As you can see below, there are many exciting talks planned at our meetings over the next few months.  As a reminder, all meetings (except the Christmas Party) are held at the Asbury United Methodist Church, 1320 SW 38th St. Oklahoma City.  The doors open at 7 PM and the meetings start at 7:30.

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Dec 7:     Auction #2  

Dec 21:   Christmas Party – 6 PM at Mimi’s Café.

                (3015 W Memorial Rd – near Quail Springs Mall).
 

 2011

Jan 4:      No Meeting

Jan 18:    Frank Schultz -  “The Roosevelts”

Feb 15:   Auction #3

MAR 1  Rick Grosshans -  100 Years of Scouting thru Philately

MAR 15     Stephen Strawn – Railroads & Stamps

APR  5 ­­­­­­­­­­­  Lonnie Steven – What the “R’s” Are !

APR 19  Ralph DeBoard – Slogan Cancels of the French Colonies

MAY 3  AUCTION #4

MAY 17  Don Collins – The Last Monarch of Hawaii

JUNE  7  Joe Crosby – United States Patent Cancellations

JUNE 21_______________________________________

JULY  5 _______________________________________

JULY   16 SATURDAY FUN FEST

JULY  19  NO MEETING
AUG 2   Charles Wallis -   Collecting Scott UX27 Postal Cards

AUG 16  U.S. Philatelic Classics Power Point Program

 OKPEX 2010 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY—OCTOBER 21, 2010

2:00-5:00 PM  Exhibit Mounting At The Frames

7:00 PM OPEN MENU DINNER OUTING IN BRICKTOWN
            Meet in La Quinta Lobby or See Ralph DeBoard

FRIDAY—OCTOBER 22, 2010

10:00 AM Show Opens – USPS Postique Opens

2:00 PM—Oklahoma Postal History Study Group Meeting

6:00 PM Show Closes—USPS Postique Closes

6:15 PM OKPEX OKLAHOMA BAR-B-QUE (Event Center Lobby)
            Tickets on sale at Registration $13.00

SATURDAY—OCTOBER 23, 2010

8:00 AM OKPEX AWARDS BREAKFAST (Event Center Lobby)
            Tickets on sale at Registration $12.00

10:00 AM Show Opens—USPS Postique Opens

11:00 AM OKLAHOMA PHILATELIC SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING
                    (North Meeting Room)

1:00 PM AAPE Meeting
                (North Meeting Room)

2:00 PM Philatelic Judges Critiqueof Exhibits
                (North Meeting Room)

4:00 PM Show Closes—USPS Postique Closes

 OKPEX 2010 Exhibit List

COURT OF HONOR

1-10           Woody Guthrie:  His Life and His Songs           Stephen Suffet

11                NON-COMPETITIVE OKPEX INTRODUCTION FRAME

COMPETITIVE YOUTH MULTI-FRAME EXHIBIT

12-16         Youth:   Building a Nation—One State At A Time        Adam Mangold

 COMPETITIVE YOUTH SINGLE FRAME EXHIBITS

 17              Youth:   The Shaping of the U.S. Government      Caleb Hall

18               Youth:   The True Story of Christmas                  Heather Hall

19               Youth:   Wheels of Freedom                               Nicholas Hall

20                Youth:   Purr-fect Pets                                    Megan Hall

21               NON-COMPETITIVE OKLAHOMA POSTAL  HISTORY SOCIETY “FORTS” FRAME

COMPETITIVE SINGLE FRAME EXHIBITS

22              Hand-Illustrated Covers of Leonard J. Turley, Founder of the

                  Art Cover Exchange        Allan Weiss

23              Forwarders of Texian Mail      Rex H. Stever

24              Switzerland’s 1879-1892 Postal Reply Cards in the International Mails Harlan F. Stone

25              The Washington 2 Cent Definitive of 1919                Alfred F. Kugel

26              Single and Multiple Uses of the 1954 Liberty Series 2 Cent T. Jefferson Roland Austin

27              Hawaii Cancellation Study                         Don Collins

28              Queen Liliuokalani– The Last Monarch of Hawaii       Don Collins

29              Reposted, Advertised, & Unclaimed              Tim Bartshe

30              Penny-Halfpenny Black—King George V New Zealand 1916  Alastair Watsson 

COMPETITIVE MULTIPLE FRAME EXHIBITS

31-40         Commem. & Semi-Postal Issues of the Third Reich  Alfred F. Kugel                                                                                                              

41-50         1895-1900 Mexican “Militias” (Mules)-The Mail Trans. Issue  Omar J. Rodriquez

