The Youth The official newsletter of Youth Stamp Collectors
Volume 10 MAY 2008 Issue 5
CLUB
NEWS & ACTIVITIES:
Despite more than 4 inches of snow in some areas, many members came out for the
April stamp club meeting. We all enjoyed a fun stamp craft project hosted by
teacher Leslee Shepler.
May is party month, the last meeting of
the school year. We tally up club points you’ve earned over the school year,
and you choose your gift which you can enjoy all summer long! See you May 16th!
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Exhibit Class – Bring your exhibit materials and
show Keith what you have accomplished since last month’s meeting. Discuss what
to do over the summer. We hope to have a couple exhibits ready to go in early
November for a stamp show in Seattle at the Seattle Center.
Remember, throughout the summer, you
can always call Keith or I when you wish to work on your exhibits, and we will
meet here at the house to work on them.
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A big Thank You to Boy Scout Troop 136
of Sacramento, California. The scouts provided assistance at the WESTPEX Stamp
Show Boy Scout Stamp Collecting Merit Badge Workshop on April 27. They helped
set up the laptop computer and overhead projector. They passed out materials
and set up my exhibit in frames. More Scouts turned out for this workshop than
anticipated, but we all had fun and Troop 136 scouts successfully completed
their Merit Badge; others are well on their way to completing it. Thanks for
your help at WESTPEX!
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Next Meeting – September!
ALL EDUCATORS – The WESTPEX (San Francisco,
California) Educators Workshop was a success! Besides more than half of our
California educators, educators from New York and Utah were in attendance. We
managed to get everything done in our 3-hour time slot and everyone went home
with lots of goodies. It was great seeing you!
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If you were not able to attend the
California Educators Workshop, you still have two more chances: Washington
state’s Educators Workshop is at the PIPEX stamp show, Seattle Center, on
Sunday, June 1, from 2:00 to 4:30 pm. This is short of our 3 hours needed, but
we will do our best to complete everything on our itinerary.
The state of Oregon’s Educators
Workshop is at the National Topical Stamp Show in Clackamas (Portland), Oregon,
on Saturday, June 14, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm.
Whichever workshop you plan to attend,
be sure to come to the show early to view the exhibits, see what the dealers
have in stock and do any stamp shopping you may have as we close the show for
the day with both workshops. If you need help with any aspect of the show, feel
free to ask us for assistance. We will generally be at the Youth Stamp
Collectors booth, or you can call me on my cell phone at 425-530-2863.
Look forward to seeing everyone at the next two workshops! (Remember, only one
workshop each year so we have enough material for everyone).
If you are not able to attend an
Educators Workshop, you will receive your packet with the summer newsletter.
Have a great summer everyone!
CLUB
MEETINGS
Show Organizers: If you do not see your show(s)
advertised in our Stamp Shows listing, please provide us with
show details as early as possible. Show listings are free! Let us know if you
have a youth area, freebies for youth and any postal service available at your
show, besides show hours, address and brief directions, if needed.
Canadian show promoters – We need your show listings as we no
longer have access to them.
OTHER THINGS – Have you ever seen old British
postal boxes? Now you can. Visit http://www.postalmuseum.co.uk/
to view one gentleman’s collection of postal boxes. He has over 200 in his
collection. These are full size boxes, not replicas. Enjoy!
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And the hunt is on….Have you seen the
first Kosovo stamps since their declaration of independence on February 18,
2008? They issued two stamps celebrating that inde-pendence on March 19. The
stamps represent the hard work and the sacrifice of the Albanian people for
their independence. These stamps imply pride, suffering and the blood that was
shed by generations of the Albanian people for this goal. Ask your local stamp
dealer for these Kosovo stamps.
WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS:
Darlene Hickok, Sequoia Stamp Club in Redwood City, California. Karen Silva,
homeschool in Lake Forest Park, Washington.
SUPER
QUIZ: This
month, US History -- Ships (e.g., This US ship was sunk two weeks before
the rest of World War II. A: USS Indianapolis).
1. Battleship blown up in Havana harbor.
2. This ship landed on the Massachusetts
coast on December 26, 1620.
3. Battleship monument at Pearl Harbor.
4. The Confederate ironclad attacked by
the Monitor.
5. British vessel sunk in 1915 with 128
Americans among the lost.
6. JFK’s torpedo boat in World War II.
7. The first nuclear-powered aircraft
carrier.
8. First nuclear-powered submarine to make
first transpolar voyage beneath the North Pole.
9. Spy ship seized off North Korea in
1968.
Courtesy
of The Everett Herald
David Bond of Marysville, WA; Kendra
Lange of Everett, WA; Grace Mason of Park City, UT; Joey Matsuzawa of Kenmore,
WA; Henry Schrock of Junior/Senior Stamp Club in Monroe, WA; and Carol Edholm
of Mountlake Terrace, WA.
NEW STAMP ISSUES for May
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 stamps to
your (decorated and) addressed envelopes and insert a postcard-thickness
stiffener. Any artwork should not be in address or stamp sections of envelope.
