ATFP-August September 2019

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2019 VOL. 41 ISSUE 7

Across the Fencepost

NEWSLETTER OF THE WISCONSIN FEDERATION OF STAMP CLUBS

WFSC CLUBS AT A GLANCE

WISCONSIN POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY
JOHN PARE

For Wisconsin philatelists foreign to Figure 1: An advertising Cover from The Antlers in Burlington, WI cancelled
the WPHS, allow me to tell you who we October 18, 1918.
are. First, the society has been a longtime
member of the Wisconsin Federation of myself (Mt. Horeb), we managed to bring WISCOPEX 2019, in Madision, the mem-
Stamp Clubs. The society was founded in the Badger Postal History up to date and bership elected Ray Perry (Green Bay)
1942 and has produced a journal since put the treasury on a firm footing. Using president, Rob Henak vice president, Ken
1947. First, the Booster was produced our last listing of members, we set out to Grant secretary and myself treasurer.
from 1947 to 1961 when it morphed into re-engage our membership. They respond- Board members now include Gene
the Badger Postal History, our current ed positively. We renewed about 80 of the Setwyn (Reedsburg), Bob Mather
journal. Our journals are held at the Wis- 100 members who appeared on our last (Waukesha), and Chris Barney.
consin State Historical Society and the roster and received generous donations
American Philatelic Research Library as from about two-thirds of that group. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
well as by a handful of members who own
the entire run. The society also sells about At our annual meeting held at
a dozen scholarly bulletins ranging from
Wisconsin precancels to a list of every
Wisconsin post office, past and present.

In May, 2017 Tom Tesch (Reedsburg)
took over as president and set about revi-
talizing the WPHS. With the help of Ken
Grant (Baraboo), Alex Gill (New York City),
Chris Barney (Franklin), Al Vick
(Stoughton), Rob Henak (Brown Deer) and

@ www.wfscstamps.org CONTENTS
@Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs
APS Chapter 350 WFSC CLUBS AT A GLANCE 1&6
ATA Chapter 107 EDITORS LETTER & CONTACTS 2
CLUB CONNECTIONS 3
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 4
FEDERATION NEWS 5-6
AFRICA PHILATELY 7-8
SHOW CALENDAR 9

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EDITOR’S LETTER CONTACT INFORMATION

ALEX GILL, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF PRESIDENT: SE REGION VP:
Karen Weigt Art Schmitz
It is hard to believe how fast 4184 Rose Ct. [email protected]
time flies! With the summer Middleton, WI 53562 -American Topical Association
season winding down, it is now [email protected] (Chapter 5)
time to start thinking about fall! -Germany Philatelic Society
For us collectors, there are two VICE PRESIDENT: (Chapter 18)
significant mile markers for fall. Greg Schmidt -Milwaukee Philatelic Society
1978 Fox Burrow Ct. -Waukesha County Philatelic Society
For us Wisconsin philatelists, September is the month of Milco- Neenah, WI 54956 -Wauwatosa Philatelic Society
pex, Wisconsin’s largest stamp show! This year the show will be [email protected]
held September 20-22 in Milwaukee. Now is the time to make NE REGION VP:
your final plans to attend! Milcopex always promises to be a fun SECRETARY: Ray D. Perry
show, and visit the show website milcopex.org for the most up- Clarence Davis [email protected]
to-date information and to see what the show has to offer! W4022 Linden Drive -Bay de Noc Stamp & Coin Club
Malone, WI 53049 -Green Bay Philatelic Society
The second mile marker for fall is October, which is National [email protected] -Northwoods Philatelic Society
Stamp Collecting Month, a time to commemorate our collec- -Oshkosh Philatelic Society
tions, collecting interests and what the hobby means to us. Per- TREASURER: -Outagamie Philatelic Society
haps your local club has something special planned for the Allen E. Vick -Wisconsin Postal History Society
month. With October around the corner, take some time to re- 2090 River Estate Lane
flect upon what philately means to you. Stoughton, WI 53589 CENTRAL REGION VP:
[email protected] Chuck Rebek
Our longtime readers may have noticed a significant change [email protected]
in this publication’s format. President Weigt’s message to clubs VP YOUTH DIVISION: -Central Wisconsin Stamp Club
will continue to be included in future issues and the front page MaryAnn Bowman -Chippewa Valley Stamp Club
will be devoted to featuring the clubs that make up the federa- P.O. Box 1451 -Lakeland Stamp & Coin Club
tion. This will be an ongoing series of articles about each of the Waukesha, WI 53187 -Wisconsin Valley Philatelic Society
stamp clubs in Wisconsin. A member of each club will write a [email protected]
short article about their club and its significance. This month, SW REGION VP:
John Paré, treasurer of the Wisconsin Postal History Society EAST CENTRAL REGION VP: John Paré
writes about the club. With the first in the series in this issue, I Don Kurki [email protected]
hope you will find this series interesting and learn more about [email protected] -Badger Stamp Club
Wisconsin philately. Thank you President Weigt for your month- -Fond du Lac Stamp Club -Baraboo Stamp Club
ly articles! -Kettle Moraine Coin & Stamp Club -Janesville Stamp Club
-Manitowoc Philatelic Society -Monroe Stamp & Postcard Club
Sincerely, -Sheboygan Stamp Club -Tri-State Stamp Club

