GREEN BAY PHILATELIC SOCIETY 2016 Baltic Terrace, Green Bay, WI 54311 President: Darryl Ruprecht 468-6348 Vol. 33 No. 4 April, 2013 Vice President: Dave Burrows 468-7566 Secretary: Ray Perry 469-8925 Editor: Ray Perry 469-8925 Treasurer: Kirk Becker 680-1063 Publisher: Darryl Ruprecht 468-6348 APRIL MEETING – Spring is Here WHERE: BROWN COUNTY SENIOR CENTER WHEN: April 18, 2013 (third Thursday of every month) TIME: Open 7:00 pm, Business Meeting 7:30 pm PROGRAM: Show & Tell and Silent Auction Reminder: We need volunteer members to pick up a key from the Senior Center by 4:00 pm on the day of the meeting. April’s volunteer is Dave Burrows. Winter Months Reminder: In the event of adverse weather the meeting will be canceled if the Green Bay Public Schools are canceled.

March Meeting Baypex ’13 Update: The show went very well with President, Darryl Ruprecht, called the meeting to good attendance. The dealers report that they had a and members took turns introducing reasonably good show, not as good as last year, but themselves and stating what their collecting still okay. Thanks to all the folks that helped out preferences are. with set up, take down, moving dealers in and out, making a lunch run for dealers, staffing the junior Old Business: table, and organizing the exhibits.

Juniors: the February 23 Junior meeting was a bit New Business: of a disappointment with very few attendees. It was reported that Clete Delvaux actually collared Trades or Purchases Anyone: Ray mentioned that someone and got them to participate. Way to go he had been contacted by an individual from Clete, maybe this young person will become a Maryland that had an interest in super bowl related lifelong collector. material and wondered if anyone in our club has any such material they would like to part with either Baypex ’13: Ray Perry announced that due to a through a trade or sale. If you are interested, please family emergency Bob Voss would not be attending contact Ray for the individual’s name and address. Baypex this year, however Bob found a pinch hitter to take his table. Riverbank Treasures (Jerry March Program: the March program was basically Wellser and Susan Zak) from the Madison area will finalizing plans for Baypex. In addition there was a take the table. Chuck Sanders volunteered to make a silent auction with many interesting materials. lunch run for the dealers. There were volunteers to Thanks to all the members that take the time to put help set up on Friday afternoon, to move dealers in together these lots for the auction. and out Saturday, and to help take down the tables and chairs on Saturday. We have folks that will put April Program the exhibits together. Refreshment table is all set, The April program will be in several parts. advertising is taking place, all we need now is lots of First, and it should be noted that this was not collectors at the show. brought up at the meeting, is nomination of candidates for officer. Each one of our offices is up for election – President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The vice-president is Artcraft First Day of Issue with both stamps on responsible for pulling together a nominating the cover. These are all pictured below. committee and cajoling, coercing, bribing, begging, or maybe just asking club members to run for an office. This slate of officers is then presented to the club at the April meeting. Nominations are then opened to the floor. Once all the nominations are in they will be published in the May newsletter. Elections will take place at the May meeting. Please give some serious Scott # 1131 Scott # 387 thought to accepting a nomination should you be asked either this year or in the future. It is important that we all take a turn at the leadership of the club. New officers mean new ideas and help keep the club vibrant.

