March 2020 Romania Releases Purr-Fect Cats
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WILKINSBURG STAMP CLUB NEWS Volume 18 Issue 8 Wilkinsburg Stamp Club is a member of APS #12293 March 2020 Romania Releases Purr-fect Cats stamps, mini-sheet of 5 stamps + 1 label and bloc of 6 imperforat- ed stamps. Cats pictured include the British Shorthair, Persian, Siamese, Ben- gal, Sphinx Size: 33 x 48 mm Colors: Multicolor Format: Stamp Emission: Commemorative Printing: Offset lithography Philately - is the Issued in both panes of 32 and in study of stamps and mini-sheets of five with decora- postal history and oth- tive margin and label. er related items. It also refers to the collecting, research, and enjoyment, of Pawsome News! Romania Releases...Cats! Rom- stamps and other phil- filatelia introduces into circula- atelic products. tion the postage stamps issue "Cats." “Cats" were issued on Friday, Contact Information; February 7, 2020, and are availa- We are updating our records. ble online on Romfilatelia. If you received a postcard, please fill it out and return it as The issue is completed by two soon as possible. first day covers, and as page composition in sheet of 32 Thank you! Inside this issue: Notable People on Stamps: St Patrick Club News 2 were Calpurnius and Conchessa, traveling to France where he were Romans living in Britain in became a priest and later a bish- Trips 2 charge of the colonies. op. Club contact info. 2 His real name is believed to be Patrick was called to return to Maewyn Succat and he took on Ireland. He traveled throughout Meeting Dates 2 the name Patrick upon becoming Ireland, preaching the Gospel a priest. and converting many. Patrick Tax Time Mailing Tips 2 As a teen he was kidnapped by preached and converted all over pirates and sold into slavery in Ireland for 40 years. The date Upcoming Saint Patrick is the patron saint 3 Ireland to herd and tend sheep on cited for when Ireland was con- Stamp Shows of Ireland. He was a Christian missionary given credited with Slemish mountain, Co Antrim. verted to Christianity is 432. WILKPEX 3 converting Ireland to Christianity During his six-year captivity, he It is believed he died on 17 in the AD 400s. So many legends became fluent in the Irish lan- March, 460 at Saul, Downpat- Junior Corner – rick, thus the reason Saint Pat- 4 surround his life that the truth is guage. He escaped, managed to Cancels not easily found. walk 200 miles to a seaport, and rick's day is celebrated on March convince a local ship master to 17th. Some say it’s because he 50 Years Ago 4 St Patrick’s exact birthplace and date is not known. However it is give him passage back home. was born on 17 March. believed he was born around He is believed to have met up 375AD in Scotland. His parents with his parents in Wales before Volume 18 Issue 8 March 2020 Page 2 Club News WSC Meetings dish. sented at the meeting and ap- ALL Visitors are welcome! *Note: Everyone is encouraged to proved by the membership to We meet the 2nd & 4th Sundays Extra Pre-Show bring something for “show and purchase them. No Holidays Meeting Scheduled for tell” the second meeting of the Next meetings month. (Does not have to be April 5th stamp related) March 8th Smaller turn out at the Feb. 23rd meeting. We still had sever- March 22nd Our stamp Library has been al wonderful Show and Tell cleaned out, Many old items will presentations. Bill had a postcard April 5th go on the “Free Table” at on Alfred Dreyfus, Maureen had ( extra pre-show meeting ) WILKPEX Books are available a cover with a letter looking for to anyone wanting to “take out” employment from two men from April 17-18th borrow any of the books. See Russia, Con brought in Mardi WILKPEX Gras Doubloons. There was a Andy or Danielle at a meeting, if Summers Meetings you are interested in borrowing table full of donated items to peruse, and purchase. June thru August any books… Contact Danielle if 2nd Sundays only you want to help set up and or- Up-date* ganize the Library, probably in There were four that attended Doors Open 12:30 the spring. the APS Trip and all reported to Meeting starts at 2PM Andy was able to get the picnic have had a great time. grove for August 1st, So save the The Pittsburgh Stamp Club, Churchill Borough Building, date, and come and enjoy a nice agreed to sell us some Exhibit 2300 William Penn Hwy day. It is the same grove as the frames (this will eliminate our Churchill, PA 15235. one last year for the Summer renting them and transporting Free light lunch available Picnic. Watch for more infor- them every year) They were will- mation as the date draws closer… ing to part