Alex Gill Across the Fence Post is the official publication of the Wisconsin Federation of
Editor-in-Chief, Across the Fence Post Stamp Clubs, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. WFSC also is a life member
Email: [email protected] of the APS (since 1953). For more information about WFSC, please visit the
website, www.wfscstamps.org.

ATFP is published 10 times a year in January, February, March, April, May/June,
July, August/September, October, November and December. News of Wisconsin
collectors, club news and other gratis original philatelic features are welcomed.
The editor accepts submissions in any format, but prefers email if possible. The
editor reserves the right to make editorial changes to submitted copy. Material
appearing in ATFP not carrying an individual copyright notice may be repro-
duced only by not-for-profit organizations, provided the author(s) and ATFP
receive credit or attribution. All materials carrying an individual copyright notice
are the sole property of the author(s).

Unless explicitly stated by an officer in conjunction with official WFSC business,
opinions expressed by the editor or individual authors are not necessarily en-
dorsed by the WFSC. Submission deadlines for editorial and advertising materi-
als are the 1st of the month preceding month of publication (i.e. Jan. 1 for Feb.
issue). Editorial matter should be sent to: Alex Gill, Editor ATFP, 3820 Waldo
Avenue, Apt. D, Bronx, NY 10463. Phone: 262-343-6467 ([email protected]).
Send advertising material to John St. Onge, Advertising Manager, ATFP, P.O.
Box 123, Wales, WI 53183-0123. Phone 262-893-5210 ([email protected]).
For a complete list of advertising rates and policies (display, classified, and
listings), request a copy from the advertising manager.

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CLUB CONNECTIONS

MARYANN BOWMAN, WAUKESHA COUNTY PHILATELIC SOCIETY

It’s time to get back into stamp collecting mode. October is Similarly, the Waukesha County Philatelic Society has “Clip and
National Stamp Collecting Month. Has your club planned any Strip” projects prior to each of their starting meeting times.
activities to bring new collectors into the hobby and your club? Those who come early are encouraged to clip/trim on-paper
I’d love to hear about those efforts! stamps as well as to strip stamps from album pages.

The Janesville Club has been watching the Exploring Stamps As your members return to the fall meetings, keep me in-
videos on YouTube. Members are notified ahead of time about formed about your activities. Share your ideas with me so that
the topic and asked to bring a show-and-tell item related to the other clubs can benefit. Hoping to hear from you soon!
video. It is reported that the club members have really enjoyed
this! As many of WFSC clubs are currently meeting in places
that have wifi access, this program idea would be worth trying.

To help you plan the programs that might be of most inter-
est to your membership, a master list of all the show topics has
been prepared by Aimeé Devine and can be found on the WFSC
website. There are three seasons of programming as well as
some basics in Philately 101 courses.

Produced by Videographer Graham Beck, these videos have
appeal to collectors and non-collectors alike, and could also be
used with younger collectors. Exploring philately online offers
opportunities to learn about stamps in a new and creative way.
Let me know your club’s reaction to these programs.

