GULFPEX 2021

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The May 1st meeting of GCSC will take place at Mercy Housing, 1135 Ford St., Gulfport.  The Board Meeting will be at 1:30 pm with a 2:00 pm member meeting.  Mask and social distancing will be in effect.  Directions:  from I-10 Exit 38 (Cowan/Lorraine Rd.), south to Pass Rd., left to 2nd stop light, right onto Ford St.  This is our last meeting for plans on the GULFPEX 2021 show.

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Highway/bridge closure affecting traffic for GULFPEX 2021. click here to look at available traffic routes.

​GCSC Members should sign up to help with Registration and/ or Club Sales.  Go here to verify dates and times you can help.  Then email Gordon at gulfcoaststampclub@gmail.com with your choice.  

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Try saying Happy Easter in a different language.

​Albanian                           Gezuar Pashket
Basque                              Aste Santu zoriontsua
Belarusian                        З вялік днём
Bosnian                             Sretan uskrs
Bulgarian                          Честит Великден
Catalan                              Feliç Pasqua
Corsican                            Felice Pasqua
Croatian                            Sretan Uskrs
Czech                                 Veselé Velikonoce
Danish                               God påske
Dutch                                 Gelukkig Pasen
Estonian                            Häid lihavõtteid
Finnish                              Hyvää pääsiäistä
French                               Joyeuses Pâques
Frisian                               Fleurich Peaske
Galician                            Feliz Pascua
German                            Frohe Ostern
Greek                               Καλό Πάσχα [Kaló Páscha]
Hungarian                      Kellemes Húsvéti Ünnepeket
Icelandic                         Gleðilega páska
Irish                                  Beannachtaí na Cásca
Italian                              Buona Pasqua
Latvian                            Priecīgas Lieldienas
Lithuanian                      Linksmų Velykų
Luxembourgish            Frou Ouschteren
Macedonian                  Среќен Велигден
Maltese                          L-Għid it-Tajjeb
Norwegian                    God påske
Polish                             Wesołych Świąt Wielkanocnych
Portuguese                   Feliz Páscoa
Romanian                     Paste Fericit
Russian                         Счастливой Пасхи [Schastlivoy Paskhi]
Scots Gaelic                 Càisge Shona
Serbian                         Срећан Ускрс [Srechan Uskrs]
Slovak                           Šťastnú Veľkú noc
Slovenian                     Vesele velikonočne praznike
Spanish                         Felices Pascuas
Swedish                        Glad påsk
Tatar                              Пасха мөбарәк булсын
Ukrainian                     Щасливого Великодня [Shchaslyvoho Velykodnya]
Welsh                             Pasg Hapus
Yiddish                           מזל יסטער
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The Story Of Passover

Passover is observed for seven days in Israel and eight days in the Diaspora. The main event of the Passover holiday is the seder (literally, “order”), a festive meal in which the haggadah (the book of Exodus and related writings) is recited in a set order. During the entire duration of the holiday, it is forbidden to eat leavened food products (such as bread, pasta, etc.). The reason for this is that Jewish tradition states that in their haste to escape from Egypt the Jews did not have enough time to wait for bread to rise.  ​Instead, they ate matzah, unleavened bread.  ​ Part of the Passover seder includes hiding the afikoman (half of a matzah that is kept between two other matzahs during the seder and later hidden). Children search for the afikoman and usually receive a prize for finding it.

To all our collectors
Happy Easter, and Chag Pesach kasher vesame'ach!

For many Jews, the process of preparing for Passover involves cleaning every corner of the home and removing all leavened products, known as chametz. Some Jews practice biur chametz (burning chametz). Others keep all the chametz in a separate area of the house where it won’t be seen, and symbolically sell the chametz. This can be done through a local synagogue, and chametz is usually sold for a nominal amount of money (often a few coins). Many Jews have special Passover dishes that are only used once a year during the holiday.