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 - OCT 2
The next Arlington meeting for 2019 will be held on October 2. This meeting will feature our annual Mid-Cities Picnic. Attendees will start gathering around 5pm, and begin eating around 5:30pm. Bring a covered dish of some kind, such as a salad, bean dish, mac and cheese, chips and dip, vegetable tray, dessert, etc. The club will provide hot dogs, buns, condiments, plates, eating utensils and non-alcoholic drinks. If you have any questions please contact Judy Christmas. If you did not sign up but will be coming please let Judy know so that we have enough hot dogs for everyone. Following the picnic, we will have our annual EXPO envelope stuffing, with lots of door prizes. Tthere will be a drawing for an extra 10 $5 Gift Certificates for those who stay and participate.
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 will be open at 6:00 pm.
NOTE: there will be no MEET"N"EAT, due to the annual club picnic.EULESS - OCT 16
The next Euless meeting for 2019 will be held on October 16. The program will be an extended Show and Tell session. APS sales books will not 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 Jason's Deli, 2200 Airport Freeway, Bedford, (817-354-1511). The group will gather between 5-530pm, and finish by 645pm.
GRANBURY -SEP 24
See Oct 22 meeting info in next column.
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.
See Oct 22 meeting info in next column.
VISITORS WELCOME
MEET'N'EAT
ARLINGTON - OCT 2
NO MEET'N'EAT, due to club Annual Mid-Cities Picnic.
EULESS - OCT 16
Jason's Deli
2200 Airport Freeway
Bedford, TX
PH 817-354-1511
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 (OCT 22) GRANBURY MEETING
The next Granbury meeting for 2019 will be held on October 22.
The program will be presented by club member Jim Myers, on WWII "Kicking Mule" Patriotic Covers.
Please bring any philatelic literature you may be willing to share with other members.
Also, a reminder from Alliene to bring items for the 2019 EXPO Mystery Box.
This meeting will also feature the annual Club Picnic: Set up at 5 PM, start serving about 5:30PM.
Bring a dish or items to share such as baked beans, chips, dessert, or other picnic type items.
Chef, hotdogs, drinks, and condiments provided.
There will be no Meet'N'Eat, due to club picnic.
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 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 - Dec 6-7
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
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.
JOE JETER
Former Granbury MCSC member Joe Jeter passed away on Sunday, August 11. Joe was active in the club until his Alzheimer's made it impossible to get to meetings and participate. He speialized in Fractional Revenue Stamps. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, August 24th, at 2 PM, at the First Christian Church of Granbury (2109 W Hwy 377) .
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 2019
QUICK INFO LINKS
Items Currently Available:
President's Letter
Advance Flyer
Official Show Program
Schedule of Events
Official EXPO 2019 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
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