Council Courier. Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies. Volume 4, Issue 1, February 23, 2006 NOVAPEX NEWS

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1 Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies Council Courier Volume 4, Issue 1, February 23, 2006 NOVAPEX NEWS NovaPex 2006 will be held the first weekend in March. The show is sponsored by the Redding Stamp Club. The show will feature exhibits and a bourse that includes 15 dealers. Show Time SATURDAY MARCH 4th 10 AM to 5 PM SUNDAY MARCH 5th 10 AM to 4 PM Show Location Contact: SENIOR CITIZENS HALL 2290 Benton Drive Redding, California FREE ADMISSION William Willis 6151 Turnberry Court Redding CA NOVAPEX 2006 COUNCIL MEETING There will be a General Membership meeting of the Council at NOVAPEX 2006 on: Saturday, March 4 at 1:00 PM FRESPEX 2006 TO BE HELD ON MARCH The annual FRESPEX show will be held the second weekend in March. The show theme is antique U. S. Flags and is based on the Patriotic Flags issue of The flag stamps from the Prestige booklet will be used on the show cachets, which will have a patriotic cancel. Cachets will be $10 for a set of 5 singles and $5 for one cachet with all five stamps. Send a #10 SASE to the Fresno Philatelic Society, P.O. Box 5694, Fresno, CA There will be free admission and parking, about 24 stamp dealers, the USPS and UNPA, exhibits, door prizes, and a beginners' corner. Show Time SATURDAY MARCH 11th 10 AM to 6 PM SUNDAY MARCH 12th 10 AM to 4 PM Show Location Contact: Veterans Memorial Hall 432 Hughes Ave. Clovis, CA Dick Richardson starstamps@thegrid.net Page 1

2 A SINCERE THANK YOU! By Vesma Grinfelds, CNCPS President On behalf of all CNCPS clubs and members, it is fitting that I express a very large and heartfelt THANK YOU to Jean Meehan, our past Treasurer. Jean stepped in as Treasurer to our organization more than 5 years ago in difficult circumstances. She spent hours reconstructing bank records and club information. In times when volunteers, eager to help, are difficult to find, Jean accepted the task and her role. We are grateful and truly appreciative. Thank you, thank you. INTRODUCING OUR NEW TREASURER, FRANK SCUDERO! Our newly elected Treasurer, Frank Scudero, has been a stamp collector from childhood! He re-started collecting in 1999, with a primary interest in US stamps, after he and his son attend a meeting of the Diablo Valley Stamp Club. At the time, his son was working on his Boy Scout merit badge. Frank soon became Treasurer of that Stamp Club. He is employed as a supervising accountant for Contra Costa County. Besides being a serious stamp collector, Frank has many volunteer activities with his church and Habitat for Humanity. Thank you, Frank, for having the willingness to work with our society but other groups as well. WESTPEX 2006 IS COMING, APRIL 28-30, 2006 CNCPS MEETING AT WESTPEX The Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies will meet at WESTPEX 2006 at: 12:00 PM, SUNDAY, APRIL 30 PLEASE PROVIDE CLUB FLYERS FOR WESTPEX All member clubs of the CNCPS should make sure that they make informational flyers available at WESTPEX for anyone to pick-up at the table. These flyers should contain all important information, i.e., meeting day, time and location; contact telephone/ and any other information which the Club would like to share with a prospective member. VESMA GRINFELDS RECEIVES CHALONER AWARD The highest award the Council can bestow upon an individual in Northern California is the Chaloner Award which is annually presented for exemplary service to philately. The Chaloner Award was presented to our CNCPS President, Vesma Grinfelds, at the Awards Banquet at PENPEX Vesma has been an active exhibitor at many shows and has won many awards for her exhibits of Latvian material. She is President of the California Collectors Club of San Francisco (as well as CNCPS President) and an enthusiastic volunteer in organized philately. Congratulations Vesma! WESTPEX 2006, the premier philatelic show in the western United States is coming soon. For detailed information on the show, please visit the WEST- PEX website at: COUNCIL DAY, APRIL 30 FREE ADMISSION FOR CNCPS MEMBER CLUB PARTICIPANTS Members of clubs belonging to the Council will have free admission to WESTPEX on Sunday, April 30. It will be Council Day. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CNCPS TABLE AT WESTPEX We need "volunteers" to help man out table during the entire Show (all day Friday, all day Saturday and all day Sunday (except during our meeting time). Vesma with the Chaloner Award Page 2

