MEMBER RECOGNITION
The officers and directors of the Gulf Coast Stamp Club express their appreciation to member Felix Perez- Folch, Jr. for his steadfast contributions to our club. Felix's hard work on integrating the many rewards of club activity with the American Topical Associations programs have kept our club active within that organization. He is notably a member that is "early to rise and last to leave". It is members like Felix that have literally kept our heads above water during this pandemic.
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GCSC Christmas PartyOur Christmas party will be at the Mercy Housing facility in Gulfport on Saturday, Dec. 4th. It will begin at 1:30 pm and go 'till we run out of goodies.
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Gulf Coast Stamp Club
GULFPEX 2022
Stamp & Post Card Show
Friday, April 8th, 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday, April 9th, 10 am - 4 pm
Sponsor: Gulf Coast Stamp Club
Location: St. Martin Community Center
5008 LeMoyne Blvd.,
I-10 Exit 50
Open To The Public
Free Admission And Parking
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Construction work scheduled for the St. Martin Library meeting has caused our meeting place to move. The meetings for November 6th, December 4th, |
January 8th, 2022 and February 5th, 2022 have been moved to the Mercy Housing facilities. Please click on "map" to see a map to these facilities in Gulfport.
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Thanksgiving Day in the United States is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November each year.
Traditionally it is a time to give thanks for all the sacrifice and hard work done for the harvest. In modern times people take time off work (4 day weekend starting Thursday) and spend time with family and friends over a large feast held on Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving in the early days of the United States was celebrated on a variety of dates and eventually Abraham Lincoln in 1863 with help from Sarah Josepha Hale decided Thanksgiving should be on the final Thursday in November. Later, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the day into law making the day officially celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
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If you already feel like your mail is taking longer to deliver, you may be in for a bumpy ride with the new delivery changes. |
The new service standards for first-class mail and packages, which started Oct. 1, lengthen the delivery time for about 30% of its volume. That means that letters, parcels and magazine subscriptions traveling longer distances could take up to five days to arrive, instead of two or three days. There was a price increase in August and the Postal Service just temporarily increased the cost to ship a parcel during the holiday season. The current changes are part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's 10-year Delivering for America plan to overhaul the agency and try to tackle its massive debt. Besides lengthening mail timetables and raising rates, DeJoy's plan, which has generated controversy, also reduces post office hours.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/snail-mail-blues-what-do-new-usps-slowdowns-and-price-hikes-mean-for-you/
Honoring Our Veterans in Postage
Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans, who are people who have served in the United States Armed Forces (that were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable). It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.
Upcoming Stamp Shows/Events
