1. News of the philatelic world - more in the middle and end of
this page!
2. After the English lesson on "UP" -- read "Bloopers"
3. Read "Words to Live By" near the end of the page.
4. Young Stamp Collectors of America - before number 5.
5. Postal Service Price Adjustments Set for April 17
Stamp Price Remains 44 Cents; Impact to Retail Customers Minimal
information before last item. Check it out.
6. About "APS" -- Last item --Check it out.
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ALSO:
VISIT:
www.stamps.org
www.stamplibrary.org
24/7 Access to APS & APRL
American Topical Association
PO Box 8, Carterville, IL 62918-0008
americantopical@msn.com
http://www.americantopicalassn.org
Phone/Fax: 618-985-5100
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POSTAGE RATE United Other
INCREASES on States Canada Mexico Countries
JANUARY 22, 2012
1st class letter to 1 oz. * $0.45 $0.85 $0.85 $1.05
1st Class large envelope to 1 oz. ** $0.88 $1.03 $1.03 $1.24
1st class parcels to 1 oz. ** $1.22 $1.23 $1.23 $1.44
Additional ounces ** $0.20 Varies according to classification
Postcard * $0.32 $.080 $.080 $0.98
Priority Mail (minimum) ** $4.95 $19.00 $19.00 $25.00
Parcel Post ** $4.90 Not Available
Signature Confirmation ** $2.35 Not Available
Registered Mail ** $10.60 $11.50 $11.50 $11.50
Flat-rate envelope or small box ** $4.95 $10.95 $10.95 $12.95
Flat-rate regular box ** $10.95 $25.95 $25.95 $41.95
Flat-rate large box ** $13.95 $32.95 $32.95 $53.95
* Positive increase
** Check with the Post Office
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TWO WEBSITES TO VISIT:
Inturpex Stamp and Cover Expo
We cordially invite you to visit our Stamp & Cover Expo. For over 25 years, on the
first Saturday of every month from 10 am to 4 pm, we promote the Expo at 50 W.
Duarte, Arcadia, CA 91007, at the Masonic Center. Free admission, free parking.
Please visit our web site for additional information.
www.inturpex.com
Graphics Philately Association
The History of the Book and Printing on Stamps
The Graphics Philately Association is an informal, non-profit
organization of people who have a mutual interest in the history of
graphic communications as represented on stamps and other
philatelic materials.
Some of the members of the Association are professionals in the
fields represented by this topic, some are hobbyists. Others are
involved not at all in those fields except for an interest in the
stamps that illustrate them.
www.graphics-stamps.org
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HUMOR CORNER
LAUGHTER IS GOOD FOR YOU -- EVEN IF IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH PHILATELY
YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY?????
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row .
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor
ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England
or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads,
which aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that
quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is
neither from Guinea nor is it a pig..
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce
and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural
of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese.
So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that
you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds
and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats
vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the
English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally
insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that
smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and
a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a
language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you
fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the
creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is
why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out,
they are invisible.
PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ?
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You lovers of the English Language might enjoy this:
It is up to you whether to read it or not - but it is on the up and up.
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other
two-letter word, and that is 'UP'.
It's easy to understand UP meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list,
but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why
are the Officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write
UP a report?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the
silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the
house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP
trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To
be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: a drain must be opened UP because it is stopped
UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the UP the word
UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of
the page and can add UP to thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might
try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of
your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or
more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes
out we say it is clearing UP.
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it
doesn't rain for a while, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but before you say, "Shut UP", I'll wrap it UP -- for
now my time is UP.
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The World of Bloopers...
A Tight Squeeze
When Johnny Carson introduced his guest, composer Mac Davis, he
credited the musician with having "a dozen songs in the top ten."
A Live One
ANNOUNCER: This prerecorded program has come to you live from
Hollywood.
Consult your TV Guide
"See 'Dragnet,' featuring actual criminal cases from the files of the Los
Angeles Police Farce starring Sergeant Thursday, on Friday...I mean
Sergeant Friday, on Thursday."
Fumble
NEWSCASTER ON THE NEWS: "And in the Super Bowl the Pissburgh
Spielers beat the Callas Dowboys...Dallas Cowboys 21-17."
