1970
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| 5/3/1970 | Stamps In The News United Nations Stamp Has ‘Cancer’ Theme By SYD KRONISH AP Writer Combatting cancer is a universal crusade. This all-out fight is noted by the United Nations in a new commemorative stamp to be issued on May 22. The theme of the stamp will be “Fight Cancer.” The U N Postal Administration announced that the date of issuance, May 22, coincides with the opening of the Tenth International Cancer Congress of the International Union Against Cancer which takes place in Houston, Texas, and will continue until May 29. It is estimated that approximately 8,000 volunteers will attend the Congress and that most countries of the world will be represented. The new commemorative will come in two denominations — 6 cents and 13 cents — with a common design. The 6 cents will be blue and black while the 13 cents will be green and black. Adding to the international touch, the designer was Leonard Mitchell of New Zealand and the printing was done in West Germany. Further details as to first day covers will be reported here soon. In these days of railroad strife, it is good to note that there is an air conditioned train in the hot Negev Desert running from Oron to Tzefa in Israel. The railway line is honored by Israel with a new stamp featuring a modern interpretative drawing of a camel standing in the desert and the train in the background. Originally this real line was used to haul freight but after the Six Day War it started to take passengers. The new stamp will be printed in multi-color in sheets of 15 stamps and 5 tabs, reports The Israel Philatelic Agency in America. The stamps will be available at your local dealer or stamp department. The 1970 edition of H. E. Harris loose-leaf album entitled “The Statesman” is now on the market. The album provides space for nearly 30,000 stamps of some 150 countries with identifying illustrations. The Statesman can be purchased for $6.95 directly from H. E. Harris & Co., Dept. SC, Boston, Mass., 02117. An enthusiastic group of 25 persons met in the Carolina Power and Light Company building Friday night to form an Asheville Stamp Club. A visitor from Washington, D. C. on the very first night helped contribute ideas on getting started. It was a typical cross section o f persons attracted to stamp collecting from the 10-year-o)d student to the retiree, both men and women. A committee was named to present a slate of officers at the next meeting to be held Friday, June 12. After this the meeting night will be on a Monday because a consensus of the group seemed to be that this would suit the most people. Dates will b e announced in ample time through this column. All persons interested will be considered charter members by attending the June meeting or notifying yours truly. Clayton Harmon, Temporary Chairman EDITOR’S NOTE - Clayton C. Harmon of Asheville, a longtime stamp collector, has agreed to represent t h e Citizen-Times as its stamp expert. Questions about the hobby, particularly on getting the right start, will be answered by mail provided a self-addresseed stamped envelope Is enclosed with your question. This will save time and will insure a positive and speedy reply. Mail year question to: Mr. Clayton C. Harmon P.O. Box 8012 Asheville, N. C. 28804 |
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| 8/16/1970 | Asheville Stamp Club Plans Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Carolina Power and Light Company Building. A program on "How to Participate in a Stamp Auction" and a report on the recent stamp show and exhibition in Charlotte is planned. Gary Flatow, a member of the Asheville Stamp Club, earned a silver trophy in this show with an exhibit of Nesbitt envelopes. Plans will made for an exhibit in Asheville during National Stamp Collecting Week in November. A door prize will be given and all who are interested are invited. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/19/1970 | Stamp Collectors Will Meet Tonight - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Carolina Power and Light Building. Harry Mosser will speak on "The Stamp Collectors' World Oil" | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/17/1970 | Tuesday - 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club exhibit, main Post Office. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/18/1970 | 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club exhibition, main Post Office | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 12/1/1970 | 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club exhibit, main Post Office | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 12/20/1970 | Stamps Disclose Nation’s History By SYD KRONISH AP Newsfeature Illustrations on postage stamps often reveal t he history of a nation. Sometimes, stamps can also serve as miniature museums to show the culture and way of life of people for future generations to see. Such a case is noted in a recent set of stamps from Papua and New Guinea. For centuries before the advent of the Europeans, the natives of these Islands worked with their hands, fashioning beautiful artifacts for their daily use. Now these items are disappearing as civilization is changing the customs of the populace. The new set of four stamps depicts four artifacts. The 5 cents shows a Wogeo Island Food Bowl. The 10 center has an elaborately engraved lime pot. The 15 cent stamp bears an Aibom Sago storage pot. The 30 cent features a rare Manus Island bowl. Only the Aibom Sago storage pot Is still being made in its original form. The set was designed by Australian artist Paul Jones and printed in four-color photogravure by Courvoisier of Switzerland, reports the Empire Stamp Galleries. The new items are available at your local stamp dealer or stamp department. Avid stamp collectors are continually searching for errors. In most cases their artistic delight is greater than their monetary rewards. However, both satisfactions — money and discovery — usually go hand in hand. A recent find was made by a collector from Hendersonville, N. C. who made his “discovery” sorting through a box of common stamps. The error was on the M cent U. S. stamp picturing James Monroe (Scott No. 562, Minkus No. 429) issued Jan. 15, 1923. Only a keen observer knowledgable about philatelic rarities would have found the error — an additional perforation. Instead of 10 perforations on two sides and 11 on the other two. this stamp had 11 on three sides and 10 on the fourth. Postmaster General Winton M. Blount will announce a series of four 1970 U. S. com-memoratives which will be based on natural history themes. This series of four will be printed on the same sheet, in the same fashion as the recent Botanical Congress series. Stamp collecting has been called the hobby of kings, the pastime of presidents and the relaxation of the rest of mankind. In other words, where rulers and rich potentates derive their pleasures from gathering large stamp collections, the average individual — even a young boy and girl — can have just as much fun in working up his own stamp material. You’re never too old to start! What: The Asheville Stamp Club Where: The Carolina Power & Light Co. Meeting room When: Monday December 21, 1970, 7:30 PM Why: To help stamp collectors know more about their hobby. At this meeting we will have an auction of surplus or duplicate stamps of the members. Also a session of swapping and trading. The more we study and meet to talk and discuss stamps, the more knowledgeable we become in the hobby and have greater appreciation of it. Who: The members of the Asheville Stamp Club and all persons are invited to come to the meeting who would like to know more about stamp collecting. Only members of the club will be permitted to offer items for the auction. CLAYTON HARMON, President |
