  offset print perf 11 type v Philadelphia 1920 Nov1

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Rutland Rail Road act of 1917 U.S. War Revenue Act of 1917.

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Study of 1 cent U.S. stamps Double click on picture to read You might want to print it out.

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Richard Weigand told a very entertaining tale about Rowland Hill and the birth of the modern postal system today. Unfortunately, we were missing four participants due to vacations and illness. But - the very small size of the group gave a participant who is not a seasoned collector lots of time to ask questions. Richard is both patient and interesting when he provides answers. He says it’s the inner minister coming through

A very seasoned collector was wowed by Richard’s explanation of the imagery on the George V Seahorses stamps. “So much propaganda packed into a little piece of paper!” This was a great advertisement for our study groups!

So many stamps … so many possible stories for future sessions of this program!

Our week 4 presenters were Debbie and Roy Lingen. Debbie brought her very impressive Queen Victoria display. It went very well with the topic of Roy’s presentation - Collecting Stamps to Fit Your Mojo. 

Roy talked about collecting options, including one stamp for each design instead of 43 varieties of the same stamp, and variations of the one stamp per country album. At one point he did shatter the expectations of one person when he said their Canadian collectible stamps were worth their face value if used as postage!

We were very grateful to have Roy and Debbie make the trip down to Reddendale from the wild northern hinterland of Verona 

It is very interesting to see some participants remembering parts of past presentations and linking them with the current week. That happened again in week 5. 

The presenters are doing a wonderful job of “selling” the club!

I thought why not write David Suzuki  By my  surprise he wrote me back.

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Exhibits From Frajola Site

The  Three Collinsville Axes https://www.philamercury.com/board.php Exhibits> https://www.rfrajola.com/exhibits.htm

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Add cover Scott 267 type 3 Binghamton Feb 18 1899 Flag cancel, Reverse received,  Theresa New York Feb 20 1899. Type 4 must have all these factors to be type 4.

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Another way  to get the most out of your covers and stamps  ,is go to the main source of information Like this Join of just send an email for free information of any State. Watertown Historical Society. Or the Smithsonian Institute has helped me in the past. Lots of  fun. Contact the town/city. Watertown helped me contact the town of Theresa New York, with there Mayor, They contacted the Persons great great grand daughter of the thing i was researching. I sent her and the town revenue documents with her relatives names on them. The town offered me the Key to there city and the granddaughter was so happy she cried when the documents arrived. Another Great moment in collecting.

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