Dynamic Duo Wins Chaloner Trophy

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1 CNCPS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN RN CALIFORNIA PH ILILILATELIC SOCIETIES PO BOX 37, Alamo, CA COUNCIL COURIER VOL 13 No 4 Dynamic Duo Wins Chaloner Trophy (L-R) Past Council Presidents David McNamee and Vesma Grinfelds presenting the Chaloner Trophy to Terri and Harvey Edwards at the Awards Banquet July 25 in Reno. Harvey and Terri Edwards (shown above) were honored with the 2015 Chaloner Memorial Trophy, the Council s highest award given for sustained service to philately in the Council area. Harvey and Terri have been the mainstay of the Greater Reno Stamp & Cover Show for the past 15 years. Harvey serves as the Chair of the Show Committee and Terri handles the Exhibits and Judges for the show. The show was most recently held July at the International Bowling Center Hall of Fame Room in Reno. The Chaloner Trophy consists of a permanent plaque with the recipients names plus small individual engraved mementos. The plaque stays with the recipient until awarded the following year. First awarded to Henry Chaloner in 1951, we are on our fourth plaque to record all the recipients since then. Harvey was recently elected to his third term as Director of the Nevada Stamp Study Society, and Terri has previously served NSSS as President and Treasurer. See more pictures from the show beginning on page 8. Getting the Word Out in the Community Nancy Swan, Bradley Fritts and Larry Crain of the Southern Oregon Philatelic Society put together a joint philatelic display for the Medford, Oregon public library. Way to go, guys! Also: spotted in the Carmel local newspaper, The Carmel Pine Cone for September 4, is a front page feature on stamp collecting written by a staff reporter who does not appear to be a collector. The article gives a nice basic message of the fun in stamp collecting. The end of the article gives the Monterey County Stamp Club meeting time and place: the fourth Thursday each month at St. Ansgar s Luthern Church in Salinas. Free publicity! INSIDE: CNCPS Officers & Committees 2 Council Matters/Pres. Column 3 Around the Council 4-6 Council Shows Report

2 CNCPS Elected Officers and Appointed Positions Contact Information CNCPS PO BOX 37, Alamo, CA [dues, official correspondence] President: Dr. Akthem Al-Manaseer Vice President: Larry Crain Treasurer: Nigel Moriarty Secretary: Robert Pope Immediate Past President: David McNamee Awards Chair: Vesma Grinfelds Council Frames Coordinator: Randy Tuuri Editor, Council Courier: David McNamee Judges Coordinator: David McNamee Speakers Bureau: Kristin Patterson Special Advisor: Vesma Grinfelds Web Master: Ed Bierman MEETINGS in 2015: WESTPEX (April), PENPEX (December 6) Subject to change watch the Council Courier for exact times and places What Does the Council Do? A number of questions arise at this time every year (dues collection time) about what the clubs get for their ten bucks. It is a fair question, because a lot of what the Council does is not visible to everyone or not associated in people s minds with the CNCPS. Perhaps some clues can be seen by the Committees that are part of the Council: The Council Courier and the web site attempt to keep clubs and member societies aware of what is going on in our area (Northern California, Northern Nevada and Southern Oregon). The Council promotes local philately through support for clubs through the Speakers Bureau for club programs, exchange of membership recruiting and retention ideas through the Council Courier, and support for stamp shows through: Publicity Exhibition Judges for local shows Loan of exhibit frames The Chaloner and Holmsten awards are two of the ways that the Council encourages local philately. The Council provides a training ground for future leaders in organized philately on the local, area and national levels. 2

