Sociable Stamp Society

This is our blog for current stamp news and views of interest to the philatelist and beginner. Daily updates provide items on shows, new issues, events, what's selling, and timely facts.

---

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Stamps #19

Stamp Talk at StampShow
Mark your calendar. Nancy Clark's popular "APS Stamp Talk" radio show on
wsradio.com will present a special live program on Stampshow 2005 in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, August 6 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Eastern
Daylight Time, and from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., PDT.

Nancy will interview stamp designer Chris Calle and Luff award winners and present a "State of the Society" report. Listen live and participate by phone at 888-327-0061 or e-mail Nancy before or during the show at nancy @ stamps.org. ...Stamp Talk

New Mexico Rio Grande Blanket Issued
Santa Fe, NM - The rich Hispanic culture of Northern New Mexico was celebrated today as the U.S. Postal Service issued the New Mexico Rio Grande Blankets commemorative postage stamps at the 54th Annual Traditional Spanish Market on the Plaza Community Stage. These stamps are fifth in the American Treasures Series and feature the beauty and richness of Spanish American weavers.

The four Rio Grande Blankets self-adhesive stamps feature photographs of blankets from the collections of the Museum of International Folk Art, and the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, both in Santa Fe, and the Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, CO.

Woven textiles have a long history in the American Southwest and many regional styles developed over time. The textiles produced in Spanish settlements in the northern Rio Grande Valley were influenced by Spanish, Mexican, Pueblo and Navajo designs. Often worn as clothing, Rio Grande blankets also functioned as rugs, bedding and sacking.

Stamps are lure to GR
Grand Rapids -- Get out that old binder full of stamps you collected as a kid. The nation's biggest stamp-collecting show hits downtown Grand Rapids this week and you're invited. ... StampShow

Stamp collecting is sticking around
In a room crowded with seven decades worth of memories, Rosemarie Close bustles back and forth, pulling albums off shelves and flipping through pages. From her first stamp album, created in 1963, to her most current 2005 collection, she has stamps that commemorate everything from statehood to storybook characters. ... stamp sticking

2006 souvenir sheet to revive 1923 classics
The U.S. Postal Service touts it as "the world's premier showcase of rare stamps." The event -- the Washington 2006 World Philatelic Exhibition -- will take place next May 27-June 3 at the Washington Convention Center. ... 2006 Fourths

the lanai guy | 5:25 AM | 3 comments |