WESTMORELAND COUNTY PHILATELIC SOCIETY NEWSLETTER P.O. Box 76, Norvelt, PA 15674 - email: [email protected]Meeting: First Sunday of the month at Rescue 8, North Huntingdon, PA Website: http://www.muleshoepa.com/WCPS/Wcps.htm Volume 31 Number 7 September 2017 1 NEXT MEETING DATE October 1 The October meeting will feature the fall auction. Bring your unwanted material. Please bring cookies or snacks for the table. Pop (or soda if you prefer) will be provided. The hall is open from 1 pm, the meeting starts at 2:15pm. Bring your want list and checkout the APS circuit books. UPCOMING EVENTS Hudson Stamp Bourse - Sunday, September 17, 2016. 10am - 4pm. Clarion Inn, 6625 Dean Memorial Parkway, Hudson, Ohio 44236; Sponsored by:Lincolnway Stamps; Contact: David G. Pool, [email protected]; 330-832-5992 - 5 dealers Mars Stamp Bourse - Sunday, September 24, 2017; 10:00am-4:00pm. VFW Post 7505, 331 Mars Valencia Road, Mars, PA 16046. Sponsored by K2 Collectables, Kevin Kellman, 7315 Beachtree Dr., Middletown, MD 21769, 301-524-9562. Fall Stamp Expo, Saturday, October 7, 2017, 10AM to 5PM, Cumberland Valley Philatelic Society, Eugene C. Clark, Jr. Community Center, 235 S. Third Street, Chambersburg. Contact: Quinn Witherspoon, [email protected]; 717-264-1252. - 10 dealers. GETTYPEX 2017, Saturday, October 21, 2017, 10AM to 4PM, Gettysburg Fire Company, 35 North Stratton Street, Gettysburg. Sponsored by Blue & Gray Stamp Club, Contact Dwight L. Monn, [email protected]; 717-624-4864. - 12 dealers How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of- issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office, at The Postal Store website at usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-782- 6724. They must affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to the first day address provided. After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark up to a quantity of 50. Most collectors prefer to use peelable return address labels that can be removed after the USPS returns the cover. US New Issues Andrew Wyeth - July 12 On July 12, 2017, in Chadds Ford, PA, the U.S. Postal Service will issue the Andrew Wyeth stamps (Forever priced at 49 cents), in twelve designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 12 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide July 12, 2017. This pane of stamps celebrates the centennial of the birth of Andrew Wyeth (1917– 2009), one of the most prominent American artists of the 20th century. Working in a realistic style that defied artistic trends, Wyeth created haunting and enigmatic paintings based largely on people and places in his life, a body of work that continues to resist easy or comfortable interpretation. This issuance includes 12 stamps that feature a detail of a different Andrew Wyeth painting. The paintings are: “Wind from the Sea” (1947), “Big Room” (1988), “Christina’s World” (1948), “Alvaro and Christina” (1968), “Frostbitten” (1962), “Sailor’s Valentine” (1985), “Soaring” (1942–1950), “North Light” (1984), “Spring Fed” (1967), “The Carry” (2003), “Young Bull” (1960), and “My Studio” (1974). The selvage shows a photograph of Wyeth from the 1930s. Art director Derry Noyes designed the pane. First day address: FDOI – Andrew Wyeth Stamps USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services 8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
Meeting: First Sunday of the month at Rescue 8, North Huntingdon, PA
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NEXT MEETING DATE October 1
The October meeting will feature the fall auction. Bring your unwanted material. Please bring cookies or snacks for the table. Pop (or soda if you prefer) will be provided. The hall is open from 1 pm, the meeting starts at 2:15pm. Bring your want list and checkout the APS circuit books.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Hudson Stamp Bourse - Sunday, September 17, 2016. 10am - 4pm. Clarion Inn, 6625 Dean Memorial Parkway, Hudson, Ohio 44236; Sponsored by:Lincolnway Stamps; Contact: David G. Pool, [email protected]; 330-832-5992 - 5 dealers
Mars Stamp Bourse - Sunday, September 24, 2017; 10:00am-4:00pm. VFW Post 7505, 331 Mars Valencia Road, Mars, PA 16046. Sponsored by K2 Collectables, Kevin Kellman, 7315 Beachtree Dr., Middletown, MD 21769, 301-524-9562.
Fall Stamp Expo, Saturday, October 7, 2017, 10AM to 5PM, Cumberland Valley Philatelic Society, Eugene C. Clark, Jr. Community Center, 235 S. Third Street, Chambersburg. Contact: Quinn Witherspoon, [email protected]; 717-264-1252. - 10 dealers.