The second part of the program will be “Show and Tell”. So how does Show and Tell work? Well, it is an opportunity to show off your new acquisitions. Did you acquire a philatelic treasure at Baypex ’13, or maybe in an auction, on line, or from a fellow club member? Any First Day Cover little treasure you obtained recently. Well, bring it or them along to the April meeting. Be Of course this issue would not be complete prepared to describe your item(s) briefly (less without Scott # 387a (inverted text). I than five minutes). Please have your prize looked hard, but did not see one of these at mounted or otherwise protected so that it can be Baypex, maybe the next show I attend . At passed around safely. any rate, this seemed like an area that wasn’t too expansive, so I started collecting U.S. joint The third part of the program will be a silent issues. One of my favorites is the U.S. and auction. For all those bringing lots for the Ireland joint issue commemorating James auction, please continue to do so. Hoban, an Irish architect. He is best known for designing the . He was born in Ray’s Ramblings about 1758 and died on December 8, 1831. He In last month’s newsletter I gave a little bit of immigrated to the following the history about how I got started collecting American Revolutionary War in 1785. He stamps. When I first started I had dreams of settled in Philadelphia and later moved to South collecting all the world’s stamps as probably Carolina. President Washington admired his many of you did too. Somewhere along the work and asked him to return to the temporary way, I got some sage advice to limit my national capitol (Philadelphia) in 1791. In 1792 collection to something that I really enjoyed and he was awarded the task of designing the White that was how I got started collecting stamps House. Other buildings he worked on include from the . I did pretty good at Charleston County Courthouse in South limiting my collecting interests to U.S., Canada, Carolina, Georgetown University in the Netherlands, and the world before 1950 for Washington, and St. Patrick’s Parish. One of some time. Then I noticed the U.S. joint issues the things that interested me about the Hoban and thought – wow, that’s kind of neat. The issue is that shortly after this stamp was issued first U.S. joint issue that I am aware of was with in the U.S., the first class rate was increased Canada and commemorated the opening of the from 18 cents to 20 cents. So, in the U.S. a St. Lawrence Seaway. Both stamps were issued second Hoban stamp was issued with a 20 cents on June 26, 1959 and are pictured along with an value to cover the new rate. Shown on pg. 3 are the two U.S. stamps, the Irish stamp, and a These stamps were issued on September 2, 1983 Navy cover showing the 18 cent stamp with two on the bicentennial anniversary of the signing of 1 cent stamps to make up the rate increase. the Treaty of .

Most of the joint issues were either regular issue or airmail stamps, however there is one that is a postal card. It was issued with on May 24, 1986 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of Francis Vigo. Vigo was born in Italy in 1747. He served with the Spanish in Scott # 1934 Scott # 1935 New Orleans. In 1772 he established a fur trading business in St. Louis. During the Revolutionary War he aided the U.S. in the northwest. He became the largest financier of the war in the northwest. After the war he started a fur trading business in Vincennes, IN. He died March 22, 1836 in Vincennes. Shown below are both the U.S. and Italian postal cards. Scott # 504

Scott # 1934 with 2 Scott # 1581s to make up the new 20 cent rate UX 111

So far we have looked at two joint issues with similar designs. Several of the joint issues had very different designs, but were still issued on the same date and commemorated the same person/event. One such example is the joint issue with issued to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 ending the Revolutionary War and making the United States a free and independent nation. The two stamps are shown below.

UX 111v

There have been a number of U.S. joint issues, but none are real expensive. So far I am aware of 39 different U.S. joint issues. These have Scott # 2052 Scott # 1899 been issued with twenty different countries. There is a tie for the most at five each between Canada and . Following Canada and The stamps pictured below are the joint issue Sweden is Italy with four, and then , between the U.S. and issued about 5 years , Ireland, and France each with three joint later to commemorate the addition of Palau to the issues. There are twelve countries with only 1 COFA. joint issue with the U.S. They commemorate a large variety of events and people.

Two of the U.S. joint issues were issued simultaneously with more than one country. The first of these was issued with the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Scott # 2999 Scott # 377 . These stamps were issued on September 28, 1990 to commemorate the The other joint issue with multiple countries was the Compact of Free Association (COFA). The Columbian reprints issued with Italy, , and COFA was adapted by Congress in 1986 and . defines the relationship that each of three If desired this topic can be expanded to include joint sovereign nations have with the U.S. Those issues between countries other than the U.S. So far I nations are Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, have managed to limit my collection to just U.S. and the Republic of Palau. Palau entered into joint issues. the association later (1994) and a joint issue with Palau was issued in 1995. Pictures of the Stamp Shows joint issue stamps between the U.S. and (See Across the Fence Post for more details) Micronesia and the Marshall Islands are shown April 27 Outapex ’13. VFW Ja;;. 501 Richmond St., Appleton, WI, 10-4 below. June 22-23 Tri-pex Stamp Fair, St. Aloysius Gonzaga Hall, 1435 South 92nd St., West Allis, WI

Schedule of Events Shown below is the program schedule for the current year:

April Show and Tell, Silent Auction

May Election of Officers, Silent Auction

Scott # 2506 Scott # 2507 June Joint Meeting with Appleton in Green Bay, Silent Auction (no business meeting)

July Silent Auction (no business meeting)

August Silent Auction (no business meeting) Sc # 124 Sc # 125 Sc # 126 Sc # 381