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 The Mid-Cities Stamp Club, now in its 43rd year, is one of the largest and most active local stamp clubs in Texas. MCSC counted 90 members as of June 5, 2019. 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 2019
Grapevine TX
NOV 8-9
MCSC MEETINGS
ARLINGTON - SEP 4
The next Arlington meeting for 2019 will be held on September 4. The program for this meeting will be our Semi-Annual Auction. A list of auction items can be viewed at Arl_Auction_2019-09.pdf. APS sales books will be available.
This meeting will be held at the Bob Duncan Community Center in Arlington. The street address is 2800 South Center Street, in Vandergriff Park (MAPSCO 97A). The regular meeting begins at 7:00 pm; however the room may be accessible earlier.
NOTE: MEET'N'EAT is at Campo Verde, 2918 W Pioneer Parkway, Dalworthington Gardens, 76013, (817) 275-7003). The group will gather between 5:00 and 5:30 PM, and finish around 6:45 PM.
EULESS - SEP 18
The next Euless meeting for 2019 will be held on September 18. The program will be an extended Show and Tell session. APS sales books will be available at this meeting.
This meeting will be held at
Central Station Marketing, 12750 S. Pipeline Road, Suite #1C, Euless, TX 76040.
The meeting room is under a striped awning toward the back of the Dalworth Rug Cleaning building.
Look for Dalworth Cleaning sign along the road. The entrance is off South Pipeline Rd.
This section of Pipeline is between Highway 157 (Industrial Blvd) and Euless South Main Street.
Be aware that street addresses are "irregular" in this area of South Pipeline Rd. Nearby addresses
are in the 400 and 600 ranges. Make sure you are not on West Pipeline Rd. Meeting begins at 7:30
pm. The room will be available from around 7 pm.
MEET N' EAT is at Chili's, 2101 Airport Freeway, Bedford, (817-545-0012). The group will gather between 5:15-5:30pm, and finish by 645pm.
GRANBURY - AUG 27
See Sep 24 meeting info in next column.
The next Granbury meeting for 2019 will be held on August 27.
The program is to be presented by club Director Alliene Franklin, on War Ration Stamps. Please
bring any philatelic literature you are willing to share with other members.
There will be an auction of club member lots at the Sept 24 meeting.
MEET'N'EAT will be at Best Burger Barn, 5675 North Gate Road, Acton.
This meeting will be held at the Bentwater Activities Center, 1800 W Emerald Ct, Granbury TX, adjacent to the
Bentwater Marina northeast of Granbury. The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm.
View the Remaining Granbury 2019 Program Schedule as a WORD document, or as a PDF file.
See Sep 24 meeting info in next column.
VISITORS WELCOME
MCSC MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
MCSC Secretary Ben Termini advises that the latest club membership directory is now available. A copy has been emailed to each member. We are not making the directory available online, but you can email Ben with any updates you may have.
MEET'N'EAT
ARLINGTON - SEP 4
Campo Verde2918 W Pioneer Parkway
Dalworthington Gardens, 76013
817-275-7003
www.campoverde.us
EULESS - SEP 18
Chili's
2101 Airport Freeway
Bedford, TX
PH 817-545-0012
RAY CARTIER RECEIVES APS VOLUNTEER AWARD
The Nicholas G. Carter Volunteer Recognition Award recognizes outstanding efforts of APS volunteers at the national, regional and local level ... This year Ray is one of five recipients of the award at the "National Service" level. Congratulations to Ray. More information can be found in the July, 2019 American Philatelist, p. 642.
NEXT (SEP 24) GRANBURY MEETING
The next Granbury meeting for 2019 will be held on September 24.
The program will be an auction.
The list of scheduled
Auction Items
can be downloaded as a PDF file.
The auction location is: Bentwater Activity Center, 1800 W. Emerald Ct., Granbury TX 76049.
The door will open at 6 PM for viewing, and the auction will begin at 7 PM.
MEET'N'EAT will be at Palio's Pizza, 3710 E. Highway 377 (across Meander Rd. from HEB), Granbury, 76049, at 5 PM.
This meeting will be held at the Bentwater Activities Center, 1800 W Emerald Ct, Granbury TX, adjacent to the
Bentwater Marina northeast of Granbury. The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm.
View the Remaining Granbury 2019 Program Schedule as a WORD document, or as a PDF file.
QUICK INFO LINKS
Meet'N'Eat 2019
dates and locations
Newsletter
full-graphics vers.
Stamp Show
EXPO 2018 / 2019 Info
TSDA STAMP SHOWS
The Texas Stamp Dealers Association (TSDA) sponsors a series of stamp shows in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.
NEXT SHOW
Dallas - Aug 23-24
Richardson Civic Center
>>>Same Location as 2018
Houston - Nov 1-2
Crowne Plaza Hotel
>>>Same Location as 2018
San Antonio - Oct 11-12
Norris Conference Center
across San Pedro from NorthStar Mall
>>>Same Location as 2018
For more show information (addresses, hours, maps, etc.).
NEW TSDA Website
OTHER SHOWS
Greater Houston Stamp Show
Sep 20: 10a-6p
Sep 21: 10a-6p
Sep 22: 10a-4p
Humble City Civic Center
8233 Will Clayton Pkwy.
Humble, TX 77338
Mid-Cities EXPO 2019
Nov. 8: 10a-5p
Nov. 9: 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 November 6, 2018). 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.
Bob Friedmann
Long time TSDA stamp dealer Robert J. Friedmann passed away on July 12. Many MCSC members might recall Friedmann's Cover Corner at area shows, before he retired from active dealing about 7-10+ years ago. Bob is survived by wife Kathleen and 2 children' Christa and Michael.
Science Fiction - EXPO 2016 Theme
EXPO 2019 EXHIBIT PROSPECTUS
The EXPO 2019 Prospectus and Mini-Prospectus are now available (also on the STAMP SHOW page).
EXPO 2019 DEALERS
The EXPO 2019 Dealer List is now available.
EXPO 2018 / 2019
QUICK INFO LINKS
Items Currently Available:
President's Letter
Advance Flyer
Official Show Program
Schedule of Events
Official EXPO 2018 Hotel
Exhibits (Gen. Info)
EXPO 2019 Prospectus
EXPO 2019 Mini-Prospectus
EXPO 2019 Dealer List
Giant Mixture Pick
Beginning Collectors Center
Chance Board
Silent Auction News
Awards Dinner (and Program)
MCSC 2019 Officers
Info for 2019 EXPO Dealers
Palmares
Acknowledgements
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.
2019-20 MID-CITIES STAMP CLUB
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Richard Hildebrandt - pres
Ray Moyer - 1vp
Gene Pfretzschner - 2vp
Skip Ely - sec
Judy Christmas - treas
Ray Cartier - ipp
Peter Elias - v/dir
Alliene Franklin - v/dir
Ken Wills - v/dir
Stanley Christmas - nv/dir
Jeff Jessup - nv/dir
Bob Weidman - nv/dir