Atlanta Stamp Collectors Club
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Meeting Dates: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month (Except December and November election conflicts)
Meeting Times: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Meeting Location(s): JavaVino, 579 North Highland Avenue NE, Atlanta, Ga. 30307. Upstairs, stairway in back of room.
MARTA Bus 102 has a stop almost in front of JavaVino.
Officers:
President: Scott Holmberg, MD sdholmberg1@gmail.com
Treasurer: Barbara Asher bjasher@yahoo.com
Secretary: LeA Coe leacoe@bellsouth.net
Contact: LeA Coe
Club History
The club of origin, The U.S. Stamp Club, was founded in the early part of 1947, and originally met at the office of William Naff's Georgia Stamp & Coin Company. The primary purpose of the club was to bring members together on Saturday afternoons for a stamp auction at the stamp shop, obviating the need for a license or licensed auctioneer. The name of the club was changed to its current name to signify the inclusion of collectors of foreign stamps in the membership. In the 1950's the meeting place was changed to Dr. Fowler's office on 8th Street where meetings were to be held for the next twelve years. Other meeting places have included the NBG Building at Pershing Point, the Red Cross Building at 7th and Peachtree Street, the First United Methodist Church of Atlanta at 360 Peachtree Street, All Saints' Episcopal Church at 634 West Peachtree Street.
Meeting Times: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Meeting Location(s): JavaVino, 579 North Highland Avenue NE, Atlanta, Ga. 30307. Upstairs, stairway in back of room.
MARTA Bus 102 has a stop almost in front of JavaVino.
Officers:
President: Scott Holmberg, MD sdholmberg1@gmail.com
Treasurer: Barbara Asher bjasher@yahoo.com
Secretary: LeA Coe leacoe@bellsouth.net
Contact: LeA Coe
Club History
The club of origin, The U.S. Stamp Club, was founded in the early part of 1947, and originally met at the office of William Naff's Georgia Stamp & Coin Company. The primary purpose of the club was to bring members together on Saturday afternoons for a stamp auction at the stamp shop, obviating the need for a license or licensed auctioneer. The name of the club was changed to its current name to signify the inclusion of collectors of foreign stamps in the membership. In the 1950's the meeting place was changed to Dr. Fowler's office on 8th Street where meetings were to be held for the next twelve years. Other meeting places have included the NBG Building at Pershing Point, the Red Cross Building at 7th and Peachtree Street, the First United Methodist Church of Atlanta at 360 Peachtree Street, All Saints' Episcopal Church at 634 West Peachtree Street.
Atlanta Club Membership Details
Stamp collectors of all ages, interests, and expertise are cordially invited to join the Atlanta Stamp Collectors Club. The ASCC is the oldest philatelic organization in Georgia and has a membership of about 40 with interests ranging from general worldwide to classic United States to mainly single countries (e.g., Germany, New Zealand, Tonga, etc), and topical collectors (butterflies on stamps, dogs on stamps).
The club meets in downtown Atlanta to chat informally, hold a brief business meeting, and conduct an auction of members' philatelic materials. In addition, a presentation on a stamp collecting topic is given at least every other meeting. Regardless of collecting interests, participation in ASCC meetings is a pleasant and efficient way to increase knowledge of philately and to acquire new material at very low cost. The club auction is the highlight of each meeting and offers many items of interest at low prices. This is an excellent opportunity to acquire new material, and to dispose of duplicates. Membership is $12 a year (prorated), which includes a subscription to the club's monthly newsletter, Postmark Atlanta.
Stamp collectors of all ages, interests, and expertise are cordially invited to join the Atlanta Stamp Collectors Club. The ASCC is the oldest philatelic organization in Georgia and has a membership of about 40 with interests ranging from general worldwide to classic United States to mainly single countries (e.g., Germany, New Zealand, Tonga, etc), and topical collectors (butterflies on stamps, dogs on stamps).
