May 15, 2016 | Sequoia Stamp Club
or Stamps? I don’t got to show you no stinking stamps! By Ken Perkins Lot number 16 of a recent Sequoia silent auction, a cream-colored cardboard stock page, was labeled “Misc”. And an accurate enough description it was at first glance....
May 1, 2016 | Sequoia Stamp Club
by Marsha Brandsdorfer The White House is celebrated in stamps. Its history is long and colorful. But on August 25, 1814, the White House was destroyed, looted and burnt, along with many other government buildings during the British invasion of The War of 1812. Prior...
Feb 28, 2016 | Sequoia Stamp Club
The American Philatelic Society has nearly 32,000 members in more than 110 countries, the APS is the largest, non-profit organization for stamp collectors in the world. Founded in 1886, the APS serves collectors, educators, postal historians, and the general public by...
Feb 15, 2016 | Sequoia Stamp Club
By: John Corwin The above picture shows two covers that I entered in our stamp club’s “Cover Contest” in October, 2014. I wasn’t sure what category to enter them in, and so I decided to try “Oldest” and “Traveled the...
Feb 12, 2016 | Sequoia Stamp Club
(to the tune of ‘The Old Grey Mare’) by Ken Perkins “The new data-rich environment is a significant step forward in the tracking of letter mail and will help improve both service and efficiency.” So says a 2007 document issued by the US Postal...
Feb 1, 2016 | Sequoia Stamp Club
Due in part to some generous donations over the past few years, the Sequoia Stamp club finds itself in a strong financial position. A committee was formed to recommend how we might share some of our good fortune with others. Guidelines used by the committee were to...
