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nbsp; Issue 4
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CLUB
NEWS & ACTIVITIES:
This month, we will do a stamp craft project. See you on the 18th!
c c c c c c
Exhibit Class – Bring both exhibit materia=
l.
Our goal is to have at least one exhibit ready by November SEAPEX stamp sho=
w.
³³³³³³
We have been busy all month getting
ready for WESTPEX in California. Also have PIPEX in Seattle at the end of M=
ay
and NTSS in Portland/Clackamas, Oregon, in mid-June. We hope to see many of=
you
there!
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The Votes are In! The most popular stamps of 2007 ar=
e:
Best Design – Settlement of
Jamestown
Worst Design – Mendez v
Westminster
Most Important – Settlement of
Jamestown
Least Necessary -- Yoda
Best Design – Hagatna Bay Gua=
m
Worst Design – Celebrate
Most Important – Liberty Bell
forever
Least Necessary – Celebrate
Best Design – Horses stamped
envelope
Worst Design – Pineapple post=
al
card
Most Important – Air Force One
stamped envelope
Least Necessary – Star Wars
picture postal cards
Overall Favorite US Stamp of 2007
Overall Favorite US stamp of 2007 f=
or Youth
is:
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Egrave;
Next Meeting – May 16 –
Prize Ceremony!
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ALL EDUCATORS – I sent everyone an e-mail
regarding the three Educator Workshops in California, Washington and Oregon=
. If
you do not have e-mail, that information is enclosed with this newsletter. =
Look
forward to seeing you at the workshops!
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SUPER
QUIZ: =
This
month, History (e.g., He is best known as the head of the al-Qaida
terrorists. A: Osama bin Laden)
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>1. What or who was the Luftwaffe?
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>2. Who served as the first leader of t=
he
Soviet Union?
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>3. What was the date of the D-Day inva=
sion
of Normandy?
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>4. What did the Restoration restore?
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>5. A German submarine sank this British
passenger ship in 1915.
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>6. During what war did the Charge of t=
he
Light Brigade occur?
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>7. In what country was the Habsberg
Dynasty based?
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>8. During what battle was Horatio Nels=
on
killed?
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>9. He was best known as the head of the
Solidarity Labor Union.
Courtesy
of The Everett Herald
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WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS:
Michael Poe of South Jordan, Utah; and Doug McDonald of Eastsound, WA (both
joined the Educators Program).
CLUB
MEETINGS
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Tyler Gong of San Francisco, CA; Ja=
mes
McHolland of Davis, CA; Katie Pyne of Kenmore, WA; Cassandra Smith of Tacom=
a,
WA; and Carl Worthy of Kenmore, WA.
MONTHLY
FEATURE
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WESTPEX
is commemorating the 160th anniversary of the discovery of gold in Californ=
ia.
The show’s souvenir sheet displays trade cards from clipper ships of =
the
gold rush era. This sheet is available for $5 plus $1 postage from the show=
web
site at westpex.com or by mail from WESTPEX, Order Desk, P.O. Box 210579, S=
an
Francisco, CA 94121.
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A Brief History of California’s Gold Rush
Gold was discovered on January 24, 1848, =
by
James Marshall at a saw mill in Coloma, California, which was being built f=
or
John Sutter. Interestingly, Sutter endeavored to keep the discovery secret =
and
in the interim (February 2, 1848) the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed=
by
Mexico selling California (and other Mexican lands) to the United States. By
March of 1848, gold has also been found on the South Fork of the American R=
iver.
