Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs (WFSC)
Across the Fence Post Newsletter
1998 Club News columns

         This page includes The Club News columns from the 1998 issues of Across the Fence Post.

January issue

WALCOPEX '97, sponsored by the Walworth County Stamp Cub, was held September 6-7 at the WMCA Building in Lake Geneva, WI. Exhibit awards were:

1st and Best of Show - Dead Letters of New Hampshire, by Russell White

2nd - Green County, by Dwane Kaplenk

3rd - U.S. Cancels, by Daniel Hammell

1st - World War II Channel Islands, by Russell White

2nd and People's Choice - Denmark: History and Royalty, by Dorothy Valley

3rd - Campione, by Michael Yopp

1st -British Revenues, by Russell White

2nd - Baseball in Wisconsin, by David Valley

3rd -Apollo-Soyuz, by Daniel Hammell

February issue No column this issue

March issue No column this issue

April issue

Milwaukee-area clubs held their 12th annual Distinguished Philatelist Appreciation Dinner on March 15, 1998. This year's honoree was Ralph West. He was selected for the honor because of his repeated demonstration of interest in the hobby of stamp collecting.

The 1998 event was hosted by the Milwaukee Philatelic Society, with Dona Fagan serving as chairman of the Advisory Committee.

The Outagamie Philatelic Society (Appleton) is disposing of their 81 12-page wood and Plexiglas exhibit frames. The frames were formerly owned by the Milwaukee Philatelic Society and are free to anyone who is willing to pick them up immediately following WISCOPEX '98. Deadline for pickup is Tuesday, April 28.

For further information, contact Verna Shackleton at (920) 734-2417.

May/June issue

The Badger Stamp Club will staff a table at Madison's Capitol Square on May 30. In addition to promoting the club to adults, youths will be introduced to the hobby by receiving a tree packet of stamps. BSC also will sell a first-day cover commemorating Wisconsin's 150th anniversary plus another cover with Madison's second-day-of-issue cancel on the Wisconsin Statehood stamp. See "Cover Listing" for descriptions and mail-order instructions.

STAMP SHOW '98, sponsored by the Kenosha Stamp and Cover Club, was held February 14-15 at St. Mark's Auditorium in Kenosha. Exhibit awards were as follows:

Best of Show plus 1st in U.S. category and People's Choice - Important Firsts in U.S.

2nd in U.S., category - Postal History Covers, by Lou Perri

First in topical category - Statue of Liberty, by Dennis Mueller

2nd in topical category plus 1st amateur exhibit - Domestic Cats, by Alice Bieda

2nd amateur exhibit - World War II: German Occupation of Poland, by Joe Renkas

2nd amateur exhibit - Collecting Foreign Post-age Stamps, Ed Bieda

July/August issue

On May 30, members of tile Chippewa Valley Stamp Club joined (lie U.S. Postal Service at Eau Claire's Chippewa Valley Museum for a Wisconsin Statehood stamp event with a special cancel. The cancel is available a WFSC all-purpose covers via mail order for $1 each and a SASE. Send orders to: Mike Zlotnick, Pres., Chippewa Valley Stamp Club, 227 Country Club Ln., AItoona, WI 54920.

The annual show will be held September 26-27 at the VFW Hall, 388 River Dr., Wausau. Features include exhibits, a U.S. Postal Service substation, youth table, and bourse. To reserve a table at the bourse, contact Jim Johnson at (715) 359-4326.

MILCOPEX '98, sponsored by the Milwaukee Philatelic Society, is scheduled for September 18-20 at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in Milwaukee/West Allis. Visitors might want to keep in mind that although the show's general location is the same as usual, this Year's ear's event will be held in the Youth Center rather than in the Trade Mart Building.

MILCOPEX '98 is host to the American Helvetia Philatelic Society's annual meeting; Plans are for a 35-dealer bourse.

The exhibit prospectus and entry form is currently available. To request a copy, write to: G.C. Yost, P.O. Box 1013. Milwaukee. WI 53201-1013.

November 1999 marks the Milwaukee Philatelic Society's 100 anniversary!

September issue

Circus Parade clown and film star Ernest Borgnine is featured on the multicolored cachet of MPS's 1998 parade cover. Covers were canceled each day of the parade celebration held July 29-August 2 at the lakefront Veterans Park showgrounds. MPS has issued circus parade covers for each year 1971-73 and 1985-98. Cost of the 1998 cover is $1.50 each or $5 for a set of four. Send orders to: MPS Circus Covers, P.O. Box 1980, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Make checks payable to MPS and include a No. 10 SASE.

Effective July 21, the Collectors Corner. Philatelic Center at the Oshkosh Post Office. 1025 W. 20th Ave., will be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The monthly^, fall/winter WVPS stamp and coin fairs have moved to the Cedar Creek Mall, 10101 Market Rd., Mosinee. To get there, take exit 185 off of Highway 51 South.