The Other Side of Barbra Streisand
"See Barbra Streisand portray Funny Brice in Fanny Girl."
Nuff Said
Playing Stump the Band on the "Tonight" Show, Johnny Carson called on a
woman in the audience for her musical selection. When she stood up, she
appeared quite large in the midsection.
CARSON: You are?
WOMAN: Yes!
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Ed Sullivan, talking briefly to Jack Jones after his spot on the Sunday night
TV program, asked, "Wasn't Alan Jones your father?"
"He still is," snapped the Jones boy.
Nice Trick if you can do it.
Heard on "The French Chef": "Then you add two forkfuls of cooking oil..."
Bright Remark
Sportscaster Curt Gowdy blooped his way through this one: "The
Baltimore Colts are a bright young team, and it seems as if they have their
future ahead of them."
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WEBSITE OF THE MONTH:
American Topical Association
PO Box 8, Carterville, IL 62918-0008
americantopical@msn.com
http://www.americantopicalassn.org/ntss.shtml
http://www.americantopicalassn.org
Phone/Fax: 618-985-5100
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"APS Chapter or APS Affiliate?
What's the difference between an APS chapter and an APS affiliate?
A chapter is typically a local club that
meets on a regular basis.
An Affiliate is an organization with a regional, national, or international
scope that meets face-to-face on an infrequent basis, if at all. At this time
APS has 577 chapters and 199 Affiliates"
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ALSO REMEMBER:
HERE IS AN ORGANIZATION WORTHY OF OUR SUPPORT:
Friends of the WESTERN PHILATELIC LIBRARY,
P.O. Box 2219,
Sunnyvale, Ca 94087-2219
Stuart Leven, President
Membership fees as follows:
Participating: U.S. $10
Contributor: U.S. $20
Additional donations are gratefully accepted.
All contributions are tax deductible.
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Web Sites worthy of checking into:
www.stampshows.com
http://arthurj-w.tripod.com/i/xref/dxmnu-nf.htm#name
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Philatelic Society of Los Angeles
Talk about and show stamps (bring your stamps)
Meet at Community Room A at 8 PM (7 PM social hour in the dinning court)
Westside Pavilion
10800 West Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Guest Services
(310) 470-8752
We meet the second and fourth Tuesday of the month.
No meeting in December just a dinner party for all the members on the
second Tuesday of the month.
Dues are $15 a Year
All are welcome
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Philatelic Education
November Philatelic History
History information is from Kenneth A. Wood's book Post Dates — A
Chronology of Intriguing Events in the Mails and Philately
1765
Nov. 1 — The British Parliament passed an act imposing various taxes on
the American colonies, including those in Canada and the West Indies. The
taxes were paid by means of
embossed revenue stamps.
1832
Nov. 30 — Stage contractors on the Philadelphia-Lancaster, PA route were
granted an allowance of $400 a year for carrying the mail, a distance of 30
miles, on the railroad
1845
Nov. — The St. Louis Bears postmasters' provisionals were issued at St.
Louis, MO. The name refers to the design which features the city's coat of
arms showing two bears. This was
about four months after the first postmaster's provisionals had been
released by New York City Postmaster Robert Morris.
1846
Nov. 25 — "Nov. 25" is the date postmarked on a cover bearing the only
known copy of the Alexandria, VA postmasters' provisional printed on blue
paper. The year is believed to be 1846. The letter it contained is a proposal
of marriage addressed to a Miss Jannett Brown. The letter and cover were
found by her daughter in 1907 among family correspondence. The cover is
the first single philatelic item to sell for $1 million on May 8, 1981.
1910
Nov. 3 — Mail had been scheduled to be flown from the German liner
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria at sea to New York but bad weather canceled the
attempt.
1912
Nov. 24 — Henry Crawford flew 47 postcards at an aviation meet at San
Francisco. He landed at the Presidio, near the Golden Gate.
Nov. 27 — The U.S. Post Office Department issued Parcel Post postage
due labels.
1916
Nov. 2 — A "dawn to dusk" air mail flight from Chicago to New York began.
The flight was sponsored by the New York Times, which had special
postcards prepared.