The club meets in downtown Atlanta to chat informally, hold a brief business meeting, and conduct an auction of members' philatelic materials. In addition, a presentation on a stamp collecting topic is given at least every other meeting. Regardless of collecting interests, participation in ASCC meetings is a pleasant and efficient way to increase knowledge of philately and to acquire new material at very low cost. The club auction is the highlight of each meeting and offers many items of interest at low prices. This is an excellent opportunity to acquire new material, and to dispose of duplicates. Membership is $12 a year (prorated), which includes a subscription to the club's monthly newsletter, Postmark Atlanta.
Member Presentations
Several times during the year at regular club meetings, a member will provide a presentation of a favorite stamp collecting topic or interest. Offered here for your viewing and enjoyment are some recent presentations.
Several times during the year at regular club meetings, a member will provide a presentation of a favorite stamp collecting topic or interest. Offered here for your viewing and enjoyment are some recent presentations.
| LeA Coe - Depiction of Women on Early US Stamps |
| Mel Coe - Everything I Learned About Perfins.... |
| Steve Swain - Postal Systems and the Public React to the American Civil War |
| Steve Swain - Bittersweet Family Postal History |
France Airmail Issue C15 (and C15a)
Raffle Item for Southeastern Stamp Expo 2020
- Steve Swain
The Planning Committee of the Southeastern Stamp Expo acquired an outstanding philatelic collectible to be used as a raffle prize at the January 2020 Expo in Peachtree Corners, Ga. A lucky winner will go home with a marvelous copy of a highly sought-after 50-franc France Airmail stamp, Scott Catalogue number C15 (image below left). This magnificent specimen was made available to the show through a kind donation of one of the Expo's 2020 dealers.
The stamp was issued on July 10, 1936, and features a Caudron Simoun monoplane (image above right) flying above Paris. This aircraft was used for mail delivery during this era. The raffle specimen is a very fine used copy, with a centrally struck Circular Date Cancel of May 7, 1938. The C15 is not considered a rare stamp, but it is so popular with collectors of French stamps and collectors of aviation topicals that it features a hefty price of about $300 in the Scott Catalog.
As you can see in the above image, the stamp has a reddish net like pattern overlaid on top of the stamp (called burelé) with the resulting design giving the stamp a "banknote" appearance. Associated with the stamp’s burelé is a variety of the C15, listed in Scott as C15a. Scott says the C15a burelé is reversed.
The below stamp image (left) is a mint copy of the C15 with a portion of the burelé highlighted in red. The image to the left is an artist’s rendition of the burelé with a portion highlighted in red. Notice the design leans to the left.
As you can see in the above image, the stamp has a reddish net like pattern overlaid on top of the stamp (called burelé) with the resulting design giving the stamp a "banknote" appearance. Associated with the stamp’s burelé is a variety of the C15, listed in Scott as C15a. Scott says the C15a burelé is reversed.
The below stamp image (left) is a mint copy of the C15 with a portion of the burelé highlighted in red. The image to the left is an artist’s rendition of the burelé with a portion highlighted in red. Notice the design leans to the left.
Alternatively, the below stamp image (left) is a mint copy of the C15a with a portion of the burelé highlighted in red. The image to the left is an artist’s rendition of the burelé with a portion highlighted in red. Notice the design leans to the right, or reversed, as listed in Scott.
Is the stamp being offered as a raffle prize at the 2020 Southeastern Stamp Expo a French C15 or C15a? Given the above “left-right” explanations and images, the raffle prize stamp is certainly a C15. See the below enlarged image (left) of a portion of the raffle stamp and the artist’s rendition of the C15 burelé (right).
Looking forward to seeing you at the 2020 Southeastern Stamp Expo, January 31 - February 2, 10 am to 5:30 pm Friday & Saturday and 10 am to 3 pm Sunday. The show will be held at the Hilton Atlanta Northeast, 5993 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Peachtree Corners, Georgia 30092. Complete information about the show can be viewed at http://www.sefsc.org.
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