Henry Clay Stamp Notes Henry Clay Philatelic Society, Inc of Lexington Kentucky • January 2011

Annual Auction Mission Mixture

For many years, we’ve had a special auction every

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We meet every third Monday of the month @ 7:00 PM

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Broadway Christian Church

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December to sell the Mission Mixture collected for us by the Presbyterian Women throughout Eastern KY. Last year, the good folks of Gethsemane Lutheran Church joined in for the first time with a Mission Mixture of their own. Alas, neither the Presbyterians nor the Lutherans got their mixtures to Wayne in time for the December meeting of our stamp club. But all is MEETINGS now well, for both the P’s and the L’s have delivered their bags of stamps to Wayne, and so the annual auction will be happening at our January meeting! Money from the sale of the Presbyterian Mission Mixture is used to support the local and international programs of the Presbyterian Hunger Program. Money from the sale of the Lutheran Mission Mixture is used to buy food to give to 30 different low-income children once a month here in the Lexington area. It’s a great cause, and a special opportunity for our stamp club to make a difference in the world! Please plan to do your part at our meeting. You don’t need to do much: just raise your hand high and keep it there!

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes E-Mail addresses w/* add @henryclayphilatelic.org

President Wayne A. Gnatuk (859) 294-7272 (email: president*) 1st Vice President Don Sproule (859) 225-4542 (email: 1stvp*) 2nd Vice President Jim Kulwicki (859) 245-5591 (email: 2ndvp*) Executive Secretary Linda Lawrence (859) 293-0151 (email: secretary*) Treasurer Mike Strother (859) 272-6798 (email: treasurer*) Program Director Glenn Shields (859) 523-4058 ([email protected] om) Auctioneer Don Sproule (email: auctioneer*) Youth Director Del-Rita Pemberton (no - E-Mail) Editor: Kim Belcher

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About the Henry Clay Philatelic Society

The Henry Clay Philatelic Society is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting philately in central Kentucky. We meet monthly on the third Monday of every month at 7:00 PM at Broadway Christian Church, located at 2nd & Broadway in Lexington, Kentucky. Annual membership dues are $15.00 and help defray the cost of services provided to our membership, including this monthly newsletter and monthly membership programs. Contact information for our elected officers and appointed staff is on the left-hand sidebar of this page. We also offer an informational web site at www.henryclayphilatelic.org.

Upcoming Meeting Program Schedule Glenn Shields – Programs Director January 17th – Stamp Hunt February 21st – Mini Auction March 21st – Speaker (TBD) Buy, sell & trade April 18th – TBD May16th – TBD June 20th - TBD

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes What you missed December 20, 2010 By Linda Lawrence

We had a really small crowd, but given that it was Christmas week, that was not a

big surprise.

We also had several members who were absent for other reasons. Jim Stull was in Boston with family. Buddy Coleman was out of town. James Norton had surgery that day so his family was not in attendance. (He is still recuperating). Paul Hager missed the meeting because his wife Joy has a surgical procedure and a CT scan that afternoon at UK. Mike Strother had out-of-town company. Dana Stephens was ill. The list goes on. All had good reasons, and were missed. We did have 13 members make a showing and we had a good time with our gift swap. Those in attendance included Glenn Shields, Don Sproule, Kayla Lucas, Linda Lawrence, Charles T. Helfrich, Don Hale, Tim Barnes, Doug Rigsby, Millard Beatty, Wayne A. Gnatuk, T.C. Christopher, Dorothy Chao and Del-Rita Pemberton. Announcements were few, but we did have some discussion about how nice the November newsletter was. Kim did a great job with her very first effort. Thanks Kim! We also discussed the web page. We need to either get access to the current web page or design a totally new one. The biggest drawback is figuring out how to retain the old web address, since it is publicized in many places. Tim Barnes will try to contact former media editor John Cropper. Glenn Shields won a pane of stamps. Wayne won a paper weight that was donated by Don. And of course everyone went home with a gift as a result of the "Yankee Swap". We are hoping to see all of our regular folks at the January meeting, which will feature a stamp hunt. We also need to take nominations for office, and hold an election, which was supposed to have taken place the past two months. So please be ready to volunteer for a position on the board, or nominate someone that you think would do a good job. Several of your current officers would enjoy a rest. We need you! Stamp Notes

