Riverside Stamp Club

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:

March 9, 2009 Sam McBride "U.S. National Park Issues"
April 13, 2009  Claude Abraham "French Colonies"
May 11, 2009  Stephen Wimpenny "Cinderellas"
June 8, 2009  Jim Breckenridge "Photography on Stamps"
July 13, 2009 Greg Ouelette "A One-page Exhibit"
August  10, 2009 Mark Stanbridge "Aviation on Stamps"

Previous Talks:

Enjoy looking at slide shows of previous talks:

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.