At the end of March, the first reports of the discovery of gold are appeari=
ng
in California newspapers. In May, Samuel Brannan, a storekeeper at
Sutter’s Fort and the publisher of a newspaper, The California Sta=
r, stirs
up excitement about gold by running up and down the streets of San Francisco
shouting “Gold! Gold! Gold! From the American River.” He sells =
2000
copies of a special edition of The California Star. It takes until
August 1848 for the New York Herald to publish a story about the
discovery of gold. Interestingly, it’s also not until August that the=
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Mexican
war and acquisition of California from Mexico is reported. By October, the
steamship California, the premiere ship of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, left New York for California. Gold seekers didn’t leave New =
York
for California until November of 1848. On April 1, 1849, the steamship C=
alifornia
arrives with the first mail. By this time, Sutter’s Mill has
attracted crowds of Chilean, Mexican and Peruvian immigrant gold seekers who
are periodically driven away by vigilantes. Also in April 1849, the first w=
agon
trains depart Missouri and Iowa for California. In May, the sailing ship
By June 1849, the three major routes for
American gold seekers are established. Those with little money bought a wag=
on
and supplies, joined a wagon train and made an arduous five month overland
journey. At the end of the trip, they could recoup some of their investment=
by
reselling the wagon and any remaining oxen. Folks with lots of money and an
appetite for risk took steamships or clippers from New York to Panama and
crossed the isthmus overland picking up another ship on the west coast for =
the
final leg to San Francisco. This was the fastest route, but the land portion
was a pretty miserable journey with significant disease risks. In the middl=
e of
the economic and risk spectrum were those who booked passage on the clipper
ships, the great transportation sensation of their day. (source:
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2nd
SUPER QUIZ: =
This
month, Science (e.g., How many sides are there on a rhombus? A: Four=
)
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>1. The distance around a circle is cal=
led
its __________ .
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>2. Coniferous means “bearing ___=
____
.”
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>3. Bituminous usually refers to a soft
________ .”
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>4. Term meaning “unbounded space,
time or quantity.:
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>5. If two angles add up to 180 degrees,
they are said to be _________ angles.
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>6. The roof of a person’s mouth =
is
called the _______.
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>7. What part of a monkey might be
described as being prehensile?
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>8. Which country is the leading suppli=
er of
oil to the U.S.?
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span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sa=
ns-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial'>9. What is the most recent era of geol=
ogic
time?
Courtesy
of The Everett Herald
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NEW STAMP ISSUES for April
2008
To obtain a first day cancellation:
Address requests to postmaster of the first-day city within 30 days of the =
date
of issue. The first-day city and zip code are included with each listing as
soon as they are known to us. To prepare your own FDC's, buy and affix stam=
ps
to your (decorated and) addressed envelopes and insert a postcard-thickness
stiffener. Any artwork should not be in address or stamp sections of envelo=
pe.
Place covers in a larger envelope, with appropriate return postage and
addressed to: Customer-Affixed Envelopes, (Name of Stamp), Postmaster, City,
State and 5-digit zip code followed by -9991 (listed with stamp or other
address given). Include larger self-addressed stamped envelope if you do not
want your covers to go directly through the mail stream which may result in
damage to covers.
United States
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gdings;
mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings'>Ø
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gdings;
mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings'>Ø
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Canada
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STAMP
SHOWS: =
Get
out your calendar and mark down the following stamp shows for April & May 2008.
FREE ADMISSION to all shows
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No shows this month as far as I kno=
w.
Keep checking your local newspapers for local shows.
April 25 - 27: WESTPEX 2008. San Francisco
Airport Marriott Hotel, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway; Burlingame (1 mile south=
of
airport). Friday 10:00 am to 6:30 pm, Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sunday
10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission $5.00 per person for all 3 days; children
under 15 free with adult. $5.00 parking all day with validation.=
Youth
Activities Room, Boy Scout Stamp Collecting Merit Badge workshop & Educ=
ators
Program. www.westpex.com.
