The July 10th 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. Directions:  from I-10 Exit 38 (Cowan/Lorraine Rd.), south to Pass Rd., left to 2nd stop light, right onto Ford St.
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Codename:  Operation Overlord

The largest invasion of Europe began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning.

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​The 29 cent stamp U.S. #2838c
1994 29¢ D-Day  World War II – 1944: Road to Victory Series
Issue Date: June 6, 1994,  City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 6,030,000  Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Lithographed and engraved,  Perforations: 10.9
Color: Multicolored

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USPS New Stamp Releases In June 2021

Stamp Name
Release Date
City, State
Mallard (stamped card)
June 1
Fargo, ND
Go For Broke:  Japanese American Soldiers of WWII
June 3
Los Angeles, CA
Emilio Sanchez
June 10
Miami, FL
Sun Science
June 18
Greenbelt, MD
Yogi Berra
June 24
Little Falls, NJ

Mallard (stamped card)  ​The United States Postal Service will issue a new postal card June 1, and what many collectors might not realize is that nearly four years have passed since the last time that happened. The imprinted stamp on the new postal stationery item features the image of a mallard drake made years ago by Dugald Stermer, a prominent illustrator and designer who died in 2011 at age 74. It is the second consecutive U.S. postal card to feature one of Stermer’s lifelike nature illustrations. The last one, which the Mallard Drake postal card presumably will replace in post office stocks, shows a plant, not an animal: Tecophilaea cyanocrocus, also known as the Chilean blue crocus, and occasionally referred to as “azulillo.”

Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII
With this commemorative stamp, the Postal Service recognizes the contributions of Japanese American soldiers, some 33,000 altogether, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. The stamp, printed in the intaglio method, is based on a photograph. “Go for Broke” was the motto of the all-Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team and came to represent all Japanese American units formed during World War II. The stamp was designed by art director Antonio Alcalá.

​A new set of four United States forever stamps pays tribute to Cuban-American artist Emilio Sanchez on June 10, the 100th anniversary of his birth. The nondenominated (55¢) stamps show different paintings described as “architectural works,” each reflecting details of colorful buildings with bold contrasts. U.S. Postal Service art director Antonio Alcala designed the stamp issue, which will be offered in panes of 20. The pane includes a decorative margin on the left side with a black-and-white photograph of Sanchez taken by Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte in June 1993.


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​Sun Science.  ​The U.S. Postal Service illuminates the light and warmth of our nearest star by highlighting these stunning images of the sun on stamps. These 10 images come from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, a spacecraft launched in February 2010 to keep a constant watch on the sun. The stamps were designed by Antonio Alcalá. Each of these photos has been colorized by NASA to correspond with the wavelengths that reveal specific features of the sun’s activity. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #NASASunScience and #SunSciencestamps.

Yogi Berra. "It ain't over till' its over."  The U.S. Postal Service will honor Hall of Famer Yogi Berra with a commemorative Forever stamp. News of the stamp is being shared with hashtags  #YogiBerraStamp  and  #BaseballStamps  and The Honorable Ron A. Bloom, Chairman, U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General and CEO, U.S. Postal Service Bob Costas, Emmy Award-winning sportscaster.  Thursday, June 24, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. EDT.  The First Day of Issue stamp event will be held at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, 8 Yogi Berra Drive, Little Falls, NJ 07424. For more information, visit usps.com/yogiberra. A pictorial postmark of the First Day of Issue location in Little Falls, NJ, is available at usps.com/stamps.
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June Celebrations

National Say Something Nice Day----June 1

National Egg Day----June 3

National Cheese Day----June 4

National Hug Your Cat Day----June 4

National Donut Day----June 5

D-Day----June 6

Jefferson Davis' Birthday----June 7

National Donald Duck Day----June 9

National Iced Tea Day----June 10

Flag Day----June 14

National Fudge Day----June 16

International Sushi Day----June 18

Father's Day----June 20

American Eagle Day----June 20

Summer Solstice----June 21

National Take Your Cat To Work Day----June 22

Battle Of The Little Bighorn----June 25

Take Your Dog To Work Day----June 25

Korean War----June 25

Hug Holiday----June 29
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