51-60         Military & Administrative Mail of the Western Allies In Germany    Alfred F. Kugel

61-70         Burma: The First Two Issues       Michael J. Ley

71-75         The Equipment and Accoutrements of the Hunter and Angler                  Allan Weiss

76-80         Mexico – The Guadalajara Provisional Issue of 1867-68. How a Cancel

                  Became a Stamp         Omar J. Rodriquez

81-89         U.S. Three Cent Issues of 1851-57 Issues:  Production and Usage       William K. McDaniel

90-98         The Adams Air Mail Pick Up                     Roger Baldwin

99-103       The United States 1950 Boy Scout Stamp               Ron Harshaw

104-109     100th Anniversary—Boy Scouts of America    Richard P. Grosshans

108-113     Classically Illegal, The Use of U.S. Postage as Revenue   Edwin Andrews

114-116     Revolutionary Martyrs of the Kuomintang             Robert T. Burney

Event Location: 

Express Event Center

8512 NW Expressway

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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THIS TUESDAY EVENING THE OKLAHOMA CITY STAMP CLUB WILL GET A FREE TRIP TO HAWAII, COMPLEMENTS OF OUR MEMBER DON COLLINS. Your trip will not get cancelled – unlike the stamps of Hawaii that Don is bringing us to see and learn about. That is right – Don’s program will feature the “Cancellations of Hawaii”.

Just A Hint About What You May See

Sorry, American Airlines has informed us that no free miles will be accumulated on this trip.

We should also have OPS and APS circuits to buy from. When they arrive we will notify everyone what is in them so you can bring your want lists.

Doors open at 7:00 PM at Asbury United Methodist Church. We will be in the big room – upstairs. Program starts around 7:30. SW 38th and Blackwelder. See you there.

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Official Program - Cowboys of the Silver Screen

Cowboys of the Silver Screen Official Program

On April 17, 2010 Oklahoma City was honored by hosting the FDC Ceremony for the Cowboys of the Silver Screen stamps. The ceremony, held at the Cowboy Hall of Fame was attended by an estimated 200 people. I was out of town, so my beautiful wife attended for me and told me it was standing room only, although she was lucky enough to get a good seat.

The USPS sold cacheted envelopes, stamps, and even plastic protectors priced at $5 for each single and $7 for the block of 4. So a complete set of 4 singles and the block of 4 cost $27. Just another road block to getting kids into the hobby.

Roy Rogers Official FDC

Official FDC - Block of 4

The Oklahoma City Stamp Club holds periodic auctions of material, most of which is donated by members. Our last auction was on April 20. Ray Janz reports that 40 of 100 lots sold for a total of $140.00.

Gerald Hickman discusses the history of the US Postal Service.

On March 16th Gerald Hickman gave a very interesting program on the history of the USPS. Intrigue, personalities, lobbying, and of course politics all the way to the White House. Even though most of it happened over 40 years ago, it makes it clear that some things never change. Great program. Thanks Gerald.

THE Oklahoma City Stamp Club BIG AUCTION NIGHT IS 4-20-2010 with doors opening at 7PM. Don’t miss it. Lots of good material and you get to set your buy price (unless somebody out bids you). Then again, you can increase your bid – that is the fun of an auction.

If you bought something neat at TEXPEX, bring it along to share with everyone else. It looked like the whole club was there at one time or another.

NEWS FLASH !!
There will not only be an auction tonight. We have received circuits from the OPS and the APS.
Included are books on :

U.S. Revenues
U.S. 19th Century
Great Britain
Christmas Island
Canada (2)
Estonia
Europa Cyprus to Germany
Eurpopa Monaco to Sweden
Japan
Sweden
Germany
Greece

We meet upstairs in the big room now so there is lots of room.

See Ya There

The next meeting of the Oklahoma City Stamp Club will be March 16 at 7 PM. The program will be a presentation by Gerald Hickman who will share his thoughts on the most important highlights from U.S. Postal History.

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And don’t forget our first meeting next month!!

Apr 6: John Lovett, Western History Collection Curator, Oklahoma Historic Photographs slide presentation.

If you have any suggestions for future programs, please contact Joe Crosby at joecrosby@cox.net. It does not have to be you volunteering to do a program, although that would be wonderful. It just needs to be a subject of interest to your fellow club members.