Speaking of the internet, another Wisconsin club, the Green
Bay Philatelic Society, has come up with another idea: have
someone demonstrate how to navigate around the WFSC web-
site. It seems that despite efforts by the WFSC, its officers, word
of mouth and this journal, there are still collectors who do not
know the web address nor the vast amount of material availa-
ble.

Badger Stamp Club took advantage of the offer from the
American Philatelic Society with their overstock giveaway. Two
boxes were obtained and members will be allowed to take 100
stamps each at their summer July and August meetings. The
club has no formal programs scheduled but rather a meet-and-
greet type of meeting during the summer months.

Not deterred by poor attendance at the Stamp Camp spon-
sored by the Northwoods Philatelic Society and held April 30th,
the club is exploring ideas to re-tool their outreach program
with Scouts and schools and to get the date to them earlier.
You may recall that our severe winter caused them to change
their date at the last minute.

The Milwaukee Philatelic Society has received several large
donations recently. A committee has been established to evalu-
ate the donations, determine exactly what philatelic materials
are included, and determine what to do with the items. Some
items are sold to members, other items will go in Milcopex auc-
tions, and the more common material is used for outreach pro-
grams. As there is often material that needs to be sorted and
otherwise prepared for finding a new home, MPS will be de-
voting their August meeting to this exercise.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

WFSC PRESIDENT KAREN WEIGT

Hello all! Although I’m no longer on the If you can’t make it to MILCOPEX, you can print your own
front page, I’m still here but less prominent NSCM posters from the .pdf file on the WFSC website. Go to
and not so wordy. Nancy Warner, of the Badg- www.wfscstamps.org and click on Club Resources on the left
er Stamp Club, suggested we feature a mem- side of the homepage.
ber club on the front page of each issue and I
jumped at the chance to put the “President’s Now I’m getting wordy, but I have to add some exciting
Message” on the back burner. I figure I’ve breaking news regarding WISCOPEX 2020. The Fond du Lac
written some 35 articles in that space and I Stamp Club will host the event on May 2-3 at the Masonic Cen-
appreciate the opportunity to start winding down in my last ter in Fond du Lac, Wis. We send a great big thank-you to the
two-year term as WFSC president. FDL club and anticipate a top-notch show.
As a reminder, it’s time to start planning for October Na-
tional Stamp Collecting Month. The WFSC will distribute post- I look forward to seeing all of our WFSC members at MILCO-
ers to all who stop by the WFSC society table at MILCOPEX PEX. If you can make it, you might want to plan to help staff the
(September 20-22). Take a supply back to your club for place- WFSC table for an hour or two. If interested, please contact me
ment at various locations throughout your community. Cus- at [email protected].
tomize the posters by adding tear-off strips with your club
meeting time, place, and contact information. Or just refer to
your club webpage on the WFSC website. First, though, make
sure your page is up to date. In this day and age, the internet is
usually the first place a prospective visitor will turn to in search-
ing for a club. Seeing you are an active and welcoming organi-
zation is important.

WISCOPEX SHOW COVER OFFER

The Badger Stamp Club is offering its WISCOPEX ’19 (canceled
Saturday, May 4) cover that commemorates the 50th anniver-
sary of man on the moon. The multicolored cachet features an
astronaut walking on the moon surface. The cover is franked
with the 1969 10¢ Moon Landing issue and a random 45¢
stamp from the 1989 Scott C122-125 Futuristic Mail Delivery
issue.

To mail order, send $3 each ($12 for a set of four C122-
C125) to Curt Shawkey, 610 Malvern Hill Dr., Madison, WI
53718. Include a No. 10 SASE and make checks payable to
Badger Stamp Club.

