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....
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...
Apr 15, 2017 | Sequoia Stamp Club
Sequoia Club members Joe Coleman and Greg Cykman each received their 25-year American Philatelic Society membership pins from APS president Mike Zais at the recent show in Reno. Joe is a new member of our club, while Greg joined in 2011. Joe said that he...
Mar 15, 2017 | Sequoia Stamp Club
by Marsha Brandsdorfer In the contents of a grave of an Egyptian child, several objects were found, one of which was a stone shaped like a modern day bowling pin. This grave was dated about 3000 B.C. And approximately 56 miles south of Cairo, a room discovered by...
Feb 25, 2017 | Sequoia Stamp Club
By Ken Perkins In 2002 the U.S. Postal Service issued a series of ‘Greetings From America’ stamps, with designs resembling commercial ‘Greetings From…’ postcards. One of them, Scott #3603, honored the state of Texas. It features three...