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4 GREATER RENO STAMP SHOW The Nevada Stamp Study Society announces that the Greater Reno Stamp & Cover Show will host the Council for Northern California Philatelic Societies 3rd Quarter meeting at the July 15 and July 16, 2006 event. The show will be at the National Bowling Stadium, 300 North Center Street in downtown Reno, Nevada. Show hours are 10 AM to 6 PM. Saturday and 10 AM. to 4 PM. Sunday. The show is open to the general public with free admission and free parking. Attendees can also enjoy events at the Artown Festival, July 1 31, 2006, hosted by the City of Reno. The month-long summer arts festival features over 200 events produced by more than 60 cultural organizations and businesses in more than 50 locations citywide. A free downtown shuttle is operated by the City of Reno. Downloadable forms and additional details can be found on the Society s web page,: Dealer Bourse The bourse will consist of 15 dealers and a U.S. Postal Service substation. Dealer booths include one 8-foot x 30-inch front table and three 6-foot tables (2 back and 1 side table) and 6 chairs. The cost is $275 per booth with a $25 discount for paid-in-full applications postmarked by May 15, Dealers who have not been contacted, but would like to participate, should request the table application and show room layout as soon as possible. Exhibits and Show Activities The show will have competitive philatelic exhibits, youth activities, dealer bourse, and U.S. Postal Service substation. A show cover with an USPS exhibit station pictorial cancellation will be offered The exhibit area will have 60 frames with a maximum of 10 frames per exhibitor. Exhibit frames are standard vertical 16 page Ameripex-style frames. The Greater Reno Stamp & Cover show is attempting to increase the diversity of exhibits while maintaining a "safe" environment for the exhibiting styles often found at local shows. Exhibits that have received Vermeil or higher awards at a WSP show will compete in the Silver State Challenge. (See more on the Silver State Challenge concept in the July 2005 issue of The Philatelic Exhibitor.) Challenge exhibits that have been reworked since their last national showing will receive the most benefit and are encouraged. Non-Challenge exhibits will be judged and critiqued in a manner that will encourage the exhibitor to improve their exhibit and show at a higher level. A Nevada puzzle box will be presented as the Grand Award. A special Nevada puzzle box will be presented for the Silver State Challenge award. Interested exhibitors are encouraged to request the prospectus. We are also looking for exhibitors to volunteer to conduct miniworkshops on how they prepared their exhibit including theme development, selection and presentation of material, and helpful hints. For more information call Terri or Harvey Edwards at (775) or send an to RenoStamp@earthlink.net. You may also request information by writing to the club at P.O. Box 2907, Sparks, NV SOPEX TO BE HELD, APRIL The annual Southern Oregon Philatelic Exhibition (SOPEX) will be held on April 1-2, 2006 at the Jackson County Fairgrounds. The following information on the show is taken from the APS show listing: April 1-2: SOPEX, Southern Oregon Philatelic Society, Jackson County Fairgrounds, Take Exit 33 from I-5 to the Padgham Pavillion, Central Point. Contact Kevin Keating, kkeating@uclalumni.net; COALPEX SHOW TO BE HELD ON JUNE COALPEX 2006 will be held on June at the Walnut Creek Civic Center in downtown Walnut Creek. Stay tuned for more information in the next issue of the Council Courier.. Page 4

5 PENPEX 2005 PICTURES AND PALMARES AWARDS PENPEX 2005 was held on December 5-6 at the Roosevelt Community Center in Redwood City. The show was very successful, as usual. Here are a few pictures that were provided by Hank Washauer, the show chairman. Attendees Admire the Exhibit Frames A View of the Bourse A Well-Attended Show Miriam Thurston with Official PENPEX Cachet Covers Page 5

