The PHILATELIC REVIEW Volunteers Are Always Needed

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The PHILATELIC REVIEW Of The Federated Philatelic Clubs of Southern California And Federation Reporter December 2005

SESCAL corner Federation to vote on change Volunteers to bylaws regarding officers are always By Bill O’Connor any member in good standing of needed President, FPCSC any member club at the time of At the Oct. 8 meeting of the nomination.” SESCAL was a great Federation in Los Angeles, a com- There is no mention in the by- success this year. We had mittee was formed to draft a re- laws of the president of our organi- our new auctioneer, Re- vised section of the bylaws of the zation. The assumption was that all gency Superior. This is a FPCSC. This was done so that future presidents were to come fine company to work with. more members could run for the from the ranks of the vice- The show hosted The various elected positions. president and president-elect. That Eire Philatelic Society and A three-member committee — will not happen this time. the American Society of Dick Willing, former president of The proposal of the committee Polar Philately. Both or- the Federation; Jim McGuigan, is to change the above section to ganizations had a very good president of the Poway Stamp read as follows: turnout. Club; and Bill O’Connor, current “Qualifications. The President, Many people do not re- president of the Federation — was President-Elect, Vice-President, alize that SESCAL has on- established. Secretary and Treasurer must be in going bills through the The section of the bylaws, Arti- good standing of any member club, year. It is necessary to store cle III, Section B, presently reads: have served a full term as members the frames in six boxes, “Qualifications. The President- of the board of the Federation, which takes several hun- Elect and Vice-President must President of their respective clubs, dred dollars a quarter. We have served a full term as Presi- elected to a position in their re- are also saving money to dent of one of the member clubs spective clubs, or nominated by replace all six storage and must be members of the board their respective club for any posi- boxes. The boxes we have at the time of nomination. The (Continued on page 2) are well over 15 years old Secretary and Treasurer may be and must be replaced. We only hope we will have the Federation to meet at SANDICAL money saved to obtain re- placement of the frames. It is a problem, but our The Federation will meet at SANDICAL at 2p.m., Satur- frames were replaced from day, Jan. 28. A key item of business will be a proposal to amend the the international show in bylaws concerning officers’ qualifications (see story above). For de- San Francisco 1996. tails on SANDICAL, see the story on page 2. We are looking for vol- — William O’Connor, unteers for the SESCAL (760) 723-7372, (Continued on page 3) [email protected] Page 2 The Philatelic Review September 2005

About us The Philatelic Review More on bylaws proposal ... is published three times a year by The Federated (Continued from page 1) vote at this meeting will determine Philatelic Clubs of tions of leadership in the Federation. the fate of this proposal. Southern California. The term of office is considered to be The vote for this change will oc- The SESCAL Web site, which also includes two years unless otherwise indi- cur at the next Federation meeting information about the cated.” during SANDICAL, Saturday, Jan. Federation and a list of It is hoped this will allow former 28, at 2 p.m. Please plan to have your member clubs, is at presidents and elected officials of the representative present to vote. www.sescal.org various clubs to participate. In addi- For any additional questions or News about Federation or club events and other tion, if a club wishes to formally comments, please contact me by e- articles should be sent to nominate a person to any position in mail at [email protected], by phone the editor, John Weigle, at the Federation, that will be permit- at 760-723-7372, or by mail at 3803 P.O. Box 6536, Ventura, ted. Remember, the Federation exists Foxglove Lane, Fallbrook, CA CA 93006-6536 or, by e- for all member clubs, and your par- 92028. mail, to [email protected] ticipation is vital. A representative of Dick Willing, Jim McGuigan and the various clubs must be present to Bill O’Connor thank your for your Officers: vote at the next meeting. A majority consideration on this matter.