3 Council Matters: No Meeting this past Quarter Election of CNCPS Officers In accordance with our By-Laws, we will hold an election at the last Council Meeting of the year this year at PENPEX on Sunday December 6 at 1 PM. To be elected are: the four officer positions for a four-year term: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. If you have an interest in one of these positions, contact our current President Akthem Al-Manaseer by at akthem@pacbell.net. Declared candidates (so far): President: Larry Crain Vice President: open Secretary: Bob Pope Treasurer: Nigel Moriarty Self-nominations can be made by contacting the President or by showing up at the PENPEX meeting December 6 at 12:30 PM. It is YOUR Council, and we encourage all to participate! New Web Site Launched Ed Bierman of the Sequoia Stamp Club has accepted the position of CNCPS Webmaster, replacing Tim Burgess. A portion of the opening page appears below. Check it out! Sign on at WELCOME The Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies has been instrumental in the development and preservation of philatelic clubs, societies and shows in Northern California since The Council promotes local philately through support for clubs through the Speakers Bureau for club programs, exchange of membership recruiting and retention ideas through the Council Courier, and support for stamp shows through: Publicity Exhibition Judges for local shows Loan of exhibit frames The Chaloner and Holmsten awards are two of the ways that the Council encourages local philately. The Council provides a training ground for future leaders in organized philately on the local, area and national levels. 3 PRESIDENT S COLUMN Fellow Collectors: This is my last quarter serving as the CNCPS President. It was an honor and great opportunity serving this Council and its members for two consecutive terms. Highlights of changes during my term as president included updating the constitution and establishing a process to evaluate new apprentice judges. The written feedback form was introduced to local shows to help exhibitors improve their exhibits. The Council table at WESTPEX was established and is running successfully. We have a new web site, and I look forward to working with the next President and Council. Special appreciation to David McNamee, Vesma Grinfelds and Tim Burgess for their continuous support in many activities that made my job at the Council more easy to perform. I would also like to thank all of our volunteer Judges and individuals for helping at many Council shows and their participation. Please me at akthem@pacbell.net if you have any thoughts or questions that you want me to include at the next Council meeting. Finally, I strongly encourage you to consider serving on the Council board; a few positions are still available. Our elections will be held in Redwood City at PENPEX December 6 at 12:30 PM. Sincerely, Akthem Al-Manaseer, CNCPS President

4 Around the Council: Clubs and Members Keep Your Club Contact Informa- tion Up-to to-date on our Web Site! Gold Country Stamp Club Ed Dimmick, a popular stamp dealer formerly from Walnut Creek and a steady fixture at Council shows, is featured in the April-June 2015 newsletter of the club. Ed has moved to Yuba City recently and joined the Gold Country Stamp Club. Ed was at the Reno show in July (see below) and reports that he is enjoying his new environs. He also opened a store in Yuba City, and many are watching to see if a regular retail store will be successful. We all hope so! Meetings of the Gold Country Stamp Club are 1st and 3rd Thursdays in Grass Valley. Contact President Bob Brenan at rbrenan@earthlink.net for more information. Ed Dimmick at the Greater Reno Stamp & Cover Show Friends of the Western Philatelic Library A recent visit to the WPL found the Library in great shape with much more room to Want YOUR club s news featured? Make certain your newsletter editor sends a copy of the club s newsletter and press releases to the Editor of the Council Courier: David McNamee PO BOX 37 Alamo, CA or by dmcnamee@aol.com 4 study and make notes. Roy Teixeira and Roger Skinner are working with other volunteers to spruce things up and get the premises organized for serious study! The WPL is located in its own building in Redwood City at 3004 Spring Street. If you plan to visit, give them a call at Hours are posted on their web site: There are opportunities to volunteer for a wide variety of tasks give Roger a call. Sequoia Stamp Club The Sequoia Club Stamp Chatter includes a nice article on a Bay Area celebrity, Hideo Yokota. Hideo has become the first philatelic exhibitor to garner Gold Medals from all of the 30+ national stamp shows. SSC has an active meeting program schedule that also includes social activities as well as philatelic ones. President Craig Butterworth invites all to attend a meeting: 7:05 pm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at the Redwood City Community Activities Building at 1400 Roosevelt Road. More details at Redwood Empire Collectors Club Victor Ivashin has built a new Web Site for the RECC. Check it out! Since 1994, RECC has sponsored the annual WINEPEX stamp show in San Rafael, usually the first weekend in October. For information about this year s show October 2-4, 2015, Bill Lenarz at winepexinfo@yahoo.com. It is a fun show with a great awards banquet (hint: WINE pex). In the past, George Shalimoff has played emcee and part-time comedian at the dinner not to be missed.