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FEDERATION NEWS

WFSC PRESIDENT KAREN WEIGT

SUMMER EXEUTIVE BOARD MEETING NOTES: June 22, 2019, NEW BUSINESS: A motion was passed to reimburse Bob
Monona Garden Family Restaurant, Monona/Madison, Wis. Mather for purchase of seven year-date plates for the WFSC
Below is a summary of actions taken. Detailed minutes are Husak Topical Award.
posted on the WFSC website at www.wfscstamps.org.
NEXT MEETING: The Fall Executive Board meeting will be held
TREASURER’S REPORT: WFSC Treasurer Al Vick’s first quarter at MILCOPEX (September 20-22). Meeting date and time to be
2019 financial report showed a balance of $10,972.03. The bal- determined.
ance does not include a recent $700 check sent to the Ameri-
can Philatelic Research Library as final payment for digitizing DIGITIZING ATFP DONATION RECOGNITION: The WFSC thanks
newsletter issues 1979-2005. Income of $342.55 from sale of the Kettle Moraine Coin and Stamp Club for a generous dona-
donation auction items at WISCOPEX 2019 also is not included. tion of $115.25 to support Phase 2 (1933-1978) of digitizing
Only eight lots of low-value donated material are left. ATFP.

WISCOPEX 2020 OPTIONS: WFSC EMAIL BLAST LIST: Please send your email address to our
• Waukesha County Expo Center (Milwaukee Philatelic Socie- WFSC Email Blast Manager Ken Grant: [email protected].
Our WFSC eblasts will keep you up to date on a variety of im-
ty possible host) portant and interesting philatelic matters.
• Masonic Center, Fond du Lac (Fond du Lac Stamp Club
• Menomonee Nation Arena, Oshkosh (no club host) Call for Wisconsin Philatelic Hall of Fame Nominations
The WFSC recognizes up to three prominent Wisconsin philate-
A motion was passed to support options in order as listed lists per year for their contributions to the hobby. Nominations
for 2020 candidates for the Wisconsin Philatelic Hall of Fame
ACROSS THE FENCE POST: A motion was passed regarding the are due December 31, 2019. Please note the following when
editor’s file of hard copies. Hard copies will be distributed to submitting nominations:
the Wisconsin Historical Society and the APRL to fill in holes in
both organizations’ collections. APRL CDs of digitized issues • Contributions of a purely local club nature shall not be the
1979-2005 have been received. Indexing of issues 1994-2019 sole reason for selection to the Hall of Fame.
has been completed. Progress continues on both digitizing and
indexing of past issues. • A deceased philatelist may not be nominated or consid-
ered until three years after his/her death.
Starting with the August-September issue, the “President’s
Message” on the front page will be replaced with an article Only WFSC member clubs may submit nominations and each
featuring a WFSC member club. nomination must be seconded by two other member clubs. The
nominating club is responsible for making arrangements with
PUBLICITY & PUBLIC RELATIONS: There was discussion only on the seconding clubs to provide those seconds. The nomination
proposals to use WFSC funds to promote member club meeting and seconds should be sent together to the chairman of the
attendance or other outreach efforts. Hall of Fame Committee. Nominations should include a state-
ment identifying the nominee, a short philatelic biography, and
Karen Weigt will staff a WFSC society table at MILCOPEX the reasons why that person should be selected for the Wiscon-
2019 (September 20-22). sin Philatelic Hall of Fame. Send nomination and seconds to
Robert J. Mather, Chrmn., Hall of Fame Committee, S56
WEBSITE MATTERS: Webmaster Greg Riesterer reported that W29562 Roanoke Dr., Waukesha, WI 53189 or bur-
the WFSCStamps.org website was migrated to WestHost’s [email protected].
more modern account in late May/early June. The Wiscon-
sinStamps.org domain, which was previously owned by the 2019 Club Growth Recognition
former webmaster, has been moved to that account also. Greg Each year, the WFSC recognizes the club(s) for the most mem-
is planning to work with the Website Committee later this year bership growth as reported with their 2019 dues returns.
to modernize the site. Recognition is for the largest percentage of increase, & most
members gained. This year, the Wisconsin Postal History Socie-
A motion was passed to send a thank-you note and gift ty gained the most members had had the largest percentage of
card to past-Webmaster Steve Kluskens for his many years of increase. The club went from 25 members to 96 members for a
personal payment for the WisconsinStamps.org domain. 284 percent increase.

