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U P C O M I N G P R O G R A M S

November 2—

Ed Dubin, A WW-I

Potpourri

November 1 6—Big

Thanksgiving Auction

December 5—Holiday

Party, Ply/AA Elks

I N S I D E

November 2nd Auction Listings

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November 16th Auction Listings

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Club Officers & Trustees/Tidbits

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Holiday Party Info 5

Cover Topics 6

Mayflower

Minutes

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018

CLUB HOLIDAY PARTY DECEMBER 5th

If you plan to attend, please pay Bill Chace by Nov. 16th. Details on page 5

CLUB HAPPENINGS

It’s not too soon to think about paying your 2019 dues, which are $12.00 and are due by January 1st (not at Plymouth Show, as previously done). Please see Bill Chace at any upcoming meeting, or mail to our P.O. Box, see page 4.

Plymouth Show Help Needed

To all WSSC club members on behalf of your Plymouth Show committee. Your participation as a show volunteer is needed. There is a lot of planning and preparation being done for the Plymouth Show throughout the year. Here are some specific positions that need to be filled.

Auction Volunteers: Open

Various duties to be determined

Free Literature Table: Open

Work with show committee to establish ground rules for the give-away table

Solicit free literature that will be of interest to show visitors

Set up and maintain the give-away table during the show

Security: Open

Work with the show committee to determine security needs for the show Contract with a professional security firm for the show Conduct or arrange orientation for the guards Monitor security activity during the show weekend

Publicity: Dave Newman, Gary Stahle have volunteered

Post Office Liaison: Tom Healey has volunteered

Meetings & Seminars: Tom Schoenfeldt has volunteered

Club Table: Carol Schoenfeldt has volunteered

Cachet & Cancel: Rob Herron and Deb Schretter have volunteered

NOTE: All of these positions can be handled as a committee rather than an

individual. Team up with other members to fill one or more of these positions.

Contact Tim Strzalkowski for information showchair@plymouthshow.com

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1. Canada Revenues on stock card 2. U.S. used selection on page including Scott 285, 287, 289, 290, Cat. $119.00 3. U.S. Mint Scott 601, (3) 603, pairs and line pairs, Cat. $93.00 4. U.S. used Scott C18, Cat. $55.00 5. 18 used full sheet first day covers plus 2 capex full sheets 6. Canada Mint used selection including 934 block of 4, Used 302 block, Cat. $60.00 7. U.S. mint used back of book on pages including used Scott E2, Q9, JQ3, Cat. $118.00 8. U.S. mint Scott (2) 2283C, booklet pane of 10, Cat. $96.00 9. U.S. mint Scott RW34, Cat. $125.00 10. U.S. Postcards 11. U.S. mint used on pages 12. U.S. mint Scott 581, 582, 589, all never hinged, Plus hinged 590, Cat. $102.00 13. U.S. used Scott 208, Cat. $110.00 14. U.S. mint Scott RW9, Cat. $275.00 15. Unused Michigan postcards 16. Italy – (37) better older stamps including #515-517 used, #521 & 522 used, #524, 534, &

549-567 used, and #NE1 mint. Total Cat. $147.00 17. Uruguay & Venezuela – (307) outstanding older stamps. 18. Marshall Islands – (8) MH Large Sheets featuring events from the 20th century, 1900-1979

including #627, 646, 654, 657, 697, 702, 711, & 723. Total Cat. $143.00. 19.Mauritius - #251-265 complete mint set, Cat. $65.15. Plus #232, 235, & 250.

Total Cat. $69.15. 20.Great Britain #126 used 1 shilling. Cat. $181.00. 21. Monaco – (85) older stamps plus (1) Souvenir Sheet including #159 S.S. Cat. $65.00, #262-

273 Set Cat. $74.30, and #C20a Strip of 3 Cat. $16.00. 22.Straits Settlements #31 MNG (small thin). Cat. $180.00. 23.Netherlands Collection of (523) older stamps. Tons of Cat. value including #33 Cat.

$105.00 and (10) Semi-Postal Stamp Sets with Total Cat. $242.70. Plus lots of earlies cataloging $1 - $15 each.

24.(3) Older Souvenir Sheets, Liechtenstein #151, Lithuania #316a, & Honduras #C99. Total Cat. $53.50.

25. Early Canada – (37) older stamps including New Brunswick #6 Cat. $37.50 and Newfound-land #41, 48, 51, 54, 60, & 157 which Cat. $41.85.