6 COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PHILATELIC SOCIETIES PEN- PEX MEETING MINUTES The 4th Quarter, 2005, meeting of the Council was called to order by President Vesma Grinfelds at PENPEX at 1:03 p.m. on December 4, 2005 Thirteen clubs were represented. The minutes of the prior meeting and the financial report for the current period were approved as distributed to the members. Clubs that have not paid dues by February 25th will not be included in the WESTPEX program. The San Francisco Bay Area Postcard Club has been accepted for membership in the Council. Editor Ron Biell is working on the next newsletter. Contact him by with any important notes to be included. The Council website is working. Log on and check it out: Chaloner Award Committee Member Jim Sauer announced the winner for this year was Vesma Grinfelds, and that the award had been presented to her at the PENPEX Awards Dinner the previous evening. President Grinfelds announced the Council will have a table at all club shows, and clubs may leave promotional material flyers there for attendees. She also announced that workshops can be provided by the Council on subjects proposed by the clubs requesting them. David McNamee, reporting on the Council Club Team Competition, told of a successful inauguration of the event at SUNPEX with five teams represented. The winning club was the California Collectors Club, with Vesma Grinfelds, mentor, and Richard Kandel, novice, both winning gold awards. Plans are underway for the next competition, likely to be held early in The Redding Stamp Club invited the Council to hold its 1st quarter meeting there, and the invitation was accepted. In an effort to stimulate attendance at future meetings, it was decided to try holding a meeting on Saturday, instead of the regular Sunday. Therefore, this meeting will be Saturday, March 4th at 1:00 p.m. Following that, the 2nd quarter meeting at WESTPEX will also be on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The National Postal Museum will present a power point program at WESTPEX. Officers for were elected. In one contested office, Frank Scudero was elected Treasurer. The others elected were Vesma Grinfelds, President, Michael Leippe, Vice President, and Charles Kasdorf, Secretary. The meeting was adjourned at 2:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Charles Kasdorf Secretary Page 6

7 PICTURES FROM THE EAST BAY COLLECTORS CLUB SHOW Here are some (very!!) late-breaking photos from the East Bay Collectors Club Show, which was held on October 29-30, Thanks to Bill Barlow for providing these on a CD-ROM. Apologies from the Editor, who had the CD but tends to work from ed material, for waiting until this issue to get these excellent photos into the newsletter! Kids Young and Old Comb for Treasures Collectors Peruse a Variety of Material at the Bourse Jerry Rodgers and a Compatriot Debate the Merits of an Exhibit Jean Meehan and the JHM Stamp Shop Booth Page 7

8 GRAND: PENPEX 2005 PALMARES Van Diemen s Land Pre-Adhesive Handstamps David McNamee RESERVE GRANDS: Single Frame: Nikola Tesla and His Antagonists Lyman Caswell Multi-Fame: Postal Stationery of the Orange River Colony Usages from 1902 to Union (1913) Tim Bartshe NON-COMPETITIVE: Dung Dung Island Leonard Holmsten GOLD: Postal Stationery of the Orange River Colony Usages from 1902 to Union (1913) Van Diemen s Land Pre-Adhesive Handstamps The Memel Rates: Mail to and from Russia Via Prussia up to 1843 Nikola Tesla and His Antagonists Tim Bartshe David McNamee Ivo Steijn Lyman Caswell VERMEIL: The Chase Dennis Hassler Estonia Birth and Disappearance of a Nation Randy Tuuri Modern Day Forgeries of the Czech Republic To Defraud the Post Office Miroslav Vrzala Taxi Post in Pre-Israel 1948 Richard Kandel Museum Masters: Famous Art on Stamps (Youth) Jasmine & Sophia Marckwordt SILVER: The Pre-Adhesive Postmarks of St. Petersburg, Ed Laveroni SILVER BRONZE: Tanna Tuva : The Unissued Stamps Daryl Reiber Heraldry Nancy Swan Postmarks from Josephine Country, Oregon Len Lukens Martial Arts of the World Paul Smith BRONZE: Scenic America The Development of the Postcard Folder From 1900 to 1950 Ed Bierman FAVORITE FILATELIC FINDINGS: 1 st Place: Trading Cards from the 19 th Century Ed Bierman 1 st Place: American Buffalo The Bison Jennifer Patterson (Youth) 3 rd Place: Fun Collectables Miriam Thurston SPECIAL AWARDS: APS CERTIFICATE: The Memel Rates: Mail to and from Russia Via Prussia up to 1843 Ivo Steijn AAPE SILVER PIN: Taxi Post in Pre-Israel 1948 Richard Kandel Martial Arts of the World Paul Smith ATA AWARD: Nikola Tesla and His Antagonists Lyman Caswell EARL APFELBAUM NOVICE AWARD: Museum Masters: Famous Art on Stamps (Youth) VIEWER S CHOICE AWARD: Estonia Birth and Disappearance of a Nation Jasmine & Sophia Marckwordt Randy Tuuri 2005 Jury Members: Sherry Straley, (Chief Judge) Sacramento, Tim Burgess Concord, Dzintars Grinfelds San Francisco Page 8

