Scott #2968 32¢ State of Texas Sesquicentennial

Mid-Cities Stamp Club

of ARLINGTON and IRVING, TEXAS

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Welcome to the Mid-Cities Stamp Club Website, where our goal is to provide an interesting site, make available useful information for club members, and promote the hobby of stamp collecting. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us.

The Mid-Cities Stamp Club, now in its 44th year, is one of the largest and most active local stamp clubs in Texas. MCSC counted 89 members as of September 16, 2020. The club hosts two meetings a month (one in Arlington, one in Euless) in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. We also have an affiliate club in Granbury, TX., which meets once a month. More.

MCSC EXPO 2021

Grapevine TX

NOV 12-13   

MCSC MEETINGS

ARLINGTON - APR 7

The next Arlington meeting for 2021 will be held on April 7.

NOTE: THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED ...

BUT: THERE WILL BE A ZOOM MEETING at 7:00pm ON APRIL 7 (click link for details).

>>> Look for possible in-person meeting May 5.

The program will be presented by club Director Ken Aldridge, on Mosaics. This assumes that Ken is ready with his graphics via zoom. Otherwise, he will present it at the May (possible) in-person meeting.

EULESS - APR 21

The next Euless meeting for 2021 will be held on April 21.

NOTE: THE IN-PERSON MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED ...

BUT: THERE WILL BE A ZOOM MEETING at 7:00pm ON APRIL 21 click link for details).

The program for this meeting will be our usual Show and Tell session.

GRANBURY - MAR 23
GRANBURY - MAR 30

See Apr 27 meeting info in next column.

The next Granbury meeting for 2021 will be held on March 30.
==> The March 23 meeting was cancelled due to technical difficulties. <==

NOTE: THE IN-PERSON MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED ...

BUT: THERE WILL BE A ZOOM MEETING at 7:00pm ON MARCH 30 (click link for details ).

The program will be a video on What are Cinderella Labels ?. Also, there will be a Show and Tell session, announcements and member discussion, along with door prizes.

See Apr 27 meeting info in next column.

VISITORS WELCOME AT ALL CLUB MEETINGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEET'N'EAT

ARLINGTON - APR 7

NO MEET'N'EAT, due to in-person meeting being cancelled.

EULESS - APR 21

NO MEET'N'EAT, due to in-person meeting being cancelled.

GRANBURY - MAR 30

NO MEET'N'EAT, due to in-person meeting being cancelled.

2021 - More details.

EXPO PLANNING MEETING MAR 4

There will be an EXPO Planning Meeting at 7:00pm on March 4. THIS WILL BE A ZOOM MEETING at 7:00pm ON MARCH 4 (click link for details).

NEXT (APR 27) GRANBURY MEETING

The next Granbury meeting for 2021 will be held on April 27.

NOTE: THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED ...

BUT: THERE WILL BE A ZOOM MEETING at 7:00pm ON APRIL 27 (click link for details). The program will be Top 10 Most Unusual Stamps and a Show and Tell session.

NEW MCSC WEBSITE

This website may lag behind at times, as we are participating in the rollout of a new, vastly improved website for the club. The new website should be available by April 29.

TSDA LANDS NEW RICHARDSON SITE

The Texas Stamp Dealers Association (TSDA) has a new show site for the 2021 season. TSDA shows were previously held at the Richardson Civic Center. Effective 2021 the City of Richardson has closed the Civic Center facility to the public. It is anticipated that the Center will eventually be converted into office space for City employees.

TSDA Richardson Bourse Manager Tom Cunningham informs us that all 2021 shows will be held at the Double Tree Hotel (Bluebonnet Room), 1981 N. Central Expressway, Richardson, TX 75080. This location is at the southwest corner of US 75 and Campbell Road; take Exit 26 from either direction. Show hours are the same as last year (Friday 10-5, Saturday 9-4).

Official 2021 show dates are as follows: April 9-10, June 25-26, August 27-28, December 10-11.

ARTICLE BY BEN TERMINI

Club member Ben Termini has a featured article in the February 2020 edition of the Journal of Texas Philately & Postal History. Ben recounts the poignant saga of a young soldier and his wife during the years of WWII, and how they missed out on "the American Dream," that others may to this day have that experience. Little known, but they too were part of "the Greatest Generation." For Ben, it all began with a visit to "a stamp shop in Arlington, TX, [where he] spotted a large brown paper sack full of letters." Little did he know ... A must read.

QUICK INFO LINKS

Meet'N'Eat 2021
            dates and locations
Newsletter
            full-graphics vers.
Stamp Show
            EXPO 2021 Info

BOD & EXPO MTGS

TSDA STAMP SHOWS

The Texas Stamp Dealers Association (TSDA) sponsors a series of stamp shows in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.

NEXT SHOW

Dallas - Jun 25-26
Double Tree Hotel
>>>New Location for 2021 SW corner of US 75 and Campbell Road
Exit 26 from either direction
Richardson TX 75080
Jun 25: 10a-5p
Jun 26: 9a-4p

Houston - May 21-22
Crowne Plaza Hotel
>>>Same Location as 2020

San Antonio - May 7-8
Norris Conference Center
across San Pedro from NorthStar Mall
>>>Same Location as 2020

For more show information (addresses, hours, maps, etc.).

NEW TSDA Website

OTHER SHOWS

Mid-Cities EXPO 2021
Nov. 12: 10a-5p
Nov. 13: 9a-4p
Grapevine Convention Center
Grapevine, TX
Sponsored by Mid-Cities Stamp Club

US STAMPS - SPECIALIST LIST

John Hotchner has made available lists of US Stamps and corresponding specialists in that particular stamp. The lists are divided between Definitives and Commemoratives. Hotchner advises that the lists are updated monthly. We will attempt to post the latest available information (the lists below are current as of March 8, 2020). MCSC Newsletter Editor Peter Elias is listed as a contact for Computer Printed Postal Labels. Also, club Director Stanley Christmas is listed as a contact for the 4 1/2c Prexy issue.
View the Definitive list as a PDF .
View the Commemorative list as a PDF .

JOIN MID-CITIES STAMP CLUB

Would you like to join the Mid-Cities Stamp Club ? Download our Membership Form as a PDF file, fill out, and send to the address indicated on the form. Print using Landscape orientation.

SHARON LOEFFLER

TSDA dealer and a past EXPO participant, Sharon Loeffler, passed away on February 3, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma from pancreatic cancer. Sharon operated Black Cat Philatelics. She was a member of the Society of Women Engineers and served as national president in 1980-81. In 1984 The U.S. Postal Service issued a forty-cent stamp based on Sharon's design, honoring America's First Lady of Engineering Lillian Gilbreth. (Scott #1868). Sharon was also a long-time member of MENSA.

SCiFI Stamp3
Science Fiction - EXPO 2016 Theme

EXPO 2020 DEALERS

The EXPO 2020
Dealer List     Dealer Map
is now available.

Book: Roundout, by H. K. Petschel

A new book, by H.K.Petschel, on The Rondout Train Robbery, is available as an Amazon e-book ($7.00). Rondout was the largest robbery in US history and might be of interest to those studying in postal history, the inspection service, or the railway mail service. Mr. Petschel is a former US Postal Inspector, and has written books about counterfeit stamps.

2021-22 MID-CITIES STAMP CLUB
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Richard Hildebrandt - pres
Stanley Christmas - 1vp
Rick Howell - 2vp
Skip Ely - sec
Judy Christmas - treas
Ray Cartier - ipp
Ken Aldridge - v/dir
Peter Elias - v/dir
Ken Wills - v/dir