President William O’Connor SANDICAL comes to San Diego in January Fallbrook, Calif. (760) 723-7372 SANDICAL 2006 will celebrate [email protected] the 150th anniversary of the first is- At a glance … President elect sues of Sweden, Norway and Finland WHAT: SANDICAL, . WHEN: Vacant Jan. 27-29 (for show details, see the Friday, Jan. 27, to Sunday, Jan. 29. Vice President box in column 2). WHERE: Al Bahr Shrine Center, 5440 Jerome Kasper The show expects to have 35 deal- Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego. To reach Los Angeles, Calif. ers, the U.S. and Mexican post of- Al Bahr Shrine Center by car, take Route (310) 474-4771 163 to Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Go [email protected] fices, 200 frames of exhibits, free west to the first stop light. Turn North on stamps For beginning collectors and Kearny Mesa Road. Look on the left for a Secretary youth, appraisals and more. Charlotte Gulsby small Al Bahr Temple sign at the right side Huntington Beach, Calif. In addition to the Federation meet- of the Hampton Inn. (714) 960-5272 ing, the following groups have sched- HOURS: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and [email protected] uled meetings at the show: Saturday, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. ADMISSION: Free admission, parking. Treasurer National meeting: Scandinavian FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION: Waltraud Helms Collectors Club. Check the SANDICAL Web site at http:// Norwalk, Calif. Regional Meetings: U.S. Philatelic (562) 868-7304 www.sandical.org/. Classics Society meeting of Chapter Immediate past president Number 2, Canal Zone Study Group, grilled swordfish, vegetables, salad, Jerry Harwood MEPSI, and Military Postal History breads, desserts, coffee or tea. Reser- Oxnard, Calif. (805) 644-4022 Society. vations are required, and tickets are The awards banquet will be Satur- $42 per person, including dinner, tax, SESCAL chairman day, Jan. 28, at The Butcher Shop, and gratuity. Wallace A. Craig Fullerton, Calif. 5255 Kearny Villa Road, San Diego, Reservations may be made by [email protected] telephone: 858-565-2272. A no-host calling call Norm Magneson at 619- cocktail hour starts at 7 p.m. with din- 222-4757 or Jerry Santangelo at 619- ner at 8 p.m. The menu is prime rib or 463-8336. September 2005 The Philatelic Review Page 3 Block of inverted Jenny traded for Z Grill Two major U.S. rarities, a mark in the history of stamp col- national treasure. plate block of the Inverted Jenny lecting. “The plate block of 24¢ Jenny airmail stamp and the 1868 “Mystic traded its 1868 1¢ Z Invert Errors that Mystic traded 1-cent Z grill stamp, have been Grill for the only 1918 24¢ Jenny the 1¢ Z Grill for recently made traded. Inverted Error Plate Block in ex- headlines around the world when The new owner of the Inverted istence. With a combined value it sold at auction for $2,970,000. Jenny block is Don Sundman of of $6 million, these stamps may It too is a one-of-a-kind treasure. Mystic Stamp Co., and the new be the most valuable objects in Unfortunately, stamp collectors owner of the Z Grill stamp is the world in terms of weight. To haven’t been allowed to see the Bill Gross, who is reported to put it simply, the Jenny Invert stamp since Interphil ’76. Now now have the only complete col- Plate Block is America’s greatest that Mystic owns the Jenny Invert lection of 19th century U.S. stamp rarity. Only one exists! Plate Block, we’ll be exhibiting it stamps. “Mystic acquired America’s at major stamp shows. And I Sundman posted the following rarest postage stamp, the 1¢ Z hope that means you’ll get the letter on the Mystic Web site at Grill, at auction in October 1998. chance to America’s greatest http://www.mysticstamp.com/ As President of Mystic, I paid a stamp rarity. jenny.asp: record price for this rarity — “Sincerely, “Hi, I’m Don Sundman, stamp $935,000. And that’s because I “Donald Sundman collector and president of Mystic thought the stamp was worth “President, Mystic Stamp Stamp Company. Today I’d like much more! Only two of these Company” to share some exciting news. stamps exist … and one is a per- An article on the Virtual “As youths, many stamp col- manent part of the New York Stamp Club Web site (http:// lectors make trades to improve Public Library’s collection. www.virtualstampclub.com/ their collections. However, Mys- While Mystic owned the 1¢ Z stamp_trade.html) quoted Gross tic Stamp Company’s recent Grill it was featured at many im- as saying that he needed the Z trade — a one-to-one exchange portant stamp shows, and the Grill, which also is shown on the of two of the world’s greatest stamp-collecting public was new American Philatelic Society philatelic rarities — is a land- given many chances to view this (Continued on page 4)