| The program this Saturday is "Appreciating Cultural History: Integrating Paper Ephemera Into a Stamp Collection", by Dr. Gene Young. Gene will give away, for free, a wide selection of ephemera, including 130-year-old maps, brochures, travel guides, and lots of old postcards. The talk will be geared toward new collectors and experienced collectors looking for new worlds to explore. I have attended many of Gene's presentations over the years and the way he incorporates ephemera and misc. into his philatelic programs is always entertaining along with fascinating stories. You will be entertained and I guarantee you will learn something. |
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We continue to re-stock our Red Boxes at the library. Most recently we did an extensive addition to Costa Rica and Poland. We continue to restock a lot of the common stamps in our red boxes. We also have bulk stamps by country that are not in 102 cards but are separated by country. You are welcome to pick through these envelopes of stamps. Good way to start a new country or look for those rare finds. There are also topical books with many stamps. Many of the stamps are 25 cent catalog variety, (All stamps are 20% of catalog donation to the library) |
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If you shop the internet the term "rare" is used liberally and often on very common items. I am very careful not to state rare, and I am more likely to say scarce or uncommon. That being said, here is a rare cover from Minnesota. It has a scarcity index of 8, which means there are likely less than five in existence. From what I was told it is the only one known. The manuscript cancel is for the town of Anawauk which had a post office from January 21, 1858, to March 16,1887. The only census numbers that I could find were from 1878 when the population was 56. Anawauk was in Le Sueur County. On March 17, 1887, the post office in Cordova assumed postal service for the area. |
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To sign up for the Toozeday Nooze go to our website at NORPS.org, there you will find a link for the Toozeday Nooze and on the event page where you can sign up to receive the Nooze every week and keep up on events and programs at the library as well as happenings with the local stamp clubs and shows. I have been told this does not work with some phones but should be accessible from your computer. You do not need to be a member of the library to receive this, but I encourage you to do so. We are run and organized 100% by volunteers and your donations keep the doors open and the lights on. |
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My next video is up. It is on the First 25 Years of U.S. Special Delivery Covers. |
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Here is the link to the video; http://youtu.be/OmjOrPx3Hxs |
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If you have anything that you want shared let me know at pjflaherty58@gmail.com |
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