1928
Nov. 9 — A flight of Royal Air Force seaplanes carried mail when they
arrived in Manila on a good-will flight. Mail was also carried by these
aircraft when they left for Hong Kong,
Bangkok, and Singapore on Nov. 16.
1947
Nov. 15 — Brazil issued a triangular semi-postal postal tax stamp to mark
Aviation Week, Nov. 15-22, and it made it compulsory on all mail during
that week.
1962
Nov. 16 — The U.S. Post Office Department deliberately reprinted and
place on sale the Dag Hammerskjold commemorative stamp with the yellow
background color inverted. The U.S. postmaster general J. Edward Day,
decided that all collectors should be able to have a copy of the error and
reprinted a large quantity.
1986
Nov. 5 — Assistant Postmaster General Gordon C. Morison was appointed
to a new position, assistant postmaster general for philatelic affairs. The
appointment recognized the
growing importance of the stamp program.
Nov. 10 — A record price of $481,000 was paid for a single U.S. stamp,
when a copy of the 1861 1-cent blue Franklin with double Z grill was sold.
Contact Information available for the APS Staff
APS Webmaster - Doris Wilson Technical Contact - Brian Krasinski
© 1999, American Philatelic Society All Rights Reserved
Read our Terms of Use.
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The kneadable eraser
Have you acquired a cover that has a price written on it in pencil? Do you
have stamps where someone has written a catalog number or value on the
back? The best tool for eliminating these unwanted pencil markings is a
kneadable eraser, found in art supplies shops or online. These inexpensive
items (less than $2) can be kneaded and shaped into a point. Use the point
you have formed to gently rub the pencil markings. It will be gone in a flash
and won't leave any eraser crumbs.
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APS is now selling on ebay
Select items from in-kind donations are now being placed on eBay for
auction. Proceeds from the sale of in-kind donations assist youth,
educational and other programs. More information is available. Please
direct comments to Richard Nakles.
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A once perfectly good stamp....
Scott No. 8A, Type IIIa, Pos. 56R4 is May's expertizing item. This stamp
was in a 2009 auction, but when submitted to in February 2010 it had been
subjected to a harsh cleaning that drastically altered the color. Read more
http://www.stamps.org/newsletter/0510-apex.pdf about this submission
and see larger versions of the stamp...http://www.stamps.
org/newsletter/0510-APEX.gif
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Stamp collecting month cancel
Plan ahead for October Stamp Collecting Month http://www.stamps.
org/CAC/cac_scm.htm and order your cancel now. All you do is send the
required information to Tom Fortunato and he will take care of the rest.
Share an idea with fellow clubs or contribute an article or two about topics
pertaining to clubs. Your input is welcome. Please e-mail CAC chairman
Tom Fortunato stamptmf@frontiernet.net with your thoughts and
suggestions.
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Words to Live By
“Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country” - Ian Rush
"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on" - Samuel Goldwyn.
“What’s another word for thesaurus?” Stephen Wright
"Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me." - G.W.
Hegel (philosopher)
"If at first you don't succeed... So much for skydiving." - Henry Youngman.
"I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally." - WC Fields.
Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of
Santa?" - Bart Simpson
"Operator! Give me the number for 911!" - Homer Simpson
"Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer." - Will Rogers.
"If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?"
- Steven Wright
.
"You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label." - Mark Twain.
"I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy next to me." – Woody Allen
“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life. Unless I buy
something.” Jackie Mason
“You can't have everything. Where would you put it?”—Steven Wright
"Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive,
and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
~Anais Nin
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already
tomorrow in Australia."-- Charles M. Schulz
Only those who are willing to risk going too far will be able to find out how
far one can go." ~T. S. Elliott "
"There are two ways of spreading light---to be the candle, or to be the
mirror that reflects it." Edith Wharton
“I am only one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything, but still I can do
something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do”. Helen Keller
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who
are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it”. Mark Twain
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Young Stamp Collectors of America
Young Stamp Collectors of America is a new club for collectors, under 18.
Whether you are new to the hobby or have collected for several years, the
YSCA offers a variety of ways to make your collecting more fun.
As a member you will receive the YSCA e-newsletter, special low prices on
selected collecting supplies, an exciting website with online support via e-
mail, and a monthly e-meeting. Twice a year meetings will be held during
APS StampShow and AmeriStamp Expo.
