The Gulf Coast Stamp Club will meet in the St. Martin Library meeting room on August 3. A Board meeting is scheduled for 1 pm followed by the General Club meeting at 2 pm. Click here for a map. Dr. John Barrett will lecture on the 1856 Austrian newspaper stamp Red Mercury. The Red Mercury is the rarest of Austrian newspaper stamps. We did meet for a Board meeting but had no General Club meeting because of the storm. Meeting lectures by GCSC members have been pushed back by one month. Click here for new schedule.
First Moon Landing
Issue Date: July 19 Place of Issue: Cape Canaveral, Florida Format: Two designs Printer: Banknote Corporation of America Denomination: 55¢, forever stamps 
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Frogs Issue
Date: July 9 Place of Issue: TBA Format: Four designs in a booklet of 20 stamps, self-adhesive Printer: Banknote Corporation of America Denomination: 55¢, forever stamps 
State and County Fairs
Issue Date: July 25 Place of Issue: TBA Format: Four se-tenant stamps, self-adhesive Denomination: 55¢, forever stamps |
July Circuit
- Great Britain Pre QEII – All Official Stamps
- Great Britain
- Australian States
- USA Back of Book – Officials and used C2 (2) & C6
- USA Mint Never Hinged
- USA
- World Wide Airmail
- World Wide Airmail
- USA Back of Book
- US Mint
- Australian States
- Airmail and Aviation
- British North American
- Italian Colonies
- Italian Colonies
- USA Coils and PNC strips of 5
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The club mailing address is:
Gulf Coast Stamp Club Box 3906 Gulfport, MS 39505 The email address for the club is: gulfcoaststampclub@gmail.com |
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"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
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The Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, and all amendments can be read at leisure by following this link. |
- Does the Constitution give the federal government any power in the field of education?
- Where in the Constitution is there authorization for foreign aid?
- How many amendments to the Constitution are there?
- Does the Constitution say anything about illegal immigration?
- How many times is the word democracy mentioned in the Constitution?
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Now would be a good time to take a quiz on the U. S. Constitution. Follow this link to take two different quizzes.
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Important July Events
For decades, American citizens had celebrated their independence on July 4th. However, it wasn’t until June 28, 1870, that the U.S. government made Independence Day a federal holiday. That made that year’s Fourth of July the first one that was celebrated as a federal holiday.
1776 : The United States Declaration of Independence - Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson is adopted by the Continental Congress and signed by 56 delegates to the Continental Congress from the Thirteen British colonies established on the Atlantic coast of North America between 1607 and 1733.
1802 : West Point Military Academy is in Orange County, New York. Originally the United States Military Academy was the U.S. Corps of Engineers training school, but was made the U.S.M.A. by Congress on March 16th, 1802. It was officially opened as such on July 4th, 1802.
1959 : A 49th star is added to the American flag to represent the new state of Alaska.
1960 : A 50th star is added to the American flag to represent the new state of Hawaii.
1976 : The 200th birthday Bicentennial celebrations of the United States independence from British rule.
July 1-3, 1863 – The Battle of Gettysburg was fought at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between the Union and Confederate armies during the American Civil War. Read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The three-day Battle of Gettysburg claimed the lives of more than 50,000 men, making it the deadliest battle of the Civil War. Fortunately, the carnage ended on July 3, 1863. That was when General Robert E. Lee ordered the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble assault, commonly referred to as Pickett’s Charge. The attack cost him thousands of casualties and the general was forced to withdraw his battered army on July 4th. According to the Library of Congress, the battle is largely considered the turning point of the war; the Confederate forces never fully recovered.
July 1, 1971 – The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified giving 18-year-olds the right to vote.
July 2, 1881 – The 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield, was shot by Charles Guiteau in Washington, DC. The President passed away on September 9, 1881.
July 2, 1937 - Amelia Earhart went missing in the Pacific Ocean during her attempt to fly around the world.
July 2, 1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law extending voting rights and outlawing racial segregation.
July 4, 1826 - Thomas Jefferson and John Adams—the 2nd and 3rd presidents died on the Fourth of July.
July 1831: “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” is performed for the first time.Theology student Samuel Francic Smith wrote the lyrics to “America” (as the song was first named) in 1831 at the request of his friend, church-music composer Lowell Mason. The song was first performed by a children’s choir at an Independence Day celebration that year at Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts.
July 4, 1845 - Before Texas became a member of the United States, it was its own country: the Republic of Texas. (And before that, it had been claimed by Spain, France, and Mexico.) But in 1845, things began to change, and on July 4th of that year, the Texas Congress passed an ordinance agreeing to an annexation offer from the Union.
1802 : West Point Military Academy is in Orange County, New York. Originally the United States Military Academy was the U.S. Corps of Engineers training school, but was made the U.S.M.A. by Congress on March 16th, 1802. It was officially opened as such on July 4th, 1802.
1959 : A 49th star is added to the American flag to represent the new state of Alaska.
1960 : A 50th star is added to the American flag to represent the new state of Hawaii.
1976 : The 200th birthday Bicentennial celebrations of the United States independence from British rule.
July 1-3, 1863 – The Battle of Gettysburg was fought at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between the Union and Confederate armies during the American Civil War. Read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The three-day Battle of Gettysburg claimed the lives of more than 50,000 men, making it the deadliest battle of the Civil War. Fortunately, the carnage ended on July 3, 1863. That was when General Robert E. Lee ordered the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble assault, commonly referred to as Pickett’s Charge. The attack cost him thousands of casualties and the general was forced to withdraw his battered army on July 4th. According to the Library of Congress, the battle is largely considered the turning point of the war; the Confederate forces never fully recovered.
July 1, 1971 – The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified giving 18-year-olds the right to vote.
July 2, 1881 – The 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield, was shot by Charles Guiteau in Washington, DC. The President passed away on September 9, 1881.
July 2, 1937 - Amelia Earhart went missing in the Pacific Ocean during her attempt to fly around the world.
July 2, 1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law extending voting rights and outlawing racial segregation.
July 4, 1826 - Thomas Jefferson and John Adams—the 2nd and 3rd presidents died on the Fourth of July.
July 1831: “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” is performed for the first time.Theology student Samuel Francic Smith wrote the lyrics to “America” (as the song was first named) in 1831 at the request of his friend, church-music composer Lowell Mason. The song was first performed by a children’s choir at an Independence Day celebration that year at Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts.
July 4, 1845 - Before Texas became a member of the United States, it was its own country: the Republic of Texas. (And before that, it had been claimed by Spain, France, and Mexico.) But in 1845, things began to change, and on July 4th of that year, the Texas Congress passed an ordinance agreeing to an annexation offer from the Union.
There are additional facts about the derivation of our U. S. Constitution. You can find them by clicking on this link.