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| 1/10/1971 | Stamp Club To Hear Talk By N.Y. Dealer - Stamp collectors in Western North Carolina will have a rare opportunity to meet and hear an experianced collector and dealer from New York. The Asheville Stamp Club will be host to John Fox, a 37-year veteran of stamp dealing, at its regular monthly meeting Monday Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m. in the Carolina Power and Light Co. Building. Fox will present a program on his special interest "Stamps of the Confederacy." Anyone interested in the history of the South during this period will learn much from this opportunity to hear Fox share his knowledge. Members of the Asheville Stamp Club extend an invitation to all interested persons to attend this meeting which will be of special interest to students of the history of the South. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 1/17/1971 | Stamp Club Meets Monday - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet Monday in the Carolina Power & Light building at 7;30 p.m. Speaker John Fox of New York will present a program on "Stamps of the Confederacy." Stamp collectors in the area are invited to attend the meeting. The historical nature of the event will be of interest to educators and collectors alike. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/14/1971 | Stamps In The News Special Stamp Used By British Island By SYD KRONISH AP News Feature Did you ever hear of Stroma? Well, its a small island in the Pentland Firth near the Orkney Islands off the coast of Britain Stroma' is a summer resort and maintains postal communications with the mainland via mail-boat. Although British postage stamps are used, special Stroma issues are being affixed to the back of the envelopes to help defray the expenses of the boat and the latest issues contains 2 stamps for EUROPA featuring a fish on one stamp and a dog on the other THE MAIL BAG. . . To Madelyn Ivanson of Stanton, Calif., the Project Mercury stamp you describe which is minus the words “U.S.” Postage” is an unusual error but enough of them were issued to cut the value. Check with your local dealer for price. . . To William B. Seltzer of Oelwein, Iowa, you can purchase your Isreal First Day Covers from the Israel Philatelic Agency in America, 116 W. 32nd Street, New York, N. Y. 10001. .. To Fred King of Columbus, Ohio, the U. S. and German stamps you describe do not appear to be valuable at all. However., to get a first hand appraisal you may wish to show them your local stamp dealer. The first in the planned series of postage stamps , commemorating the Bicentennial of the American Revolution will be issued July 4, according to Postmaster General Winton M. Blount. The announcement seemed to hint it would be a design relating to the Battle of Alamance in 1771. This battle was a dispute between eastern and western portions of the colony of North Carolina. Calling themselves the “Regulators,” it was the first organized resistance to what they felt was unjust taxation. About 200 were killed or wounded by troops under the Royal Governor William Tryon and the defeated crossing the mountains into the land which became Tennessee and Kentucky. The stamp wr/ld no doubt have a “first day” in Alamance County, North Carolina, a tribute to the opening battle for independence and our nation’s 200th birthday. A meeting of the Asheville Stamp Club will be held Monday March 15. 7:30 p.m. at the Carolina Power and Light Company. Loren Packer will have a program on “Music Stamps”. All interested persons are invited to attend. |
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| 4/18/1971 | Stamp Club to Meet - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet Monday in the Carolina Power & Light Company building at 7:30 p.m. John Foxworth, director of the American Philatelic Society will present a program on the recent meetings of the Society in New York. A door prize will be awarded, according to Clayton Harmon, club president. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 6/20/1971 | Stamp Club Meets Monday - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet Monday at 7: 30 p.m. at the Carolina Power & Light Company. Election of officers will be held. Leland Sawyer will be in charge of a "silent" auction. Door prizes will be given and a swap session will be held. Clayton Harmon, president, will preside. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 6/21/1971 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP&L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 6/27/1971 | Souvenir Envelope To Be Given Away Free An enlarged view of the souvenir envelope which will be offered free, one to a customer without the stamp (and ad- dress) at all post offices on July 1. For the price of the 8c stamp and with a July 1 cancellation it becomes an historic, cacheted first day cover of the new U. S. Postal Service. Stamp Collecting EDITOR’S NOTE: The United States Postal Service, with an eye focused on operating in the black, is hoping its July 1st “Giveaway” will touch off new interest in the hobby of stamp collecting. For the first time in history this new semi-private government agency acknowledges the fact that stamp collecting is no penny-ante hobby. It has world-wide appeal and, many countries are in the stamp business catering to collectors at handsome profits. A stamp collection may be as expensive as you choose to make it. A collection of hundreds of used U. S. commemoratives is very impressive as well as educational and cost less than $10. The rare 19th century classics or errors sell for hundreds, even thousands of dollars. At a recent auction the 24c airmail invert of 1918 sold for $34,000. The highest price ever paid for a single stamp was $280,000 on March 24, 1970 for the British Guiana 1856 “one cent.” For most collectors, enjoyment is the chief reward, and profit is where you find it. Asheville Stamp Called a souvenir sheet, this special U. S. Postal issue put Asheville on the map of the philatelic world in August, 1937. Listed as number 797 in Scott’s stamp catalog, it is also listed in all others. Post Offices Plan Stamp Decor Display When the U. S. Postal Service comes into being Thursday, the lobbies of many of the nation’s post offices, including those in Asheville, •will be decorated for the occasion with new historic stamp posters. Copies will be sold for hanging in dens, recreation rooms and wherever else stamp collectors want to display these colorful enlargements of U.S. stamps, postmaster A. J. Garner, III announces. The 30 x 40 inch posters, printed in full color on good quality paper, are in four categories — space, history, transportation and environment. Cost per poster is $1.50 or four for $5, plus a handling charge of 50c. Posters may be ordered from Historic Stamp Posters, U. S. Postal Service, Washington, D. C. 20036. Stipulate type of poster desired. The posters will be shipped for crease-free hanging. Stamps reproduced are: Space—Dr. Robert H. Goddard, International Geophysical Year, Project Mercury, Communications for Peace, Space Twins, Apollo 8 and First Man on the Moon. Environment — Anti-Pollution (4) Yellowstone National Park, Whooping Cranes, John Muir, Wood Ducks, Franklin Tree. History-Columbus’ Fleet, 2-cent Jefferson, 1-cent Wash-i n g t o n, Lexington-Concord, 1926 Sesquicentennial, 3-cent Lincoln, U. S. Postal Service, Valley Forge, Sesquicentennial of Constitution, Davy Crockett. Transportation — Louisiana Riverboat, Pony Express, •Robert Fulton Clermont, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Erie Canal, Great Lakes, Steamship Savannah and Overland Mail. New U.S. Postal Service Takes Over Duties July 1 By CLAYTON HARMON President Asheville Stamp Club On Thursday, July 1, for the first time in history, the Post Office is going to give away “free samples”. With a limited number, one to a customer, first come, first served basis, the public will be offered an official cacheted envelope. On this date the Post Office will also issue an 8 cent special stamp marking the complete transition from the 'Post Office Department to the United States Postal Service. The USPS will make a specially imprinted envelope decorated in four colors with the old and new seals, free of charge to any person at any post office. The customer may affix the USPS special stamp to the .envelope and the local post office will cancel with a July 1 postmark. A number of the envelopes will be stamped and cancelled in advance to speed up service for the price of the stamp alone. Persons who desire more than a single copy of the souvenir cover may order them by mail From the Postmaster, Washington, D. C. 20013. Price will be 8 cents for the stamp to be affixed and 7 cents additional handling charge per cover. These covers will bear a Washington, D. C. postmark. Conventional cacheted covers or plain envelopes along with 8 cents per stamp may be sent to Washington to receive the July 1 cancellation. Here is an opportunity for collectors with an artistic touch to create their own designs for cancellation at their local post office. What’s the reason behind all this extra activity? It’s all part of the plan to focus