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes Since our weather in the New Year has already included a fair amount of snow, please be advised that if the weather is bad enough to call off school or if the roads are declared hazardous, we may cancel the meeting. In such a case, we will send an email to all those who are online. If you are not, please feel free to contact an officer. We will attempt to make some calls to those not online who regularly attend. We have only canceled a couple of meetings in the past 20 years but it is worth mentioning. We have many out of town members and we want everyone to be safe. We hope to see you on Jan 17th.

Share the gift of philately with a new generation! The APS Youth Philately fun page can be found at http://www.stamps.org/KIDS/ kid_StampFun.htm

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes Wayne’s Words: The President’s Column By Wayne A. Gnatuk, President • October 2010

Holidays were good here at the Gnatuk residence, and I hope yours

were, too! For me, it was great just to be home for so many nights in a row; I left the office on December 15, drove to Nashville (kind of like the busman’s holiday), saw the art exhibition "Birth of Impressionism: 100 Masterpieces from Musee D’Orsay" at the Frist Center on December 16, and then drove home that same day. The icy roads on the way home, incidentally, were almost as much fun as an amusement park!

Once home, I stayed. At least until December 28, when Carole and I went to Kansas to see her mother, now age 94. We had a nice visit there, and were home again, home again, on December 31, just in time to see the New Year come in. I was happily reading the New York Times when last year ceased to exist and this year left the starting gate. Specifically, I was reading the obituaries. Which, I rush to say, is not a habit of mine at all, but a little store about the death of Agathe von Trapp, age 97 and the eldest of the Trapp Family Singers, caught my eye. Right above the Trapp story, there was a picture of the U.S. 10-cent "First Man on the Moon" stamp from 1969, and naturally, that piqued my interest… Why, pray tell, would there be a picture of an "old" U.S. stamp in the obituary pages? Turns out that it’s because Paul Calle, age 82, has died, and the picture of the stamp was part of his obituary. He was the designer of the "First Man on the Moon" stamp, as well as having designed more than 40 other U.S. stamps, including the Robert Frost stamp of 1974, the International Year of the Child stamp (1979), the Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan commemorative (1980), and the Pearl S. buck stamp, issued in 1983. His Son, Chris, is also a stamp designer, and father and son collaborated on several other stamps, including the one for the moon landing’s 25th anniversary (that’s the $9.95 express mail stamp). According to the New York Times, "On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission – eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle’s commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft."

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes I found the story interesting in its own right, but it also got me thinking during the opening minutes of 2011: My mother-in-law is 94 and perky. Agathe von Trapp just died at 97, Paul Calle at 82. The old year is now a goner and the New Year yet an infant. Time is transient, and fleeting. So carpe diem! As a New Year begins, I invite all of you to continue celebrating life together as members of the Henry Clay Philatelic Society. Please: come to our meetings, and to the shows. Be as active as you can. For while, on the one hand, our club is all about advancing our individual collections and philatelic knowledge, I also like one of the myriad definitions of "club" found in the Oxford English Dictionary: "An association of persons…formed mainly for social purposes, its main feature being to provide a place of resort, social intercourse, and entertainment." We have a great club and many of you – I won’t even attempt a list of names – have volunteered long hours to make it so. Thank you! We attend faithfully. Deep friendships form; albums may get a little thicker, to be sure, but it’s the social experience, I think that draws so many of us back month after month. So keep the Henry Clay Philatelic Society monthly meetings (third Monday of every month) on your calendar, and keep on "comin’ on down" for ‘em! Your presence makes all the difference. You and you and you are the ones who make our club meetings such a wonderful place to be! True that the years go way too quickly, true that life is but a brief shadow, over all too soon, but nevertheless: What a gift it is to get together with good friends once a month for the meetings of what (and here I paraphrase Charles Dickens, who occasionally referred to the House of Commons as the best "club" in London) is certainly "the best club in Lexington!" I look forward to seeing you regularly at our meetings this year, to celebrating our glorious hobby, and to having a grand time together month after month! In my opinion, being an active and vital member of the Henry Clay Philatelic Society beats the heck out of being in the obituaries! ☺ Happy New Year

