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April 28, 2025 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
GMCSC Monthly Meeting
Dielmann Recreation Center, Creve Coeur MO |
- Did you Know? (March 2025)
One of the benefits of stamp collecting is a longer and healthier life. Several studies as to why exist with one as recent as 2016 by the National Institute of Health.
- Famous Postal Employees: John Brown (March 2025)
Abolitionist, John Brown was the Postmaster for Randolph Township, PA (1828-1835)
Stephen Cook (Sept 2024)
“Bob” Nelson (Sep 2024)
Phillip Slattery (Aug 2024)
Jeffery Dobbs (Aug 2024)
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Recent Member Articles
I Don’t Own This Stamp: Collection of None
In 1856, British Guiana Postmaster E.T.E. Dalton authorized an emergency issue ...
My One-Page Exhibit! – 2025
The My One-Page Exhibit! program is an ATA initiative to encourage new and experienced exhibitors to create single-page presentations of philatelic material that especially interest them. It is an opportunity to be creative, and most of all, share interests with the philatelic family. This is all about telling a story in one page!
What is the First Christmas Stamp?
The first Christmas stamp is probably not the one you think it is.
Haimann awarded APS’s Nicholas G. Carter Volunteer Recognition Awards for National Service
Alex Haimann, Greater Mound City Stamp Club MemberThe Nicholas G. Carter Volunteer Recognition Awards recognize the outstanding efforts of American Philatelic Society volunteers at the national, regional and local level, […]
New Issue: Protect Sea Turtles
On June 11th, 2024, in Corpus Christi, TX, the USPS issued a new set of 5 stamps called Protect Sea Turtles. The stamps show incredible photos of 6
turtle species up close and personal. The stamp art director, Derry Noyes, set out to emphasize the uniqueness of these turtles along with showing each of their faces to help show their vulnerability.
“Me” on stamps: Queen Elizabeth II
“Would you like to see my stamp collection?” she asked. “It is quite large and quite
valuable. It even includes a complete collection of me on stamps!”
Identifying Hard and Soft Paper
Hard White PaperThe “hard white” paper was a rag content paper used by both the National and Continental Bank Note Companies (#134-181). This is sometimes referred to as a thin to thick white wove […]
Obscure Collecting: Liner Types
...a “liner” is the backing that a self-adhesive stamp is on when you buy the stamps. Now we have to figure out how we see the different types, A, B, C, and D.
Saint Louis Stamp Expo – 2024 Photo Gallery
The 31st St Louis Stamp Exp closed on March 24th, 2024 with over 400 paid attendees. The Greater Mound City Stamp Club was out in force showing off their matching […]
Rock n’ Roll Stamps: Rush
As topical collectors, we don’t often think of collecting areas of modern (in philatelic terms
the 1970s are modern) topics like rock bands but we should.
Scrambled Indicia
In 1997, the USPS issued the first stamp using a new technology called “scrambled indicia.” Indicia is pronounced /inˈdiSH(ē)ə/ and is the plural noun of the word indicum. In this use, it means “indication or token.”
My One-Page Exhibit! – 2024
The American Topical Association announces the opening of year four of its successful virtual exhibiting program, My One-Page Exhibit, starting December 15 and running through February 15, 2024. The exhibit […]
Topical: Origins of the Dishwasher
The story of Josephine Garis Cochran started when she was born on Mar.8, 1839, in Ashtabula County, Ohio, northeast of Cleveland. Her family influenced her to think outside of the box...
Dead Countries: Elobey, Annobon, and Carisco
Another article in the collection of Dead Countries by Phil Schorr. Check out Elobey, Annobon, and Carisco. Grow Philatelty - SHARE!!
The Ass’s Jawbone
A stamp from Belize, Scott #1017 issued November 19, 1993, features an accordion player in the center, surrounded by other musicians playing maracas, drums, a guitar, and an unfamiliar instrument, […]
Stamp of Approval
By Hadley Mitchell and John Martin In September 1929, a man from New York selling office supplies went into the Andres Co. department store in Evansville and asked if a […]
Recap of the Great American Stamp Show
If you weren’t able to join us in Cleveland for GASS 2023, don’t worry — here is what you missed! Photo Album: Exhibitor Palmares: 2023 Stamp Show Palmares- Click Here! […]
Lick N' Stick Night July 28, 2025 There is no actual presentation! We need to prepare the mailing material for the club’s show, Stampfest, so we take this meeting to divide and conquer preparing all of those postcards and letters!
Philatelic Jeopardy October 27, 2025 Philatelic Jeopardy is where we find questions for the answers of all things Philatelic! Hosted by Guy Gasser.
- Treaty of Amity and Commerce with Swedenby MysticStamp
On April 3, 1783, the US signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce with Sweden, the first such treaty between the US and a country that wasn’t an ally in the Revolutionary War. The post Treaty of Amity and Commerce with Sweden appeared first on Mystic Stamp Discovery Center.
About the Greater Mound City Stamp Club
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