5 Santa Rosa Stamp Club The Santa Rosa Stamp Club also has a new web site: and the new site is authored by Vic Ivashin, who must be a very busy chap in the North Bay. Meet the members and guests of this active club on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7 PM in Santa Rosa check the Google Maps section on their web site for exact location and directions. Nevada S.S.S. The Nevada Stamp Study Society is celebrating another outstanding stamp show (see the articles on pages 1 and pictures on pp. 7-8). John Walter has been elected President of the Society, and Show Chairman Harvey Edwards is set to take his third term as a Director. Stan Cronwall moves to Past President after 4 terms. Not satisfied to rest on their laurels, the late summer picnic also will include a session on how the Greater Reno Stamp and Cover Show can be improved. Of you are traveling to the Reno-Tahoe area on vacation, the NSSS meets on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 10 AM in Reno. Check with the web site for map and updates: S. F. Pacific Philatelic Society SFPPS has been working its way through the alphabet as a way to focus its members on a show and tell night. August ws the month for the letters V and W which resulted in items from Venezuela, Vatican City, War of 182, and souvenirs of WESTPEX An excellent idea to keep your meetings fresh! The second Tuesday of each month at 7 PM finds this active group welcoming members, guests and interested collectors from around the world to the Community Room at the Richmond Station of the SFPD, 461 6th Ave, SF. Contact Bob Lazzaretto on for more info with this fun group. Humboldt Stamp Collectors Club Wow! The Club News that came out this summer was in full color. Looks great! The newsletter keeps members informed of both coming events as well as what people missed. If you are in Eureka this autumn, the club meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the Senior Resource Center at Do you want YOUR member s pictures featured? Make certain your newsletter editor or publicity chair sends photos to the Editor of the Council Courier: David McNamee PO BOX 37 Alamo, CA or by dmcnamee@aol.com 1910 California Street, Eureka. Doors open at 6:30 PM and the meeting starts promptly at 7:15 PM. If you go, there will likely be some delicious goodies for refreshments, so leave some room after dinner. Sacramento Philatelic Society Robert Pope, the new CNCPS Secretary, doubles as the Exhibits Chair of SACPAEX, coming to the Sacramento Scottish Rite Masonic Center November 7-8. Contact Robert at thepope66@hotmail.com or for more information. Robert is especially looking for exhibits and exhibitors to make this year s SACAPEX the best ever. Give exhibiting a try or at least show up at the show to see what others collect. Application forms and prospectus are available at the SPS web site. SPS is 254 members strong and the envy of clubs throughout the Council. They have an excellent web site with the current issue of their club newsletter for all to see/ Just go to: SACAPEX November 7-9, 2015 Scottish Rite Masonic Center 6151 H Street, Sacramento 5

6 USCS Universal Ship Cancellation Society USS Saginaw Chapter is holding an informal meeting at WINEPEX Saturday October 3 at 12:30 PM. The August-September CoverAge featured the 70th anniversary of the surrender signing at Tokyo Bay ending World War II. Editor Steve Shay shared 17 covers from that momentous period in our history. If you have an interest in ship covers, contact Steve Shay of the local USCS Chapter at shaymur@flash.net for the exact time of the meeting. San Jose Stamp Club The San Jose Club President Brian Jones participated in another community outreach effort by having a booth at the Antique and Appraisal Show sponsored by the Sunnyvale Historical Society and Heritage Museum. He reported that several useful contacts were made. SJSC is reversing the usual trend amongst our clubs: they are adding members each year. Part of that has to be attributed to the outreach efforts of the club take a lesson, you other clubs! East Bay Collectors Club Stewart Chang reports: The East Bay Collectors Club is preparing for its show on October 24 th and 25 th at 1375 Civic Center Drive, Walnut Creek. This show theme will be the celebration of the 70 th Anniversary of the club and show. The Albert R. Muller Memorial Trophy for the best Northern Europe Exhibit will make its debut this show. Fourteen dealers have been signed up and there will be a stamp give away for kids. If you want to help out or need more information, contact Randy Tuuri by to: tuurifam@comcast.net The club normally meets the first and third Thursday of each month. For more information, please access their webpage ebcc.wikispot.org/. 6 Alameda Stamp Club Member Barbara Herbert reports that meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm in Alameda at the Immanuel Lutheran Parish Hall on 1910 Santa Clara Avenue. The change from the first Tuesday of the month to the third Tuesday became effective the first of the year. The Alameda Stamp Club has added a daytime meeting on the third Thursday of the month at the Mastick Senior Center, 1155 Santa Clara Avenue Room D from 10:00 am to noon. Both meetings are readily accessible by AC Transit 51A and O buses. Where is news of Your Club? Cards, Letters and Photos Requested! dmcnamee@aol.com Your Council Courier Editor San Francisco Collectors Club Member Steve Schumann was recently invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelist (RDP) and traveled to England to receive the honor at a black tie dinner. Not to rest on his laurels, Steve recently announced his candidacy for APS Secretary. APS elections will be held in June David McNamee has also declared for a position as APS Director-at-Large, replacing Kristin Patterson, whose term is up in NEXT COUNCIL MEETING: Penpex, Sunday DEC 6, 2015 Redwood 12:30 PM

