Oct 4, 2017 | Sequoia Stamp Club
by Marsha Brandsdorfer While working as an airmail pilot, 24-year-old Charles A. Lindbergh decided to participate in a $25,000 contest offered by businessman Raymond Orteig to be awarded to the first flight that could fly successfully from New York to Paris....
Sep 4, 2017 | Stamp History
by Jim Sauer This month’s cover is of a type we’ve all seen before— all, or most, of a set of stamps applied to a cover—some being first day of issue and some not. Our example is not a first day of issue. In looking at this one, however, a couple things caught my...
Aug 4, 2017 | Sequoia Stamp Club
Six months of the 2017 club year now are behind us and summer’s warm days provide a great opportunity to reflect on your collecting goals for the rest of the year. The stamp show schedule is light until APS in Richmond in August kicks off the autumn season, but...
Jul 13, 2017 | Sequoia Stamp Club
Deyling Alvarado was a guest at the Sequoia Stamp Club meeting in Redwood City on Tuesday, June 27, where she was presented with the second annual Collectors Scholarship, a $500 award given by the club to a graduate of Sequoia High School who has achieved...
Jun 1, 2017 | Stamp Exhibits
by Marsha Brandsdorfer In 1995, Guyana issued unique self-adhesive postage stamps resembling a set of 12 baseball cards honoring the legendary Babe Ruth. Ruth has also been memorialized on other international stamps, and to date three U.S. postage stamps: Scott # 2046...
