Oklahoma City Stamp Club

OKCSC Meeting – February 7

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WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO AFTER THE SUPER BOWL IS OVER ? IS THAT IT ? NOTHING LEFT TO DO?

WRONG !!

THE OKLAHOMA CITY STAMP CLUB HAS OUR NEXT MEETING ON FEB. 7th at 7 PM at Asbury United Methodist Church, SW 38^th and Blackwelder.

The program will be Brady Hunt on “Having Fun Collecting Postal Cards”. Brady has been doing just that for a long time, so he should be able to give us some great pointers.

WE HAVE OKLAHOMA PHILATELIC SOCIETY CIRCUIT BOOKS FROM

Romania, Chile, Russia, Ethiopia, Finland, Greece,

Australia, Sweden, French Colonies, Africa, Surinam,

Japan, Belgian Congo, Belgium, China, Ryukyus, & Germany

AND

We will have an APS Circuit consisting of 16 Book:

19^th Century U.S., Used U.S. , EUROPA (2) , GREECE Part I + IV +V,

GREECE, ESTONIA, CANADA – New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Wildlife,

JAPAN, JAPAN Pre-1960, GREAT BRITAIN, SWEDEN RECENT to 2010

GERMANY, GERMANY Til 1945., CANADA #66MR4 , GREAT BRITIAIN & GURNSEY

SURE HOPE WE SEE YOU THERE !!

2012 Meeting Schedule

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President Joe Crosby has announced the 2012 meeting schedule. There are still a few open meetings so if you have a topic you would like to present, contact Joe.

OKC Stamp Club 2012 Schedule

JAN 17 OKLAHOMA BACKWORD TOWNS Joe Crosby

FEB 7 POSTAL CARDS CAN BE FUN- Brady Hunt

FEB 21 AUCTION #3

MAR 6 STAMPS ON STAMPS – Lonnie Stephens

MAR 20 FDR Part 2- Frank Schultz

APR 3 LIGHTER THAN AIR – Charles Wallis

APR 17 OKC POST OFFICE - Postmaster or Customer Service

MAY 1 AUCTION #4

MAY 15 FIRST TEN YEARS OF THE UN – Ron Harshaw

JUN 5 PHILATELIC DOG SHOW / WINSTON CHURCHILL - Susan Campbell

JUN 19 Volunteer needed

JUL 3 OLD FASHIONED ICE CREAM SOCIAL

JUL 17 AUCTION #5

JUL 28 SUMMER FUN FEST –Saturday Stamp Collector Garage Sale at Asbury Church

OKC Stamp Club – Tuesday Night

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OKLAHOMA CITY STAMP CLUB AUCTION NIGHT

THIS TUESDAY - NOV. lst - 99 Lots will be available for you to bid on at our BIG CLUB AUCTION.

Come at 7:00 so you are ready to bid at 7:30. There should also be some circuit books to look at as well. We will let you know WHAT when they arrive.

The next big show is Mid-Cities in Grapevine, TEX. Nov 12-13. For details go to: http://www.mid-citiesstampclub.com/stampshow.htm

OKPEX 2011 – A Great Stamp Show

rdeboard — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:05:25 +0000

OKPEX 2011 has now come and gone. Everyone who we spoke to thought it was a great success. The exhibits were especially excellent. Click the link below to see the Palmares.

Palmares: OKPEX 2011 PALMARES

OKPEX Schedule as of 10 – 12 – 2011

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OKPEX 2011

An American Philatelic Society Accredited 2 Day National Level Exhibition

October 21-22, 2011

Express Events Center

8512 NW Expressway

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73162

OKPEX Is Held At The Beautiful Express Event Center

OKPEX 2011 Exhibit List

IMPORTANT DATES

October 14, 2011 Latest date for receipt of revisions of title page & synopsis

October 10, 2011 Earliest date for mailed-in exhibit to arrive*

October 19, 2011 Latest date for arrival for mailed-in exhibits

Thursday, October 20, 2011

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Exhibit mounting by exhibitors mounting their own exhibits

6:30 PM Dutch Treat Dinner in Bricktown for Judges, Exhibitors & Members. Spouses are welcome.

Friday, October 21, 2011

OKPEX will be open from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.

2:00 PM Annual meeting of the Oklahoma Philatelic Society (North Conference Room)

3:00 PM Oklahoma Postal History Society. Open to all Collecting Oklahoma Precancels – Norm Pence

6:30 PM Oklahoma Barbeque Dinner - from Spencer’s Bar-B-Q, The Best BBQ in OKC. (tickets may be purchased at the registration booth).