7 Council Shows Report NOTE: The Council Courier will publish only the highlights of each stamp show. We will not publish the full palmares that information is available on the CNCPS web site: Results for Third Quarter 2015 JULY : GRS&CS, Reno, NV Grand Award: Bradley W. Fritts Guam 1899 to 1945 Silver State Grand Award: Mark Woodward The ½p Machin of Great Britain Congratulations to All Participants! Consider exhibiting it s fun! Council Clubs Web Sites win Vermeil Medals at StampShow Ed Biermann, web site author of the Sequoia Stamp Club/PENPEX Stamp Show (and your Council s new webmaster) was honored with a Vermeil Medal for his efforts. John Walter, web site author of the Nevada Stamp Study Society, also won a Vermeil Medal for his efforts. SHOW SCHEDULE & JUDGES CNCPS Judges Chair David McNamee manages the Exhibition Show Schedule and Assignment of Philatelic Judges for 2015: NOVAPEX FEB 28 MARCH 1, Redding Judges: Len Lukens + TBA FRESPEX MARCH 14-15, Fresno Bourse Only SOPEX APRIL Medford, OR Judges Nick Follansbee, Bob Grosch + Lisa Foster (Apprentice) COALPEX JUNE Walnut Creek Judges Vesma Grinfelds, Nigel Moriarty RENO STAMP SHOW JUL Reno, NV Judges Ed Laveroni, Larry Crain WINEPEX OCTOBER 2-4 San Rafael Judges Tim Bartshe, David McNamee EBCC SHOW OCTOBER Walnut Creek Judges Akthem Al-Manaseer, Henry Marquez SACAPEX NOVEMBER 7-8 Sacramento Judges Bill Barlow, Nestor Nunez PENPEX DECEMBER 5-6 Redwood City Judges Larry Crain + Ed Laveroni Schedule: Fourth Quarter 2015 WINEPEX OCTOBER 2-4 San Rafael EBCC SHOW OCTOBER Walnut Creek SACAPEX NOVEMBER 7-8 Sacramento PENPEX DECEMBER 5-6 Redwood City Contacts and information for these shows can be located through the CNCPS web site: WSP (National) Shows FILATELIC FIESTA NOV

8 Reno Hosted a Terrific Stamp Show! The entrance to the Reno show had people lined up to get in. By all accounts, the crowds enjoyed themselves. (L-R) Council Philatelic Judges Larry Crain and Ed Laveroni judging exhibits at the Greater Reno Stamp & Cover Show, July 25. They obviously like their work! Mark Woodward standing with his exhibit The ½p Machin of Great Britain, , winner of the Silver State Challenge Grand Award and a Gold Medal. Nadiah Beekun showing off her exhibit Nevada Stamp Study and the many Nevada stamps that have been issued Stan Cronwall in front of his exhibit German Third Reich Kinder Kartes. Richard Dreiling pointing out features of his exhibit Reno, Nevada, a study of history told through postcards. 8