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CLOSED ALBUM MILCOPEX PROGRAM

In March 2019 Northwoods Philatelic Society lost one of its In addition to the listing of program titles and presenters
valued long-time members, Ellsworth J. Semler (1928-2019), a that appeared in the last issue of Across the Fence Post, there
jovial person especially noted for his willingness to serve oth- will be special showings of a new documentary titled “The Six
ers. He served NPS for several terms as president and led or Triple Eight.” During World War II there was an all-female Afri-
assisted on many club projects over the years. Because he can-American Battilion in the U.S. Army that served in Europe
collected stamps worldwide, he shared a common philatelic known as the 6888 CPDB (6888th Central Postal Directory
interest with every member. Ellsworth served for more than Battilion). The group was in charge of sorting and directing mail
20 years in the United States Army, the Army Reserve, and the to nearly seven million soldiers in the European Theater of Op-
National Guard and was an active member of the Uren Cooper erations. When the women arrived in Europe they cleared a
Johnson American Legion Post #50 in Iron Mountain, Michigan, multi-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail in three months
and a dedicated member of the Maranatha Assembly of God - instead of the six month time frame they were given. After-
Church, Kingsford, Michigan. wards they cleared backlogs of mail in Rouen and Paris, France.
This documentary was produced by Wisconsinite James Theres
Every stamp club needs selfless people like Ellsworth to and is made possible through the efforts of Michael Mules (Fox
lead and serve. No club can adequately replace such a person River Stamps).
when his album is closed.
Also added to the program lineup is a two-hour presenta-
tion “How to Read and Interpret a Cover” by Gary Loew. It is
based on a longer full-day course offering. Gary Loew has re-
cently accepted the position of Director of Expertizing at the
American Philatelic Society. For a full listing of programs and
the time offered, please visit the Milcopex.org website.

WFSC CLUBS AT A GLANCE

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Alex Gill continues as our editor with Ken Grant our editor
emeritus. We are now moving forward after a couple of years
of uncertainty about our future.

If you are a collector of the varied aspects of Wisconsin
postal history, we want you as a member. You’ll enjoy the
Badger, now in color, and you’ll have an awaiting audience to
read about and see your collections. Send $11 (we will send
you the August and November Badger) along with your name,
address, email and phone number to John Paré, 405 Perimeter
St., Mt. Horeb, WI 53572. We will have a table at MILCOPEX
2019, stop by and say hello.

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THE PHILATELY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

MOODY TIDWELL

The death of the famous explorer stamps also featured “Hope” but in the familiar rectangular
David Livingstone in 1873 began a shape, some with overprints.
scramble to open Africa by the fa-
mous and infamous. Some came for Not to be outdone the postal officials at Natal first issued em-
commerce, others for power. Accord- bossed stamps, similar to the early embossed issues of Eng-
ing to Packenham “governments land. Within a few years Natal, too, introduced the usual print-
were reluctant to intervene but to ed rectangular format values.
most people there seemed a real
chance of missing something. Africa The English & Transvaal Boer Republic in 1886-1901 issued
was a lottery and a winning ticket hundreds of easily forged stamps of common designs for the
might earn glittering prizes.”1 What Nieuw Republiek (left) and siege of Pietersburg by English forc-
followed rarely went well. The philately of Africa, especially sub es (right).
-Saharan Africa, is a compelling and fascinating story of the
continent. 1The Scramble for Africa, 1876-1912. Packenham, Thomas.
Long before Livingstone the earliest South Africans were the Pub. Random House, New York, 1991
hunter-gatherer San (Bushmen) and the pastoral Khoekhoe 2www.mediaclubsouthafrica.com
(Hottentots), collectively the Khoisan. Both lived on the south-
ern tip of the continent for thousands of years before written ACROSS THE FENCE POST | AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2019 | 7
history began with the arrival of European seafarers making
this country an archaeological treasure chest.2
Jan van Riebeeck and his 90 men landed at the Cape of
Good Hope in 1652 to develop a vegetable garden to serve the
Dutch East India Company's eastern trade route. The British
took the Cape from the Dutch in 1795. Seven years later the
colony was returned to the Dutch, only to come under British
rule again in 1806. By the second half of the 18th century, the
colonists, mainly of Dutch, German and French Huguenot stock,
had already begun to develop into the Afrikaner nation. Follow-
ing the arrival of philanthropist missionaries (from 1806) and
the emancipation of slaves (in 1834), about 12,000 discontent-
ed Afrikaner farmers, or Boers, uprooted and moved north and
east: this was to be known as the Great Trek. All of these
events are memorialized in the extensive philately of the Colo-
nies of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal (British territories)
and the Transvaal and Orange River Colony (Afrikaner or Boer
Republics).
At one time or another the territories of nearly fifty other
entities in sub-Saharan Africa were under the control of the
British or Afrikaners. All developed postal systems and were
stamp-issuing entities. Following the Anglo-Boer War (1899-
1902) the four principal Colonies united as the Union of South
Africa (1910-1960) and in 1961 the country evolved to became
the Republic of South Africa. An example of the most well-
known issue of the War are the stamps produced by Colonel
Robert Baden-Powell when his troops were under siege for 217
days by the Boer forces at a small town called Mafeking in
North Western South Africa.
During this period the stamps issued by two British colonies
usually featured the current monarch or a local symbol. The
most well-known of the Cape of Good Hope is the “Seated
Hope” depicted on a number of triangular stamps. Later Cape