Join now to receive a treasure package including a First Day Cover, a
packet of stamps, informative material, and other freebies. Members
attending any of the meetings will receive philatelic souvenirs of the
meeting and be eligible for prizes.
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Subway Stamp Shop Inc
Top of the Mornin’ to You!
http://www.subwaystamp.com/images/mar2011.pdf Jen
Subway Stamp Shop Inc
2121 Beale Ave
Altoona, PA 16601
Phone: 814-946-1000, 800-221-9960
FAX: 814-946-9997, 888-221-9960
Not responsible for typographical errors. Prices subject to change without
noticeSubway Stamp Shop Inc.
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NEW U.S. POSTAL RATES
Select U.S. postage rates increase January 22. For example, the rate for
the second and additional ounces for U.S. first class letters and flats
remains at 20 cents. First-Class letter mail up to 1 oz. will increase to 45
cents.
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What Is the American
Philatelic Society?
With nearly 35,000+ members in more than 110 countries, the APS is the
largest, nonprofit society in the world for stamp collectors.
Whether you are a beginning collector or have years of philatelic
experience, the American Philatelic Society offers you a number of
services and educational opportunities to broaden your personal collection
and enhance your special collecting interests!
It is supported entirely by membership dues, gifts, and the sale of its
publications and services. Founded in 1886, the APS is now in its second
century of service to stamp collectors and postal historians.
No matter what you collect -- worldwide, the stamps or postal history of a
particular country, or by topic -- APS membership will help you gain more
enjoyment from your hobby and places you among a well-organized and
long-established group of collectors associated for mutual benefit.
APS Statement of Purpose
* to promote stamp collecting for people of all ages
* to offer services to its membership and to philately in general, including
knowledge and education, which enhance the pleasure and friendliness of
stamp collecting
* to initiate and coordinate new programs for the benefit of stamp
collecting and of all collectors
* to represent the United States of America in the world body of philately
* to assist its members in acquiring and disposing of philatelic materials
The more than 35,000 APS Members Invite you to JOIN NOW http://www.
stamps.org/TheAps/abt_joinnow.htm
this page!
2. After the English lesson on "UP" -- read "Bloopers"
3. Read "Words to Live By" near the end of the page.
4. Young Stamp Collectors of America - before number 5.
5. Postal Service Price Adjustments Set for April 17
Stamp Price Remains 44 Cents; Impact to Retail Customers Minimal
information before last item. Check it out.
6. About "APS" -- Last item --Check it out.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ALSO:
VISIT:
www.stamps.org
www.stamplibrary.org
24/7 Access to APS & APRL
American Topical Association
PO Box 8, Carterville, IL 62918-0008
americantopical@msn.com
http://www.americantopicalassn.org
Phone/Fax: 618-985-5100
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POSTAGE RATE United Other
INCREASES on States Canada Mexico Countries
JANUARY 22, 2012
1st class letter to 1 oz. * $0.45 $0.85 $0.85 $1.05
1st Class large envelope to 1 oz. ** $0.88 $1.03 $1.03 $1.24
1st class parcels to 1 oz. ** $1.22 $1.23 $1.23 $1.44
Additional ounces ** $0.20 Varies according to classification
Postcard * $0.32 $.080 $.080 $0.98
Priority Mail (minimum) ** $4.95 $19.00 $19.00 $25.00
Parcel Post ** $4.90 Not Available
Signature Confirmation ** $2.35 Not Available
Registered Mail ** $10.60 $11.50 $11.50 $11.50
Flat-rate envelope or small box ** $4.95 $10.95 $10.95 $12.95
Flat-rate regular box ** $10.95 $25.95 $25.95 $41.95
Flat-rate large box ** $13.95 $32.95 $32.95 $53.95
* Positive increase
** Check with the Post Office
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TWO WEBSITES TO VISIT:
Inturpex Stamp and Cover Expo
We cordially invite you to visit our Stamp & Cover Expo. For over 25 years, on the
first Saturday of every month from 10 am to 4 pm, we promote the Expo at 50 W.
Duarte, Arcadia, CA 91007, at the Masonic Center. Free admission, free parking.