GETTYPEX 2017, Saturday, October 21, 2017, 10AM to 4PM, Gettysburg Fire Company, 35 North Stratton Street, Gettysburg. Sponsored by Blue & Gray Stamp Club, Contact Dwight L. Monn, [email protected]; 717-624-4864. - 12 dealers
How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office, at The Postal Store website at usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-782-6724. They must affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to the first day address provided. After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark up to a quantity of 50. Most collectors prefer to use peelable return address labels that can be removed after the USPS returns the cover.
US New Issues
Andrew Wyeth - July 12
On July 12, 2017, in Chadds Ford, PA, the U.S. Postal Service will issue the Andrew Wyeth stamps (Forever priced at 49 cents), in twelve designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 12 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide July 12, 2017. This pane of stamps celebrates the centennial of the birth of Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), one of the most prominent American artists of the 20th century. Working in a realistic style that defied artistic trends, Wyeth created haunting and enigmatic paintings based largely on people and places in his life, a body of work that continues to resist easy or comfortable interpretation. This issuance includes 12 stamps that feature a detail of a different Andrew Wyeth painting. The paintings are: “Wind from the Sea” (1947), “Big Room” (1988), “Christina’s World” (1948), “Alvaro and Christina” (1968), “Frostbitten” (1962), “Sailor’s Valentine” (1985), “Soaring” (1942–1950), “North Light” (1984), “Spring Fed” (1967), “The Carry” (2003), “Young Bull” (1960), and “My Studio” (1974). The selvage shows a photograph of Wyeth from the 1930s. Art director Derry Noyes designed the pane. First day address:
FDOI – Andrew Wyeth Stamps USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services 8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
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All orders must be postmarked by September 12, 2017. Philatelic products for this stamp issue are as follows:
Press Sheet with Die-cut, $52.92.
Digital Color Postmark Keepsake (2 panes), $13.95.
First-Day Cover (set of 12), $11.16.
Digital Color Postmark (set of 12), $19.68.
Framed Art, $39.95.
Ceremony Program, $6.95.
Panel, $17.95.
Sharks - July 26
On July 26, 2017, in Newport, KY, the U.S. Postal Service will issue the Sharks stamps (Forever priced at 49 cents), in five designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The Sharks $9.80 pane of 20 stamps may not be split, and the stamps may not be sold individually. The stamps will go on sale nationwide July 26, 2017. This issuance celebrates the wonder of sharks with a pane of 20 stamps featuring realistic images of five species that inhabit American waters:
The mako shark, represented here by a shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus);
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus);
The thresher shark, here a pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus);
The hammerhead shark, this one a scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini);
The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).
On the selvage, the stamp image of the great white shark is repeated at the top of the pane. The background blue color deepens in shade as one looks down the pane, evoking inky ocean waters barely penetrated by sunlight. Art director Derry Noyes
designed the stamp pane with original artwork by Sam Weber. First day address:
FDOI – Sharks Stamps USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services 8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
All orders must be postmarked by September 26, 2017. Philatelic products for this stamp issue are as follows:
Press Sheet with Die-cut, $88.20.
Digital Color Postmark Keepsake (set of 5), $18.95.
First-Day Cover (set of 5), $4.65.
Digital Color Postmark (set of 5), $8.20.
Framed Art, $29.95.
Folio, $18.95.
Ceremony Program, $6.95.
Panel, $10.95.
Stamp Ceremony Memento, $21.95.
Protect Pollinators Stamps - August 3
On August 3, 2017, in Richmond, VA, the U.S. Postal Service will issue the Protect Pollinators stamps (Forever priced at 49 cents), in five designs, in a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The Protect Pollinators $9.80 pane of 20 stamps may not be split, and the stamps may not be sold individually. The stamps will go on sale nationwide August 3, 2017. The U.S. Postal Service pays tribute to the beauty and importance of pollinators with stamps depicting two of our continent’s most iconic: the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and the western honeybee (Apis mellifera), each shown industriously pollinating a variety of plants native to North America. The stamps feature:
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A monarch and a coneflower (photo by Karen Mayford);
A western honeybee and a golden ragwort (photo by George D. Lepp);
A monarch and a zinnia (photo by Bonnie Sue Rauch);
A western honeybee and a New England aster (photo by Michael Durham);
A monarch and goldenrod (photo by Justin Fowler).
The remainder of the stamps in this pane recur in a scattered arrangement reminiscent of a field of wildflowers. The selvage photograph features a monarch and a goldenrod — a different view of the same two species depicted on one of the stamps (photo by Justin Fowler). These particular species exemplify the ecological service provided by all pollinators, which include other insects, birds, and bats. Trending declines in their populations alert us that pollinators now need mindful human intervention in order to thrive. Individuals can help butterflies, bees, and other pollinators by planting pollinator gardens that include native flowers or heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables. Art director Derry Noyes designed this stamp pane with existing photographs. First day address:
FDOI – Protect Pollinators Stamps USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services 8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
All orders must be postmarked by October 3, 2017. Philatelic products for this stamp issue are as follows:
Press Sheet with Die-cut, $88.20.