attention and interest in the inauguration of the new United States Postal Service. This postal reorganization “will provide better mail service for our citizens and better careers for our employees,” to quote a recent statement of Postmaster General Winston M. Blount. The expectation is that many Americans who are not stamp collectors thus will also share in the birthday observance of the U. S. Postal Service, and start their own collections. Most patrons of the Post Office are interested only in a letter getting to its destination as soon as possible. They could care less about the colors of the stamp or when it was issued. Postal officials are beginning to recognize the impact and importance of stamps and how they look, the reason for this re-appraisal is motivated by over 25 million dollars “clear profit” made on commemorative stamps during fiscal 1970. They hope to double this profit and revenue during the next five years. There is a definite increase in the number of people interested in stamps. Locally, the Asheville Stamp Club was reactivated in May, 1970, and presently has a membership of 52. It meets monthly on the third Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Carolina Power & Light Co. A stamp store has recently opened in Asheville, Robox Stamp & Accessories, located at Westgate Shopping Center and is owned and managed by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Box. In 1969 the two stamp clubs in Charlotte sponsored an exhibit which attracted about 125 visitors. Last year they invited dealers to participate and had a speaker from New York City. More than 500 visited the exhibit. The clubs plan another exhibit July 24 and 25 that will probably attract 1,000 visitors this year. All this indicates a tremendous increase of interest here in North Carolina in those little pieces of artwork stamps. In no other area of human endeavor does one have more latitude of freedom than with the hobby of stamp collecting. Take your pick of any country. Even Russia or those she dominates. You can collect, buy sell, trade from any country (except current issues from Cuba, North Korea, North Vietnam and South Rhodesia. Even now, with Red China, the ban has been lifted. Another fast growing area of collecting is by topic or theme. Space issues have overtaken paintings, religion, sports, animals, flowers, birds, trains and ships for first place in 1970 among topical collectors. Organized in 1948 by a teenager, The American Topical Association now has over 9,000 members, The most important reason for belonging to such an organization is the contacts one makes with those who can help with problems and questions on stamps. Educators have long recognized the potential ol stamp collecting in teaching U. S. history. The nation’s stamps^ reflect the history culture and accomplishments of our country. As the U. S. Postal Service starts operation, it is an opportune time to begin a collection of these miniature works of art that reflect America’s heritage. The tremendous amount of profit to be made from stamps sold to collectors make it “fair game” for certain governments to take advantage of unknowing but enthusiastic admirers of beautiful labels under the guise of stamps. The American Philatelic Society, which is the world’s largest group of collectors (over 23,000 members), has a regular feature called “Black Blots” in their monthly Journal. This is to alert its members to those countries who take unfair advantage of the elementary uninformmed collector. They make it clear you have complete freedom of choice to collect what you wish but this “watch-dog" committee uses the following criteria in appraising new postal emissions: 1.a limited printing or limited “on sale” time in country of origin. 2.an excessively extended issue. 3.unwarranted high value included. 4.no direct relationship to the issuing country. 5.Oddities intentionally included with the issue. Asheville was the setting for a philatelic item in August 1937. The Society of Philatelic Americans held an exhibit and meeting here, and to commemorate the event the Post Office Department issued a special souvenir sheet. The stamp design used was the 10 cent Great Smoky Mountain Park from the National Parks issue of 1934. The original stamp was in gray black but green was used for this printing. This issue Is a classic example of what determines the price or value of a stamp. When plans were being made, it was first decided to print two million copies. So much interest was shown, this figure was changed to five million. On the first day it was placed on sale, over 2% million were sold, but the remainder provided a surplus that even today the dealer advertised the purchase price for this beautiful philatelic item is 13 to 15 cents. Had the original figure been used, it is interesting to speculate its value today. The ever present law of supply and demand, the conditions plus the added ingredient of interest always determines the value of a stamp, no matter what its age. More and more recent U.S. postal issues are showing increased interest among collectors worldwide. This is particularly true of those connected with the space program. In 1967 two stamps were issued depicting the first walk in space. The unique feature was that it took two horizontal stamps to complete the scene. The worldwide demand for this set has caused dealers to search and advertise for supplies to meet the demand from collectors. The latest “buy” offer for a sheet of 50 is $20 and for a plate block of 4—$4.30. The original cost at the post office was $2 for the sheet of 50. Other "se tenant” (joined together) issues are beginning to appear in the “want” columns — the four beautification of America, the four Botanical Congress and the four Natural History issues, all in 1969. The well - publicized first man-on the-moon stamp of 1969 is also on the rise. These stamps are still available at a few post offices. It seems Uncle Sam’s stamps have at last arrived, The vast quantity necessary to move all the mail within the United States (as much as all the rest of the world combined) has, in the past, been a glut on the philatelic market. The improved designs, ideas and methods of color printing are beginning to be utilized by our postal officials and, judging from the increased demand for recent issues, U. S. stamps are on the move. The step to offer cacheted covers on July 1 is one in the right direction. What could be wrong with the new U. S. Postal Service producing its own official cacheted envelopes for first day covers? Some dealers will cry, “government intervention in private industry." However, the long range benefits are increased numbers of collectors and the profit going to the Postal Service. The name of the game is to get the Postal Service on a businesslike basis anyway and remove the political strings so long a drag and reason for its being in the red. Many new ideas are being considered to produce philatelic materials related to its commemorative stamps. Stamp packets as well as souvenir cards featuring commemoratives and the 1971 Christmas stamps are being considered. Even non-philatelic products such as reproductions of N a t i o n a 1 Gallery paintings, all to be offered for sale at the nation’s 32,000 post offices. One thing is certain—July 1 will be the dawn of a new era in U. S. stamp collecting. Many collectors will want to see how many different USPS official envelopes they can assemble. This will create a new market or facet of a hobby, which not only enriches one’s education, but also involves great pleasure and the possibility of future profit. It’s the little man’s stock market... |
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| 6/30/1971 | Asheville Stamp Club granted an American Philatelic Society Charter. | APS Website |