Scott 4417—4420

Auction Lots - November 2, 2018

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1. Canada revenues on stock page 2. U.S. used Scott 294-299, mint Scott 740-749, Cat. $138.50 3. U.S. mint Scott 756-65, pairs, line blocks, Cat. $107.00 4. U.S. used Scott 149, Cat. $90.00 5. U.S. covers, proceeds to Plymouth show 6. Canada misc. selection, take a look 7. U.S. mint on pages including Scott 647, 650, 715, 719, 749, 765 8. Michigan used trout stamp selection, Cat. $90.00 9. U.S. mint Scott RW1, no gum, Cat. $150.00 10. Unused Michigan postcards 11. 1929 100 shares of Tobacco Products Corp. 12. U.S. mint, never hinged, Scott 833, block of 4, Cat. $95.00 13. U.S. used Scott 76, Cat. $140.00 14. U.S. Mint Scott 330, never hinged, Cat. $325.00 15. U.S. Postcards 16.Italy – (10) better older stamps including #572 mint, #573 used, and #589 & 596 used.

Total Cat. $124.00. 17.Turkey – (470) different stamps from 1952 to 1968. 18.Marilyn Monroe – (4) Souvenir Sheets & (2) Stamps from Montserrat #860, Maldives

Islands #2824, Antigua #3024, Grenada #3443, Central Africa #1178, and Sahara Occidental – unlisted. Total Cat. $37.85+.

19.Mexico – (140) older stamps including many cataloging $1 to $20. 20.Straits Settlements – (5) very nice older stamps including #11, 12, 14, 15, & 33 used.

Total Cat. $60.00. 21.Stamps rarely seen including Mongolia #83 MH, Cat. $60 plus, #66, 67, 68, 70, & 71, Cat.

$11.95. Inner Mongolia (R.O.C. Meng Chiang) #2N94 & 2N96 (I’ll let you identify 7 others). Mesopotamia #N48 & N49 Cat. $8.

22.Great Britain – (5)nice older stamps including #33, 78, 83, 89, + one I’ll let you identify. Total Cat. $153.25+.

23.Mozambique & Mozambique Company – (101) older stamps. $57.00 Cat. for stamps valued at $1 or more.

24.British Commonwealth – (5) MNH Souvenir Sheets & Associated Sets from : Bahamas #597-601a, Barbuda #469-473, Belize #680-684, Penrhyn Island #319-323, & Caicos #8-11. Total Cat. $55.60.

25.“M” Countries – (215) older stamps (many better) from Macao, Madagascar, Madeira, Malta, Manchukuo, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Memel, Middle Congo, Montenegro, & Montserrat

Giant Auction Lots - November 16, 2018

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P.O. Box 700049

Plymouth, MI 48170

Newsletter Editor: Doug Becker

E-mail: newsletter@thewssc.com

www.thewssc.com

Meetings on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of

each month at 7:30.

Held at the Plymouth Historical

Museum

155 South Main Street

W E S T S U B U R B A N

S T A M P C L U B

Club Officers:

President: Rod Watts

Vice President: Thomas Schoenfeldt

Secretary: Tim Strzalkowski

Treasurer: Bill Chace

Trustees through 2019:

Joe D’Onofrio

Carl Muller

Trustees through 2020:

Gary Stahle

Ken Walen

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WEST SUBURBAN STAMP CLUB

HOLIDAY PARTY

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2018

Cocktails 5:30 PM, Dinner 6:30 PM

Choice of Steak or Walleye

Baked Potato or French Fries

Plymouth/Ann Arbor Elks Club

41700 Ann Arbor Road

Plymouth, MI 48170

The cost is $6 per person.

Cash bar.

Gift Exchange is Optional (around $10)

If you plan to attend, make meal & potato choice

and pay Bill Chace ASAP, as seating is limited.

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In 1931 Trans Canadian Air Mail

went through Detroit as shown

on this cover. Safe air mail

routes were not yet available

north of Lake Superior. Note the

Detroit Air Mail Field cancel.

Some Stamp Collectors get over

enthusiastic with the number of

stamps that they put on a cover.

Also some Postal Clerks like to

make sure all the stamps are

canceled. The Graf Zeppelin “First

Flight Airmail” purple cachet is

barely visible. Somehow the

cover did reach its destination as

shown by the back stamps.

Look closely. Do you think

this cover is real or altered?

Tis’ a puzzlement! Cancels

look good but was a stamp

removed? I leave you with

food for thought.