Digital Color Postmark Keepsake (set of 5), $18.95.
First-Day Cover (set of 5), $4.65.
Digital Color Postmark (set of 5), $8.20.
Framed Art, $29.95.
Ceremony Program, $6.95.
Panel, $10.95.
Disney Villains - July 15
On July 15, 2017, in Anaheim, CA, the U.S. Postal Service will issue the Disney Villains stamps (Forever priced at 49 cents), in ten designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The Disney Villains $9.80 pane of 20 stamps may not be split, and the stamps may not be sold individually. The stamps will go on sale nationwide July 15, 2017. This issuance celebrates the rich legacy of the Walt Disney Studios Ink & Paint Department with a pane of 20 stamps showcasing 10 classic Disney villains: Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty), Honest John (Pinocchio), Cruella De Vil (One Hundred and One Dalmatians), Captain Hook (Peter Pan), the Queen of
Hearts (Alice in Wonderland), Lady Tremaine (Cinderella), Ursula (The Little Mermaid), the Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), Gaston (Beauty and the Beast), and Scar (The Lion King). The selvage area features the Queen from Snow White standing in front of an ornate background. The reverse side of the pane includes drawings of the 10 characters and a quote by each one.
Art Director Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, working closely with Disney Creative Director David Pacheco and the team at the Walt Disney Studios Ink & Paint Department, designed these stamps using new art created for the issuance. First day address:
FDOI – Disney Villains Stamps USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services 8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
All orders must be postmarked by September 15, 2017. Philatelic products for this stamp issue are as follows:
Press Sheet with Die-cut, $58.80.
Digital Color Postmark Keepsake (random cover), $11.95.
First-Day Cover (set of 10), $9.30.
Digital Color Postmark (set of 10), $16.40.
Ceremony Program, $6.95.
Panel, $17.95.
Notecards (set of 20), $15.95.
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Azulillo Postal Card - August 11
On August 11, 2017, in Independence, OH, the U.S. Postal Service will issue the Azulillo stamped card Forever priced at 38 cents (34-cent postage + 4-cent
surcharge)in one design. The U.S. Postal Service issues the Azulillo stamped card for 2017 featuring an illustration of a Chilean blue crocus (Tecophilaea cyanocrocus) from pre-existing artwork by famed illustrator and designer Dugald Stermer (1936-2011). His penciled calligraphy under the flower indicates one of its common names, azulillo, which loosely translated from Spanish means “little blue thing,” with its botanical name above. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamped card. The Azulillo stamped card will be available in the following formats:
Single-cut cards.
Double-reply cards.
Sheet of 40 cards. First day address:
FDOI – Azulillo Stamped Card USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services 8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
All orders must be postmarked by October 11, 2017. Philatelic products for the stamped cards are as follows:
Single-cut, First-Day Cover, $0.50.
Double-reply, First-Day Cover, $0.88.
Garden Flowers - August 16
'On August 16, 2017, in Sioux Falls, SD, the U.S. Postal Service will issue the Flowers From the Garden First-Class Mail stamps (Forever priced at 49 cents), in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet and coils. The stamps will go on sale nationwide August 16, 2017. The Flowers From the Garden stamps will be available in the following formats:
PSA Booklet of 20.
PSA Coil of 3,000.
PSA Coil of 10,000.
Flowers From the Garden stamps feature four different paintings of flowers that come from typical American gardens, each bunch artfully arranged in a container. One stamp features red camellias and yellow forsythia in a yellow pitcher, while another features white peonies and pink tree peonies in a clear vase. An arrangement of white hydrangeas, white and pink roses, green hypericum berries, and purple lisianthus in a white vase graces another stamp, while blue hydrangeas in a blue pot appear on another. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps with existing art by Elizabeth Brandon. First day address: Availability to Post Offices:
FDOI – Flowers From the Garden Stamps USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services 8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
All orders must be postmarked by October 16, 2017. Philatelic products for this stamp issue are as follows: Booklet of 20
Press Sheet with Die-cuts, $78.40.
Digital Color Postmark Keepsake (set of 4), $16.95.
First-Day Cover (set of 4), $3.72.
Digital Color Postmark (set of 4), $6.56.
Framed Art, $29.95.
Ceremony Program, $6.95. Coil of 10,000
First-Day Cover (set of 4), $3.72.
Digital Color Postmark (set of 4), $6.56.
Digital Color Postmark (Set of 4), $6.48.
Framed Art, $39.95.
Ceremony Program, $6.95.
