EAGLE STAMP & POSTCARD CLUB
MEETINGS @ Eagle Hills Church
1st Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM
651 N. Eagle Road, Eagle, Idaho
Everyone is welcomed.
Bring a friend!
Non-members are most welcome to attend. If you have a collection that you'd like to dispose of, please feel free to bring it in for a free evaluation and possibly sell. A local stamp dealer will be in attendance.
Questions email: [email protected]
P.O. Box 731, Meridian, ID 83680
The club gets numerous inquires as the value of collections and accumulations of stamps, etc – everyone is welcomed to bring in those items of stamps/covers/postcards/etc – there are usually some knowledgeable, fair, honest and experienced dealers and collectors to give some idea of condition, significance, value or buying offers. People are welcome to bring such collections/items to all meetings except the auction nights, unless they desire to place such items in the auction.
MEETINGS @ Eagle Hills Church
1st Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM
651 N. Eagle Road, Eagle, Idaho
Everyone is welcomed.
Bring a friend!
Non-members are most welcome to attend. If you have a collection that you'd like to dispose of, please feel free to bring it in for a free evaluation and possibly sell. A local stamp dealer will be in attendance.
Questions email: [email protected]
P.O. Box 731, Meridian, ID 83680
The club gets numerous inquires as the value of collections and accumulations of stamps, etc – everyone is welcomed to bring in those items of stamps/covers/postcards/etc – there are usually some knowledgeable, fair, honest and experienced dealers and collectors to give some idea of condition, significance, value or buying offers. People are welcome to bring such collections/items to all meetings except the auction nights, unless they desire to place such items in the auction.
CLUB MEETINGS
March 6
Remember what fun it was when we just starting out as collectors? We all sold our stamps to one another for a nickel or a dime, or just traded our stamps on a one-for-one basis. Unfortunately, we tend to lose that feeling as we march on toward becoming sophisticated philatelists. Talk of relative catalog values, auction realizations and discounts lists to show our impressive knowledge. But wouldn’t it be great, just once in a while, to go back to that simplicity we enjoyed as beginners?
So our program this month will be an old fashioned "cheap night”. Each member or anyone not a member may engage in selling or trading stamps and postcards to each other. The selling price is not necessarily based on catalog value. We are not talking about Zeppelins here, but maybe we are! We all have boxes of stamps, old envelopes, or postcards that we’ve been meaning to do something about.
Here are some simple rules to be followed for Bourse Night:
Be organized. Bring your loose stamps in stock books or on stock sheets, for example, organized by country. Collections in albums may also be sold, but be sure they are priced. Postcards may be grouped by subject matter. Remember to be willing to sell for a very reasonable price. U.S. postage can be sold for less than face value..
Be sure to bring tongs, magnifiers, glassines, blank stock sheets/books and other tools of the trade you might find useful.
For the sellers: tables will be provided. Limit the amount you bring to what will fill a reasonable space.
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February Meeting
Stamp of the Month -- Casey C
Website of the Month -- Paul K
Name that stamp --
Door Prizes -- Mike D
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March 6th--- BOURSE: get your stamps, postcards and other merchandise ready.
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Come have some fun with fellow collectors going through thousands of stamps and postcards
Beginner to advanced collector come enjoy some stamping fellowship. Stamps, covers, collections, postcards, and other philatelic items for sale.
Every one welcomed!
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Listing of Website of the Month:
2016
www.exponet.info
www.metropostcard.com/glossaryp.html
2017
www.mindspring.com/~metkin/idahoindex.html
American Philatelic Research Library www.stamps.org/library
Smithsonian National Postal Museum postalmuseum.si.edu
www.phila.com
2018
stampcollectingspot.com/9-stamp-collecting-websites-everyone-should-know-about
www.ChicagoPostcardMuseum.org
www.stamp-collecting-resources.com
www.stampworld.com
www.iswcs.org
www.history.com/news/11-most-controversial-stamps-in-u-s-history
2019
stampdomain.com
postalhistory.com postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp
philatelicdatabase.com oquiststamps.com
2020
postcardvalues.com
hedigitalphilatelist.com/
stampsmarter.org/
2021
Own a Piece of History | Showpiece
2022
USPhila.com | Latest US stamps prices
National Postal Museum Bartsandculture.google.com/story/XwVBMZXUMhsCIA?hl=en
warwickandwarwick.com/news/guides/how-to-value-old-postcards
allaboutstamps.co.uk Quickly becoming the world's favorite website.
2023
Image recognition website: https://tineye.com/ This does a reverse image search across the net – I’ve found it to be very helpful
Big Blue website: http://bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.com/ A wealth of information for the 1st hundred years
Telegraph website: https://telstamps.org.uk/ A deep dive into the world of telegraph stamps
The Digital Philatelist - For Modern Stamp Collectors https://thedigitalphilatelist.com
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OFFICERS
President – Les M
Vice Presidents- Bryan W and Henry P
Treasurer - Mike D
APS Representative - Mike D
Program Chair – Paul K
Web Site –Bob P,
AMERICAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Club # 1529-197338
and
Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs
Club # 1529-197338
and
Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs
