Wednesday, June 24, 2015

JULY ISC MEETING AND USPS POSTAL RATE CHANGES



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Greetings to all and I hope all are enjoying the warm and sunny weather.
The next Stamp Club Meeting will be Saturday, July 11, 2015 9:00 AM -1PM Midtown Plaza Community Room H 320 E 25th St Ground Floor, as always.
Bring your, stamps, covers, to sell/ trade and of course your good cheer.PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE SECOND SATURDAY IN JULY! Due to the JULY 4th being a holiday weekend. The meeting has been changed to JULY 11th. Please call your fellow members who do not get email and let them know of this change.
I will not be in attendance as I spend the first two weeks of July up in Maine. Therefore there will not be an auction or club stamp boxes to rummage through. It is possible I will miss the August 1 meeting as well, but we'll see. Refreshments will be on your own.
In case you didn't know:
USPS Rate Change
The U.S. Postal Service has announced rate changes that were effective May 31, 2015.  First Class Mail 1 ounce rate will remain at 49¢. The following rates have been affected:
• Postcard rate – from 34¢ to 35¢
• 2nd oz. rate (make-up stamp) – from 21¢ to 22¢
• First Class Non-machineable Letter Rate – from 70¢ to 71¢
• 2nd oz. rate – from 70¢ to 71¢
• 3rd oz. rate – from 91¢ to 93¢
• Global rate Forever® – from $1.15 to $1.20
Wishing you all joyous Independence Day.
Dan Rieber

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

June meeting of International Stamp Club in NYC

Next meeting of the International Stamp Club, NYC, is this coming Saturday - here is the info from the president:
 
Greetings to all and I hope all are enjoying the warm and sunny weather.
The next Stamp Club Meeting will be Saturday, June 6, 2015 9:00 AM -1PM Midtown Plaza Community Room H 320 E 25th St Ground Floor, as always.
Bring your, stamps, covers, to sell/ trade and of course your good cheer.  If anyone has a presentation on a stamp related subject that they would like to present, please let me know  so we can plan to incorporate it into a future meetingPlease call your fellow members, who do not have email, to remind them. 

Once again, I will have more items from the Marty Whitman collection for sale and auction. There will be a dedicated club sale box with these items in it for the for as long as they last. All proceeds go to support and sustain the club