Saturday, October 22, 2011

8:00 AM OKPEX Awards Breakfast at Golden Corral (tickets may be purchased at the registration booth).

OKPEX open from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

1:00 PM AAPE open meeting on exhibiting.

2:00 PM Judges Critique North Conference Room & at the frames

4:00 PM Exhibit dismounting begins as soon as possible after 4 PM.

OKPEX 2011 DEALERS

11 dealers from 7 states

MAINSTREET PHILATELICS BRANSON, MO.

STAMPS UNIVERSAL COPPELL, TEX. Jerry Myers

OKLAHOMA STAMPS TULSA, OK.

JAMIE SWARTZ LAWRENCE, KANSAS

POSTAL HYSTERIA Montague, TEX

SOONER STAMPS TULSA, OK. Rainer Gerlach

KYLE NEBO SANDY, UTAH

CARLTON STAMPS INDIAN HILLS, COLO. Tom Breay

The CLASSICS PHILATELIST CROSSVILLE, TENN. Warren Manning,

FORSTER STAMPS WICHITA, KANSAS

CHRISCO STAMPS WICHITA, KANSAS

Stamp Club To Meet Tuesday 10-4-2011

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OKLAHOMA CITY STAMP CLUB MEETING OCT. 4 7 PM

1. THE Program Is “THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS” – A 17 minute History Detective TV Segment on a Cinderella stamp Printed by a part of the U.S. Communist Party in the 1930’s

2. Followed by a viewing of the only known contemporaneous used, tied copy of this stamp by Joe Crosby who discovered it after seeing the TV Program.

3. Next we will put the stamps and mailing labes on the OKPEX SHOW notice cards.

AND WE WILL CLOSE WITH

4. The OPS circuit books which include

Poland, Romania, Italy,

Europe, Japan, Berlin,

British, Australia, British Africa,

Turkish Empire, US,

British Europe,

A-Belgium, Benin-East Africa,

France, Germany

SEE YOU THERE

Oklahoma Flag Stamp – First Day Ceremony

rdeboard — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:34:31 +0000

The US Post Office held a formal First Day of Sale ceremony with a special cancellation for the new Oklahoma Flag Stamp - which is included in the recently issued coil strip of state flag stamps. Ours was one of 10 capitol cities across the country that offered the Flags of Our Nation postmarks on Aug 11.

First Day of Sale Cover From The Ceremony

The ceremony was held at the Oklahoma History Center in OKC which is located on the NE corner of the State Capitol Complex. The keynote speaker was Lt. Gov. Lamb.

If you were not able to attend the ceremony, cancels can still be ordered from by sending a request to:

“Flags of Our Nation Postmark”

Oklahoma City Station

4025 W. Reno Ave. Room 2002

Oklahoma City, OK. 73125-9998

No price is listed in Llinn’s but we suggest you enclose $1.00 to cover the cancelled stamp and the mailback envelope postage.

Meeting – Tuesday 8-16-2011

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We will have the brand new DVD Program ‘SWITZERLAND: A PANORAMA OF IT’S STMPS’ by the American Helvetica Philatelic Society (33 Minutes).

AND we will have many OPS circuit books for Tuesday night:

Hungary, China, Lebonon, Russia, New Zealand, Republic of China,

Europe, Greenland, Cyprus, British Commonwealth,

Netherlands, East Germany (DDR), Mid-East, British Asia, Libya,

Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, & Barbados.

We Hope to see everyone there !!

Fun Fest This Saturday – July 30

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DON’T FORGET

THIS SATURDAY IS THE 5^th ANNUAL OCSC FUN FEST

(Garage Sale For Stamp Collectors).

10 AM - 3:30 PM

Asbury United Methodist Church SW 38^th and Blackwelder

Free parking, Free admission, Snack bar (lunch available), AIR CONDITIONED !!!!

REMEMBER —-

IT IS NEVER TOO HOT FOR BARGAINS ON STAMPS

SOME POSTCARDS TOO !!!

OKPEX 2011 scheduled for October 21-22

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OKPEX 2011, scheduled for October 21-22, will be held at the Express Events Center once again. We hope you will consider attending and/or exhibiting this year.

Two of the great dealers you will meet at OKPEX 2011

For additional information click the OKPEX link on the top line of the web page.