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| EDITION 512 - 04/16/2024 |
| This monthly bourse is this Saturday at the library. |
| The April presentation will be on Identifying Colors on 19th Century Stamps and Covers by Joe Johnson on the 27th. |
| The St. Cloud Stamp Club has a show this Saturday in St. Joseph at the American Legion. |
| Stay tuned for events to be posted in the newly remodeled space at the library as it nears completion. |
| My cover this week is a registered cover with the stamps Scott #'s 147 & 152. It was sent to Mr. H.B. Shaw. As a cover collector I see several covers with the same addressee over time. In the 19th century I see a lot of covers to E. C. White in Winona. They were a grocery wholesaler. In the 20th century I see a lot addressed to St. Paul Book and Stationery. These are a couple examples where someone saved a hoard of covers. From 1865 to 1881 there are registered covers that pop up addressed to H. B. Shaw. Often time they are addressed to Mr. Shaw. H.B. Shaw was Harriet Butler Shaw. She went by H. B. to mask her gender as she likely would not have succeeded had the public known she was a woman. Miss Shaw was a pioneer in the mail order business and was said to inspire the Montgomery Wards mail order business. A lot of what she sold was what is now referred to as snake oil and the postal inspectors eventually shut her down for fraud in 1881. In the 1920's a stamp dealer/collector by the name of Sterling T. Dow purchased her hoard of over 150,000 covers from her mail order business. Many of them were registered covers. It was reported that over one thousand had fifteen cent stamps of seven different varieties during her time in business. Some of these are very valuable today. It is estimated that close to ten percent of Scott number 118 & 119 on cover in existence today came from this hoard. In the 1920's the demand for stamps was much greater than that for covers and most of the covers were destroyed for the stamps. After Mr. Dow had more than enough inventory of stamps, he stopped tearing them off the covers and those covers are what survive today. If you have covers with higher denomination stamps from 1865 to 1881 there is a chance, that they are to H.B. Shaw. I have found a few myself and occasionally see them for sale. Harriet lived in the same house at 15 South Street in Alfred, Maine her entire life. She died in 1933 at the age of 91. |
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| If you have anything that you want shared let me know at pjflaherty58@gmail.com |
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| Upcoming Events: |
| Date and Time | Last Saturday of the Month |
| Event | Upcoming Library Programs |
| Location | Northern Philatelic Center, 1110 Lowry Ave. No. Minneapolis, MN
April 27, 2024 Presentation by Joe Johnson on Identifying Colors on Stamps and Covers of the 19th Century. |
| Date and Time | Tuesday 16, April 2024 at 7:30 PM |
| Sponsor | Saint Cloud Area Stamp Club |
| Event | Monthly Meeting |
| Location | Atonement Lutheran Church 1144 29th Ave. N St. Cloud Please use South entrance |
| Socializing, Trading and Identification |
| Date and Time | Tuesday 16, April 2024 at 6:00 PM |
| Sponsor | First Tuesday Stamp Club |
| Event | Monthly Meeting |
| Location | Gloria Dei Lutheran Church 1212 12th Ave. NW Rochester, MN Room 10 Please use the back entrance |
| Socializing, Trading and Identification |
| Date and Time | Thursday 18, April 2024 at 6:00 PM |
| Sponsor | Twin City Philatelic Society |
| Event | Monthly Second Meeting |
| Location | LaBelle Condominiums II 1011 41st Ave. NE Columbia Heights, MN |
| Coffee and cookies are available. Circuits books and general meeting and discussion. |
| Date and Time | Saturday 20, April 2024, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM |
| Sponsor | St. Cloud Stamp Club |
| Event | Granite City Stamp Show |
| Location | St. Joseph American Legion 101 West Minnesota Street St. Joseph, MN 56374 |
| Date and Time | Saturday 20, April 2024 at 11:00 a.m. |
| Event | Library Bourse |
| Location | Northern Philatelic Center, 1110 Lowry Ave No. Minneapolis, MN Every stamp club member and all collectors are invited to participate in this free monthly event. We started this as a monthly event, and it has continued to grow and expand. Just bring your stamps, covers, stories and any other philatelic items to sell trade and buy. There will be refreshments available, so come and participate. It's like a garage sale for stamp collectors. Come a little early to get the best spot and set up your stuff. |
| Date and Time | Wednesday 24, April 2024 at 10:00 a.m. to Noon |
| Event | Stamp Academy |
| Location | Northern Philatelic Center, 1110 Lowry Ave No. Minneapolis, MN If you want to know anything about stamps, this is the place. There is an expert on staff every Wednesday between 10:00 a.m. and noon with over 30 years of experience cataloging stamps for some of the largest dealers in the country. For those people that have a collection that was handed down and are looking for what to do with the collection, this is a great opportunity to learn about your options. |
| Date and Time | Thursday 25, April 2024 at 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. |
| Sponsor | Maplewood Stamp Club |
| Location | Community of Grace Lutheran Church 4000 Linden St White Bear Lake, MN |
| Event | Monthly Meeting |
| Auction |
| Date and Time | Saturday 27, April 2024, 11:00 a.m. |
| Event | The program for April will be a presentation by Joe Johnson on "Identifying Colors on 19th Century Stamps and Covers." |
| Location | Northern Philatelic Center, 1110 Lowry Ave. No. Minneapolis, MN |