9 UPCOMING STAMP SHOWS NOVAPEX 2006 March 4-5, 2006 SENIOR CITIZENS HALL 2290 Benton Drive Redding, California Contact William Willis 6151 Turnberry Court Redding CA UPCOMING SHOWS (continued) WESTPEX 2006 April 28-30, 2006 San Francisco Airport Marriott 1800 Old Bayshore Highway Burlingame, CA Contact: Ed Jarvis (415) Website: COALPEX 2006 FRESPEX 2006 March 10-11, 2006 Veterans Memorial Hall 432 Hughes Ave. Clovis, CA Contact: Dick Richardson SOPEX 2006 April 1-2, 2006 Southern Oregon Philatelic Society, Jackson County Fairgrounds Take Exit 33 from I-5 to the Padgham Pavillion, Central Point. Contact Kevin Keating June 10-11, 2006 Walnut Creek Community Center Civic Center Assembly Hall, 1375 Civic Dr Walnut Creek Contact: Charles Kasdorf (510) GREATER RENO STAMP SHOW 2006 July 15-16, 2006 National Bowling Stadium 300 North Center Street Reno, Nevada Contact: Terri or Harvey Edwards (775) Website: CLUB NEWS For a complete listing of the CNCPS member clubs, please visit the club page on the CNCPS website at: Page 9

10 Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies COUNCIL OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS President Vesma Grinfelds st St. San Francisco, CA Immediate Past President Leonard Holmsten 396 Smalley Ave. Hayward, CA For Suggestions, Corrections, Etc. If you have any suggestions, corrections, or other comments about the Council Courier, please contact the editor : Ron Biell, Editor, Council Courier P.O. Box 5992 San Jose, CA rbiell-dsl@sbcglobal.net (415) dzvesma@sprintmail.com (510) Lholmsten@aol.com Vice President Michael Leippe mikencastella@earthlink.net Secretary Charles Kasdorf 827 Portola St. Alameda, CA Treasurer Frank Scudero 418 Beatrice Road Pleasant Hill, CA WESTPEX Chairman Edward Jarvis P.O. Box San Francisco, CA Judges Chairman Bill Willis 6151 Turnberry Court Redding, CA Webmaster Tim Burgess 3574 Windmill Way Concord, CA Youth Coordinator Carol Edholm th Place SW Mountlake Ter., WA Editor Ron Biell P.O. Box 5992 San Jose, CA Advisory Bill Oliver 302 Bridge Place W. Sacramento, Ca Speakers Bureau Kristin Patterson 851 Ironwood Drive San Jose CA Council Challenge Chairman Dave McNamee (510) chrlyk@aol.com ( fscudero@aol.com (415) ejarvis@westpex.com williamwillis@charter.net Pennyred@earthlink.net (425) Youth.stamps@Verizon.net (408) rbiell-dsl@sbcglobal.net (916) billphil@softcom.net (408) kristin_ @yahoo.com DMCNAMEE@aol.com Youth Adviser Gary Jensen 3382 Princeton Dr. garjen@sonic.net Santa Rosa, CA Insurance Liaison Larry Crain lrcrain@mind.net Page 10

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12 COUNCIL COURIER NEXT COUNCIL MEETING: NOVAPEX 2006, REDDING SENIOR CITIZENS HALL 2290 Benton Drive Redding, California Saturday, March 4 at 1:00 PM Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies Ron Biell P.O. Box 5992 San Jose, CA FIRST CLASS Page 12