10-01-2021, 12:04 PM
Welcome to the US Stamp Study Group. Our goal is to study the US Stamps starting with the Local Posts of the late 1700's through to the Back of the Book items. We meet when we can (considering Covid-19) at a local restaurant in Napanee. We have access to coffee/tea/water and wonderful munchies. Our meeting room is upstairs (approx 1,400 sq ft) which allows for the eight of us to stay more than 6 feet apart. Masks are required unless you are eating or drinking.
Each meeting is preceded with an email containing all of the articles for review/discussion. At the meeting these articles are also printed out and given to the members. We spend about an hour on the philatelic side of the stamps and then half to an hour on trading/selling/buying among ourselves.
At our next meeting we will be diving into the Washington - Franklin Series of 1908-1922. This is the most complicated series of all of the US Stamps. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was working out the best way to print/perf/paper and to meet the discerning needs of the US citizens. Previous issues were criticized because they did not include dead statesman.
I have found a way to sort all of the issues so that identification is easier. There are stamps and cover for each member. I expect this topic will take two meetings! Richard
Each meeting is preceded with an email containing all of the articles for review/discussion. At the meeting these articles are also printed out and given to the members. We spend about an hour on the philatelic side of the stamps and then half to an hour on trading/selling/buying among ourselves.
At our next meeting we will be diving into the Washington - Franklin Series of 1908-1922. This is the most complicated series of all of the US Stamps. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was working out the best way to print/perf/paper and to meet the discerning needs of the US citizens. Previous issues were criticized because they did not include dead statesman.
I have found a way to sort all of the issues so that identification is easier. There are stamps and cover for each member. I expect this topic will take two meetings! Richard