Meeting Schedules and Events

Social Activities  |  2010 Schedule  |  2011 Schedule

The Club, through our Program Chairmen, is constantly recruiting speakers with specialties of interest to our membership. Speakers may be members or non-members and come to the Club from all over the world to share their knowledge with us. Throughout the hobby, it is considered as honor to be asked to speak at the Club, so the caliber of the programs is unusually high.

Each speaker is asked to bring and display his or her key pieces in the new exhibit frames of our recently renovated meeting Room. As much of the displayed material is typically part of award-winning exhibits, our members can not only see some of philately’s most prized items “up close and personal,” but also get some insightful, expert tips on exhibiting or arranging their own collections.

The public is invited free of charge to The Collectors Club’s series of semi-monthly meetings devoted to lectures and exhibits on philatelic subjects. The lectures are given by experts in the field and are attended by approximately 60 people. These experts come at their own expense, without remuneration, from numerous foreign countries and from across the continental United States and Hawaii.

Social Activities

An important feature of the Club is the chance to get together with fellow members in a relaxed and informal setting to share collecting “war stories” and just catch up.

Prior to every meeting, there is a social hour at the Clubhouse where members can mingle, share refreshments and meet guests and new members. After the program presentation, all interested members gather for dinner at a nearby restaurant.

The Club also features two very popular events—the festive Holiday Party, held at the Club every December, and the Annual Awards Dinner, which is held in May at an offsite location to showcase the Club’s coveted Lichtenstein Award presentation.

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2010 Schedule

In 2010, the Club will be closed on the following dates:

• January 1 and 18

• February 15

• April 2

• May 31

• July 5

• September 6

• October 11

• November 25 and 26

• December 24 and 31

Visitors, please call the office before coming.

A complete list of programs for 2010 is shown below.  The 2010 Schedule is also available in a brochure from the Club secretary.

Date	Topic	Speaker
Jan. 13	Annual Meeting—Elections Topic: CC Members Collect It All	Steven J. Rod, Moderator South Orange, NJ
Jan. 20	Mexico Meets the World: International Airmail Postal Evolution During the 1920s and 1930s A presentation covering the department of international air services (through the outbreak of WW II) connecting Mexico with the world. Historical background, rates, and routes will be discussed supported by maps, rate tables, ephemera, commercial and philatelic usages. The goal of the presentation is to construct a framework to aid in understanding this complex subject area	Dr. Mark Banchik Great Neck, NY
Feb. 3	The 4 Eras of Registered Mail in Classic México from Colonial Times to 1890’s View the presentation: Part I, Part II, Part III	Omar J. Rodriguez New York, NY
Feb. 17	Iraq: 1917 to 1932 This display shows all the stamps issued in Iraq between 1917 and 1932 (the end of the British Mandate). The British section includes all the issued stamps unused, used and on cover plus all the unissued stamps and the major known varieties. The other sections include all the known major varieties plus stamps, hand-painted essays and die proofs. Many unique and rare items are shown.	Freddy Khalastchy London, England
Mar. 3	Australia: King George V	Arthur Gray St. Ives, New South Wales, Australia
Mar. 17	Sarawak	Simon Martin-Redman Badby, Northamptonshire, England
Apr. 7	The Progression of the New York Foreign Mail Cancel: 1870 to 1878	Nicholas Kirke Prague, Czech Republic
Apr. 21	How the Post Facilitated Distribution of the Printed Word	Roland Cipolla Fountain Hills, AZ
May 26	Annual Awards Dinner, Honoring Lichtenstein Awardee: Dr. Peter P. McCann
Jun. 2	The Effect of Disease on the Routing of the Mails in the Nineteenth Century	Armando Grassi, M.D. New York, NY
	Summer Recess
Sep. 15	Congo	Patrick Maselis Roeselare, Belgium
Sep. 22	Postal History of the French Colonial Allegorical Group Type: Use in Madagascar & Dependencies View the presentation	Edward J.J. Grabowski Westfield, NJ
Oct. 6	Line Engraving Revisited	Gary Granzow Carversville, PA
Oct. 20	Van Diemen’s Land Postal History: 1803–1853	David McNamee Alamo, CA
Nov. 3	U.S. Issues of 1861 to 1868	Rich Drews Palatine, IL
Nov. 10	Collectors Club Annual One-Frame Competition
Nov. 17	UPU: Rules, Regulations and Rates	Jamie Gough CA
Dec. 1	Portugal Classics	Renato Bizzarri Rome, Italy
Dec. 15	Board of Governors’ Open House

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2011 Schedule

In 2011, the Club will be closed on the following dates:

• January 1 and 17

• February 21

Visitors, please call the office before coming.

As the programs for 2011 are defined, the schedule will be posted below.

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