with 5 boxes, which is you are encouraged to bring a 10 frames. The offer was pre- Tax Time— Mailing Tips Officers Trip Scheduled ® If using the U.S. Postal Service that has a pickup time before the There is a trip scheduled ™ to mail your tax return, you can deadline. Some Post Office President: to go to the get proof that you mailed it, and locations offer extended hours Garfield-Perry March Party track its arrival at the IRS. and late postmarking for tax fil- Andy Novotny Stamp Show Federal Tax Deadline [email protected] ers. Mar 6th - 8th, 2020 The IRS considers a tax return Proof of Mailing Holiday Inn Strongsville filed on time if it is addressed Vice-President: 15471 Royalton Rd For added peace of mind, you correctly, has enough postage, can buy a Certificate of Mailing Laura Kaczynski Strongsville, OH 44136 and is postmarked by the due at the Post Office. A Certificate [email protected] The trip is scheduled for Mar. date. April 15, 2020 – Federal of Mailing is a proof of mailing Anyone wanting to go is to tax return filing deadline receipt that proves you mailed Treasurer /Secretary contact Danielle, Mailing Tips: your tax return on a certain date. & (412) 302-4146 Send to the Correct Address Your Certificate of Mailing re- Mailing Coordinator: Check the IRS website for where ceipt will prove that you mailed to mail your tax return. Write your return on time. Danielle Weaver ® [email protected] both the destination and return If you use Click-N-Ship , you addresses clearly or print your can pay for postage online and mailing label and postage. print a shipping label from your Newsletter Editor Use Correct Postage own computer. Generating a & Weigh your envelope and apply Click-N-Ship label with postage Web Tech: the right amount of postage. creates an electronic record for Deb Foltyn Most tax returns are several pag- the label on that specific date, so [email protected] es long and weigh more than 1 you need to send your package oz. Tax returns sent without on the shipping date. Your enough postage will be returned. online Click-N-Ship account will Meet the Postmark Deadline save your shipping history for If your tax return is postmarked six months. by the filing date deadline, the IRS considers it on time. Mail your return in a USPS blue col- lection box or at a Postal location Volume 18 Issue 8 March 2020 Page 3 Up Coming Stamp Shows Newsletter Fairview Park Universal Coin, American Legion Contact: David Pool It’s your newsletter! Currency & Stamp Show 11100 Winton Road Phone: 330-832-5992 Help Make it special March 1st 2020 Cincinnati, OH 45218 Hours: Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4 Original articles for the American Legion Post # 42 Contact: Xenia Coin newsletter may be submitted by 22001 Brookpark Rd. Phone: 937-376-2807 Fairview Park Universal Coin, any of the membership to Deb Fairview Park, OH 44126 Hours: Sun 10-4 Currency & Stamp Show Foltyn at a meeting or emailed to Contact: John Cotleur April 5th 2020 [email protected] Phone: 440-864-7473 Cranberry Stamp Show American Legion Post # 42 Or via regular mail: Hours: Sun 10-3 March 31, 2020 22001 Brookpark Rd. Deb Foltyn VFW POST #7505 Fairview Park, OH 44126 1023 Brintell Street Garfield-Perry March Party 331 Mars Valencia Road Contact: John Cotleur Pittsburgh, PA15201-1637 Stamp Show Mars, PA 16046 Phone: 440-864-7473 What would you like to see in Mar 6th - 8th, 2020 Contact: Kevin Kellman Hours: Sun 10-3 covered in the junior corner? Holiday Inn Strongsville Phone: 301-524-9562 15471 Royalton Rd Hours: Sun 10-4 WILKPEX Many thanks to Maureen Strongsville, OH 44136 April 17th – 18th 2020 McKeever for stepping up to take Contact: Roger Rhoads Spring Stamp Expo over the newsletter this change Hours: Fri & Sat 10-6, Sun 10-4 takes place in June. Cumberland Valley Philatelic LANCOPEX Stamp Show Society Apr 24th - 25th, 2020 Note* articles submitted may be Langhorne Tri-State Coin & April 4, 2020 Bourse only Farm & Home Center of edited for content or to fit the Stamp Show Eugene Clarke Center Lancaster County Format. March 22, 2020 235 S. Third Street 1383 Arcadia Road Club members get a free black Sheraton Bucks County Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Lancaster, PA 17601 and white hard copy of the 400 Oxford Valley 17201 Hours: Fri 10-5, Sat 10-4 newsletter. Langhorne, PA 19047 Contact Eileen Bricker Color copies available at a Contact: Allen Brock Email: [email protected] Meeting. You must send a Phone: 305-852-7678 Phone: 717-709-1314 request to Deb before the Hours: Sun 10-4 McKinley Stamp Club Show meeting, so they can be printed Apr 4th - 5th, 2020 special.