Columbia/Panama Philatelic Society, Ethiopian Philatelic Society, British
Caribbean Philatelic Study Group
April 19: 5-Star Saturday Stamp Show<=
/b>. YWCA Regency =
Room,
735 East Lexington Drive; Glendale. 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
April 20= : Steve̵= 7;s Quality Sunday Stamp Show. Clarion (Quality) Hotel, 616 Convention Way; Anaheim (1 block south of Katella on Harbor Boulevard). 9:00 am to 4:00 pm<= o:p>
May 3: INTURPEX S=
tamp
and Cover Expo. Arcadia Masonic Temple, 50 West Duarte Road; Arcadia. 1=
0:00
am to 5:00 pm
May 4: The Origin=
al 1st
Sunday Stamp Show. Masonic Hall, 14750 Sherman Way; Van Nuys. 9:00 am to
4:00 pm
April 26 - 27: MANPEX. East Catholic=
High
School, 115 New State Road; Manchester. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
April 19 - 20: CERAPEX 2008. MachinistR=
17;s
Union Hall, 222 Prospect Place SW; Cedar Rapids. Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 p=
m;
Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
April 19: Waterville Stamp Club Show<=
/b>. Winslow VFW H=
all,
Rt 32 and Veterans Drive; Winslow. 9:000 am to 3:30 pm
May 4: Brunswick =
Stamp
& Coin Club Show. Knights of Columbus Hall, Columbus Drive; Brunswi=
ck.
9:00 am to 2:30 pm
April 20: Baltimore Monthly Coin & Stamp
Show.
Crown Plaza Baltimore, 2004 Greenspring Drive; Timonium, MD (Timonium Exit =
#16,
just off I-83). 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Free parking
April 26 –=
; 27: LANCOPEX
’08. Farm & Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road; Lancaster, PA (Rt=
72
at Rt 30). Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Special
show postmark
May 17 – =
18: VALPEX 200=
8.
Friendship Fire Company, 269 Green Street; Royersford, PA. Saturday 10:00 a=
m to
5:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Special show postmark
No shows this month as far as I kno=
w.
Keep checking your local newspapers for local shows.
April 20: LISPA (Long Island S=
tamp
& Postcard Association). Massapequa Elks Hall #2162, 2162 Veterans
Boulevard; Massapequa. 10:00 am to 3:30 pm
April 20=
: Capital Di=
strict
Stamp Show. Holiday Inn Express, 946 New Loudon Road; Latham; 10:00 am =
to
4:00 pm
April 26: The Stamp Collectors Corner. Oregon Stamp So=
ciety
Clubhouse, 4828 NE 33rd Avenue; Portland, OR. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
May 10: Rose City =
Stamp
Fair. Oregon Stamp Society Clubhouse, 4828 NE 33rd Avenue; Portland, OR.
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
No shows this month as far as I kno=
w.
Keep checking your local newspapers for local shows.
No shows this month as far as I kno=
w.
Keep checking your local newspapers for local shows.
April 19 –=
; 20: Bellingham
Annual Stamp and Coin Show. Fox Hall at the Hampton Inn, 3985 Bennett
Drive; Bellingham (from I-5 north or south, Exit 258 - Bakerview Road, righ=
t on
Bennett Drive, hotel on left 2 blocks). Canada Post and USPS. Saturday 10:0=
0 am
to 6:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
April 26=
: Olympia Sp=
ring
Roundup. Comfort Inn, Evergreen Room, Tumwater Boulevard & I-5;
Tumwater, WA. 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
THANK YOU: The following persons/organizations have donated stamp=
s,
Christmas seals, stamp catalogs, covers, glassine envelopes, albums, album
pages, stockbooks and pages, advice, and other supplies and door prizes as =
well
as financial donations to Youth Stamp Collectors: Mountl=
ake
Terrace USPS, Arlo
Bones estate, Albert Rouse, Jim Bryan, Dave James, GESS member, GESSPEX
customer, Lili Goodard, John Klein, GESSPEX customer, David Dubois, Bill
Geijsbeek, Verna Ericks, Diane Scott, Joe Skidmore, Martin Feibusch, Dana
Oenning, Nancy Bubar, Lyle Hall, Kurt Lange, Paul Price and Mickie Hoff.
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