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The 10-Cent Calle postage stamp issued on Sept. 9, 1969.

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The Year of the Rabbit The Year of the Rabbit is a peaceful year, one that will be far more tranquil than the previous “Tiger” year and is said to give us the necessary rest to revive ourselves from a time of uncertainty and stress. The first United States commemorative forever stamp debuts January 22 in Morrow, GA., and will be sold in panes of 12 at post offices nationwide that day. The Year of the Rabbit commemorative forever stamp is the fourth stamp in the U.S. Postal Service’s current New Year series. As in keeping with Canada Post's second series of Lunar New Year commemorative issues, January 7th will see the release of both a domestic and international stamp, as well as related collectibles, in celebration of the Year of the Rabbit. According to Stamp Design Manager Alain Leduc, for designers, the Lunar New Year issue is one of the most challenging produced by Canada Post. "There's the need to come up with a design that's as multidimensional and powerful as the previous, but also something very different from the past stamps in the series.” The international stamp was inspired by traditional Chinese embroidery. The circular shape in which two rabbits chase each other in an endless circle is based on a traditional Chinese robe medallion.

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes Stamp Trivia

This quiz, found at funtrivia, will test your philatelic knowledge of U.S. Commemoratives. Good luck!

1. In what year did The United States issue the Columbian Exposition Commemoratives? 1995 1789 1893 1895

2. On the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition Commemoratives, what is depicted on the $1 value issue? Troops Guarding Train

Western Cattle in Storm

Bust of George Washington

Marquette on the Mississippi

3. How many different issues make a complete set of the 1901 PanAmericans? 6 5 1

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes 4. The 1904 Louisiana Purchase Commemoratives was a set of five stamps, who is depicted on the blue, five cent value stamp? Monroe

Washington McKinley Franklin

5. In 1907, a commemorative set was issued depicting Pocahontas on the five cent value stamp. What is the name of this commemorative series? Lexington-Concord Issue Jamestown Issue

Pilgrim tercentenary Issue

There was not a commemorative issue in 1907

6. In 1909, the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition was issued in a two stamp set. One of them was issued with perforations. What perforation number does this stamp measure on a perforation gauge? Perforation of 10 Perforation of 11

Perforation of 10.5 Perforation of 12

7. In 1913, the Panama-Pacific Exposition was issued and issued again in 1914-15. What was the reason they were issued twice? They were very popular

The perforations were too weak

The U.S. Postal Service couldn’t come up with a new design They were misprinted

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes 8. What year was the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commemorative Issue issued? 1920 1923 1918 1926

9. I am blue, my value is five cents, my picture is of the Monument at Mayport, Florida and my Scott catalog number is 1616. What commemorative series do I belong to? Lexington-Concord Issue Victory Issue

Harding Memorial Issue

Huguenot-Walloon Issue

10. In 1925 a three stamp set was issued to commemorate the Minutemen. What is the name of this stamp set? Harding Memorial Issue The “Victory” Issue

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes U.S. Postal Service Releasing Pixar Stamps in 2011

Pixar Animation Studio classics like Toy Story, Up, Wall-E, Ratatouille and Cars

will be commemorated with their own unique stamp designs in 2011. The USPS will begin circulating the “Send a Hello” stamps on August 19th, 2011.

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Off With Her Head…Or Not Even if Britain's Royal Mail is sold to a foreign buyer, Her Royal Highness will still

grace its stamp, the U.K. government said Sunday.