| 7/18/1971 | Stamp Club Meets To Feature Quiz - The Asheville Stamp Club will hold its monthly meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Carolina Power and Light Co. Building. The program will feature results and answers to a quiz on United States stamps on which members have been working for the past month. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/19/1971 | 7:30 p.m,. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP& L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/15/1971 | Stamp Club Meets Monday - The August meeting of the Asheville Stamp Club will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Carolina Power & Light Building. The meeting will feature auctions of a wide variety of U.S. and foreign stamps offered by members. The U.S. stamp quiz sponsored by the Club produced widespread interest and was concluded at the July meeting. The winner was W. S. Pruett. The runner-up was Dr. E. L. Demmon. Another quiz may be held at a later dated. The Club welcomes visitors to all of its meetings. For information phone Clayton Harmon, president, at 252-5481; or Harry R. Mosser, Asst. Secy., at 645-7234. The Asheville Stamp Club is now an accredited chapter of the American Philatelic Society. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 9/20/1971 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP&L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 9/21/1971 | Image - Valuable Donation - Dr. E. L. Demmon, left, and Clayton Harmon, president of the Asheville Stamp Club, looked through one volume on United States commemorative stamps that was a part of Dr. Demmon's collection of philatelic literature, which he donated to the stamp club at a meeting of the club Monday night at Carolina Power and Light Co. Building. The collection contains monthly issues of "The American Philatelist" from 1938 through 1962, rare periodicals and other bookd on stamp collection. The collection will be place in Pack Memorial Reference Library as soon as space is available, Harmon said. (Staff Photo byu Malcolm Gamble) | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/18/1971 | Asheville Stamp Club Meeting Set Tonight: Charles Siddaway will present a slide program of the 1970 London stamp show, "Philympia," at a meeting of the Asheville Stamp Club at 7:30 p.m. in the Carolina Power and Light Co. building on O' Henry Avenue. Clayton Harmon, president, has invited interested persons. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/18/1971 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP&L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/14/1971 | Stamp Club Meets Monday - The Asheville Stamp Club meets at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Carolina Power & Light Building. The speaker will be W. F. Casteel of Asheville, a member of the club. He will report on the original Asheville Stamp Club of which he was an officer. It was that predecessor club which on August 26-28, 1937 sponsored the 43rd annual Convention of the Society of Philatelic Americans in Asheville. For that occasion the U.S. Post Office issued a commerative souvenir sheet of the 10 cents Great Smoky Mountains National Park stamp. This genuine stamp is a collectors' item, only 5,277,445 having been issued. The Asheville Stamp Club recently acquired a small supply of stamps, available at $1, for the benefit of the club, at the Robox Stamp Store, 90 Westgate Shopping Center. Visitors are always welcome at meetings of the club held regularly on the third Monday of each month. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 12/20/1971 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP&L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 1/17/1972 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP&L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/21/1972 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP&L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 3/20/1972 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP&L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/16/1972 | Stamp Club Meets Monday The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p. m., Monday at the Carolina Power & Light Company. Plans for the Stamp Show Ashepex ’72 to be held May 20-21 at Holiday Inn West will be discussed. Awards for exhibits will be given and judges for the event nave been selected and confirmed. Twelve dealers have already entered. The mechanics of preparing an exhibit frame will be shown and discussed. As the exhibitors will be limited to Western North Carolina residents, visitors are urged to attend the meeting Monday to learn more about this important facet of stamp collecting. Any collector is invited to exhibit in the May 20-21 show. To obtain a prospectus or application form write the Asheville Stamp Club, P. O. Box 250, Asheville, N. C. 28802. |
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| 4/17/1972 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP&L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/14/1972 | Stamp Club To Sponsor Major Show May 20-21 The Asheville Stamp Club will sponsor a major regional stamp show, "Ashepex ’72," on May 20-21 at the Holiday Inn, West. The show features many exhibits of 19th and 20th Century stamps, U. S. Foreign and topical displays. Prizes will be awarded in each of the three classes. . Located on the Smoky Mountain Highway (Routes 19, 23) at MO, the Holiday Inn, is convenient to residents of Western North Carolina and adjoining slates. Free parking is available. The show opens at 11 a.m. on each day and will close at 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 and at 5 p.m. the following day. Single admissions are 50 cents; family admissions $1. A wide variety of domestic and foreign stamps will be offered for sale by well known cooperating dealers. Albums and philatelic supplies will be available for beginners and advanced collectors. The Asheville Stamp Club is a chapter of The American Philatelic Society. Members include owners of prize-winning collections of unusual interest to collectors and noncollectors. Other Western North Carolina stamp clubs, including Brevard and Hendersonville, are participating in the show. A feature of the show will , be a special counter, staffed by the Asheville Post Office, to cancel stamps on special sourvenir envelopes with the official "ashepex ’72” cancellation. The Asheville Post Office will also participate with city and county officials in the ribbon-cutting ceremonies, A free identification and evaluation service will be provided on any stamps, envelopes and post cards brought to the show by visitors. Appropriate door prizes will be awarded visitors several times each day. The Club has many lady members. One is a retired missionary whose collection of Japanese stamps is highly regarded. Teenagers are also members, as well as novice and advanced collectors of all ages. A popular class Is Confederate stamps. Several representative exhibits are expected. Topical exhibits include world-wide stamps covering such subjects as Christmas; birds; animals; flowers; butterflies; autos; fish; art masterpieces; etc. Other groups may include: airmails; precancels; first day covers; and U. S. mint plate blocks and singles. The original Asheville Stamp Club, in 19 3 7, sponsored the 43rd Annual Convention of the Society of Philatelic Americans at the Battery Park Hotel. For the event the U. S. Post Office issued a commemorative souvenir sheet depicting the 10 cent Smoky Mountains National Park stamp. This genuine stamp is a collectors’ item, only 5,277,445 having been issued. A limited supply of this stamp will be on sale. The Club hopes to have available a few of the new Cape Hatteras National Seashore stamps ... a block of four 2 cent stamps, each different, depicting as a block a seashore area on North Carolina’s famous coast. This unusual stamp is, in effect, a four panel mural. Other recent com-memoratives will also be available. |
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| 5/20/1972 | The Asheville Stamp Club is sponsoring a major regional stamp show at Holiday Inn West Saturday and Sunday. Show opens 11 a.m. each day and closes at 10 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/20/1972 | Major Stamp Show Opens Here Today The Asheville Stamp Club wil sponsor a major regional show “Ashepex ’72,” Saturday and Sunday, at the Holiday Inn West. The show will feature many exhibits of 19th and 20th century stamps, U. S. foreign and topical displays. Prizes will be awarded in each of these three classes. The show opens at 11 a.m each day and closes at 10 p.m on Saturday and at 5 p.m. the following day. Single admission are 50 cents; family admissions $1. Dealers will offer a wide variety of foreign and domestic stamps for sale. Albums and philatelic supplies will be available for beginners and advanced collectors. A special service offered by the Asheville Post Office wil be cancelling stamp on souvenir envelopes with the official “Ashepex ’72” cancellation. Another extra feature will be the availability of the new Cap Hatteras National Seashore stamps which feature coastal scenes on a block of four-two cent stamps. The sponsoring club is member of the American Philatelic Society. Other chapters throughout Western North Carolina, Including Brevard and Hendersonville, will be participating. |