Panel, $10.95.
Father Theodore Hesburgh - Sept. 1
On September 1, 2017, in Notre Dame, IN, the U.S. Postal Service will issue the Father Theodore Hesburgh stamp (Forever priced at 49 cents), in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps and a PSA coil of 50 stamps. The stamp will go on sale nationwide September 1, 2017. The Reverend Father
Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. (1917–2015) is
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considered one of the most important educational, religious, and civic leaders of the 20th century. The stamp art features an oil-on-panel painting (based on a 1980 photograph) of Father Hesburgh standing on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, where he served as president for 35 years. Father Hesburgh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2000. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp with original art by Tim O’Brien. First day address:
FDOI – Father Theodore Hesburgh Stamp USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services 8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
All orders must be postmarked by November 1, 2017. Philatelic products for this stamp issue are as follows: Pane of 20
Press Sheet with Die-cut, $58.80.
Digital Color Postmark Keepsake, $11.95.
First-Day Cover, $0.93.
Digital Color Postmark, $1.64.
Framed Art, $39.95.
Ceremony Program, $6.95.
Panel, $10.95. Coil of 50
799416, First-Day Cover, $0.93.
Digital Color Postmark, $1.64.
Snowy Day Stamps - October 4
On October 4, 2017, in Brooklyn, NY, the U.S. Postal Service will issue The Snowy Day stamps (Forever priced at 49 cents) in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide
October 4, 2017. With these stamps, the U.S. Postal Service showcases Ezra Jack Keats’ most beloved story, The Snowy Day. Written and illustrated by the celebrated children’s author, it was one of the first prominent 20th-century picture books featuring an African-American child. Each of the four new stamps in this 20-stamp booklet shows a different illustration of the main character, Peter, exploring and playing in his neighborhood while wearing his iconic red snowsuit.
Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamps. The images include:
Peter forming a snowball,
Peter sliding down a mountain of snow,
Peter making a snow angel, and
Peter leaving footprints in the snow. First day address:
The Snowy Day Stamps
USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services
8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
All orders must be post marked by December 4, 2017. Philatelic products for this stamp issue are as follows:
Press Sheet with Die-cut, $78.40.
Digital Color Postmark Keepsake (set of 4), $16.95.
First-Day Cover (set of 4), $3.72.
Digital Color Postmark (set of 4), $6.56.
Ceremony Program, $6.95.
Christmas Carols - October 5
On October 5, 2017, in New York, NY, the U.S. Postal Service will issue Christmas Carols stamps (Forever priced at 49 cents) in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide October 5, 2017. In 2017, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates the Christmas season with four new Forever stamps featuring images that illustrate a major theme from four beloved Christmas carols:
“Jingle Bells,”
“Deck the Halls,”
“Silent Night,” and
“Jolly Old Saint Nicholas.”
Familiar lines from each song highlight the individual stamps. The shades of blue in the background of the stamps evoke the evening
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scenes from the four carols. This booklet of 20 stamps includes five of each design. The late Howard E. Paine was the art director and artist Steve McCracken created the original art for this project. First day address:
Christmas Carols Stamps USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services 8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
All orders must be post marked by December 5, 2017. Philatelic products for this stamp issue are as follows:
Press Sheet with Die-cut, $78.40.
Digital Color Postmark Keepsake (set of 4), $16.95.
First-Day Cover (set of 4), $3.72.
Digital Color Postmark (set of 4), $6.56.
Framed Art, $29.95.
Ceremony Program, $6.95.
Member Hervey Steiner
passes at 79 years.
We are saddened to report the death of Hervey Steiner on May 18, 2017. Hervey was a long time member of the club and a retired postmaster of the West Newton post office.
New Scott Numbers Assigned
Scott
No. Issue Date
5191 Robert Panara Apr. 11
5192 Tamales Apr. 20
5193 Flan Apr. 20
5194 Sanchoco Apr. 20
5195 Empandas Apr. 20
5196 Chile Relleno Apr. 20
5197 Ceviche Apr. 20
5198 Echeveria Apr. 28
5199 Boutonniere May 2
5200 Corsage May 2
5201 Strawberries May 5
5202 Thoreau May 23
5203 Football June 14
5204 Volleyball June 14
5205 Soccer Ball June 14
5206 Golf Ball June 14
5207 Baseball June 14
5208 Basketball June 14
5209 Tennis Ball June 14
5210 Kickball June 14
5211 Eclipse June 20
Pony Express – First Day Cover
This cover was carried on the first eastbound Pony
Express dispatch from San Francisco on April 3, 1860.
A second postmark was added at St. Joseph, MO April
13, 1860. The 2000-mile trip was made in 10 days.
That is quite an achievement on horseback. The cover
has no address but was affixed to another envelope