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
Ø May 2: Elk multiple
(12?) 42¢ stamped envelopes, single design; Washington, DC 20066
Ø May 12: Mount Rushmore
single $4.80 Priority Mail stamped envelope; Kansas City, MO 64144
Ø May 12: Corinthian
Column single 27¢ postal card, double reply postal card; Washington, DC
20066
Ø May 12: Liberty Bell
single (42¢) forever definitive stamp; Washington, DC 20066
Ø May 12: James A.
Mitchener single 59¢ definitive stamp (Distinguished Americans series);
Washington, DC 20066
Ø May 12: Edward Trudeau
single 76¢ definitive (Distinguished Americans series); Washington, DC 20066
Ø May 13: Frank Sinatra
single 42¢ commemorative; Las Vegas, NV 89199 and New York, NY 10199
Ø May 16: New Hampshire
River Scene 72¢ air mail; Rochester, NY 14692
Ø May 16: St. John, US
Virgin Islands 94¢ air mail; Rochester, NY 14692 & St. John, VI 00830
Ø May 17: Minnesota
Statehood 42¢ commemorative; St. Paul, MN 55164
Ø May 18: Dragonfly
62¢ definitive; Washington, DC 20066
Canada
Ø May 1: Flag and Pachena
Point Lighthouse
Ø May 2: TransCanada
Pipeline and Canada’s First Commercial Oil Well, 50th Anniversary
Ø May 16: Founding of
Quebec City, 400th Anniversary
Ø May 27: Art Canada:
Yousuf Karsh
United Nations
Ø May 8: Flag and Coin
Series
Ø May 8: Personalized Stamps/Essen
2008 Philatelic Exhibition
Ø May 12: UN Headquarters
and Stylized Airplane surcharge of 42¢ on two UN Headquarters envelopes,
small and large sizes; surcharge of 94¢ on Stylized Airplane airletter
Ø May 12: Personalized
Panes
STAMP
SHOWS: Get
out your calendar and mark down the following stamp shows for May
& June 2008. FREE
ADMISSION to all shows unless noted. Youth Stamp Collectors
means we will be there, so come pick stamps out of the pick tubs! Don't forget
to ask what new items we have!
Check your local newspapers for local
shows.
June 14 - 15: COALPEX 2008. Walnut Creek
Community Center, Civic Center Assembly Hall, 1375 Civic Drive; Walnut Creek.
Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
May 24: 5-Star Saturday Stamp Show. YWCA Regency Room,
735 East Lexington Drive; Glendale. 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
May 25: Steve’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.
June 1: The Original 1st
Sunday Stamp Show. Masonic Hall, 14750 Sherman Way; Van Nuys. 9:00 am to
4:00 pm.
May 25: 4th Sunday of the Month
Collectible Show.
The Annex YMA, 554 Woodward Avenue; New Haven (just off I-95 Exit 50N or Exit
51S). 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. All kids receive 2 gifts of stamps.
Check your local newspapers for local
shows.
Check your local newspapers for local
shows.
May 17 - 18: VALPEX 2008. Friendship Fire
Company, 269 Green Street; Royersford, PA. Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday
10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Special show postmark.
May 18: 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.
Check your local newspapers for local
shows.
May 18: Bayside Stamp Show. Ramada Hotel
Bayside, 220 – 33 Northern Boulevard; Bayside. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
May 18: Capital District
Stamp Show. Holiday Inn Express, 946 New Loudon Road; Latham; 10:00 am to
4:00 pm.
May 24: The Stamp Collectors Corner. Oregon Stamp Society
Clubhouse, 4828 NE 33rd Avenue; Portland, OR. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
May 24: (Portland) Spring
Stamp Fest. Shiloh Inn Conference Center, Willamette Room, 11707 NE Airport
Way (take Airport Way Exit Eastbound off I-205); Portland. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
June 13 – 15: ATA’s National
Topical Stamp Show. Monarch Hotel; 12566 SE 93rd Avenue;
Clackamas, OR (just off I-205). Friday & Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm;
Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Youth Stamp Collectors booth and Educators
Workshop.
Check your local newspapers for local
shows.
Check your local newspapers for local
shows.
May 30 – June 1: PIPEX 2008. Seattle Center;
Seattle, WA. Friday and Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00
pm. AAPE Exhibiting Seminar, Youth Stamp Collectors booth and Educators
Workshop.
June 7: Victoria Stamp
& Coin Fair. Holiday Inn, 3200 Blanshard Street; Victoria, BC.
2nd
SUPER QUIZ: This
month, World Seaports. Name the body of water on which the seaport is
located (e.g., Boston A: Atlantic Ocean)
1. Chicago
2. Kingston, Jamaica
3. Havana
4. Acapulco, Mexico
5. Colombo, Sri Lanka
6. Amsterdam, Netherlands
7. Odessa, Ukraine
8. Dubai, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
9. Marseille, France
Courtesy
of The Everett Herald
THANK YOU: The following persons/organizations have donated stamps,
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: Diane Scott, Jay
Estle, Robert Brinckman, Lindeman, Bob Burger, Tim Greene, John Buckles, Clark
Frazier, Lili Goodard, Fenwick customer, Steve Lavergne, Gordie, Anonymous,
Martin Feibusch and Loree Christie.