The Orange Free State also issued a large number of stamps Coil and booklet stamps followed shortly thereafter and the
with a common “Lemon Tree” design and countless overprints. first airmail stamps in the British Empire were issued in 1925.
Later in the Anglo-Boer War they were overprinted V.R.I. to In 1926, again following keen design completion the second set
signify British Occupation. of bilingual definitive and pictorial values were printed in Lon-
don and issued in 1926. Wanting to produce its own stamps
On May 31, 1910 the Union of South Africa joined the for- the Government Printer in Pretoria undertook to produce the
mer Colonies of Cape of Good Hope, Transvaal, Orange Free same stamps a year later, in 1927, using the London plates.
State and Natal into Provinces and assumed stamp-issuing re- South Africa iconic views were selected. The stamps are usually
sponsibility for all four. The first stamp of the Union was a com- collected in horizontal bilingual pairs.
memorative of the Opening of Parliament on November 10,
1910. The South African designer planned to use the likeness of One of the challenges, and joys, of collecting sub-Saharan
King Edward VII but his death on May 4 of that year caused a stamps and postal history is that they have been studied exten-
frantic scurrying to replace his likeness with that of King George sively and varieties, shades and errors are plentiful and usually
V. Twenty million oversize bilingual English and Dutch copies easy to locate. The value of the South African rand is 14/1 to
were produced in London. the U.S. dollar making philatelic material reasonable for the
average collector. The major catalogs list only ±200 Union
In January 1911 com- stamps issued.
petitive designs were
sought for the first There are also extensive listings of other definitive, com-
definitive issues of memorative and war-time issues up until the creation of the
the Union. Competi- Republic of South Africa in 1960. The first Republic issues were
tion was fierce and repeats of the last Union definitive set but with values changed
Essays of a British to Rand Cents (d. to c). The thousands of Republic stamps dis-
printer De La Rue play the full history of that country including the issues of the
were finally selected. onetime “Homelands” of Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei and
Fifteen bilingual val- Venda. Other Southern Africa countries include Botswana,
ues from ½ d. to £1 Bechuanaland, Lesotho, Malawi, Nyasaland, Mozambique, Na-
were eventually mibia and South West Africa, Rhodesia, Rhodesia and Nyasa-
printed over a period land, Zululand, Swaziland Zambia, Northern Rhodesia, Zimba-
of a few years, from bwe and Southern Rhodesia. All printed revenue stamps, coils,
September 1913, depicting the head of King George V. booklets and official issues.

Between issuance of the 1910 com- Southern Africa presents opportunities for aerophilatelists.
memorative and late 1913 remaining Imagine the courage and determination it took to fly from Eng-
stamps of the previous four Colonies land to Cape Town in 1925. Alan Cobham did it in three months
were made valid for use in any Prov- via, Lyons, Pisa, Athens, Sollum, Cairo, Assuan, Wadi Halfa,
ince. This gave rise to a new collec- Khartoum, Jinja, Kisumu, Pretoria, Johannesburg and Bloem-
tion class of “Interprovincial” usage. fontein In 1931 Imperial Airways offered air service from Lon-
don to Cape Town in 12 days using 27aerodromes and 30 inter-
mediate emergency land spots. The Philatelic Society of Great-
er Southern Africa is an organization of philatelists dedicated
to sub-Saharan philately. The Society has a journal, FORERUN-
NERS, an annual convention, and an annual auction. Visit
www.PSGSA.com or contact David McNamee at dmc-
[email protected], P.O. Box 37, Alamo, CA 94507.