Please visit our web site for additional information.
www.inturpex.com
Graphics Philately Association
The History of the Book and Printing on Stamps
The Graphics Philately Association is an informal, non-profit
organization of people who have a mutual interest in the history of
graphic communications as represented on stamps and other
philatelic materials.
Some of the members of the Association are professionals in the
fields represented by this topic, some are hobbyists. Others are
involved not at all in those fields except for an interest in the
stamps that illustrate them.
www.graphics-stamps.org
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HUMOR CORNER
LAUGHTER IS GOOD FOR YOU -- EVEN IF IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH PHILATELY
YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY?????
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row .
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor
ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England
or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads,
which aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that
quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is
neither from Guinea nor is it a pig..
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce
and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural
of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese.
So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that
you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds
and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats
vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the
English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally
insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that
smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and
a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a
language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you
fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the
creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is
why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out,
they are invisible.
PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ?
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You lovers of the English Language might enjoy this:
It is up to you whether to read it or not - but it is on the up and up.
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other
two-letter word, and that is 'UP'.
It's easy to understand UP meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list,
but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why
are the Officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write
UP a report?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the
silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the
house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP
trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To
be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: a drain must be opened UP because it is stopped
UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the UP the word
UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of
the page and can add UP to thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might
try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of
your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or
more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes
out we say it is clearing UP.
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it
doesn't rain for a while, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but before you say, "Shut UP", I'll wrap it UP -- for
now my time is UP.
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The World of Bloopers...
A Tight Squeeze
When Johnny Carson introduced his guest, composer Mac Davis, he
credited the musician with having "a dozen songs in the top ten."
A Live One
ANNOUNCER: This prerecorded program has come to you live from
Hollywood.
Consult your TV Guide
"See 'Dragnet,' featuring actual criminal cases from the files of the Los
Angeles Police Farce starring Sergeant Thursday, on Friday...I mean
Sergeant Friday, on Thursday."
Fumble
NEWSCASTER ON THE NEWS: "And in the Super Bowl the Pissburgh
Spielers beat the Callas Dowboys...Dallas Cowboys 21-17."
The Other Side of Barbra Streisand
"See Barbra Streisand portray Funny Brice in Fanny Girl."
Nuff Said
Playing Stump the Band on the "Tonight" Show, Johnny Carson called on a
woman in the audience for her musical selection. When she stood up, she
appeared quite large in the midsection.
CARSON: You are?
WOMAN: Yes!
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Ed Sullivan, talking briefly to Jack Jones after his spot on the Sunday night
TV program, asked, "Wasn't Alan Jones your father?"
"He still is," snapped the Jones boy.
Nice Trick if you can do it.
Heard on "The French Chef": "Then you add two forkfuls of cooking oil..."
Bright Remark
Sportscaster Curt Gowdy blooped his way through this one: "The
Baltimore Colts are a bright young team, and it seems as if they have their
future ahead of them."
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WEBSITE OF THE MONTH:
American Topical Association
PO Box 8, Carterville, IL 62918-0008
americantopical@msn.com
http://www.americantopicalassn.org/ntss.shtml
http://www.americantopicalassn.org
Phone/Fax: 618-985-5100
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"APS Chapter or APS Affiliate?
What's the difference between an APS chapter and an APS affiliate?
A chapter is typically a local club that
meets on a regular basis.
An Affiliate is an organization with a regional, national, or international
scope that meets face-to-face on an infrequent basis, if at all. At this time
APS has 577 chapters and 199 Affiliates"
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ALSO REMEMBER:
HERE IS AN ORGANIZATION WORTHY OF OUR SUPPORT:
Friends of the WESTERN PHILATELIC LIBRARY,
P.O. Box 2219,
Sunnyvale, Ca 94087-2219
Stuart Leven, President
Membership fees as follows:
Participating: U.S. $10
Contributor: U.S. $20
Additional donations are gratefully accepted.
All contributions are tax deductible.
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Web Sites worthy of checking into:
www.stampshows.com
http://arthurj-w.tripod.com/i/xref/dxmnu-nf.htm#name
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Philatelic Society of Los Angeles
Talk about and show stamps (bring your stamps)
Meet at Community Room A at 8 PM (7 PM social hour in the dinning court)
Westside Pavilion
10800 West Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Guest Services
(310) 470-8752
We meet the second and fourth Tuesday of the month.