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| 5/21/1972 | Stamps Attract Collectors - Rev. Charles Covell, left, of the Hendersonville Stamp Club and Walter F. Koch of the Asheville Stamp Club look at some prime stamps at "Ashepex '72," the region's major show. At the show, held May 20-21 at the Holiday Inn West, stamps of a foreign and topical nature, as well as once-issued collectors' items will be on sale. Also available are a few of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Stamps, a block of four stamps, each different, that when used together give the effect of a four panel mural. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 6/20/1972 | Stamp Club Elects Demmon As President - E. L. Demmon was elected president of the Asheville Stamp Club at a meeting Monday night in the Carolina Power and Light Co. building. He succeeds Clayton Harmon. The club's new vice president is Marshall Acee, and reelected officers are Miss Marion G. Simons, secretary; and Col. Austin B. Speed, treasurer. A report was given on the successful stamp exhibition held here last month and plans were made for another show to be held in the spring of 1973. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/17/1972 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP&L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/23/1972 | Stamps In The News West Berlin Honors Lieberman’s Artistry By SYD KRONISH AP Newsfeatures Art afficionados are quick to pay tribute to the famous French impressionist painters. Many of the works ol Renoir, Cezanne, Manet and others of this popular school appear on postage stamps. But few are aware of the one German impressionist whose artistic endeavors arc equal to his counterparts across the Rhine. The German impressionist is Max Lieberman (1847-1935) and he is being singly honored by West Berlin with a new 40 pfennig stamp. This new adhesive, according to the World Wide Philatelic Agency, honors the 125th anniversary of his birth and bears a self-portrait on wood. Lieberman’s popularity in his home country is attested by his becoming president of the Art Academy in Berlin and having received t h e decoration “Pour le merite" — famous in military parlance as “The Blue Max." This new stamp, as well as three new ones in the continuing “Safety First" series by West Germany, are available at. your local stamp dealer or department store. The American First-Day Cover Society has prepared and is offering free to collectors a list of U. S. stamps (about 90) that bear a relationship to the 200th anniversary celebration of the American Revolution. The listing has been prepared under the headings of patriots, places, symbols, historical flags, events and the 13 original colonies. Each is noted according to year of issue, denomination, subject and catalog number. To get a copy of this list, just send a stamped, addressed large-size envelope to American First-Day Cover Society, E. Koehler, 2527 Farnam St., LaCrosse, Wis. 54501. As I said, there is no charge for this interesting little list. Something new has been added!! The main Asheville Post Office now has a philatelic clerk. All stamp collectors will be grateful to the postmaster, Jack Garner and Harold Brookshire for establishing this new service. Calvin Patterson will be in charge. 'He did such an excellent job during the “Ashcpex ’72” stamp show in May, the Asheville Stamp Club members are happy to see him in this new role. The U. S. Postal service is displaying a new awareness to the historical and educational appeal of postage stamps. This new addition to the Asheville scene is appreciated by the members of the Asheville Stamp Club and all collectors of the area. Visitors are always welcome at meetings scheduled each third Monday of every month, 7:30 p.m. at the Carolina Power & Light Company. Britain is proud of its latest set of stamps highlighting old village churches and depicting examples o f architectural styles dating back over 1,100 years. I The lowest value shows St. I Andrews Church in Essex built in 845 A. D. It is the only surviving example of a wooden Saxon stave church. Another stamp illustrates All Saints at Earls Barton, Northamptonshire. St Andrews at Letheringsett in Norfolk, built shortly after the Norman conquest In 1066, is seen on the 7>/i pence in the series. The highest value bears a view of St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church and dates back to 1200. Topical collectors, w h o specialize in churches, will be anxious to add this new set to their books. The American Stamp Dealers Assn, will sponsor two new stamp shows in addition to its annual ASDA event in November. The first of these is the ASDA International Philatelic Fair — Chicago ’73 scheduled for March 30. 1973. The second is the ASDA Philatelic Fair — New York, to be held April, 6, 1973. Norway will issue four new stamps to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of the unification of that country under Harald the Fairhaired in 872. The 50-ore stamp shows a detail of a stone carving at Alstad. The 80 ore depicts a dragon's head stone post carving found at Oseberg. The 120 ore features a sword hjlt found at Steinsvik, Lodingcn. |
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| 8/21/1972 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP&L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 9/17/1972 | Stamp Club Meets Monday - Mrs. Dorothy Minto of Hendersonville will present the program at the September meeting of the Asheville Stamp Club to be held on the second floor of the Carolina Power & Light Co. building on O'Henry Ave., at 7:30 p.m., Monday. Mrs. Minto's discussion and slide program is based on the commeration of the 50th Anniversary of Howard Carter's discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb as depicted on postage stamps of the world. King Tutankhamen was a relatively unimportant Egyption king, about whom we know very litt.e. However, the discovery of his tomb is probably the greatest single find in Egyption archaeology. For 3,265 years this tomb retained its wealth and mysteries. The Asheville Stamp Club meets every third Monday of each month. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/5/1972 | Art On Stamps To Be Exhibited By Collectors - Hundreds of postage stamps reproducing famous paintings will be shown during the week of Nov. 13 through 19 at the Asheville Art Musuem and Pack Library. The exhibitions will be sponsored by the Asheville Stamp Club in observance of the 24th annual National Stamp Collection Week. Development within recent years of high-speed multicoler presses has provided not only the U.S. Postal Service, but postal administrations throughout the world an opportunity of drafting fine art in minature as the designs for postage stamps, creating at-home museums for collectors everywhere. In addition to the displays planned in Asheville, the Asheville Stamp Club will host a mini-exhibit at the Tunnel Road Shopping Center Mall on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18. Members of the club will be on hand to answer questions. The Asheville Stamp Club meets the third Monday of each month at 8 p.m. in the CP&L meeting room. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/12/1972 | The Asheville Stamp Club is sponsoring an exhibition at the Tunnel Road Shopping Center next Friday and Saturday of postage stamps that picture famous paintings, sculptures, and other masterpieces of art. Samples will be on display at the Library and the Art Musuem this week. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 3/18/1973 | Stamp Club Meets Monday - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Carolina Power & Light Co. Building, Monday. The club plans to draw a resolution to petition the U.S. Postal Service to issue a stamp for returning POW's. E. L. Demmon, president, will preside. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/11/1973 | Stamp Exhibition Set - The Asheville Stamp Club will sponsor postage stamp exhibition "ASHEPEX '73" May 19-20 at Holiday Inn West. Hours of the exhibit will be from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 19 and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 20. Exhibits are open to the public and prizes will be awarded. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/13/1973 | Stamp Club To Host ExhibitionMay 19-20 The Asheville Stamp Club will sponsor its second annual stamp exhibition and bourse "Ashepex ’73" on May 19-20 at the Holiday Inn West. The show will feature exhibits of U.S., Foreign and Topical stamps presented by area collectors. Prizes will be awarded in each of the three classes and the public will have an opportunity to vote for the exhibit they consider the most interesting. In addition to the stamp exhibits, there will be a ten-dealer bourse offering stamps of all nations for sale. Dealers will be present from seven surrounding states as well as North Carolina. Albums and philatelic supplies will be available for beginners and advanced collectors. The Asheville Stamp Club is affiliated with two major philatelic societies: The American Philatelic Society, and the Society of Philatelic Americans. Both of these societies will have a representative at the show to acquaint interested persons with the functions of their organizations. The prizes awarded winning exhibits this year will be the A.P.S. Chapter Awards. The Postal Service again through the cooperation of the Asheville Post Office, will provide a sub-station both days from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and a special-show postmark to cancel all mail including the special cachet souvenir en velopes prepared by the Asheville Stamp Club for the event. Many of the recent commemorative stamps, including the new Postal People stamps and the Harry S. Truman memorial stamps, will be on sale, as well as the current regular issues, airmail, special delivery and postage-due stamps. The special cachet envelopes offered for sale by the Asheville Stamp Club at 35 cents each or three for one dollar will prove most interesting to collectors. In keeping with our American Revolution Bi-Centennial Celebraiton, three attractive designs depicting North Carolina's part in the “Rise of the Spirit of Independence” have been printed. The envelopes will be franked with appropriate recent com-m e m o r atives illustrating these eariy events and will be of interest, not only to collectors, but North Carolina history buffs. The cachets are also available by mail from the club at P. 0. Box 250, Asheville, N.C. 28802 for the above sum plus a large selfaddressed stamped envelope. “Ashepex ’73” will open at 11 a.m. both days and dose at 10 p.m. on Saturday and 5 p.m. on Sunday. Door prizes will be awarded every hour with one main door prize to be awarded Sunday afternoon. A small admissionn charge will be made of 50 cents per person or $1 per family. |
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| 5/20/1973 | Stamp Show Closes - The Asheville Stamp Club will close its second annual stamp exhibition Sunday at Holiday Inn West. The show, which features 40 frames of stamps from 20 distributors and 10 dealers throughout the country, will be ope from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/16/1973 | Stamp Club Meets Tonight - The Asheville Stamp Club will hold its first meeting with the 1973-74 officers at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the community room of Carolina Power and Light Co. The new president, Charles Siddaway, will preside. A visitor will be present to describe plans to petition the U.S. Postal Service to issue a stamp in 1975 on the subject of "Woman's Year." All members and guests are urged to attent. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/7/1973 | Stamp Club To Meet - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at North Asheville Community Center. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 9/4/1973 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, North Asheville Community Center. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/10/1974 | Stamp Club Plans Film, Auction Here - The Asheville Stamp Club will present a film from the United Nations Postal Administration, entitled "26 x 36 Messenger," at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18. After the film there will be an auction of stamps and philatelic material offered by club members. The club meets in the Carolina Power and Light Co. Lounge at 8 O. Henry Ave. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/5/1974 | Stamp Club Seeks Local Old Envelopes - The Asheville Stamp Club is seeking old postmarked envelopes mailed from the Asheville Post Office for its annual stamp exhibit scheduled for May 25-26 at the Asheville Mall. E.L. Demmon, past president of the club, said those who have postmarked envelopes dating back to the 1800s should contact him at 253-5774. Demmon said this year's stamp exhibit will illustrate the early history of the Asheville Post Office. Any envelope received by the club will be returned to the owner following the exhibit. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/19/1974 | Stamp Exhibit Opens In Mall Saturday - The third annual stamp exhibit "ASHEPEX '74" sponsored by the Asheville Stamp Club will be held Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the Asheville Mall. The exhibit will consist of fifty frames in a vertical format and presented by area collectors. In addition, there will be exhibits by the U.S. Postal Service through the cooperation of the Asheville Post Office, the U.N. Postal Administration and memorabilia of early postal history in Western North Carolina. Entries for competition will be accepted from members of the newly-formed Carolina Federation of Stamp Clubs and three awards will be presented in each of the three categories. Additional information may be obtained by writing the Exhibition Chairman, ASHEPEX '74, Asheville Stamp Club, P.O. Box 250, Asheville, N.C. 28802 | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/25/1974 | Stamp Club Plans Exhibit - The Asheville Stamp Club will sponsor its third annual stamp exhibit, "ASHEPEX '74," at the Asheville Mall Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The exhibit will feature 50 frames mounted six pages to a frame in a vertical format presented by area collectors. In addition, memorabillia of early postal history of Western North Carolina will be on display with exhibits by the U.S. Postal Service through the cooperation of the Asheville Post Office and the U.N. Postal Administration. Entries for competition will be accepted from members of the newly-formed Carolina Federation of Stamp Clubs and three awards will be presented in each of three categories. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/25/1974 | International exhibit: An international exhibit with emphasis on United Nations Day will be presented at the Tunnel Road Shoppin Center until 3 p.m. Saturday. Exhibits by Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Asheville Stamp Club and area schools will be on display. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 1/20/1975 | The Asheville Stamp Club will elect officers at its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Carolina Power and Light Co. building. Also to be discussed is a stamp auction and a stamp show in May. Charles Siddaway is president. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/12/1975 | Asheville Stamp Club To Sponsor Show - ASHEPEX '75, a stamp show sponsored by the Asheville Stamp Club, will be held May 17-18 at Rodeway Inn. Already scheduled to participate at the 50-frame, 10 dealer show are the American Philatelic Society, Society of Philatelic Americans and the U.S. Postal Service. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/7/1975 | Swiss Exhibit To Be Shown By Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club's fourth annual stamp exhibition and exchange will take place May 17-18 at the Rodeway Inn. The event, "ASHEPEX '75," will feature exhibits from collectors in North and South Carolina as well as a special exhibit from the Swiss Postal Authority. Awards will be given in the U.S., foreign, topical and junior categories, with the public having an opportunity to participate in the voting. Hours of the exhibition are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. There is no admission charge. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/29/1975 | Stamp Club Backs Wolfe Commemorative - The Asheville Stamp Club has announced its support and endorsement of Dr. Claude Frazier's suggestion for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp honoring the late author, Thomas Wolfe. The request will soon be taken to the Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C., and the club urges all citizens to write in support of the approval of the stamp to Grant S. Shotwell, Senior Representative, Government Relations Department, Washington, D.C. