Riverside Stamp Club

The winter American Philatelic Show will be back in Riverside February 19-21, 2010! See us there!

We Are a Growing Club!
Stamp Talks!
Silent Auctions! Great Bargains! Sell Your Extras!

 

We are now meeting in Room 230 or 259 of the Price Science Complex at La Sierra University 

The Riverside Stamp Club was founded in 1929. It is an affiliated chapter of the American Philatelic Society. It is also a member of the Federated Philatelic Clubs of Southern California We hold monthly meetings from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on the second Monday of the month. We meet in room 259 (or 230) in Price Science Complex at La Sierra University in western Riverside, California. For details phone Wil Clarke at (951) 785-2548

Upcoming Talks:


September 14, 2009 Jim Breckenridge "Astronomy on Stamps"
October 12, 2009 David Elfman "Queen Elizabeth II Definitives of Great Britain"
November 9, 2009 Show and Tell--Bring something to show us!
December 14, 2009 Show and Tell--Bring something to show us! This proved very interesting last month so we decided to try it again.

Previous Talks:

Enjoy looking at slide shows of previous talks:

David Elfman "Queen Elizabeth II Definitives of Great Britain" The Wilding series of British stamps
Greg Ouellette "Reveune Imprinted Documents" Civil War and Spanish American war taxes
Greg Ouellette "What are Revenues?"
Sam McBride "U.S. National Park Issues" James Farley and the U.S. National Park and other issues.
Steve Wimpenny, "Stamps for Cooks" Britain's first Prestige Stamp Booklet
Steve Wimpenny, "'Dead Country' Forgeries" Examples of forgeries of common stamps from the First World War Era.
Steve Wiimpenny "Lundy" The Early Stamps of  Lundy Island
Steve Wiimpenny "Bisects and Overprints" Interesting Variants of Common Stamps that are Often Forged
Steve Wiimpenny "British Postal Strike 2"  The Public Mail, Europa and Mayflower Services.

 

Find Us:

See this page for detailed directions to La Sierra University. You can also consult the campus map, Price Science Complex is building PSC on this map. You can park in lots E, F, or H.
Harvey Hoyt, late president of the Riverside Stamp Club, was a pilot during WWII and flew on almost every mission during the Berlin Airlift.

Officers:

Wil Clarke, President; Jewell Meyer, Secretary-Treasurer

Many of the RSC members are interested in Plate Number Coils (PNC's). Jewell Meyer is a nationally recognized authority on PNC's. He has compiled the PNC data included in the recent Linn's U. S. Stamp Yearbooks. Jewell is also vice-president of the Bureau Issues Association.

Check out the Plate Number Coil Album Pages at our site.

More:

Interesting Stamp Related Sites. These are sites that we have found interesting

Print off your own Silent Auction Sheets using MS Excel or a PDF version. Thank you Greg Ouellete!

Southern California Stamp Shows:

The winter American Philatelic Show will be back in Riverside February 19-21, 2010!

Please Contact Wil Clarke, for any comments or questions you might have.