No meeting in December just a dinner party for all the members on the
second Tuesday of the month.
Dues are $15 a Year
All are welcome
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Philatelic Education
November Philatelic History
History information is from Kenneth A. Wood's book Post Dates — A
Chronology of Intriguing Events in the Mails and Philately
1765
Nov. 1 — The British Parliament passed an act imposing various taxes on
the American colonies, including those in Canada and the West Indies. The
taxes were paid by means of
embossed revenue stamps.
1832
Nov. 30 — Stage contractors on the Philadelphia-Lancaster, PA route were
granted an allowance of $400 a year for carrying the mail, a distance of 30
miles, on the railroad
1845
Nov. — The St. Louis Bears postmasters' provisionals were issued at St.
Louis, MO. The name refers to the design which features the city's coat of
arms showing two bears. This was
about four months after the first postmaster's provisionals had been
released by New York City Postmaster Robert Morris.
1846
Nov. 25 — "Nov. 25" is the date postmarked on a cover bearing the only
known copy of the Alexandria, VA postmasters' provisional printed on blue
paper. The year is believed to be 1846. The letter it contained is a proposal
of marriage addressed to a Miss Jannett Brown. The letter and cover were
found by her daughter in 1907 among family correspondence. The cover is
the first single philatelic item to sell for $1 million on May 8, 1981.
1910
Nov. 3 — Mail had been scheduled to be flown from the German liner
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria at sea to New York but bad weather canceled the
attempt.
1912
Nov. 24 — Henry Crawford flew 47 postcards at an aviation meet at San
Francisco. He landed at the Presidio, near the Golden Gate.
Nov. 27 — The U.S. Post Office Department issued Parcel Post postage
due labels.
1916
Nov. 2 — A "dawn to dusk" air mail flight from Chicago to New York began.
The flight was sponsored by the New York Times, which had special
postcards prepared.
1928
Nov. 9 — A flight of Royal Air Force seaplanes carried mail when they
arrived in Manila on a good-will flight. Mail was also carried by these
aircraft when they left for Hong Kong,
Bangkok, and Singapore on Nov. 16.
1947
Nov. 15 — Brazil issued a triangular semi-postal postal tax stamp to mark
Aviation Week, Nov. 15-22, and it made it compulsory on all mail during
that week.
1962
Nov. 16 — The U.S. Post Office Department deliberately reprinted and
place on sale the Dag Hammerskjold commemorative stamp with the yellow
background color inverted. The U.S. postmaster general J. Edward Day,
decided that all collectors should be able to have a copy of the error and
reprinted a large quantity.
1986
Nov. 5 — Assistant Postmaster General Gordon C. Morison was appointed
to a new position, assistant postmaster general for philatelic affairs. The
appointment recognized the
growing importance of the stamp program.
Nov. 10 — A record price of $481,000 was paid for a single U.S. stamp,
when a copy of the 1861 1-cent blue Franklin with double Z grill was sold.
Contact Information available for the APS Staff
APS Webmaster - Doris Wilson Technical Contact - Brian Krasinski
© 1999, American Philatelic Society All Rights Reserved
Read our Terms of Use.
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The kneadable eraser
Have you acquired a cover that has a price written on it in pencil? Do you
have stamps where someone has written a catalog number or value on the
back? The best tool for eliminating these unwanted pencil markings is a
kneadable eraser, found in art supplies shops or online. These inexpensive
items (less than $2) can be kneaded and shaped into a point. Use the point
you have formed to gently rub the pencil markings. It will be gone in a flash
and won't leave any eraser crumbs.
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APS is now selling on ebay
Select items from in-kind donations are now being placed on eBay for
auction. Proceeds from the sale of in-kind donations assist youth,
educational and other programs. More information is available. Please
direct comments to Richard Nakles.
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A once perfectly good stamp....
Scott No. 8A, Type IIIa, Pos. 56R4 is May's expertizing item. This stamp
was in a 2009 auction, but when submitted to in February 2010 it had been
subjected to a harsh cleaning that drastically altered the color. Read more
http://www.stamps.org/newsletter/0510-apex.pdf about this submission
and see larger versions of the stamp...http://www.stamps.
org/newsletter/0510-APEX.gif
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Stamp collecting month cancel
Plan ahead for October Stamp Collecting Month http://www.stamps.
org/CAC/cac_scm.htm and order your cancel now. All you do is send the
required information to Tom Fortunato and he will take care of the rest.