Sculptor Arnold Machin's depiction of a youthful Queen Elizabeth II has appeared on billions of stamps since it was commissioned in 1967 and has become a classic of British design. So there was disquiet when media reports suggested that plans to part-privatize the Royal Mail could mean that the queen's head would disappear from Britain's letters and parcels. "Off with her head!" the Mail on Sunday tabloid screamed last month, warning that a loophole in the privatization legislation might allow foreign owners - German or Dutch operators are expected to be among the top bidders - to drop the queen from the country's mail.

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes But Business Minister Ed Davey told the tabloid newspaper that he would put forward an amendment to make it impossible for a buyer to remove the monarch's image from stamps without royal assent. Britain pioneered the postage stamp in the mid-19th century and images of the reigning monarch - usually a depiction of his or her head - has been a fixture of the British mail service since. The Parliament will next week debate The Postal Services Bill, which includes proposals on selling off parts of the Royal Mail. The Communication Workers Union, which represents postal workers, is furious at the move. Some 500 workers carried placards saying "Royal Mail, not for sale," during a Sunday protest in the southern England constituency of Prime Minister David Cameron.

Machin is responsible for Her Majesty looking so youthful throughout the years – he began with a sculpture and wanted his design to be a symbolic representation, not an absolutely realistic image to be updated every few years. And it has certainly lasted – almost 40 years! It is thought that this design is the most reproduced work of art in history, with some 180 billion examples produced so far. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/09/AR2011010901689.html

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes Trivia Answers 1. The Columbian Exposition were issued in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the new world by Christopher Columbus. This was the first set of commemoratives issued by the US and is a 16 stamp set. 2. The $1 Trans-Mississippi (Cattle in Storm) stamp was designed by Raymond Ostrander Smith. Each of the eight stamps in this set wereto depict the life west of the Mississippi River. The $1 Cattle in Storm stamp picture was of a painting by artist J.A.Machete and has won contest for being “America’s Most Beautiful Stamp.” 3. The Pan-American set was issued to promote lower values and only cost 30 cents for the set of 6 stamps. 4. President McKinley was not born until forty years after the Louisiana Purchase, but he is depicted on the five cent value Louisiana Purchase stamp due to his help getting David R Francis into Congress. 5. The Jamestown Commemoratives honored Captain John Smith and Pocahontas for the founding of Jamestown in 1607. 6. Of the two stamp set, one was issued with a perforation of 12 and the other imperforate to publicize to collectors the 10th anniversay of the “1897 Klondike Gold Rush”. The stamps depict William H. Seward who engineered the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $8 million. 7. The 1913 series were perforated 12, and the 1914-15 series were perforated 10 to strengthen the paper, and the ten cent stamp was printed in a deeper orange shade. 8. The Pilgrim Tercentary Commemoratives were issued in 1920 and depicts the 65 day vooyage on the Mayflower, Landing of the Pilgrims and the 41 men who signed The Mayflower Compact in November 1620. 9. This is a three stamp set commemorating the Huguenots and the Walloons, in 1624 to settle New Netherland at Fort Orange which is now Albany, NY 10. On an April morning in 1775, 50 ragged men knows as “The Minute men” faced 1,000 British soldiers across the Lexington Bridge. The Lexington-

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Henry Clay Stamp Notes Concord Commemorative issue commemorates the first 88 men who died in their defense for freedom. The average score for this quiz is 5/10.

Henry Clay Philatelic Classifieds Support your stamp club every time you buy groceries, without any added expense to yourself. Buy a Kroger re-loadable gift card and 4% of all proceeds come back to your stamp club. See Linda Lawrence for cards. Germany and lots of it. See Don Sproule to fill those holes in your collection. Members In Good Standing. Buying? Selling? Post up to a fifty word add for FREE twice a year in Henry Clay Stamp Notes. Please email your add to [email protected] or give Kim a call at 859-699-8719.

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