Dates for the 1998 fairs are November 14 and December 12. 1999 dates are January 9, February 6, and March 13. The April date has not yet been determined. Fair hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Fair chairman is Jim Johnson, who can be reached at (715) 359-4326.

MILCOPEX ’98, sponsored by the Milwaukee Philatelic Society, was held September 18-20 at State Fair Park in West Allis. Congratulations to Wisconsin exhibitors at this national level show who won the following awards:

Vermeil plus ATA First - Man Beneath the Sea, by Roland Essig

Silver plus AAPE Award - Greenland: The American Issue, by Charles Shoemaker

Silver-Bronze - Monaco, by Claude Giralte

Silver-Bronze - The Donkey in Man's World, by Robert Mather

Silver-Bronze - British Zululartd, by Gary Zink

Vermeil plus ATA Single-Frame Merit Award - Michael, Gabriel and Associates, by Roland Essig

Vermeil plus AAPE Award - An Incomplete Overview of State Marijuana Tax Stamps, by Robert Henak

Vermeil plus NAYSEC Youth Grand, Boys Town Best of Show, JPA H.E. Harris Ribbon, and ATA Youth Award - Puma Concolor, by Sara Henak

Silver plus JPA Blue Ribbon - Horses Around the World, by Danielle Henak

Silver-Bronze - Dinosaurs, by Michael Brooks

Bronze - Early Victorian Great Britain Stamps and Covers, by Elliott Zink

On October 10, the Badger Stamp Club sponsored DANEPEX '98. The show was held at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. Exhibit judges were Jim Hale and Frank Moertl Exhibit awards were:

1st and Best of Show The Five Cent Revenue Stamps 1862-71, by Lawrence I. Gottlieb

1st plus Most Popular Exhibit - Mountain Climbing, by Bob Gould

2nd -A Philatelic Celebration of Wisconsin's Sesquicentennial, by Robert A. Henak

2nd - American Forces in Bermuda: 1930-l998, by John Pare

3rd - Something Fishy is Going on Here!, by Scott Duffey

3rd - 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition Postal Cards, by Robert Lieb

1st and Best Single-Frame Exhibit - Celebrate Wisconsin, by Karen Weigt

2nd - Greenland: Military and Censored Mail, by Charles Shoemaker

3rd - 1998 Trans-Mississippi Bi-Color Reissue, by Robert Lieb

3rd - Greenland: The 1974 Voyage of the "Lindblad Explorer. " by Charles Shoemaker

1st and Best Youth Exhibit - Puma Concolor, by Sara Henak

2nd - Types of Birds, by Lisa Giss

2nd - The First Fifty Years of Airplanes, by Julie Giss

3^rd -American Authors Born in the 18th and 19th Centuries, by Margaret Elvekrog

This year's WauSAUpex ^‘98 had 10 displays judged by "People's Choice" ballots. Tied for first in the Adult Division were: Wausau and Marathon County Postal History by Bill Grosnick; and Marathon County Post Offices, by Jim Rhyner.

The Grand Prize went to an eight-year-old: M1' Doggone Good Stamp Collectio, by Melanie Tlusty •

The Wauwatosa Philatelic Society’s TOSAPEX '98 was held October 24-25 at Gonzaga Hall in West Allis. Exhibits won the following awards:

Gold plus Best of Show and Most Popular Adult Exhibit - Philately and Color, by Patricia Loehr

Gold - Swimming Pools and Water Sports, by Claude Giralte

Gold - A Philatelic Celebration of Wisconsin's Sesquicentennial, by Robert Henak

Silver - Dominican Republic, by Ken Martin

Gold plus Best Youth Exhibit* - Puma Concolor, by Sara Henak

Gold plus Most Popular Youth Exhibit* - Horses Around the World, by Danielle Henak Silver - Marine Life, by Tessa Yahr

Bronze plus Most Popular Youth Exhibit - Birds are Beautiful, by Becca Yahr

Bronze - Horses, by Kristen Maziarka

Bronze - U. S. Flags on Stamps, by Jessie Girard

*Apparent tie votes

WALCOPEX '98, sponsored by the Walworth County Philatelic Society, was held September 12 at the YMCA Building in Lake Geneva, WI. People's Choice awards were:

1st - Indian Reservation Hunting Permit Stamps, by Dave Valley

2nd -Space, by Daniel Hammell

3rd - Canadian Revenues, by Russell White

4th - Postal History of Vermont, by Russell White

5th - Swiss Military^, Labels, by Michael Yopp

On October 3, the Sheboygan Stamp Club sponsored SHEPEX '98 at the Rehabilitation Center of Sheboygan. Exhibit winnings were:

lst -Stamp Smorgasbord, by AI Zerger

2nd - Christmas Stamp Printing Study, by Vern Witt

Latest update: June 12, 2005 

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