Moody Tidwell was born in Oklahoma and is a Senior
Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC.
In 1993 he undertook a program of conflict resolution in
South Africa involving the senior political, business and legal
leaders. On his numerous trips he discovered South African
philately and became an avid student and collector of the of
Union of South Africa philately. Tidwell is a member of the
PSGSA, APS, RPSL, South Africa Collectors Society & the Wit-
watersrand Collectors Society. He lives in Wisconsin with his
wife.

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SHOW CALENDAR Want to list your event? Contact Karen Weigt, 4184 Rose Ct., Middleton, WI

53562 P: (608) 609-6173 E: [email protected]

WFSC CLUB SHOWS

September 20-22 MILCOPEX 2019 November 9 Oshkosh Stamp Bourse
Milwaukee Philatelic Society. Judged Oshkosh Philatelic Society. Bourse on-
exhibits, seminars, and bourse. Crowne ly. Elk’s Club, 175 W. Fernau Ave, Osh-
Plaza Milwaukee Airport, 6401 S. 13th kosh, WI. Sat. 9a-3p.
St., Milwaukee, WI. www.milcopex.org. C: Dave Carney 920-750-3117
E: [email protected]

September 21 OUTAPEX 2019 May 2-3 WISCOPEX 2020

Outagamie Philatelic Society. Bourse WFSC 89th Annual Convention, hosted

only. Fox Valley Lutheran High School, by the Fond du Lac Stamp Club

5300 N. Meade Street, Appleton, WI. judged exhibits, seminars, bourse, &

Sat. 10a-4p. auction. Fond du Lac Masonic Center,

C: Corey Gertner 920-257-4028 500 W. Arndt St., Fond du Lac, WI

E: [email protected] Sat. 10a-5p, Sun. 10a-3p

October 5 CENWISPEX 2019 C: Clarence Davis 920-929-9194

Central Wisconsin Stamp Club. Exhibits E: [email protected]

and bourse. Holiday Inn Stevens Point,

1001 Amber Ave., Stevens Point, WI.

Sat. 10a-4p. OTHER SHOWS

C: J.D. Manville 715-341-5555 July 6-7, 2019 MSDA Milwaukee Show
Midwest Stamp Dealers Association,
E: [email protected] bourse only. Crowne Plaza Milwaukee
Airport, 6401 So. 13th St., Milwaukee,
October 12 Monroe Stamp & WI. Sat. 10a-5p, Sun. 10a-3p.
Postcard Club Show
July 27-28, 2019 MSDA Spring Show
Monroe Stamp & Postcard Club. Bourse Midwest Stamp Dealers Association,
only. 18 & 8 Building, 1802 18th Ave., bourse only. Ramada Plaza North
Monroe, WI. Sat. 9a-2:30p. Shore, 1090 So. Milwaukee Ave.,
C: Randy Riese 608-558-6430 Wheeling, IL. Sat. 10a-5p, Sun. 10a-3p.
E: [email protected]
July 19-21 Minnesota Stamp Expo
October 19-20 TOSAPEX 2019 Maplewood Stamp Club, Twin City Phil.
Soc., Lake Minnetonka Stamp Club,
Wauwatosa Philatelic Society. Bourse Minn. Stamp Dealers Assoc. Judged
exhibits, seminars, and bourse. Crystal
only. NEW LOCATION: St. Francis Lions Community Center, 4800 N. Douglas
Dr. North, Crystal, MN. Fri. 10a-6p, Sat.
Community Center, 3476 E. Howard 10a-5p, 10a-4p.

Ave., St. Francis, WI. Sat. 10a-5p, Sun.

10a-3p.

C: Gerard Madritsch

E: [email protected]

October 26 Tri-State Stamp Expo
Tri-State Stamp Club. Bourse and exhib-
its. Northeast Iowa Community College,
8342 NICC Dr., Peosta, IA. Sat. 9a-3p.
C: Pfohl’s Stamps 563-582-6247
E: [email protected]

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