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/5/1975 | Commemorative Wolfe Stamp Goal of Club - A commerative postage stamp honoring Thomas Wolfe is the goal of the Asheville Stamp Club. According to C. J. Sumner, club president, handbills urging that the author be thus honored have been printed and placed at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial on Spruce Street. The club is urging interested citizens to write the Office of The Postmaster General and request that the Citizen's Stamp Advisory Commitee approve the Wolfe Stamp. "We think it would be an excellent way to advertise Asheville and Thomas Wolfe throughout the world," Sumner said. Wolfe's 75th birthday will be celebrated this October. Interested persons have asked to contact Sumner or write to Grant S. Shotwell, Senior Representative, Government Relations Department, Office of the Postmaster General, Washington, D.C. 20260. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/18/1975 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, CP&L Building | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/20/1975 | Buncombe County Board of Commissioners heard a proposal from C. J. Sumner, president of the Asheville Stamp Club, to ask the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative stamp on the 75th birthday anniversary of Asheville's late internationally known author, Thomas Wolfe. The board adopted a resolution to that effect. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/30/1975 | Image Mounting A Campaign With Thomas Wolfe's 75th birthday Asheville Stamp Club, and Bob Conway and accompanying celebration less than of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial. The Of- two months away, some local fans of the Office of the U. S. Postmaster General, late Asheville author are campaigning responding to urgings for the stamp by hard for a Wolfe commemorative postal private individuals and groups, local stamp. Here, U. S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor, government and legislators such as left, receives a petition for issuance of Taylor, is now considering the proposal, such a stamp from Dr. Claude C. (Staff Photo by Malcolm Gamble) Frazier, C. J. Sumner, president of the Asheville Stamp Club, and Bob Conway of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial. The Office of the U.S. Postmaster General, responding to urgings for the stamp by private individuals and groups, local government and legislators such as Taylor, is now condidering the proposal. (Staff Photo by Malcolm Gamble) |
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| 2/4/1976 | Junior Stamp Club To Meet In March - The Asheville Junior Stamp Club now being organized will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 4, at the North Asheville Community Center. The club is open to all young people whether they are advanced stamps collectors or beginners. There will be several stamp exhibits, stamps to help start a collection and a demonstration on how to soak and mount stamps attractively. For more details, call Raymond Bily at 252-1210. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/15/1976 | ’76 Stamp Show Slated In Center On May 22-23 A Bicentennial salute to American history will be the theme of Ashepex '76 Stamp Show scheduled in the Civic Center on May 22-23. Fifty frames of exhibition stamps will be submitted to the jury for judging. The show will afford ample opportunity for philatelists to show interesting and various types of collections to the public. There will be exhibits in each of the standard classes of stamps. Other highlights of the Stamp Show will be: A cacheted cover has been prepared featuring the Battle of King's Mountain, which was fought on Oct. 7, 1980, on the border of North and South Carolina. This was one of the most brilliant victories of the Revolutionary War. It had an important influence in the downfall of British power in the South. Twelve of the best known dealers in this and neighboring states will be setting up attractive displays and booths. The show will feature a special booth where people can purchase recent and not so recent stamps direct from the Asheville Post office at the show. Three educational workshops will be conducted by Gary Flatou on Nimrodx "Nimrod Specials"; Austin Speed on "Complete Colombians of 1895"; and Vernon Stroupe on "Holey Stamps." Each of these workshops promises to be an outstanding exhibit in itself. A special feature this year will be exhibits by the Junior Stamp club members of the Asheville Stamp Club and the Benjamin Franklin Junior Clubs which have recently been organized in the county. Further information of the show is available from Vernon Stroupe. general manager P. 0. Box 250. Asheville, N.C. 28802. |
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| 5/16/1976 | Stamp Show - The fifth annual Asheville Stamp Show, "Ashepex '76," will be held Friday throught Sunday in the Banquet Hall of the Asheville Civic Center. Sponsored by the Asheville Stamp Club, the show will have as its theme a Bicentennial salute to American history. It will feature a 12 dealers trading and competitive fifty-fram exhibition. A U.S. Postal Service station wil be set up to sell recent and not-so-recent stamps. It will be equipped to apply the special "Ashepex '76" cancellations to the souvenir cachet, depicting the Battle of Kings Mountain. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/16/1976 | Stamp Show... ‘Ashepex 76' Opens In Civic Center Saturday The Asheville Stamp Club will sponsor a major regional show "Ashepex '76" on May 22-23 in the Banquet Room. Civic Center Asheville. Ashepex '76 will be formally opened with a stamp ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday. May 22. On hand to do the honors will be Acting Postmaster Paul Maupin, ViceMayor Bill Horton and president of the local club. C.J. Sumner. The show opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 9 p.m., on Saturday, and opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free. A special program in keeping with the Bicentennnial Theme has been prepared and will be on sale at the door for 15 cents. Appropriate and unusual door prizes will be awarded visitors several times each day. Ashepex 76 will feature exhibits of the 19th and 20th century stamps — U.S.. Foreign Topical displays in attractively designed exhibitions. Special prizes will be awarded in each of the three classes. Three competent judges. John Foxworth, Hans Steinhardt and Larry Vincent will select the exhibition winners. One of the many special features this year at Ashepex '76 will be 12 exhibits by the Junior Stamp Club under the direction of Raymond Billy. A wide variety of domestic and foreign stamps will be offered for sale by 11 reputable dealers of WNC, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina. Albums and philatelic supplies will be available tor beginners and advanced collectors. Educational workshops will be held on Saturday. The first workshop will start at I p.m. under the direction of Col. Austin Speed on “U.S. Columbians" and "The Cantons of Switzerland". Gary Flatow, a discerning and sophisticated collector, will preside over the workshop on “U. S. Duck Stamps" at 2:20 p.m. and the final workshop at 3:15 p.m. will be presented on “Holey Stamps" by an expert in that class, Vernon Stroupe. As a special service to Ashepex '76 and its visitors, the Asheville Post Office will staff a special counter to supply a wide variety of new and not-so-new commemoratives and definitive stamps. The cachet cover of Ashepex '76 commemorates the famous "Battle of King's Mountain" that was fought October 7, 1780. It was fitting that Ashepex '76 select this noted battle of our area for the Bicentennial cachet cover for the show. Hie cachet will be available at die show with a special "First in Freedom" cancellation with stamps of your choice. The Asheville Stamp Club, a chapter of The American Philatelic Society, has a membership of 50 active members that include owners of prize winnings and unusual collections. One member is a retired missionary whose collection of Japanese stamps is highly valued. Teenagers are also members, as well as beginners and advanced collectors of all ages. The Club exemplifies t h e philosophy that philately can be a fun affair for the entire family. Unique Display Clayton Harmon of the Asheville Stamp Club stands by his unique display of cachets each bearing the U.S. stamp of a state flag and first day cancellations from each of the 50 state capitals. The 50-state stamp sheet was released by the Postal Service on Feb. 23. Harmon has since been at work completing his first-day cancellations, with Mississippi being the last state in. The layout will be on display during "Ashepex '76" stamp show in the Civic Center, May 22-23. (Staff Photo by June Glenn Jr.) |
