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Big Lick Stamp Club
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Roanoke Valley
Roanoke, Virginia
Next Big Lick Stamp Club Meeting
Sunday, June 15
The next regular monthly meeting of the Big Lick Stamp Club is Sunday, June 15, at Beth Israel Synagogue. Following the regular business session of the monthly meeting, Vice President Hobie Pillsbury will present the program, "What Does Ephemera Have To Do With Philately?" Philatelic ephemera encompasses any non-stamp material related to stamp collecting and post. This includes items like postal cards, envelopes, stamped postcards, postal stationery, and other materials that relate to the postal system and its history. In essence, it's the "extras" that surround stamps, adding context and depth to a collection. Club members are encouraged to bring an example of philatelic ephemera to show. Club meetings are open to non-members.
Meeting time and date: 2:00p, Sunday, June 15
Program: What Does Ephemera Have To Do With Philately?
Location: Beth Israel Synagogue, 920 Franklin Road (intersection of Franklin Rd. and Highland Ave.), Roanoke, VA. Entrance is at the back of the synagogue, on the left off Highland Ave. There is ample parking in the back AND to the left of the synagogue. Ingress and egress are very easy. A few steps up (ramp access available) from the back parking lot is the entrance. The social hall is on the right upon entering. Click HERE for directions.
Are you a member of the Virtual Stamp Club? You might want to give it a look. Host Lloyd A. de Vries started this club some 15 or more years ago and has done a wonderful job of keeping stamp and cover collectors up-to-date with the latest in philatelic news. I think that you'll enjoy the Virtual Stamp Club. I find it none intrusive - No Junk, No Pop-up Ads, No Spyware.
Also as a stamp and/or cover collector you might be interested in The Stamp Collecting Forum, one of many Delphi Forums. It's been around for as long as the Virtual Stamp Club. This particular forum is dedicated to stamp collecting. You can learn a lot at this site and you are welcome to post messages and replies but to do this you must register. You do NOT have to register to read the many messages that are posted. Give it a try.
Click on above box for information about the fourth in a series of limited edition Boston 2026 show promotional labels created by stamp designer Chris Calle, as well as up-to-date show news.
2024 U.S. Issue Album Pages Available Now!
The APS 2024 U.S. issue album pages are available to download now — exclusively for APS members! The album contains the issues of 2024, from Love to Winter Whimsy.
To download, APS members can log into stamps.org with the same email address associated with their membership, then visit the Stamp Albums page. Click on United States 2024 Issues (December 2024) to download the album pages as a PDF.
Not yet a member? Join today and you'll gain access to this and other member benefits within two business days.
StampEd Issue 4 is Here
The fourth issue of our digital magazine, StampEd, is now available to read and download at www.StampEd.pub!
In this issue, we visit the world of the Disc and the issues of the Ankh-Morpork Post Office via an exclusive interview with the Discworld Emporium, investigate the U.S. cheap postage movement, inquire about philatelic guilty pleasures, and so much more — dive in, won't you?
Click HERE to go to Gallery and view 2024 BLSC Holiday Party
Most Recent U.S. Stamp Issues and Date of Issue
U.S. Postal Service Recommends New Prices for July 2025
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service today filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of mailing services price changes to take effect July 13. The new rates include a 5-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents.
The proposed adjustments, approved by the governors of the Postal Service, would raise mailing services product prices approximately 7.4 percent. If favorably reviewed by the commission, the price changes would include:
U.S. Postal Service Recommends New Prices for July 2025
Product Current prices Planned prices
First-Class Letters (1 ounce) 73 cents 78 cents
First-Class Add'l ounce 28 cents 29 cents
First-Class Non-Machinable Add 46 cents 49 cents
Semi-postal 85 cents 90 cents
Domestic postcards 56 cents 62 cents
Flats (1 ounce) $1.50 $1.63
Flats Add'l ounce 27 cents 27 cents
International postcards $1.65 $1.70
International letter (1 ounce) $1.65 $1.70
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