Aug 29, 2018 | Sequoia Stamp Club
The San Francisco Maritime Museum building was built as a bathhouse in 1936 by the WPA; its interior is decorated with fantastic and colorful murals. The Steamship Room illustrates the evolution of maritime technology from wind to steam, and there are displays of...
Aug 20, 2018 | Sequoia Stamp Club
By Marsha Brandsdorfer Guns portrayed on dozens of U.S. and international stamps make a good topical collection. Guns have a long history, which Retired Navy Seal, Chris Kyle discusses in detail in his book, “American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Fire Arms”...
Jul 30, 2018 | Sequoia Stamp Club
Jeremiah Hargraves, accompanied by his mother, was a guest at the Sequoia Stamp Club meeting in Redwood City on Tuesday, June 26, where he was presented with the third annual Collectors Scholarship, a $500 award given by the club to a graduate of Sequoia High School...
Jul 15, 2018 | Sequoia Stamp Club
We’ve had a strong club year thus far. We had a superb Sequoia scholarship winner just a few days ago, interesting program presentations, a flourishing youth program, the contribution of great new circuit books in response to my call, intake of new Scott catalogs and...
Apr 25, 2018 | Sequoia Stamp Club
Peter Adams will be giving his talk about Errors, Freaks, and Oddities at Westpex on Saturday, April 28 at 1:00 in the Santa Barbara Room. This talk is an expanded version of his talk that he gave to the Sequoia and San Jose stamp clubs. He will be talking about what...
Mar 17, 2018 | Sequoia Stamp Club
by Christopher J. Palermo This article explores the use of triangle-shaped postal cancellations on wrappers of newspapers and other printed materials in the territory of Ireland based upon secondary sources and the author’s collection. In England and Ireland before...