Share an idea with fellow clubs or contribute an article or two about topics
pertaining to clubs. Your input is welcome. Please e-mail CAC chairman
Tom Fortunato stamptmf@frontiernet.net with your thoughts and
suggestions.
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Words to Live By
“Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country” - Ian Rush
"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on" - Samuel Goldwyn.
“What’s another word for thesaurus?” Stephen Wright
"Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me." - G.W.
Hegel (philosopher)
"If at first you don't succeed... So much for skydiving." - Henry Youngman.
"I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally." - WC Fields.
Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of
Santa?" - Bart Simpson
"Operator! Give me the number for 911!" - Homer Simpson
"Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer." - Will Rogers.
"If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?"
- Steven Wright
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"You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label." - Mark Twain.
"I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy next to me." – Woody Allen
“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life. Unless I buy
something.” Jackie Mason
“You can't have everything. Where would you put it?”—Steven Wright
"Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive,
and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
~Anais Nin
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already
tomorrow in Australia."-- Charles M. Schulz
Only those who are willing to risk going too far will be able to find out how
far one can go." ~T. S. Elliott "
"There are two ways of spreading light---to be the candle, or to be the
mirror that reflects it." Edith Wharton
“I am only one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything, but still I can do
something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do”. Helen Keller
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who
are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it”. Mark Twain
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Young Stamp Collectors of America
Young Stamp Collectors of America is a new club for collectors, under 18.
Whether you are new to the hobby or have collected for several years, the
YSCA offers a variety of ways to make your collecting more fun.
As a member you will receive the YSCA e-newsletter, special low prices on
selected collecting supplies, an exciting website with online support via e-
mail, and a monthly e-meeting. Twice a year meetings will be held during
APS StampShow and AmeriStamp Expo.
Join now to receive a treasure package including a First Day Cover, a
packet of stamps, informative material, and other freebies. Members
attending any of the meetings will receive philatelic souvenirs of the
meeting and be eligible for prizes.
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Subway Stamp Shop Inc
Top of the Mornin’ to You!
http://www.subwaystamp.com/images/mar2011.pdf Jen
Subway Stamp Shop Inc
2121 Beale Ave
Altoona, PA 16601
Phone: 814-946-1000, 800-221-9960
FAX: 814-946-9997, 888-221-9960
Not responsible for typographical errors. Prices subject to change without
noticeSubway Stamp Shop Inc.
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NEW U.S. POSTAL RATES
Select U.S. postage rates increase January 22. For example, the rate for
the second and additional ounces for U.S. first class letters and flats
remains at 20 cents. First-Class letter mail up to 1 oz. will increase to 45
cents.
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What Is the American
Philatelic Society?
With nearly 35,000+ members in more than 110 countries, the APS is the
largest, nonprofit society in the world for stamp collectors.
Whether you are a beginning collector or have years of philatelic
experience, the American Philatelic Society offers you a number of
services and educational opportunities to broaden your personal collection
and enhance your special collecting interests!
It is supported entirely by membership dues, gifts, and the sale of its
publications and services. Founded in 1886, the APS is now in its second
century of service to stamp collectors and postal historians.
No matter what you collect -- worldwide, the stamps or postal history of a
particular country, or by topic -- APS membership will help you gain more
enjoyment from your hobby and places you among a well-organized and
long-established group of collectors associated for mutual benefit.
APS Statement of Purpose
* to promote stamp collecting for people of all ages
* to offer services to its membership and to philately in general, including
knowledge and education, which enhance the pleasure and friendliness of
stamp collecting
* to initiate and coordinate new programs for the benefit of stamp
collecting and of all collectors
* to represent the United States of America in the world body of philately
* to assist its members in acquiring and disposing of philatelic materials
The more than 35,000 APS Members Invite you to JOIN NOW http://www.
stamps.org/TheAps/abt_joinnow.htm
Daylight Saving Time (United States) ends Sunday, November 4, 2012, 2:00am.