Houston Philatelic Society
2008 Program Schedule
All Meetings start at 7:30 PM and usually end around 9:00 PM. We meet on the First and Third Mondays of each month in the "Emerald Room".
Central Presbyterian Church, 3788 Richmond Avenue, Houston, TX 77046
Date | Program | Comments |
Jan 7 | New Year’s Day | NO MEETING TODAY! Enjoy the BCS Championship Football game at home with your fellow Stamp Collectors! |
Jan 21 | Club Auction | Bring up to five items to be sold in the Club Floor Auction! If you’re a buyer, then bring a load of cash! Bid early and often! |
Feb 4 | APS Slide Show | Confederate Stamps and Postal History. |
Feb 18 | Quiz Night | Our Infamous Quiz Night is always a lot of fun. There is no way for you to study in advance for these things, there is always a surprise! |
March 3 | Colored Cancels | A presentation of postal history when black was not the only color used to cancel stamps on cover! Come see some of the other ways stamps were cancelled. |
March 17 | Tanu Tuva | So where is Tanu Tuva? Come find out and learn something about the stamps from this exotic location. |
April 7 | AUCTION NIGHT! | Bring up to five items to be sold in the Club Floor Auction! If you’re a buyer, then bring a load of cash! Bid early and often! |
April 21 | Leonardo Da Vinci | A great artist and sculptor -- and his work makes beautiful stamps! Come learn some things about this Italian master and see some of the stamps with his paintings. |
May 5 | Newark, Ohio Postal History | Emphasis on the stampless period and early use of postage stamps from this small, but historically important town in Ohio. |
May 19 | Pan Am Airlines | Pan American Airlines, the historic flights, interesting postal history, and rare covers to exotic destinations. Don't miss this presentation! |
June 2 | Stamps on the Internet | There is more than just eBay! We will be discussing other websites to help you with your stamp collecting hobby. |
June 16 | Postal Stationery | Slide show on a postal stationery topic. Long ignored, postal stationery is now becoming more popular. Come and learn about this phase of postal history. |
July 7 | AUCTION NIGHT! | Bring up to five items to be sold in the Club Floor Auction! If you’re a buyer, then bring a load of cash! Bid early and often! |
July 21 | New York City Domestic Cancels | Early New York City hand cancels offer an almost infinite variety of types, usages, and sizes. Come see some great examples at this presentation. |
August 4 | Postal Cards of Denmark | Very colorful with interesting cancels and usages, the Danish Postal Cards have been a European favorite of postal history collectors. |
August18 | EVERYBODY A DEALER NIGHT! | Bring your extra stamps, covers, albums, collections, literature and any other philatelic stuff' to sell. This is your night! |
Sept 1 | Quiz Night | Our Infamous Quiz Night is always a lot of fun. There is no way for you to study in advance for these things, there is always a surprise! |
Sept 15 | Special Guest Speaker: David McNamee from California | Van Diemen's Land, Pre-Adhesive Postal Markings 1822-1853. Includes selections from his Gold Medal winning exhibit. |
Sept 19-21 | Greater Houston Stamp Show in Humble, Texas | See details on this website. |
Oct 6 | Stamp Show Wrapup | We'll just be back from the Greater Houston Stamp Show. Time to wrap things up and report out on the show. |
Oct 20 | AUCTION NIGHT! | Bring up to five items to be sold in the Club Floor Auction! If you’re a buyer, then bring a load of cash! Bid early and often! |
Nov 3 | Siderographer Marks | So... exactly what are all those letters on the shelvage of stamps sheets? What do they mean? Come and find out! |
Nov 17 | Elections, planning for 2009 and Christmas Party | The year is almost over! We will be planning our programs for 2009 and our annual Christmas Party. |
Dec 1 | Christmas Party | Our annual Christmas Party. Pot-Luck. Enjoy the holiday with your fellow philatelists. |