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| 5/17/1976 | "Ashepex '76'," sponsored by the Asheville Stamp Club, will be held Friday through Sunday in the banquet hall of the Asheville Civic Center. The theme of the show will be a Bicentennial salute to American history and will feature a 12-dealer bourse and a competitive exhibition. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 6/3/1976 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Junior Stamp Club will have its third monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the North Asheville Community Center. Included in the program is a stamp auction sale. For more details call Raymond Billy at 252-1210. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/2/1976 | Saturday Schedule for Mountain Jubilee: 11:30 a.m. - Asheville Stamp Club Essay presentation. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/4/1977 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, North Asheville Community Center. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/17/1977 | Club To Meet: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in First Congregational Church 306 Merrimon Avenue. A program on microfilming stamps for inventory records will be presented. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/21/1977 | Club To Meet: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in First Congregational Church on Merrimon Avenue. Dr. Donald Gehring of students at Mars Hill College will speak. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 12/4/1977 | Stamp Club Party - The Asheville Stamp Club will hold its annual Christmas party at 7:30 p.m. Monday at First Congregational Churst at 308 Merrimon Ave. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 12/5/1977 | Stamp Club Party - The Asheville Stamp Club will hold its annual Christmas party at 7:30 p.m. Monday at First Congregational Church at 308 Merrimon Ave. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 12/6/1977 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, North Asheville Community Center. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/2/1978 | Stamp Club Meet Is Scheduled - The Asheville Junior Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the North Asheville Community Center. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/14/1978 | ASHEPEX ’78... Asheville Stamp Club Show Set May 20-21 The Asheville Sump Club, a chartered chapter of the 40.000-plus members global American Philatelic Society, will salute Carl Sandburg throughout its sixth annual ASHEPEX sUmp show and bourse May 20-21. Show site is Asheville's Holiday Inn West. 19-23 and 1-40 Hours are 10 am-8 pm Admission is free. A special cacheted Sandburg cover (stamped envelope) and other commemorations ol the famous author, musician and poet are being provided. The show, increasingly popular among philatelists throughout the country because of its Lindbergh and other commemorative and memorabilia classic collecting covers, has achieved steady national status Early this month. Inquiries seeking the cacheted and sUmped Sandburg covers began arriving trom Illinois. Michigan. New Jersey, the Carolinas and other sutes Last year s show attracted stamp collectors from the Carolinas. Georgia and Tennes- Sandburg, long a familiar notable in the Western North Carolina mountains as well as his native Illinois and across America, spent the last 22 years of his life at his Flat Rock estate. Connemara, near here, and did much of his latter years writing there The estate was acquired by the National Park Service in 1968 and opened to the public in 1974. It hosted 30.250 visitors in 1975. increased to 37,994 in 1976, and soanng to 40.000-plus in 1977. with visitors representing virtually all states National Park Service now estimates visitors at 59.000 in 1980 and 84,000 by 1985 ASHEPEX s official Sandburg cover is a combined unique documentary and philatelic creation It bears, in various back and front positions, a Sandburg portrait and reproduction of his signature, and a dedication In order to make the yield of their research, artistry and production available to Sandburg buffs and stamp collectors throughout the Carolinas and elsewhere, the club has prepared for this year's ASHEPEX a series of Sandburg salute covers which will be obtainable at the show and by mall They are priced at nominal sums to help cover the cost of engraving, printing, purchasing the special Sandburg stamps and other overhead expenses These covers, all franked with the Sandburg stamp, are being made available The official ASHEPEX cover with the show cancel. 60 cents each or two for $1. An Artmaster First Day of (stamp i Issue cover. 60 cents each or two for $1. A picture postal card of Sandburg's birthplace with first day of issue cancel, also 60 cents each or two tor $1. One each of all three covers $1.50. Those who wish to order covers by mail should send with their order a long envelope, suggestively, a No. 10 size, self-addressed and first rate postage stamped, for each order Checks and money orders lor mail orders should be made payable to the Asheville Stamp Club. All mail orders should be sent to ASHEPEX cachet chairman Carl Stephens. 99 Alpine Way. Asheville. NC 28806 in tune to arrive before May 20th. Proceeds remaining alter expenses are paid will be allocated to projects of the club which are highlighted by a large activity among young collectors ol the Asheville area Hans Steinhardt of Hendersonville is president of the club Other officers, all Asheville residents, are Charles Siddaway. vice president. Gary Flalow. treasurer , and Clayton Harmon, secretary. ASHEPEX committee members. also Asheville residents, are Vernon Stroupe. general chairman: Clarence Sumner, frame chairman. Sidaway. bourse chairman; Harmon, publicity chairman; Flatow. exhibition chairman, and Stephens, cadet-covers chairman A SPECIAL ASHEPEX STATION pictorial cancellation in the form of Sandburg's guitar is shown on the souvenir cachet to be on sale during the stamp show. They may also be ordered by mail. 60 cents each or 2 for 11. Asheville Stamp Club, P.O. Box 250. Asheville. NC 28802 |
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| 5/27/1978 | Philatelists - Members of the Asheville Stamp Club would like to thank the Asheville Citizen-Times, the radio stations, WLOS-TV, The Asheville Post Office and all individuals who contributed to the success of ASHEPEX '78 May 20 and 21. The steady stream of visitors throughout both days was evidence they knew about the show. Orders for the special pictorial cancellation was received from practically every state and will, no doubt, become a collector's item. Clayton Harmon, Secretary, Asheville Stamp Club, Asheville | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 9/17/1978 | Stamp Club Meets Monday - An auction will be held at the meeting of the Asheville Stamp Club at 7:30 p.m., Monday, in the Courthouse Annex, College St. The attendance prize will be the souvenir sheet (U.S.) from the International CAPEX Show held in Canada last June. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/21/1978 | Stamp Facts - A recent backtalk letter gave a distorted view of stamp collectors and U.S. postage stamps. Let the facts speak for themselves: 1 - Stamp collecting is the world's biggest hobby - more people participate in this hobby than any other. 2 - It is the accepted method, used by all nations, to publicize history, famous persons and historic sites. 3 - It is one of the largest revenue-producing departments of the U.S. Postal Service. 4 - It is a method used by many educators to teach the history of any nation; a "fun" way of learning. Clayton Harmon, Secretary, Asheville Stamp Club, 61 Wolfe Cove Road, Asheville. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 3/18/1979 | Stamp Club Meet Scheduled Monday - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the First Congregational Church on Merrimon Avenue. New officers of the group are Werner Grether, president; Hans Steinhart, vice president; Marian Simon, secretary; and Ralph Davis, treasurer. | Asheville Citizen Times |