NewsLetter for November 2012

Ipswich Stamp Club Inc. News November 2012

Ipswich Stamp Club Inc. invites members and all interested to their monthly meeting at 1st Floor, Ipswich City Council

Humanities Building, South Street, Ipswich. First Thursday of the month.

OUR MEETING DATES FOR 2013 ARE

AS FOLLOWS  
 
February 7th. Talk by Dave Roberts on Rust.

March 7th. Talk by Craig Chappell.

April 4th. Talk by John Crowsley on UK horizons.

May 2nd.

June 6th. General Monthly and AGM.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS 2013:

Held 2nd. Wednesday of the month.

February 13th. March 13th.

April 10th. May 8th.

June 12th.
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JUNIORS NOTES

When I first started collecting stamps, I was only nine years old.　 I collected them for the pictures.　 Since I joined stamp club I’ve learnt a lot of other things about stamps.

Such as; the Penny Black was the first stamp and made in England, I’ve also learnt to never handle stamps with my fingers. (always use tweezers),　 I have learnt that there are different types of collections. Some people collect stamps from different countries and some people collect stamps with different themes, these are called thematic collections.

My favourite collection is my thematic collection of cats, but I also collect horses and flowers, My brother Branden and I also collect Australian Decimal stamps with help from my mum. I loved helping out at the stamp fair each year, its lots of fun.　 　I like meeting people at stamp club and seeing what they collect. I enjoy being at stamp club and I hope other people do too.

Thanks to Lily Campbell for her insight into her stamp collecting

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PRESIDENTS REPORT for the GENERAL MONTHLY

6th December 2012

2012 has been another busy year with another Annual Fair, and both have been great for our Club, and guess what? 2013 will be better than 2012 so all members and helpers try and get some rest over the Christmas break.

 

With our December meeting being the last meeting for 2012, I would like to thank our Committee and all members for their help and support in 2012,

especially with our Annual Fair. The Fair again was a great success and it was very rewarding for our club to see all members, clubs and others having such a relaxing fun time.

 

This year our Fair was opened by Cr. Bruce Casos, many thanks Bruce. I must thank our ladies who man the door, raffles and sales, they make the day run so smooth. Also Craig and Dave Woodward and auction helpers Colin and George. Many thanks to Craig Chappell for keeping the auction ticking over, what about the Juniors and Cubs as runners ,they did a magnificent job. Well done everyone, and thanks to the other clubs that helped. The Bargain Table went well with Eric McGrath and Ashley Owen keeping an eye on everything.

 

Again this year we have travelled all over with the club books and our book sales have increased in sales for members, lets hope that we can keep that happening.

 

I would like to thank all who have donated philatelic material to our club, it is very much appreciated.

 

Next year on the 18th October our Club will be 40 years younger and we hope to do a booklet on the history of the club, we will need members help so if interested please contact any committee member. Also the Queensland Stampshow 2013 on the 21-22 September, it would be good to be able to take interested members and Juniors to the exhibit.

 

To all the committee, members and all helpers I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year

 

HAPPY COLLECTING

David Roberts

 

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What’s On

2013

Jan 13 CCQ Stamp Meet, RSL Hall, 58 Arnold St, Holland Park

9am to 1pm

Jan 20 Bazaar Day Wynnum, QPC House, 18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum

8.30am to 3pm

Feb 2 Nanango, Cultural Centre, Nanango

9am to 4pm

Feb 10 Thematics Qld CCQ Stamp Meet, QPC House, Wynnum

9.30am to 12pm

Feb 17 Logan City, Senior Citizens Hall, Jacaranda Ave, Woodridge

9am to 3pm

Feb 23 Redcliff Auction Day

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The Stamp Fair November 2012

David Donald

 

 

Kate Campbell

 

 

Craig Granzien and Dave Woodward

Colin Alexander, George Bould and David Woodward

 

View of the crowd on the day

Raffle winner Kerri Martin from Lockyer Valley

Our "Runners" for the auction. Thank you to our scouts for attending

 

 

 Dave Roberts and
Cr Bruce Caso with David Donald watching on

Raffle winner Dave Holder from Caloundra

 

Eric McGrath and Ashley Owen "manning" the bargain table

 

Craig Chappell signing in with Kate Campbell,

Joan Alexander and Aillen Osborne looking after raffle tables

 

Craig Chappell

 

Joan Orr and Dave Donald in serious discussions

 

Auction Table

Joan Orr

Dave Roberts and Cr Bruce Casos

Colin Alexander having a "Tea" break

Craig signing in before  the start

 "Runners" waiting for Action at the auction

 

Cr Bruce Casos and George Bould

 

Club Books

 

 More Club books

 Eric McGrath and "Runners" Waiting for the start of the auction

 

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AUSTRALIA 2013 WORLD STAMP EXHIBITION

Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps

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Friday 10th May to 15th May 2013 to be held at the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.

This will highlight Australia’s first nationwide postage stamp, the Kangaroo and Map, issued in 1913.

For further information go to:

www.australia2013.com

Queensland Stamp Show 2013will be held at the Brisbane Table Tennis Centre, Windsor, from September 21-22, 2013 and will host the National One Frame competition, including Postcards.